Lost soul

The young girl flutters her eyes open in the morning. She says melancholy "Still crying while sleeping". She walks up to the mirror to see herself as a mess. Looking at the stains of tears on her face, she recalls that ill-fated day when her family met an untimely demise and she survived. She remembers her brother's final words "Luna, live". She remembers her brother's face vivid yet distorted with time.

As she left for school, she was greeted by her friend Liora who wore a radiant smile and has a personality stark contrast to Luna's somber demeanor. She is girl with a bright smile and warmth. She radiates good vibes, helpful, kind yet smart in her own rights. She says "Long time no see Luna". Luna replied "Hi, Liora" reluctantly. Liora understood Luna far too well because of her innate talent of understanding others' emotions and feelings. That is why she persisted in helping Luna alter her perspective on the world, determined to shatter the oppressive chains of the past that dragged Luna into a vast sea of despair.

Upon entering the classrooms, she was met with eyes of strangers with whom she studied with but never talked with nor indulged herself with. She felt tension built up as she met with their questioning eyes and inaudible gossips about her. As she clenched her left arm, she felt a hand on her shoulder reassuring her everything is alright and without a doubt it is Liora's hand. She felt at ease. Liora then escorted her to her seat. Liora then consoled Luna about the situation and told her brighten up a little bit. Luna nodded and gave her a faint smile which Liora sighed as knew the smile was not genuine and spoke volumes about her present somber demeanor.

After the class, the weather worsened and Luna walked towards home. On the way, to home she came across a lake. She reminisced about her deceased family. She remembered the day her bright world turned into a storm of guilt and despair. She shook the ill thoughts out of her head clenched her left arm and bowed her head down and returned home. She threw herself in the bed and slept to forget these haunting memories of her deceased family and of that very specific day.