Chapter two:
Near has been wandering around a little as he looks around himself wondering just where he is and where the others are. He only saw a few people….. And they were not friendly as they turned the cold shoulder to him even as a few try to even kill others. He really couldn't do anything especially since when he tried he was constantly thrown away by more than one person at a time but right now he sees no one. He begins to wonder if he's ever going to find the others or not. He walks past a slightly big building only to stop as he finds himself facing, though it's still a little away, a black creepy fence with a cemetery on the other side of the fence. He tilts his head softly as he wonders if this is the only cemetery since he hasn't seen any other cemeteries yet. He begins to approach it and gently grips the fence bars as he peers into it. He blinks as he finds himself focusing on an area with a specific gravestone a little deeper in the cemetery. He lets go of the bars and turns to his right only to follow along the fence as he glances every now and then back into the cemetery. "What's so important about this place?" He wonders out loud.
After a few minutes or so he finds himself seeing the gate that is the way in just ahead.
He pauses for a second looking at the gate then he turns to look into the cemetery again. He looks back to the gate and raises his head with a determined look. He walks towards the gate in a determined stance. He enters the cemetery and begins to look around himself as he walks along through the cemetery.
Out of the corner of his eye he thinks he spots the gravestone that brought him into this cemetery.
He turns to its direction and heads towards it finding himself too curious for his own good. He soon finds himself standing in front of the gravestone.
The grave stone is an old looking cross gravestone with writing that is a little faded and dirty on the bottom.
What can be read is 'Forte Shouting.' That's it.
Near tilts his head. "I've never heard of that name." He says to himself and he raises a hand to twirl a strand of his hair as he thinks trying to piece together the pieces of the puzzle.
Suddenly a dark grey top hat with a red ribbon with black eighth notes on about the middle of the part of the hat sticking up.
Near blinks in confusion only to slightly bend over to look to it as it just sits there in stillness as it floats there… Not moving…. At all…..
That is until a man pops out so his torso is above the ground and the hat is on his head. He has a slightly pointy face, blue eyes and what looks like a rebel fighter with bullets slung around one shoulder going in a loop with the other end resting on his hip.
Near takes a step back and straightens but stops and tenses wondering if he's going to have to fight this person.
The person smirks insanely and raises the rest of the way out of the ground going into the air only a small bit higher than Near but not by much as he floats to about the same height as Near.
Near gets ready to defend himself if he must.
They end up in a staring contest, though both of them still blink to keep their eyes watered, for a minute or two.
Then the male gets bored and lungs forward.
Near's eyes slightly narrow in concentration and he goes to punch the ghost…. Only it goes right through making him realize he can't fight this ghost.
The ghost grabs onto Nears neck and squeezes trying to suffocate the white haired boy.
Near gasps and begins to raise his hands up to try to claw at the ghosts hands to hopefully let him breath…. Then suddenly something inside him makes him freeze as his eyes widen. He feels something inside of himself shift and suddenly there is a bright light that causes him to close his eyes a little tightly.
When the light fades the mostly albino boy opens his eyes blinking a few times as he comes to realize that he is alone as the ghost seems to have vanished even though he swears he can feel the ghost is still around here…. Just as a feeling he has inside of himself.
He glances around himself then his eyes slightly glance back as he notices something. He turns and looks to his arms. His clothes are still white but somehow it just doesn't feel like it's quite right. He wonders what the hell is going on and he looks around wondering if there is a mirror or something. He dashes back to the village and finds a window putting his hands against the glass. He blinks and gasps at what it is he sees.
There standing there looking back at him is not who he used to be.
The new look to him is dusty grey hair, his white top has a design on it that is on the right side of his shirt.
It is of a four point yellow star over top of some purple that goes in a slightly messy circle around the star so the star doesn't stick out past it. In the middle of the star is what looks to be a circle seen on speakers with black inside and dark brown outside. Just barely touching the side points of the star is two more speaker like circles like the one in the middle. The ones on the side have two red drips looking things coming from the bottom as if frozen in place. The speaker circle on the middle of the star doesn't have that but on the bottom corners of the middle of the star there is one drip on each side going down diagonally to almost touch the edge of the purple. On the top and bottom points of the star is a black and brown, in the way that looks like the notes are drawn and colored by sharpie then there's a small attempt to put brown over top, eighth notes and on the bottom by the eighth note there is two circles of purple.
He also has the dark grey top hat with a red ribbon with black eighth notes on about the middle of the part of the hat sticking up, on his head but it is slightly on the side the same side of his eye that changed. He also has one eye, his left eye to be exact, is blue and has red around it including on his eye lid and actually a little around the eye like he put some blood there and before it seemed to have frozen in place under the part of his eye closest to his nose seems like a slightly thick drop went down a little further than the rest. He lowers his hands to his sides as he takes a step back. "What the hell has happened to me?" He questions.
Suddenly a male voice enters his head.
"Why you're a monster now."
The boys eyes widen. "I'm….. I'm a monster?" He gasps as if unable to believe it looking down to the ground unable to face his reflection any longer.
"Yes." The voice responds in his head. "Now it's time you accept yourself as you are now so you can fully transform."
"Accept it? Accept that I have to be a monster because of you?" The boy shakes his head closing his eyes tightly as he takes a few small steps back. "No. No! I feel so wrong!" He says shaking his head a little more vigorously. "No I don't want this."
"Oh stop it you coward!" The voice in his hisses. "Just accept it! Theirs is nothing you can do!"
Near stops moving but his eyes are still closed. "I feel so wrong…." He takes a slightly deep shaky breath and his scrunched closed eyes relax but stay closed. "I feel….. I feel…." He begins then he opens his eyes and raises his head making his eyes be cast into darkness cast from his bangs. "I feel so…. Alive!" He closes his eyes content and tilts his head back as his lips curve upwards into a smirk. "Ah yes. This power rushing through me feels so wonderful."
