Last updated:
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Chapter 7 is done, still needs spelling check though...
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*Millenium
~ Written by Shimaira van Beusekom*
I wrote this story myself and I'm still working on it. It's about demons and an alternative world.
Warning: contains swearing, violence and sexual stuff. 16+
* Chapter 1 ~ Prologue
* Chapter 2 ~ Dreams
* Chapter 3 ~ Introducing
* Chapter 4 ~ Dream Catcher
* Chapter 5 ~ Daydreaming
* Chapter 6 ~ Slaying
* Chapter 7 ~ Friend
* Chapter 8 ~ Guardian (Will add later)
Last updated:
20-11-2006
Chapter
7 is done, still needs spelling check though...
Deleted the message board ^^
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Aislinn
was cleaning up the house after her birthday party, which she had held yesterday.
It was hot, nearly summer. She looked around and took in the mess. A broken beer
bottle, glasses under the couch and table, a plate in a flowerpot… Aislinn was
the youngest of all her friends, seventeen, and it was the first time she had
given a party. She sighed; she had to clean it all by herself. Her parents only
agreed to the party if it was on a Friday night and if she was going to clean up
any mess. Her parents always went away Friday night and came back Sunday
afternoon. Her parents were quite wealthy and every weekend they went to their
second house.
She
thought of one of the agreements, ‘Ok, we won’t mind any alcohol, but if
someone pukes, you clean it!’ She sighed again and looked at a dried up puddle
next to the backdoor. She walked into the kitchen to get all the needed cleaning
items. She searched for a bucket and found one on top of the fridge. She shook
her head as she tried to get it off. ‘Next time, I’m going to parties
instead of hosting them.’ And she dumped the bucket into the sink, were she
filled it with water and soap. While searching for clean cloths she found
plastic gloves. She looked at them and thought of the mess near the backdoor.
She grunted and pulled them on. She pulled the bucket out the sink, which was a
bit too full, making it top heavy. She started to clean the whole house,
starting with the living room. She washed, vacuumed, cleaned the windows…
When
the entire first floor was cleaned it was already
While
sipping on the cold soda she walked around the house. She heard the birds sing
outside and she smiled as she walked to the window. The sky was blue and flowers
bloomed. She smiled ‘Only one more week and then... Summer vacation!’ She
screamed the last part out in joy. At points like this she was happy she lived
in a large house, where the neighbours are two kilometres away from each other.
She looked up at the high hills and she was glad she lived in
She
looked at her reflection in the glass; her long, dark red hair was tied in a
ponytail. The ribbon she had used to tie her hair up was already hanging loosely
on her shoulder. Her eyes were dark brown with green and they turned large when
she saw something sticking out of the bushes. She quickly put away the empty
glass and ran outside. Once closer she saw it was a leg. She recognised the
shoes immediately. They were blue with red dots and the socks were green with
white stripes. She looked up and saw the orange skirt and yellow with purple
shirt of her friend. Aislinn looked at her confused ‘Didn’t they all go home
last night… Or this morning?’ she thought. Next to her friend was an empty
beer bottle and she turned around, ending up on the bottle. The girl groaned and
moved again. Aislinn had to laugh at the funny faces she was making and this
made her wake up. It took about five minutes before the girl had cleaned her
eyes and could talk normal again. Aislinn helped her up. ‘What do you think
you’re doing?’ she asked, while moving the black hair out of her eyes.
‘I’m taking you inside for a glass of water, which I think you need very
hard, Emily.’ The girls walked towards the house and just as they were about
to enter through the backdoor, Emily threw up. ‘O, God not again…’ Aislinn
thought as the smell of vomit reached her nose.
After
throwing up Emily felt much better. Aislinn helped her to the living room and
then she got a glass of water for her. Sitting down next to Emily, she asked:
‘Now tell me, why weren’t you at home?’ Emily was drinking the water while
talking between gulps. ‘I did go home last night; I just didn’t make it out
of your backyard.’ Emily smiled sour. ‘Guess I shouldn’t have taken that
last bottle of beer…’ Aislinn nodded.
They
talked about the party and other things for an hour and Emily decided to stay
for dinner. Her parents also called, they were very concerned. They were easily
at rest though, when they heard she stayed the night with Aislinn, they both
didn’t mention it was in the backyard. Emily and Aislinn cleaned the rest of
the house together, which, surprisingly, went very fast and at
After
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A
scream bolted through the night. Blankets were thrown aside. Aislinn’s black
cat, Luna, ran around the house as if hit by lightning. Emily knocked on
Aislinn’s jammed door. ‘Aislinn?! What’s wrong?’ she yelled while trying
to open the door. ‘What’s wrong with the door?’ Aislinn screamed again.
Emily started to panic and she threw herself against the door. After the third
strike the door gave in and Emily stumbled inside.
When
she heard something land behind her she let out a surprised scream. She turned
around and looked into dark blue eyes, surrounded by blue skin. The face smiled
and showed sharp teeth. Still focused on the sharp teeth and blue skin, the
creature pushed her to the ground and the laundry seemed to grab her. She
screamed when the creature sat down on her stomach and the laundry tightened
around her. The creature revealed blue wings and although soothed by the beauty
of them, she screamed her longs out when the creature got out a black blade. The
blade was long and sharp, with a dark blue gem embedded in it. Aislinn struggled
for her life, but the creature was too heavy and she was bound by the laundry.
The creature moved the blade closer and closer to her face and while she was
screaming and struggling, she suddenly heard her name being called far away.
Emily
was silent for a moment. ‘Wow, freaky. It sounds terrifying…’ She touched
her friends face. ‘Why did that thing want to hurt you?’ Aislinn shrugged.
‘How would I know…’ She touched her face where the blade landed just
before she woke up.
Aislinn
walked to the kitchen, it’s dinnertime and her parents just called her again.
Her mom suggested preparing a pizza or making some soup. Not in the mood for
cooking, she chose the pizza. She walked over to the fridge and opened the door.
After scanning the contents, she found the pizza behind a melon and leftover
spinach. Yawning, she unwrapped the pizza and puts it in the oven. After setting
the temperature and time, the oven started to work. Walking to the fridge again,
she searched for a drink. She sees one can of Dr. Pepper and grabs it. Pouring
herself a glass of the bubbly fluid, she turned on the TV.
