Double Trouble

[Isys]

My name is Shauna Neat, at least that is what the Id in my pocket says. I don't remember much just waking up here in this house that was empty, my clothes were wet and I had no shoes.



I soon got a job at a museum, it's not my dream job I think, but it is something. Recently strange things have been happening to me, people mistaking me for someone else and it is getting worse.



I wish I could just remember one thing about my life, how I got here and why I keep waking up in different places. What's happening to me? Sometimes when I wake I'll find new furniture or new clothes.




During the day my name is Shauna Neat..



But at night I am Mika Mone.

[Simstar3]

Wow! What an awesome start! I'm hooked already!~

[Isys]

Lol, you are too funny.

[Pam]

Lol, you are too funny.

She does have a bit of enthusiasm, doesn't she? 

It sounds good to me, too.  Very clever with the dual identity.  This is just a story, right?  Not a Dynasty or legacy?

[Isys]

She does have a bit of enthusiasm, doesn't she? 

It sounds good to me, too.  Very clever with the dual identity.  This is just a story, right?  Not a Dynasty or legacy?

Thanks, yes it is just a short story just for fun.

[Isys]

The dreams are getting worse, I am on a boat with lots of people we are dancing and having a good time. Then a strange man approaches me, I start to feel strange I can't describe it. Then that feeling turns to panic, I feel like I am trying to break free but I can't. Then everything changes, it's dark and wet it's so quiet I want to scream out for help but I have no voice. Then I wake up.

[Isys]

Disturbed by my dream I decided to stay home and not go to work. I was beginning to hate my job and just used this opportunity to find something else. I was daydreaming when I noticed a man walking away from my mailbox, he only glanced for a min and drove off. I was hesitant, who knew I was here or who knew me for that matter. Curious I went to check, it was an envelope with no name on it, surely it could be for anyone.



Despite my better judgment I opened the envelope, there was an address on a piece of paper. What does this mean? Confused I started looking around the house for clues, something to shed some light on what I was doing here. I tried to remember what I did lastnight but all I remember was siting here watching tv and then, well I must have fallen asleep. My boss had left several messages, I was not in the mood to confront him but I did anyway. He said that my behaviour lastnight was unacceptable!



My dream was different this time, I felt alive free. I was in a bar searching for adventure for that fire that I felt deep inside. I was approached by man, he was handsome. I knew he would fall to my charms, that he would be drawn to me. After a few moments he was mine, I felt in complete control.




Everything was moving too fast, my head was spinning, this wasn't me I am not this person. I tried to fight it but the more I fought the faster I felt like I was falling. I woke up startled confused, what happened, no not again. I was in someone else's bed!

[Isys]

Panic took over, I looked around and nothing was familiar, what am I doing here! It was then I noticed the picture on the desk, it was the man in my dreams! But that's impossible it can't be, I heard someone coming so I hid under the bed. They stood there for a moment, my heart was beating so fast and loud I was sure they heard it. As soon as they left I ran, I ran like my life depended on it and did not look back.



I was so scared that I did not notice how far I had gone. I stopped to catch my breath and cry just a little. After what seemed like a lifetime of tears I reached in my pocket to get a tissue. I pulled out that paper with the address on it, I wonder maybe there are answers here. I took the next cab I saw and asked him to take me there. He looked scared when I told him the address but took me there anyway.

When I got out of the cab he drove off so fast the tires made a horrible screeching sound as he left. I paused for a moment, this is a bad idea I should just go home. As I was thinking this I realized that I was already walking through the door. A tall slim woman greeted me, her hair cut was short and fire red. She smiled at me and welcomed me back, then proceeded to lead me down a long hallway. I looked around trying to find anything familiar, it was then that she asked me why I changed my clothes. Before I could think of an answer she stopped so suddenly that I ran into her. She motioned me to go on in, I stood there staring at this massive black and red door I almost ran but she touched my arm. Something about her was familiar and strange I suddenly felt at ease. I turned to the door and turned the handle, what happened next was something I could never be prepared for something that no one would ever believe.

[kattiq]

Ah cliff hanger!
I can't wait for the next update

[Isys]

I stood in the middle of the room, the furniture was very old and the windows were covered in red drapes that flowed all the way to the floor. But it was not the drapes or the furniture that had my heart hit the floor. It was the paintings that surrounded the room, it was me! Portraits of me with different men dressed in strange clothing. I couldn't believe my eyes I had to take a closer look, this can't be right I don't even know any of these men. As I walked closer I noticed the dates, the first portrait read 1890 Milo Evans then next was 1900 Nicholas McDonald, then 1910 James North, it kept going on and on. I had to sit down, come on think this has to be some kind of joke, someone must think this is funny. Obviously this can't be me this person hasn't aged, that is not possible. I have to get out of here as I made my way to the door I noticed that one of the drapes were slightly opened and there was a light illuminating from the wall. I was already in deep, I had to finish this I have to know who I am.

