Raven

Some people are born with a destiny. Others... are born trying to escape it." Twenty-four years ago, during a night of rain so heavy it seemed to want to erase the world, a man named Leo found a baby wrapped in an old blanket at his front door. No footprints. No vehicles. No one knocking. Just a girl sleeping soundly, as if she had been left there by something that never intended to return. The police never found her parents, and after months of searching, that man decided to adopt her. He named her Raven. And from that day on, he loved her as if she had always been his daughter. However, as Raven grew, inexplicable events began to happen. Animals that never approached people would walk up to her without showing any fear. Strangers would stare at her for a few seconds and then continue on their way with an expression difficult to describe. And when Raven lost control of her emotions... the world seemed to fall silent. Her father was the only one who decided to search for answers. For years he researched ancient documents, forgotten legends, and stories that most considered mere tales. What he found changed their lives forever. That night, he gathered enough courage to sit down with Raven and tell her the truth. Ever since then... she knows who she is. She knows the reason she appeared in front of that house. She knows the name that must never be spoken. And she understands why her father taught her, all his life, to control her emotions before anything else. But that secret has never left that room. Over time, her father fell in love again and started a new family with a woman who had five children. They never knew anything. To everyone, Raven was simply the reserved, polite, and hard-to-know daughter. At twenty-four years old, she still lives in the same house, keeping the room where she grew up. Most of the time she stays there. Reading. Writing. Or simply watching the rain from the window. However... there are nights when the rest of the house stays awake. Some claim to hear footsteps in the hallway when everyone should be asleep. Sometimes, Raven's bedroom door appears slightly ajar in the morning, even though no one saw her leave. And occasionally, those who pass by her door feel, for a moment, an inexplicable chill... followed by a strange sense of peace. No one talks about it much. Not even Raven. She always responds with a slight smile... as if she knows far more than she is willing to tell. Perhaps because some truths cannot be confessed. Or perhaps... because some secrets stop being secrets the very moment someone speaks them aloud.

Updated September 3, 2026