She
watched the news, ‘War here, fighting there, accident next door, blablabla.
News is always so depressing.’ she thought while standing up when the
‘ting’ of the oven was heard. Once back on the sofa with a steaming pizza,
she searched the tv-guide for a movie. ‘A horror, just what I want.’ She
said to herself. She searched for the right channel and started to eat he pizza,
while the screen filled with blood and corpses.
The
pizza was finished. She puts the plate on the table. She lies down. The movie
got dull. She got tired. She closed her eyes during the commercials. She
didn’t open them when the movie started again. She fell asleep. She dreamed
again…
Aislinn
sat down on the laundry and tried not to panic. She knew the creature was stuck,
the passage was too tight to turn.
She
looked up when it suddenly went silent. Thinking she was safe, she stood up
again and walked towards the passage. She looked up and a pair of dark blue eyes
glanced back. ‘What are you?’ she asked without her voice trembling. The
creature showed it’s teeth and shook the door. Scared, she took a step back.
Suddenly the creature spoke perfect English, which amazed Aislinn. ‘I would
say you’re worst nightmare, but that line is a bit overused don’t you think?’
She stared at the creature. ‘I’m not a ‘what’ by the way. My name is
Titanio and if you haven’t noticed yet, I’m not human. I’m a high level
demon.’ He grinned when he said that last part. Aislinn was still silenced by
the demons little introduction. ‘Now how about you open that door? I’m in a
rather uncomfortable position.’ Aislinn took another step back and started to
shake her head. ‘Ok then, I’ll just do it myself.’ Aislinn looked
paralyzed as she saw that he had the same blade. He brought it towards the door
and started to cut through the many, yet not very thick, iron bars. Suddenly she
woke up and realised what was happening. She quickly decided that the door was
her only way out. She struggled towards it through the laundry and started to
clear the door. She could hear the demon laughing at the background and the
paralyzing sound of the blade against the iron bars.
She
finally saw the blue and black tiles of the floor. She stood up and had the door
handle in her hand, when she noticed the sound of the blade against iron was
replaced by breathing in her neck. Her eyes went wide and the hairs all over her
body stood up. ‘Now didn’t I ask you nicely to open the door?’ Titanio
said. Aislinn felt paralysed. The demon placed one hand around her waist and his
head next to hers. Titanio breathed heavily in her ear and with his other hand
he held the blade in front of her face. Just as the demon made the first sound
of a word, Aislinn felt two other hands on her shoulders...
After
brushing her teeth and going to the toilet, Aislinn said goodnight to her
parents. She walked up to her room and turned on the lights. She looked at her
blue walls a bit frightened. ‘Great, now I’m going to hate the colour
blue…’ she said softly. She closed her curtains, undressed, turned on the
light next to her bed, turned off the main light and finally slipped under the
covers. She set her clock, turned off the light and thought about the nightmare.
‘How
can I have two of the same dreams, in two nights? Well they weren’t the same,
but they were about the same thing. What did he say again? He was a higher-level
demon? Ow, and his name is Titanio… Stupid name by the way. And I don’t
believe in demons. But what’s up with that blade? And all that laundry… And
why did I end up in front of that passage, even though I took another route?’
Her head was filled with more questions than answers. Finally, even though a bit
scared, she fell asleep again.
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‘Oh
no, not again...’ Aislinn thought as she found herself in the same hallway
again. She thought for a few seconds. ‘Ok, idea…’ she said smiling. She
started to run, found the hole fast and climbed in. Once in she locked the door
and immediately started to dig out the door. She was almost done, when she heard
the harsh landing of Titanio against the door. She could hear him sign and then
he started to speak, ‘Guess I will get the same answer as last time, when I
asked you to let me in.’ Aislinn just went on, but answered with a simple ‘Ahuh.’
She had no more place for fear, she just wanted to escape this dream. There was
however, a new question in the back of her mind, how did he know what happened
last time?
She
wondered what was behind the door, when she heard the eerie noise of the blade
again. She shivered, but then she saw the floor. She grinned as she had enough
space to open the door. She opened the door and turned around when she heard
Titanio calling her by her name. She froze when she heard it, ‘When did I tell
him that?’ raced through her mind. She looked at his blue eyes, he was halfway
through the door. She smiled and waved. She turned around and under much
screaming and cursing she closed the door. She looked at the door, just as she
had hoped. She saw a lock on the side and locked the door. She let herself slide
against the door and she starts to breathe slowly.
She
was suddenly woken from her trance, when the door got knocked on violently. She
feels a slight breeze inches from her head. She turns around and sees the black
blade sticking through the door. She lets out a scream and the blade pulls back,
just to sink into the wood again. She doesn’t hesitate and starts to look
around, ‘A one-way hallway… Not much choice.’ She jumpstarts her engine
and races through the hall. She takes a sharp left turn and then a right. This
hallway is quite long and she sees many doors on both sides. She runs to the end
and takes a right turn, only to come to a full stop. She looks at the roadblock
she stopped for and her eyes turn wide. ‘That’s… Another demon?’ she
thought in shock as she looked at the creature in front of her.
It
was entirely black and she was immediately
drawn to the demons two black horns. They were long and curled back; the end
stuck out of the curl and had a sharp spike. She looked the demon up and down.
It had no ears and it’s face looked even weirder because the creature had
almost no chin. The eyes were fiery red and were piercing through her. She
quickly skipped the face and saw that the creature was only wearing old black
pants, hold up by a black rope. Its chest, instead of having two breastplates
like a normal human would, was made of one plate. It slowly raze and sunk again
and she could see something move behind the creature. It’s long black tail was
swinging from left to right. The tail ended in a black spike and the tip seemed
to be glowing. It had only three toes and they had long, sharp black nails which
curled down. The back of the heel had a large black spike. She looked up again
and noticed the same sharp black spikes were on his knees and elbows. On the
knuckles of his hands were blunt black spikes. The creature started to walk
around Aislinn and she could now see that his spine had a whole line of blunt
and small sharp spikes.
Before
she knew what happened, she was squished against the wall. The demon’s skin
felt like leather and was very cold. It’s hard chest was pressing all the air
out of her longs. It moved closer to her face and whispered something she
couldn’t understand. Suddenly she lay on the floor and was gasping for air.
