I spy with my little eye (Sequel to 'Invisible')

Chapter 30: The truth about Willow

Rachel's POV

"Tina and Rachel, this is Willow." Luke motioned to Willow. "Willow, these are Tina and Rachel."

"Hello, Blair used to call me Willow."

I couldn't speak for both of us, but I was shocked. I actually thought Willow was a ghost or a witch or something like that. Something, but not human. Yet here she was, standing in front of my own eyes.

"Hello Willow," Tina immediately presented her hand. "It's nice to actually meet you."

"Yeah," Willow shook Tina's hand. "Same." They then released each other's hands. "And I'm sorry for scaring you back then."

Tina slowly nodded, showing she appreciated to hear that.

Luke smiled before looking at me. "Well Rach?" He was so happy, so proud that he finally managed to show us he was right.

That's when it clicked. "This is a girl you paid to act like Willow, isn't it?"

"What?" Luke's smiled changed into a disbelieving look.

"Even if he'd do that, no one could act like me." Willow huffed.

I gulped. "Wait, you're actually telling me that this is Willow, Blair's Willow?" I asked to which Luke nodded. "But how? She has powers humans don't have."

"I don't know," Luke then looked at Willow. "But she was about to tell us everything."

Willow sighed. "Fine," She then walked to the couch, sitting down on it as if she had done so more often. And thinking about it, she probably had done it more often. "What do you need to know?" She asked as we were all seated.

"The truth," Luke leaned in closer. "What are you?"

"You're clearly not Blair's imaginary friend," Tina said to which Luke agreed. "And you're not made up, otherwise we wouldn't be able to see you."

Tina and Luke were going all for this, but I was rather restrained. I was mainly observing Willow. The way she looked, talked, behaved and most of all, the way she looked at us. Somehow I couldn't see her next to Blair. Blair needed to be treated with care, and that didn't seem to be something Willow was capable to do.

"I'm not her imaginary friend," Willow started, gaining all of our attention. "And I'm not made up."

"Are you a ghost or a witch?" I asked, finally getting involved in the conversation.

When Willow looked at me, I immediately felt intimidated. She had this look that went straight through you, it held so much power. "No, I'm not." She looked at me for a bit longer. "Good to see you, Rachel."

I gulped. "I'm sorry for the troubles I caused..."

She nodded.

"So..." Luke got in between us, saving me out of this awkward stare off. "Are you human?"

"Luke, she appears whenever she pleases," Tina said but then looked at Willow. "Are you human?"

Willow chuckled. "I'm not."

I didn't like her chuckling about that. That answer confirmed my worst thoughts. "Are you here to make us suffer?" I asked, gaining worried expressions on both Luke and Tina's faces.

Willow smirked a bit but stopped as soon after. "I was here for that, but plans have changed."

"Like how?" Luke asked to which Willow looked at him.

"You've changed, Luke." She sat back, seemingly relaxing. "I can't make you suffer anymore."

Luke blinked. "W-why not?"

Willow chuckled. "Because your heart's filled more with love than it is with sadness."

I looked down. "Something that wasn't the case for Blair," I then looked at Willow and noticed her already looking at me. "That's why you killed her."

"I didn't want to kill her," She sighed. Luke and Tina gasped. "She was too far gone, there was nothing I could've done to stop it."

"Stop what?" I kept asking, I knew I was on to something. And since Luke and Tina were too shocked...

"Her death," Willow looked down. "I set up that path long before I fell in love with her. I swear, I tried stopping it." Then I heard her sniffle. "But it was too late." She then looked up at me. "I wanted to go with her, I wanted to run away together. But I couldn't stop her."

"What are you?" I asked through gritted teeth.

She then wiped away her tears. "Haven't you figured it out yet?"

I slowly nodded. "You're a dark entity."

Luke then suddenly backed off. "Dark entity? L-like what?"

"Is that like the devil?" Tina then hid behind me.

"Not the devil," I kept looking at Willow, straight in her eyes. "More like a demon. Isn't that right, Willow?"

She kept looking at me which suggested that I was right, or at least close enough.

"You're a demon?!" Luke got up, pacing around. "A demon's following me. A demon's living in my house."

"Luke," Tina got up as well. "She just said she won't hurt you."

Luke then stopped pacing and looked at Willow. He went to sit back next to her. "You've changed as well."

She slowly nodded. "Unfortunately, yes." She let her hand go through her hair. "To me, Blair was special as well, I was supposed to make her suffer along the way but I couldn't do it."

"So the cutting...?"

She looked at me. "It was all part of the suffering."

I shook my head. "You're just as bad as Nick, if not worse."

"Hold on," She got up. "Nick's an asshole! I'd love to make him suffer."

"Then do so!" I got up as well, standing right in front of Willow. "Instead of picking on the weak ones who did nothing wrong, go to him!"

Willow let out a breath. "I can't choose who I go to."

"What do you mean?"

"I can only go to people who are depressed or who are getting depressed, people who - "

"Face their inner demons..." Tina then looked up at Willow. "You were Blair's inner demon."

Willow slowly nodded. "Kind of."

I sighed and sat back down. "This is too much." I buried my face in my hands. I tried understanding all this new information I was getting, but it felt like nothing made sense. Willow was Blair's inner demon, she made Blair suffer because Blair was depressed. Why? "I just don't understand."

Willow then walked away, towards the front door. "I have to go now."

Luke hurried to her. "Will you be back?"

She looked from Luke to me, then back to Luke. "I will." Then she vanished right in front of our eyes, just as Luke had told us. She really wasn't human, she really was... A demon.