Chapter 17
Because Nobu was carried into school, she didn't have her bike on her. After a long argument with EJ, of how he should have waked her, she turned to her full hound form and ran home like that.
That evening she skipped on dinner and just went to sleep as soon as she got home, showered and put her pjs on.
In the morning she was happy to find that she slept through the whole night without even one nightmare. Finally refreshed and fully alert, she dressed and putting her earphones in, went downstairs singing. (It's dangerous to go alone by StarBomb)
"I see that you're embarking on another epic quest
You're gonna use your ocarina to rescue the princess
But you need a magic weapon that'll never ever miss
It's dangerous to go alone, take this
Oh thanks old man that is really very nice
I can always count on you for help and friendly advice
Though I've never seen a sword of quite that shape or size
Oh God, that's not a sword, it's your dick in disguise" Nobu sang happily as she walked into the dining room and sat down, the others staring at her, some laughing at the lyrics. She turned to Ben's horrified face and just smirked at him.
"What the fuck are you singing?" he asked in disbelief.
"StarBomb duh." She simply answered and went back to singing it, seeing how it bugged the elf.
"That was weird but whatever there is no time to lose
I gotta warp right now to Zelda in this chilled out groove
Wait this isn't Ganon's lair, I'm in Liberty City
This place looks just like Philadelphia, but even more shitty
I'm at the corner of Deadcop and Prostitute Junction
Something in my ocarina must have gone and malfunctioned
I gotta fix it quickly, there is justice to do
Hold on a minute, Link-"Ben cut her singing off by ripping the earphones out of her ear and giving her a death glare.
"I know what StarBomb is, and I love them. But stop singing this song." He shouted as everyone just laughed their asses off at his reaction.
"Now what's the fun in that?" Nobu smirked and started to eat her pancakes.
Ben let out a defeated sigh and went back to eating himself.
"This is a place you can't survive with just your sword and your wits
It's dangerous to go alone, take this!
Well that's really kind of-
Gah, that's your wrinkled dick again
Look, I know I wear a tunic, but I'm not into men" Nobu sang as she finished eating. Ben just banged his head on the table in front of him with an annoyed groan.
"Come on, it's not as bad as it could be." Nobu laughed and Ben gave her a terrified look.
They took off to school, Nobu on her bike of course and started their first lesson. Computing.
It went by fast and after their CT they had Art. Nobu was looking forward to this lesson as she liked drawing and was somewhat good at it too.
"Hello class." Came in the last Slender, who Nobu haven't met yet. She stood up and walked up to the guy smiling.
"Hey." She smiled up at him.
"You must be Nobuki, Zalgo's niece. Welcome." He greeted her politely. 'So they haven't told him yet. How cruel.' Nobu thought to herself.
"Just call me Nobu, uncle Trendy." Nobu grinned, as he looked at her shocked.
"You remember." Trenderman whispered shocked, then pulled her into a bone crushing hug.
"Can't . . . breathe." Nobu groaned.
"Sorry, sorry. I'm just so happy to have you back. Do the others know?" he asked excitedly, referring to his brothers.
"Yup, since Monday." Nobu laughed.
"They are so dead." Trendy said with a dark tone, glaring at the door.
Nobu laughed but went back to her usual seat.
"Anyway. Today we will be doing some painting." Trendy announced excitedly as everyone, minus Nobu and Toby groaned.
They set everything up and Trendy gave them objects or pictures to paint.
Nobu had a picture of her dad that she had and was allowed to paint that.
As she picked up her paintbrush, she felt something odd. Her body felt a bit weird, as it was heavy and hard to move.
With every stroke of her brush she felt her control slipping, and soon she watched in horror as her body moved on its own, painting something that was not the picture of her father. She couldn't tell what she was doing. Her vision went black as soon as the painting got to a recognisable state.
All she was able to do now was wait and hope she didn't hurt anyone.
She never in her life experienced something like this. Even when she snapped at her mother, it was different. Her mind clouded and only instinct drived her, but she was still there.
Now, it felt like she was locked in a dark room, while someone else possessed her body.
Suddenly her vision snapped back and her control returned.
She had to blink a few times to get used to the light again, but as she opened her eyes and looked at the canvas in front of her, she abruptly stood up, knocking paint and water on the floor, her ears sticking back on her head and the fur on her tail standing on end.
"Nobuki, what's wrong?" Trendy asked concerned running up to her, as the others stared startled.
Nobu just stood there wide eyed, rooted to the ground by what she saw on the canvas.