[Isys]

When I moved the curtain there was a secret door, behind the door was a set of steps. I listened closely to see if I heard anything or anyone down there. I knew better than to say hello, I wouldn't want to alert anyone that I was there. Since I didn't hear anything I quietly went down the steps. There was another long hallway, no sign that anyone was even here.





Once I reached the end of the hall there was a room, when I walked in there were two strange stones. I didn't know what to make of this who would have stones in a basement of a building? On one of the stones I noticed there was a carving it looked like writing but I couldn't make out the language but I did recognize something, my name! There it was my name carved in stone, I was in shock this is too much, what does that mean who would do this!?

[Simstar3]

She's a vampire!

[GrowerGirl]

It strikes me as a vampire style dollhouse. I just finish watching that show so I see similarities everywhere.

[Isys]

I must have looked like I had seen a ghost, the tall woman tried to stop me but I pushed her down. I don't know how I reached home so fast I just knew I was home. I immediately took a shower in attempt to out a fire I couldn't see, I tried to slow my mind down and organize what I had seen.



There must be some kind of record of those men I saw, the library must have archives or something that would give me more information. I wasn't having much luck until I came across an article, it was one of the men I seen in the portraits.

Count Nicholas McDonald to be married to a mysterious woman in June 20 1900, three days before the wedding he mysteriously vanishes his bride nowhere to be found. Rumours of strange noises coming from his manor were reported the night before his disappearance but nothing was found.

After hours of searching I found the rest of the names, each of them a Count each of them vanished before the wedding and strangely there were no pictures of the bride. I started to feel sick, something wasn't right how could there be no record of her no name no date of birth nothing.



It took me awhile to sleep I was afraid that when I woke up I would not be in my own bed or even worse wake up in that stone coffin.

[Isys]

It's happening again this time the dreams lasts longer and I am beginning to feel stronger more powerful. I still try to fight it but the need is too strong. I am waiting, waiting for my next adventure and growing impatient by the minute. But then he came in, my heart leaped I must have him it didn't take long before I had him in my sight, soon he would be just another reason to let loose be free.



But this time was different, he was not like the others what was it about him. It seemed like he was pulling me in drawing me closer to the edge daring me to jump. All of a sudden the room was empty it was just he and I together, he handed me a drink that seemed like a dream mixed with passion and sprinkled with delusion. I couldn't tell if I was flying or if he was, but soon I didn't care.



What seemed like a few minutes were actually hours, when I woke up I was in my own bed I was relieved of course but still felt a little light. I sat in my room for a long time before I moved I need answers and I need them now. This place in my dream, I had to know if it was real had to know if I was really there. I left and just started walking, I was about to give up when I noticed a dirt road hidden this is it I remember this road. Once I reached the end I realized that it was a club, it must be exclusive how would I get in. Before I could think of a way a man greeted me at the gate, he eyed me for a moment then opened it. "He's expecting you" normally I would have been freaked out but too many things have been going on that I was sure this was nothing. I was sent into one of the rooms where I waited for the host to arrive I knew from the moment he walked in the door that I knew him, he was the man from my dreams the man on the boat who I was dancing with.

"Mika, or Is is Shauna it is hard to keep track these days, ahh I see you must be confused please have a drink I will explain everything" I did what he asked I wanted to know once and for all what was happening why my dreams seemed so real who that was in the paintings. He sat across from me and stared at me for a moment. Then it began.

[Simstar3]

Wow, way too keep someone in suspense!

[Isys]

A long time ago, when I was from, it was a dark time. People were unaware of the danger that was approaching, I was a teenager then but I remember it like it was yesterday. On the hill just outside of our town was a large house it had been empty for quite some time and news had spread that a wealthy man had just purchased it and was due to arrive any day now. We had no idea what was about to happen. Rumours started to spread of strange noises coming from the hills, women going missing the towns people started to get nervous it didn't take long before they started to point fingers at the new stranger.



Soon enough the stranger came to town, we had never seen him since he arrived and everyone was curious and scared. He was, indeed, something to see. People were immediately taken by him women were in a trance he was charming and a true gentlemen. However, there was one woman who seemed to be immune to his charms, to his powers instead he was struck by her beauty.



