A Lost Memory: Alitheia

Episode 29: Slag Machis Alitheia

That night she had a dream, she stood at the shore of a beach, beige colored sand sat in between her toes and she walked into the water straight ahead. The water that was once blue turned black and sticky, she tried running away but it hooked onto her feet like quick sand. She cried out to no avail as there was no one else around her.

Kacey told the residents about what Raphael had said and the dream she had.

"I think your hatred stems from the loss of your parents and aunt," Fitz informed her sipping on a glass of grapefruit juice.

"That might be it but then what am I supposed to do, not be angry?" Kacey asks with a heavy sigh.

"No you can be angry just don't let yourself be overcome by your anger and turning it into hate," Eliza munching on sinangag or garlic fried rice from last night's supper and Kacey asks her how she overcame her hatred.

"Look at it this way, I was angry at what they did to Aita but I realized if I let myself be consumed by hatred, I'm no better than those monsters who let themselves be taken over by lust," she said and collected all the dishes from the residents as it was her and Akira's day to wash up the dishes.

For the next few days, Kacey practiced each night with Raphael trying to open up her Sant Gate. On the last Sunday of the week, she successfully opened her Sant Gate and it glowed yellow making her height grow taller. Her usual one hundred and fifty centimeters grew to one hundred and seventy-five centimeters,

Later that night Raphael prepared her for the final Angelos Transfiguration, the residents were not allowed to see as they would go blind from the glory the shone from within her.

Kacey had to concentrate as per usual though this time she could feel her body give off a sweet smell like honey and her skin tingled at the spots of the Gate's openings. Her body began to contort, she levitated off the bed and her bones split in half, she let out an ear piercing scream.

"Kacey, are you okay?!" Mandisa cried out to her alongside the other residents at her bedroom door, they noticed a sharp light underneath the door as they heard Raphael's voice pleading with them to not open the door.

After a few minutes of hearing Kacey cry in agony the room fell silent, the glowing light ceased and they were told to enter the room. As Akira slowly pressed down on the gold handle and leaned against the door to open it, Raphael bid Kacey farewell and told her that from there onwards she would have to venture on alone in discovery of her new form.

"It seems you won't be alone at all, also to turn back to your human form mediate and all shall be well, Goodbye," he disappeared from her sight.

The residents make their way inside Kacey's room, the room was empty as they turned on the light they called out to her.

"Up here," she whispered and they all looked up towards the ceiling above them.

"Wow!" Akira exclaimed and Jiro chimed in, "You're a butterfly!"

A large pair of ash grey wings with two pairs of black eyeballs on either side, hung up on the ceiling next to the chandelier.

"Come down so we can get a better look at you," Eliza asked and Kacey let her arms stretched out and she floated down on to the bed.

Kacey's entire body was coloured in an ash grey substance and she was two meters tall as she had to bend over slightly from hitting her head against the ceiling, she was bald with a pair of wings covered her chest and a the other pair covered her waist. Her face had finer features though her eyes were covered with the grey substance, blinding her.

"Wait I need to turn around so I can see you," she told them and turned around on the bed.

"So, what do you think?" she added.