Changing Colors
Book One of the Spawn Series
“Jason Abercrombie” I shook her hand.
“Oh!” She smiled, “Like the store?”
I shook my head at her. “Not not really. That's just a coincidence.” I looked at the lake, and saw my reflection slowly changing
Her face went blank, her eyes seemed lost. “What did you say your name was again?” Looking at my reflection, I knew exactly who I was now.
I rubbed my scraggly red beard, and played with my new gages. “Jason. Jason Lancaster.” I searched through her head. She didn't remember shaking my hand, so I shook hers again.
I stood up and turned to walk away. Once again, my chances of getting a girl had blown up in my face. As I started walking, she called out to me again. “Mr. Depp, sir? Could I have your autograph?” From my new jacket, I pulled out a writing pad and a pen that I knew weren't mine. I searched through her mind again, shuffling through her memories to find my own autograph. I signed my name, following the image in her head. I avoided eye contact, as Johnny Depp should do, and walked away.
When I was feet from being out of earshot from her, she called to me. “Nice talking to you, Jason.” I looked at my hands, and they were my own again. I sighed, feeling the harsh winter air enter my lungs. I coughed on it's dryness and shallowness. I took it in again, pretending it was pure ice water, only to cough and choke once more.
I followed the river flowing from the lake through the forest, and to a small pond. I sat down, looking at my reflection once again. I laid my hands on the surface of the water, and the girl's memories appeared. Like a touch screen, I sorted and moved the memories on the water, replacing her memories of me with artificial ones. She was with her brother, and they had gone to the lake to go ice skating, only to find out it hadn't frozen over yet. I stood up, letting the images vanish into the bottom of the pond. I waved my hand over the water. The color changed from a deep blue to a lime green, following my hand. I turned from the pond, and walked away, letting the water dissolve back to blue.