The creature was sitting on her stomach and it’s tail was moving from left to
right fast. ‘What do you want?’ Aislinn asked as she tried to struggle away
and get air. It just smiled as a response. She could see it also had small sharp
teeth, but there were three rows of them. A shill went through her spine as a
response. The creature moved towards her face and whispered again, but this time
she heard what it said. ‘You’re all mine now.’ It said with a monotone
voice. She blinked a few times and when she wanted to ask what it meant by that,
she screamed instead. The tail with its sharp black pin had stabbed her leg. She
looked at it in horror. The pin pulled out and its tip was red. She looked back
at her leg, which was bleeding.
She
trembled when she felt a weird feeling going through her leg. It was coming from
inside the wound. It was thumping trough her body, leaving it feeling cold and
asleep. The creature grinned and said ‘You’re all mine.’ She tried to move
when the creature moved its face towards hers, but she found that she couldn’t.
‘He… He fucking paralysed me!’ she screamed inside. At that moment she saw
the creature’s long pointed black tong. She closed her eyes in disgust as it
went over her neck.
‘SPIKE!’
She heard a familiar voice scream a few meters behind her. The creature lifted
itself up a bit and grinned. ‘Titanio.’ It said in a calm, still monotone
voice. ‘You’re too late, the girl is mine.’ Spike moved his hand through
Aislinn’s hair. ‘You haven’t won yet, Spike’ Titanio said. Spike stood
up and Aislinn welcomed the large amount of air that entered her longs. Still
paralysed, she could only see a glimpse of black and blue in her eye corners.
Suddenly a weird humming was heard. It got louder and louder and the two demons
ran over two her and started to scream.
‘Aislinn?’
She blinked her eyes when Emily’s face appeared in front of her own. ‘Huh?
What’s wrong?’ she asked a bit confused. ‘You’ve been staring into the
abyss the whole day; now tell me what’s the problem. And don’t deny it,
because it’s so obvious that something’s wrong!’ Aislinn blinked a few
times. ‘What do you mean? So I’ve been a bit quiet, that’s no crime.’
‘There’s quiet and there’s quiet… It’s more like you’re hiding in
yourself. You haven’t said much, I even think this is the longest conversation
you had all day. And, of course, the fact that your face is like a white
sheet.’ Aislinn blinked again. ‘I’m just very tired, haven’t slept good…’
Emily gave her a suspicious look. ‘More bad dreams?’ Aislinn grinned ‘You
could say that…’ She dropped herself to the ground and shut her eyes. ‘And
they’re becoming more realistic too… More details, more feelings, more
everything.’ ‘Hey Aislinn, you ok?’ she heard the voice of another friend
enter her ears and she signed ‘I’m ok, just sleepy.’ ‘Ok, just checking.’
The voice entered a conversation and she lost track of it. Emily started to
speak again. ‘You trust me right? If there’s something wrong, you would tell
me… Right?’ Aislinn smiled slightly. ‘I trust you Em, I’m just not going
to tell the whole story here… I’ll tell you when were alone, ok?’ Emily
smiled ‘Ok, but the moment were alone, you tell the whole story. I don’t
care if it would involve alien invasions or werewolves.’ She laughed and
Aislinn gave a forced chuckle, luckily Emily took it for real. Another friend
caught the last part. ‘Alien invasions?’ She giggled. ‘Yeah, haven’t you
heard yet? There stealing my socks.’ Aislinn said. ‘I bet they use it for
fuel!’ Emily added and they laughed. Aislinn tried to blend in and it seemed
only Emily noticed that something was wrong.
They
ended the day with gymnastics and Aislinn was burned out. She got dressed fast
and walked out of the dressing room. Emily caught up and they walked to the
lockers. It didn’t take long before Emily made her talk. Once at the bicycles
Emily knew the whole story and lost a bit of colour in her face. Aislinn told
her every little detail and shocked Emily with the gory details of Spike’s
tongue action.
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After
dinner she made her homework and spent the rest of her time behind her pc. She
searched on dreams on got fixated on the dream
catcher.
She found a ‘how-to-make-your-own’ site and printed the dream catcher page.
She immediately began scavenging through the house for everything she needed.
She even found a few feathers in the yard and after an hour she looked at the
pile of things proudly. ‘Ok, and now the making of…’ She turned on her
music and stayed in her room till nine.
‘Done!’
She smiled happily as she looked at the colourful wheel with the little feathers.
There were some beads here and there; even an old cat bell didn’t escape the
scavenging menace.
‘You
might have her here, but you don’t have her in Dylix yet. If I leave now, you
know I’ll get her before you do.’ ‘Who says I’m going to kill her now?’
Aislinn froze when she heard the word kill. Titanio grinned and looked at her.
‘Because, you did it the last time and you weren’t powerful enough yet.’
Aislinn’s mouth dropped, was that the reason why she didn’t remember
anything of the last dream? ‘Well, let’s see if I’m strong enough now and
I’ll race you to the Spawning Grounds.’ Titanio grinned and waved at
Aislinn. ‘I will see you again in Dylix, sweetie.’ He then looked at Spike
with a daring glare. ‘Do it now, this game is taking to long.’ Aislinn could
hear Spike laughing and she started to struggle. She felt he was getting
something out of his pants and then she saw what it was. Spike held a black kris
in front of her face. ‘See you on the other side.’ Spike whispered in her
ear. He raised the blade and Aislinn started to scream, but Spike didn’t even
flinch for a second. The blade came down with extreme speed, with her heart as
destination. She screamed and tried to struggle more, but his grip was too tight.
Suddenly
there was a huge white light where the blade touched her skin. She could feel
that Spike was being thrown of her and she heard both demons scream of surprise.
There she was, on the ground now and blinking. ‘What the fuck just happened?!’
Titanio asked with some added cursing. Spike was screaming and cursing as he got
back on his feet. Aislinn screamed when Titanio grabbed her and set down on her
stomach. He got his blue-gemmed blade out fast and held it above her chest.
