The Essence of Sin and Sacrifice

Chapter 4: Nightmares

(Jayden's POV)

After I got home, my mom grounded me for 3 days after what happened to Torin and my little...........episode. I tried explaining to her that I didn't mean it, but she never listened to me. She just tells me that if I didn't do it, then why did you slap him across the face and pushed him into the lockers? I can't just say "A demon is trying to control me and she wants to hurt me and my friends!!!" . That would be stupid. I hope Torin's OK. I hope I didn't cause any severe damage.

I heard pounding at my bedroom door. "Hey Shorty! Dinner's ready!" My sister calls. She calls me "Shorty" because I'm very short. Shorter then my younger stepbrother!

"OK! I'll be out in a minute!" I call back. My family is used to my eye bandage and the giant bandage bandage around my right forearm. (You better go eat before everyone gets mad!!) Sayden said. I got so damn annoyed with her bullcrap! 

'How are you gonna help!? You hurt me and my best friend!! You took my eye and worse of all...

(Weeeelll?) Sayden said impatient.

'You made me hurt Torin and now he's in the hospital!' I shouted at her.

In a long time I haven't been feeling like myself lately. I've been getting weaker and weaker every day. My skin has been getting paler than usual. I feel awful.

"I better go eat before everyone worries about me" I said to myself. I walked to my door and opened the door to the hall of the basement an walked upstairs.

(Torin's POV)

My eyes slowly open as I look around me. The clock read 6:45. 'W....where am I?' I asked in my head. (Where do you think? Your'e in a hospital, remember? Jayden? Lockers?) Alterra said annoyed 'Oh, thanks.' I said in sarcasm.

My sister is standing to the left of my bed. My mom was sitting in a chair, waiting for me to wake up. She sees my eyes open and says, "Hey Mom. He's awake." She wakes up and gets up from her chair. "Oh my God, Torin! What the hell happened!?! Your sister told me you were brought to the hospital and......and...." She tried to finish her sentence but her breathing hitched an she started crying on the railing of my bed. 

I reach up my left hand to comfort her, but then I noticed some thing. Wait, I thought humans had two hands? I looked at my left..........hand? It's gone. My left hand is gone. My arm is black. What the hell!?! In it's place where my left hand was something like a hook. (Yarr!! You be a pirate now! We just have to get ye' chum an eye patch!) Alterra says in a pirate voice, laughing at my realization. 

(We're twins now!) She aid happily that I know is fake. Instead of using my..........hook to comfort her, I reached over with my right hand. "It's fine Mom.... it was just an accident....." I said softly. She sobbed more. "Hands don't grow back!!" "Mom, please calm down....let's just go home and watch a movie or something, OK?" I suggested. "Yeah........that sounds fun........." She then smiles weakly.

~Time skip!!~ Brought to you by.........SEPTIPLIER!! Becuse why not?~

I grab my stuff and me and my mom, along with Sebree. {my older sister irl} all head to the truck. "Who's driving?" I asked. "Definitely not you!" My sister jokes, gesturing my hook. (HAHAHA!! I already like your sister!) "Very funny." "I am, dorkface." She replies, she got her learners permit recently. 

"Okay."I pulled my phone out of my backpack. (It's going to be awful hard to type now, huh?) Alterra teased. 'Whatever.' I hopped in he backseat of the truck. I set my phone on my lap and type using my right hand. I decided to text Jayden.

torinx13: Hey Jayden. I know you wouldn't do something like that on your own.

it took me a bit, but I managed to finish one sentence.