~ ELISH ~
We bought nothing. Our hands empty and the money untouched, Leo and I walked home in cold silence. I did not hear the voice again. I was back in body now. It was so weird, I still felt a big light headed and my heart, it was like I was a tad more calmer. The feeling of being different from them had weaverd a little too… Gosh, what happened to me?
"Elish."
I looked to my left. Leo's eyes were on the road but it was him that spoke.
"Yeah," I replied with a simple statement.
Bro's talk like that all the time, I had learned.
"Are you sure you are okay?"
It did not sound like a mockery, there was concern, deep concern. I did not know how to reply cos I did not want to lie. All of a sudden I was caring so much about sincerity.
"Dude," he grabbed my arm, we stopped walking.
"Am worried, Man."
'Okay, I was struck by that'
I turned around. My gaze met his own. He was …cold but… in a very, good way.
"Am talking to you."
His voice came out full of masculinity. His eyes were even hazelnut in color. And he had a good build, athletic to be precise. In that two piece suite he wore, I wondered why I did not notice him before.
"Elish," it was an inpatient call.
"Am fine."
"What exactly happened back there?" he asked another question.
"It was one of weird instincts. I just acted. That's all I can say."
And that's all I wanted to say. I too did not know what was going on and I was not liking the sudden manliness I was feeling around him.
"Are you sure? It seemed out of the ordinary this time."
I smiled.
"Have ever done anything ordinary."
"Well, you did not grow fangs and radiate with blood lust like you did today. And you have never snapped at me no matter what I said. Today was something else. Not to mention you kept spacing out through out this week. I am not buying the whole 'Its just how it has been' idea."
I breathed. I noticed the spacing out too but I never thought it would come to this. I never thought I would make it so obvious.
"Honestly, I did not know either. It just happened." Leo looked away.
"Next time, say something, maybe I can help. I know you think hate... Hell, I think I did too but watching you grab your head like that; it really scared me. I may not be comfortable with you having this new brother status but I am still a next door away if you need to talk."
I kind felt all mushy inside. That was very sweet.
"Mum will kill us both if we return with buying clothes. Tomorrow is the first day of school." Leo turned to my face and let out this crafty smile.
"I know a place and it is cheaper which means more bills left for us."
He made money counting signs with his fingers. I found myself beaming from cheek to cheek. This guy really likes money.
"Lets go."
He threw his hand in the air like a ten year old and start forward with the same age's gait.
'Oh, explains why I never saw that side of him'
I smiled again. I knew things were not going to be the same after today so I decided to make the best of it while it was still here.
"Hold up".
~ AUTHOR ~
…8:07pm…
In that quiet house, someone was still awake. Sitting on his window pane. Thinking about today.
He had been trying to find answers to who he is since they left that cottage house but now something looked like an answer and he was dodging it, pretending like it was not there.
He made kicks at the air with his legs. A puff leaving his lips. Self deception is only going to make things worse.
If this 'Him' was as powerful as he was now and found it so easy to control him then he would certainly do it again. Who knows what he will do next time. He breathed… he was ready for 'Him' now.
"I know you are there," Elish spoke into the wind but he heard it.
*It's about time. I thought I would wait forever*
"Who are you?" Elish did not want to joke around.
*Do we have to go over this again. I… am… YOU*
"How can you be me. How can I be two. And how come I can not see you? How can you… Are you snoring?"
Gosh, Elish could not believe it. He was freaking out and this dude was ignoring him.
*Opps. I got so bored I feel asleep*
There was mockery in his voice.
"Answer the first question, Moron," Elish was mad.
*That's more like it. Anger means power. You cannot see me because I am the part of you that controls your other form*
"What form?"
"A wolf. A werewolf."
Tsk, Elish clicked his tongue… to think he was my toes and everything thinking he would say something insane. He heard a chuckle.
*You think it's a joke. Go to the mirror and see for yourself what you are. What you have done*
Elish was silenced by his seriousness.
~ ELISH ~
I turned around, stepping back in to the house. I still had the guest room as mine. They did not build the mirror to stand on any of the walls like in Leo's room. It was built to stick to the back of the first door that closed my closet.
I walked, without making noise, to the wooden contraption that kept my clothes. Hands on the handle, I gave the door a push. It opened ajar. A reflection was right in my face except…
I saw dark and grey fur like mild spikes running down the body of this figure. I looked down at it's legs. They were foot but they looked like they belonged to an animal.
I could hear heavy breathing, its back still turned to me. Honestly, I felt like I knew what I would see next but could not look away. I was not in control again.
The creature's head turned a little, it peered at me from the corner of its eyes. I could see no pupil in that gaze, just dark redness.
*What. Are not glad to see me, Elish*
It turned fully…. That was no wolf. It was a nightmare covered in blood. My eyes gaped.
"Shit!"
I took a step back, crumbled to the floor, looking away from it.
*Look at me, Elish!*
My head flung fast, my eyes wide open. They fixed on the mirror immediately. Shaking on the ground, I could not run, I could not move. I could close my eyes.
Frightened as hell, I begged him with my sealed lips. The beast smirked at me with the tainted fangs.
*Are you scared? A creature like you should know no fear. Not after what you have done*
light flashed through my eyes, the mirror revealing the woods. I saw Anamay running from something. Running from it… no, running from me.'
Leo once told me that he never wanted to remember that night. Watching Demertri scream and cry. Watching him get ripped apart. Anamay flung to a tree like paper. Watching those two couples get eaten up. I felt the desire to die. Tears were flowing out of my open eyes. I could not even scream.
The beast came back to stand before the other side of the mirror. I heard him say.
*You are crying over something so small. They may have taken our memory, but the feeling is still there. The heart that knows it had done worse*
It was still looking at me, pitifully. I did not want to keep my eyes open anymore. He knew that
*Do not worry. You will get use to me being here you soon. For now, just sleep*
The room began to blur, my Eyes closing. I tried to keep it open, to fight the sleep. To get out of this room. But in the end, he won.