Ouija Are You There?
Chapter Three
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"E-Elvira?" Norman rang the doorbell about a minute ago but he was still alone outside. Norman pouted a bit, for he was upset with the fact that he had walked all the way over to her house in the cold and was forced to wait. She would never do this to him in the summer but when winter was around. . .
The front door cracked open slightly and a dark eye peeked out. "What's the secret knock?" Elvira was just messing with Norman but he couldn't tell. Actually, he took everything too seriously.
"I forgot the secret knock!" her small friend called out. A puff of mist formed in the crisp, cool winter air. It floated in the air for a second before it vanished. Another puff appeared when he added, "You know I can't remember any of your silly knocks or passwords or-"
Elvira rolled her eyes as she swung the front door open. She took Norman's hand and pulled him into the house while she kicked the door behind him. He stumbled over the carpet and fell into his friends arms. A light pink dusted his pale cheeks as he said, "Th-thanks."
"I will kill you."
Norman jumped back and rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry. . ." He looked around Elvira's house nervously; his cheeks were beginning to darken more. Elvira shook her head and motioned Norman to follow her up the stairs. Norman obeyed his friend and they walked up to Elvira's bedroom. As they stepped into the room, Norman noticed an obvious change in temperature; he felt as if he was back outside.
"Wow," Norman began to shake. "It sure is chilly in here. Don't you put the heater on?" He advanced to Elvira's bed and hopped on the dark sheets.
He was hunched over in his spot as he mused, "Your room is never cold." Norman's feet dangled over the side of the bed, hovering over the corner of the pizza box. Elvira looked down at his feet and Norman followed her gaze. He stepped down from the bed and kneeled next to the pizza box. His head tilted slightly as he studied it.
"Why do you have pizza under your bed?" He looked over his shoulder to find Elvira and a man in black robes. His eyes widened and he fell over yelling, "Who is that?"
Elvira raised a brow and checked her side to see if he was just over reacting about something stupid. When she saw Jashin she let out an irritated sigh.
"I will kill you."
"You say that so often," Jashin laughed darkly. The god strolled over to Elvira's small blonde friend, making sure that he did not get too close, for he could easily frighten the boy. But then he thought, why should I care?
Jashin kneeled down in front of Norman, a taunting grin on his face."Well, well, well," he chuckled. "What do we have here? A mouse?" He watched Norman scoot back, biting down on his lower lip. Jashin began to laugh again. "Am I really that scary?"
Elvira stepped in between Norman and the dark god saying, "Alright. That's enough." She stepped closer to Jashin and kicked him lightly on the leg. "He knows you're real now. No need to make him piss himself."
"E-Elvira " Norman warned. Jashin smirked as he pushed himself up from the bedroom floor and headed for the door.
"I'm going to head downstairs to take a nap. Don't bother me." The teens watched as he exited the room and slowly made his way to the stairs. When he was completely out of sight, Norman shot up from the floor and pushed Elvira back.
"I'm going home." Norman raced to her bedroom door, but Elvira stopped him in his tracks. She grabbed him by the arm and pulled him back into her room. She shoved her small friend on the bed and closed the door, making sure to not slam it. She turned her attention to Norman, a grin on her face.
She raised a brow. "Don't you remember our agreement?"
"Screw it, I m leaving!" He tried to get up but he was immediately shoved back down. He glared at Elvira as he said, "I can leave if I want to, Elvira."
"Fine, go then. I won't follow you." She walked over to her door and held it open. "Just watch out for Jashin. If you wake him up. . . Well. . ."
Norman furrowed his blond brows. "What?" He leaped off of the bed and walked closer to Elvira. He crossed his pale arms over his white tee-shirt. "What is it?"
Elvira shrugged her shoulders and looked up to the ceiling. She was thinking how easily it was to control her small, mousy friend. He could never do anything that would anger her for two main reasons. The first one being that he was terrified of her. When they were younger, before they were friends, she would bully him ever moment she had. The second was he was in love with her.
