Chapter 10: Chapter 10

—A modern Luna meets the Ancient Luna

Ariana saw darkness everywhere. She called someone but nobody is answering.

" Hello? Please answer me!" Her voice echoed in the wilderness.

After her fall, she woke up like this, trapped in the darkness. She walked to find a way out until she saw a huge circle of light located at the edge of the dark place.

" At last, I found a way out," Ariana said happily.

She quickly ambled towards the wide glimpse of light inviting her to come and follow its reflection. She traveled for about an hour but it feels like she's strolling the light pathway forever. She wipes the sweat rolling down her face down her neck. She roams her eyes around her but she can't see anything like this place was only covered with a bright glint all over.

" Anyone heard me? " she started to panic.

She's alone and nowhere to go. She's back to her body and she wants to go back to her husband Arem but how now she's in the middle of nowhere. If she can turn back the time.

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Anika Pov

I feel like my belly was bloated, maybe I need to practice a balanced diet. Since Jerick left me, I had no time to think about myself, and of course, due to my hectic schedule, I even forgot that chocolates and ice cream were not part of my diet plan. I love confections and even I'm a grown-up woman now, I still crave it. I want to eat chocolates and I thought of Mr. Mateo when he brought flowers for me. I saw a glimpse of kisses near it.

I stood up from my seat when my head began to throb. It's intolerable, it hurts so much. I still had a stack of workload to do today and I can't think better where to start and now I'm like a useless imbecile if this headache of mine won't leave my head.

I called Denise my secretary. I slowly went back to my desk to take a rest.

" Denise, bring me a headache medicine now!" I said and I promptly cut off my call.

I waited for her in my office for five minutes and she's still not there. I began to feel irritated. I hate wasting my time. I hate lazy people. My head was spinning and I couldn't take it anymore. I went inside my resting room and slammed my back against the soft mattress. I didn't realize, I fall asleep.

*** I woke up with a heavy feeling. I rolled my eyes around me and I was not in my office but I was inside my room. I hold my forehead to lessen the pain inside my head. I got up but the shock hit me when I saw a girl who looks exactly like me. I pushed my body to the edge of my bed.

"Who--are you?" I asked her with my trembling voice.

I'm looking for something hard when she will do bad to me. I found a clock and I took it with me.

The girl looks terrified too. She studied me from head to toe. Her eyes stop in my face like it's her first time to see a human-like me. She titled her head from side to side of my face.

" Hey, answer me! Who are you? Why we look the same?" I asked her once again.

Based on her dress, she looks like she came from a year where I wasn't born. It's like she lives in the first era of Kings and Queens. Her dress was so off compared to the modern outfit today. She was wearing a long and heavy gown with a corset inside it. She got brown curly hair and her green eyes look stunning. Although we're different in other aspects because I had blue eyes and brunette straight hair, we both exactly look alike. She was the reincarnation of me from the 1970s and I'm her modern looks.

How come? Am I not dreaming? Wake me up, please.

" Hey, are you mute? " she's not answering me. She looks like it's her first time to be in this kind of place.

" Me? I don't know why I am here. I only trailed the lights until I got here. " at last she talks.

I don't know what she's talking about. I want some clarifications.

" Are you telling me that you just follow the shining lights and you got here in my room? " I muttered. I don't know if this woman was on drugs or what.

" Yes. Wait, may I know why my face was on you?" She asked me finally.

I sighed and raised my hands on both sides facing my palm on the ceiling and shrugged indicating that I don't know either.

" Wait, what if you followed the way to the future? Was it possible?" I said.

She's about to speak when I felt someone shook my shoulders. ***

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" Wake up! Ma'am Anika do you hear me?" I heard a woman's voice calling my name.

I slowly opened my eyes and I saw Denise holding my shoulders. I pushed her away because of shock.

" What happened? " I asked her.

I remember my dream, it feels teal like it happened.

Denise stumbled on the floor which I made but I didn't mean it. She fixes her eyeglasses and helps herself up from the floor. She quickly came closer and hand me the medicine for my throbbing head.

" You're talking in your sleep and I panic so I wake you up! I'm sorry ma'am if I disturb you" she whispered.

" It's okay. Maybe, I need a little rest. Call Sebastian to bring me home." I told Denise while helping myself back to my desk.

Sebastian was my bodyguard. He was only twenty-one years old and he was an orphan so I took him and offered him a job, to work with me.

" Maam Anika, you called for me? " he walked inside my office and asked me.

I moved my eyes to him. I nod and reached him with my bag.

" Take this and I'll be walking on my own," I said and tell Denise to cancel all my appointments again.

" But ma'am, you have a very urgent meeting today with Ms. Takahashi. " she's one of our investors in the company.

I took a deep sigh and think of something about how to make up with her when Mr. Mateo came.

" I'll meet with her. Give me the meeting location and time to meet up. Just give me the details about her and I will handle it" he looks like shining armor but for me, he's only making excuses so that shortly, he can take control of everyone especially me.

" I object!" I protested.

" Ma'am, we had no time and you're not feeling well. Will you please be modest sometime!" She can't believe Denise would say it to her.

Her head throbs again and she had no option but to let Argus meet with her. She closes her eyes and made a decision.

" Okay but make sure to not make any mistakes okay? She's one of the most gems in this company." I warned Argus and he only smirked at me.

" Don't worry, when it comes to girls, I'm good at it" he sneered and went outside.

This guy makes my patience brief. He becomes more confident in front of me.

" Let's go, Sebastian," I said and he drives me home.

" I'll be in my room so tell Aunt Celine to prepare food for us," I told him before I stepped inside my room.

" Yes, Ms. Anika" he replied and left me.

Why my head was still having pain? I finish taking my medicine but it won't leave my head. I went to the bathroom and I recalled suddenly the incident in my dream. I pinch my face and check everything about it but I still saw mine. The girl in my dream, I know she's real and my subconscious was telling me that she's real. I was about to close the door from the bathroom when an image of a girl appeared in front of me.

My eyes widened in terror. I know this time that I wasn't dreaming. Her face, her beautiful face looks exactly like me.

We both started with each other and...

" Ahhhhhhhh!!!" I screamed inside my room and she was too.

" You! " I pointed my index finger to her.

" You too!" She said the same thing.

" My face, who are you? How you got here?" I asked her trying to act cool in front of her.

" Me? I'm Ariana. I don't know how I got here? I'm looking for my husband Amer. " she mumbled.

I hope this time I wasn't dreaming.

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Ariana PoV

I opened my eyes and I looked around. I was lying in a queen size bed like the bed in the Arcadia Kingdom. I was inside someone's room so I quickly got up and check the place.

" Where am I? " I asked myself.

It's not our house. I opened the window and I was inside the huge house.

" Who's house is this? " I whispered to myself.

I began to panic when I look at my face in the mirror.

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