I felt a hand grab my wrist and pulled me out of that stream where my room was supposed to be located. Everything looks different now from what it was earlier. All I did was get out of my room to take a leak. But everything turns upside down because instead of my world, I am now on a different side of it.
"Careful! That stream is too deep. You can drown there if you fall." Said the voice I can recognize anywhere.
"Angel?" I asked even though I already know that it's him.
"Who else will save you from the other side?" Angel replied with a question.
He's smiling at me as if nothing happened to us before. I know that I was wrong for just ignoring him after I saw his true face. It's been a long time since we talked to each other and I feel awkward. Especially now that he's using his handsome face around my soul.
I feel uncomfortable and scared to be out of my body. But I thought that I might just be dreaming about all of this. I will be waking up sooner or later and everything will go back to normal. At least to my definition of normal since doing astral projection doesn't sound that way. But at least I will be inside my body.
"Why am I here?" I asked, trying to change the mood around us.
"Maybe it's because you have been suppressing your ability to see the other side, it kind of forces you out of your body," Angel replied.
I can't believe that he just said that! He never explained things to me before. When we're still close, he never does that. I realized that maybe it's because we are on the same dimension now. Around here, I'm the ghost, not them and it's bothering me a little.
"I need to go back to my body!" I feel so frustrated about what's happening.
"I'm sorry, Mary. I can't help you with that. You're the only one who can do it." Angel sadly replied.
He seems to feel bad whenever he can't do anything to help me. Plus, he's too polite to be a demon. But maybe it was just my depiction of them that they should be evil. Now that I'm already in their world, I don't have a choice but to talk to them. Especially with Angel since he can help me somehow.
"Why do you always have to be nice to me? I've been ignoring you for years!" I asked, feeling guilty about it.
"Because I'm an angel!" He replied.
"Angel is just the name I have given you!" I said, feeling irritated.
"No, Mary. I'm a real angel. The name was just a coincidence." He responded with a smile.
I looked at him to see if he's trying to prank me. But then, he looks like he's not lying about it.
"Mary, look at those winged creatures from that side! Those are the demons who work for the devil himself!" Angel whispered.
I looked in that direction and saw the demons he was talking about. They look like the angels from what other people have described. White clothes, a halo, and a pair of wings. But then I saw them attacking another creature. Their eyes are red as hellfire. They are the demons!
"Oh my God! I exclaimed.
" See what I mean? Those are what the demons look like!" Angel proudly declared.
"Okay, I get your point now. Can we go far from them?" I grabbed his hand and started walking.
Angel is not a demon but a real angel! So it means that everything about the angel and devil thing was a lie. The problem is, I'm not the only one who thought that the angels are the ones with wings and pretty faces. Almost everyone in the mortal world has the same belief. That's why I thought that Angel is evil!
My guilt is bothering me more now that I realized that I wronged my best friend. He was always there for me since high school. Even long before that and after I decided to ignore him. He keeps me safe from harm and I abandoned our friendship just like that.
"Angel, I'm sorry about what I did to you." I finally mustered the courage to tell him.
"Don't be! You're human after all. It's only natural to fear the unknown." He replied as if it was just nothing to him.
"But still, I judged you when I should have just trusted you and remained a friend." I just needed to get that out of my chest.
"Aren't you even curious why you have a guardian angel that you can see?" He asked with a wide smile.
That made me think...After all these years, Angel is with me. Even when I thought he was a demon, he still never left my side. The question is, why is he guarding me? I want to ask about it but I'm scared to know the answer at the same time.
"I can see the other side, that's why!" I tried brushing off my curiosity.
"Good answer! It's a secret anyway so I can't tell you about it." He replied.
That sucks! He just made me curious about the reason why he clings to me. Then he just told me that it's a secret. At least now I don't feel awkward anymore. Angel made me feel at ease with him again. He's still my best friend after all since I don't have any human friends, to begin with.
"Hey! Where do you think you're going and where are you taking her?" asked a guy who just came from nowhere.
We both stopped walking and it feels like it's not because we want to. I'm very sure that this guy has something to do with it. I almost forgot I'm on the other side. It means that whoever I see here is not human.
"It's none of your business, vampire!" Angel's tone doesn't sound like him.
"Angel, let's just go!" I said, realizing that he's a vampire.
"Angel? Hah! It's more like an angel of death!" The vampire said and laughed hard.
