Amy froze under the indigo lighting, her eyes glowing a bright neon pink at her rat.
"Well- I mean.. I'm an adult now… Right?" the ravers eyes focused on the cold hard wood floor. Salty tears ran down her grey face as her speech shuttered. Her head hanging low as her dark black and pink swirled bangs dangled in front.
"I can't do this.. I can't do this on my own. I-I need you. You're right." Amy's face now covered in a colorful mess of tears, she still had somewhat of a spectrum in her body.
Jethro sighed to see the girl so stressed and scared. His long glossy ink dipped claws leaned under Amy's chin and picked her head up. Sad grey eyes focusing on luminous pink, the beasts tail wrapping around the raver slowly for comfort.
"You can get through this, and i'm going to help you. You got that?" The rat uttered with smiling eyes.
Amy gaped at her protector, her teeth peeking through her salty lips as she spoke with a weak words,
"Thank..you."
The feckless girl seemed almost blue now, tears on her icy face turned black while her skin remained transparent. She felt her heartbeat slowing as it pumped black blood through her thick salient veins.
The beast towered over the ghostly girl, with ease he gratefully sank his teeth into her limp neck. Between her black lips was silent as she froze. Suddenly her heartbeat grew steady as rush of color flashed in her irises. Batting her eyes, she focused on an array of vivid colors in the beasts reflection. She was started to see herself alive again, full of fresh energy and emotion like the spirt of a carefree child.
~Call me Jethro~ The voice whispered inside her right-brained mind.
~Jethro?~ Amy's mind replied as she locked eyes him.
"Yes?" The beast uttered, his teeth now dull and colorless.
"You can know what I'm thinking?" Amy panicked with wide eyes.
"Yes I can Amy, even when I'm far away from you." Jethro smiled.
"So.. That explains my dreams.." She hesitated.
"Dreams? What happened in these… dreams?" Jethro stammered with narrowed brows.
"I would hear your voice every night in them. I would see your silhouette in patches of my daydreams and nightmares too. I would always feel so confused and scared with you haunting me." Amy sighed as her stomach churned regretting the subject.
She never quite knew now to deal with her feelings or emotions. Even the simplest of tasks or answers would leave her mind full of anxiety. Being a young adult with no escape from this rat that would haunt her dreams since day one was now her guardian.
"But now I feel rather safe with you near me.." She turned her face away from Jethro.
"I want you to feel comfortable with me. I want to be by your side everywhere you go. I will protect you." He vowed.
Concerned frowns grew into friendly smiles as he wrapped his arms around vibrant attire. Soft pink hair stirred with shades of black that brushed against Jethro's warm fur. Amy's eyes closed in bliss as she ran her black polished nails through his gray coat. She needed him now more than ever.