The Hunt

She looked into the beautiful blue sky and smiled heartily as she marvelled at it.

The bird chirped beautifully and the earth scent was just as perfect to her nostrils.

How the earth was in chaos and the sky looking so peaceful and calmly beautiful.

She couldn't stop wondering.

So emerged in her thought, she never realized someone was beside her.

She jolted back immediately when she felt his touch.

While he held her by the waist, he whispered beautiful things to her ears.

Her heart tingled in excitement.

"Does this chaotic side of the world gets to me though?"

She wondered.

Her heart rate increased.

"What if all of this was never real?" Her heart raced more rapidly.

But this was him and he was with her right? of course it was real.

She concluded turning around to face him.

"Close your eyes". He muttered to her with his eyes digging straight into hers.

"Why is that??." She asked.

"I said close your eyes my Queen." When he pronounced so lovingly like that, she had no choice.

"Alright, eyes closed, what is it?"

She muttered.

He stared deeply into her eyes through the closed eyelid for a long time, with pains glinting profusely from his stares. Perhaps he didn't want her to see those pains for the moment.

She opened her eyes after sometimes when she felt nothing happened.

"Hun? Are you okay??.". She muttered with one of her brows raised and concerns evident in her voice.

He gave her a little but painful smile,.

"What were you expecting?".. He asked with a trembling voice and a flip of tears escaping his eyes which later turned to ashes flying away.

She shifted back in fright

"What was that?" She questioned.

"Nothing, and I'm sorry." He muttered confusing her the more.

He was acting mysterious, Sophia couldn't be more confused.

"I'm sorry for everything, for all you've gone through, I'm sorry."

He muttered again but Sophia never understood what he was fusing about.

"I don't remember anything, what are you talking about."

She was mad confused until he pointed behind her.

"That you went through those pains, and I'm sorry."

A slight glance behind her back and she saw it. Her memories!

Who was he? And how could he bring her memories to her face.

What was he? and was he even real?!

She wondered as she watched her memories unfold right in front of her.

Her father was screaming in agony. While, Elizabeth; her mum and her brother were both in tears screaming profusely.

And just in a blink, he turned into a mysterious creature, his eyes turning darker holding so much coldness and pains. He smiled sadly at her and disappeared.

She shriked in so much fright.

"Father!".. Sophia screamed with her heart practically twitching in her chest.

Her father was in his own blood stream screaming for help.

He was dying.

But there was this thing that had tied her legs. She could not move. She could not go forward to save her father.

She teared down as she saw her father becoming invisible.. he was finishing.. it was remaining only his head to his shoulder. She struggled to move but could not. She screamed in agony.

She realized she couldn't move because it was her memories and could never be changed.

She watched in pains.

"Father!"... She screamed in agony when her heart couldn't hold it anymore.

"Father please!...."..

Sophia screamed helplessly in disappoinment as she woke up panting heavily.

She sat up on her bed with sweat dripping her head.

Sophia went round her room to turn on the light.

"This dream again."..

She sighed as she sat back down.

Her traumatic dream which has tormented her for so many years was back again.

But she couldn't be more amused at the creature who was apologising to her.

It was obviously on purpose.

She concluded he had came on purpose to apologise to her.

But what was he and why?

She couldn't stop wondering untill she got scared and couldn't go back to sleep.

Then she remembered what she always does whenever she had bad dreams. She goes off to her drawer to pick up her tablet and her pen.

She coiled up in her bed as she sets to writes her poem. Scrolling down on her tab to the last page, she suddenly stopped on one of her poem.

She coiled and uncoiled as she kept reading and slowly, she fell back into deep slumber without anymore nightmares.

She turned around on the bed having a marvellous sleep now when a loud yell came through.

It was her mother.

She hissed as she set to continue her sleep.

But that was impossible as the screams never stopped.

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"Sophia! What are you still doing inside? Breakfast is ready and aren't you going for class today?" Her mum continued yelling from the living room.

She tried to beg her mum,

"Mum you know I didn't sleep early yesterday can you please stop yelling?!" She covered herself again with the blanket and went back to sleep.

But before she could fall back asleep, she felt it, It was cold, her mum had removed her blanket.

"Mum!".. Sophia yelled.

But her mother didn't give a damn

"It's 7:50 for goodness sake. Aren't you going to college!!" She yelled to her ears.

Sophia couldn't believe her ears she sprung up immediately.

"What? Mum 7:50?! You should've wake me up since mum! The grumpy man will surely not let me into his class today, Gosh!."..She blabbered while rushing to the shower.

"Just look at her. She is blaming me now, when she almost eat me up. How amusing and clumsy."

"Befast and come out for your breakfast before you leave! tsk tsk tsk tsk.".. She shooked her head and left.

Meanwhile Samien was already dressed up waiting for his breakfast in the living room.

"Mum I heard some noise from Sophia's. room.. Were you both arguing again??"

"No dear, I just went to wake her up and got caught up in her drama, that's all."... She defended.

"I hope she doesn't get too late. Well.. mum what are we having for breakfast?" He asked.

"Meat broth and rice dear, go have your sit at the dinning"..

Samien removed a sit at the dinning and sat down.

Elizabeth took her sit and the both set to eat their breakfast.

"Mum, Samien! I have to go now. If I don't get to class before that grumpy man, I will surely miss three lectures today.".. Sophia screamed as she ran off.

"Atleast take some snacks with you."..

"Mum I will be really late! I will just have something at the school cafeteria! Bye mum! Bye Samien!" She muttered lastly and ran off.

"I'm leaving too mum.".. Samien said while standing up and drinking the remaining meat broth on his plate.

"Alright mum.".. He pecked his mum and also left.

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Sophia and her brother Samien, were as young and little when their father left for hunting and never returned.

They never liked the kind of job their father does and kept persisting on making him stop but he seemed to be attached to it so much.

During a night out at their living room, Samien couldn't hold it in anymore and had to confront him once again.

"Dad are you going hunting this night??" Samien had asked.

"Yes I am, why?"

"Dad can't you just skip this night, or better still quit this job Dad?! It's freaky making someone restless!" Samien said angrily dropping his video game.

"Yes dad.".. Sophia followed.

"No."

"There is no way I will ever quit my job."..

Zathrion replied resolutely.

"Please honey listen to the children.".. Elizabeth pleaded.

"Elly we've already had this conversation so many times before and you know what the answer is."..

He spoke softly to her.

"Alright.. atleast skip this night for us please, I really don't want to be alone in this house today, please?" Elizabeth goes on.

But his expression never changed.

The children were now just watching maybe their mum could be able to persuade their dad but it never did.

"If it was any other night, I would have skip for you Elly, but this night, we are competing and if I should win the competition, I will be promoted to the leader of the hunting. You know hunting leader doesn't go hunting right?"

"Then I will spend all the time in the world with you." Zathrion explained calmly.

With a downcast expression, she went more closer to him.

"Just be careful for us okay?"

"Yes, for you and our kids."

"My angels, The days are coming when I will stay with you for as long as you like.. just let me win this competition." .. He said to Sophia and Samien.

"Alright dad, just be safe."..

Samien replied and Sophia just nodded her head.

"Alright you both come hug dad.".. They all hugged . They later went to bed and he left silently that night.