Chapter 03
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The next day Feirra woke up so late that she decided not to go to school anymore for the day.
She recalls what happened to her last night. "Damn! That was scary!" She utters.
Feirra remembers after running from that guy she tripped down along the way. She scraped her left knee. "I'm gonna kill that guy if I see him today," she groaned with an angry face.
She went pale when she remembered the caterpillar costume. "Ughh!! Roya is going to kill me!"
Downstairs, in the kitchen she approached Roya. It's Friday and Roya's schedule is at 2:00 pm today.
"Hey, sis... uhm... about the costume..."
Roya turned to look at her sister. "Yeah, thanks for folding it in and putting in it my room."
"What?" Feirra asked confused. She remembers it clearly that she left the damn costume at that abandoned church.
"What do you mean what?" Her sister asked her.
"Uhm... nothing. I just forgot that I already gave the costume back."
Feirra scratched the back of her head and she immediately went back up to her room. She locked her door and thought about the costume. She move her finger closer to her mouth and started to walk back and forth.
How the f**k? Was I just dreaming? My candies... they're not here too.
She looked at where her wound was supposed to be but it was gone.
No! No it can't be a dream. I remember vividly that I had a scrape. I forgot the costume! I had candies!
She stopped walking when she remembered the bracelet. Her heart raising, she went and check for the other bracelet. It was nowhere to be found.
She slapped her forehead couple of times. "Think! Think! Think!"
She remembers what the demon told her. 'I'm a demon and my brother chained me here!"
"No! He can't be! Those things doesn't exist!" She yelled and sat down her bed. She's really unsettled. She thought about all the possibilities but she's just left with questions.
Then she heard a noise outside her window. It's like someone's throwing something at it. She walk towards her window, opened it and took a look outside. No one was there, she felt the cold wind and so she closed the window again.
"Hello again, caterpillar."
She jumped in surprise when she heard that voice. She slowly raise her head and turn to face the guy from last night. Feirra was shaking as her eyes widened. There's no way her sister would let this guy come inside their house.
Armando was sitting on her bed with an apple so red in his hand. He met her surprised eyes and smirked. "Why do you look so surprised?"
"Y-you! W-what on earth are y-you?" Feirra stuttered in fright. No person would still choose to wear his costume after Halloween unless they're like really into their costume.
"I told you last night, I'm a demon," Armando answered biting on the apple he was holding.
She wants to scream but she doesn't know why she can't.
"Then, w-what do you want from me?" She asked. "H-how did you get inside?"
"You opened the window for me, silly. And it isn't something I want, it's something you want that kept me close to you," he replied.
Feirra looked at his long silver hair, and then to his perfect nose and his tempting lips.
"Stop gaping."
That snapped her back to reality. She shook her head and frowned. "What do you mean? I ain't!"
He rolled his eyes. Feirra is a headache to him now.
"Listen carefully," he said and flew to her side. His wings circling them.
Feirra who's astound froze in the moment. It was so fast that she doesn't understand what just happened.
"The agreement we made had something in it. I, prince of the dark abyss, wish for you to withdraw the deal we had," he said as he tries to hypnotize her.
"Why are you staring at my eyes like that?" Feirra asked. She's just creeped out with that stare. She's scared alright but she's just wondering what's up with his stare and his eyes.
Armando closed his eyes in frustration. It seems like he can't break the agreement between them. It has been bothering him since they parted ways. This caterpillar won't get out of his mind. It's like a blood clot that makes him stop functioning. He can't be a caterpillar's lover!
"Aren't you scared of me?" The demon asked.
"I am at the fact that you're a man and just all of this wings and stuff! I'm just trying my best not to faint at all of these!" Feirra yelled at the bottom of her mixed emotions.
She actually doesn't know what to do. She just went for candies one night and now this demon who looks like an enticing goat showed up! She doesn't even know if he wants to kill her or posses her!
"You take back the deal and I'll leave you alone!" The demon screamed that made her startled.
"Okay! Okay! I take it back so begone!" She yelled closing her eyes and covering her ears with her hands.
Armando doesn't know why but seeing her afraid like that makes him feel ... bad. He, for the first time in his existence touched some human's hand. He took her hands in his and slowly put them down.
Feirra raised her gaze to meet his. Her eyes filled with water.
Both of them froze into that moment when suddenly they heard a knock on the door. Armando immediately let go of her hand and with just a sec vanished.
Feirra who was still bewildered by his sudden moves stayed on the spot. Only some feathers she could see. What was that feeling inside of her when he stared like that?
The door opened and Feirra turned to see her sister. She cleared her throat and wiped the water in her eyes.
"You okay? I kind of heard you screaming so I checked out," Roya asked. She's honestly worried about her sister too. Roya thinks her having her boyfriend around is pressuring Feirra to be in a relationship.
"Y-yeah, I'm good," Feirra answered and then glance at the window with a pale look.
"You look really pale. Did something happened just now?"
"N-no I—"
Feirra couldn't finish what she was saying. Her vision started to get really blurry and she fainted. Good thing Roya was fast and caught her sister. She shout for help and her grandma immediately came running.
***
Armando who watched Feirra from outside as she fainted felt a sudden ache in his chest.
He looked towards where she was at and cursed her. "What on bloody hell did she cast on me?"
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