A/N I have no editor, so sorry for the massive errors xP I'm trying my best!
Ansalong and Riff Raff spent the rest of the day together. Sonny tagged along for awhile before getting bored and walking back to the palace. This left the two alone. They had gone to get ice cream (something Sonny had just recently introduced to the inhabitants of Transylvania), then walked back to Riff's house, where they had just talked and hung out. At around ten thirty, they decided to lie down for the night (Ansalong and Riff Raff did share a bed, but neither had ever even considered getting intimate in anyway. Their relationship just was not like that).
Ansalong fell asleep almost instantly. However, Riff Raff was unable to rest. All he could think about was Ansalong's problem, and how he could fix it. The idea of the woman being brainwashed again was absolutely awful. Riff stayed up, thinking, all night. It was not until two in the morning when something actually happened.
Ansalong, who was sleeping beside him, started shaking a bit. Riff noticed this immediately, and wondered if she was cold. He grabbed the blanket and began pulling it up to Ansalong's shoulder, hoping to warm her up a bit, when she muttered something that he could not quite understand.
"Ansalong?" he asked. He was certain the woman was just talking in her sleep. Ansalong continued shivering, and muttered something a little louder this time. It sounded something like "freedom", although he was not quite sure. "Ansalong, wake up," Riff Raff shook her hoping to wake her up. She seemed as if she was having a bad dream.
"Let me be free, Ansalong!" Ansalong snapped, her voice much louder now and in a very strange tone. It was nowhere near her normal tone, but a menacing hiss. "Let me take over! Trust me, Nellie, I know what I'm doing!"
Riff Raff was immensely confused. She was dreaming about… talking to herself…? Slightly worried, the alien shook the woman a bit more, hoping to wake her. Ansalong sat up, and for a moment he thought he has succeeded. However, there was something very obviously wrong.
The woman's eyes were open, but looked much different. They were much wider, with very small pupils, and had no reflection in them, strangely enough. And she was grinning evilly. The strangest, worst part was the fact that she had large fangs that reminded him of a vampire. "Good girl, Ansalong," she hissed softly. She did not seem to even see that Riff was right in front of her, shocked and terrified.
"A- Ansalong?" asked Riff fearfully.
Ansalong suddenly blinked a few times, and her expression turned every more sinister than before. She looked Riff Raff straight in the eyes. This was a rather disturbing, for there was no reflection in her eyes. It was like they were completely hollow. She cackled. "Ah, Riff Raff! No wonder Nellie was being so uncooperative – she always is when you're around."
"W… what are you talking about…?" asked Riff asked with confusion. "A… aren't you Ansalong?" He knew it was a rather stupid question, but she was looking and acting so different that he could not help but wonder.
Ansalong cackled again. "I just don't know what she sees in you!" she hissed. "You're so pathetic!" she snapped. She smiled with her mouth fully open, and Riff noticed for the first time that instead of a normal human tongue, it was like a snake's: long and forked at the end. Riff did not think that this was Ansalong anymore, but some type of demon.
"What's going on?" asked Riff Raff, more to himself than the creature before him. "Am… am I dreaming? Did I fall asleep without noticing or something…?"
The creature that could be Ansalong laughed. "You idiot. I'm right here in front of you, and yet you question my existence." She rolled her hollow green eyes. Riff Raff realized he was shivering with fear. However, he could not stop staring into her eyes, and noticed, after a moment, that he could in fact see a reflection in them… but just barely.
"R… Riff Raff?" asked the creature weakly, her voice started to lose its menacing hiss as she stared back at the alien. Riff continued to stare into her eyes, and noticed them starting to shine brighter than before, and that they were now back to normal. However, tears suddenly began rolling down her cheeks, and she fell into Riff Raff's arms, sobbing.
"What happened?" she sobbed. "I… I feel so… strange…"
Riff pulled the woman close and kissed the top of her head, hoping to make her feel better. He could tell that it was really her now. Her voice has returned to normal, and just the fact that she was hugging him proved she was herself again.
"Riff, I don't know what came over me. I… I couldn't control myself at all. I don't even remember what just happened. I just know I did something awful. I can feel it!" she sobbed. Riff Raff pulled Ansalong closer, hoping to comfort her.
"Honestly, I'm not sure what happened." admitted Riff Raff. "But you need some sleep."
"I can't go to sleep again, Riff. What if the same thing happens?"
Riff Raff finally realized what he had to do to calm the woman down, and he grabbed the Ansalong and kissed her full on the lips. He felt her squeak softly surprise (she sounded so much like Columbia that Riff felt a bit uncomfortable), and immediately relax. It was not often that he kissed her like this.
Finally, he pulled away and looked Ansalong in the eyes. There were still a few tears, but she was smiling. She nodded. "I'll try to get some rest." she told him, her voice soft. She then pulled Riff Raff down on the bed and cuddled against him. "G'night, Riff." she muttered sleepily. Riff smiled and stroked her hair.
"Good night, Ansalong." he replied. Ansalong fell asleep almost seconds later. However, Riff Raff stayed up for the rest of the night, for he could not close his eyes without picturing that horrible creature that had been in front of him just moments before. He could not stop thinking about those hollow eyes, those glistening, sharpened fangs, and that snake-like tongue.
There was something wrong with Ansalong. Something terribly wrong. And he was going to fix it. Even if it was the last thing he did.
A/N Ooh, we're already darker and edgier than before! :D And yeah, I think the title's starting to make more sense now. But don't go assuming things – you never know what kind of twists will be in this plot! ;)
This actually started when I drew a My Little Pony with fangs, and forked tongue, and eyes with tiny, hollow pupils. I then colored it, and my sister was like "Hey! That looks like an insane Ansalong pony!" Well… it turns out that gave me an idea. So there xP
Also, I included that bit of fluff at the end for people who prefer it over, ya know, dark stuff xP
And PLEASE leave a review… but don't flame! PLEASE!
ONE MORE THING! Janet, Nation, Cosmo, NEELY, and FARLEY will all be in this eventually too! ;) Along with a few... other suprises =P