"Angel, what is this pale vampire talking about?" I asked with a confused tone."It's true. I can't lie to you." Angel replied with his head down trying to avoid my gaze.That's another sudden realization after a few years of thinking that Angel is a demon. But he just told me that he's an angel earlier. I guess he's telling the truth. He is indeed an angel...An angel of death!"So it means that you're with me because I'm already dead?" I asked in a panicked voice."Mary, the first time you saw me, I was supposed to be your soul to the afterlife. But I can't just do it!" He explained."That's why you have been protecting me all these years. I ha
I'm still in a dream state because I can see Gregory sneaking inside my dorm room. He's watching me sleep and I can see that my body keeps on tossing and turning from my bed. When Gregory went near my body, he smiled as he looked at my exposed neck. When his fangs show up as he smiles and looks at me before bending over to my sleeping body. He sinks his vampire fangs to my exposed neck and I felt a sharp pain. The skin on my neck stings like hell after he takes away his vampire fangs from me. Gregory just sits beside my body for the longest time as if waiting for me to wake up. But he became impatient and stood up. To my horror, he looked me directly in the eye. Then he was away and just vanished in thin air. That's when I walk to go outside of my room. I s
"Okay, enough drinking for now!" Gregory pushed me away from him slightly.I almost didn't let go of him because his blood made me quench my thirst as well as satisfy my hunger. But I never thought that I would see his memories from my vision from drinking his blood. It's so vivid as a dream but the only difference is that it was his memory.Gregory wiped his blood from my lips clean with his thumb. I feel like a child who needs to be taken care of by an adult. But I like the gesture and I can get used to it. Nobody has taken care of me ever since my grandma passed away. But it's too much to ask from anyone until Gregory."Welcome to my world!" Gregory said to me, smiling sweetly.I wasn't able to take a good look a
It's a surprise marriage and I never thought that Gregory was serious about it. But since we're already in the chapel, I don't have a choice but to play along. There were about six vampires who attended our wedding ceremony. They all look like couples and ready to catch me in case I change my mind about it.I'm not sure if the priest is human though. But he looks stoned the entire time. Maybe Gregory hypnotized him or something. He's not pale to be a vampire so I concluded that he's human. I absent-mindedly touched my neck where Greg bit me while I was asleep from my dorm."Do you, Gregory Duke, take this woman as your lawfully wedded wife?" The priest asked in a robotic tone."I do!" Gregory replied to the priest.
Waiting for a destined lover for 500 years has never crossed my mind when I met Gregory from the other side. That was just yesterday and now, we're already married.I've learned that for vampires, it's more important for them to have a companion. Our marriage is not exactly because of love like humans were trying to accomplish.Vampires don't have to worry about the need to have children. All they have to do is to bite someone and give them their blood. That's how newborn vampires like me were created.After the wedding, Gregory left me by myself inside the room where I woke up earlier. I'm not sure what I have to do now that I was left alone. After becoming a vampire, I already feel bored.I
"Gregory! Don't ever do that again!" I firmly said when I realized that it was him.I can see him smirk with his white teeth and fangs protruding from his luscious lips. It made me think about how those lips will feel on me besides my lips. We already kissed twice before so I have an idea that they taste sweet."What are you doing here? Let's get back outside!" Gregory said and took my hand.My thoughts about how his lips tasted made me feel embarrassed. How come I have to think about that the moment I see him? But I tried to hide my thoughts and just followed him with one hand on his.I have never been so close to a guy before and I can’t help but feel as if I’m blushing. That&rs
Learning how to be a vampire is not easy. I thought that all I needed to know was how to hunt for food. But it’s more than that because there are restrictions now that I'm already a vampire.Gregory is very patient in teaching me and I appreciate that. But there are times that it gets on my nerves. I didn't know that I needed to learn the vampire's way of living.I have to act like a proper lady whenever the vampires gather. I disagree since we are all bloodsuckers there anyway. But Gregory has a status quo to uphold and I have to protect it as well as his wife.There are times that I don't even want to join their grand get-together. Although I'm not sure if Gregory will allow me to avoid it. I don't want to know how he will react if I dec
Gregory approaches me and the "Nuno" steps back right away. I can see the fear in their eyes as they look at my husband."Mary, you have to run, he's a vampire!" One of the "Nuno sa punso" informed me.They are smaller than dwarves but bigger than fairies. Some urban legends say that they have supernatural powers and they are magical by nature."Don't be afraid, he's my husband!" I laughed with their ignorance."Really? You must be a vampire now!" The older Nuno concluded."Yes, I'm a newborn vampire. So don't worry, you know I wouldn't hurt anyone!" I explained.