On a cold Monday of November 2006, seven friends found themselves in front of a bloody crime scene, that weaved a future, were one is crazy, one is full of regret, one is presumed dead, one keeps a dark secret and one with a broken but unbeating heart. Follow the tale of seven childhood friends and two psychiatrist as they undergo an emotional and paranormal roller-coaster to unravel and understand what consequence, regret, true love and descent into madness truly means.
A shrill blood curdling scream, that's what brought it to consciousness. It lay still, stubborn and indifferent. It tried to pry its eyes open but couldn't, it tried to close its eyes but failed. Its sight consumed by darkness, not even aware that the eyes it believed to have had no longer existed. What the hell, it thought, and for a brief moment, it tried to relax-yet once again failed. It felt its heart thumping so fast, it vibrated like a trumpet on its head.
So it reached out to its chest hoping to meet its rhythm, but found none. It felt hallow, empty, it felt nothing for there is nothing.
In its dark paradise it lay motionless again, too stunned to accept what it has become.
Another scream echoed inside the void. It craned its imaginary head towards its left and then right, up and then down. It's calling, calling once more.
I know that voice, it said to itself, but unsure how to respond.
Screaming
Pleading
Panting
Those sounds kept repeating like a broken record, only louder by every passing second.
"What?" It replied, after convincing itself that the sound asked for its name, more like begged.
"What?" it asked again, and in an instant, it felt a tremendous amount of pain, leaving its body, if it even had one, pulled in every direction. Swirling, stretching, kneading, sinking, bouncing. It tried to scream but couldn't.
Suddenly, a flash of light filled its dark abyss, and then everything went still, motionless.
Ahhh... It sighed in realization
Smirking using its nonexistent mouth, now I remember it whispered.
Towards the light it moved, floated or slithered it did not know, but there towards the light it needs to go.
"Meet you" It kept whispering over and over, afraid that the darkness will cave in again.
"Meet you, Meet you, Meet you."
And the barrier in between, finally broke.
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She lay still, eyes closed mouth agape while lying in a pool of her blood. The white and plain hospital walls are no longer confining her. The heart which beats inside her no longer felt anguished or pained, rejection and doubt no longer held importance. She smiled and raised her hand towards her mouth to take a final puff from the cigarette that's already spent half way through.
Blood trickled from her injured wrist. She closed her eyes welcoming her impending fate, finally succumbing to darkness. Surprise suddenly jolt her to awareness when with half lidded eyes she caught sight of it, the bane of her existence, and root of her sorrow.
No, she managed to say while staring at the thing that hovered above her.
It began like it always did. Swirling hues, but dominantly black, danced, enticing and hypnotizing her to keep watch.
It stretched uncomfortably but never abandoning its rhythmic dance. An arm took shape, a leg swayed, a head formed, and for the first time it took on a face.
With widening eyes and panic in her heart, confusion suddenly filled her head, I-I, she murmured. The death which she longed wavered in her new found knowledge. She stared, oblivious, as the image slowly sank into her. Increasing in familiarity the longer she soaked on the visage.
"You!" She screamed, choking by the dryness of her throat as a tear escaped her eyes.
"Yes." It answered, leaving her barely conscious mind angry, baffled and filled with regret.
"How-Why?" Her words said in a whisper.
It smiled and whispered back.. "Let me show you.
Chapter 1 Prologue
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Chapter 2 The Calderon
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Chapter 3 Doctor
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Chapter 4 Welcome Your Sanctuary
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Chapter 5 A Lonely And Hopeful Soul
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Chapter 6 Dr. Zackary Salvador
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Chapter 7 Remnants
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Chapter 8 Hospisyo Estrella
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Chapter 9 Why I Hired You
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Chapter 10 Glimpse
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Chapter 11 I Never Meant To
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Chapter 12 Let's Talk About You
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Chapter 13 Wavering Crimson
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Chapter 14 The Pain Of The Solemn
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Chapter 15 Rage
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Chapter 16 Stranger Things
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Chapter 17 The Unexpected
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Chapter 18 The Talk
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Chapter 19 Compromise
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Chapter 20 The Dawning
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Chapter 21 Questions and Answers
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Chapter 22 Time Together
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Chapter 23 Let's Talk About Gen
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Chapter 24 We We're Young
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Chapter 25 We Were Young 2
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Chapter 26 Escape
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Chapter 27 Confusions
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Chapter 28 What's There To Regret
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Chapter 29 Her Awakening
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Chapter 30 Shock
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Chapter 31 Some Things Are Best Forgotten
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Chapter 32 Familiarity
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Chapter 33 Shadows of Its Heart
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Chapter 34 Seven Years
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Chapter 35 A Mission
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Chapter 36 The Girl Behind The Crowd
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Chapter 37 The Girl Behind The Crowd 2
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Chapter 38 The Girl Behind The Crowd 3
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Chapter 39 The Girl Behind The Crowd 4
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Chapter 40 Noodles, Beer And Memories
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