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Why was Storm’s world was that much creepy and at the same time friendly?!

The place and its amazingly clean water fantasized me. While I was lost in my dreams, Storm disappeared from my side, as if he dematerialized and became, maybe, invisible for me to see. I searched for him for so long but it all went in vain. My hands were going in circles while swimming in that bottomless ocean. Some creepy other creatures started vanishing, except one…

A cute bizarre little starfish was landing on a floating rock; thing that would never be possible in reality. How can a rock float? How can I breathe inside the water?

It had two black eyes on its center and a third closed one. With all those thousands of tiny hydraulic feet that stick on everything. It was spotting me without removing its sight. I kept on swimming around searching for my beloved friend to appear again, to have my peace resource back, to get my lovely terrifying creature back…

However, the more I swim, the more I find myself in the same place. As if I was in a complex labyrinth where I could not go out ever again. I was going in circles, or maybe I was not even moving. I started panicking more. When I got no other solution than trying to reach the starfish, I did my best to find it again. Searched for every rock or thing that would possibly be a perfect land for it to settle in. But it all went in vain for another time. All my efforts were not enough. I was not enough. The more I feared, the more I could not breathe easily, my lungs started getting tighter as if a huge pressure was onto them.

At a specific moment, I froze in my place, did not move at all. All random thoughts were going through my mind. I remembered Megan for another time. What is happening to my life? Am I still dreaming?! Well, I hope I would go out from this nightmare as soon as possible. I closed my eyes, as my body could not hold anymore the H2O. When I reopened them, the starfish was right in from of me. When I was looking for you, you did not show up. And now, when all I want, is going out from this strange place. You are right here, staring at me with your two odd dark eyes. I could not remove my sight from you. I tried pronouncing some words, but the more I attempt, the more I suffocate.

All of a sudden, your third eye opened up, to let golden lights out. I could not keep looking at you anymore. I felt as if I was on the rim to lose my eyesight with all this flashing brightness. In those few moments, in this new whole word, I indeed went through a lot of pain.

I heard some knocking at the door that brought me to reality again, when I re-opened my orbs, everything disappeared while I was still floating in the air; the whole world just vanished. I abruptly fell on the floor so hard, thing that made the knocking person get enough worried to break the door open. I could vaguely see that it was Arcus; he entered the room with an angry look. Yet, as soon as he saw me laying on the floor with all my tears, he rapidly came to the rescue. When I blinked my eyes for the first time after going out from Storm’s world, I could not open them anymore, as if the strongest glue was on them. Did I actually lose my eyesight?! Am I blind now?!

I heard his voice saying:

-Jade! Wake up! What’s wrong?! C’mon messy girl! Don’t make me more worried about you! Wake up!

-Arcus? … Is that you?! I questioned.

-THANK GOD! You’re still alive. Yeah it’s me Jade. It’s Arcus. C’mon, get up.

He slowly carried me from my arm until I stood up. Yet, I still could not open my eyes.

-I’m going to leave you some space, wash your face and go out rest a bit. It’s okay if you take a day off today.

When I got up from the floor, I could not see where I was going. I suddenly hit something in front of me. It was so cold; I guess it is the sink.

“Act normal, he should not know what happened to me.” I said inside my head. “But how can he not see that I cannot open my eyes? What’s happening again?”

I searched for the faucet, but all I could touch is the emptiness. I know Arcus is still standing next the door, worrying about me. I could feel his presence.

I turned around and said:

-It’s okay Arcus, I can handle it from here. You can go do your work.

-Jade?! Where are you looking at? I’m behind you!

-What?

-Can’t you see me?! What’s wrong?!

He came in the rescue for a second time. He held me from my hand and showed me the way out of this freaking dreadful bathroom. I sat on a chair in the changing room, where I could feel someone’s existence as well as Arcus. I am pretty sure it was Noah. When I settled down, and fixed my eyesight that was seeing only darkness on one and only point. I heard voices telling me:

-Now, tell me from the very beginning what happened to you? How did all this start? Said Arcus.

-It’s a long story. Some things happened at the opening time when you were out, then Jade started crying and I told her to go to the bathroom to wash her face and chill a bit. But, she took too much time, so I started getting worried and I couldn’t go check on her so I just told you that she’s stuck there. And you broke the door. Then! This happened! I could clearly know it was Noah talking.

-GUYS! It’s nothing! It is really nothing! I’m fine. OKAY?!

-What do you mean by FINE? Does you being blind considered as fine?!

-I’M NOT BLIND! It’s just that…

-THAT YOU CANNOT SEE A THING! Right?! Said Arcus with an uneasy anxious voice.

I lost words. They all ran away from me again… As every time when I truly need them. “How can I describe my situation? How can I explain to them what actually happened to me in order to make them relieved?”