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Imaginary Insanity

Chapter 1 How is this Possible?

"Tell me, what do you see in your dreams?" A calming female voice asked as darkness surrounded a woman.

The scene then changes and the woman is standing outside of a small, but lovely house. Standing in front of it are two adults, and two other children, they all have warm smiles on their faces and they're trying to welcome the woman inside the house.

"I see my old house, my parents, and my other two siblings. However things soon change, I see my house and my family are all still inside, even if my siblings had escaped I still see them in the house. And their BURNING! I can't do anything! I'm STUCK! I can't MOVE MY FEET! AGH!" The woman screams as her vision changes and now the family are inside the house.

They are at a window banging on the glass and screaming in agony as the fire slowly licks away their flesh. The woman now looked like a five year old child, clutching onto two unicorn plushies. The first one was purple and the second one was pink, she just held onto them tightly as she watched her family burn up as the fire consumed them.

"Relax, Kala, now I want you to drift to a good memory, what do you remember from your childhood where you were the happiest?" The calming voice asked.

The scene the woman was in changed again, now she was in the sky in a cloud that was changing colors. She was sitting at a pretty table that was a gigantic flower, drinking some milk with honey given to her by bee fairies.

Sitting across from her was a woman with long hair tied up into two hair cones with multi colored ribbons. She was wearing a puffy dress where the sleeves were purple and she had arm cuffs that went from her biceps to her wrists. The cuffs were decorated with swirls that were pink and red, her dress top had on both the front and back a purple and red heart while the rest was white. The skirt itself had rainbow stripes going all the way down the top and bottom of the skirt. She had long stockings on her legs that were sapphire blue and peridot green while she had midnight black heel shoes.

"I'm in my imagination land, I called it the Fascination world, where anything and everything could happen. I escaped to this place with my imaginary friend, I called her Alora and we were incapable." The woman explained.

"I see, why did you create this place?" The voice asked.

"I made it as an escape from my reality, the reality where my parents died, and I was sent to a psychiatric facility to heal my mental health." The woman explained.

"What do you remember of the Facility? What memories do you have of the place?" The voice asked again.

The scene once again changed to a room with plain white walls and many hospital beds. Some beds were accompanied by children who were suffering with mental illnesses and trauma. A nurse then came in with a clipboard in her hand, the nurse did not have any visible features, they were just a dark cloud of smoke.

"Pardon me Miss Waver, but it's time for your exposure therapy." The nurse said.

The woman then got up from the bed she was sitting on and went with the nurse, she was then gently taken by the hand and led out of the room.

"I remember the nurses, the children I shared a room with who also had mental problems. And my therapy, they showed me pictures and videos of fire, then they showed me real fier to help me get better." The woman explained.

"Alright, I believe that's enough for today, Ivery. Now I'll count to three and you'll wake up." The voice said.

Ivery waited and listened as her surroundings were once aging filled with darkness.

"One... two...Three... time to wake up." The voice said and Ivery did indeed wake.

When her eyes opened she saw she was laying down on a bed, the ceiling having angles painted on it as a way to calm those who come in here.

"How are you feeling Ivery?" The voice asked.

Ivery looked and saw her therapist who was helping her out, the woman's name was Clare who was a Dr. in psychology.

"I feel sick and my head is on fire. What's with the whole hip noses thing and putting into that deep sleep where I have those visions?" Ivery asked as she sat up holding her head in her hands.

"It's all a part of the process to heal. Some might think forgetting relieves themselves of pain, however it's just avoiding pain. Confronting and accepting the memories, even the bad, can help so much more. Yes it's painful, but the end results are worth it, as you'll see once your results finally come." Clare explained as she wrote down something in her notes regarding Ivery.

"I know, but it's been months. Why haven't I shown results yet?" Ivery asked, getting impatient with all this.

"You can't rush the healing process. The facility your grandparents and aunt sent you to only helped with your fear of fire, but your trauma of the events still haunt you. My method is for you to confront the trauma head on and allow you to accept and heal from them. It will be painful, but worth it in the end, so while it takes quite some time you'll see that the pain is part of healing." Clare explained.

