This choice: Tell the whole truth, reveal yourself • Go Back...Chapter #5Tell the whole truth, reveal yourself by: Quookies   "So you believe in demons and paranormal entities and all?" you asked.
"Well, yeah."
"What if I said that I might be one of those beings?"
Blake raised an eyebrow. You explained to him your powers and even transformed halfway into mist. It seemed that was enough to convince him. "That's definitely nothing I've ever heard of, although my guess is that you're either some sort of demon or some sort of fairy."
"Is there any way you can find out?"
Blake closed his eyes for a moment and thought. Then he said, "I guess we could try contacting a demon. Not a malevolent one, of course." You agreed.
***
The faint, glowing outline of a leopard could be seen emerging from the brass pot that Blake had brought into your room. "What do you want?" it asked rather irritably.
"I want to know where I came from," you declared.
The leopard drew closer and sniffed you out. Then it furrowed its nose and said, "Interesting. You don't carry the scent of a human."
"You mean, I'm not human at all?!" you exclaimed. The demon shook its head. This was a shock. All this time you had been certain that at the very least you were a quarter human. Now it seems that you weren't of this world at all. And your family... Definitely is not your biological family. You looked over at Blake, who just nodded as if that had been his suspicion all along.
"Your scent is familiar though," the demon continued. "But I'm afraid I can't remember at the moment. Give me a few days and I may be able to properly recall-" suddenly it began to snarl, crouching low with its tail raised as if ready to pounce. "There is an intruder! You!" it shouted at Blake. "Did you do the invocation properly?
"I-I'm pretty sure I did," Blake stammered, but he certainly didn't sound sure of himself. Just then one of the shadows on the wall started to move. Then it flew out of the wall and lunged. You and Blake nearly hit the roof as the two of you jumped back, but the leopard quickly tackled the shadow and ripped it apart with its claws. The leopard then turned back to you and Blake. "You must not leave this room tonight. That way you will be under my protection. Normally I wouldn't be interested in wasting my time babysitting humans, so you're lucky that this particular case is of interest to me." And with that it disappeared in a puff of smoke.
***
Your bed was a mere twin size so you and Blake had to sleep in rather close proximity, which was awkward because the only times other people had slept in your bed with you had been sexual in nature. He had his back to you, and you weren't sure whether or not he was asleep. The best you could do was to try to make as little movement as possible, even though it always took you a while to get into a comfortable position.
You became aware of a pleasant smell coming from Blake. As you slowly inched your face closer to him you wondered what kind of deodorant or bodywash he used. How strange this all was. You had only just met this guy, revealed your whole identity to him, summoned a demon with him, and now you were sleeping in the same bed with him, all in one day. And it wasn't even a hookup.
Your thoughts of Blake continued even as you drifted to sleep, and suddenly you saw him fighting off a horde of demons using some sort of magic. You must have entered his dream. Deciding to give him a hand you jumped to his side and made it so that the demons were all easily vanquished within seconds. "Thanks," he said.
"What got you into the whole deal with demons anyway?" you asked.
"I was attacked by one when I was little," he explained, and with that single statement it was as if he transferred an entire memory of a being that had haunted his attic in his old house in Ohio. Suddenly your lips met, which threw you off enough to almost wake you up. But just as quickly as the moment had come it had gone and the two of you were on 32 Street with some of his classmates surrounding him. You had faded into the background, so you decided to go back to your own dreams.
***
Not a single hour went by the next day without you wondering about Blake's dream. Was it him or you that had influenced that kiss to happen? He didn't seem to act uncomfortable or strange that morning when the two of you had woken up, and people are not very likely to forget a sex dream that they had. He had a morning class today so he had left early, but you wondered if maybe you should spend some time with him today to get to know him better. Just then you got a text. It was your friend Danielle asking if you had any plans tonight. It looked like she and her friends were going to the club.   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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