Aislinn’s struggles were again without result. ‘You can’t do anything
right, Spike. Just let me take her to Dylix.’ Aislinn could hear Spike cursing
in the background, but her eyes were fixated on the blade. ‘Please don’t...’
she whispered, hoping the demon would have some sort of soft spot. ‘Don’t
worry, you won’t really die.’ Titanio said grinning. He moved his face to
hers and whispered: ‘Just your human form, you’ll wake up in our world,
Dylix, as a demon.’ Before Aislinn could respond, Titanio lifted the blade
again. It came down with tremendous speed and just as the blade touched her skin
the white light emerged again. Titanio was blown away and came to stop against
the wall. Spike laughed and Titanio cursed. ‘What the fuck is going on?! Why
can’t we kill her?!’ Titanio was screaming now and he stood up. Aislinn was
scared, because of the two demons being so pissed off. She screamed when she saw
that Titanio was going to kick her in the side. Yet again, the white light saved
her. ‘I’m so going to kill you!’ Titanio screamed as he got back on his
feet again. ‘Cool down and think.’ Spike said as he stopped Titanio. ‘It
seems we can’t kill her, let alone hurt her. Now there must me an explanation.’
Titanio grumbled and looked at the scared girl. ‘There’s only one thing
powerful enough to stop what were doing. At least in a human’s power...’
Titanio said, catching his breath. ‘And that is...?’ Spike looked at him
like he was still a rookie. ‘A dream catcher.’ grumbled Titanio. Both demons
now looked at Aislinn. She smiled and stood up. ‘Great, you guys can’t hurt
me.’ She started to laugh. ‘I think I’m going to go then.’ She giggled
as she walked away, only to be stopped by two pair of hands on her shoulders.
‘We’ll find a way to destroy that dream catcher of yours.’ ‘Or another
way to destroy your human body.’ Suddenly Spike grinned. ‘I already have
another idea.’ He threw Aislinn on the ground and sat on her. ‘Titanio, get
her arms.’ Aislinn started to panic. Spike’s hands suddenly went all over
her body. Aislinn started to scream at him and tried to get her hands free. One
of Spike’s hands was running over her cheek and the other through her hair.
Suddenly he moved his hands to her neck and started to choke her. Aislinn gasped,
only letting more air out then was getting in. ‘It’s working!’ Titanio
screamed out. Aislinn’s vision was getting blurry and she started to see black
spots and white stars. ‘O my god, she’s actually turning blue!’ Both
demons started to laugh as they watched Aislinn die.
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After
a few periods Aislinn was worn out. The next period had been cancelled and the
class had to stay in the lunchroom. Aislinn got bored and the tiredness was
getting to her. ‘I think I’m going to take a little nap…’ she said to
Emily. ‘Good idea, I’ll wake you if a teacher comes by.’ Aislinn mumbled
something as she laid her head down on her arms and fell asleep.
Aislinn
screamed hysterically as she woke up. Everyone was looking at her and Emily was
trying to calm her down, but it had no effect. She struggled trying to get loose
out of her friends grip and kept on screaming while tears flowed over her cheeks.
Two other friends now came to help Emily hold the kicking Aislinn. It took a few
minutes before she was tired and stopped struggling. She dropped to the ground
were she remained silent, but she still cried and breathed heavily. She could
hear the worried voices of everybody around her; she had drawn quite a crowd.
Emily and the two friends sat down next to her, catching their breath. Emily
looked in Aislinn’s eyes and then she looked up. She screamed something to the
surrounding students. Sordes, one of her friends, touched her dark shirt. It was
warm and wet. He said something to Emily and she touched the shirt too. She said
something to the other friend, Damien, who stood up and ran away. Sordes and
Emily stood up too and picked Aislinn up. They moved her to a quiet corner.
Emily said something to Sordes, who then ran away too. Emily yelled something to
the crowd, which was gradually falling apart.
Sordes
was back fast, he had a bucket of water and a clean cloth. Only a few seconds
later Damien came running back with the school nurse. She sat down next to
Aislinn and took the bucket and the cloth from Sordes. She lifted Aislinn’s
shirt a bit and Emily looked shocked. Her chest was covered with blood and had
been dripping through her dark shirt, almost unnoticeable. She had stopped
crying and her breathing was almost back to normal; she could finally understand
what was going on. ‘I don’t think she lost much blood.’ The nurse said.
She dipped the cloth in the bucket and cleaned Aislinn’s chest. ‘Do you have
any idea were she got this wound?’ she cleaned the cloth and the water was
turning red. ‘No, she was sleeping and suddenly woke up, screaming and kicking…’
‘It’s not a very deep wound, but I wonder where she got it...’ The sound
of dripping water and the smell of blood was making Aislinn sick. ‘Someone
will have to call her parents. She’ll need a doctor too. You don’t just wake
up with a cut like that; it needs to be checked on.’ Aislinn could feel the
sting of the cut every time the cloth went over it. She knew were it came from
and she was terrified.
When
she was satisfied with the sharp point she laid the scissors away and got back
to bed. She had taken the opener with her and was holding it like a teddy bear.
She gave the dream catcher a last glimpse before she shut her eyes. ‘This
better work…’ she thought before the shadows of sleep crawled over her and
took her away.
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Titanio’s
eyes were filled with surprise and a weird sound came out of his throat. Aislinn
pushed the demon off, but tried to keep the blade in. She looked at the blue
demon, who was indeed bleeding blue. Titanio growled and Aislinn took out the
blade as she made herself ready to strike again if he stood up. The demon’s
blue skin was turning darker and his eyes were black. He crawled toward her with
his blade in one hand; blue blood was coming out of his mouth and he spat some
out. Aislinn took a few steps back, holding the blade ready to strike; a few
drops of blue blood were dripping on the ground. Titanio increased his speed and
grabbed Aislinn’s leg. Before she could strike at the demon, the demon had
grabbed her hand. His grasp was so powerful that Aislinn’s muscles relaxed and
dropped the blade. In turn Titanio lifted his blade and made a move on her. A
white flash made an end to the attempt and the demon found himself against the
wall. Aislinn grinned, she could never loose now. She picked the blade up and
walked towards the wounded demon. Titanio was breathing heavily and Aislinn
kicked him just under the ribs. The blow took away all the demons breath and he
collapsed on the ground. He eyed Aislinn from this level and growled, ‘I’ll
get you, maybe not now… But eventually you will be mine!’ Aislinn ignored
the demons last words and stuck the blade deep into the dark blue skin. The
black eyes were still staring at her and the growl went on. She took the blade
out and stabbed again, this time in the neck. The blade went through easily,
coming out on the other side. Titanio’s growl made place for a weird sound, as
if he was drowning. Aislinn had to suppress the feeling to vomit. Titanio
grabbed her leg and she didn’t mind. She took the blade out slowly, the blue
blood was covering her hands. The demon seemed to tremble and she kicked it
again, this time he landed on his back. Titanio’s breathing was haunting her;
the deep, sharp breaths; the chocking and the gurgling sounds. She lifted the
blade up once more, ready to go for the demons heart. Titanio grinned at her,
his teeth blue of blood. He tried to say something, but the words were mutilated
too much. Aislinn felt a chill go up her spine and she wanted to end this
horror. As the blade sunk deeper into the demons chest, she saw the life leaving
the black eyes. Another chill went through her spine and her stomach turned.
