I fell asleep shortly after Arioma left my room, my head was spinning with all the new and exciting powers I might receive soon but her words to me replayed in my mind a lot too 'telling someone your greatest strengths can turn them into your greatest weaknesses'
What did she mean? Someone was going to use my own powers against me? Who?
Note to self: ask her that next time I see her!
When I woke up, I realised it was early enough to call Kurt before his classes start, it rang and rang but he never picked up. His phone is probably on silent. I'll call later.
I tried again at lunch but it just kept ringing, I decided that he'd probably be playing Angry Birds on his phone. I'll try again after school.
Finally, after calling 3 more times and my worry scale going through the roof.
"what?" he asked, sounding really mad
"what's up? You haven't been answering any of my calls today" I kind of guessed that he ignored them on purpose, considering how mad he sounded right now.
"oh, haven't I? Well, I try to answer my calls in order, so I'll answer the one from last night when you were supposed to call me back, first" he spat through the phone.
Face-palm.
"Oh shit, I totally forgot" I confessed, I heard him scoff.
"yeah, I just hear a scream and then a guy saying your name and then you quickly hanging up on me. I can see how you could forget!" he shouted through the phone.
"whoa, okay I know that sounds bad but it wasn't like that at all! I promise! I swear! It was just...Wes"
"Wes? Why did you scream if it was just Wes? And hang up on me!" he asked, I closed my eyes tight.
"He scared me and we...really needed to um...finish a chem project that I totally forgot about that was due today...that's all" I said, it was silent for a while.
"okay then, I guess" Kurt finally said, not sounding completely convinced.
"Kurt, I have to tell you something" I said after a long silence.
"what is it?" he asked, sounding worried.
"Well, this is going to sound really weird but I'm-" suddenly a hand was clamped tight over my mouth, it was Arioma, she grabbed the phone from me.
"busy, I'm just really busy, I'll call you back, I promise" she said into the phone using my voice! How did she do that? That was my voice! Quickly she hung up and released my mouth.
"what the-"
"shut up! What the hell do you think you are doing?" she asked, furious.
"I can't keep lying to him Arioma" I told her, she rolled her eyes.
"you and your silly problems! You have to Blaine! You can't tell anybody you are a demon!" she said.
"why?" I asked.
"because it will cause an epidemic! You can't ever! There are strict rules about this sort of thing!" she said.
"rules?" I asked, she rolled her eyes again.
"remember yesterday when I mentioned the consequences of informing? Well, if you tell someone you are a demon who isn't one...you have to stay with your maker for the rest of your life and all of the demons you have made will burn alive and live in turmoil forever. Even though we're demons...we still have hearts. That is a fate worse than death!" she told me, "if you want to tell him...you have to turn him first" she told me.
"I would never make Kurt one of these...things" I said, she looked away.
"that's the only option. You cannot tell him" she warned me.
"O-okay. I feel so stupid not knowing any of this stuff! This is all like Demon 101" I said, she nodded.
"I need to talk to Markus. It isn't your fault you don't know this, it's his! He should have told you!" she closed her eyes and suddenly Markus appeared.
"Arioma" Markus stated, calmly.
"what the fuck Markus! I told you! If you make a demon you have to school them! I taught you everything" he laughed darkly.
"Oh I know but it's so much more fun for me to watch you come to his rescue and teach him the way" he smirked.
"watch it! I've got almost 100 years on you, junior" she warned him, she seemed angry but her eyes didnt darken, the bright blue still sparkled as usual.
"I wouldn't dream of it, but don't you wish you could take away my ability to infect? Or maybe you can? Maybe that's one of the many mysterious powers you have attained which you refuse to tell me about. I know you can heal because heck, even Blaine can do that! And speed, I have that. What else is there?" he asked, narrowing his eyes. I looked towards Arioma, I know she can fly and change voices, she looked at me through the corner of her eye, warning me not to say anything.
"telling-"
"yes, yes, I know! Telling someone your greatest strengths can turn them into your greatest weaknesses! But I'm not someone Arioma! You made me! I'm yours!" he said, practically begging.
"that doesn't mean I trust you. I know what you're like Markus" she said.
"what am I like? Huh? Horrible? Mean? Nothing like you thought I would be when you picked me?" he shouted.
"dont" she warned, her voice getting lower.
"oh come on Arioma! We both know you only picked me because I looked like him! But I'm nothing like him Arioma! NOTHING!" he shouted.
"stop" she said, louder this time.
"thats right! Get angry! Get furious! Show Blaine your demon side!" he shouted, suddenly she screamed very high pitched and I saw her transform infront of my eyes.
Her hair changed from a wavy chocolate brown to jet black waist-length curly hair. Her sky blue eyes dimmed into a dark blue, then to black until the black seeped into the white of her eyes and consumed the entire eye. Her lips became redder, like deep blood and her tan skin turned paler than usual. Her rather small 5 foot 2 stature, increased by about 7 inches, making her a little taller than me and she slammed Markus against the wall. Her voice was croaky, not smooth and soft like usual.
"I told you to stop" she said, anger dripping from her words, "leave" she growled and released him, he looked at her and looked at me and then left out of my room with a gust of wind.
Arioma fell to the floor in a heap and I ran over to her, hesitant about touching her.
"a-are you okay?" I stuttered out.
"you're terrified of me, I can feel it" she said, shuddering away from me.
"what was he talking about?" I asked, avoiding the previous statement she made because the truth is, I was slightly terrified of her.
Her eyes shot to me and she stared. I think she was staring at me but the black took over her entire eye so dark, I couldn't tell. I could only see my tiny reflection.
"nothing. He knows how to push my buttons. I told him too much when he was younger and now he uses it against me. He turns me into...this" she said, using her hands to refer to her demon-self, "and it scares people off. Even demons, they can't understand that the older you become, the more 'demon' looking you become" she told me.
"So i'll-" she nodded. I'm definitely not looking forward to that.
"that's why he made me angry. To scare you away" she said, sounding sad the blue shone in her eyes once again and tears formed. She was back to the normal Arioma and I gave her a sad smile.
"Well...it didn't work" I told her, "I'm not scared away, sure...you looked pretty scary," I joked and she laughed slightly, "but it won't scare me away" I said, she smiled a sad smile.
"thank you" she whispered and held my hand. It's good to know that being a demon doesnt take away your human side. Arioma is over 100 years old...and she is still so human. So painfully human except...the bad things...feel so much worse.