She started to shake and big hot tears ran down her cheeks and onto the ground.
"What's wrong?" Trendy asked then looked at the painting himself.
What he saw there shocked him. He took a few steps back, just staring.
There on the canvas, was painted the scene of her father's death. Nobu struggled to take in the details as her mind begged her not to believe her eyes.
It was in her father's room. He was lying on the floor lifeless and ripped up. The room was dark, illuminated by the blue light of the moon, with blood splatted everywhere, on the floor, the bed, the walls, and all furniture in the room. At the background was the window, with the full moon peeking through it, and Nobu refused to believe who was standing in front of the window, soaked in the blood of her father.
It was her. Nobu was the one standing there, in the moon light, spattered with her father's blood. A sword in her hand and a predatory hungry look in her eyes, as they were uncovered, her hair soaked in blood and pushed back, away from her eyes.
One eye still the purple she knew she had, but it was dark with blood lust and the other closed, with blood dripping from it as she stared down at her father's dead body.
Nobu let out an ear piercing shriek as she fell to her knees, holding her head and sobbing heavily.
"No! This can't be! Nooo!" she screamed as everyone looked at her in shock. They have never seen her break down like this before and it kind of scared them.
"Nobuki. Everything's gonna be fine. Listen to me." Trendy kneed down in front of her, holding her shoulders. He draped some sheets over the canvas so she won't see it anymore.
"Nobuki. Listen. Everything fine!" he shouted trying to snap her out.
"Nooo!" she shouted back, standing up, as he jumped up, careful not to anger her. She was really unpredictable and unstable, a dangerous combination, and a very dangerous one at that.
"I did it. . . I was the one. . . I killed my father." Nobu whispered holding her head and swaying on her feet, hot tears running down her cheeks.
"Go get Zalgo and Slender. Now!" Trendy desperately yelled at Ben, who ran off instantly.
"Listen, Nobuki. It wasn't your fault. If you remember your past, then you know how dangerous it is on the night of the full moon. It wasn't your fault you snapped. You dint know what you were doing-"Trendy's pleading words faded away as thoughts raced around in her mind like a hurricane.
"Nobuki!" Slendy and Zalgo yelled worried as they ran through the door.
"You knew!" Nobu yelled at Zalgo, feeling betrayed that he kept this from her.
"I did. But I didn't want you to know. Please calm down." He said with a sad expression and desperation evident in his voice.
"Calm down?! Calm down?!" Nobu yelled as her black smoke started to swirl around the room, twitching every now and then.
"Nobuki. He only tried to protect you." Slendy tried to reason, taking a step closer, raising his right hand. By this point the others were told to leave and only the Slenders and Zalgo remained in the room with her.
"Did you know?" she asked sobbing as the wind picked up in the room because of her power.
"No, I didn't. Only Zalgo knew and Mr Creepypasta." Slendy said ashamed that he didn't know such an important detail about his niece.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Nobu screamed at Zalgo, heavy streams of tears running down her cheeks.
"To protect you! Look what the truth is doing to you!" Zalgo yelled back at her, gesturing at the chaos in the room.
"You had no right to keep this from me! Or erase all my memories of my mother! You made me forget about my uncles! All this time I thought that I only had you and dad. Now that he's gone, and you done nothing but lie to me, I only have the Slender brothers. I will not trust a word you say! Who knows what else you lied to me about?! Don't ever talk to me again!" Nobu shouted as she finally reached the end of her sanity and tolerance.
Zalgo could only stand there and stare in disbelief and hurt as Nobu turned and jumped out of the window, running into Slender forest.
"Well done Zalgo. Now we have an unstable Hell Hound on the loose." Trendy growled angrily at him.
"Don't you start as well!" Zalgo shouted back.
"Enough! You're acting like children!" Mr Creepy yelled, grabbing everyone's attention as he walked into the room and towards the covered up painting.
"Slender. Go after Nobu and calm her down. Take her home and stay with her. Take Offender as well, she seems to like him." he said as she uncovered the painting and Slendy went off to do what he was told.
"Picture perfect." He commented on the painting, taken aback.
As he was looking at the detail, he noticed something in the bottom left corner of it that seemed out of place. It was two little white symbols, just sitting there. '死去'
"Shikyo." He whispered alarmed, and re-covered the painting. "I'll take this painting to investigate. Carry on as if nothing happened."
Not so happily, Zalgo went back to his lesson, and Trendy called in his student back in after tiding up the class.