Teras

Shadow

I shouted for him to stop, but he didn't listen to me. His voice echoed around me.

"Watch. Watch. Watch."

It was his calm voice, so I knew he was trying to demonstrate what would be happening more often. He was trying to teach me, but I wasn't going to stand for it.

I hit his back as hard as I could, but he ignored me.

I could see through to the other world--my world. It was through Shiloh's eyes, and the poor kid was terrified.

Teras must have given me a gift of some sort when he tortured me because I could hear what Shiloh was thinking. It was a burden, though.

He was worried what Teras might do. He could kill someone, hurt his family, take over anyone if he wanted to, and right now he was bringing in a new doll to play with.

A man with eyes to trick anyone, and I knew what he was going to use him for--my sister.

"I almost had Evie," he had said,"She was just too strong, but I was only going to use her for you, my love. Luckily, you just so happened to be around when she sent the dream. If you think about it...It's your sister's fault. I will thank her soon, my love."

I watched as the man started to see me and Teras behind Shiloh's eyes. I cried when Teras pushed Shiloh's hands onto him to bring him here.

He stared into my eyes as his whole body began to freeze up and fall to the ground. I covered my mouth and gasped.

I screamed at Teras,"Why?! Why are you doing this?!"

Once I fell to the floor Teras let Shiloh go, and the portal closed.

When I opened my eyes the man was laying right next to me, and I jumped up screaming.

"Calm down, Shadow. We don't want to scare him."

His smile grew large as he circled around him, and he touched the man's forehead with his long, spindly finger waking him up instantly. I stood by in shock as he stood up and looked around.

He said,"Hello?"

I looked at Teras asking,"He can't see us?"

He smiled proudly as he shushed me. This sent shivers down my spine.

Teras crept closer to the man and dug his fingers into his eyes.

He reassured the man the way he did me, but I ran away in fear only hearing the man's screams for help.

I went into a room down the hall to collapse inside the closet. I kept repeating to myself that I was only in a dream, and all of this was just my mind going crazy.

Too bad Teras had shown me what was going on in the world I called home. He was taking over my family and possibly the rest of the world, but even though he cared about me he wouldn't listen to anything I said. I couldn't look at him again, and I couldn't brace myself enough to see the look on that man's face when he saw me.

I had blood covered all over me from when I was supposed to bleed to death, and I couldn't imagine what my eyes look like after what Teras did to me.