The Day She Stopped Crying

Lamia(Lah-My-Uh) has always been a crybaby. She'd cry if she was happy, sad, mad or for anything on that matter. She was really sweet though. She cared for others and she'd cry for their sake. She was a loner as a kid because she was in a foster home since she was born. She never knew her parents and she has no siblings, well that she knows of. She did know her aunt, but she didn't know what happened to Lamia's parents. Rena was Lamia's cousin, and Lamia loved her with all her heart. One day Lamia's aunt passed away and 15 year old Lamia took in Rena as her only family...until that day...I remember it all too well...2 years ago, Lamia and I, along with some of our friends were in high school together and something tragic happened that day....

Part 1: Crying Is Relief

Lamia and I had just gotten out of school and we were walking with a few friends to pick up Rena from elementary school. We were all laughing and having a good time. We even stopped to get some icecream. Lamia tripped and fell and started crying and, like always, I comforted her; like a good friend should. It seemed like the best day ever...until we got to the school. There were cops, and news reporters everywhere. We were trying to figure out what happened.

Lamia ran to find Rena and it was a miracle because she was only scratched a little. After asking around we found out that five men came to find and kill Rena, and nobody knew why. So we traced back her bloodline and found out that Lamia and Rena's parents were part of a secret and very dangerous group and those guys found out who their children were. They wanted to make their parents pay for leaving their group so they targeted their childern. Lamia was crying waterfalls but not because she learned about her parents, but because she thought she'd lost her cousin. Her only family.

Part 2: Crying Is Happiness

We thought everything was going to be ok. Even though Lamia and Rena were being targeted, we still had fun. Everyday we wanted to go out and do something exciting. We went to see a movie one day, and it wasn't even that sad but Lamia couldn't help but cry when the puppy hurt it's leg. After that we went to get frozen yogurt and Lamia saw a little boy drop his, and she cried with him. A week passed and we were informed that the guys from the so called, "Most Dangerous Gang" were threatening to kill Rena if we didn't hand over Lamia. We had no idea why they were after just Lamia, but it did have to do with her parents, who she didn't even know. Another week passed and we had so much fun we had forgotten about that whole gang thing and just lived our lives.

If we had kept all of Lamia's tears in one place, from all the times she'd cried, it would be bigger than the Pacific Ocean! She cried a lot yeah, but she always cared for others and helped everybody no matter what their problem was. She was the most sweetest, kind-loving girl there was...well until 'that' happened. We never thought anything bad like this would happen.

Part 3: Crying Is Hatred

Another three weeks passed and the gang was far from our thoughts. We loved our lives and did our best to have fun everyday. We didn't care how much money we spent or if we shouldn't do something; we did and bought everything. We just wanted to forget about the gang, and you're probably wondering what did our parents thought, well we knew Lamia from the beginning because all of us were at the same foster house since birth. So Lamia and Rena were our only family we all lived together, laughed together and cried together, but Lamia did most of the crying for us.

We thought everything was going to be fine until we came across some of the gang members, five of them. No words were said, just a loud bang, and one of us died that day. One of the gang members shot Rena right in the head and she died on the spot. We were all shocked, but not as much as Lamia. Her eight year old cousin was killed right in front of her. She grabbed her dead body and cried like never before. She looked up at the gang member with an angry teary glare...then it happened.....all hell broke loose, and...she stopped crying.

Part 4: Crying Is...Gone

Lamia looked up at the gang and her last tear dropped. After that she closed her eyes and stood up. The sight I or more like any of us will never forget. When she opened her eyes they were cloudy, like that of a dead fish. It was like a demon woke up and crybaby Lamia was gone. As soon as we looked at her..our bodies froze. We couldn't move a muscle. She didn't say a single word, until she looked at one of the gang members and said only one word. She said, "Die." It didn't sound angry, sad or like a threat. She said it so calmly, and right after she said that; the one she was looking at suddenly grabbed his chest in pain and coughed up an unsettling amount of blood.

He dropped dead. It seemed like everyone even the gang members couldn't move, and I don't know if it was out of fear or if she had something to do with it, but after that she looked at the second gang member and her right eye dripped blood. I wouldn't count that as crying. It seemed more like a curse effect or something. She said the same thing. She said, "Die." And a sudden strike of lightning hit the guy and he fell..he was fried to death. She was so emotionless. Not like the Lamia we knew. This one was someone completely different. She looked at the third guy and, again, said, "Die." Then the guy took out a knife and slit one of the others throat, then he stabbed himself in both eyes and cut out his own tongue. He fell and both of the guys bled to death.

Finally she looked at the guy who shot Rena, and her emotionless stare became intense, like looking in to Hell itself. Like looking into a demon's eyes. The guy was shaking in fear and he yelled, "Go to Hell demon!" Then Lamia looked right into his eyes but it seemed like she was looking past his eyes. She was looking directly into his soul and she said, "Hell is empty, all the demons are right here." And she pointed at herself. Then she lifted her hand and said, "Turn to ashes." Right after that the man looked like solid. We thought she turned him into a stone statue but when the wind blew he was in fact ashes, blowing in the wind.

Part 5: Crying Is...Nothing..Absolutely Worthless

After that we still couldn't move and Lamia looked up at the sky with her dead fish like baby blue-green eyes and said, "Snow." And in an instant it started snowing. Then she turned and looked at us and said, "Goodbye." And a large gust of wind blew and Lamia disappeared, and no one ever saw her again.

Now you know the story. A lot of people know this story, the real story, but only because we are special. Everyone here knows Lamia and we are the only people who know the truth. You know Lamia don't you? You have to. Because you're here... with all of us. Or maybe it was sudden and you didn't get to know her. I'm a bit sad because we can't tell anyone out there about Lamia. It would be better if we didn't see anymore people here. I know you might be confused. You see, you can only know the real story if you are here. We all know because she killed us too. She killed you as well and now you know the real story.

We are not in Heaven or Hell. Our souls were taken by Lamia. We are in her eye. She took our souls and we live our days in here. You might be wondering, if we are in her eye then can't we see what she sees? Well we only see out of her eye when she is about to take another soul; just like we saw her see you. Lamia only wanted a family and that's why we're here, but we only suffer. Soon she'll take everyone's soul and we all will be trapped here. You see she tortures us here. She doesn't cry anymore and she's emotionless so all her anger, sadness, or pain, we all feel it all but just pain.

Nobody knows when she will come but these days people don't believe she's her and made up a game. They say it's called Lamia's Love Charm. Everyone everywhere is doing it and that's how most of the people got here. Either by themselves or with friends and sit in a circle, offer a coin around a candle and say, "Lamia's Love Charm will protect us from harm, she has much to give and we all will live together forever. We'll cry no more once we count to four." They say it's to protect them and make them stronger but they were far from that.

That 'charm' brings Lamia to you and all you'll hear before she takes your soul is..'No wealth, no ruin, no silver, no gold, nothing satisfies me but your soul.'

We all know she's hell on Earth, a demon, a monster who takes people's souls, and she's been that way...since the day she stopped crying.

The End?