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Fairytales Don't Exist: Paper Hearts

Eden is a simple high schooler, with her own problems and her own life. But one day her life ends up aligning with her biggest enemy, her childhood best friend and a random guy she smoked with while skipping class. When they end up in a "middle" world after all falling into a coma at the same time after a life threatening situation, how they will they manage to get out? Is there more that they don't know about themselves? That now is up for them to figure out how to get back home, but it won't be that easy.

adrianlovescats · Sci-fi
Not enough ratings
14 Chs

I See All Blood..

If I play a sweet melody on my violin that I wrote just for you when we were in love, when seeing a violin will you remember me?

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Nixon awoke, where he had not expected to awake once seeing his past. It was pitch black, like a black hole that was never ending. He stumbled around and ran through, to find the end, but there was nothing. It was a never ending of nothingness...Until... slowly the blackness faded into a city, his clothing changing as well, to a more old story.

"It's that monster again! Mommy!" a girl cried, tugging on the sleeve of her mom's sweater who glared at Nixon. The brunette opened his mouth but was interrupted as people started throwing garbage at him, he covered head with his arms, hoping for the hits to stop. Rock, hard and sharp had been digging in to his skin and tearing apart his clothing and left cuts on his skin, drops of blood falling from his body. His knees eventually gave up and soon his legs had left him as he fell to the ground to his curling up in to a ball as words continued to be thrown at him along with rocks. Big have rocks, he glanced down between the hole where his arms were in front of his face to see blood. Eventually he had had enough and stood up fiercely.

"Enough! I'm not a monster!" he yelled, unaware of the fire circle he formed around himself that spread to create a 'bubble' like space for him. Gasps were heard and mothers grabbed their kids to run away. His eyes widened and he glanced down to see his hands covered in green scales. Children cries were heard and more shouting came from everyone. Pointer fingers were pointed at him, children, women, men, old folks... Scrunched faces with their eyebrow knitted together, staring at the brunette with disgust. Nixon glanced around, horror in his face, glancing around to figure out where he was. Small flashes came to his head, making him gasp and flinch in pain. The voices numbed away and soon he was bending over, clutching his stomach. This was real, it wasn't a dream but where was he? He weakly gazed up to attempt to piece together. Grey, brown.. this was thousands of years ago? An ocean was behind him with a bridge, and images flashed before his eyes. "Where am I?" he asked himself quietly, unable to register what had happened. Everyone else was able to safely wake up the next morning, but why was he here? He felt a hand on his shoulder, and he turned around to see Kai, smiling at him, his black hair swaying in the wind and he leaned in, Nixon without processing the thought leaned in but like that Kai was gone. He glanced towards the ocean to see a mermaid creature with long blonde hair and a girl behind over who was black, holding her hand.

And then everything had disappeared and the male stumbled backwards. "You don't want to feel all that pain again, do you Nixon? Or should I say the Great Green Dragon of Destruction?"

Everything had gone black.

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A new morning, a new day but I felt this odd feeling I was forgetting something. I had gotten out of bed and gotten ready, my maid by my side happily helping me, before I headed out and met with Ember and a pacing Kai who was already at their studio before they were. "What's wrong Kai?" I asked, gazing at him curiously. His forest green eyes met with Ember's and mine before he paced towards us and grabbed my shoulders, shaking me with horror filling his eyes.

"Nixon is gone!" Kai yelled, panic evident in his voice.

Ember and I exchanged looks.

"Who?"

Kai stumbled backwards, and shook his head with disbelief in his eyes as he started laughing, nervousness in his laugh. "You're kidding. You don't remember. Not even your dreams?" Kai asked. I stared at him and so did Ember. Kai stared at us hopeful, but we simply stared back in deep confusion.

"Dreams? What are you talking about?"

Kai placed his hands over his ears, and groaned. "Do you not hear it!?" Kai squeaked and groaned, as a ringing sound came, but it was inaudible to Ember and me, who had stood idly by watching Kai start coughing up blood. As the blood came out of his mouth he slowly lowered himself down to the ground, leaning over to not get any blood on himself. My eyes widened and I instantly raced to his side and kneeled down beside him with shaky hands I placed my hands on his shoulders. What was happening to him? Anxiety was soaring through my veins, watching as he continued coughing, wheezing, his breath becoming rigid and heavy, very sharp. He sounded like he was being suffocating. His one hand and cupped his mouth while the other his head, the high pitched whistling sound continuing, tears forming in his eyes as he choked.

"Kai!? What's wrong!?" I yelled, but before I could even began to understand what happened. There had been nothing in front of me. I stared blankly in to the space and looked at my hands, turning my head around and glancing rapidly, while Ember looked at me weirdly. I stopped looking around, and glanced towards Ember who was still staring at me with a curious face. "What am I looking for? Why was I on the ground?" I asked her, confusion in my eyes while I stared at and she simply shrugged.

"heeheheheheheehheheheheh"

Both of ours eyes widened and this time we fell to the ground from needling pain spreading through our bodies. I grit my teeth, my body feeling as if 100 needles were being plunged in to every bone, every muscle of my body. The pain started suddenly, and out of the blue practically paralyzing me, the pain buzzed through my body, making it impossible to move.

"hehehehehhehehehe"

I started shaking and and my vision became blurry, and my body started becoming numb as the pins and needles continued to only intensify and worsen but I stopped feeling the only feeling like something is being poked. I felt my throat clenching with sharp pain, I tried to scream but nothing came out, only an inaudible gasp, my lungs felt like they were ripped in to pieces.