Then there is a quick flash as he fully turns into his new form.
He lowers his head and opens his eyes to look to his new appearance.
The only difference is his clothes that used to be white are now grey and his hair is once again white.
He finds he can't stop smirking.
"Hey!" A growling voice says.
The boy turns to the sound.
A man with a dark brown almost black mask that looks like a comic book evil rat villain. The man is quite muscular and his tight clothes show that as they hug every bump on his body.
The boy still hasn't stopped smirking.
"You pathetic boy!" The man growls.
The boy tries to hold back tears as the man starts to work to mentally bring him down.
"Stupid boy!" The man begins to advance. "You're a weak mindless freak!"
The boy's eyes narrow and he lets out a growl of his own. "Oh yeah?" His eyes and expression show rage and he opens his mouth taking in a deep breath getting ready to what sounds like scream a she slightly moves his head a small bit back.
The man continues to advance as he begins chuckling lowly. "Soon you'll be just another victim of me." He growls.
The boy shows more rage and he lets out a loud scream causing the area around himself to change color as if a camera was set to change some colors to mostly red colors with other darker colors like grey but it still looks fine just different.
Some sound waves seem to be just barely visible heading straight for the man.
Once they hit the man they vanish as the man is slightly thrown back with a loud cry of surprise and pain.
The man's ears bleed then his head explodes inside out not even a second or two after the sound waves hit. His body falls to the ground dead and a little slowly the colors return to normal as the boy starts to calm down as he slightly pants softly.
The boy smirks. "A kill." He chuckles then turns. "I wonder what else there is." He wonders to himself as he begins to look around himself.
What he didn't notice was that in that area in a surprising span of the area he actually shattered some small rocks and things that are glass that were around that area when he let out that scream.
A little later….
He hums softly in a hushed happy tune as he stands by a body that is like the first body but a different person in a place where there is less glass. "Another kill." He says to himself. "This isn't so bad." He turns his head slightly away. "He was like 'you stupid boy you look ridiculous.' And I was trying to hold my anger in then he started laughing at me. Then I…." He trails off as he looks down feeling sad. "I…." He closes his eyes with a sigh. "This sucks." He says to himself and he slightly glances ahead of him where there is a hill or two with a dead tree or two and off to the side a wooden cabin with no door or glass on the windows. "I feel like I'm the only one who's got a scary monster inside of myself." He keeps talking to himself not noticing Covetidner stealing a jewel bracelet from the body with a wide insane smirk. "No one to speak to about having a monstrosity inside you." He sighs sadly. "Or about any way to use to an advantage or how many will die if I suddenly freak out… And just…. Scream…."
Covetidner turns to the boy looking a little surprised as well as curious. She glances to the jewel bracelet then glances back to the boy. "Could you keep it down dear." She says.
Surprised the boy turns to the voice.
The boy blinks when he sees Covetidner….. Taking the jewel bracelet from a the body? "Who the hell are you?" He narrows his eyes looking confused. He glances to the body then back to Covetidner who smiles in a slight 'haha' kind of look. "Why are you taking stuff from a dead guy?" He asks.
Covetidner glances to the bracelet then back to the other. "Well to be truthful. I am not who I used to be." She says.
The boy glances away. "Neither am I." He slightly sighs and plops down to sitting.
Covetidner blinks as she recognizes that sitting position. "Near?" She gasps.
The boy looks up. "You knew me before I changed?" He says.
"Why yes. I do remember." Covetidner puts the bracelet on her wrist then moves over to the other. She offers a hand to the boy. "You see I used to be Halle."
The boy blinks as he recognizes her. "Wow. You have changed." He admits and takes her hand.
"Well so have you." Covetidner responds then helps the boy to his feet. "It's ok. You're the same as me." She says in a comforting tone. "You see I have a monster inside me like you."
"You do?" The boy smiles at that. "I thought I was the only one."
"Oh no." Covetidner shakes her head. "You are not alone on that." She puts an arm around the other slightly. "Stick around with me and we can teach each other things that we might not notice to help us use these monsters to our advantage."
"Really?" The boy blinks as Covetidner takes a step away no longer touching him.
"Why yes." Covetidner nods and points to the boy. "You have the vocal skills." Her eyes narrow in annoyance. "Which I could hear from a mile away!" She swings her arm out as if to emphasize what she is saying.
The boy glances away slightly at that unsure about how to exactly respond to that.
"And I need to collect gems and jewels." Covetidner continues and the boy turns back to her. "You and me can go places and meet other monsters just like us." She says.
The boy smiles at this and nods. "Alright." He agrees.
"Say what's your name? Do you still go by Near?" Covetidner asks.
The boy shakes his head. "My name is ShoutingRiver." He responds.
"Suitable for you." Covetidner says. "Well I'm Covetidner." She introduces herself. "Trust me. You're going to have lots of fun."
ShoutingRiver blinks and slightly tilts his head. "I will?"
Covetidner grins in an insane like way. "Oh why yes."
ShoutingRiver thinks for a moment then looks back with a nod. "Alright. You've got yourself a friend."
Covetidner smiles and if this was a TV series there would be a Squee like sound. "Oh trust me. You're going to go far!" She raises an arm to emphasize it.
ShoutingRiver smiles. "Let's go then." He agrees.
"Well my ears will be ringing for a while." Covetidner mummers to herself.
ShoutingRiver slightly narrows his eyes. "What?"
Covetidner smiles in her 'haha' way. "Nothing." She says. "Let's go."
And so the two went to see who else they can find and what other kinds of trouble they can create.