Nico di Angelo...( An Asa Butterfield's horror secrets)

Free Me...please...

How I picture Seraphina to be~~

"Samui...samui, samui" (cold) Jinx wrapped his little arms around his little body, rubbing himself for some warmth. Though his expression didn't show a hint that he was feeling chilly. As Victoria demanded something to Manny, I watched as Jinx's tail curled around his body as well. Now he looked like a cute little kid, all dressed up for Halloween but making sure everyone know that he hated it. But there was still something mysterious and ancient about Jinx despite his childlike figure.

"You need a sweater, Jinx?" My wings flapped in response instead. "YOU don't need it, Hiro".

Jinx shook his head. "Can you fly?"

"Um...well. I'm not a professional though", i replied reluctantly. "But I am getting better at-"

"Then what exactly are you waiting for, bochan?" (young master)

"Bochan?" I repeated, surprised and embarrassed. "You...you don't have to call me so highly. Asa, is fine".

"Yeah, for someone like him, it's not worth calling 'boooochan'", Victoria cooed and began obviously laughing and praising at her own insult. I ignored this...and for good measure too because I didn't felt like getting into a meaningless mouth war with her. Espeacially...when It's her. VIncent nudged her but she kept smiling.

Jinx, whose expression did not waver even the slightest bit, continued to talk. "The more you delay time, time will then delay you".

I was taken aback by how deep and wise those words were coming out from the mouth of a little child. Ghost floated down beside Jinx and although he was much taller than him, Jinx seemed more like the older wiser person at that time. I watched with amusement as Ghost carefully touched the tips of Jinx foxy ears and proceed to excitedly play with it.

Jinx...didn't seem to mind at all. In fact, he payed no attention to Ghost's doing and went on to explain that we should get going before the hours come in between, during the time where most humans would be having their REM sleep and the landmarks changes. To this, Victoria put on a stern and queasy expression. Yeah, getting lost during in between changes are highly possible if you're not careful enough and the consequences are quite tiresome.

Hiro suddenly flapped...and he flapped so hard that it almost ripped me off the ground. i cursed out loud, trying to strain back but the wings just kept trying to take off.

"HIRO!"

Manny and Vincent came over to hold my arms and pull me back to the ground as i began to loose strength and give in to Hiro but Jinx just slowly shook his head, his face expressionless but i noticed...just a twinge of something in his silver eyes.

"Stop restraining", he demanded. "Your instrument wants to show you something". I didn't even noticed Jinx moved but he was already in front of me, placing his tiny hands on both Manny's and Vincent's arm. "It's okay, you can let go of him".

They looked at each other and after a brief silent conversation, Victoria huffed. "Oh, c'mon guys!", she said with an annoyed tone. "He's not a baby anymore and nothing is going to happen to him".

"He needs to learn how to travel on his own", she continued but there was something deeper in her tone. "Sooner or later...during the expedition...you know that we're not going to be there for the kid".

Vincent put on his retreating face again but Manny...slowly let my arm go. Victoria stared at her brother, soft and hard at the same time. Vincent slowly let my arm go...i hope this is actually safe...and i ascended into the skies with Hiro flapping all the way. I watched as the images of my friends became smaller and smaller until they were barely visible.

Shivering, there was a slow moving fog around me now but Hiro took me a little bit higher before he completely stopped flapping! Panic gripped me as i waited for the sudden drop...but nothing happen...i was still around the air space but its just i wasn't falling. i was...floating, surrounded by the fog.

Nic-Asa

I was beginning to feel drowsy being this high and the fog seemed to get thicker by the minute. slowly as i got used to the air space, there was something...in the fog. No...SOMEONE! i can see shadows...darting about inside the white cloudy smoke!

That's it! I'm hallucinating!

Laughter...i can hear a fair feminine laugh! My eyes strained to see anyone when i spotted...her...and my heart...dropped. Its not even possible...how was she even here? Oh God, did something actually happened over the other side?

"Ferry?"

Ferry's hair was longer than I remembered and she gave me a faint smile. "No, It's seraphina."

"Oh, you are really not him after all", she continued talking, then adding sadly, "So, it's true...he was right".

Seraphina? oh...OH! She's the woman!! The one that Nico couldn't stop yapping about until there was a time where I've told him to shut up or we're not being friends anymore...I remember him calling her 'Seraph' or 'Fiffy' or something when I was little. then when i grow older, Nico finally told me her full name.

"Seraphina?"

"I see... that you're not Nico as well".

"Er...I'm not, that's right".

"I see...so he wasn't lying. He told me before...that he couldn't get through into Further".

This...was something everybody else had refrained talking about in front of me. For some reason, every time someone says 'Further', Victoria would growl under breath, manny would make a pained expression, Vincent with his usual retreating gaze only even worse and Ghost would just...vanish.

Then they would tell me that it was something i shouldn't worry about and to keep my head clear for the training.

"What is it? What is a Further?"

Seraphina's eyelids lifted slightly, just to show that she was aware that i had no idea what the whole reason I'm here for...except to fulfill Nico's favor while he fulfilled mine. I know my purpose of being dead had something to do with freeing Seraphina which was why my soul is still in Eternity instead of moving on...

Also I had no intention of moving on...Ferry would rage...

"Further...is not a thing", Seraphina explained. she looked very calm. "It is a place...within this place, Eternity, itself".

"A place within Eternity!?"

"Yes. I am locked...there...at least my spirit...is"

For some reason, Seraphina talked with in between pauses, as if it was too difficult to even speak.

"Your spirit? Then who_"

Seraphina gave me a broken smile. "I am...but only...a memory. It seems that...the heavens had kept my pain...for a long time..."

I can see that she was fading as her outline slowly vanished. Then the bottom part of her body where a flowing dress of some kind became one with the fog. i couldn't even say anything as her smiling face became blurry like it was hidden in a mist...but I heard her last words

"Please...free me...Asa"