LA MADICI'ON OCULTA

Walking down the street, at twelve midnight, with a fresh breeze brushing through her brown silky hair Meladin, a sweet, beautiful sixteen year old had taken a walk to a deserted lake in anticipation to meet her lover of seventeen years in the deep pitches of the night. What seemed weird ,to her was a gesture of how adventurous her love is for Mike to explore their relationship in the most unusual places. It was not the first time they had such meet ups while people where enjoying their sleep. Purging through the dark , she heard a voice at the very end of the tarred road and she assumed that her lover was calling on her ! Joyfully running towards the voice that summoned her it appeared to her that it wasn't getting reachable, in confusion she starred around her in latter of what was happening, calling and screaming  out her boyfriends name as she thought he was messing with her, Mike wasn't even there! Soon everything became blurry and vague befell her. Eight hours down the line, laying on bed, Meladin woke up with a heavy gasp as if she had been strangled and finally let go! Failing to retrace how she ended in bed as her memory recalled her to being on her way to meet her boyfriend, she quickly dismissed her thoughts and concluded it was just a dream. But was it? She ran the shower and something caught her eye in the mirror, scratch marks ran through her body and what seemed as a brand mark on her n****e is what gave her concern! But where had the marks come from? Her memory didn't help her as much as she needed answers so she approached her mother, Theresa, to enquire but she also had no clue  so she gave her some rash cream. "Mom, this is really weird"....Meladin said with a fright, "Well I can't offer much help if you don't tell me what going on!".....her mother said in great worry..."If I knew I wouldn't be here mom asking you what this is!, and the branded mark on my boob is what scares me !Like when did I even get branded!!"...uttering this words in fright. "Come let me see, I haven't seen anything like this I think we should consult with a psychic or some sort of spiritual person! Get dressed and meet me in the car now!!"  Driving at a hundred kilometers per hour to a city that was thirty kilometers away, Theresa did not hesitate on the speed limits as she really wanted to know if she'd lose her only daughter. "Mom am I cursed or something?! What is this thing? ".."I really don't think its anything to worried about baby, everything will be alright."...she smiled briefly. "But if that was the case why are we not on the way to meet a doctor and not some psychic?!"..."Really baby girl its nothing to be worried about".. She tried by all means to assure her that everything was alright but deep down she knew something was on that needed not of the physical but spiritual mending. Upon arrival at the place Meladin strongly grabbed her mother's hand in trying to find comfort and she hugged her and assured her  that everything will be alright and left her outside to give the reader a brief and pay for the reading. Hughie, the reader, rushed out to see her, he uttered strange words that almost sounded as chants, you wouldn't believe the terror in Meladin's eyes when she saw this, her heart pounding against her chest, she felt like running but turned to her mother who stretched out her arm to accommodate her and she accepted. Hughie asked that she reveal her marks, in seeing the marks his chants became greater and very loud. 'What is this that I see? Where have you been?".... he asked as he lit some candles and special sticks. "Uh, uh ,uh.." Meladin tried to speak but was scared at the thought of her mother coming to the knowledge that she had sneaked out. "It's okay ,tell him".. Theresa said gazing into her eyes. "I'm sorry mom, but last night I snuck out to meet Mike, that's all I remember but I don't even know how I got to bed because I don't remember coming back home"...she said in shame. "If that's the case then how did you even wake up from your bed? How did I even not hear whatever or whoever brought you come home come in?" Hughie saw that this was getting interesting so he asked for Melandin's hand, what he saw and felt even shaked him to the knees, it was something darker, of greater evil that he had never experienced in his carrier! He quickly let go of Meladin's hand! "I cant do this, please leave I will totally refund you, I see nothing! "..he said in terror, trying so hard to show that it is nothing worrisome ,but that couldn't fool anyone. "Mom!"...."It's okay baby go wait in the car".. She rushed to the car. "Wait, what in the actual f*ck is that? I paid you to deliver, tell me what you saw".... she said in anger. " That of which I saw ma'am is none of concern." "B*llshit! If my daughter's life is on the line here I need to know , I am sure you didn't just throw her hand away just like that and expect me to believe 'it was nothing'!..."Ma'am your daughter is cursed with a very powerful curse that even I cannot deal with it, I am sorry to say this ,but your daughter is not going to have a normal life, what ever has come upon her will cause changes in her life, it may not manifest now, or it may just know that she is f*cked!" .And those were the words he left Theresa with, when she came into the car she assured her daughter that everything was alright and it was nothing to worry about, so in her head she had decided that she will deal with it only when it manifests. Days passed, weeks went by and seemed that the reader was just bluffing, until one very night! Nightmares befell Meladin, they became constant, this nightmares affected her to the extent that during mornings she'd feel like she had just been beaten up to the extent that even bruises formed! She would normally toss and turn at night