4. Doubts, tears and comfort
Later in the afternoon Alicia and Catherine woke up at the same time and couldn't sleep any longer. That was why they got up. Their other friends were still sleeping on the quite inconvenient mattresses.
Catherine lighted a candle and sat down at the table with Alicia. They wouldn't wake up the others and let them sleeping. That was why they waited. Catherine stared into the light of the candle until she suddenly interrupted the silence. "What do you think, Alicia, how long we will go through this? How long we have to take part in this? Will we ever find the 'Sorcerer', so that we finally are free from the curse?" Catherine asked quiet and looked at Alicia. "I don't know, Catherine. I wish it would be just a bad dream and that all this here doesn't happen!" she answered her. "What is if... if we don't find this Sorcerer and so we never lose the curse? Then it will only be a question of time until our urge for blood gets too unbearable and we'll kill each other or even worse someone else, won't it? And I'm scared of it!" Catherine said and began to cry. "Oh, Catherine. You don't have to be afraid! I would you protect from it, if it should really be necessary! Besides, they're our friends. They never would do us or others anything! And we both won't do anything to anybody as well!" Alicia embraced her friend.
"Yeah, Catherine! Alicia is right! We won't do us or even someone else anything! I'll promise you!" Alicia frightened. "Michelle! My god! You frightened me! How long are you awake?" "Um, quite a while. I couldn't sleep any more! To be honest, I listened to you!" Michelle replied and stepped out of the darkness into the bright candle light. "Don't worry, Catherine, we'll find the Sorcerer!" Michelle now turned to her friend. Alicia watched her sister. She frightened when she recognized at the candle light how pale her sister already was and she had dark rings under her eyes. She shortly embraced her kid sister. Michelle sat down to the both and they were silent until also Hannah and Sarah woke up after a while and sat beside them. The 5 talked to each other. But the atmosphere was still very depressed.