Homestuck Afterbound

Act 8 Part 11

I need to do something. Aureli thought as she sat on the couch with a sigh. She hummed to herself thinking of all her sketches and drawing she left in the game. The only thing that took her mind off these things. How long will I be here? She thought her hand moving in circles and swirls as a reaction to her anxiety. She noticed immediately and grabbed her wrist. "Umm, Kanaya. If you don't mind can I get a pencil and some papers?" She asked with a hint of nervousness in her voice. "Yes, I'll be there in a second." Kanaya answered from the other room. She sat her wrist still going. Stop, stop, stop, STOP! She thought her mind wandering to the darkest of places, breathing enhanced before Kanaya came. "Here you go sweetie." She called putting the paper and pencils on the table. Aureli jumped to the table, pencil now in hand, she connected all the papers together making all the squares touch each other. She drew vigorously, each line darkened, shading, shapes. All of it calmed her from the pressure. She managed to calm down. Her hand at a slow pace as she finished. Finally. She thought. Looking up and down the picture. It builded so much. . . All of the squares connected and formed a detailed picture of herself....drawing, every other paper had drawings on it too. The small squares each had recent pictures. Her room was completely mapped out, from the cracks in ceiling to the dust on the floorboards. She sighed, her wrist had stopped. Kanaya walked in and awed at the picture. "You have ta-" She was cut-off "Stress." Aureli finished. Kanaya stared at the picture. "It's beautiful!" She exclaimed. "Thank you." Aureli smiled. Kanaya returned her smile before walking into the kitchen. Graysil walked in and hugged Aureli. "Hey Aureli! What are you drawing?" She said, pointing to the pictures. "O-oh, I just wanted to draw.." Aureli said. Graysil smiled brightly showing her doubled fangs. She grinned at the drawing, tracing the lines with her finger till...her horns. "I'm sorry again, about your horn." She said looking to Aureli. "It's okay, it was an accident. You didn't mean to hurt me." Aureli smiled. Graysil grinned at the words. "Wanna play with me?" She asked. "Sure, what do you want to play?" Aureli asked. "Tea party!" She shouted before pulling Aureli into the kitchen. "You work the stove, Kanaya and Tareli told me I couldn't use it." She said looking into the fridge. Aureli smiled at the rambunctious little troll, excited with bright eyes. Aureli pulled down a pot and got out the tea bags, filling the pot with water as she watched Graysil play in the dough and flower, all over her as she slammed her fists into the mush. The white powder flurrying around her she giggled as it landed on her face. She turned her head sharply looking at Aureli with a creepy smile. "Hey Aureli, What would a Super hero's ability be if his theme was flowers?" She asked as she creeped up. Aureli started to sweat a little but answered. "I-i don't know, W-what?" She asked her eyes closed. "FLOWER POWER!" She shouted before hugging Aureli wiping the Powdered substance all over her. "Eek!" Aureli shrieked with a grin. The two giggled once they feel. A couple minutes of laughing and playing around they managed to make tea and pastries. "Hey Everybody, GET YOUR BUTTS DOWN HERE!" Graysil shouted as she stood at the bottom of the Stair case. Everybody came from their rooms, Karkat and Hosheo hand in hand, Gracer walking out her room, and Tareli and Kanaya leaving the living room. They walked into the open dining room to the set up. Kanaya fawned over it as usual. Tareli smiled and Gracer clapped, Hosheo messed up his little sister's hair and Karkat nudged a 'thanks' at Aureli's arm with a weak smile. They all sat down eating the pastries and and having fake fancy dinner talk with accents and smiles. Aureli looked around at everyone, her family? She smiled at the thought before biting into a sweet jellied pastry. "This is really good!" Gracer exclaimed looking at Graysil and Aureli. "Thanks." They both choked out hiding the food in their mouth. Tareli gave a grin followed by a thumbs up. Karkat and Hosheo gave grunts of appreciation, "It's Amazing!" Kanaya smiled sipping her tea. Aureli brightened up at the comments and smiles that she received that night, but the glee wouldn't last too long. After dinner they all went to their rooms. Aureli looked around her usual dark room, it was a routine now. Trying to find anything new, nothing as usual, never anything to find or explore. She stared at her life clock, it counting down, that scared her. Knowing in inevitable, that she won't see another day after it hits 0. That it'll all be gone, there will be nothing, no memories, no Her, no...family. Her eyes started to well a little. Quickly wiping her eyes she noticed it again, her wrist. It was starting to twitch and move. She stood quickly, looking around her room. Her mind leaving back to it's dark place. She had to move quick. She ran around the room frantically. Throwing things off desks pulling things out of drawers. She rushed, her hand moving faster. She ran into her bathroom continuing to pull things out and almost broke the mirror. "Augh!" She shouted, her hand quickening and straining. She tightened it into a fist. "Wait." she remembered the papers Kanaya gave her she darted out of the room and down the stairs. 1...2...3...4- Her eyes widened, everything was slow now. She could see herself....falling. Closing her eyes and bracing for impact she clenched her teeth. *BANG*