Love or Die

Her heartbeat was as fast as a racehorse coming to the finish line, breathing was heavy and quick, her anxiously squeezed shut eyes finally popped open, it was over yet again. “what is wrong with me?", She sighed. "I can't take this anymore''. Cara sat up slowly and sluggishly in bed, almost dropping back again from the effortless attempt. Supposed to feel refreshed yet Cara felt drained and exhausted again.

She noticed a crack of sunshine shining through the curtain gap, It was morning time, and the sun was out, that made her happy at least.

Deep breaths and a stretch encouraged her all the way out of bed and on her feet, where she put on her fluffy brown slippers that have a hole in the front where her toe pokes out, somehow she didn't mind it like that. Cara was a rare kind of young woman she'd always been that way. Quirky but with a good loving heart of gold.

Cara was feeling much calmer as she made herself some coffee and pancakes in the kitchen. But she wondered why, why her, was she going crazy? Should she tell someone? Cara lived with her father and mother, David and Jenny and their pet budgie named Sunnie. They were out early that morning doing the weekend shopping for food and house supplies and a new table. Cara was hoping her parents would be home that morning,she had been ready, ready to tell them about her dream...her very disturbing re-occurring dream the one that felt a little too real.

Every night for the past two weeks Cara had a re-occurring dream that caused her to wake up feeling anxious and breathless in the morning. Cara wasn’t the kind of young lady to make a fuss about anything, but she needed help with this one, she needed to ask her parents for help.

Cara was a 22 year old slightly introverted only child who had just a few close friends that she loved, they often went out for coffee or to the cinemas once a week, other than that Cara liked to paint abstract art in her spare time or sing on her microphone. She was also in her first year of studying psychology ,she had been very curious about peoples minds since she was about 12 but strangely her own mind was the one that seemed to need help right now and that was terrifying.

Sunnie was tweeting a lot that morning in a happy way, he enjoyed his breakfast too. Such a little creature yet Cara loved him so much and treated him respectfully and gently.

Her parents came home around 5 o’clock. They had stayed out extra long that day. “Cara are you home?” her mum called.

Cara didn’t hear her parents call out over the loud music she was playing. It had been soothing away her worrying thoughts most the day. She had enjoyed her Saturday but at the same time she had endured a bad feeling all day about something but she couldn't quite make sense of it. The weather had been sunny all day yet towards the afternoon grey clouds had gathered above as if there was some kind of doom on the way.

The bedroom door opened quick..”Cara!!” she jumped “Oh sorry mum I didn’t hear you guys” she laughed whilst also very startled. “ Your dad and I got you something today for doing so well in your course. “For real?! that's awesome” Suddenly Cara forgot about her strange day and was ferociously excited to get her present .She loved her parents dearly and was very close to them both. In fact Cara was all about love she believed life and all actions should revolve around love towards all living things.

After helping her parents unpack the weekly groceries and gobbling down some goodies from the groceries at the same time Cara's mum handed her a small square box it was a nice pearly white color with a purple bow on top. As she was accepting it with a big smile Cara seemed to have a brief flash in her mind of a similar white box she'd seen before, it made her pause for a small second but then she brushed it off. Unnoticed by her parents. Lifting off the lid Cara's bright blue eyes caught a shimmer of golden sparkle. There it was a shiny beautiful Gold Heart Shaped Locket. It was so pretty like something from heaven.

This was the necklace from Cara's dream and her dream was just about to start playing out in real life. Almost like a premonition rather than a dream. It got started with a deafening ground shaking bang of angry thunder followed by a sudden downpour of very heavy rain. "Oh my God it's happening mum, dad, it's all my fault.. I should of told you " Cara yelled over the thunder "I'm so sorry" .The happy mood in the kitchen changed very quickly.

Her parents though were calm like monks in meditation, storms didn't bother them nor were they overly surprised at their precious daughters sudden erratic emotions as she was known to be quite emotional and unpredictable at times. " I love the necklace! it's the prettiest shiniest one I've ever seen, she scuffled but I'm afraid of it because, because it's the one from my dream, the exact same one" she exclaimed. "what dream Cara, tell us please"? her parents urged. ''I had a dream that I received a necklace just like this but it was a warning symbol not a gift, a warning that if people on this earth don't start loving instead of hating and killing each other and all the animals the world would suddenly turn chaotic and there would be thunderstorms and rain with cloudy days with no sunshine for years as punishment until everyone was dead" . Cara exclaimed. Her parents suddenly looked a little concerned and confused. They did not really believe her though, rather they asked her if she was joking. "It's just a bad storm Cara, it's ok?"

