Not a prank this time lol.
It's been about a month since that day. A lot has happened. I'll highlight the main events:
That day I came back and ended up drinking human blood for the first time in ages. Toni forgave me pretty quickly—considering it took her five minutes to fight me off, and at that point I had already got a meal from her—because the next night she requested we shared a room, and that the castle made her feel uneasy and she didn't want to be alone. Fair enough. I though that meant she forgave me. But not really, because other than her magic lessons she didn't say a word to me. That is until tonight.
"Cheryl!" I awoke to a little yell, finding Toni flailing around in her sleep on the other side of the bed. She had made me agree we have to sleep as far away from each other. Also fair.
I wasn't sure if I should wake her, if she'd really appreciate that. I mean, I'd want to be waken up from a nightmare. But then again, I don't know how monstrous I seemed to her now. After watching her struggle and start crying I decided to wake her up.
She panted, still yelling and screaming until her eyes fixated on me, still pretty far away. She calmed down, moving closer to hug me suddenly. I'm taken back but still hug back.
"Are you okay?" I ask. "No." She huffs. "Night terror?" I ask, more of a statement. What else would it be? "It was so vivid, I even dreamt I woke up, you were gone. I heard yelling and you were nailed to the wall with a stake in your heart when I finally found the main room." Toni huffs. "And it scared me, so much. You're the only thing I have left, really." She huffs. I was about to argue but then I don't. I am the only one, aren't I? I almost feel bad about saving her from the same fate as her mother by manipulating the Topaz amulet for her to come here. Maybe she'd be happier with her mother.
"I'm sorry." I mutter. "Don't be. I— you might be a bastard with hardly any manners and social skills but I think I love you." Toni mutters, hiding her face in my chest. Woah. I didn't consider myself a bastard. But from her perspective I'm a huge ass. Taking blood from her without asking, expecting her to know the castle, not offering any comfort when I told her her mother was burned. I'm so used to accompanying girls that knew the place well. I didn't consider how scared she must be through it all. I'm an asshole.
"I am a bastard aren't I? I'm sorry." I mutter. "I've only ever really had to charm girls that knew the place well, and vampire girls all seem to have a thing for rude people. I don't. The only person I've ever really worried about was my brother. I never had to guess what to do with him. Vampire siblings often know how the other thinks." I mutter. "Apology accepted, Cheryl. You know, the whole biting thing didn't really hurt too bad, I just—I felt violated so I overreacted." Toni grumbles. "Well that mixed with everything else I've done I don't blame you at all. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?" I ask. "I dunno." Toni shrugs, yawning. "I just want to sleep again." Toni grumbles, snuggling closer and closing her already droopy eyes.
I stayed awake. Something about what she dreamt sat wrong with me. It wasn't even that it was about me being killed in the only way possible. It was more about how she said it was so vivid. It looked and sounded like she was living it too.
Then it hit me, Toni immediately took a liking to healing, earth and life magic. Those witches commonly get prophecies because they're so connected to Mother Nature, who knows the future,past and present. The most powerful witches in the category are often called mother nature's daughters. This type of magic tends to favour females.
But that's not the point—the point is it was vivid, sounded like it wasn't too crazy or dream-like, and she seemed to be living it. That's a prophecy. I'm going to be killed.