She
swallowed as she took the blade out after giving it a final push and turn. She
took a few steps back and fell down. She eyed the lifeless mess. Everything was
covered in blue blood, the laundry, her body; even the walls got their share.
She jumped up as she saw the dark blue skin change back to light blue. The black
eyes, now staring at the ceiling, turned back to blue. Then the skin went
lighter and turned white, the eyes followed. She took a few steps back as the
body seemed to glow and then slowly faded away. Just when she realized the body
was gone, probably back to the demon world, she breathed out.
A
hard ‘boink’ against the door woke her up from the trance state she was in.
Quickly she realized she was only half done. She looked at were the body had
been and saw Titanio’s blade. Now armed with two blades she stood ready behind
the door. It didn’t took Spike long to get the door open enough to enter.
Once
inside he didn’t noticed Aislinn, his eyes were fixated on the blue mess.
‘What the fuck happened here…’ she could hear him whisper. He took a step
towards the bloodied wall and Aislinn saw her chance. She lifted the two blades
and stuck them into the black, leathery skin. Instead of going in as smoothly as
with Titanio, they now went in slowly and she had to push hard. Spike screamed
as he tried to throw Aislinn of his back. Suddenly Aislinn felt a cold tip
touching her neck, ‘Fuck, his tail!’ She released the demon, pulling the two
blades out as she fell. She rolled away from him and got back in a fighting
pose. The two blades were dripping of blood, one blade red and the other purple.
Spike cursed as he looked at his attacker. ‘I would have never expected
that.’ He said in monotone. Aislinn eyed his hand as it searched for the kris.
Once the kris was found Spike charged at her. Not expecting a charge Aislinn’s
only action was trying to evade. The kris touched her shoulder and the white
light threw Spike away. While still in the middle of a growl, Aislinn had
already moved herself to Spike’s side and got one blade into his side, just
under the breastplate. Spike intercepted the other blade, which was going for
his neck. He growled and moved his tail threatening. Aislinn felt strong and
ignored the tail, instead she pushed the blade further in and the demon threw
her off. She didn’t get to pull it out and sat on the ground with only
Titanio’s blade in her hand. Spike pulled the blade out slowly under a lot of
cursing and he threw the blade at Aislinn. The white light made it seem like the
blade bounced off her. ‘Who do you think you are, trying to kill me?’ he
growled. Aislinn grinned, ‘I killed your friend…’ She showed the demon her
palms and pointed at the walls, ‘I thought he would have blue blood…’ She
grimaced and Spike screamed something weird. He ran towards her and knocked her
against the wall, for some reason the white light didn’t appear. Aislinn
grinned and Spike’s mouth was a bit open in surprise. She turned the blade and
the demon closed his eyes in pain. When he ran up to her, he speared himself to
the blade, which entered his body just under the chest plate. The blade didn’t
enter straight, but under an angle of forty-five degrees upwards. The pain on
Spike’s face was replaced by a grin, ‘That dream catcher won’t make you
invulnerable for ever.’ He moved his tail above his head; the tip of the black
pin seemed to glow again. Now she could see why, a silvery colored fluid was
reflecting the light. The pin landed between her neck and shoulder, the fluid
was cold. Waiting for the pain of the penetration, she had her eyes half-closed.
Instead the trusty light saved her once more.
Spike
was thrown away with so much power, he smacked against the wall. Aislinn
didn’t miss the chance and ran up to him. On the way she picked up his kris;
her blade lay in a corner glimmering with blood. She landed on the demon, trying
to trap it like both demons had always done with her. Spike was mumbling
something and groaned. He reached for his head and Aislinn saw a little stream
of red blood coming down his cheek. Her stomach turned again as she aimed the
blades. The blade sunk down just above the chest plate and the kris was slowly
penetrating the side of the demons neck. Spike trembled and let out a low sound
which shook Aislinn. Spike tried to push the girl off, but he was losing
strength fast. Aislinn tasted stomach acid and spat on the floor, her stomach
was turning again and she was getting quite nauseous now. She pushed both blades
in further and the demon grunted and started to twitch. The blade had entered
the chest to the haft, but the kris was only two inches in. She swallowed as
some acid came up again. The red blood stained her hands and the demons black
chest glimmered in the light. She turned the blade and the demon trembled so
heavy she fell off. She took a step back, only the blade’s haft was seen, red
of blood. The kris was only half in, blood flowing from the wound and dripping
on the ground. She saw Spike trying to lift his hand to the blade; it came from
the ground and fell back. Spike made a few more attempts on reaching it, his
breathing sharp and irregular. One hand made it to his chest, resting there.
Spike coughed and blood sprayed, the wounds seemed to bleed more and Aislinn
stomach took another turn. Aislinn couldn’t hold it anymore and she threw up.
When she was done she wiped her mouth with a piece of laundry which wasn’t
stained with blood. She looked at Spike and swallowed. He was a total mess and
his breathing had become sharper; blood was coming out of his mouth and nose.
