Chapitre 25: Ugly beast side
Develee was floating in front of us now with a big jar in his hand, he was in his shadow form but I could tell it was him because his own shadow was a little brighter than the others, I didn't know what was inside that jar but my guess was that he had trapped those shadows in there. When Develee arrived his presence came with wind that blew the sand out of Aurora's eye but she was still struggling to regain her sight after all the rubbing she gave to it.
"You should leave here now" Develee said.
"Shush" I said pointing at Aurora who still had her eyes closed.
"She can't hear me"
"Oh yeah" I remembered that I was the only one who could see and talk to Develee."But what are those things?" I asked with a low tone.
"Mike,who are you talking to?" Aurora was acting like a blind woman now, touching the walls of the hill trying to find me.
"I'll explain later" Develee said and quickly vanished into thin air.
"Come let's go Aurora" I quickly grabbed her hands."Alright now open those eyes" I placed my hands on both of her cheeks now.
"It hurts" she said blinking her eyes.
"Just do it slowly, I'll help you" I said placing my fingers on the affected eye now.
"I can't" she said waving her head."It's painful" she cried out.
"Just trust me Aurora, there's no way you can climb this hill with your eyes closed"
"Then you'll carry me.I need water to wash my eye!" she screamed while shaking her head vigorously.
"I can't carry you up there"
"You will!!!!" her screaming got louder.
I didn't know what to do here I was totally out of idea,if only she could just open her eyes a little bit she wouldn't feel the pain anymore.Then I remembered that I had taken a water bottle from Chloe's bag today but I wasn't sure if I had put it in my own bag,I quickly took down my bag from my back while Aurora continued screaming in pain, luckily for me the water bottle was in my bag and there was still a reasonable amount of water left in it.
"Stop screaming Aurora" I said while picking up the water bottle.
She didn't listen,so I quickly opened the water bottle and then splashed the water bottle all over her face but a reasonable amount of the water was all over her body now.She stopped screaming and then slowly opened her eyes, she was looking at her body now then she raised her head to look at me.
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Aurora wasn't satisfied with the explanation I gave her as the reason why I had to pull her down twice,I would have easily told her everything but she will call them all fairy tales and also if I told her the truth then I would also tell her about Develee, that wouldn't be nice judging from what Develee told me when I wanted to tell Chloe about him.
"C'mon Aurora, that's the truth" I said as we got up the hill.
"You want to tell me that all that was because of a bird"
"A very mean bird"
"Just take a look at my body not to talk about my eye" she said pointing at her right eye"
"I'm sorry"
Aurora didn't have any reason to be angry,sure her eye was swollen now because of the sand and all the rubbing and her white shirt was wet with lots of stains but I was doing it to protect her.
"Just leave me alone" she said and started walking to the house while stood there watching her without uttering a word.
I knew what to expect as I opened the door to the dining room.
"Mike" I heard mom call but I didn't see her.
"Yes"I answered looking around." Where are you?"
"In the kitchen"
"Oh" I quickly walked to the kitchen after dropping my bag on one of the seats around the dining table.
"Aurora isn't looking okay" she said while chopping tomatoes.
"Did she tell you why she was looking like that?"
"She said that you told her that it was because of some blind bird"
"The bird wasn't blind"
"That's what she told me" she said wiping her hands with a piece of cloth now.
"That bird would have hurt her if I hadn't done what I did, but you know Aurora she's very ungrateful" I was really upset now.
"Yeah she can be a hothead sometimes"
"Most of the times" I corrected her.
"Go freshen up I'll talk to her about all those things" she placed her hand on my shoulder now.
"Ok you should do so mom" I grabbed my bag and dissapeared behind the door.
Aurora was still undressing when I was about to enter, she discovered that I was about to enter and quickly covered herself with her bedsheet.
"What are you hiding?" I asked after looking at her for a while.
"Don't you know how to knock?"
"We both own this room" I said with a smirk.
"Whatever" she quickly got up tying the bedsheet around her waist.
"You are really funny" I said throwing my backpack on my bed.
She grabbed the clothes that she was about to wear and quickly made her way to the door.
"Don't even think of coming in here" she said before opening the door.
I just shook my head as she disappeared behind the door.I crashed on my bed with the thoughts of those shadows still going on in my mind.
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Aurora was helping mom out in the kitchen,it was almost night so they were making dinner,I sat outside for a while and I was really bored,I wished Chloe was here but she only visited me on weekends.With nothing to do I decided to go rest my head on my bed,I walked past the dining without checking on mom and Aurora, daddy wasn't back yet so there was no one in their room.Immediately I entered our room I felt some kind of presence like someone was there with me but I couldn't see see anybody.I shrugged my shoulder and quickly went to my bed, maybe I'm just the one messing with my myself,I thought.But immediately I sat down on my bed I felt a leg on my bottom.
"Oh my God!" I quickly sprang up.
I started observing that particular spot on my bed while moving back slowly.
"Who's there?" I asked pushing myself against the wall now."Develee is that you?"
There was silence for a little while,then I started hearing groaning sounds.
"Develee" I called again.
Then suddenly on my bed appeared a hideous beast with a long tongue that seemed to have teeth and mouth,the tongue sprang towards me while opening its teeth wide,I covered my face with my hands,I didn't scream because of Aurora and my mom, but just as the tongue was about to hit me it stopped moving,I removed my hands to look at the beast tongue that was in front of me snapping its teeth together and giving off an irritating groan, then the tongue was pulled back into the breast's mouth and the beast's face changed to Develee's face.
"Can you please tell me what's happening" I said, sounding like someone who had been holding his breath for a very long time.
"Those things are the ghosts of the people I killed on your behalf" he said with a calm voice.
"On my behalf?"
"Yes"
"Why are they like shadows?"
"Because their bodies were consumed instead of being buried or allowed to rot"
"Consumed,by who?"
"That's all you need to know"
"But you are also a shadow" I said turning to the door with my hands on my chin."Which means that you were….." I quickly turned and the person I was talking to was no longer there."He didn't even tell me what the heck was that thing he turned into" I said in disappointment.
But Develee didn't need to explain anything to me, that was definitely his beast side, which he had told me about once it was a really ugly thing compared to Develee himself.The fact that the people that Develee killed because of me would come after me in ghost form meant that I have to be a lot more careful, but one question that I kept asking myself was; who was eating those dead bodies,there was a lot of mysteries going on in my life and I have to step up if I'm going to get to the root of all this.I used my hand to check my bed before lying on it just to make sure Develee was really gone.
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