Darla was still out cold and showed no signs of waking up, not even the slightest bit of movement. Moon and Andrew were sitting on opposite sides of her discussing the situation.
"So when Nick finds a strategy to get us out he should call us and give us a plan."
"How does Nickolas know so much about the occult?" Moon bites the inside of her cheek,
"He's a demon hybrid." Andrew's eyes sparkled,
"Really! He's another good demon?"
"Another?" Moon looked at the white haired boy confused.
Andrew smiled a bit,
"I'm a demon, don't worry though! I won't hurt anyone!" Moon's blinks in surprise and smiles,
"So you're kind of a misfit among demons?" Andrews' smile turned into a sad one, "They see kindness as weakness so when I want to help those who have suffered." The smile then fully disappeared,
"They think you're a lost cause so they cast you into the mortal world to fend for yourself." Moon walked over to Andrew and sat next to him,
"Well if you would like, you couldn't be alone anymore."
Moon continues,
"Me and Darla run a group of misfits called the Rose Corporation, we kill those that when they disappear the world will be better." Moon's yellow eyes seemed to gain a glow that felt mischievous.
"Though it's up to you, no need to rush, you know where we are." Andrew nodded as Darla started to stur. Moon pulled Andrew back from Darla along with herself,
"Careful she might punch you."
Darla shot up looking around frantically as if searching for something,
"Darla?" Moon said in a soft voice. Darla Looked at Moon and Andrew saw the panic leaving her face,
"Sorry shitty dream." Darla held her head as Moon slowly scooted over,
"You good Oak Tree?" Darla laughed and hugged Moon,
"Yeah I am Moonlight." Andrew smiled and looked behind them and his heart stopped. A 7 year old was hovering toward the two and looked angry,
"You're not family." Moon and Darla jumped back in line with Andrew,
"Andrew explain." Darla demanded in a stern voice as Andrew stood there speechless, "Are you the..?"
The girl looked at Andrew and smiled,
"Oh It's great to finally see you! I'm sorry I've stayed hidden." Darla opened a small portal where she kept her weapons that faded into the black background.
"Can I get your name?" Andrew asked, trying to keep his voice steady,
"Of course! I'm Anastasia." Anastasia had a long whit dress from the 1800's that was dirty and torn. Her face was pale like a porcelain doll.
"Um, Anastasia was it, I'm Moon and we'd be glad to leave your home if we're unharmed."
The young girl looked at Moon coldly,
"No, you've seen too much to leave this place alive." She walked to Andrew,
"Sleep well brother," Andrew's eyes fluttered closed as he fell to the ground.
"Now, it's time to get rid of you pests," cracks ripple through the child's skin, which had a radiant gold color. Darla reached her hand into the small portal pulling out a small pistol and aiming at Anastasia,
"Don't you dare touch her." Anastasia glared at Darla taking her eyes off Moon,
"Or what?" Moon changed her looks with her powers making herself practically invisible, "Just giving my friend a distraction." Anastasia looked at where Moon was to not see her,
"Hey it's rude to hide from your host!" Moon got behind Darla placing a hand on her shoulder and leaned to whisper in her ear,
"Fire a false shot to get her angry so she'll have an opening for an attack." The warm breath sent shivers down Darla's spine, nodding, signaling she agreed with Moon's plan.
Moon's warmth left Darla quickly as they both got in position. Darla moved her aim a little bit off and shot. It grazed Anastasia's hair as she cackled,
"ohhh, my turn!" She lifted her arm exposing her left side. She was about to release an attack but Moon was having none of it. Moon used her ice to strike in her left side with black ice, not the clear kind she used to heal Darla. Anastasia coughed up golden blood as a blinding flash came from the glass.
"Ugh! So rude!" Her voice was slightly distorted as she stabbed Moon's neck with her nails. The same cracks started to cover Moon's pale skin as she fell to the hard ground with a thud.
Anastasia glared at Moon and Darla while holding her side,
"I'll be back!" A gold flash came once again and she was gone. Darla dropped her gun and ran to Moon's side,
"Moon!" The same golden cracks that were on Anastasia were now slowly enclosing Moon's snow white skin. Darla placed her hand on Moon's forehead, Moon was as cold as ice.
"This isn't good..." Whenever Moon used her powers too much she would slowly start to freeze, but with that and whatever the fold signaled Darla was panicking. Sure Moon was a ghost but according to Nikcolas there were ghosts that could die and not come back again.
Nickolas, Darla grabbed her phone and pressed Nickolas's contact,
"Come on, come on, pick up.."
"Hellooooooo! It's Zayla!" Darla sighed,
"I need to talk to Nick, it's important." Darla tried to not sound worried or panicked, she needed to stay strong for them. Some shuffling was heard before the phone was given to Nickols,
"What's up boss?"
"It's Moon, a weird girl came and attacked us, Moon fought back but now she has these weird golden cracks on her body and-"
"Slow down Dar' one thing at a time, what's wrong with Moon?" Darla took a deep breath before she spoke again,
"Moon has these weird golden cracks all over her body and she's fainted, she might have also overused her powers." Nickols got up from his seat next to Victoria,
"Golden cracks? Is she bleeding golden blood?" Nickolas flipped through the book Apollo gave him looking for anything that could help.
"Not bleeding, but they do look like wounds."
Nickolas paces back and forth in front of the mirror looking through the book,
"Alright, one moment." Victoria looked over her brothers shoulder as her searched the book,
"Maybe it's a curse?" Nickolas snapped his fingers and rushed for his room. Moments later he came back with another book,
"Thank you dear sister, Moon has been infected by a curse called Ever Flow." Darla sighed,
"Do you know how to cure it?" Nickols shook his head,
"No sadly, it naturally goes away in 2 days but the curse effects are different to say the least."
"Different how?"
"For the next two days, Moon will not know who the one person dearest to her is, all memories of that person are lost for the next 2 days."
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Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Mystery / ThrillerIt's a story that I've been working on for awhile about some of my murderous or psychotic OC's. It contains blood, demons, ghosts, cannibalism, PTSD, mental illness, and other things along those lines. I will specifically put a trigger warning for c...