"Only time will tell me if that's true or not." Ivery declared.

"Yes, but it's time for you to run along now, I'm sure your sister is waiting for you out in her car, and my next patient is waiting for me. So that means you better get moving before your sister loses her mind with how much she's been waiting." Clare explained.

Ivery just nodded her head, and without another word she left the room to head back home and rest her mind. When she opened the door to leave she saw a man waiting on the other side.

"Hey Ivery, you done? Is it my turn now to accept and revolver?" The man asked.

"Yes it is, go on now I don't have all day." Ivery started tiredly as she made room for the man to go in.

The man smiled and went into the room for his secession to recover from his own trauma. Once he was out of the way Ivery left the room and walked down the hallway that had other's sitting on the chairs in the building. Most were waiting for their other therapist as they were sitting next to another room with another therapist for their own problems and trauma.

Ivery made her way out of the hallway and out of the building, when she left the building she saw her sister's car parked right outside and in the nearest parking space. Ivery made her way to her sister's car and knocked gently on the window. Her sister looked up to where she heard the knocking and seemed to have jumped a little as well.

However once she saw it was Ivery she relaxed and unlocked the door for her. When Ivery heard the door unlock she opened the door and got in the car, closed the door, and finally put her seatbelt on.

"Hey sis, how was your therapy session?" Ivery's sister asked.

"Same as usual Cathay. It was painful, especially the memories of what happened to mom and dad, as well as being in that Facility." Ivery explained in a flat sad tone.

Cathay frowned at this as she knew this has been a pretty painful process for her younger sister. She also knew that Ivery had a long way to go if she was ever going to recover from the mental trauma she had gained that day. Cathay started up the car and began the drive back home where the two lived with their other three siblings.

After 20 minutes of driving the two sisters arrived at their house where their other siblings were waiting for them. The two then got out of the car and went up to the front door and rang the doorbell. The loud barking of dogs was then heard from the other side of the door and soon the said dogs ran up to the door and started jumping at it excitedly. Ivery was frightened a little at the dog's sudden appearance, but she took some deep breaths and calmed herself down. A figure came into view of the door, once they were close enough they opened the door allowing the two sisters to come in.

"Hey Simon, how was work?" Ivery asked, as it was her oldest brother who let her and Cathay in.

"Eh, same old same old. I just filled in the documents all day. It's a boring job, but hey at least it pays well and I can help put food on the table." Simon explained.

"Yeah, it does, work for me wasn't any more exciting, I was just filing some paperwork regarding the company's funds and machinery." Cathay explained.

"Still, at least you don't have to deal with coworkers who think you're crazy as no one else aside from me had to go to a psychiatric facility." Ivery commented bitterly before heading up to her room.

Ivery was also working a job like the rest of her siblings, but one of her coworkers named Stella somehow found out about her going to that facility. After that she began treating Ivery like she was one of those crazy people you'd see in movies. She'd made mean comments to her about her belonging in a straitjacket, how she must still sleep in a padded room, and so much more.

Ivery started avoiding her but the two always ran into each other as the floor they worked on wasn't very big so Ivery still heard those comments. This wasn't very helpful with her mental well being as Ivery just wanted to be treated like a normal person. Plus she wishes that Stella would listen to the reason why she got sent there in the first place, but she always was ignored. Thankfully most of her other coworkers didn't mind or they just didn't care about her past with the facility. Most were thankfully smart enough to not ask her about it as she made it clear that it wasn't a subject she liked to talk about.

Now she was in her room laying down on her bed reflecting everything in her life that led up to this moment. Ivery has had so much therapy but she was still far from a healthy mindset, while she more comfortable around fire her mental health was still all kinds of fucked up. All she wanted was to be normal and not feel so depressed all the time.