His hand had found the blade and was trying to pull it out. Aislinn sat down,
trying to reduce the headache that had replaced the upset stomach. She stood up
when Spike had pulled the blade out a few inches. The headache raised in pain
level for a few seconds, before returning to its former level. She walked on;
Spike almost had the blade out. The smell of blood was making her sicker and her
vision was getting blurry. A soft sound was heard as the blade landed on the
laundry. Spike’s hand went up to the kris. As he started to pull it out, he
screamed and cursed. His eyes were like balls of shadow, wishing death upon the
slayer that was closing in. He spat blood with the demon curses and his tail was
trying to make Aislinn feel threatened. She ignored it all, though. Closing in
she had picked up her own blade and was holding it loosely. Spike, still trying
to get the kris out, tried to move away from her. For now she seemed to glow
darkness and her hair seemed static. Her eyes, once dark brown with green, were
now turning black. Her skin seemed to get lighter and her dark red hair waved
around her pale face. She lifted the blade, ‘This won’t be the end, it’s
just the beginning…’ Spike said while blood was flowing from his mouth. She
closed her eyes and trusted the blade into the black leathery skin. The blade
entered just above the breastplate and the neck. She pushed it further as the
demon made his last spasms. The demons eyes turned from fiery red to a dull
black and Aislinn go off the blade. She saw the leathery skin turn dull and
wither to a dark grey before it seemed to vaporize. A few seconds later all that
was left of the battle were the three blades and the bloodstained on the walls,
laundry and her hands. When she finally had the time to realize what she had
done, she signed, crashed to the ground, cleaned her hands and screamed till her
longs didn’t took anymore. She fell, curled up into a little ball and rested.
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Soft
purring and sharp nails woke Aislinn. ‘Well,
a good morning to you too.’ She said still sleepy to Luna. The cat purred and
smacked her tail into Aislinn’s face. She smiled as she pat the black cat. The
smile faded fast though. She looked at her hands; they were covered with dark
blood. She stepped out of bed and looked beneath the covers; there were some
bloodstains. She sat back down on the bed to think. When her mind finally moved
away all the shadows all she could think was, ‘They’re gone...’ And she
stood up with a foolish smile. Like in a trance, she walked to the bathroom to
clean her hands. When she looked into the mirror she saw her hair had some hard
parts in it and her cheeks had a few black wipes. When her hands were clean, yet
the sink was coloured, she walked back to her bedroom. She removed the sheets
and covers and started to make her bed. Once done she shoved it all into the
washing machine and turned it on. Her blade which lay on the floor was also
coloured; she cleaned it and with it, the sink. With no sign left of the
nightmare she turned back into the bathroom to take a shower.
Later
that day she went on the computer. It didn’t take long before a chat screen
went up.
Em
- He, you feeling better?
Aislinn
- Kinda… Even though I had another nightmare, I woke up feeling great J
Em
- Maybe you should talk to a professional about these nightmares…
Aislinn
- Nah, it’s ok… I don’t think I’ll be bothered by nightmares anymore.
Em
- Well, you could at least talk about them…
Aislinn
- Huh? What do you mean? I
told you all about them…
Em
- I mean with… eh… Other friends…
Aislinn
- …
Em
- I’m so sorry… But I kinda slipped a few things to someone…
Aislinn
- … To who? ….
Em
- Well, after the thing at school… Damien and Sordes helped right?
Aislinn
- Yea… So?
Em
- Well… They kept asking and I told them a bit about your nightmares…
Aislinn
- … And now they think I’m crazy right? That
I need professional help…
Em
- Actually, Sordes acted kinda weird after it… He seemed to know things
about those demons that I didn’t tell.
Ailinn
- What? Wow, now that would really be weird…
Em
- So, wouldn’t it be a good idea if you talked to Sordes?
Aislinn
- …Maybe… But he always seems so far away…
Em
- Maybe that’s because he has the same nightmares?
Aislinn
- Can that be?
Em
- I don’t know… Just talk to him.
Aislinn
- … But you know… Remember what I told you a few weeks ago?
Em
- J
I do. That’s another reason why I want you to talk to him.
Aislinn
- What? No, that’s mean. Don’t
force me to… What if he doesn’t like me?
Em
- Hehe, don’t worry… I already talked to him J
It’s ok.
*Sordes
joined channel*
Sordes
- Eh… Hi? Why did you add me?
Em
- Well, didn’t you wanted to talk to Aislinn?
Aislinn
- …
Sordes
- Well, eh… Yes, I guess so…
Em
- Well that’s settled then. Bye-bye, I got to go now.
*Em
leaves channel*
Aislinn
- Bye…
Sordes
- She left already…
Aislinn
- Ow… So, what did Emily tell you?
Sordes
- She told me about your dreams… How
is your chest?
Aislinn
- It’s healing just fine, thanks.
Sordes
- You want to talk to me about your dreams? Maybe
I can help…
Aislinn
- I don’t really think that would be necessary…
Sordes
- Please, tell me I know I can help.
Aislinn
- Didn’t Em tell you everything yet?
Sordes
- She told me everything you told her… But I know there’s more…
Aislinn
- How would you know? You never had my nightmares; you don’t know how I
feel.
Sordes
- I don’t really want to talk about this over the net. Can
I come over?
Aislinn
- Eh... I’m not supposed to have friends over today… But my parents
are on a business trip so I guess they wouldn’t find out.
Sordes
- Great, I’ll be right there.
Aislinn
- Wait, you know where I live?
Sordes
- Sure, I was at the party, remember?
Aislinn
- Ow sorry, I’m a little forgetful sometimes.
Sordes
- Ok, I’ll be right there. Bye.
Aislinn
- J
*Sordes
left channel*
Aislinn
smiled softly. ‘He’s coming to see me…’ The butterflies in her stomach
were taking flight. Still smiling she turned the computer off. She has been in
love with Sordes for a few months now, but she only told Emily a few weeks ago.
A
few months ago Xander, another friend of the group, introduced Sordes. Sordes
had just moved to town and he made a great first impression. Everyone seemed to
get along with him and Aislinn had a crush from the start. Sordes was always
being funny and active, but there was also something mysterious around him. The
weirdest part was that he had no parents and lived all alone. He told them his
aunt and uncle took care of his finances. Everyone was a bit shocked by this; it
was every teenager’s dream to live entirely alone and to have someone sending
you money. When they asked him what happened to his parents, he said it was
something about a car crash when he was one year old. His aunt and uncle
inherited a lot of money from his parents and they have been using it to take
care of him. Now he was eighteen and they bought him a house as something of a
birthday gift. He was joking about the fact that he needed to clean the house
himself, cook diner and that his uncle was teaching him how to pay bills etc.
