Story:Esper of Dusk/Chapter 1

"HUh... is there there storm tonight?" Young girl waking up, wearing nothing but simple black nightgown, hair unfix and messy her eyes still drowsy, she looks out window see night sky and hearing rain and thunder booming, with trees out there she see young man standing facing away from girl home. "Huh?! Zane!" She start rushing out her room, feeling joy her brother as comeback as she ran down hall passing two doors, down stair as some step made creaking noise and out the door front the stairs trying reach the man.

"Zane! You're back.... Wait! Come back!" She started chase him through wet grass and mud, she felt worried seeing him ran off as soon she got out, not caring she is bare footed and only wearing her sleep wear. "Please, don't leave us! We need you, mother need you!" She chase him in deeper in the woods trying catch up to him, she felt the ground was become thick and slowing her down as she was run on glue. "Zane please come back! It'll be okay I wont let them hurt you again! Please stop!!!" As looking around she feel the trees are slowing reaching her and seeing ground is black as darkness itself.

As soon she got close to him a black hand coming from ground appearing before her, girl felt fear seeing the demonic hand before her, she tried to move only now ground has hold of her. "Zane! Please help! I'm stuck don't leave me like this!" She helpless watch the hand garbing her by the face dragging her into darkness which it came from. "It got me, Zane I need you, save me, please! Don't abandon me again, please!" Girl scream for her life as she being pulled into the darkness, could see more hands reaching and grabbing and squeezing her as she being pulled deeper into the abyss. She closed her eyes only when opening again she seen floor of her own room as she simple just rolled off bed during her nightmare. "Ow... dammit, it was just another nightmare again."

"Clair? Are you okay, you were screaming again?"

"Yeah... I'm fine mom, don't worry about me just stay in bed, I'll get breakfast ready." Clair got herself off floor and brush herself off, she quick throw on clothes changing out her sleepwear, and fix up her hair before heading to kitchen to fix her mother breakfast. Clair fix up small breakfast as her mother doesn't eat much lately, simple bowl of white rice, and another bowl of fruit mainly berries that they have. Clair herself only fix herself slice toast as she never was much on eating early in morning and felt she need take care of her mother more so.

Clair place her mother food on a tray and carry it out to her mother. "Good morning mother, I got your breakfast already!" Clair greeted her mother as she walked in her mother room show her bright smile she know to have as she placed tray of food on nightstand next to her mother's bed. Even though she try show her mother she in good mood, it sadden Clair every time she seen her. Clair's mother is very ill woman, skin shown be very pale even showing her mother bone through the skin and her black hair once as dark as her daughter having it color fading way to grayish color.

"Thank you dear, what about you? Aren't you gonna eat too?"

"Oh! Don't worry about me, I don't like eating much first thing anyway!" Clair giggles just try now show her mother any form worry to her.

"You really show eat more and not just worry about old woman like."

"It fine mom really! Beside I do most my eating later in day anyway! Now let get you feed and dress, Dr. Coleman is coming for your check up." Clair sit down next to her ill mother handing her bowl of rice.

"Thank you Clair, but I really wish you don't worry about me so much. I'm not really going be around much longer" The ill woman take bowl from her daughter and slowly start eat.

"Mom please don't say that, you going be around for long time. I know you'll get better again, you done it before!"

"Heh, foolish child, well if you think I can win this battle again then I'll try my best."

Clair see her mother handing her half eaten bowl of rice, she take it and then give her second bowl of fruit. "I know you will, once Zane comes back and you get better we'll be family!" Clair just keep trying encourage her mother some more but she doesn't response back, only take bowl and silently eats her food. Clair can only sigh as seeing worry in her mother's eyes. "I'll get your clothes ready, you just finish your food." Clair get up and walk to closet looking through trying find nice dress for her mother wear as they were simple and easy for her put on. Clair know sense her brother left, her mother been getting worst. She unable walk or even stand up on her own and been needing assists. As much she want cry it wasn't option for her, she need stay strong, be pillar for her family.

"Here we go mom, thought this dress would look good," She looks over see food was only half eaten. "Uhm don't you wanna finish your breakfast?"

"Its okay I had enough, I think better if you finish. I'm still your mother and need make sure you take care of, just help me get change please"

Clair only sigh again and carefully help her mother up to get her change our her sleepwear to dress she pick out. She then take tray of unfinished food and begin walk out. "I'm going get some house work start while I wait for doc to get her. Just try get some rest mom." As did what her mother asked, Clair finish her mother food though feeling bad knowing her mother need more then her. She started house work soon after she finish as she wait for her Mother doctor to get here. As she wait she just worry if she starting lose her family. She worry every day sense her twin brother Zane ran away if he doing okay and hoping he'll comeback, but she worry more if her mother going make it. Even though she felt so much pressure she try not let it get to her, she need be strong for her family.