"Here we are, Mara." Kyoni said as we stood on my front patio. I smiled a little as I reached out and hugged him. It didn't take long for him to return my embrace.
"Thanks for walking me." I said, holding onto him as long as time would let me. Our eyes locked onto each other as I began backing away. He ran his hand through his hair and glanced around, something he always did after we hugged.
"I'll see you at school." I smiled, staring at the setting sun behind Kyoni. I forced myself to turn on my heels and walked into my house without another glance back at the beautiful blue haired boy. I clicked the door shut and flipped all 4 locks behind me. My nerves eased almost immediately as the comforting sound of locks clicking filled the air.
"You're cutting it close." A stern voice whispered from behind me. I turned towards the kitchen to see Tear, my brother, standing beside the kitchen window with his arms crossed. His face wasn't turned down into a scowl but his eyes gave away his anger. I rolled my eyes and set my stuff down on the couch.
"But I made it, didn't I?." I shrugged.
"Barely. " He mumbled. I rolled my eyes again and walked down the hall to my room, shutting the door behind me. I sighed to myself as I pushed my back against the door and stared at my near empty room.
It had always been plain, with only a few things such as a queen sized bed, a bedside table, and a desk with a laptop that I rarely ever used. I also had an oak wood dresser against another wall and a mirror facing the door but my eyes didn't roam over those useless objects. My eyes were only drawn to one thing.
My window.
It was pushed open more than it had been when I left. A strand of hair flew in front of my eyes as a chilling breeze swept through my room. I walked towards the window with intentions of closing it but as my hand reached out a gust of wind blew open the curtains even further.
Like an insect, my eyes couldn't resist the object resting at the side of my vision and I unwillingly turned to stare. The bright moon glared down at me, like a prison guard sentencing a peasant to death.
I lurched forward as my stomach flipped, a sudden pain surging through my entire body. I pressed my hands to my stomach and chest as I crumpled to the floor. The sickening feeling ruptured through my body over and over again in nauseating waves. It was a feeling not so different from being on a roller coaster, inching up to the top in anticipation for the drop.
Except it never drops, and the feeling never disappears from the hollow pit in your stomach.
I tried to regulate my breathing, fighting against a battle I already knew I wouldn't win. I forced myself to look at my reflection in the mirror and saw my eyes changing colors. They started a dark brown, fading through every shade on a color wheel before finally stopping at green. It was the first level of power. I closed my eyes tightly, using all my mental willpower to block out the moon as it rose further into the sky, but there was no use.
Breathing became more difficult as the moon rose higher into the night sky, its grip getting tighter around me. I sat on the floor, defeated and in pain, gasping for relief until finally I could see it through my entire window -- the moon, my beautiful captor. A full view of the moon was all I remembered before my vision tunneled and faded out to black.
- - -
Amaranth pushed herself off of the floor and stared at the moon with a loving gaze. She took only a moment to survey her surroundings before opening the door and creeping out to see her brother sitting on the couch.
"Going out, Mara?" He didn't bother to glance up as she walked out the front door without a response. He sighed to himself, already knowing the moon had changed her.
YOU ARE READING
She's an Ancient (rewriting)
FantasíaHer name was Amaranth Sky, or just Mara for short. She wasn't my sister by blood but we loved each other like siblings. She was my alien sister, and she was an ancient.
