It was night time, her body was covered in dirt and roots, almost shielding her from everything else around, but when she move her body both of those things easily get off her, and she had to move her body slowly, because it aches, every move hurt, like her body wasn’t use in a while, but how much time could pass after that? Is true she though lots of this, and time felt like an eternity, but really it could happen that much time, right? Afterall being trapped in your own mind is different, the time pass different in there, but why is nighttime, she didn’t get out by herself that’s for sure, not after trying so many times and failing every single time, someone free her, but who?
-Hmmm you are a lot different from what I imagine
That kind of voice, sounds like lots of mouths at the same time, for sure a demon, but not the one she actually knows, not in the slightly sounds like Pops without his disguise, so she tries to stand up fast and take out the weapon they give to her, trying to look as firm as she can.
The demon only smirks, being pointed with a weapon amuse him? Maybe she could erase that smile of his pointy teeth and go away from there.
-You just weak up and are already to battle? My My such a warrior we have here
Mocking her? That’s his strategy to make her lose her straight or make her doubt? Is not the first time she rises a weapon, not the one she has on her hands, he teaches her well, and the hole speech to make her doubt herself? They teach her better.
-Stat your business with me or go away if you want to go unscratched
-Oh? Scratches? But you are the one that went away of a fight with the biggest one
What that demon could mean by that? How he could know about… No, he probably is tricking her.
-I hear you the first-time kid and yes you are right about having business with you, but probably not in the way you think
-Color me impress but the “Offer” still, go away now before i-
-You what? Called for help? You think someone could hear you here? Maybe you could scratch as you claim but you and I both know you can’t kill me, less in your current state
Maybe he observes the four of them while they practice? Yes, it has to be, maybe the bubble to protect them all wasn’t enough, oh she would definitively tell them more than a couple of things once she gets ride of this demon and find her.
-You keep pointing that weapon at me as if I am your enemy yet I sense how tired you are
-You ARE the enemy, after all you-
-I’m not the one who got you trap in your own mind for ten years
WHAT? How, when, no it has to be a trick of some sort, is not possible, they couldn’t keep her like that for that many years, right?
-Oh I sense doubt now? Think about it kid, how much time you spend trying to understand what happened? how many times you tried to scape from a dead body? Or how about such body suddenly is all grow to keep you trapped as long as they wanted?
No No, it doesn’t have any sense, how is that possible? They really did that? But why? Why so long? They let her rotten on that body for ten years? Why now? They lose force? They lose interest in keeping her trapped? They though by now she should have lose her mind or actually died?
-Finally getting the true uh?
-You are anything but a demon, there is nothing to believe that can come from your mouths
Yes, that has to be, it has to be an actual explanation for this, she doesn’t have to believe a demon that definitively is getting advantage from her current situation, no, she should ask the one that make it.
-Hmm if that is true, and all that I can say are lies then I guess your body and marks are a nice decoration for you now?
He can’t be serious; there is no way, it just can’t be…but how… how she ended up trapped in the first place… what happened? Just a head each can answer, why it hurts too much to remember?
-The brain can always try to make you avoid it with what hurt you but that doesn’t mean the memories aren’t there
-And what the heck is that supposed to mean?
-Oww you even curse like a well behave kid, I bet they are proud of you
She starts to get angrier with every second passing, what’s the hole meaning of that, and where the heck are they? They usually not leave this part of the woods and by how much noise she and the demon are doing is obvious they should know by now something is going on in there… unless
-Well your mind is a little fuzzy about the details but to resume, you had a little fight with them
-…I kind of remember that
-And well same as the one that created them and their species, they would cast away anyone that is opposed to them
-STOP BRINGING THAT, I was teach pretty well about what happened with you demons and by the mouth of one too so don’t think using such ideal would manipulate me
As one of the strategies teach by them, they can hurt you physical and mentally, they can manipulate and make you see just what they want you to see, and she is once to trust just because he is saying those things, truth or no.