Knock knock, a pounding fist bashed at the wooden front door. "Who is that?!" David shouted, unexpecting. The rain got deafeningly heavier like it was not going to stop, you could barely hear each other talk without having to yell. The family hurried towards the front door out of curiosity but Cara stayed back a little, she was getting more fearful as the night was getting weirder by the minute.

David opened the door to see the worried face of their neighbor James he was drenched and seemed distressed . "Did you guys see the news"? "come in quickly" David offered. James stepped inside . "There are thunderstorms everywhere all over the world in every country with some countries having the sun suddenly overshadowed by thick chunks of grey glooming clouds". Cara couldn't believe what was was happening, everything in her dream was unfolding so quickly and accurately it was terrifying and overwhelming. She reached for her mindful breathing necklace around her neck and used it to calm and slow her breathing down. "We didn't see the news, we have been busy all day" her parents yelled over the rain and thunder . "Ok, take care, stay safe we are right next door and call if you need us, gotta run" he yelled. The neighbor left hurrying across the grass and back up his muddy wet driveway his boots slipping and skidding as he raced up to his waiting anxious wife.

Cara was in her room crying now. She had remembered most of the dream now except the main part where she was apparently supposed to do something very important with the heart shaped locket.

"Close all the windows, barricade the doors, hunny grab the torch, candles and our GO Bag while I lock up the garage and bring in any valuables from outside." "Hurry David, she replied it's getting dangerous out there". This is insane Cara thought, someone make it stop please. The house was now secure and Cara's parents had turned all their attention to the TV where every channel was breaking news, the world was falling apart right on the screen. Cara came out of her room to be comforted by her parents as they watched in shock together at what was going on. As Cara was watching the terrified people on TV she became aware that some people had a golden glow like aura about them while others didn't. It was then that she fell off the lounge and onto the floor.

While she was unconscious she was shown again what she was to do. This was the message from above: 'Cara you have a heart of gold . You are worthy to live a happy life. You have shown love to humans and animals. Your example did not go unnoticed. We have chosen you to receive the Divinely blessed Golden heart shaped locket that was personally blessed and dipped in the direct light of the golden rivers of the sun, then sent to earth, only human hands may touch the locket now that it is blessed no supernatural being can do any further work it's now up to you the human. The necklace must touch your skin. In 3 days time after the world of good and bad people has been shaken and warned you Cara on the sacred date of the 14.4.22 at 2:00pm 3 days from today must put the necklace around your neck and step outside, we will allow the sun to shine all over the world for 1 hour you must stand directly in the sunlight the sun will then power up the necklace that has now been synced with your soul ,you must then open the locket after 3 minutes of direct sunlight and then share the golden rays of love with the world as you open it, all people will then receive a golden heart shaped tattoo on their left shoulder it is temporary until earned once earned it guarantees eternal life. The heart tattoo must stay charged at 50% or above everyday, with every good action it stays charged and with every bad action involving serious misconduct like hate/ murder/abuse of any kind for animal or human the heart will lose power the more bad actions the more power lost until the power in the person goes out and they no longer live.

Cara sat up suddenly from the hard floor, it felt like hours had passed, her parents were standing over her looking very worried. Cara had only been out for a few minutes just enough time for her to know her destiny. Cara felt a sense of divine calm now, a peace she'd never experienced before, she knew the future and well it was going to be ok, things were actually going to turn out just fine, there was no need to worry anymore. Her parents were relieved to see she was ok. Suddenly there was silence no rain just an echoing voice outside saying " look up at the sky, look up at the sky", over and over. In amongst the gloomy grey clouds was a written message that everyone in the world could see according to their language it simply said: Love OR Die. Chills ran up Cara's spine as for her parents they were speechless standing there gazing up for minutes. The message was clear as the rain came pouring back down. Everyone snapped out of the daze and ran back in to the house.

Cara and her parents spent 3 days trapped in the house worrying if the rain would ever stop and if it would start to flood. Or if the sun would ever shine strong and bright like it used to. The mood was miserable and had a cold hopeless vibe to it. Cara's parents didn't ask anymore about the dream and Cara decided she didn't really need to tell them anymore because she knew what she had to do in 3 days time and she knew her parents would listen to her when she told them to step outside on the 3rd day. Her parents wondered what on earth was going on and where that voice in the sky came from. News on TV didn't have many answers they just warned people to stay indoors and if possible avoid going out unless for food or emergencies. The government was working on an emergency plan , Cara wondered if they'd seen the message in the sky and how they would respond. The third day arrived and Cara wondered how everyone would know what they need to do....that moment a golden piece of paper landed in the hands of every person on earth explaining exactly what Cara knew , it also had a picture of Cara's face as she was to be the new leader and example

To Be Continued.