Discovery by Allison Rose

Author:Allison Rose [Rose, Allison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allison Rose Creations
Published: 2019-05-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Besides being in an extremely foggy state of mind, Nola didn’t feel terrible the next morning. The tingling, stomachache, and headache were all gone, and in their place was a weariness that Nola felt to the bone. She tumbled out of bed and hurried to the mirror. Relief spread through her as she beheld her normal face staring back at her, even if her round hazel eyes looked a little wild.

Maybe it was a dream… But then she felt the pull of energy from her desk.

With hesitant fingers, she removed the vial from her drawer. The liquid swirls seemed attracted to her as well, growing more active after she picked it up. There was more of a glow to it this morning, the same as with Derek’s vials last night. Weird.

“Nola!” She jolted back to reality as her mother called from downstairs.

I’ll be late. Nola started to look around for her clothes, but the thought of school had her doubled over onto the floor, shaking and breathing hard, wanting nothing more than to crawl back into bed and never face the world again.

They’ll be waiting for me. He’ll be waiting for me. The fear from last night came back to her. And they have complete control over me.

A knock sounded at her bedroom door. Nola just had time to scramble up off the floor before her father poked his head in. “Your mother says you’ll be late for school,” he muttered in his usually state of hurry before ducking back into the hall again.

Nola stared at the space he left in the doorway. The memory of him patting her head from the day before flashed before her eyes. They don’t expect anything of me. None of them, she thought. They don’t even really see me. It’s why Derek did that to me last night, because he could.

A new resolve started in her mind and spread throughout her being.

I have to go to school today. I need to act normal. They can’t even so much as suspect something. They can’t win.

Nola hurried to shower and dress and then grab a bite to eat. She barely nodded at her parents before rushing out the door into the sunlight.

And the sight nearly caused her to collapse in shock.

It was as if she was seeing the world through a different lens. Everywhere she looked the trees and plant life glowed and pulsed. It felt kind of like the gray substance, like a heightened sense of life and energy. She could see the faint outline of the roots in the ground and the faint lines as they traveled up into the trees. The effect was stunning.

Then reality hit hard.

There is something wrong with me. Nola closed her eyes and opened them again. That gray stuff messed with my vision, my perception. As much as she blinked, the vision remained.

Then noises in the house behind her reminded Nola of the time. I’ll just have to get used to it, she thought as she fast-walked down the sidewalk.

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