Eliza (Book 1)

.+* Chapter 50 - Explanations *+.

Eliza's View:
The next few days were surprisingly peaceful. I had spent those days with Emily, Zir, and Tord. The question of Evil!Eliza's and Celeste's whereabouts (Celeste shortly left us after April freed her) stayed in my mind. Victoria also went to look for her. I tried everything I could to distract myself, to make myself feel a little bit better. The thought of Grim and those saddened in the underground just broke me.

But I had to stay strong, for the sake of the others at least.

I had kept his death so hidden inside me, that the other Elizas weren't even aware of it.

* You've been awfully quiet Eliza, are you okay?
One of them asked as she dug into a piece of cake.

* Just thinking...
They all looked at me...they were trying to read my mind, but my spell was strong enough to keep them out.

* Well?

*Well what?

* Tell us what's on your mind.

* I'd rather not..

* She's hiding the fact that her Grim died 3 days ago, and she couldn't even save him.

All the Elizas turned to face her. I knew exactly who it was.

* She killed him. We all know day by day she'll simply breaking apart, she just went crazy.

* Eliza...is that true?

No matter what I told them, I was always the untrustworthy one, the hated one, the evil one.

* No.

The whispers and chatters began again. The negativity around the room began to increase. Evil!Eliza gained power from their negativity. She casted a silent spell, all the negativity building up inside of me.

Let's see how you'll deal with this.

I woke up to the smell of pancakes. Who was cooking? I went to the kitchen to see Ellie-

* ...What are you doing here?
I questioned, rubbing my eyes.

* I realised you weren't a bad guy.

I went to get ready for the day. When I came back, she flipped the pancakes onto two plates, giving me one. I thanked her and we sat down to talk.

* So...you remember me?

* Yeah, thankfully. :)

We smiled and dug into our food. It tasted great!

* There's are amazing Ellie, what's the secret behind them~?

* Gaster always used to make these paralysing pancakes for those we wanted to take care of.

I froze.
She smiled.

Before it could take effect on me, I teleported to Sofia's house, slouching onto the sofa. Aurora and April came walking in.

* Oh hey Eliza!

I couldn't move or say anything. Aurora poked my face and I looked at her.

'Her eyes are moving...but not her body.' April pointed out.

Sofia came walking in with baby Amelia in her hands.

* Oh hi Eliza!

* Something's wrong with Eliza.

Sofia placed Amelia in her baby monitor and came up to me. It didn't take her too long to figure it out (bare in mind she was with Ellie in her early stages).

* Look after Amelia, I'll be back. And yes, I'll order pizza like you asked.

Sofia's View:
I teleported to Grim's house. I wasn't as upset as Eliza about his death, I knew he'd be able to come back, it was his choice.

Eliza didn't know that.

I teleported and before Ellie could grab me, I grabbed her and shut her down.

Someone was applauding behind me...

* Quite the performance!

I turned around to see Eliza, well, a variation of her.

* I know you're not my Eliza, and I'm case you didn't know, I'm Ellie's creator. I know her better than anyone else. No matter what you do, she'll always trust me.

* Is that so?

* Yes.

* Then how about if we changed your motif~.

She began to cast a spell, but it failed. I smirked. She tried again, yet again...nothing.

* Uh...everything okay?

She stared, blank and confused.

* How-

* Well overriding silent spells aren't too hard..~

I winked. Eliza's aura turned into a fiery rage.

* This isn't a game, Sofia.

She went invisible.

* My Eliza can defeat you.

As if she could hurt anyone.

I felt a wave of tiredness and fell to sleep. Of course she was in my mind. Evil!Eliza was sitting down, holding a picture.

* Nice children you've got. It would be a shame if they got into this problem, right?

* You leave my kids out of this.

She chuckled to herself. She clicked her fingers and a picture of Aurora appeared in her hand.

* Two can play this game, Sofia.

She ripped the picture in half and the scream of Aurora bellowed through my head.

* Stop doing th-

She ripped another. The voices of the others trying to help Aurora rang in my mind.

* Are you ready to play by my rules, Sofia?

I looked at her, catching my breath, and nodded.

This was a game I couldn't escape.