Summoner : A Sneak Peak

I woke up at 6. Pretty early I think. The clock rang annoyingly as usual.

"Alex! You better come down here or I'll smack your face so hard your friends gonna call you Pancalex!" My sister called out. I would have taken those words, except for the fact that I don't have any friend, dear sister. As I was dilli dallying, she called me out again.

"In 5 minutes!" She screamed again. I sighed.

I got up from my bed and lightly stretched. I made my bed and noticed it was raining. She's going send me to school today then. At least I won't have to play with Crognut. Nice name eh? He's a bulldog. A vicious one at that. The pie store let him around chainless. It's a free country anyway. He'll always try to chew my hand whenever he have the chance. I can't go to school without passing through the alley near the pie store, his usual spot. But oh well, I was born athletic. It's as if I was born for this. I was born this way. A little exercise won't hurt.

I picked a black Harley Davidson's shirt with a black slim fit jeans paired with a white belt. Loosen my hair a little bit and I was ready to face the world..

I came down and saw my sister serving breakfasts. She's quite a good cook to be honest. You know flipping stuff on the frying pan? Yea she loves doing that. She thought it was cool when she first saw it on TV. Mom was still around by then. Now? It has been years since mom passed away. Mom died in a car accident when I was five. Mom's corpse was never found. The car crashed and exploded to bits, so I guess nothing were left but flames, the car pieces and our memories of her.

Mom were the one who have been taking care of us since we were born. Dad was never around. He ran away a year before mom's death. Naturally, I consider he's dead. Deserted by your biological father is not a good feeling. After mom's death, my sister is all that's left.

"Oh not as annoying as usual. Had a rough night?"

She always understand. I always have this particular nightmare since the day mom died. It was a really weird dream.

It was night. kind of blurry dream, like having flashbacks you'd see in movies. I could see two figures having a fight. The first thing I noticed was my mom. Another one was my dad. Or I assume so. My sister threw away all of his pictures. I don't really remember how he looked like so yeah...

My mom, she was quarreling with my dad. Then, all of a sudden, she started to scream. She covered her face with her left hand and she placed her right hand on dad's chest. Horns started to sprout from her head and her right hand turned into a monster-like hand. By monster-like I mean it was black with sharp fingers. Or probably talons. There were some glowing red stripes too mind you. It's dark but I could see shadows of her hand thanks to the moonlight and the red glows. Dad stopped talking to her. He looked stunned and scared seeing mom like that. I mean who wouldn't be scared seeing your wife suddenly mutate to such creature. After a sudden pause, both of them looked at me. My dad screamed and my mother laughed psychotically. Everything went chaotic. My mom tried to grab me but I managed to run away. I ran and ran until I saw this faint light - It grows brighter, so bright that it started to hurt my eyes so bad that I turned my sight away. Bad idea. I saw mom behind me as she tried to grab me. I panicked. She mumbled something but I couldn't make out what she was saying. Something about "Accept your destiny" kinna thing? Fantastic.

Her face was no longer human- but I concluded that she's mad. I mean, monsters are scary and they're always mad. Moms are supposed to be scary when they're angry too- right, yes but this is like WAY scarier.

She managed to catch up and wrapped her right hand around my delicate little neck. At that point, a blackout will follow and I will wake up. The same dream. Again and again. I hate dreaming that as much as I hate my life.

"Finish your breakfast. No school for today"

"Oh? The car broke down?"

"The car is okay. I'm the one who's broke. And ah we'll be going somewhere. I mean you"

"Something more important than school? Sounds fun."

"Oh trust me this one is a matter of life and death" She teased. Or at least I thought she did.

"So where will we be going?"

"Oh you'll know" She grinned.

Right after that, the rain suddenly stop. When I said suddenly, I mean it. All the downpour just vanish. Sun showed it self so suddenly that I freaked out. It was way faster than my sister's mood swings. Like changing the weather flashcards to another flashcard, except for the fact it's the real weather.

"W-wait a minute. The rain-" I couldn't finish my sentence.

"Uuh the rain what?" She looked at me in disbelief.

"No I mean like- so sudden.."

"It's only early in the morning and my brain is playing tricks. Great. Goodbye sanity :)" I whispered in my head.

"Okaaay..."

"Stop acting all weird, you wont be attending school today. Practically." She said, smiling.

"What do you mean practically? I'm losing my sanity and you playing words with me won't help"

"Aww come on. This is your day alright? I promise!"


We had our breakfast normally. At least for the last day. She took her car key and hurriedly start the car.

"Aye dream boy! Hurry up or you're dead!" She yelled.