-Strong words coming from a creature raised by one of them and one of us
-That to be created by such powerful entities you are so dumb to understand something as easy like this truth
What he wants from her? Is the connection with them? It has to be, use her to come to them, demons like him wont just go around helping because they want to help.
-And what are you so claim facts
With a smile he push a little her weapon and walk near her, she knows by now if he wanted a physical fight he could already started when she was still down in the dirt, but he didn’t, he need her alive, so better let him talk to see what he has.
-First, you went against Their wishes
She just rolls her eyes, that point was already taken, but she can’t almost remember exactly what was the reason of their disagreement.
-Second, you got mad and when trying to confront them about it you two get in a fight
An actual fight? The headache still there but, it doesn’t sound surprised, more like familiar, she actually attacked them? Why? They attacked first? If so, then why they would? Was it really just because a disagreement?
-Third, during that fight you won that terrible mark and since you two were in the same level of power, they decide to trap you
He keeps insisting on that hole mark things, that’s the least possible of the hole madness he is trying to expose, they would never hurt them, lest to the point to leave a mark like he keeps pressing her into believe is there.
-Fourth your decaying body was feed with those roots for ten years so you could keep being trap in there until they get bored of you being trap and let you free, and looks like today is the day
No, it doesn’t sound like them, it just could be, that sounds too much cruel for them, is almost impossible to believe it, but still, something inside her is the one that want her to believe that, but she is actually drinking in every single word he says, is it really true? Looking down she can see half of what he is saying, her body is different, doesn’t resemble anymore of a little kid, but a full grow up woman, and the roots that were around her when she just woke up, and even if her body was aching it just pain like when someone take a long nap and the body refuse to cooperate in the wake up, besides her hair, it got longer too, too much longer, as if it wasn’t cut in years, was really years?
-One last detail kid, look at the river
-You understanding now everything I said but still refuse to believe that they could be more than just the innocent, cute and lovable little creator you knew back then, but you have to remember what is their real nature
Slow and trembling steps take her to that long fast river, the same place where everything happened, all of them used to have fun there, they use it to escape their pain, and have a little peace with all of them in there, they talked all the time about how a family all of them were, about how they were their last piece of sanity on their moving life, they always talked to her sharing a bond that only a daughter could have with them, so why.
Why they did it? Was she not enough?
Is because she wasn’t good?
Is because she went against their wishes?
-YOU DID IT YOU DIRTY BICTH WHY YOU DID IT
Was really that? Was something else?
-I WAS WITH YOU SINCE THE BEGINNING I PROTECTED YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN
She couldn’t stop yelling at her reflex, showing back the mark that prove the fact she didn’t wanted to believe, they marked her, and then keep her prisoner for ten years in her own hellish mind, all because what? They really loved they humans more than they loved her? They really choose those petti destructive creatures instead of her? She just wanted to protect them so why?
-Oh, let me unchain that memory for you, now I think you finally come to your senses
With a flick of his long fingers on her forehead she fall on the river, while the memory come to her mind, with a terrible pain that makes her feel like someone was ripping apart her brain, now she could remember, that fight, the hole fight is now on her head, and for that her hearth become black, only hate could exist there where only love for them could exist before, they are the one to blame, they aren’t flawless, they lied to them, they didn’t love her, just used her until there were no use for her.
Some seconds pass before she emerges from the river, the water move her several miles away from where she originally was, but as if she just drop on the river, the demon was still there waiting for her.
-…what do you want from me
-Oh well many things but to be fair I’m more excited to know what do you want to do now
She shouldn’t be surprise, he knows what she want now, to rip them apart, to destroy everything that is meaningful for them, to kill the last one of those who mean anything to them, but the smirks painted on the demon face make her think better, there has to be a trick, he wouldn’t help her unless.
-Oh, fast thinking for someone who almost drown on their memories
-Oh, sure I want them dead, they and their little demon lover too, but my concept of dead isn’t the same as yours
-Now what is that supposed to mean
-Easy kid, your meaning of death mean the body not longer function and the soul go away, but what I mean by death is destroy, no only their body, but their mind, their heart, their soul, all of them being destroyed piece by piece until there is only the essence of their existence and the devour it so it cant come back in any form
That’s his objective? Fine let it be like that, but she knows why he is telling him all of that, he want to use her to gain his objective, of course, he doesn’t want to help her, he want to use her, but she is tired of being use only to be forgotten when she isn’t of more use, so she starts to walk away.
