#EAHWATTYAWARDS2016 | Shadows

An End

[Word count: 351 words, excluding Author's Note]

"Ramona is at track practice, dear.", Baba Yaga says. You continue looking around.
"Never mind",you squeeze your eyes together. The light feels harsher than before; you squint to adjust.
"Are you okay, Cerise?", Rosabella touches your hand, utilising grounding techniques she must have learnt from her mother.
"I... I remember- Cat..."
"Kitty? Did Kitty hit you?"
You groan. The answer is yes, but are you really sure? Was it really Kitty?
"I can ask Ki-"
Raven interrupts, "No! Kitty probably was just... Manifested! Into the influenced mind! Yeah. That seems to make sense?" Rosabella clicks her tongue, tilting her head. She nods. You look at her skeptical face, now noticing her eye.
"Did... I do that?", you ask, reaching out. Ramona flinches as you touch her face, nodding. "Sorry."
"It's alright, Cerise."
"You better get home, miss Hood. I'm sure your mother is concerned for your well-being."
"Did we miss Assembly, Madame Yaga?", Raven asked, pulling out her phone to check the time. You try to pull yourself up, grabbing her and Rosabella's shoulders. Odd, how Baba Yaga's dim office seems so bright. Probably a side effect of the shadow realm.
Ramona bursts through the door, rushing to you.
"Are you okay?", she immediately starts patting you down, touching your forehead. Raven snickers, but your sister hisses back. You look at her, glancing quickly at Baba Yaga.
"It's fine, Cerise. Madame Yaga and I talk about us in counselling. It's fine."

It all seems a blur, how you got home, how you ended up on the living room sofa. Steadying yourself up, you take a look at your mirrorphone. The notifications are hard to see through your cracked screen, but you deduce that it's just your friends, asking if you're okay. You smile, nodding. Opening your phone, you text back reassurance.
"Hey, you're up. Mum made apple pie and ice cream. She was kinda worried about you, but it's chill now. I explained the situation to her and dad."
"Thanks," you whisper as you smile at your sister.
"Thanks," you think to yourself. "I'm not taking those tablets again."

AN: Well... It's been like, three years maybe? Maybe more. Either way, I'm sorry the ending is anticlimactic, but people wanted the update and so I finished to the best of my memory of how I originally wanted it to happen. Maybe I'll rework it in the future. Then I won't use second person haha