and scream in terror, this became a regular pattern for a month and her mother was worried that there was nothing this time she could do to save her daughter, all she could do was awake her from the nightmares, surely this became exhausting even for her! "Mom, is this all I'm going to endure for the rest of my life? I can't do this! I'm even affecting you, just kill me instead and let me save you the trouble!" ..she said with tears streaming down her face. "Kill you? Are you even listening to yourself? You're the only one thing special left in my life, remember that your father has passed and now you want to leave me too! Besides as much as it pains me to see you suffering, I can't kill you, What kind of mother will I be who takes away their daughters life? I love you baby, I know this might seem as an endless battle but try to fight through it we will find a permanent solution to this!" ..Theresa said with her eyes getting teary by the minute. She hugged her daughter, patted and to  sleep, she couldn't bear the thought that this is their new normal , she just wouldn't accept to see her daughter live this life forever and promised herself that she will find help and would not rest until she does! But was there a solution? It's funny  how Meladin forgot she had school and her social life so she thought, "Maybe if i return to my old social self ill forget about this whole thing and it'll go away." But was she just kidding herself? One morning she woke up, head held up high ready to finally 'breathe different air' so she prepared herself for an outing. She covered her scars, marks and bruising with a whole load of make-up and she called a friend of her's to get some pizza, it was set ,finally she got out of the house! Alice, the friend she called, brought along a group of friends to tag along. They all accepted Meladin without hesitance and she felt hopeful, and that's a feeling she didn't have in a long time, they went along and headed to the movies, went to the pizza place and went to a party. Everything seemed to be falling in place, she felt so content! It felt like it wasn't just yesterday she had this ferocious nightmares, but then nobody knew why she had to quit school and lay on the low. But was she ready to tell her friends what the problem was? It felt rather demeaning, but she knew at some point her secret will be in the open. "Should I just tell Alice or would she think I'm some freak.." ,she said with a hopeless sigh. She headed home, none of her friends saw her leave, on her way home she asked herself how her life got this messed up and all sad, dragging her feet home with  saddened heart she really felt like she'd hang herself on the spot, she felt that truly she is getting punished for something she didn't do. Once she reached her house she found her mother waiting by the living room, "Where have you been, I have been worried sick!"...Theresa said in an angry voice. "I'm sorry mom, I thought if I'd stay out of the house I would feel much better, of which I did  but later I realized I cannot run from my problems, I'm sorry I left you worried.".. she said with low tone voice. "Oh come here baby, everything will be alright. Go upstairs and rest." ..she said motherly. "Ok, goodnight mommy, I love you."  She dragged her feet up the stairs, got in the shower and went to bed, upon reaching the bed , she saw a shadowy figure on the other end on the bed, she got terrified so she switched on her bed-side lamp. "Mike!".. she said happily as she ran to hug her. "Where have you been! I've been missing you a lot".. she said as she hugged him tighter. "I'm sorry babe, I've been a mess lately so I decided to leave town".. he said gazing into her eyes. 'I've been thinking about you this is why I decided to visit you as soon as I came back"..."Well I'm glad you're back as that is all that matters".. she said lovingly. 'Mike' held her hair behind her ear, gazed into her eyes with affection and leaned in and gave her a soft sensual kiss, she felt shy but she didn't hesitate to get more! The kissing got more passionate with added pressure, 'Mike' put his hand in Melandin's panties only to find that she was so ready, he fingered her till she moaned but she tried keeping it on low as she didn't want to wake her mother. 'Mike'  went on and undressed her as they were kissing, slowly unwrapping her robe, as if every detail mattered, on the other hand Meladin unbuttoned his shirt, slowly caressing his neck and finally took off his pants! He kissed him from toe going up , kissed her inner thighs ,stomach ,tracing  his lips softly and sucked on her breast as she dug her nails into her hair. It felt so right, they finally had s*x, it wasn't rough nor was it slow, it was just right. Soft moans kept the  love in the air, their waist movements were to die for, so perfect , the kisses on the neck , the digging to nails in each others backs it was all good.  After that nice oxytocin rush they slept in each other's arms, it was so good that it kept Meladin smiling from ear to ear, it's been a while since it felt like this in a while, she finally had inner peace but was this the end of her pain and suffering? She felt too hopeful too soon, as she was sleeping she felt that something was not right, she looked over to check if 'Mike' was asleep only to find 'him' lurking at the dark corner! The moonlight riveting on his amber eyes, Meladin asked in fear " M-M-Mi-Mike what are you doing? This is not funny!" ...and she teasingly threw 'him' a pillow. "Come back to bed , whatever prank this is I am not loving it at all!" ..as tears streamed down her pale cheeks.  