A New Life

Bringing an End to The Mansion Vacation

"Well well well, who would have thought?" A familiar unwelcome voice said from within the room.

I immediately stand up, raising my guard.

"What did I say about your blood being special?" The voice said as it circled around me. "Imagine what boundless things you can do now that you know a portion of your blood's power!" It continued.

"Get rid of you?" I challenged.

"Ohohohoho... That you may... But not now.... Not unless I let you... Hohoho.." Evilish mocked. "You'd better thank me... I'm teaching you for free here..." It added.

It suddenly materialized in front of me in my shape. "You and I can do a lot if you cooperate... You'll live the life of a king, queen, or rather a God! Who would throw away such a deal?" It said pointing at my chest then holding my chin. I could only look in disgust and anger, but couldn't do much. It looked a perfect copy of me, all be it with red eyes.

"You don't know how much an underworld creature such as I with all the power I have can do to these puny humans with the tiniest of help from someone as special as you! You could be worshipped, you could have all the money in the world, all the entertainment you wish for!"

"Are you done blabbering?" I said rather mockingly.

"Ahahahahaha! How strong and fearsome!" That laugh was so loud I felt like my eardrums were going to burst. "I can end you right here and then if I so much as wished to!" Somehow my mocking seemed to have worked.

"Yet you didn't? Must mean that you're rather powerless." I continued.

"Haaaahhaahahahahaa!" Even louder this time I felt like the whole mansion was shaking. "Continue on with this and you're gonna regret everything you've done!"

"You've escaped me for too long Evilish, but you've made a fatal mistake with that laugh!" A strange yet familiar female voice said from within the room as well. "You may have thought you could get around without me noticing but today is where you'll be undone!" It added.

I looked at Evilish who still looked like me, and it seemed like it was actually disturbed, almost scared. It dissolved into air once more and said.

"You may think this is it, but it's far from it, you'll meet your maker one day!" Evilish presumably told the female voice. There were a few moments of silence where nothing seemed to happen. I slowly relaxed and started to feel the tension leave my body.

I suddenly heard some faint screeching and screaming from who I thought is Evilish. Which gave me goosebumps and made me calm down a bit. I wished that this would be the last I'd hear from this evil spirit and wished to know who really is and has been helping me out, although I pretty much knew who it was.

I decided to wait in my room for a bit before going to Ran's room. Once I entered her room I noticed immediately how she was a bit tired, yet had a pleasant smile on her face.

"Ahh our hero once again. How many times do you have to save the day for everyone?" Ran said somewhat nervously.

"Stop lying to me... Thank you!" I said as I jumped and hugged Ran causing her to fall onto her bed. "Really thank you!" I said as I slightly felt emotional finally giving Ran the proper thanks that she deserves for all she's done to me. Not mentally, but how she's been protecting me for so long in the dark.

"So you knew?" She asked.

"I've had my suspicions for a while." I chuckled.

She refused to tell me any details, but made sure to emphasize on the fact that I am safe and will always be safe as long as she's around. She also told me to keep my blood a secret and that everytime I trigger some form of power from my blood it would actually consume a bit of my lifespan.

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The rest of this vacation went on very smoothly, a repetition of various activities we'd already done these past few days and getting to know each other even more. I found myself succumbing to my female self more and more and began laying down a plan for Zeus's birthday 'gift'. I tried to be more confident and comfortable around Zeus, and stop feeling shy or embarrassed at every comment he makes about me. I finally realized that any resistance now was futile. Ran must have noticed that as she kept nudging me to being more open with my feelings a bit quicker.

Suddenly, we found ourselves at the end of our vacation. Saying goodbye to everyone. Evan had made a great recovery and had looked much healthier than he was on day one. We apologized to George saying that I wasn't ready to have experiments done to my body or blood. We exchanged contact info with Elia as we promised to hang out with her often after we return to our lives. This week had been the most fun yet the most stressful in my life at the same time. So much had happened, but I didn't regret anything I've done in it. And I felt closer as a friend to Ran, and as a... Something closer than a friend to Zeus.

That marked an end to a very important period in my life and a beginning to a new better and hopefully easier one.

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Word from the writer:

So close to the end now.. I know it's a bit rushed, but it has to be done.. I've dragged the story for far too long and I cannot keep promising yet failing to hold my promises. Thanks to everyone who has supported me and enjoyed this story for this long. I hope you guys won't be too disappointed with the ending.