Unique one

He opened his eyes and found himself in a different cottage.

"Adriana? Phillip?" he muttered as he struggled to get on his feet, looking around like a lost puppy. He figured the room seems better and different from Philips'

"what is going on?" he asked.

Breathing sounds, fox yipping, fresh air, and a slight scent of flowers, he looked confused, and before he could take a step forward. A ray of light almost blinded him, he struggled to keep his balance as he staggered out of the cottage.

"Tristan"

He stopped walking and as hard as it was to open his eyes because of how bright it was outside the cottage, he forced his eyes open.

He recognized the voice.

"Mom?" he said softly and a step forward to see even more clearly.

He saw her.

Standing in the fields of flowers, a far distance from where he was standin.

He sttood there surprised and excited at the same time.

"Mom!!!" he repeated as he walked faster towards her.

Her smile looked bright and pretty, as usual, nothing had changed, and she looked beautiful as ever.

Tristan stared at her in disbelief as he didn't stop walking forward, his heart filled with Joy, eyes filled with tears waiting to drop.

Suddenly he stopped, he couldn't move further, he looked down and tried all he could to move but was stopped by an invisible wall.

"What....what is going on?" he stammered as he wouldn't give up, looking up at his mom who was close to him, "Mom I can't move" he cried out.

"Tristan... that is the limit..." she said and looked down sadly, "this is my limit as well" she added and looked up at her poor son. "I am sorry Tristan, I am so sorry for making you suffer this way... I caused it all, I left and allowed the devil in the house, I couldn't do anything... I saw how she treated you and tried to kill you because of her greediness".

Tristan didn't stop trying to get through, but every time he tried, he failed to get past it, and he finally gave up.

He fell on his knee and sobbed quietly.

"I miss you Mom... I am scared, I don't know what to do... I am lost and scared, it is so hard on me Mom, come back please.. I need you".

The soft wind slipped through flowers, it brushed against his skin softly.

"I am so scared" he repeated.

"Tristan, you are a unique human, you have to figure yourself out..." the woman said.

He looked up slowly, "how? what do you mean unique human...I don't understand mom" he replied, looking at her confused.

"This is a wicked world we live in, do not be scared to use yourself... do what you have to do, don't have no regret, protect yourself and your sister...you are a unique one Tristan...you have to figure yourself out", she repeated in a more intense tone.

Tristan hurried up, still confused, "Mom please... please explain more.. what do you mean I am unique, what does it mean?" he shuddered.

The woman turned her face to the back.

"Mom?" he called out.

"It is time to wake up... Tristan".

Immediately, a strong breeze blew at his face, and just like a bad dream, he gasped as he struggled for air.

"Tristan... Tristan... wake up"

He gasped out and opened his eyes, "Mom!" he exclaimed, still shuddering. Adriana held him closer and hugged him tightly.

"You were dreaming.. you were dreaming, it's okay", she assured him while stroking his back gently.

The young man realized he was dreaming, he shut his eyes as tears filled his eyes profusely.

Suddenly, he remembered.

Tristan controlled his tears, he looked at Adriana surprisingly.

"hold up... are you okay?... you passed out," he said staring at Adriana worriedly.

Adriana stood up, "Yeah my bad..." she said and could hear how loud Phillip's snore was, the girl picked up the old blanket used on her to cover the little creature up.

"You passed out.... because of...." Tristan who was still in disbelief stood up and folded his arms, "because of a SPIDER???".

"SHHH! you will wake Phillip", Adriana warned as she looked over at the creature still snoring. "I was sleeping, Tristan... I didn't pass out" she replied in a low voice.

Tristan scoffed, "you were sleeping?..." he chuckled softly, "fam... you was not, the spider made you pass out... you were shivering up and at first, I thought you were joking but it turned out it wasn't, you passed out and you called it sleeping? who sleeps that way?"

He remembered how she had fallen in his arms, he was so worried and had panicked so much.

"were you scared?" Adriana asked, remembering how worried he looked earlier.

Tristan looked at her and shook his head slowly, "why should I be?" he bluffed out, "I thought you would have died...cos you weren't breathing well".

"So... basically, me been dead crossed your mind?" She said, sitting on an old chair behind her, "you are so mean... Well I cannot die" she added and rolled her eyes.

Tristan stared at her for a short while.

He moved closer to her, stooped right in front of her, and stared into her eyes.

"what are you? huh?...." he said and stood upright, "you are scared of a spider... not just that, you passed out just by the sight of it. I remember you could read my mind as well and you are a weirdo..." he said and stroke his arms rapidly.

"I got chills just now.... ouuuuu!!!" he added as he walked out of the cottage.

Adriana let out a sigh as she watched him leave, "I am weird because I am not like you Tristan, I am different from you and I am scared you will get to know who I am.... I am scared you will leave, I have to keep myself as a secret so we can be together".