xxvi || house of nightmares

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Mara tossed an turned in her sleep, she was breathing heavily and panting.

"Don't you know the date, Valedictorian?" A figure spoke to her, as it slowly walked towards her, cornering her.

"No," Mara shook her head, she was shivering from fear.

"Don't you remember the riddle?" The same figure asked, getting even closer.

"I do," Mara spoke, as she shrunk down to the floor.

"RECITE ME THE RIDDLE!" The figure demanded, raiding its voice.

"Time is a precious thing, Free me you must, Be warned though, Only twelve will allow such a thing. Ra," Mara recited.

"The last line again!" The figured lowered its voice into a quiet and mysterious tone.

"Only twelve will allow such a thing," Mara repeated nervously.

"AGAIN, REPEAT IT AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN!" The figure shouted, bending down, towering over Mara.

"Only twelve wi-"

"Mara?" Patricia sat up and looked over to Mara who was non stop repeating the last line of the riddle, getting louder and louder, "Mara?!" Patricia repeated in a worried tone. She then climbed out of bed and moved closer to Mara.

"Joy, help!" Patricia looked over to her.

"What's going on?" Joy rubbed her eyes, before sitting up, "Mara!" She then exclaimed, after seeing Mara.

Joy ran over to the side of Mara's bed and began to shake Mara, "Mara, Mara!" 

"What's going on?" Mara sat up, she was speaking fast and was extremely out of breath.

"Mara, what are were you talking about," Joy asked, trying to calm Mara down.

Mara didn't speak, just continued to breath heavily.

"I'll get Fabian," Patricia stated, before rushing out of the room. She then darted down the stairs and rushed up to Fabian and Eddie's door, before bursting in, "Fabian!"

Both Fabian and Eddie woke up to Patricia.

"What's going on, Patricia?" Fabian groaned, rolling over and looking at his clock, "It 3:20 in the morning."

"Mara," Patricia stated, "There's a problem."

Both Fabian and Eddie then leaped out of bed and rushed upstairs, following Patricia.

"Mara are you okay?" Fabian fell by the side of her bed. Mara still wasn't speaking and was still breathing heavily, "Why is she like this?" Fabian looked up to Patricia and Joy.

"She was just repeating the final line of the riddle over and over again," Patricia told him.

"The final line, repeat the final line!" Mara spoke in the voice of the figure in her nightmare. Everyone jumped at this, they didn't expect it and it freaked them out.

"Mara, are you okay?" Fabian looked to her.

"REPEAT THE FINAL LINE!" Mara shouted, the same voice overtaking her body.

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