While joking he looked at Aislinn a few times and she had to suppress blushing
to much or looking away. She suddenly remembered that one time he had asked her
to step away from the group to ask something. She tried to remember what he had
said, but it was too long ago.
The
doorbell woke Aislinn from her memory trip. She stood up; a bit nervous and
feeling her cheeks glowing up. She opened the door and there he stood. He smiled
slightly at her; he was wearing black trousers and a black t-shirt with tribals
on it. His shoulder-long black hair was hanging loosely and some of it was
covering his face, making him look even more mysterious. He turned his head
slightly, ‘You going to let me in?’ Aislinn snapped out of her trance and
gave Sordes a weird smile as she stepped out of the doorway. ‘How can a boy
look so beautiful...’ she asked herself. Sordes walked around a bit, ‘Good
clean-up... It was quite a mess when I left Friday.’ ‘Yeah, it took me the
entire day, plus Emily’s help to clean it all.’ Sordes looked at her and
smiled, she was getting uncomfortable, not knowing how to stand or where to put
her hands. ‘You want something to drink?’ She asked, ‘Yeah sure; soda will
be just fine, but if you got beer...’ Aislinn searched through the fridge and
came out with two beers. Sordes found the opener on the top of the fridge and
opened both bottles in a smooth move. They walked back the living room where
they sat down on the couch. ‘Where are your old folks by the way?’ Aislinn
took a sip from the beer, ‘There on a business trip to London, staying there
overnight too. They’ll be back tomorrow night.’ Sordes moved a bit closer
and Aislinn’s heart skipped a beat, only to go to a faster pace afterwards.
‘You know, you’re a really nice girl.’ Aislinn almost choked on the beer
and Sordes had to help her. ‘I’m fine now, thanks.’ ‘Did I upset you?’
He asked as he looked into her eyes. They were blueish-grey and they seemed to
pull her into the black hole in the middle. ‘No...’ she said softly. Sordes
continued, ‘I really like you, Aislinn... The first day I saw you, I knew
there was something special about you.’ He moved his hand to her cheek and she
tilted her head so she could feel his warm hand on her skin. She closed her eyes
in a moment of happiness and when she opened them they met his. ‘You’re so
beautiful...’ He whispered in her ear. Aislinn swallowed, ‘So are you...’
She could feel the tension in her body rising as Sordes moved his other arm
around her waist. His fingers were stroking her cheek and one of them was
touching her lips. She closed her eyes again and signed softly as he pulled her
closer. ‘I’ve been wanting to hold you like this ever since I saw you.’ He
whispered in her ear again, but this time the whisper was followed by a warm
breath in her neck. She trembled and the hairs all over her body stood up.
Sordes backed up and smiled softly. Aislinn was thinking about Titanio and how
he breathed in her neck with that blade in front of her face. She shook her head
slightly, ‘Sorry... A bad memory...’ Sordes looked concerned, ‘One of the
nightmares?’ Aislinn swallowed, ‘Yes... But I don’t want to talk about
them right now...’ She moved an arm around his waist and her hand to his cheek.
His skin was so soft and she moved closer to his face. Sordes moved his hand
through her hair and he pulled her closer. Aislinn closed her eyes when their
lips touched. His kiss was sweet and seemed to last forever. It didn’t take
long or the kiss became a French one. They didn’t stop until the phone rang.
‘He
Aislinn, get back on that pc and talk to Sordes. I’m going to call him now.’
‘What are you talking about? Sordes is
here, with me.’ ‘What?
You invited
him
over? Sweet,
how’s it going?’ ‘Well everything was fine until you called...’ ‘Ow, I
get the message... Tell me everything later, ok? Have a nice evening.’ Emily
giggled a bit. ‘I will and thanks.’ ‘Bye.’ ‘Bye.’
She
smiled at Sordes as she placed the phone back in its holder. Sordes made
gestures for her to go sit on his lap. She blushed as she sat down. Sordes’
arms went around her and pulled her closer into an intimate hug. They started to
kiss again and Aislinn felt a new kind of happiness. She ended a French kiss and
held Sordes’ cheek. She looked into his blueish-grey eyes. ‘I love you.’
She finally said it and a great weight seemed to be lifted from her shoulders
when Sordes repeated those words. She smiled and kissed him. She could feel his
hands going over her back and then searching for the end of her shirt. She
trembled when his warm hands went over her bare back. Sordes stopped, ‘Never
mind those.’ She said and she kissed him again. His hands started to move over
her back again and she, too, was now searching for the end of his shirt. His
back was warm and soft. She let go of him though, as soon as she felt he was
mingling with the back of her bra. ‘Sorry...’ Sordes mumbled, he looked a
bit ashamed. ‘Not too fast, sweety.’ Aislinn smiled and she kissed him again.
She had moved her hands to his front and found herself playing with a nipple.
The moment she became aware of it, she stopped and removed her hands from under
his shirt. ‘I’m so sorry...’ She could feel her face starting to glow. He
just smiled and held her closely, assuring her that it didn’t matter. Sordes
pulled her even closer and she hugged him. She jumped back though. Sordes looked
at her in surprise as she stood up and walked towards the kitchen. ‘What’s
wrong?’ He asked. ‘Nothing, I just... I just got a bit scared that’s all.’
She thought of the hard bump that she had felt when he pulled her closer. She
grinned, though. ‘Well, come here and help me make some diner. ’Sordes stood
up and walked into the kitchen. They started to search for food. Aislinn found two packs of
instant spaghetti and started to prepare it. Sordes stood behind her and looked
at her preparing the food. She smiled as she looked up to meet his eyes, only to
be surprised by a kiss. She had to turn and finished the kiss. ‘The food will
burn.’ She said and started to stir the brew. ‘Where are the plates?’
Sordes asked. Aislinn pointed at a cabinet and he opened it. After some
struggling with all the plates, he came out with two of them.
They
sat down to eat and Aislinn turned on the tv. While eating, Sordes asked her
about her dreams. ‘Well, what do you want to know? Emily told you everything I
think.’ ‘I would like to know how the demons looked and if you know their
names...’ ‘Well, I’ve had dreams about two demons so far...’ ‘Go on.’
