SOMNIPHOBIA: Fear of sleep.

"Mark of the seer" Ignis repeated, taking a better look at my arm. "Guys! Something's wrong the girl!" Ignis yelled, his eyes not leaving the mark for a second.

Seconds later, Axel and Lux came running to me. I guessed Lux was coming from shower due to his damp hair and fresh clothes. He had changed from the suit to more comfortable grey sweatpants and a black round neck top. He stopped right next to me, his eyes fixed on the mark on my arm. He looked just as confused as Ignis.

Axel had changed to pale blue pajamas with fluffy slippers. I found it awkward since it was still afternoon but everything was awkward about the guy. Nothing is unexpected.

"You met the seer?" Ignis asked "And she marked you?"

"Who is the seer?"

"I don't remember seeing her" Lux replied Ignis, totally ignoring my question.

"Who is the seer?" I asked again, directing the question at Ignis this time. It didn't look like Lux was going to answer any of my questions.

"She's a witch" He paused "A very powerful one. They come once in about hundred years"

"What does the mark mean? Am I gonna die?"

"No" Ignis replied '"Do you remember anyone touching this arm?"

"Yeah. The little girl in stage five." I said "But that doesn't mean anything she's insane"

"Probably" Lux replied "The last time I saw her she was a woman, not a child"

"Did any other person touch this arm?"

"No"

Axel didn't say a word as Ignis and Lux both argued about who the little girl was. He brought his hand up to my arm and placed a finger on it. He ran his index finger around the ring, using his other hand to hold my arm in place. After thorough examining, he dropped the hand and let it fall to my side. The itch and pain was gone but it still left my arm red and bruised.

I had no idea what the mark symbolized but I hoped it didn't mean I was going to die. The way Lux and Ignis argued made it look like it was something serious. That alone made my heartbeats increase.

First, I witnessed someone melt titanium door with his bare hand, I saw him make someone unconscious in seconds, then I saw a teenager melt a wall and then a mysterious guy teleported us to a place that was out of my world. Those were okay because it didn't affect me that much. There was no way I could accept a tattoo I had no idea about.

"Can you guys just tell me what this is all about" I said, cutting off Lux and Ignis's argument.

"How about you go freshen up and we'll tell you when you're done" Ignis said, walking over to the couch and plopping down on it.

"Should I be worried"

"No, you won't die. Just go take a shower, you'll feel better"

As soon as he said those words, I felt better. At least, I knew I wasn't going to die.

"I'm making dinner" Lux said and took large steps to the kitchen. He started opening cabinets and choosing different ingredients. He acted so skillful, it almost looked like he was a professional chef.

"Why can't Axel just make it?" Ignis whined "You suck at cooking"

"It's either you eat my food or have sleep for dinner"

"I hate you" Ignis said and pouted like the child he was "That reminds me, I can remember smelling pie earlier so where's the pie?"

"I ate it" Lux replied with a sick smile on his face.

"But you said we were gonna share our pies"

"That was just to fool you into giving me yours"

"Deceiver!" Ignis yelled and stood up like he was going to beat him up "Why are you still here? Need more time to admire my handsomeness?"

Cocky.

"No, I need more time to admire your cuteness" I said and turned to leave. I knew that was going to make him mad cause he considered himself hot.

"For the last time woman! I'm hot!"

I chuckled and left him ranting on how hot he thought he was. Girls his age might consider him hot but with those big blue eyes and blond hair, he would always be cute to me. Though his ego was higher than Everest, he still had his way of putting a smile on our faces.

Taking the doll with me, I pulled open the door. The room was quite simple. The walls were pink with floral patterns. The floor was covered with fluffy white rug. The curtains were purple with pink and white hearts printed on it. There was a closet beside the door and a shoe rack right beside it. Another door at the corner, probably for the bathroom. A medium sized bed was in the middle. White sheets were arranged on the bed with a lot of cupid designed pillows. There was a table right beside the bed with a pink lamp and a floral vase on it. A shelf was hung on the wall stuffed with different kinds of dolls.

All I could say was, girly.

"We tried to make it all cute and girly just for you!" I heard Ignis yell.

A smile found it's way to my lips when I figured out they wasted a lot of time and money on this. They must've been waiting for my arrival for a long time now.

I dropped the doll Lux got me on the bed and went straight to the bathroom. The bathroom didn't look any better than the rook itself. Almost everything was pink, the bathtub, toilet seat, sink, tiles, walls. A mirror was hung on the wall with shampoos and skincare products displayed beneath it. Different colours of robes were hung on the wall beside me.

I couldn't be more comfortable.

I pulled off the asylum uniform and went straight for the shower. I started by washing my hair to get rid of the sweat and sand I had in it. I later scrubbed my body till I was sure the dried sweat and dust were gone. When I was done, my body had the scent of strawberries and rose.

I sighed when I stepped out of the shower, feeling a lot more comfortable and clean than I'd ever felt. I felt squeaky clean, definitely a lot more better than the scentless bar of soap I used at the asylum.

I dried my body with a towel and applied the body lotion I found to my skin till I was satisfied.

I wore a robe and went over to the closet to get something comfortable to wear. In the closest was a lot of dresses than I'd ever had in my possession. There were a lot of options, I didn't know what to chose. I finally decided to go with Axel's style and wore the ducky pajamas I found in the closet.

I left my room feeling a lot better than before. I guess Ignis was right when he said a bath would make me feel better but he wasn't right when he said he would tell me about the mark thing when I was done. He and Lux were on the couch fast asleep. They both had popcorn stuck on their skin with the TV on and showing a cartoon show.

I couldn't have expected more.

I saw Axel busy on the computers. The large screen plastered on the wall was on showing different things I was too lazy to read. He looked really busy with it, tapping screens and keyboards like the tech genius he was.

"Hey" I said and walked over to him. He looked at me for a moment and continued what he was doing. I wouldn't say that was the nicest respond "Do you talk?"

"Yes"

And he speaks!

"First time hearing you speak" I chuckled but he was too engrossed with what he was doing to spare me a single glance. "Do you have any idea what this is?" I asked and pulled up my sleeve to show him the mark again. The red bruises around it was gone, leaving the black ink on my skin.

"That's the mark of the seer" he started "She's the most powerful witch in existence."

"And?"

"That mark on your arm either means she's watching you or protecting you. Either ways, it's for your own advantage"

"Why would she want to protect me? I don't know who she is"

"That I don't know about but you shouldn't be worried. She's just helping you"

"Didn't know the strongest witch in the world would be a little girl"

"You might want to take those words back. You think she'd come as her normal self when she knows Lux and Axel were with you?"

"What are you trying to say?"

"Take a look at this" he said and an image appeared on the screen.

It was the picture of the little girl with her red uniform on. She looked calm and wicked at the same time with her dark hair covering part of her face. The picture next to it was a picture of a woman dressed in weird clothes. It looked like the picture was taken a long time ago. It wasn't so clear and was black and white. It wasn't until I looked closer my jaw dropped.

"See any resemblance?"

"Who is she?"

"Natalie McKyle, the seer"