I waited outside of her bedroom. I did not want to leave far, but I would be able to stop anything The Boogeyman did from this distance. Oh, how was I going to help her find happiness? She would be hard to convince of college, it was associated with bad memories. She did not even know The Boogeyman was responsible for her family's accident. She would one day. I didn't want her to know, but soon she would remember.
The Boogeyman. Sinister. I felt a chill up my shoulder, his name seemed to get to me. Wait, why was his name causing a shiver? I dealt with him fine last night. No, it was not the name, it was the presence near me…something…
Something was wrong, I could feel it. I went through to the other side of the door.
I screamed and woke up, covered in sweat. Looking around, everything is normal. A dream? My Aunt Merissa came in and turned on the light. I sheltered my eyes, not used to the brightness. After confirming I was okay, she left again.
Everything was fine. A dream. An intense dream. I took one more look around, including around the bed. After I felt secure, I cuddled up in my sheets and closed my eyes.
My nightlight flickered, making it harder to get sleep. I was too lazy to change the light bulb right now. I stayed in bed, but started to hear thunder outside. It was soft at first, but then I jumped when loud thunder cracked. It was so loud it hurt my ears.
I sat up in bed to rub my ear, when I looked at my nightlight again. It was now glowing a radiating red. Something was wrong, something was so wrong. I could feel it, I could see it, I could hear it all around. Standing up, I tried to open the door. I knocked on it and called for my Aunt Merissa again, but there was no answer except 'go to sleep!'.
I yelled again and the door flew open. Aunt Merissa's eyes were a deep red.
"Impetulant child. I have changed my entire life, just to help you, and you're simply an ignorant prick. You don't care for anything I've ever done for you! You can't even shut up and go to sleep so I can get rest. Look at you, all warm and comfy in your bed every night. You should be out on the streets, hunkering around looking for food. In fact, this is it. Tomorrow your Uncle Charles is kicking you out. Sweet dreams."
Kicked out? "Aunt Merissa?!" I called out to her. No, I can't go to the streets. No one would take me in, I have no job right now, and what would I do for money and food? I banged on the door again, this couldn't be have happened. Aunt Merissa was about the only person who cared about me anymore. "Aunt Merissa, please? Please?!"
I don't want to live out on the streets. Oh god, no, this can't be happening. I walked back to the bed and rocked myself on it. How could this happen? What could I do? "Oh, Mister Umbrella in the Sky. . ." A tear rolled down my cheek. Even my only friend didn't care for me anymore.
"Jewelsy!" I heard my name, it echoed above my ceiling. Mister Umbrella in the Sky?
Jewelsy, oh, no. I stared into the abyss of the room. Boogeyman had dragged her down.
I. Lost. Her.
One minute.
One simple minute away.
I screamed as I hit the carpet. All of her furniture had been sucked in, nothing remained but her carpet and a large whole in the middle. My precious Jewelsy. A flower still budding, just learning to live again. I couldn't bring her happiness. I couldn't even save her from this fate.
Taken, never to live a human life again.
"Why? Why Jewelsy?" I asked the empty room. Jewelsy. The thought of the jumper came back to me again. He knew about her being a soul mate before anyone did. We were supposed to be together, to save everything in our dimension.
No, I couldn't do this! I straightened my tie, this couldn't be the route we take. Madame Reed came toward me, no doubt having gotten the new information of the red dimension's new member. I couldn't say anything to her. I could barely stand to look at her.
"She doesn't belong there, he can't keep her there!" I protested. "She is my soul mate. The jumper had known that. " I held my hands out. "No, there must be something I can do. She will not be an seer of the red dimension."
"You have no choice, you must let her go," Madame Reed said. She tried to touch my shoulder, but I shirked back. I did not want comfort. I now understood why some children used to shirk me off and want to be left alone. I felt empty. The connection with Jewelsy, I couldn't find it anymore. That had been a part of me almost as long as I could remember. "I want her back."
"Mister Umbrella." Madame Reed took a step back. "It's foolish. If the jumper was wrong…the chances that you can save her are not worth the risks involved."
"He was not wrong, he was right. It was the Apocalypse Boy, and even you know it." Madame Reed knew of a way to save her, she had to tell me. "I need Jewelsy, you don't understand. Even if you don't believe, even if everything is wrong, I will risk it. Tell me."
"I could. . ." Madame Reed paused."I could dismiss you to the red dimension, and ask for re-evaluations. However, there is no guarantee that you would once again be a selective seer of the skies. There is a reason we refer to that dimension as hell."
Oh, that pushed on my gut and I felt the air leave my lungs. Reassigned to red. I was born somewhere within the sky, it was my mother. To turn my back on her to dwell as a selective seer of the hells?
"Forgive me." I handed my umbrella, my tie, and my hat off to Madame Reed. "May the blue dimension forgive me, but I must save Jewelsy."
Madame Reed hesitated, but eventually took my things. I bent down on my knees and hung my head. For Jewelsy. "I cast you away from the protection of the skies. The blue dimension will no longer acknowledge you. When you enter into the hole, you will become a selective seer of the red origin dimension. I wish you luck, Mister Umbrella in the Sky."
I took one long look at her. This was it.
I jumped into the hole.