Shadowheart

Chapter 15

After school, Dahlia goes to Alex's house. She nervously breathes in and out as she felt ready to show her aura and blades in hopes that she'd understand. Alex opens up the door.

-"Oh, hey red!" She gleefully smiles, but it fades away slowly as she notices Dahlia being nervous. -"Um, are you ok, Dahlia?"

-"Remember that thing I wanted to show you?"

-"Okay? What is it?"

-"Can we go to the backyard?"

-"Well of course. Mi casa es tu casa, remember?"

Dahlia and Alex went to the backyard. Alex was sitting on the picnic table there, curious to see what Dahlia has to show her. Dahlia was pacing side by side, nervous to show her.

-"Ok, red. What's up?"

-"Alex. You remember when we played Street Fighter the other night?"

-"Yeah, I do remember when I kicked your ass back then." She laughs lightly, but her expression changes. -"Why? What's up?"

-"Well... After I left the house I was walking home. And these guys just stopped me and they grabbed me..."

-"Yeah...?" Her expression changes from serious to worry. -"What did they do to you?"

-"They wanted money, and I didn't give it to them so they beat the hell out of me and well... I wasn't strong to begin with."

-"But are you ok now? Like does it still hurt?"

-"No, I'm fine. And that's the thing... Like... I recovered way too fast."

-"How bad they beat you?"

-"To a pulp. And I blacked out, I was bleeding and everything..."

-"Dahlia, we gotta find those guys, they gotta be hurting other people-"

-"Alex, I'm not finished yet!"

-"Okay... What happened next?"

-"Well... I ended up waking up in my bed. I don't remember how I got there, but when I looked at myself in the mirror I had redder eyes."

-"Yeah, that's the first thing I noticed of you."

-"Next thing is that... When I close my fist I just..."

-"What?"

-"It's better if I show you."

Dahlia steps a bit back and she raises her right arm, slowly closing it. Out if her bare skin the dark aura starts emanating from her arm. Alex leans back onto the table, in shock.

-"Woah, Dahlia! What the hell!?"

-"That's not the end of it..."

-"What!? Your other arm can do it too!?"

-"Yes..." She raises her left arm and closes her hand, emanating the dark aura there as well. -"See?"

-"Holy hell, Dahlia! That's... What..."

-"There's more. I'll show you."

-"Ok!" Alex's eyes are full of wonder to what she's witnessing.

-"First... Promise not to freak out?"

-"I promise, Dahlia, yes! Now show me!"

-"Well... Here goes..."

Dahlia breathes in and out, clenching her fists and sprouting out her blades out of her arms aura. Alex jumps, yelping a bit.

-"Woah! What!? You can... Those are...!?"

-"Yeah, real blades!" She leans down her right blade onto Alex -"Feel it."