Your mother, a human would be the first to capture the heart of, well I guess the first of our kind. Obsessed by her and furious that his attempts to make her his had failed sent him on a rage. One night your mother was walking home alone, I was leaving a friends house when I caught sight of her, I was about to ask her if I could walk with her when I saw him standing in the shadows. It all happened so fast I was so scared I ran.



People started to worry, word started to spread I couldn't tell them what I saw as I was unsure myself. It was months before there was any news about her disappearance. When your mother woke up in his manor she was no longer human, she was a creature of the night a stalker. Naturally she was furious for more reasons than he knew.

[Simstar3]

Isn't this picture from The Sims 2? I love the story, by the way, it's awesome!

[Isys]

Because of her rage and new powers your mother was unable to control herself, and he was unable to control her. She took it out on the towns people and soon other towns nearby. I, was one of her victims, it wasn't long before the people started to gather and headed towards the manor to rid themselves of the evil that had taken over.



There were a lot of screams that night, but none so distinct as the baby that she gave birth to in a cottage just behind the manor. Your mother was pregnant when she was, well, taken.

He looked at me in a strange way, I felt uncomfortable he then got up and stood by the window I wanted him to continue to finish the story. Was I a creature of the night is this what it's all about? And just as if he read my mind he answered.

No it is not that simple, after your mother died the stranger took you and vanished, no one knew she had even had a child. I followed and waited till you were older, I needed to know. Your mother knew they would come for her and made me promise I would look after you and not to let you become what she had.



He then turned to me, I felt a shiver felt light headed suddenly I couldn't breathe my heart started to beat faster. What's happening to me?

Don't worry it will all be clear soon, I've waited my whole life for you soon we will be together Mika.

[Isys]

Isn't this picture from The Sims 2? I love the story, by the way, it's awesome!

Yeah I needed pictures that weren't related to any story I was doing but ones that would fit in with his story. Thank you internet lol, the pictures however are all different sizes I don't know how to fix that so I'll work on it.

Please excuse the current pictures hope you enjoy the story.

[kattiq]

This is getting more and more interesting every update!

[Isys]

*Due to the fact I am not by my picture producing computer, and that it may be difficult to get images that coincide with this segment, it will not have any. However the following segments will have pictures.

Imagine you are in a state between sleep and awake the stage just before you fall asleep, also remember a time where you were too tired to even move. Now let the story begin.

(distant whisper) Mikaaaa Mikaaaa

I couldn't move, I was stuck in some kind of fog, NO it's Shauna my name is Shauna I am not her I can't be! I tried to focus tried to get a grip I even slapped myself in hopes that I was dreaming once again and I would wake up once and for all.

(distant whisper) Come Mikaaa, let go, just let go

Let go of what I don't understand who are you? And without warning a figure just materialized before my eyes and what was a sea of fog was now a blazing city. People were running and screaming, a woman grabbed her child and tried to escape but they were after her. I started running after her I felt that I must help her. I followed her to a small alley, she was crying and holding her baby, my heart weakened. The mob soon found her but she had hidden the child before they caught her. The leader and older man approached her, he stared at her for a moment, I held my breath and he struck her! I screamed out and they took her away.

(distant whisper) Wait

I stood there looking in the place where she left the baby, I walked towards the spot and stopped. There was a man standing where the baby had been. He was looking at me I was locked in the gaze he smiled at me and picked up the baby and then vanished just like that. I ran out of the alley in hopes that I could find the woman I didn't have to go too far I could hear her screaming. I stopped running when I reached the center of where I had first seen her, there she was tied to a stone coffin, it looked just like the one I had seen in that building. I walked closer to her I need to see her face she turned to face me she knew I was coming.

(distant whisper) Go, don't be afraid

I stood beside her staring at my own reflection a splitting image of myself, she smiled at me and without moving her lips I could hear her.

Mika, I've been waiting for this day for so long I am sorry I was not able to be there to explain what is happening but it will be ok. You are the first of your kind unique. You are not like the rest of us and because of that many will be after you, will want you. You must not let them sway you, do not drink from the cup.

What does that even mean what cup?! I didn't realize that the people had become quiet and the sun started to come up, they stood and waited but for what. Suddenly she burst into flames her eyes still on me as she reached out her hand, automatically I took it tears falling down my face as I watched her turn to ashes and was gone.

(distant whisper) It's time

[chrissie]

Wow! What a good writer you are. The build-up of tension had me holding my breath. More soon please.

[Simstar3]

Wow! What suspense!

[Isys]

Wow! What a good writer you are. The build-up of tension had me holding my breath. More soon please.

Thanks for the support, I love when things keep you up in the air, it gives you a chance to think about it and try to figure out what's next. I love a good "AHHA I knew it" moment.