The FIrst Night
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Chapter 2:- Imogen
I woke up from a dream it's the same one since I was a child just the sound of a music box playing on and a colorful cloth of some kind. Is it normal to have just one dream? I always ask my self this. My day starts out the same way i wake up , wash up and put on my blond wig. Even before I could walk my mother has always made me put on a wig . Why? Because I have the hair of a night . my mother says its because my great great grand mother had this colored hair , she always shows me a photograph or her when I ask her . All my life i had to be careful of not being seen without my wig. When I was just In primary academy the first thing that they would teach us is how to spot a night how to accuse them and how to kill them if they ever try to harm us. Most days I would come home crying to my mother telling her to shave my head or paint my hair but her response was always this "it would be a pity to destroy your hair soon you won't have to hide it I promise." I've waited for that day to come but it never did. I've always felt out of place in this family,my mother with hair the color of sand and my father had auburn hair my brothers do to , all of my cousins and aunt and uncles have like hair as stars should and all have a petite physique . Why am I different?
No matter today is they day one of the only respected nights comes to town, Sir Rupert it is said that he's been all over Pangea so he has many stories to tell. I've always enjoyed his visits and tales I don't feel like I'm the only one out there when he comes . But of course the elders and half of the town do not take to kindly to him seeing he's a night and nights are unpredictable . My mother doesn't like it when he comes she says he'll fill my head with horrible ideas but I don't care. Ok so I'm ready to go to the square I have my dress on and wig on tight. I hurry down stares trying to avoid my mother but of course like all mothers she knows when something's amiss .
" Imogen is that you" of Course it's me besides her I'm the only one in the house.
"yes mother I'm just on my way out to the square for the festival I'm going to meet up with Relian there." I start walking towards the door but ..." hold it right their young lady you still have one more chore to do." " and what might that chore be mother?" I ask "you have to get the eggs from the chicken coup and when you are done with that you may go." I cringe at the thought of getting eggs I hate it but if its the only way I'll do it. "of course mother I'll do it." I hurry outside to the back yard and get a basket but I keep thinking of how the square is decorated this year. Every year it's different last year was a sun theme who knows what they've concocted this year! Surely my mother doesn't need the eggs now I mean she's not making anything it can wait. Dropping the basket I hurry on down to the square and I see a huge crowd around the presenting stage . Suddenly the sirens start to go off , the sirens indicated danger or an important announcement but luckily these where the announcement sirens. I'm in the back of the crowd I can barely see the elders going up on stage. Then I hear a familiar voice call my name it's my dear friend Relian . "immy immy over here!" he says waving his hands so I can see him. I struggle my way through the crowd to where he is . Im finally at his side Relian cillian the blacks smiths son he has a medium built quite tall light brown hair blue eyes and olive skin , he's my best friend but nothing more I did like him when I was younger but I realized that love was of a brother not a husband. The crowd starts to get silent once the third elder elder Tomuil starts going up on stage . He raise his hands and begins to speak.
" my dear citizens and friends how are you on this fine day?"
"Huzzah!" shouts the crowd in response
" good good as you all know today we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the down fall of the nights."
"Yeah down with the nights!" shouts Relian I'm always afraid he might find out my secret but I never let my gaurs down.
"as you all know today we where also going to be visited by the night known as Sir Rupert."
A mixture of boos and huzzahs fill the square.
"Now now let's settle down, I have some distressing news it seems sir Rupert is missing and will not be able to make it but worry not for the celebration must go on so my fellow stars Let us rejoice for today was the day we brought down the nights !"
"HUZZAH!".
Missing what do you mean missing? in this region of the land when they say someone's missing the most likely dead . I can't believe the people of this town would rejoice for some ones death. I can't stand being in the square I must go home. I push myself out of the crowd when Relian starts shouting my name again. " Imogen Imogen what's wrong immy immy wait!" I can't wait I'm not safe today I'm finally out of the crowd when I trip on and stone . I fall to the ground and....