"I'm coming!" I took my red hoodie and wore it on my way. I hit the lock on the doorknob and closed the door.

I jumped in her BMW Z4. I don't know where did she got the money to buy that car but it's totally awesome! So awesome that I can't describe it with words. But there was this weird feeling. It feels as if there were something galloping at the front of our car. I never have the guts to ask.

She drove her car to my school, which is weird. She insisted that I don't have to attend school but she drove me to school anyway. Weird. But I kept my cool and just go on with it.

When we arrived, She brought me to Mr. Dragvard's office. Mr. Dragvard is my homeroom teacher by the way. He's the cliche weird mysterious teacher you'd see in any school. White long hair and dark circles under his eyes. We went in and I raised my hand and greet him "Good morning Mr. Dragvard."


He's not a very welcoming person so he started to talk to Sheila instead. Oh didn't I tell you? My sister's name is Sheila. Top student in college. Working as a chef in a famous restaurant. 5"9'. Blonde hair. Loves to wear sleeveless shirt and navy blue slim fit jeans. Wear spectacles since she was 15. Not that much of a geek though. I don't know what they were talking about. Don't think it concerns me anyway so I excuse myself and went out.

I took a walk around school trying to experience on what it feels like for not attending class while in school. I went to the laboratory. Rumors said there are ghosts in there. I looked through the door's glass out of curiosity. Nothing seemed to be abnormal inside. When I was about to turn away, I saw a figure inside moving. It was probably the teacher or some naughty kids breaking into the class to steal some chemicals. I ignored it and walked away.

Mr. Dragvard called from the end of the corridor so I sped up to meet him.

"So Alex Drain. I need to ask you this. Since when did Crognut try to bite your hands off? And what type of color you favor the most?"

Well, this is rather weird. I never told anybody about Crognut chasing me. If it was my friend who told him that was way impossible because I walk to school alone. And not to mention I was always alone( The no-friend-at-all thingy). Probably not Sheila since she never really care.

"Uh. Where did you hear that?" I asked to be sure.

"Answer my questions Mr. Drain!" He snapped. Which was weird for such random question he asked.

"Okay okay. Gee. Relax. That dog chased me since uhhh.. about 2 years ago? And I favor lots of color. What about it?"

"Oh no. This is bad. Real ba-" I didn't manage to hear him finish the word.

There was a hand that grabbed my left shoulder from behind. It pulled me so hard I think it dislocated my bones. It felt like half of my body was going to tear apart. I'm not over-reacting but whatever that grabbed my shoulder was nothing normal. Pain surged through my left arm. I couldn't see anything. I tried to scream but I didn't manage to let out any voice. Everything was too fast for me to be alarmed about my surroundings. Everything was distorting before it went dark. I blinked and suddenly I was in this endless-rainbow zone. It was too colourful I thought I was about to get seizure.

"Whoa whoa whoa! Where-? Who-?" My voice seemed to be working again but it doesn't seemed like there was anybody to answer it. Or maybe it's just that didn't hear the answer. More like I can't. There were thousands of voices trying to speak once at a time. I heard moans, gasps, begs, curses and a lot words that I couldn't understand. I assumed there were different languages, all around me.

I turned my head left and right but I saw nothing. I floated without directions. It was like I was in space but filled with rainbow colors instead of dark blue sky and stars. I can tell there's oxygen. I was breathing reaaally heavily from the panic.

"Oh goodness brain. What are you doing. I'm tired of your imaginations already." I thought. But these unknown zone seemed so real. But nothing is real about endless=pit-of-rainbows anyway. The voices were starting to annoy me. After a couple of seconds, my chest felt heavy. It felt like a big bad bull is sitting right on my chest. My breathing started to get harder. My sight was getting darker. The pain was excruciating.

"Alex!" I open my eyes in shock. Mr Dragvard is standing right in front of me.

"Whooaa uh. What?" I was confused. No pain. I touched my left hand. Nothing. It's all good. I was back at school. I was really considering mental hospital by now.

"Right when I am talking too!" He cursed while punching the air. Not sure if it was meant for me though.

"I want you to stay home for the whole week. I will not accept any excuses. Do the opposite and you will be expelled, not from school but from.. uh.. well nevermind. Nothing. But just don't do it!" He warned me with a fist and went back to his office.

Well I thought students are punished for skipping class but this is like the other way around. What's wrong with him anyway. Can't tell if he's just weird or what. Not that my day wasn't weird already. So I went to find my sister and I found her in the cafeteria munching her donuts. Apart from the weird 'dream' I had while talking to Mr. Dragvard, everything went normal for the rest of the day.