"Can you not hear? I order you to kill me!" Aya lay on the dusty old wooden floor as she had her eyes closed and her body ready for a steak in the heart
"What are you doing?" I yelled at her as I tried to shake some sense in to all of this
She began rising up as she slowly opened her eyes and walked to me until we were face to face her crimson red eyes looking into my soul as she clenched her fist-why was she angry?
"…you have to this…" She whispered to me
"Why?" I asked
"Why would anyone want to kill themselves?" I added
"You imbecile, are you not aware that I am already dead…so just do it, and we can all go back-
I interrupted her…
"Stop putting on such a façade! Even if you don't die won't you still feel the pain? "
"That is not important-
"Like hell, it's not important. it's the pain of dying! I may not know how to feel what you feel because I died in my sleep but you-
"Which is exactly why we need you!" She announced as I began staring at her with a strange look
"What?" tried as hard as I can, I can't make sense of any of this
"We have a member her name is caster, Elma caster. She could predict the future and was a gifted spell caster her body didn't limit her because she no longer had one, One night she was able to saw a glimpse of the future there she saw you, that was destined to become a being called an "Eternal Spirit" She informed us right away and the plan was that she would possess you and make you join our organization-but something went wrong…
Something went wrong…
"Indeed, It was a holy presence-you were protected by a very powerful being…
"A powerful being?" I asked
"We can not make sense of it either. Nonetheless, you stole someone from us and the only way for you to compensate is for her to join us again, you to join us or for you to be punished…" She said in a bitter tone
"And on top of that you made her fall in love with you…" she whispered to herself
"What?"
"It's not important!" She tried to regain her composure as she began adjusting the mood
"Will you? Will you join us? Insert that steak in my heart, You are a spirit now. a man who is no longer living but has a solid body, a body made out of his dreams-you are one of us, we are the same."
I knew all of it. My skin was tanned before and now it was pale. my black shaggy hair became white and my eyes that were once sky blue became dark blue. I was no longer the Steven I was before I can now produce a sword from my chest and can live without sleeping-because I'm already in an eternal slumber
"You are either our ally or our foe, Oh-I mean our victim…
Using her soft hands she made my hand grip the metallic stake tighter-
"Stop!"
"Don't do this Steve…"
Aya begged me desperately as she now had both of her hands holding mine
"Please…" She muttered under her breath
I didn't know she had a side like this…
"Sorry…" I apologized as the little girl known as Aya shifted her face of sadness into anger
"Very well, you are our enemy then…"
"Wait-"
I was interrupted when the string made of blood on her hands began merging with the floor as the wooden floor boards launched me out of the window and into the abandoned streets as I fell on the cold concrete road, My body was in pain but being a spirit had its perks just like being a little pain tolerant and able to heal
The house began morphing into a creature with small legs but very large arms its head was equally as wide as its torso which was just as wide as its arms as it showed Aya from one of its eyes made out of windows manipulating the strings that obviously controlled it
"Aya!" I called out to her
She look at me disinterested kind of what you would think a little girl would act if you didn't buy her what she wanted
I dodged the massive arms of the monster house as pieces of wooden and concrete scraps alike flew in a symphony of destruction. I pulled the sword from out of my chest that sword with the black handle, single white feather and a long blade that always combusted with white flame whenever I take it out of my chest
"Partner, its weakness is its arms!" The voice from my head announced
I began filling myself with power as I slide on the concrete road dodging the-
"Gahh-" I groaned in pain
The arm that I though I dodged began to shape shift into porcupine like spikes that connected with my entire body
"Please…give up…" Aya's voice announced
"No-"
I began ignoring both the pain and Aya's request as I tried to accelerate my way out dodging nearby spikes that came out of nowhere
"Partner, gain some distance I have a plan."
I guess I should trust the voice in my head…
I began gaining a little distance from the beast and me as we were about a few feet away from each other
"Now , ran towards it!" The voice commanded me
"Wait-
"Trust me partner." It tried to reassure me
I guess I have no choice
I began accelerating towards it again I dashed swiftly as my feet felt like I was ice skating
"Now leap!"
I leapt high being face to face with the wooden monster as It readied its arms to swat me like a fly
"Shout!"
My throat began burning, but it wasn't painful it was warm a very relaxing kind of warm. I howled at the beast as my voice launched it away with so much force
"That's enough…"
I was transported back into the dining hall with the group of people from earlier
"You are free to go." Orianna announced as she played with her black hair with a very odd smile on her face
The rest of them looked at me disinterested except for Aya who looked concerned
The familiar pattern of a red rose emblem popped out of nowhere from my feet as I transported away
How anti climactic…
I was transported back into the lab with an annoyed professor trying to calm down Nightmare who was hugging the air
"….They're gone…."
I tried walking towards her…but halted when
"MY STEVEN HAREM, IT'S GONE!"she yelled to the ceiling, cursing it
When she said that…
"I guess it was too unstable to last very long…" The professor said as she began looking at a straw-wait was that mine?
Whatever-I made my way into the corridor as I scratched my head
How can someone get into these types of situations…
-Meanwhile-
"So do you think she will like him?" Orianna asked Noel while still twirling her long black hair in a playfull manner
"He certainly is very entertaining to watch." Noel said as she looked at Steven's image, still releasing souls from her mouth
The group looked at the crystal ball showing the image of Steven furiously scratching his head as he tried to comprehend everything that happened
The scent of roses began filling the room as rose petals followed soon afterwards. They spiraled into a circle that began carrying the crystal ball away from the table and towards the side of the room
"So…" Orianna began muttering
The roses began forming a figure as they faded away showing a young woman with rose colored hair tied in drills while wearing a ribbon that seems to have been made from the same material as her clothes which was a long red and white gown that reached the floor and had majestic frills all around it
"Rosel, are you…?" Orianna asked as she looked at the woman who had all her attention on the Image of Steven
"I am…" She began clamping the crystal ball with her white gloved hands like a venus fly trap would
"…Interested…" The crystal ball began to melt as the image began dissolving only showing a little bit of Steven's face
She kissed the fading image as it melted into a puddle of strange liquid
"…Very Interested."
