Pennywise eyes her.
It's eyes glow the brightest for the first time in a long time as it senses a strong force crawl up into it's veins, it's dark soul shedding light into it's own consciousness. It realizes what it has been asking itself ever since it met the human girl it's been following around. Alissa, whom it seemed was nothing but a delectable meal with her appetizing features growing gradually everyday as she keeps questions form in her mind...turned out to be something it thought it would have never come across in a thousand years, someone Pennywise knew was too rare to exist unless she possessed the exact traits: strong sense of passion, inexplicable lack of fear, and loyalty.
Pennywise is convinced that all these three are embedded in Alissa's blood, body, and soul. Time has decided and proven so that Alissa is undeniably Pennywise's sacrificial source of high power.
It needed to perform a ritual with her that would serve as a pact-a bond between the two-that will give the ancient evil enough power for itself, a power that not even a common demon-alien could possess. It was only through a virgin that an ancient evil could feed off her pure flesh to possess this power.
But it's not easy to receive such power. The sacrificial virgin must allow and agree to give herself to the demon for it to work.
If Pennywise does convince her to sacrifice her flesh to It, no doubt, it would possess such high power that it could lure more than just children. It would be easy to feed off just anyone in the low planet the humans call earth.
The demon clown drools at the thought of it, as it stares at Alissa who's sitting at the corner of the dance studio, studying.
The demon assumed that humans have strong, lustful desires. If the demon continued to disguise as Paul and seduced her, she would fall for him, and it would give him a way to convince her to sacrifice her flesh to him. The demon could not help but be angry at the fact that it is putting so much effort in luring what seems to be a young adult, rather than a child. But trying to acquire the higher force wasn't going to be easy. That's why any ancient evil never had the chance to erupt any form of apocalypse. They were not strong enough. But through Alissa, it could do anything.
Alissa glances up and Paul notices this, making him turn around and wipe the drool off his face. She calls for him and he turns around with a smile, "You alright?"
She nods as she shows him the book she's studying for one of her classes.
This continued, almost like a habit. She would come over after class to watch him dance with other people inside the room who never greeted nor looked at her. She was okay with it, she thought, because she was there for Paul anyway.
And Pennywise wanted to continue this. But the next time she comes over in the studio, he would be alone. That would give him enough chance to seduce her.
The glass door opened, and Alissa entered it without looking directly at Paul. She knew it would be just like the past few days. But when she turned around to look at the studio she entered, Paul was standing at a corner alone. Music was playing in the background, yet he was not dancing. The studio contained the two souls.
"Where's everybody?"
Pennywise didn't want to waste his energy on having to conjure fake souls into the studio, like always, only to make them dance like puppets. It didn't need them anyway since it had one goal today: to get Alissa's attention. The clown knew that humans could be lured over time either by passion, fear, or lust. The clown thought it knew what it had on its way until Alissa felt awkward and asked it again, "Why are you alone?"
"We don't have rehearsals today," Paul smiled at her,
She shrugged and sat in the corner, opening her book to study as always, but he looked down at her and stood closer. Slowly, Alissa peeked through her eyelashes until she completely looked up at Paul's towering height, "What?"
He kept his smile, "Don't you wanna dance?"
She faked a laugh, "No." She said sternly, then tore her gaze away and to her book. She ignored him so easy, thinking he'd go away, but he didn't. Paul squatted down and grinned at her, "You don't want to miss this."
Alissa glared at him, "I have an exam tomorrow, Paul."
"Just one waltz?"
"Not even for a second, I'd dance."
He tilted his head, gesturing that he doesn't believe her, "I always dance for you. Won't you dance for me?"
She grimaced at him, "No." She glanced down at her book again, "I have to study. Now, go away."
He stood on his feet with poise and walked away. She secretly peeked what he was going to do next, but was relieved to see that he was going towards his own way. She continued reading her book while Paul busied himself with the music. He pretended to be busy even though with one snap, he could switch the song. So he did, but Alissa didn't notice this for she was busy reading, ignorant of the supernatural being in front of her, working its magic until she notices the first note of the piano that played through the speakers,
Slowly, she looked up at Paul who was twirling gracefully on the dance floor, his hands held up as if he was with a partner. She watched him slowly dance around as she heard the song play through the whole studio,
"...no, I never dreamed I'd lose somebody like you..."
The song was so beautiful, she had to close her eyes and enjoy every word. When she opened her eyes, she could have sworn she envisioned It in the room. But she was wrong, of course. It's gone forever, she told herself mentally. Alissa closed her eyes again and felt her lips quirk into a smile,
She opened them and saw Paul still dancing ever so gracefully on the floor. She felt her heart. She felt so...relaxed. She loved watching him more than she liked watching him dance with the other people in the room,
Paul looked at her and paused when the song ended, he smirked at her,
She didn't say anything to him. Paul walked towards her as another piano instrumental played in the background,
"That was great, Walsh." She chuckled softly,
It was music to Pennywise's ears. For once, it heard her chuckle. It ticked it off, but at the same time, it triggered the demon in him to have the need to drool on her whole existence. The clown hated her, but it could not brush off the fact that it was obsessed with playing with her as well.
If it could, it would play with her for eternity. Play with her mind, her heart, and especially her flesh.
Alissa noticed Paul's smug look, "See, you dance better alone." She joked and looked away quick, suddenly feeling strange at the way he looked at her. For some reason, she felt some tension. A tension she's never felt before. She wasn't quite sure what it was, but she managed to look away to change the topic and to somehow brush off the weird feeling,
Paul smirked and turned around to walk away but Alissa spoke, "I liked the song." She said, trying to make it up to him, realizing that she's been a little hard to her friend, "I used to listen to it a lot." She nodded,
He could not help but grin at her comment,
She kept her eye on him, "I promise I would dance with you if I didn't have anything to work on."
Paul turned his head, "I get it." He said and walked away.
Pennywise knew it began to have the upperhand now.