-Ey EY COME BACK HERE BRAT where do you think you are going?
-Anywhere is better than near you
-Not even a thank you for giving you that back?
-You just speed something that could take me a couple of hours discover so no
The angry meaner inside the demon is starting to show, he didn’t come all the way to stay in this exact moment and reveal all of this to get anything out of it, just a resurrected little brat.
-Fine kid but at least have this back
Throwing at her the weapon she has with her since the beginning, the one they give her years ago, and the one she rises against them.
-I can still feel something inside it, you should try and see what it can do, if you still got it in you kid
Touching it again making feel it too, something is tingling inside, maybe some of that so-called power still resides in there? If so, what is she supposed to do with it?
-Well is almost morning so I have to take my leave
-Wait now why are YOU going away
-Kid I have more important things that just talking to you
And still waste many minutes maybe an hour or two with this hole charade? No he knows he would need more to crack her into what he want her to do, but she wont be that easy to give in.
-Oh, but look who is talking now
A brat, an attitude that definitive would match her inner fury, but is nothing she should explain to him, is clear that he would claim to know her more than herself, but still, if she will carry this fury to the one that deserve it, it will be under her own terms, her own way.
-Anyway, if you need a shelter there is this cave some miles north from here so you should take it
Now that’s an offer she should take, because even if she is a creation, she still susceptible to her environment, and things like food and shelter should be her top priority now.
-Oh but take for sure I will be coming back there
-And what makes you think I would wait there for YOU?
-Well isn’t like you have somewhere else to go or anyone else to rely on
He keep trying to make her believe there is none in the world she could trust in but him, but even if she feel so alone, she wont let his honey worlds change her mind now.
-…What’s your name anyway
-Smart kid but not smart enough, someone like me would never say their real name at first hand
Was a try, and it make her understand they are both under the same shadow, and any of them are actually trusting the other, so maybe they could use each other until they reach their goals.
-But I guess I could give you a name to match this face
Of course, he would use a name like that to hide himself, almost make her laugh of how childish is the idea of a demon choosing words of a native language as a cape of invisibility so no one could actually hurt him.
-Oww thanks, now see you kid tonight, I have more things to tell you after all
And with the first ray of the sun, he went away, leaving her alone with her thoughts, and she didn’t have other thing to do more that go to the cave Wanülüü talked about, and there waiting for her surprisingly were food and clothes, that demon knew she would come there sooner or later, and she keep herself inside that cave until it was almost dawn, waiting on the entrance of the cave for Wanülüü, and that night she learned all the things They did, the creator destroying what once they wanted to protect, was it madness or realization? It doesn’t matter anymore, not their motives, not their reasons, she just needs to get the answer from them before seeing them closing their eyes.
And so the days trying to get back to her battle form and at night learning what they did during those ten years of her absence, just to get one deception after another, learning of their new creations and their runaway life, about how they created now monsters to destroy and kill, to keep trying to trust the humans to get stab in the back again, like a stubborn human that refuse to learn, and she keep going down the way to that big fast river, where one day she learned how they abandoned that part of the woods just to hide themselves in the other side of the river, and so she long in that routine until one day she found out about them, the discarded ideas, the creations that got lost or buried like her on those woods, and became her objective know who are they and which one should she help, maybe that way she would find the strength to calm down finally her wrath, or make it bigger so she can see all the blood of humanity in her hands.
And after collecting some of them she went down back to the river, and she saw her reflex one last time, and decide the long hair didn’t match with anything she is now, not only the clothes, and cutting she was until it got short like she wanted to be, so it won’t be a bother for her, not to hold the happy memories that she used to have with them, no more hiding under a shadow or a curtain of hair, specially when she can look directly into StoryTeller eyes once more, and accomplish her wish.
