New Girl // Stiles Stilinski [1]

Chapter 40: Love and Memories

Everything is so confusing. What are these things I keep seeing?

"Brianna," A voice calls out, startling me. I turn around to see my mom standing there.

"M-mom?" I choke out, tears forming in my eyes.

She takes a step towards me, placing her gentle hand on my cheek. When she does so, I don't feel cold anymore; I feel warmth.

"Am I dead?" I ask, tears slowly fall down my face.

"No honey, you're not dead." She kisses my forehead and pulls me in a hug.

"Is this real? Are you really here?" My arms wrap around her, never wanting to let go.

"It's as real as you make it sweety. This is your mind." She rubs the back of my hair.

"My mind?" I pull out of the hug in confusion.

"You're trapped in your subconscious."

"I am," I looked down at my hands and see they are in chains.

"W-what? This doesn't make any-" I look around and she was gone. "Mom! Hello?"

"Brianna, it's okay." A male voice says from behind me. I recognize it instantly. "Dad." I sigh and turn around, looking at his kind face.

"What's going on? How are you here?" He smiles and takes a hold of my hands. "I'm not really here, honey. We're in your mind. This is what you want to see. I can be anyone you want." He then disappears.

"Wait! I need answers!" I jumped forward but the chains pulled me back.

"What the hell?" I pulled on them but they wouldn't budge.

Wait, I'm a vampire. I have supernatural strength.

I tried again but they didn't break.

"You're not supernatural here, Brianna."

"Allison?" I looked up as she approached me. "Thank God I see someone who's still alive."

"You're not a vampire anymore." She smiles and leans toward me. 

"I'm not?"

"This is your mind. It's all you could ever want. You don't want to be a vampire anymore, so you're not." I looked at her confused.

She smiles at me and pulls out a key, unlocking the chains. "C'mon, we have to go." She grabs my hands and pulls me no where.

"Allison, there is no where to go. It's all-" And as if in seconds, I was alone. In the school.

I walk around the dark empty halls, trying to find Allison.

I felt useless, seeing no one was here. 

I walked into the nearest classroom and sat myself in a desk. 

I look at the chalkboard, seeing a symbol written on it. It was the backwards five. Meaning Self.

"I can start a war or end one," I turned around slowly to see the nogitsune slowly walk into the room. "I can give you the strength of heroes and leave you powerless, I might be snared with a glance, but no force can compel me to stay; what am I?" 

"What is this? Some kind of mind game?" I asked with fear.

"It's a riddle, Brianna." His low scratchy voice whispered. "Figure it out."

"I can start a war or end one, I can give you the strength of heroes and leave you powerless, I might be snared with a glance, but no force can compel me to stay; what am I?"