‘The first one has dark blue eyes, blue skin… Even blue… Blood… He has
sharp teeth and sometime she has wings… Blue wings, very beautiful and he has
short blue hair. And every time he threatens me or even tries to kill me with
this long black blade, with a dark blue gem embedded in it. He also said his
name was Titanio and that he was a high level demon.’ Sordes seemed to look a
bit frustrated, but nodded and made a gesture for her to go on. ‘Some times
Titanio’s skin turns dark blue and his eyes turn black.
The other one is called Spike and I don’t know if they’re supposed to
be rivals or friends. Spike has a black leathery skin and he has two horns on
his head, they’re long and curl back. The end sticks out of the curl and has a
sharp black spike. his face is very weird, because he barely has a chin. When he
smiled I could see he had three rows of sharp teeth and he has a long and pointy
black tongue. His eyes are fiery reed and he has a weird chest. You know humans
have two breastplates? Well, he only had one and that looks so weird. It’s
some sort of shield too… He also has a long tail which ends in a black spike.
This tail, it has some kind of paralysing poison. He stabbed me a few times with
the pin and I got totally paralysed. It seems to glow too, but that’s because
the poison is silver coloured and reflects light, I think. I remember that he
has three toes with sharp black nails which curled down. He has spikes
everywhere. The back of his heels, knees and elbows have sharp spikes. On his
knuckles are blunt spikes and on his spine there blunt and sharp spikes. Ow, and
he uses a black kris.’ She was looking at her feet the entire time, now she
looked up and she could bet Sordes looked pissed. ‘Don’t you have anything
more to tell me?’ ‘Well, I was going crazy… I was scared to go to sleep,
so I searched the internet… I found that dream catchers were used to help wend
off nightmares so I tried it. I made one myself that very evening.’ ‘Did it
help?’ ‘Sort of… I had a nightmare again, but when they tried to kill me a
white light would emerge which protected me.
But that only seemed to help to fend off instant harm. Spike tried to
choke me once and it worked. I woke up though, because of my alarm clock. My
arms were sleeping though and I was so scared. Then off course I was really
tired and I fell asleep during class. I had a nightmare then too, but this time
there was no dream catcher. They almost got me then...’ She pointed at her
chest. ‘Can I see it?’ Aislinn doubted, but lifted her shirt. The bandage
was still covering the wound, ‘It ain’t stitched though... I wonder when I
can take it off...’ She started to take it off a bit, just to peek. ‘It’s
healing quite good I think, but I better leave it on.’ ‘No, you should take
it off. It heals much faster that way.’ She eyed Sordes, ‘It gets to dry
that way, it’s much better.’ She smiled and started to take it off. She bit
her lip a bit as she tried to get the tape of her skin. Once it was off she
pulled a face. ‘Ok, it’s indeed better to keep it off.’ She walked to the
kitchen and threw the bandage away. Sordes smiled at her as she sat back down.
He pulled her closer and gave her a long kiss. ‘Don’t you have more to tell?’
Aislinn looked into his eyes. ‘Like?’ ‘Like what happened in your dreams
last night.’ Aislinn opened her mouth, but closed it after a second. ‘You
can’t tell me your nightmares just stopped like that, especially after what
happened at school.’ Aislinn looked at her hands, she was playing with her
thumb and index finger. ‘Please, tell me what happened?’ Sordes
insisted.
Aislinn
took a deep breath and started to tell him the Dream. ‘Well, I was getting
sick and tired of those dreams and I realised that the dream catcher was
protecting me. So I thought why can’t I take a weapon to protect myself? So I
took my scissors and sharpened my letter opener. When I went to bed, I took it
with me. And when I was in that hallway again, the letter opener lay in the
corner. I picked it up and ran to the laundry room. I waited for Titanio... and
when he came...’ She swallowed. Sordes hold her check, ‘It’s ok. Just tell
me what happened.’ ‘I... I killed him. And it took so long... And when he
lay there, dead, his body just vaporised.’ She swallowed and tried to hold
back the tears as images of the blue blooded walls came back. She looked at
Sordes and his expression was a bit freaky neutral. When he noticed her seeing
this he changed it to concern. ‘What did you do after that?’ ‘I took his
blade and waited for Spike. I was certain that if I would kill them, the dreams
would stop.’ She swallowed again. ‘When he came in, he saw the mess... But
he looked the other way and I got him. He too was hard to kill, his lasts words
were: ‘This
won’t be the end, it’s just the beginning...’
I still don’t get it. When he was died, he vaporised too. Ow, I almost forgot.
The demons had talked about there world. It’s called Dylix and they were
talking about something called the Spawning Grounds... They wanted to kill me
and race to it or something...’ She looked at Sordes and his icy glare chilled
her. ‘What’s wrong, sweetie?’ He shook his head, ‘I just don’t know
what to say…’ Aislinn looked down, ‘You think I’m crazy, right?’
‘No, not at all!’ Sordes responded and he pulled her close. ‘I believe
every word you said.’ Aislinn thought for a few minutes. ‘He, wait… Emily
told me you knew more of these demons then she told you. How?’ Sordes seemed
to freeze up and he kept staring at the wall. Aislinn started to stare at him
till he came out of it. ‘Sorry, what did you say?’ She gave him a weird
look, ‘I asked you what you knew of these demons before I told you about them,
before Emily did.’ Sordes looked into her eyes, ‘Can I please tell that
tomorrow? I don’t feel like talking anymore now… At least not about that.’
She looked at him suspiciously. ‘Please?’ He said as he hold her cheek,
‘I’ll promise I’ll tell tomorrow.’ Aislinn turned her head and started
to feel scared and sad. ‘I promise…’ She shook her head, ‘I know, but it’s
not that.’ He touched her chin and moved her face to him, ‘What is it then?’
‘I’m scared… Scared to go to sleep and find out if they’re still there
or if I really killed them… I don’t even know which scares me the most.’
Sordes puller her into a kiss and hugged her. ‘If you want I can stay here…
If it makes you feel safe…’ She looked into his eyes, ‘Please stay… I
would feel safer indeed.’ She hugged him again and a tear slipped her eye.
© Shimaira van Beusekom