Madison and The Monsters

29. Epilogue

 A knock on the door caught Madison's attention. She surveyed the room; no one was standing up to answer the door. Her mum didn't seem to notice. As the knock continued at a louder volume it became clear no one else heard it. A slight feeling of nausea commenced as the situation became clear. What could knock in a way so that only she'd hear it? What about the barrier? She quickly realized that it could be something allowed in this realm. If it was allowed she wasn't in danger, was she? Calmly she stood up acting as though she was heading to the bathroom.

The door stood there more dominating and worrying than ever. She couldn't help but wonder if it would be more rational to just not answer the door. Would whoever was knocking simply give up on their goal or would they find another way? Not even knowing what was behind the door she surely couldn't imagine its goal. She decided she'd open the door. Madison had banished Noir so surely she could handle this situation. Cautiously she turned the knob before giving the door a light push.

"Good afternoon Madison," the man greeted her. There was something strange about him. A sense of power seemed to radiate off him. His curly grey hair framed his ageless yet wizened face and his brown eyes portrayed pure kindness. Madison's worry instantly vanished. As she had suspected he wasn't something that the barrier would keep out. He was something that was practically the opposite of the evil she had been worried about.

"Hello..." she said hesitantly.

"My name is William and I would like to on behalf of the angels thank you. We had really wanted to get involved in the situation, but God thought it best to keep out of it as long as our help wasn't requested. You know how he is," Madison decided she should just nod and pretend she knew what God was like.

"Well I should be going, but happy birthday," he said with a smile.

"Would you be willing to meet my friend Alice?" Madison felt the need to do something nice for her best friend.

"I suppose," he seemed a little tentative. Madison hurried off to get Alice. Alice would most certainly love to meet an angel. It was probably her lifelong dream. Plus Madison was quite hopeful that this would be her only change while living to meet an angel. Both girls really wanted to have normal lives. She pulled Alice by the arm silently, confusing the girl. She wasn't any less confused by the time she been dragged to the door. Suddenly Madison whispered to Alice who the mysterious man was. Alice had to put a lot of effort into the not freaking out due to her excitement.

"You're an angel," was all Alice could get out.

"How kind," William chuckled.

"This may sound really stupid but can I have a... autograph?" Alice asked.

He began to laugh as he grabbed a pen from his pocket. With the pen he motioned for a piece of paper. She put out her hand when she noticed that she couldn't see any paper around.

"The pen will burn your skin; it unfortunately does that to humans. We've talked about using pens with safer ink but it has yet to become a reality," he explained. Madison rushed off to find some paper that Alice could use. After grabbing a sticky note from the kitchen she hurried back. Alice handed him the paper and he signed it as it floated in the air. He handed it to Alice before turning and walking down the street. They watched him until they could no longer see him.

The girls strolled back to the party with a newly found excitement. They sat down and whispered eagerly to one another. The party was a tad bit big for Madison so they preferred to just stay on their own. The house seemed full of people with her family, her cousins and uncle, Dr. Fox and his daughter, Danny, Martin, and Julie. She was glad so many people had come though. The most surprising guest was Dr. Fox, but Madison had a theory as to why he showed up. He seemingly had begun to talk to her mum for longer quantities of time before sessions despite the fact it never seemed necessary. It was clear something was going on. Regardless he had more time with fewer patients and less frequent session with many that were now only dealing with PTSD.

Despite what had happened Dr. Fox and Madison's friends seemed to be the only ones other than those who had already known of the creatures to believe the truth. It wasn't enough for the humans to believe. Madison doubted there'd ever be enough for the humans. The barrier wouldn't make humans happy. Humans were hardly ever truly happy. Madison was happy though. 

Well the book's over. Just over a hundred pages. Thirty chapters. Six months. Man, will I have a lot of time until the sequel starts. Okay so here's what's going to happen. I will most likely be starting the sequel in the beginning of February if not earlier. If your curious about why there's going to be such a break in between it's because I plan to focus a lot on improving my writing. Besides I still have a lot of planning for the sequel. Such as you know a title. I will still potentially be writing. I just want to avoid any major projects for a bit.  When the sequel starts I'll add one last chapter to notify you of it. I can't believe it's over. Then again it's not over as there's the sequel and I actually want this to be a trilogy. Thank you for joining me in the journey that this book is. Goodbye for now.  -Ann