Black. It was pitch black, I didn't know a room could be so dark.

"Eden~ Eden~ Come play with me! Did you already forget me~?" a voice rang through my head, resulting in a tightening feeling in my head, I screamed as I grabbed my head. I shut my eyes closed, tightly, hoping the pain would seize and that the collapsing feeling of y body would end, now. "Eden?" I opened my eyes and screamed on the top of my lungs, falling back.

It was a girl, she had long wavy hazel hair with... with... her eyes were black, with blood dripping down from them, they looked almost like...buttons? She had a small white lily in her hand. "You gave me this remember?" she asked, blinking at her, pointing to the white lily. As she said that my vision blurred, and it became all black.

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"Hey Ember, I found this flower, I wanted, I thought your sister might like it!" I spoke happily. Ember gazed me lovingly, her hands up on the dock as I sat on the edge, swinging my legs, twisting the white lily in my hands. "It smells nice, and you told me she likes them but they're rare, right?" I asked, beaming as I glanced at the white shining flower in my hand. Ember had reached out and taken the gift. I laid down on the dock, stomach first and propped my face up with my hands, being a tad closer to Ember, who smiled at me cheerfully.

"I didn't know you cared about my sister so much." Ember cooed, shifting her attention from me to the flower she had in her hands. "I'll go retrieve to her now." Ember announced and I nodded before waving her a goodbye as Ember sunk in to the water and in seconds, she was gone within an instant.

I blinked multiple times and gazed at the girl in front of me, horror in my face. "What happened?" I asked, my voice was hoarse and barely audible, but that was the least of my concern while being in a pitch black room with some creepy girl with no legs staring at me with her eyes bleeding. I reached to touch her face, but my hand went through, and she started laughing wickedly.

"You suddenly care when you're the one who did this!?" she yelled, startling me out of my worried thought. I stared at her blankly as she continued laughing, floating around as she did, due to her inability to control where she moves while laughing possibly.. How could she blink with...eyes like that? I shivered at the thought, and soon her laughter seized as she leaned down towards me, and brought her hand up to my face and as if held an invisible pole of some sort, but then she squeezed and I felt my throat being squeezed. I gagged, placing my hands over my neck as I saw her hand squeeze more and I felt my lungs almost quitting on me.

But then it stopped.

"Do you want to remember, do you? This is what you've been fighting for to remember? You don't remember right? Then don't."

More blackness.

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"--ncess..rincess..princess!"

I snapped my eyes open, startling a young girl who seemed to have been calling for me. Princess? Is that me? She gasped happily before a big smile spread to her lips and she took my hands. "I'm so glad you're awake! I thought we lost you forever!" she cried out, tears forming in her eyes. Her hands were small, I glanced down and pulled my hands away slowly, glancing at her confused and staring, causing her to shift uncomfortably under my intense stare.

"Who are you? Am I, princess?" I questioned, holding my hands up to my chest away from her. In return she stared at me, a frown settling upon her features and she narrowed her eyes.

"Do you not remember, anything?" she asked, worry in her bright, light pink eyes. I slowly shook my head and she sighed, sitting down next to me. "I'll go call your family, okay? I'll be right back." she comforted before getting up and hopping away to the door.

You better not mess this up this time.

I groaned , a piercing ringing sound beginning in my head, and I suddenly felt like puking and an awful sense of deja vu. I saw a group of people instantly walk in and flood me with questions, asking how I was, if I'm feeling better, if I needed anything and such.. It was all a simple blurb and and I covered my ears, leaning forward, a wave of nausea hitting me. I kept leaning forward as I spoke, holding my head, "Who are you?" I asked weakly, my breathing becoming heavy. A woman with long black hair that was done up into a braid, had put her hand on my shoulder with a sincere smile of comfort.

"It's me Eden, your mother. Oh my princess.. What happened to you? Do you remember at all?" she asked, taking a strand of my hand and stroke it until it fell out of her fingers. My father had also set his hand on my head to stroke my head with his fingertips.

Something was missing.

I squeaked in pain as a loud ringing echoed in my head and it intensified as I tried to understand what was going on. "Eden oh sweetie. Don't try to remember? Do you want to suffer through hell? Eden be a good girl now and don't fight back."

Tears poured out of my tears and I grabbed on to my mothers sleeve, my hands violently trembling as she moved her hand in order to hold my hands, my lip quivered as I stared at her tear-strained cheeks. "Mom.. I'm so scared. Please make this stop.." I whimpered helplessly and I felt her envelope me in to a tight hug as tears continued pouring out, a sob leaving my lips. "I can't remember anything.. But I'm forgetting something important, what am I forgetting?" I asked, my voice trembling. I stared in to her blue eyes, and she smiled at me with a nervous smile when she pulled away from the hug and stroked her cheek, wiping away fresh tears that streamed down my cheeks with her thumb gently.

Blond hair, a smile of gold and beautiful chocolate eyes. Sadness had been swelled in her features, weakness in her features.

Black hair, an intense stare of ice, yet his eyes resembled a beautiful warm green forest. His smile would also resonate with the sunshine when he moved the corner of his lips upwards.

Brown hair, a gummy smile with a sad glance, but also a cold stare, and light warm brown eyes. A hidden part of him, was a mix of both.

But who did these faces belong to?

I woke up with alert, the attempt to recall the memories brought me back the nausea and also stinging pain in my head I felt that had become worse than the previous times.

Forget Eden. Burn it like you have burned before.