"Ugh! Why can't I just get better! What's wrong with me?! Why am I still so messed up even after all this time! Ugh!... Man I remember what days were like before the fire, some of my memories are blurry, but they are there. I remember mom reading me bedtime stories, dad playing pirate with me and my then imaginary friend. I remember so much fun I had with mom, dad, and all my siblings, but now those days are gone. Now I'm just a mentally unwell woman who's struggling to find even the slightest bit of happiness." Ivery said to herself out loud.

She sighed again and laid on her side as she thought about her life and her mental health, wishing it'd be better. As she laid like that a figure suddenly appeared in her room and slowly approached her. The figure reached out to her and started gently stroking her head and back lightly and gently. Ivery thought that it was her other brother Mortant, who would often come into her room and comfort her.

"Mortant, I know you're worried about my mental health, but please knock before coming into my room." Ivery demanded gently.

"Sorry, but I'm not your brother! It's me your oldest and bestest of friends!" A cherry bubbly voice called out in the happiest tone Ivery recognized from her childhood.

Ivery shot up and turned around to see who it was, and when her eyes laid on them she couldn't help but freeze up in shock. Standing before her was her old imaginary friend Alora who now looked to be an adult like her.

"Hello Ivery! It's been so long I missed you so much! How have you been?" Alora asked a very shocked Ivery.

"W-Wha-WHAT THE FUCK?!" Ivery screamed.

"Ivery! Is everything okay in their?!" Ivery heard her sister Erica ask with concern in her voice.

"Um... Y-Yeah, just saw something disturbing on the internet just now." Ivery lied as she didnt know how to explain what she's seeing right now.

"Yeah, I can't blame you for freaking out, the internet is a crazy place with people of madness on it!" Erica called out before Ivery heard her walk away.

"Looks like your siblings haven't changed at all! I missed them so much!" Alora exclaimed happily after seeing the exchange with Ivery and Erica.

"Um pardon me, but, what the hell!?" Ivery was confused and shocked.

"What? What are you talking about Ivery? Aren't you happy to see me again? Don't you remember all the fun adventures we went on together back when you were younger?" Alora asked, her voice still all bubbly and happy.

"B-But you're not real! You were just a figment of my imagination! How are you even here in my room?!... wait no no, I must be hallucinating! Y-Yeah that's it, you aren't here you're just in my head like always." Ivery tried to convince myself.

"Hehe, oh Ivery... whoever said I wasn't real! I am, but only to you! As no one else aside from you can see me! And I loved the world you made with your imagination! However, you haven't come back in so long. Most told me to accept that you've grown up and moved on, but I wasn't convinced! I wanted to see you again so I left and came here to see you again!" Alora explained happily.

"W-What?! I-I am so confused?! Y-Your not real, I made you up as I was a kid who didn't have many friends! You're just in my head and not real... I need to lay down and sleep, maybe even take a vacation from work." Ivery said before laying back down.

"I actually think you need a new job, the one you currently have isn't a good environment for you! But don't worry, you sleep and I can come up with other job ideas and listings for you! After all someone with a talent like yours shouldn't be wasted on a pointless job like yours!" Alora explained as she sat next to Ivery on the bed.

"Yeah, Yeah, like that'll ever happen, you're just a figment of my imagination and when I wake up you'll be gone and everything will be the same as it is... including my mental health." Ivery said the last part with a bit of sadness in her voice as she laid down and went to sleep.

"Hehe, aww Ivery, I almost forgot how cute you were when you thought the opposite of what's true! I'm more real than you thought I was! As I am very real, just visible to you!" Alora exclaimed giggly.

"Oh and one more thing before the chapter ends!" Alora exclaimed then looked at you, the reader.

"Hey y'all! I'm so happy to grace you all with my presence! Before the chapter ends I want to let you all know that those of you who have amazingly creative minds, then let them run wild! Never be afraid to show off your imagination! My creator is never afraid to do that! So you go on and do it to as theirs an artist inside of every writer! Oh and one more thing before I say goodbye! Please remember to vote on the chapter and leave your thoughts in the comments, and share this with others! With all that said I'll see you in the next chapter!" Alora exclaimed to you all happily before waving goodbye.

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