LOGINJulianna POVThe day after the mist, the school held a mandatory session for those most affected.Inside the compact auditorium, space was tight but sufficient for those most affected. I sat there with Lily, then Scott, followed by Solara, Lyra, Lila, Kaid, Elias - names ticking off like steps down a narrow hall. A few more filled out the circle, people yanked far into the dream realm during the incident. At the front, Dr. Hale held stillness like weight, grounding the room without effort. To the edge, Principal Johnson remained seated apart, eyes moving slow across every face.Heavy silence filled the space. Quiet pressed down like a weight.Someone had to start, but nobody moved forward.Patience sat heavy on Dr. Hale as we stood in silence. A long pause passed before Scott shifted, voice cracking like he’d forgotten how to speak. His attempt at humor landed flat, hanging awkwardly in the air.“So… anyone else dream about their family thro
Julianna POVWhat caught my attention right away? The quiet. It wasn’t just still - it felt heavy, like air before a storm.It wasn’t that thick, airless quiet from dreams. Just the usual hush. The school stirring slowly, like it had been off somewhere strange all night. A low sound crept through the halls - morning finding its way back.Outside the principal’s door, I paused, breath uneven from what had just played out behind my eyelids. Gone now - the dark fog that clung so close before. Lighter somehow, the space around me, nearly ordinary, yet tinged with something sharp on the tongue, like old coins left too long in a pocket.Students were stirring everywhere.One by one, students lifted themselves, hands dragging across their faces as though shaking off a dream too heavy to carry. Around them, glances darted left and right, questions slipping out in hushed tones that curled through the air. By the water's edge, a young woman flinched at each blink, tears forming only after recog
Julianna POVDown in the cave beneath the waves, I waited beside Selene. The walls shimmered like her old bedroom did. Silence filled the corners where laughter once sat. We didn’t speak, just existed together in that quiet glow.The water sat thick and black all around. Huddled tight in the corner, Selene stayed silent except for her murmurs - those quiet phrases she kept repeating without pause“It’s all a dream… it’s all a dream…”Back against the cold stone, I stayed curled up, eyes fixed on the cavern face. Now and then, its surface rippled - like still water touched by wind - flashing pieces of dreams gone wrong.That scream from Scott still echoes - flames eating everything he loved. Tears cut through Lila’s fingers after spells went wrong, leaving silence behind. Lyra hung there, veins pulled open by kin who spat shame like truth. Elias chewed without hunger, saltwater mixing with what remained of them.Each attempt to touch them slipped into nothing, fingers moving through ai
Lily POVBehind me stayed Julianna, and then Selene, deep inside that cave. I didn’t look back. Thinking about them would’ve slowed me down too much. With each passing moment, the dark figure grew tougher. Fear was its fuel, drawn from everyone nearby. A presence pressed against my mind. Up above, in the twisted copy of our school, it waited.Up I swam. Through black water I broke. Hallways of Paranormal High opened around meor the dream version at least. Slowly the walls shifted. From locker seams, liquid oozed. Copper. Ozone. That was the smell on my tongue.Footsteps didn’t echo - just a hush when I touched down. Around my fingers, light began to twist without asking. Shapes like crushed stars formed, deep purple and quiet.The space where it had stood now held nothing. Down the passage, silence took over.Something felt off.Stillness pressed hard against the ears. Not a breath of wind stirred the fog.Something shifted insi
Julianna POVAbove my eyes, darkness stretched without edge. My arms drifted slow through empty air. Nothing touched me anywhere. The silence pressed close. I could not tell which way was down.Above me, nothing. Below, also gone - just white, everywhere, too bright to bear. Heavy air clung like wet cloth on my arms. Weightless, I hung without up or down. Then came the floating, pulse loud in my ears, mind scrambling for answers.What stuck in my mind most was that dark fog moving closer - chilly, thick, pressing down - just moments after we unlocked Selene’s door.“Hello?” The sound of my voice felt thin, bouncing back at me through the still air. Nobody answered. Just silence sat there, heavy. I tried again - could hear it stretch into nothingNo response.One shaky step came after another. Beneath my shoes, a firm surface appeared - yet the ground didn’t seem real. Endless white spilled out ahead. Walls were missing. The edge of sight was gone. Empty space filled every direction.T
Cameron POVI woke up in the middle of Professor Elowen’s strategy class.A sharp tang of aged paper hung in the air, mixed with something electric - leftover traces of mana lingered still buzzing under layers of chalk residue. Light poured sideways through high panes, setting tiny specks glowing like sparks caught mid-fall. Nothing seemed out of place. Not a single thing felt wrong.Finding my spot by the window, I flipped the notebook wide, fingers curled around the pen. Up near the chalkboard, Kaid moved fast beside Lily, sketching shapes that tangled into plans most could not follow. Leaning close to the plaster, Scott held still, one brow lifted after a quiet word from Lila. Everyone else stayed silent, gazes fixed where power usually spoke first.From the chalkboard, Professor Elowen shifted her weight. She faced away slowly.“Cameron,” she said, voice calm and expectant. “Simple question. If a phoenix is cornered by t
Julianna POVI saw something.Was it the past or the future?Not the room around me.A flash — bright, sharp, painful.A knife.Blood.Fianna.I gasped. “Fianna…! Something’s wrong.”Lily turned sharply. “What happened? Did you see something?”“It’s Fianna. I think she’s hurt. Badly. We need to mov
Julianna’s POVI didn’t know what to say.I didn’t even know what to feel.Vaelen stood before me. For a moment, I saw not a monster, but a man.I felt… sympathy. Maybe even pity.His story echoed in my mind — the love he lost, the injustice he faced, the years
Lily POVThe throne room was silent except for the echo of boots on marble.The Queen sat rigid on her throne, her golden eyes ringed with exhaustion. Around her stood a dozen guards — tense, alert, waiting.We stood before her — Kaid, Cameron, Caleb, Fianna, Lila
Julianna’s POVMy lungs burned as I sprinted through the winding palace corridors. The marble floor beneath me was slick with condensation, and every step echoed against the vaulted ceilings. Somewhere behind me, I could still hear the faint, cold laughter of Vaelen—the ghost that refused to stay d