"If he was to wake up, you would probably be killed."
Norman looked out the door and asked in a whisper, "A-are you sure? I thought he was a ghost." He looked back at Elvira, his face looked extremely confused.
Elvira shifted her eyes to the Ouija board. "He's not just a ghost." She looked out her door to the stairs. She listened to see if he was up but the house was silent. "He really is a god. So please, don't do anything stupid."
"Hey, that's my line!" Norman lightly punched Elvira's arm, which resulted in Norman getting punch not so lightly in the shoulder. He backed away slowly, rubbing the area he was hit in. "Love you too."
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Jashin was, in fact, sleeping on the couch. His arms were folded behind his black locks, which pooled around his pale face. One leg was hanging over the edge of the couch as the other was hidden under a small mountain of pillows. His breathing was light, and on occasion he would snore lightly.
He was dreaming about his life as a mortal. It was a very faint memory but, being the same memory every time, well known to him. The images were blurred and voices sounded distant but he stilled enjoyed it all. He enjoyed laughing at how pitiful he once was. He was young in the dream, perhaps mid twenties. His appearance was mostly the same, except his hair and eye colors. They were both dark brown.
Jashin was out by a temple with a young lady whom he was to wed at the time. He believed her name was Mayu but he couldn't be too certain, for he was unable to remember his own name. They sat together under a tree in the late afternoon with a boiling sun set high in the cloudless sky. The air was thick and heavy from recent thunderstorms but sitting in the shade helped greatly at staying cool.
Every time in the dream, Jashin would ask the girl if she was happy to be marrying him. She would lie down on the ground, her short brown bangs flipped out. Her pale arms rested behind her head and her eyes watched the insects fly around her. She would sometimes watch them dance around Jashin and listen to the buzzing of their metallic wings. She would then smile and answer, "I'm happy..."
And then, the dream would end.
Jashin kept his eyes closed as he thought over the dream for the hundredth time. He knew by now that she was lying to him. This was only a theory but he felt as if there was another that had her heart. Another that taken her away from him. He could care less now but he believed that at the time it had wounded him dearly. And that is why he viewed himself as a pitiful mortal.
He heard soft footsteps close in on him. He continued to pretend to sleep, curious as to what was going on. Jashin felt the couch shift from above, letting him know someone was leaning on the arm. The being whispered, "I think he's faking it."
"I don't know. It seems pretty legit to me," Norman said. He sounded as if he was in the kitchen. Probably still too frightened of me, Jashin thought to himself as Elvira moved closer. Her face was hovering over Jashin's, their noses almost touched. Jashin could sense the closeness, and it began to irk him greatly.
"I bet you twenty bucks he wouldn't wake up if I kissed him on the forehead," Elvira giggled as she looked over to the kitchen to find a terrified Norman.
He began to pale as she inched closer to Jashin's forehead. He looked frantically at Elvira and to Jashin.
He repeated this until he gained the courage to tell her, "Wait!" Elvira paused. "What if he woke up? He might do something awful to you!" Jashin couldn't agree more. He would instantly slaughter her where she stood but then again, he wanted to see how foolish she could be.
"Shhh." Elvira leaned in and as she was about to kiss his forehead, an eye shot open. Elvira gasped and stumbled back, catching herself before she hit the wall. Jashin slowly rose from the couch. He stretched and yawned before he stepped off the sofa.
He looked over at Norman and asked with a grin if she woke all her guest up that way. Norman blushed before he answered, "Unfortunately, no." Jashin chuckled at the teen's answer as he turned back to Elvira. Jashin began to snicker as he walked out of the room. Elvira and Norman only watched the god exit, their eyes were wide and their bodies were stiff.
When Jashin reached the stairs, he turned around and said to Elvira, "And just so you know, I was awake the entire time. Please bet higher from now on, Elvira."
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