HOME | DD

Description
"Clara!"

Humid, warm air sticks in my throat as I inhale, feeling the last dregs of sleep subsiding. What had I been dreaming about again? Something pleasant probably, I feel strangely elated.

My eyes open to the wide sky, littered with fluffy clouds and sunshine. It stings to look at it at first, but then I'm wide awake and sitting up. I look to my right, seeing an endless sea of green grass shivering with the summer breeze. I grin.

"Clara, c'mon!! Your mom's looking for you!!"

I blink and turn my head in the direction of the voice, finding a girl in a summer dress: my neighbor, Sue. Her stark blond hair are in two short braids today, and she looks very seasonal, her face dirty and her dress tattered at the bottom. I clammer to my feet, feeling my legs wobble from under me, and she shoots off towards town.

Follow your friend.

I frown at the voice and dash after her, trying to trail her the best I can.

Except everything's getting a little blurry as I run, faster and faster, the grass whipping at my bare ankles. I blink at the sun.

I fall.

"Mom?"

No.

The hot air is gone. Think I've stopped breathing altogether-- can't really remember how to. Mouth opens...nothing.

Can't see a thing.

"What happened?...Sue?"

Not Sue, either.

Breath at the back of my neck. I whip around, hand up, hits empty air.

"What the fuck is going on?!"

You're dead.

"What? N-no. I c--"

You. Are. Dead.

"You're a fucking liar!" Scream at nothing. Pace, back and forth, back and forth. Then I realize.

No breath, no blood. No heartbeat, pumping enragement, fear.

Now you're getting it.

Description
"Clara!"

Humid, warm air sticks in my throat as I inhale, feeling the last dregs of sleep subsiding. What had I been dreaming about again? Something pleasant probably, I feel strangely elated.

My eyes open to the wide sky, littered with fluffy clouds and sunshine. It stings to look at it at first, but then I'm wide awake and sitting up. I look to my right, seeing an endless sea of green grass shivering with the summer breeze. I grin.

"Clara, c'mon!! Your mom's looking for you!!"

I blink and turn my head in the direction of the voice, finding a girl in a summer dress: my neighbor, Sue. Her stark blond hair are in two short braids today, and she looks very seasonal, her face dirty and her dress tattered at the bottom. I clammer to my feet, feeling my legs wobble from under me, and she shoots off towards town.

Follow your friend.

I frown at the voice and dash after her, trying to trail her the best I can.

Except everything's getting a little blurry as I run, faster and faster, the grass whipping at my bare ankles. I blink at the sun.

I fall.

"Mom?"

No.

The hot air is gone. Think I've stopped breathing altogether-- can't really remember how to. Mouth opens...nothing.

Can't see a thing.

"What happened?...Sue?"

Not Sue, either.

Breath at the back of my neck. I whip around, hand up, hits empty air.

"What the fuck is going on?!"

You're dead.

"What? N-no. I c--"

You. Are. Dead.

"You're a fucking liar!" Scream at nothing. Pace, back and forth, back and forth. Then I realize.

No breath, no blood. No heartbeat, pumping enragement, fear.

Now you're getting it.