Dancing Night *YEAH* 1

I have to see you, where are you now?I should have known, why am I so useless?I...        ...You awaken from an intense dream. You attempt to quickly jot down the events of your dream in your bedside dream journal, but it fades from your memory before you can. You check the time and discover that it is still several hours before you have to be up. You know that today is going to be very important. This is one of your friend's birthday. Oh wait, she's not here anymore, you think. You think back to when she left.It was about 2 days ago. You had went over to her room, only to discover it completely empty, except for a notice pinned to a wall. "I have been reassigned."Don't worry about me." Although it wasn't signed, it was in her handwriting...        You wonder what that note meant by "reassignment". You had each gotten your assignments when you were young. As far as you could tell until then, the assignments were permanent; you had never heard of anyone being reassigned. At this point, the loss of a friend didn't bother you, all it meant is that you would be down one friend. After all, you still had five other friends. Still, the prospect of reassignment intrigued you. Maybe, you could be reassigned to wherever she was now. You shake your head to dispel the thought. Your current job is vital; you'll likely be doing it until you die, like everyone else. Your alarm goes off, so you get out of bed, eat, and generally prepare yourself for work. After you finish, you report to your position.        Very few even know your job exists, that's how important it is. You aren't allowed to tell anyone, which under normal circumstances, would have decreased your ability to make friends, but these aren't normal circumstances. Almost everyone who goes to this secluded facility knows about what it's for, except possibly the driver of the supply train. You're not sure about the driver of the supply train, since he's not normal staff and doesn't live here. You wonder if he ever wonders what's in the unlabeled boxes he transports. You realize that you have been daydreaming while on the job, something quite frowned upon, and try to concentrate.        After your work day is done, you report back to your room. After eating a simple, mandatory meal despite not feeling hungry, you prepare for sleep. You doubt you'll have another dream. I can't remember the last time I've felt this curious, you think. Your friend's disappearance seems to have re-activated a part of you that hasn't been used since you were young. You remember that when you were younger, you where curious about everything. That got you into more trouble than it was worth. Eventually, you started suppressing your inquisitive side. Eventually, there was nothing left of your former self to conceal, or so you had thought until just now.

-perspective switch-

-day two-

        You wake up the next day. You don't remember falling asleep, but you clearly did. Today, you'll have to make sure everything is in perfect order, your boss is coming to check up on you. She usually doesn't come here because she has "more important things to do", according to her anyway. You plan on asking her why after nearly a year, she transfers your favorite test subject and plans a visit in the same week. Coupled with your research, isn't that a bit much stress on the test subjects? You get out of bed and start the preparations.        You finish cleaning the facility much faster than you originally thought you would. You then realize that you will likely be asked to give a demonstration of your progress. You'll need to prepare one of the test subjects.        The test subject, a slim female, tells you that she is the best suited for the demonstration. You believe her, as you've never known her to lie. You were likely going to choose her anyway as the others have shown less favorable reactions during the recent tests.        All that was left now was to prepare the actual demonstration. With the others, this would have been much easier, but they were also much more unpredictable. Each of them had a much more obvious advantage over others of their kind. One of them could predict the future to a certain degree, one was much faster than should have been possible, another was exceptionally good at communication, and one was absolutely amazing at visualizing things in 3 dimensions and creating detailed plans of their designs. The one you had selected was stronger than most, that was all. You needed to think of a demonstration that both showed her talent and showed the effects of your experimental magic. With the others, the effects would be more pronounced, but you would likely be asked to explain how you imbued them with their abilities, a question you did not have an easy answer for. The truth is, you were still investigating that. You had managed to use incredibly powerful magic, far beyond what was normally possible, in the presence of six special stones, but the stones had not reacted to your magic since that day.

-perspective switch-

        You feel disappointed. Why wasn't I chosen for the demonstration?  You feel that you need to prove yourself to the scientist. You clearly weren't her favourite. After all, what kind of ability is communication even if you are good at it? It doesn't help that you are absolutely terrified of failure. Even if you were the one chosen, you don't think you would have had enough courage to do what would be asked of you, especially not in the presence of someone so important. Disgusted with your own inabilities, you start to cry softly.

--End Chapter One--

Author's Note: That was short.