Nightmare

Not like the others

   Eli went straight home and finished his homework cause he was super happy that day. Without even realizing it he drew the satanic symbol on the side of his homework. He smiled. A new world huh? Eli thought. Maybe from the underworld? Yeah. Where else would the satanic sign lead to? "Wow you're creepier than ever!" Alyssa yells sarcastically out loud peeking over Eli's shoulder. "Something up?" Alyssa leaned on the kitchen counter. "N-no, you?" Eli stuttered. "Nuthin much... ok nice chat," Alyssa heads up the stairs on her phone. Probably texting one of her many boyfriends (smh). Eli heads upstairs to his room not long after Alyssa goes up, and sits on his bed. He lays back and takes a deep breathe.

Just breathe.

Smile. Eli thought his new friend was so sweet, for he needed a friend as well. Eli decided to take a nap just to say hi to Tafió. So, Eli returned to just another nightmare like he usually did, surrounded in black fog once again. But instead once he raised his hand attempting to fan away the fog, a red snake appeared. The red flaming snake wove its body around Eli's left leg and squeezed it tight, burning through his pant fabric. Eli screamed as while his skin had melted off. He kicked the snake with his open leg and it was ripped off temporarily. Eli ran as fast as he could.

He blinks.

Now surrounded by flaming red lava and fire, he stood on one tall rock, only fit for his two feet. The rock started to get shorter, letting the lava lick its way up. Sparks of flames chucked at Eli's limbs and left burning holes on his clothes. "TAFIÓ! HELP!!! PLEASE, SAVE ME!!!" Giant storm clouds swayed above Eli's head as something came pouring out of them. Rain? No. Snakes made out of fog? The foggy snakes with red eyes shot straight to Eli and engulfed him in shadow. Gone from the fiery world he felt he was being stabbed in the eye at least a billion times.

More screams.

All Eli heard was loud a loud ringing in his ears as his limbs felt like they were being torn apart. Blood was spewing out of his eyes and mouth as he looks down from a cross he is hung on, upside down. Surrounded by the satanic symbol created by his flowing blood it started to glow, the same glow the red snake from earlier bore. He looked in the blood and saw his reflection. Sinking further and further into the sight. It was Tafió struggling to get out of his body, but was somehow connected inside of Eli. "Taf...ió..." Eli whispered in pain.

What was happening?

Gashayuin sayasema haji meh ataka memeshwa... the whispers grew louder in Eli's ears, now spewing with blood. He somehow understood it though, even if the language was new. Was it because Tafió knew it?

"Lay you're life as a mortal in a never-ending life of this nightmare. Every night you shall return to this place known as hell. Tafió has insulted and humiliated the rule Satan established himself, therefore he shall live life as a mere mortal and die the most painful death. May he die slowly but surely and struggle with every day life. Death awaits him a whole entire new day. Living the same day over and over again will he never escape..."

Darkness. Blood was felt still dripping down Eli's face as he slowly opened his eyes to find he was laying in bed. What the heck was that?

Blood.

More blood.

Pool of blood.

Had he been murdered? But that isn't possible, he was surely alive. Eli rushed to his bathroom and turned on the light. Something he never should have done.

Eli's skin was cracking from the side of his face and his eyes were now glassy and tinted red. He opened his mouth as an attempt to scream, but only foggy snakes slipped through instead of his voice. Eli started to cry, but nothing fell out but a pool of blood. He took a moment to calm down and feel his face. He now had sharp black finger nails. He closed his eyes and took a moment to process everything.

Open his eyes.

Eli's hair was now a pearly shimmering grey and his eyes were the glassy red tint. Better? His skin was clear of the cracks and his nails weren't pointed anymore. But still pitch black.

Closed his eyes again.

Opens them. His eyes were back to their clear blue but his hair hadn't budged from the light grey. It made him look 10x paler than he usually did and made his freckles pop out. Nails the same. I guess if he tried hard enough focusing, he could shape shift himself back to normal. He looked down at his hands as he cast red glowing fog on one side and black glowing fog on the other. He knew more knowledge about the underworld. He new a different language? Tafió? Eli thought looking into the mirror.

E..li.

Tafió had responded to him telepathically and Eli jumped back. Are you ok? Do you remember anything that happened? Eli concentrated harder.

Tafió did wrong... he befriended a mortal...and he was punished. Tafió is sorry for changing your life..... Tafió feel bad you can never return back to normal. Forgive me.

Eli smiled reassuringly.

Tafió, do not blame yourself. You are not the demon people look down on. At first I thought you were a monster, but you have a heard of gold. If anything you're a demon that rose to heaven.

Eli felt warmth wrap around his heart. I think it was safe to assume that Tafió was smiling for the first time, in a long time.

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P.s. I freaked myself out when I started to write Eli drawing satanic symbols on his hw it just came to my head sorry for the scare.