Mysterious Ash (Natalie)

Slowly Ash climbs into the driver’s side of the vehicle and starts the car. At first there’s an awkward silence, because neither one of us knows the other. So Ash decides to start the conversation.

“That was the best punch I have ever seen.’ At this point I’m too confused to reply because I have a billion thoughts going through my head, but he continues on without any comment from me anyway.

“He didn’t even see it coming. I don’t think he was expecting you to punch him even though he was being a douche bag. At first I think he thought I was the one that punched him because he was looking at me and his eyes were screaming bloody murder. You were amazing, I didn’t think he would go so low to punch a girl, but I apparently was wrong about that too. I knew if he hit you that second time you would have got really injured so I jumped in front.” he concludes. This makes me lift my eyes to meet his. This stranger actually took a hit for me, a stranger I don’t even know, took a hit for me!

I don’t know what to say to him so I ask
“Are you new here in Frostvale? He gives me a

sideways glance because he is still driving before deciding he can answer

“Yes I am new here. How did you know?”

“Well” I say “I have lived here for 17 years and I have never seen a bright red convertible Camaro.” At that answer he just smiles a cheeky, devilish smile. So I say

“Who are you staying with?” instantly his smile disappears “Sorry, I can’t answer that right now.” Well that’s interesting I think to myself. Before he asks in a serious tone of voice

“Would it be okay if we pull over and have a talk?” What the hell is going on here, something tells me he has a secret.

“Sure” is all I say.

As Ash pulls the car to a stop, he looks over at me with a strange smile, a knowing smile. Ash reaches out and grabs my hand with both of his and says

“I don’t know where to begin, so this might take a while.” I shuffle around a bit trying to get comfortable for this long chat. When he begins he starts with everything I should know about him “My full name is Ash Samuels and I am 18 years old. My family died when I was 16 so I have been living on my own ever since. I have just started college here and I live at number 15 Hero Road, just a block over from where you pulled out.” Well, to say I was expecting that would have been a lie. I am over come with a large amount of sadness for this boy that I am just getting to know. I have a sudden impulse to climb over the centre of the car and sit on his lap. So that’s what I do! Hoping that it will provide a bit of comfort. It’s uncomfortable to begin with because Ash is so tense from sharing just a small part of his being but he soon relaxes. Slowly as if unsure if it is the right move he puts his arms around my waist and rests them on my stomach. His arms are tense to begin with, slightly squeezing me thinking I might pull away, but I don’t I just lay my head back and relax while he explains his mysterious secret.

“You may think I’m crazy but please just listen and don’t say anything unless I ask okay?” Instead of saying anything, I just nod my head so he knows I understand. He continues.

“It started when I was 15, at first I didn’t understand what was going on I didn’t want to tell my parents in case they thought I had a mental disability. So I continued to go through it on my own until it became too much.” he pauses to take a breath, but before he can start talking again I put my hand up, like you do at school to ask or answer a question. I turn around in his arms so that I’m straddling his waist and look at him waiting to see if he will let me ask my question. He nods his head slightly telling me to continue.

“What was it that started when you were 15?” I ask politely. Ash takes a moment to decide if he should answer that straight away.

“It was nightmares. They started when I was 15 I would see these most hideous beast, animal’s that can only be found in your imagination. Most of the time I would be in the woods of a mountain called Aurelia Spires and I would have a weapon to kill them with like a bow and arrow or a long sword and a shield. Then a week before I turned 16 I had a dream about being out with my friend in the woods, we were camping there and this beast emerged from the bushes. I still remember the screams coming from my friend as the monster rips him to shreds before I have a chance to do anything. The monster looked like a bear but bigger, it had the head of a reptile and its colouring was so dark; it looked like no light would ever penetrate it. Its feet were the size of small tyres and the claws were like 20 cms long. The only colour on its body was its scarlet red eyes that stared at me knowing that I was defenceless. But the dream didn’t really have an ending it just randomly went black and I woke up in my bed at home. That’s when I realised something was wrong.”

He looks at me waiting for me to jump off him and call him crazy but I don’t. He nearly had the exact same dream as me. I think, would my dream had of ended the same way if I had not been expecting its attack, I don’t know, so I say.

“Now your said that I think I’ve had the same dream.” Saying this makes him focus on me for the first time.

“I thought you were special this morning but I didn’t have enough time to assess you while you were in the car.” What does he mean by me being special, well yes I do look completely different from my family and yes sometimes I think I’m crazy but what does he mean by special? Before I can interrupt his train of thought he continues

“During that week before I turned 16 I researched all I could, it wasn’t much but it was enough to survive. During that week I learnt that I am known as a “Ma vista” meaning - with sight - in English. There are only three people in the entire world that can be called this, they have a job and it is to rid the world of these monstrous beasts before they over whelm the world and take over. Many people think 1 of the 3 people that posses this power use it to help the beasts. Right now I am chasing this person but I never knew I would run into the other Ma vista today.”

He stops waiting for me to figure it out but I already had reached this conclusion and I believe him. So I nod proving that I understand what he has said, he seems taken a back at how quickly I believed him but he continues without questioning me

“It is said that if the two Ma vista’s meet that aren’t evil, that it is the dawn of the new beginning and that those two people will have a life together until they rid the world of the demon beasts and only then, can the world be at peace. If this is accomplished and the evil Ma vista is dead, they will live forever immortal because they are no longer in danger.” he concludes.

Wow.

“I think we need to do some research…”