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Camilla held Macey's hand when we got out of the room, while Lily and I were trying to run.

"Shit! What was it this time?" Lily murmured.

I couldn't hear her clearly because the noise of my racing heartbeat was already reaching my ears.

We would have almost rolled back up the stairs if I hadn't just held on to the handrails.

Lily and I were followed by Macey and Camilla.

I suddenly felt sorry for the child.

I could see him biting his lip when Camilla accidentally pulled his hand while running.

We were on the first floor when the shout came again.

I cursed in my mind and tried to follow the direction of that scream.

When I realized it was just near the hallway where we were, I moved slowly.

It was already difficult and we might collide again, whoever Abi or Francine was shouting.

I really can't determine who.

I don't know much about the voices of the two.

I strained to listen to the approaching footsteps.

I just don't really know who it is because it doesn't seem like there's just one running.

As we got closer and closer to the end, the footsteps gradually diminished.

My forehead furrowed.

When we reached the end of the hallway, Francine came rushing towards our direction. She was not looking ahead, so I called his attention myself so that he would not collide with us.

"Francine," I address her as.

Surprised, he looked at our behavior.

"A-Aya!" she stammered.

"What's happening?" I asked.

She looked at her back on her again.

"I... I don't know." I was being chased by a weird... weird."

She didn't get to finish what she was about to say and started breathing heavily.

"Weird what?" I asked curiously.

"Weird shadow?" Lily asked. It sounded like a confirmation.

We turned to him at once.

"A shadow, right?" he asked again.

"You saw a shadow and then you were chased. That's why you ran like crazy." she added.

Francine just nodded.

Soon we heard heavy footsteps.

Again, my heart seemed to pound.

Francine immediately barricaded herself in front of us, as if to protect us from whoever appeared out of nowhere.

From the side, she took a stick.

There was that capacity, so he quickly cut it off and handed me one.

Our shield was ready when Chren suddenly appeared.

Like Francine, she was also not looking ahead while running fast.

"Chren!" I called his attention.

That's when he stopped running. He looked at the stick we were holding in confusion.

"What happened?, Let me guess, you were chased." Francine asked.

Chren immediately nodded.

"By a weird shadow with a weird face and some weird fangs, right?" Lily added.

He nodded again.

My suspicion is correct.

Their eyes actually saw the creature in my dream last night.

"Uh, guys, I have to tell you something." I said.

At once, they made me look back.

"What?" Francine and Chren said that at the same time. Lily and Camilla remained silent, both just waiting for me to say something.

"Last night." I begin. I saw the curiosity in their expressions, then I added, "I, uh, I had a dream, the exact same description of the shadow you're talking about."

I caught a glimpse of Chren and Francine's sudden change of expressions. It's as if they're trying to absorb the information that I just dropped.

And then Lily broke the silence.

"What the actual fuck?" she said, almost in a whisper.