She watched 'Mike' turn into this thing she had never seen before, she tried to scream but it felt as if the oxygen was sucked out of her lungs, not even a single note left her breath, she soon fell to the ground. Consciousness was still in her being, she looked over to see what was happening, her eyes failed her , it was all blurry, all she could see was a blurred out red horned faun! It's eyes carried deep evil, it looked at her as if it was ready to devour her, with an evil smirk brushing across it face, it walked towards her taking advantage that she was weak at the time. It got hold of her legs, she tried to crawl towards the door but it felt as if a thousand pounds where placed on her back, the evil mystical being oppressed it with it dark powers and a fiery portal opened, her nails screeched along the floor tile you could swear , her nails would have broke off from the roots!  She felt the heat, almost burning her lashes off! But was this end of Meladin? Theresa woke up, the next morning and wondered why she had such a peaceful sleep, she was at content! She thought Meladin's curse was all over, but she did not know the bitter truth behind her silence. She thought, " She must be resting, it's been a while since we both had this kind of rest, Let me prepare something nice for her".....uttering those words, she rushed off to the kitchen to prepare something good that she could bring to her in bed. Her hums were the sweetest I'm sure you could tell she woke up on the good side of the bed, she made sure every detail was placed at heart, the bacon perfectly seasoned, the poached eggs and pancaked cooked to perfection! She prepared a glass of freshly squeezed orange and placed everything in tray, she couldn't wait to see the relieved face of her daughter, she rushed up the stairs and to her suprized her door was open, so she rushed in. "Baby , I brought you some...", she could not believe her eyes! It looked like a hell hole in there!  "Meladin! Where are you !"... she screamed her name with tears in her eyes as she placed the tray over her side table. She saw the bed sheets all over the place, clothes from her closet all over, and worst of all a trail of screeched nails on the floor that led to nowhere, she knelt down and a stream of tears outpoured! Denial creeped in, she checked her closet and threw everything that was left out of place, she searched under the bed, went into the bathroom and screamed her name to thee top on her lungs! A mad woman was awoken , she ran through the neighborhood as she called out her daughter's name, it was now getting exhausting as she saw no progress, she ran out of faith. Dragging her feet home and sobbing heavily the neighbors watched her from a distance, and didn't come to at least ask what the problem was, instead they judged based on their assumptions and preferred to not be included in 'family drama' . Upon arrival she buried herself in her blankets and cried that you'd swear she'd run out of tears. Avoiding her suicidal thoughts she wept so hard that her eyes became very swollen, and swore to never come out of bed. Days passed and Theresa was looking as scrawny as every, hey eyeballs sunk into her skull, pelvic bones piercing her skin and her hair was so thinned out, you could swear she died and had come alive again! Its been days that she was starving herself, all she had was an apple or two just to make sure she had enough to keep her alive, Theresa felt that it wouldn't be fair if she had a nice table prepared before her and she doesn't even know if her daughter is eating wherever she is.  Her family came to visit, well at least her sister Maze and her husband, as they were approaching the door, they saw a strange face and assumed that Theresa was being robbed and they rushed and barged into the house. "Theresa?"...they both exclaimed..."What happened to you!" they said shying away to show their disgust. "Well what can I say, the only light of my life is no more, well that all I know!"..she said as a pool of tears started to fill up her eyes. "Oh don't say that!" ...Maze hushed her. "What are you guys doing here anyway?" she asked broodily. "Well we came to offer our support, we heard the terrible news and came rushing as soon as we heard." ...they said in an emotional tone. "All I know is that she went to bed and in the- in the- in the morning she was gone, she was g-g-g-g-gone!" ..she shouted as she uttered these words as if her wounds were seasoned with salt.  Maze said, "Well were here now and we are going to help you, we can not let you go through this all alone! Come her!"... they gave her a warm tight hug and promised her that everything will be alright. Maze's husband carried their luggage to the guest room and Maze took Theresa upstairs and ran her the shower and bathed her. "I know it is tough sis, but I don't think Meladin will like it if you're letting yourself go like this, she needs you to be strong for her, be strong is all I ask of you, I know you're a fighter." she said gazing into her eyes. "I don't think I can do this anymore, I've been tough over and over again!I'm tired Maze, really tired, you know lets not talk about this right now."...you could tell that hope was lost from the words she uttered. "Well at least come down and join us for dinner, I can't allow you to starve yourself like this, please." For this first time in days she finally had a full good meal, "I just wanted to say I appreciate you guys for coming over here and supporting me through a time like this." Theresa said as she held her sister's hand and gave her a brief smile. "Thanks for the lovely dinner but I will be headed to bed, I will see you in the morning." her sister stood up and gave her a kiss on the forehead." Sleep good." she whispered in her ear.  Thirty minutes down the line Theresa seemed to be having trouble breathing " M-M-Maaaaaze" , she said with a heavy sigh. Was this the end for Theresa? *I would appreciate it if i got feedback to update you all on what happens next*