No escape from the nightmares

Hey! You! Yes you! The shining boy! Why the heck are you shining so much huh? It's already hard as is living here, and now you are trying to make us blind?

I – I am sorry!

Are you new here, boy?

I – uh, yes I am! What is this place and who are you? What is your name?

Woah, woah a newbie asking so many questions at a time? Now this is new! You asked what this place is right? This is the borderline of mortal realm and immortal realm! This is the place where anomalies reside, who are neither humans or animals and nor gods. We call this land , Darkland. And I – I am someone who is tasked with protecting this world. And I don't have… a name…

Did your parents not give you one?

Parents? Dear, there are no parents for people who live here. And I am an entity which was born by itself!

Born by itself?

Yes! When the prayers of humans who were trapped in darkness, was too desperate, when the sadness and pain was too difficult to bear for the mortal realm, when the fear of those humans grew too much, and when the mortal realm's guardian could no longer bear the burden, that's when I was born. I was born from the sincere and desperate pleas of humans, the heart wrenching sadness and pain which they couldn't handle was thrown out onto this land, and as time went by, those emotions hardened and took the form of me! To be honest, humans are really pitiable creatures but that doesn't justify all their wrong doings. Now enough about me! What about you? Do you have a name or place to go?

I don't remember my name. I just remember that there was a beautiful place which shined bright every moment, and then I made a mistake and after that I was thrown out here. It seems like I was not needed there….

Well…. It doesn't matter either way, now you are stuck here with us, so how about I give a name?

A name?

Yes! How does Theodore sound?

Theodore? Which means a gift of god?

Yeah… This place was getting too dark, and… well.. you shine so bright and that's why you are a gift of god to us! Gosh! I am speaking rubbish!

Theodore…. I like it…. How about I name you Leticia?

Leticia? What does it mean?

I don't know…. It just sounds pretty just like you….

Oleander's pov

The past few days went by quite peacefully, but… I kept remembering my past… I don't want to remember the things which happened in my childhood. I am trying to forget everything, but those memories just keep coming back. The pain and sadness of that time. I try to forgive my parents, I try my best, but the past is like shackles. No matter what I do…. I can't escape…

And the girl from my dreams, she keeps telling me to remember everything soon, but I don't know what it is that I need to remember. Or maybe… I do know, but I don't want to recall anything painful.

I have this birthmark, it looks like a butterfly, but it's wings always seemed, like as if its are broken, but for a few days now… I have been noticing that those wings are getting attached to the body. Uh… how should I explain this, before the butterfly had broken wings but now it's as if it was never broken. It's as if the butterfly is returning to it's former glory. But it's just a birthmark how can this happen?....

Claire's pov

I've been thinking about this for a few days and I've come to the conclusion that whatever I did was terribly wrong. No matter what, I shouldn't have decided things on behalf of her. I shouldn't have listened to Theodore or that handsome masked man!

But in my defence, I would say that it was all their fault! They showed my that stupid glimpse of past and… there Oleander looked so…. Free, happy and comfortable…. It was my first time seeing her so… free from restrictions…. It was as if seeing a caged butterfly fly beautifully in the sky… just where it belonged….