I woke up from a dream it's the same one since I was a child just the sound of a music box playing on and a colorful cloth of some kind. Is it normal to have just one dream? I always ask my self this. My day starts out the same way i wake up , wash up and put on my blond wig. Even before I could walk my mother has always made me put on a wig . Why? Because I have the hair of a night . my mother says its because my great great grand mother had this colored hair , she always shows me a photograph or her when I ask her . All my life i had to be careful of not being seen without my wig. When I was just In primary academy the first thing that they would teach us is how to spot a night how to accuse them and how to kill them if they ever try to harm us. Most days I would come home crying to my mother telling her to shave my head or paint my hair but her response was always this "it would be a pity to destroy your hair soon you won't have to hide it I promise." I've waited for that day to come but it never did. I've always felt out of place in this family,my mother with hair the color of sand and my father had auburn hair my brothers do to , all of my cousins and aunt and uncles have like hair as stars should and all have a petite physique . Why am I different?
No matter today is they day one of the only respected nights comes to town, Sir Rupert it is said that he's been all over Pangea so he has many stories to tell. I've always enjoyed his visits and tales I don't feel like I'm the only one out there when he comes . But of course the elders and half of the town do not take to kindly to him seeing he's a night and nights are unpredictable . My mother doesn't like it when he comes she says he'll fill my head with horrible ideas but I don't care. Ok so I'm ready to go to the square I have my dress on and wig on tight. I hurry down stares trying to avoid my mother but of course like all mothers she knows when something's amiss .
" Imogen is that you" of Course it's me besides her I'm the only one in the house.
"yes mother I'm just on my way out to the square for the festival I'm going to meet up with Relian there." I start walking towards the door but ..." hold it right their young lady you still have one more chore to do." " and what might that chore be mother?" I ask "you have to get the eggs from the chicken coup and when you are done with that you may go." I cringe at the thought of getting eggs I hate it but if its the only way I'll do it. "of course mother I'll do it." I hurry outside to the back yard and get a basket but I keep thinking of how the square is decorated this year. Every year it's different last year was a sun theme who knows what they've concocted this year! Surely my mother doesn't need the eggs now I mean she's not making anything it can wait. Dropping the basket I hurry on down to the square and I see a huge crowd around the presenting stage . Suddenly the sirens start to go off , the sirens indicated danger or an important announcement but luckily these where the announcement sirens. I'm in the back of the crowd I can barely see the elders going up on stage. Then I hear a familiar voice call my name it's my dear friend Relian . "immy immy over here!" he says waving his hands so I can see him. I struggle my way through the crowd to where he is . Im finally at his side Relian cillian the blacks smiths son he has a medium built quite tall light brown hair blue eyes and olive skin , he's my best friend but nothing more I did like him when I was younger but I realized that love was of a brother not a husband. The crowd starts to get silent once the third elder elder Tomuil starts going up on stage . He raise his hands and begins to speak.
" my dear citizens and friends how are you on this fine day?"
"Huzzah!" shouts the crowd in response
" good good as you all know today we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the down fall of the nights."
"Yeah down with the nights!" shouts Relian I'm always afraid he might find out my secret but I never let my gaurs down.
"as you all know today we where also going to be visited by the night known as Sir Rupert."
A mixture of boos and huzzahs fill the square.
"Now now let's settle down, I have some distressing news it seems sir Rupert is missing and will not be able to make it but worry not for the celebration must go on so my fellow stars Let us rejoice for today was the day we brought down the nights !"
"HUZZAH!".
Missing what do you mean missing? in this region of the land when they say someone's missing the most likely dead . I can't believe the people of this town would rejoice for some ones death. I can't stand being in the square I must go home. I push myself out of the crowd when Relian starts shouting my name again. " Imogen Imogen what's wrong immy immy wait!" I can't wait I'm not safe today I'm finally out of the crowd when I trip on and stone . I fall to the ground and....
