Her stomach turned at the thought of what he meant by it eating slowly and him saying he didn't want to go through it again. She wasn't entirely sure how to answer him or even believe him. But his whole rant disturbed her, she didn't want to think about what thing he was talking about or the fate she worried she could eventually encounter.

"What does that even mean?!" she shouted at him. He covered her mouth with his hand, she could feel the soft fabric of his glove aggressively pressed onto her face. The feeling pissed her off. But it was evident to her by now that his behavior wouldn't be better than how he was behaving now. He leaned in closer to her. "Oh, don't worry about it Miss Eliza... it doesn't matter if I explain or not." he said blankly.

He removed his hand from her mouth and quickly grabbed her arm tightly. He pulled her toward the direction he needed her to go, she tried pulling away from him but he yanked her back. "Let go!" she yelled as she yanked back trying to free herself. He looked back at her and she felt his grip loosen a bit but then quickly tightening on her arm. It felt like he was trying to squeeze her bones until they crumbled into little pieces. "I would've killed you by now if this wasn't the situation it is!" he paused to calm down and take a breath "But, it would be unnecessary right now..." he said, sounding pissed off. "I-" He barely got to start his sentence before looking up to see an almost blindingly bright object falling from the sky about to crush him before it rotted and crumbled to dust.

  She decided that it was her chance to run. She ran through the forest as fast as she could trying to find the exit. She noticed a bunch of crows flying towards the direction Finn was trying to take her. 'What's going on?' she thought. She kept running, her leg hurt like hell. She wanted to stop so badly but she knew she couldn't, she knew that if she did it wouldn't end well. She saw something lying on the ground, she slapped down a bit and walked over to it. It was a mirror that seemed to be knocked over.

She looked into the mirror expecting to see her reflection, but instead, she saw her bedroom. She knelt down trying to keep the wound on her leg from touching the ground and she cautiously put her hand on the mirror. Her hand seemed to go through the mirror. 'This must be it... the exit!' She thought. "Miss Eliza!" Finn called out in a sing-songy tone of voice. "Are you leaving without me?" Finn smiled. She looked back at him for a second, he was getting closer. Panicking she quickly pulled herself through the mirror.

In the blink of an eye, she was back home in her room. Sitting on the floor in front of the mirror. She immediately knew it wasn't a dream, she still had the cut on her leg, her dress had small rips in it, and her legs still felt tired. Something in her head was telling her to stay on guard and to get away from the mirror. She stood up and backed away from the mirror. Suddenly cracks started to form from one point of the mirror. A hand quickly came out of the mirror shattering the mirror more. Her eyes widened 'Did he follow me here..?' She thought. "Eliza!" said a familiar voice. But it wasn't Finn's voice it was her mother's voice.

  Her heart began to race. She quickly ran out of her room into the hallway. She knew that wasn't her mother, it was Finn. He followed her back. She desperately tried finding a place to hide, opening and closing random doors. She ran into her parent's room and hid in the closet. She heard footsteps in the hallway. "Miss Eliza! There's no point in hiding! I know this house better than you do!" Finn called out. What she assumed was the door to her sister's room opened and slammed shut quickly. It was silent for a while... She realized it'd be stupid to stay in her parents closet like this. She slowly opened the closet door and cautiously walked out.

Note: THANK YOU FOR READING!! I hope you liked this chapter lol. Took me awhile to figure out a transition between scenes but I'm so glad I got it done! Also this IS the real world and her actual home. He just followed her back.
(Written: March 31st, 2024)