AZURA: Chapter 2

"Come on"

I grabbed Rachel's hand, dragging her to the dark closet behind our class room. When we got there, I locked the door leaving us in darkness.

"Okay Ella, what's wrong? Are u okay?. This place is very dark, so let's just go outside and talk"

Ignoring her, I bought out my phone from my breast pocket and switched on the torchlight, so she could see what I was about to show her.

"Ray, I'm gonna show you some crazy stuffs right now, but promise me you won't freak out. Please, I already did enough of that."

"What's going on Ella? Just spill it. I'm getting worried" And I could hear the worry in her voice.

"Well, remember the dreams I told you about?" Rachel nodded.

"The crazy dreams you have been having for the past few days. Yeah I remember, so what happened?" 

"I don't think they are just dreams." I said and shivered immediately at the thought of what I was about to reveal to her.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I woke up this morning to something else Ray." Breathing in and out heavily, I stepped back from her a little.

"Hold my phone will ya? Direct the light to my head" Rachel hastily did as I instructed.

With another sigh, I loosened the scarf on my head and allowed my hair to fall.

Rachel gasped immediately, coming closer to me.

"What have you done Ella? You know wigs aren't allowed in the school." 

She said running he fingers through the red hair that were now touching my waist. Just this morning when I woke up, it was at shoulder length.

Freaky!!!!

I do get why Rachel would think it's a wig. Just yesterday, I had low cut like every other students in the school.

"Rachel, this isn't a wig. It's actually my hair". That made her laugh.

"Yeah right Rosella, try again" she says smiling.

I really needed her to understand.

"Listen to me Rachel, i'm very serious here. I woke up like this, though it was shorter this morning. It seems to be growing longer every hour. Look at it. Does it look like a wig to you? It's really my hair Ray"

At that point I was at the verge of bursting into tears just like I did this morning at home, cos what the hell was happening to me?

"Okay. Whoa hold on. So you are trying to tell me that you woke up and your gaur mysteriously got longer, and it's still growing by the minute? Should I start freaking out now"

The last one came out as a scream and I shushed her immediately.

"Not yet. There's something else, please don't freak out okay? You need to switch off the light for this one though "

She did so immediately.

"The sunglass. I hope I won't see your eyeballs longer or something. I can't take more of that" Ray mumbled.

Holding my breath, I shut my eyes tightly and removed the very thick black glass.

Then letting out a breath, I slowly opened my eyes.

"Holy shit!" 

Rachel screamed stumbling backwards. The faint blue glow from my eyes brightened the room a little bit, but just enough for me to see the fear on her face, as she almost tripped on a chair behind her while getting away from me.

I stood still, completely still just staring at her. Funny I could see very clearly despite my eyes being freaky.

"Oh my God!!"

My scared friend screamed again, and covered her mouth with shaky hands.

"Ella.. you..your eyes are blue!"

"How on Earth are your eyes blue Rosella? Your fvcking eyes are glowing... HOW??"

Ray screamed again

I really needed to get her to lower her voice a little.

"I.....I don't know Ray ok?

I woke up like this. I don't know how, don't know what's happening to me Ray"

My breath hitched on the last word and I breathed in calmly.

The last thing I needed at that moment was to break down. It wouldn't solve anything or answer my questions.

My words didn't do anything to calm Rachel down though.

My best friend was visibly shaking and looking around the room, like as if she was searching for an escape route.

That really broke my heart.

Was she scared of me? Or did she think I'd hurt her in any way?

"Rachel please" she must have heard the sorrow in my voice...cos she looked up to stare at me...

" Please Ray...this is too much for me to handle. All day I've been scared alright?

Scared of whatever this means, but please don't look at me like that...like I'm some kind of monster. You..." I had to pause...and blinked back the tears that were threatening to fall.

"You are the only person I have Ray... I don't have any other person to talk to about this overwhelming shit. I really need you right now, please...."

Rachel shook her head once , then again.

"I'm sorry Rosella, but I can't stay here right now. Just look at you for Christ sake...you look like something that jumped out of a horror movie. This can't be real, omo I still feel like I'm having a nightmare. You are literally turning into something else Rosella. You look like a freak"

Each word that came out from Ray's mouth were like a knife stab to my already bleeding heart.

I didn't say anything, I couldn't

Why was I stupid enough to expect a different reaction?

"I have to go now, excuse me". She said, but she didn't move an inch.

Then I realized she was waiting for me to step away from the door.

F*ck.

I did, walking away as far as I could from the door, and Rachel all but ran out from the door, without another glance to my direction, and slammed the door.

Once she left, my composure vanished completely.

My knees couldn't hold me up any longer, and I crumbled to the floors, tears blinding my eyes.

How could she?

I looked like something out of a horror movie?

She was my bff.

She was supposed to be by my side when I'm going through tough times.

How could she hurt me like this when I needed her most?

I felt my anger building, and Pure rage burning like a fire in my heart.

Then the blue glow in the room from my eyes turned red.

I was too upset to mind though.

Mad at whatever the hell was happening to me.

Mad at Ray for breaking the "I ghat u always" promises she'd always make so easily.

And then, at that moment, during my rage, something happened. 

The room, which was cold from the AC became hot, very very hot.

I wasn't uncomfortable as you would feel in a hot room.

It felt Normal.

I felt like, It was reflecting the anger I was feeling in me.

This didn't surprise me though,more than everything that's been happening lately.

I just kept crying and cursing everything and everyone 

The angrier I got, the hotter the room became.

At a point, I couldn't tell if my anger was fueling the room temperature, or it was fueling my anger.

"It's the former your highness. And if you don't calm down right now. .you are going to burn down the whole school Azura".