Tears poured down Yolanda's eyes while staring at the grey headstone in front of her. She let go of the bouquet of black roses, falling on her knees immediately they touched the ground. While sobbing, she trailed her fingers upon the tiny words impressed upon the headstone;

"In loving memory of Irene Wayne, (1967 - 2022) "

"Mum, I can't do this without you...I got bullied today"

She cried, burying her head in between her knees. As she lifted her head up and arose, she felt a cold touch on her shoulder, causing her to turn backwards immediately. Her gaze became locked upon a strange lady who had short white hair, and was clad in a flowing black gown.

"Grieve no more, child... it's only a matter of time before you're finally reunited with the one you mourn"

The lady's matured voice didn't match her rather youthful looks, and was void of pity. A frown crawled upon Yolanda's face as she took a few steps backwards, prompting the lady to let go of her shoulder.

"What do you mean?", asked Yolanda.

The lady's face pulled into an evil grin while she stared into Yolanda's black eyes. She burst into a sinister chuckle, her eyes flicking to assume a plain white tint as she moved backwards, delving deep into what seemed like darkness.

It felt as though Yolanda was plummeted into a dark void, a black mist engulfing the whole place until she could see nothing. Faint whispers were all that echoed throughout the atmosphere as her gaze spun around through the darkness, until suddenly....

Gasp!!

Her eyes flickered open and her gaze fell upon Ashley and Rhian's faces, beads of sweat pouring down her face as she pulled off the blanket, realizing that she was still in bed.

"Hey...what's wrong?", Ashley asked.

"You couldn't stop crying and screaming, so we had to come check up on you", said Rhi with a worried frown.

The dull golden lights came on, allowing Yolanda to catch some breath at least.

"It was just a nightmare", she sighed.

Ashley and Rhian turned to each other, both wearing puzzled looks while she peered at them for some time.

"I don't wanna die", she whimpered.

"What do you mean?", Rhian frowned.

"I-I saw this lady, and--"

"Forget it Yo...it was just a dream, okay? ", Ashley cut in.

"No!!! You don't understand...something bad will happen; my dreams don't lie", she burst.

Rhian sighed as she buried her face in-between her palms and began sobbing.

"I really don't wanna die", she whimpered again.

"It's okay, Yo... we're here, no one's dying anytime soon", said Rhian, pulling her into a warm embrace. 

Ashley stared at the both of them until she abruptly leapt backwards, causing Rhian to fling a gaze at her.

"Rhian...step backwards"

Rhian's face contorted into a confused frown as she let go of Yolanda;

"Why?"

"That...", Ashley responded, gesturing at Yolanda. 

Rhian turned and realized that Yolanda's eyes had flicked to assume a full white hue, her face etched with strange white marks which seemed to appear out of nowhere.

"Yolanda, what's wrong?"

Rhian leapt from the bed and stepped backwards, looking puzzled. With wide open eyes and an open mouth, she witnessed how Yolanda began levitating.

Fixing her gaze upon Ashley, Yolanda's face crunched into a dark smirk. Sudden rumbling sounds followed by heavy quakes hit the ground, causing the ground to split into two rough halves.

"Stop whatever you're doing, Yolanda!!", yelled Rhian.

Rhian's heart thrummed and her legs wobbled until she was almost falling into the deep dark pit which existed in between the huge cracks. 

"Ashley!!", she cried out with an outstretched hand.

"Rhian!!", Ashley also cried while trying to reach for her.

However, the crumbling ground shook with another heavy quake, plummetting Rhian into the deep dark pit, even before their hands could meet. Faint echoes of her own voice calling out for help were all she could hear, until she blacked out.

**********

Her eyes shot open to meet with the glinting rays of sunlight. She allowed her gaze travel across the whole place, allowing her to realize that she was laying on a white sofa, in a plain white room. Besides the plain white sofa which sat in the middle of the room, there was nothing else in the room.

"Where am I?", she wondered.

Looking down made her realize that she was donned in a short white, blood stained dress. A confused frown crawled upon her face as she strode to the other side of the room and grabbed the silver doorknob.

"Shit!"

She jerked backwards as her gaze met with Gemini's gory appearance immediately the door came open. Blood dripped from his curly hair, trickling down his face onto the ash shirt which he wore.

She gulped, taking a few steps backwards as he slowly approached her with an innocent look on his face;

"Wh-what's wrong with you Gem?", she stammered.

"I'm here to save you before it gets here", he responded, taking her by the arm at break-neck speed.

"Wh-what's it?", she asked but recieved no reply.

All her attempts to yank herself out of his grip proved abortive, but not until someone's voice came from behind him;

"Let go of her, you beast!"

She darted backwards, wearing a confused frown on her face while staring with widely open eyes;

"Ashley...I-I thought you --",

Ashley, clad in a white flowing gown, was bathed in blood and her gaze was fixed upon Gemini, while panting heavily until she finally caught some breath;

"I told you to step away", she said, flinging her gaze towards Rhian.

Gemini's face contorted into a smirk after he cleaned off some of the blood from his face, using his palm. As he approached Ashley, he could see nothing but fear dancing in her eyes. Crunching sounds echoed all around the room as his fingers protruded into long sharp claws.

Ashley swiftly propped into an unsteady stance, her feet wobbling as he neared her. She gulped, twisting herself leftwards to avoid his claws which were plunged towards her, eventually leading them into a fight.

Meanwhile, Rhian stood frozen, thoughts dizzying her mind as she tried to comprehend what was happening. Using her fingers, she wiped off what seemed like tears which kept pouring from her eyes, only to realize that it was blood.

"What's happening?", she cried, staring at both hands which were now painted in red.

Her gaze spun around the whole place, allowing her to witness how blood began seeping from every corner of the room, staining the white walls and crawling towards her.  Cold shivers of fear zipped through her spine as she turned to Ashley who was knocked to the ground with brute force.

"Ashley!!", she cried, blood still seeping from her eyes.

Gemini's right claws were tightly wrapped around her neck, piercing and pulling her upwards until her feet left the ground. His dark eyes peered at her bruised face for some seconds, blood spurting onto his face from her stomach, after he dug his other claws into her chest.

"Nooooo!!", Rhian screamed.

Watching Ashley's lifeless body hit the ground, Rhian fell on her knees and began to sob. Goosebumps carpeted her whole skin and she trembled at the feel of Gemini's wet claws upon her shoulder.

"Get up, Rhi", he instructed, still in a calm tone.

Struggling was futile as he reached for her arm and pulled her up. Grabbing her face, he forced her gaze upon his red face and began drawing closer until his lips met with hers.

She shivered uncontrollably as he let go of her, his bloody face impressed with a dark grin.

"See you on the other side", he said, plunging her into a red mist which appeared behind her out of nowhere.

Her loud screams echoed throughout the atmosphere while she fell into the thick red void, until she slipped out of consciousness.