Day:002 as a comrade
I awoke in a hospital bed. Hospitals were always white, I could never really imagine them any other color. My vision was blurred fro the bright lights on the ceiling, but I could make out the two figures that stood over me. "Mom? Dad?" I said. "Ah you're awake!" They said in relief. "Why am I here?" I asked them in a low mumble. They looked at me with a shocked expression at first, then told me, "don't you remember? You fainted in the common area of the church and the paramedics found you." "Yeah.. I remember now," I answered with a small laugh. "Where's Dora and Ben?" "Dora brought Ben to get something to eat," they replied. " So they're okay, that's good."
Dora came in through the door of my hospital room looking as if nothing had happened. "Hey mom, dad can I talk to Sephiria alone for a minute?" She asked. Both of my parents nodded and left the room with my younger brother. Then the carefree expression washed right off of her face. "What were those things?" She asked firmly. "What do you mean what were those things?" I didn't understand her question. "Those monsters from yesterday!" She clarified. The demons! I realized, but I had the feeling that Allen and Lenalee wouldn't want me telling anyone. "What monsters? There's no such thing as monsters you dummy!" I faked a laugh. "You sure you're okay Dora? Maybe you hit your head or something like that." my sister's facial expression changed again, she was angry. "Don't play dumb with me dummy. Do you really think I'd just let you go off on your own like that when you told me to stay?" I sat in my bed speechless, then I asked, "you followed me?" "No duh smart one so don't even think of trying to lie to me." "So… you just left the kids all on their own?" I said in shock. "I had Ben take care of them," she told me. "Now don't even think about changing the subject!" "They're demons," I blurted out truthfully.
My sister's face looked weird, "are you lying?" "That's what I thought when Allen told me too." "Allen? The white haired boy that you were with?" Dora asked in a calmer voice. "Yeah," I replied. "Oh and what were you and that short black haired girl talking about?" "Lenalee? Oh she was just asking for my name," I laughed. A hard fist slammed down on my head. "Ow! Dammit Dora!" I cried. "I know that you left something important out of it. Tell me." she demanded. So violent! I thought to myself. "ok ok she asked me if I wanted to go back to their HQ with them because I would make a great exorcist!" "Is that all?" She said in a firm voice that sent chills down my spine. "Yeah," I answered.
"That's all I wanted to know," she said to me as he headed out the door. All of a sudden she spun back around and said, "you know if you want to go with them you can. I'm not against it if that's what you want!" Then she sped out. I was so surprised that she actually said that, that I began to laugh. Dora could be so mean at times, but overall she was truthfully a great person.
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After a couple of hours the doctors finally released me. I went to the gift shop to buy a scarf to cover the ring on my neck so my parents wouldn't notice it that much. During the ride home my parents asked me about the red rings on my ankles and wrists and I told them that they were gifts from a friend at church. They were quiet for a moment then started talking amongst each other. They were probably wondering if that friend of mine had survived the attack or not. They both fell for my lies very easily though, after all Christmas was near and it wouldn't be abnormal for someone to give me a present this time of year.
When I lied about the rings my sister looked at me then quickly turned away. She knew the truth about the rings. If she'd really followed me then she saw me invocate my innocence. She was probably a little frightened of me. Truthfully I was also frightened of myself also.
Our car pulled in to the driveway of our house and we all got out of the car. I slowly made my way to the door of our house and opened it. Once I walked in my puppy Tommy raced towards me happily tongue hanging out and all. I bent over and pet his little head. "I'm home," I said. Then the rest of my family came in the door and he raced towards them. I got up and went to my room.
I fell on to my bed. "I'm home," I repeated to myself, but somehow home didn't feel like home anymore. For some reason my home was somewhere else now, but then where was my real home? I didn't know but I felt like I would find out soon. First though, I wanted to go to sleep.