Elysium

The Garden 4

I blink and roll over, mentally and physically exhausted. I'm back in that strange bedroom that now belongs to me. Was last night just a dream? I look down at my torn dress and bruised arms in horror. No, it was reality. I burst into tears.

"Oh God help me..."

I plead to nobody.

I know what I had done was unforgivable but did I really deserve something like this from him?

"Kill me, please kill me."

A stranger wraps his arms around me

"What's wrong?" his voices whispers in my ear.

I freeze and stop crying, it's Him. The demon's hands caress my head and he presses my face into his chest.

"I could never do something so horrid to you. I can't ever kill you, I love you~" Leo muses to himself as he rubs my arms gently.

I shiver and try to push him away. Was he just going to act like he didn't just defile me as a human being? This made my head spin for a moment and I suddenly felt sick, if this went on I'd surely throw up. Leo stares at me with a blank expression as I wiped my eyes and got out of bed, I just wanted to ignore him, I didn't want anything to do with him right now. My stomach growls loudly, to an embarrassing extent.

"I suppose it's time for breakfast huh?"

He said, I could sense that he felt bad for what he did. I don't reply, his casual attitude annoying me. He twirls me around, his eyes cold again, just like last night...

"Why aren't you listening to me Anna? Respond to me."

My eyes widen and I shake my head.

"Annalina...."

He sighs and guides me towards the closet, Leo was just trying to change the subject and lighten up the mood. Did he really think that he was just going to get away with something so horrible?

"First, a Goddess must get dressed before eating her meal."

Leo opens the closet door and hundreds among hundreds of beautiful dresses are before me.

I gasp in shock and quietly approach the dresses, I was always so fond of dresses I really prefer them to pants, in fact, I only owned two pairs of pants in total and I almost never wore them.

For whatever reason, relief washed over me, it was almost like I was being reunited with my closet although I'm pretty sure this was my first time seeing it.... Right? Ever since coming here my head kept spinning and weird thoughts swam around in my mind, this place wasn't good for me.

"How about this one?"

He picks up a lovely black frilly dress with a bright red ribbon wrapping itself around the collar.

It matched who I was now, since I was no longer innocent. I accepted it. It was soft and felt good on my body. Was I ever really innocent to begin with? It started to feel like I was alive for many centuries and I felt like I was stepping out of my body for a moment. Who really was I? I stared down at my hands trying to make sense of myself. Was I just living a lie? I shake my head, this place really was putting strange thoughts inside my head

. "...thanks..." I mumble, no longer wanting to think about it. I walk out the bedroom door and head towards the kitchen. To my surprise I was getting used to the layout of this place, it had only been a short while and I was already comfortable. It was almost like the massacre of everyone and everything didn't even matter. The thought of this disgusted me and I shivered in horror of myself.