Her heart was beating out of her chest as she rolled viciously grasping at the sheets until a scream pierced the night air ! "AAAAaahh" natalies voice shook as she jumped up. "MeoooWww!!!" screeched Misa the colorful tortoisehair cat as she jumped off the bed ,startled once again by her owners nightmares.
Natalie always had the same nightmare . There's a huge dragon chasing her it's metallic scales shining shades of purple and blue, it's eyes glowing supernaturally blood red , but somehow it's eyes are almost human looking. The dream always abruptly ended right as it's big bloody claws where about to snatch her up . She wasn't sure what it would do with her once it got her and she really didn't want to find out.
She always woke up feeling unnerved after these nightmares, there was a feeling she just couldn't shake. Almost like someone was watching her. That wasn't possible though , she had the shades drawn and the cameras all around her private property showed no signs of movement. It wasn't much just a small shabby looking house on the outskirts of town with a fenced in small yard with large trees all around it's outside edges. You wouldn't even notice it through the trees if you weren't looking closely. She preferred it that way , she didn't want anyone to notice her.
Natalie was unnaturally thin and delicate looking with pale skin and jet black hair that that gently framed her heart shaped face and fell to her shoulders. Thanks to her small size she blended in well anywhere she went. She squinted her deep teal eyes trying to adjust to the light.
" Misa! Come back I'm sorry .." she gently said reaching out to her and trying to convince her that it was safe to climb back on the bed. Misa ignored her and ran off twitching her tail clearly annoyed.
Natalie sighed she couldn't escape the dream it's been repeating since she was a child. it's just been her in this little shack hiding out for many Years now ,until Misa showed up atleast. A few years back it was storming badly pouring down rain and she found Misa soaking wet shivering at her front door. She looked half starved and terrified. Natalie had no idea where she came from but that didn't matter she had to help her. She wrapped her in a towel and brought her in and fed her and cleaned her up . Over time they grew inseparable.
Natalie climbed out of bed to get dressed, if she couldn't sleep she might as well do something useful. She threw on a skin tight black cropped hoodie and black skin tight jeans and put on her headphones sitting at her desk she flipped her laptop open and got to work .immediately she was flooded with work emails , all high end hacking jobs from some of the wealthiest people in the country. She was the best around after all. She worked through the emails efficiently finishing project after project; there was no doubt she knew what she was doing. She soon halted everything staring at a file she'd just hacked into , there was a glowing red dragon emblem on her screen , except it wasnt just any dragon it appeared to be a royal seal . There was no more information just the dragon seal , it slowly pulsed taunting her. Surely this was a joke , no one knew about the dragon but her. When she looked for the request for this job it was gone , almost as if it never existed. She had to be losing it from lack of sleep. She searched everywhere, there was no sign of the email, just the pulsing glowing dragon. She slammed her laptop shut , rubbing her eyes she got up and kicked the chair over violently. She had had enough of this . She threw some food in Misas' bowl and headed out the front door quickly locking it and throwing her headphones back in, she never went anywhere without her music. The music pulsed in her ears as she ran as fast as she could. It was set to random and a techno mixed song she barely knew blared louder than the world around her, she didn't care what it was as long as it was louder than the world . Tears stung in her eyes as she ran threatening to spill over. She'd run as far as her legs would carry her if it got her away from that image. It was burned in her mind though. She couldn't figure out how the request for that job had vanished, she of all people should be able to find it but she couldn't she really must have lost her mind.