Aphmau POV

After last night, I just felt somewhat closer to Laurance. Well obviously if you just had sex you would then feel closer to your partner, only if you did it for love. It was like the wall around us has broken, and we rebuilt it again but together, protecting the both of us like we're meant to, like we promised. I was a little shaken up after last night, that dream really caught me off guard, but with Laurance along my way then probably we can get through it together.

I was currently looking at the mirror, adjusting my black dress so it wouldn't at least look half as bad. Today was the day of Zoey's funeral, and today was the day that I knew that I wouldn't be able to control myself once I see her body in the sarcophagus. I couldn't help but wonder, what ever happened to Lucinda's body? Surely, she was a bad person who was faking to be good through out our friendship, but I believe at first that she wasn't always like this, something persuaded her to turn bad, probably because of that Shad guy, who I really need to look into about.

My rooms door opened turning my attention away from the mirror, Laurance stood there with a sad smile on his face knowing he was inwardly mourning for Zoey as well. I looked out of the window as I saw everyone outside already, I felt a traitorous tears escape my eyes as I payed attention to reality, Zoey is really gone. My grandma, mum, Zoey, they're all gone, they'll never come back, I'll never see their faces or their smiles that always lighten up my days, the girl who was like my sister is gone.

I realised that you can't always be selfish, you can't keep everyone with you hoping they'll be with you forever because that is definitely not the case, they'll eventually leave and soon you'll leave as well joining them, so you will see them again. But sometimes you just forget that there is someone that'll be mourning for you, because they care, they love you and we should never forget that no matter what.

I felt Laurance engulf me in a tight hug assuring me that everything would be alright, but when is it ever alright? Because, from what I see, I see negativity all over my life, sure I had a few happy moments, but they eventually came to an end, but they'll come back round again because those memories can never leave you, no matter what.

Laurance held my hand perfectly, his hand was slightly bigger than mine, but it felt like he was protecting me under a little shell that he covers me from danger.

We followed everyone else outside and entered a black car, a perfect colour to match our moods.

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We all surrounded a coffin devoured with flowers, it was my turn to make a speech,

"Z-Zoey, was a great friend, a great sibling, a great sister. We had our laughs and we had our c-cries, sometimes I-I remember people telling u-us how much we act like s-sisters making us all end up in hysterics. But t-that fun had to come to an e-end, we couldn't always be t-together, it wasn't possible, b-but it wasn't impossible. S-She will always b-be in our hearts, and s-she'll always be remembered, no matter what." I walked in front of the closed coffin that decided to steal my sister away from me. Zoey always loved the colour red, she had some sort of obsession with it, so I got her red flowers knowing she was staring down at me with a smile.

I placed the flowers along with the other flowers before walking away next to Laurance who managed to make me smile through my tears with his encouraging smile, I leaned against his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around my waist. I listened to other friends and families of Zoey who were surprisingly notified of Zoey's death, but then again who wouldn't know about their daughters/relatives death.

After the funeral was over, a few other people stayed back to bury the coffin, I was happy to know that the location where they were going to bury her was near my mother's grave in ScalesWind. Somewhere, where I think there was the most serenity and peace surrounding the area.

We arrived back at the mansion where everyone was dead silent, there were no noise to be heard. I think everyone became exhausted after the funeral because they all immediately went back to sleep. Laurance and I became closer to the extent where we actually slept with each other, I've been getting very sleepy lately so that's why I sleep through the day. It's been a few days, and in three days time would be the Lunar eclipse, where it would be the day when people would try to resurrect Shad, Miguel has some kind of grudge against Shad, but who wouldn't have some antipathy against him, some evil vampire who's too powerful for his own good, no wonder my grandmother decided to freeze him in time, although he must be really young.

I cuddled against Laurance's chest as he strokes my back  comfortingly, his touch is the only thing that let's me go to sleep. but even his touch doesn't take away the nightmares that haunts my mind.

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I opened my eyes to see the light surrounding me, I've been used to seeing the light ever so often, it's like I'm trapped here floating into nothingness, but then again it's better than seeing  darkness so this place wasn't so bad.

After Laurance pushed me off the cliff, it just feels like I've been here for months and I am kind of fed up of the light.

Suddenly it felt like my skin was closing up on me, it felt like ropes were being whipped onto my skin burning it at ever single touch, my knees were shaking in agony, this was the most painful thing I ever experienced while ever being alive or dead. Is this what death feels like? I always thought that once you die, you would be brought up to the heavens where you could finally live in peace while the others who did wrong rot in hell, am I in hell?

Almost immediately, the light surrounding me stuck onto me like a magnet, I tried moving but every time I move either my leg or arm, my skin just seemed to attract more light, I didn't feel any pain, instead I felt nothing.

I gasped out loud as I felt my body being sucked into something, my vision became blurry as I laid against the concrete ground, the only thing I managed to capture was the beautiful night sky and the full moon arising,

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This chapter was sort of like the chapters where you want to get things out of the way for the main bit, but it was also very important as well.

If you're thinking why Aphmau is more emotional about Zoey's death more than her mother, then it's because Aphmau and her mother weren't really close together, they loved each other dearly, but they didn't really show it for specific reasons😊

I hope I cleared your confusion, only if you were confused.

Next Chapter is when drama really begins😈

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