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I wake up. Bright rays of yellow light stream into the room. But, this room isn't my bedroom.
It's sterile and white, with a monitor letting out a shrill beep every few seconds. It smells like hospital and-
Wait... a shrill beep?
I try to turn my head. I can't. The shrill beep lets out again. I can hear it. It's impossible. I must be dreaming. There's no way I can hear the beeps. Where am I? Why can't I move? Is this some sort of paralysis? I can't talk, can't move, can't even squirm. But yet, I can hear. I can see and I can hear but yet, I can't move. It's weird, hearing sound for the first time.
I suddenly feel my legs jolt and lift up. They were very small, but oh so chubby. They even had little socks on. Well, at least I can move, just not on my own accord. The legs slam down against whatever surface I'm laying on, which didn't hurt in the slightest. I felt soft... squishy... weak? Is that even the word to use?
I hear a door open, once again a weird sound for me. A brown haired lady, who seemed to be a very tall nurse, walked into the room and bent over my... what is this? A clear box? She picked me up, cradling me in her arms. How anyone could pick me up was a mystery. I'm a fairly tall man and while not plump, I do weigh a bit much. Yet, here was this humongous woman, picking me up like a baby.
As a matter of fact, I very much think I am a baby. The stubby legs with socks, the squishiness, my weight, all make that very clear now.
What is this? A dream? A hallucination? It feels too real. It looks too real. I can hear EVERYTHING. It scares me.
The nurse brings me to my mother. She lays me in her arms. I look up, but my eyes do not meet my mothers.
It meets the eyes of a blonde woman. They were tired, yet youthful and full of love. Tears streaked down her tender face and pooled in the crevices of her smile. She looked familiar. Too familiar. A familiarity that didn't bring comfort. It brought faint memories of pain and rage.
I feel my mouth open all on its own. A loud cry rings out of it. It's shrill and alarming. I try to close it, but I am still unable to move. I thought it was just because I was a baby but no, I am paralyzed in whatever or whose body I'm in. I can only watch. Can only feel. Can only hear. I try to figure out what shit I've landed myself into this time. Possibly some lucid dream. Maybe the grief of losing Lewis has gotten to my brain and I've turned insane. I will snap out of this in a minute either covered in blood or in a mental hospital. You know, like the movies.
Any minute now...
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And... now!....
...
Ok, so not a hallucination.
This is real? I'm a baby? Being held by this odd woman? Surrounded by burning lights and loud noises? I can't be. Can I?
I hear footsteps. Two sets of them. One fast and full of energy, the other a bit slower and more controlled. Two new faces loom over me. A man with fluffy, sunshine blonde hair and a set of thick glasses, which shielded two brown eyes. The other face was of a little girl. Her hair was a pale blonde like her mothers. Her eyes were filled with innocence and glee as she stared down at me. Her little red glasses almost fell off of her face as she giggled.
"Cynthia, shhh. Don't scare your little brother". I hear the voice of the strange blonde woman hush the small child.
"What are you gonna name him? Can we give him a cool name? Please?" Cynthia pleaded with her mother. Cynthia. The name sounds familiar. Didn't Lewis have an older sister named Cynthia? Or was it Charlotte? No, it was definitely Cynthia. But that's just a coincidence, I think.
"His name" The mother started. "Is Hugo Lewis Walker".
Hugo Lewis Walker? You mean my Hugo Lewis Walker? No.
No. This cannot be. But then, everything pieces together. Why this woman looked so familiar, why I can't move my body, why I can hear, the little girl's name, everything! My body stays still, but my brain is moving at the speed of light, realization, horror, and confusion all striking me at the same time. If I could, I could scream. But, I can't. I can't scream, cry, or beg for this nightmare to be over. I couldn't deny it any longer...
I was in the infant body of Lewis. My Lewis. My love, Lewis.
How did I get in here?
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HOW DO I GET OUT????!!!