I'm not scared anymore

Chapter fifty nine: Beginning of the end

My heart was racing. I don't think I have ever been this scared in my entire life. Everyone stayed quiet and I could feel the nervousness in the air. Soon we would step on the stage. In front of hundreds of fans, but it wouldn't be anything like the times before.

     I walked on the stage, Rain walking closely behind me. Like usual, there wasn't a curtain. I could feel the hundreds of eyes staring at us as we walked to the front of the stage. I could feel Rain grab my hand gently. All of us were there, standing in the line.

     When I say "all of us" I really mean all of us. From the right side of the line there was Omega, Zephyr, Ifrit, Sodo, Aether, Sunshine, Swiss, Aurora, Phantom, Mountain, Cora, Rain, me, Cirrus and Cumulus. I also grabbed Cirrus' hand, squeezing it tightly.

     I kept looking at the crowd. Some of them stayed quiet, some of them were screaming. Some of the fans had really distrustful or even scared looks on their faces. I really can't blame them, it has been a pretty crazy couple of days.

     Copia walked to the front, now standing in front of us. He grabbed the mic from its stand and started to talk. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath in. Only a few minutes left. Few minutes before we are revealed to the whole world. Few minutes before we take off our masks.

     Copia let out a deep sigh and started to talk. This time he wasn't talking in his silly way, like he normally does. This time he was deadly serious. "Hello everyone. First of all, I want to thankall of you for coming here today. We are aware of these accusations made towards us and we are here today to tell you the truth. You deserve it." Copia started.

      "Some of you have brought out your worries concerning the nameless ghouls. Some of you are wondering if those videos, photos and rumors are really true. Some of you might be feeling scared and that is completely understandable. We have seen all of those materials of nameless ghouls on the internet and we decided to come and talk to you face to face instead of trying to solve this on social media. As some of you have noticed the videos are only a few seconds long and they are only telling the other side of the story. I'm going to explain these situations for you a little later, okay?" Copia continued.

      "So, the answer to the question that all of you are waiting to hear, the reason that most of you are here today. "Are the nameless ghouls humans?" There is a simple answer to that and that answer is no." Copia says.

      I could hear a couple of gasps from the crowd and some loud chatting. All of them were staring at us, that's for sure.

     "Next thing we are going to do is to introduce you to the ghouls. You are going to see that they are so much more than just "Nameless ghouls". All of them are so much more, they are more than just performers of the band. They are just like all of you. They have their own lives, partners, friends, family, problems, just like all of you." Copia explains.

      "And as you can see there is a new face on the stage and a couple of old ones too. All of them came here today to get this sorted out and to do that all of them have agreed to show you their real selves, without their masks." Copia finishes.

      Again we heard some excited chatting from the crowd. I was so afraid. I could feel my hands shaking slightly. Copia was going to start from Cumulus and move from there towards the left side of our line.

     "So first we have our lovely Cumulus. She is such a sweetheart, you won't find anyone as caring and loving as her." Copia says and walks to Cumulus.

     Cumulus lifted her hands to the edges of her mask and lifted it off, placing it down on the ground in front of her. "Next to Cumulus we have Cirrus. She is like a mother to our band, no matter what is bothering you, she always finds the right words to tell you." Copia says, moving to Cirrus, who is already lifting off her mask. Cirrus places her mask back down next to Cumulus' and does a little wave to the crowd.