Heaven And Hell

Chapter 3: Don't you mean if?

Dan's POV

"Last table and then we can choose your fate." Charlie stated in a Scottish accent to sound like the girl from brave.

The last table had 3 boxes on them. I walked towards the first one but Charlie stopped me.
"I have to open them."

I nodded. he opened the first box and got out a picture.
"I like this one." he smiled down at it and I walked over to him.

The picture was of 2 wolves, running through the trees without a worry in the world.
"That's me." he pointed at the purple looking wolf.
"That's you." he pointed at the brown wolf.

"We're-"

"No, it's not like that. We are our own pack, just me and you. I've been to this memory and it's nice just having someone to trust you. Unfortunately though, this one doesn't include Chris or Phil." he sighed.

"Just me and you, as wolves?"

"Yeah, This is if you choose werewolf... This future will only have me in it, it's quite sad but nice."

Charlie put the picture ontop of the box and walked over to the second one. Lifting it up and peering inside, lifting out a second picture he smiled.

"This is if you choose Vampire..."
The picture showed me, Phil, Chris and another boy. I had my arms around Phil and Chris was hugging the other boy.

Phil in this picture looked extremely happy and so did I. His bright blue eyes were nice to look at again. Wherever he is, I'll find him!

"Where are you?" I asked and her smile disappeared.

"I'm not a vampire. You will find Phil and will join Chris with his future boyfriend. Your choice changes your future... I'm not in this future." Charlie sighed.

"If you chose Werewolf... Why are you alone?"

"Let's look at the last box, shall we?" Charlie rushed rubbing the back of his neck again, must be a nervous habit of his. he started to the other box but I spun him around, holding his wrist in a tight grip.

"Stop avoiding the question! Why are you alone all of the time? Is it that you can't trust me and don't want to tell me?  Just spit it out!" I spat and then jumped back into reality. Charlie stared at me with glassy eyes... They reminded me of Phil's eyes before we had died.

"Wow," he breathed.

"What? " I asked skeptically.

"Phil means that much to you... "

"What do you mean?"

"Phil means that much to you that whatever you look at you think of Phil? You're so worried about him that all that pent up sadness is effecting your emotions and actions towards people?"

"Yeah, I guess so but... I've literally just screamed at you and you turn it into a logical explanation."

he looked at me without saying anything. I doubt that he even knows what to say.
"Last box?" 

Charlie opened the box and pulled out the last photo. he didn't smile at this one but seemed to be in a trance.

"This is if you choose Demon... "
The picture was of me and Phil. We were holding hands in a room. It was just me and him, happy as can be.

"What's the catch?" Charlie looked at me as I asked this.
"The catch with the first one is that I don't find Phil, the catch with the second one is that you're not there so what's the catch with this one?"

Charlie's POV

"Dan, I've visited the first future a million times, waiting for it to come true. I've visited the second one, hundreds of times seeing you 4 happy but... The last one, I've visited once. I'll never forget that future as long as I live...

~Flashback~

"We've finally found him, the all mighty head Werewolf, Charlie." Dan sneered, his black eyes staring a hole into my soul.

"You've been brainwashed! This is not you speaking! You're going to wake up and regret all of this!" I tried to explain.

"What are you trying to save? You're worthless little life? Ha, you don't have any reason to be alive!" Phil smirked knowing that that would cut through me.
"We've been looking for you for ages now finding revenge for what you did!"

I opened my mouth to object but... He's right...

I don't have any friends,
Chris has left me,
Dan is brainwashed,
My family is gone,
What am I trying to save?
I can't do anything to change what I did...

"I don't have any reason... But when you kill me... Dan, you won't be brainwashed anymore so you will have to live with the guilt! GO AHEAD! KILL ME!"

"With pleasure," Without another word Dan shot me right in the neck and smirked as I started to bleed.

Although it hurt, I began to laugh. I smiled at Dan as he fell to the floor.
"Time... To live... With the... Guilt." I managed to say.

Dan and Phil lay there for a few seconds before jumping up.
"Phil?" Dan said and looked over at him before at me.

"You regret it now?! You were brainwashed and now you and Phil are alone! Enjoy your life!" I spluttered blood covering the floor.

"Charlie, How did this happen?"

"You chose Demon..." I stated sadly before everything went black and my bleeding, lifeless body lay on the floor infront of a crying Dan.

"Charlie!" Dan shouted and I jolted awake. Realising I was on the floor, I just stared at the ceiling. Dan smirked and joked,
"How's the view from down there?"

I just looked at him with fearful eyes. He cleared his throat awkwardly knowing that I wasn't in the mood to joke.

"So... I got brainwashed with Phil and Chris left you for his boyfriend PJ?" Dan questioned.

"Don't forget the part when you killed me and watched me bleed before waking up and realizing what you had done. I'll never forget your eyes when you looked at me..." I trailed off.

"Can these futures change? Because I want you and Phil in my future."

"Depends on what you choose but you never know... If you choose werewolf then there is a chance that when we find Phil he could join?"

"When we find Phil... Don't you mean if?"

"All of your futures are the same and in each one you find Phil. I wonder what he's up to..."