Journal 1: Erica Silver

Chapter Sixteen: Trial Two Offender's Trial Of The Will

......" Congratulations, Erica you have passed your first trial. The trial of the mind."

I looked around looking for the guys but couldn't see any of them. I walked back to where we were standing. Once I got there I was met by only Helen.

"Where's the others?"

"Jeff got bored and went on a killing spree, Liu and EJ had missions to go on."

"How long did that take it only felt like a couple of minutes."

"Two hours."

"Wow. Wait how didn't you get bored?"

"I wanted to see the outfit and I didn't think you would want to be left alone."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. Anyways you need to get ready for the next trial tomorrow."

"Yeah."

"Trial two the trial of will. Offender is in charge of it, and you will get your powers if you have any."

"How did that exactly test my mind."

"Well in mine it was weird it didn't seem like anything to do with my mind and later I learned that what I was thinking the whole time was what affected  the results."

"You would think it would be a series of events and your choices would be what affected the result."

"Yeah, it seems more logical, but it would also be more obvious."

"Yeah."

"Anyways let's get back to the mansion."

Helen and I walked back to the mansion talking about tomorrow's trial. We finally reached the mansion after a glance around we realized that the others weren't back yet.

"So, the others wanted me to keep an eye on you, but I have something to do."

"Pretty much keep myself out of trouble got it, bye."

"Bye."

Helen walked upstairs. For the rest of the day, I wondered around the mansion by myself passing by someone here and there. I was alone but for once not the kind of sad alone. I walked to my room putting a finger on my door and realized that my nails were definitely like claws and were razor sharp.

~If you accidentally cut yourself with your nails, I will slap you. ~

'One you can't and two why?'

~Because you would be hurting me too. ~

'Reason enough for me.'

I walked into my room and plopped down on my bed falling asleep.

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I woke up early so that I didn't have to be in a rush again. I put a copy of the outfit back on and brushed my once short brown hair now long red hair (Reno's color red from FF7 remake.) and walked downstairs and to the kitchen. I grabbed a hot pocket from the freezer and heated up and sat down on a counter eating. Jeff walked in yawning.

'How does that boy sleep without eyelids?'

~The same way EJ sees without eyes. ~

'True.'

"Hey." I heard a sleepy Jeff say from the other side of the kitchen.

"Hey."

"What did you do yesterday while everyone was out?"

"Explore the mansion."

"Oh."

"What's a glamour."

"hmm?"

"Jane said something about a glamour where you all can look normal."

"Oh, one normal is boring and two it makes us look like our old selves kind of but takes a lot of energy."

"Is that why you disappeared that one day?"

"Yeah, and I'm sorry again for that."

"And again, it's ok."

"According to Liu, you were in a pretty bad shape. Blood everywhere yet acting like everything was fine."

"Yeah. Now I realize there were a lot more secrets than I thought."

"Like you never telling us you knew about us?"

"I was afraid you would kill me."

"Or when you hid that picture. By the way, can I see it?"

"Um, sure."

I ran up to my room and got it then ran back down and handed it to Jeff.

"It looks good."

"Thanks."

"Can I keep it?"

"Sure."

He folded it up and put it in his pocket. We sat there talking until EJ and Liu walked in.

"What you two talking about?" Liu asked

"Nothing important." Jeff answered

"Well, then we need to get her to Offender then." EJ said

"Today you will have two trials both Offenders and Splendors." Liu added

"Ok, let's get going." I answered.

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We walked through the forest until we got to a little lake this time almost everyone was there, but I could tell Ben wasn't.

I walked to the middle of the circle and met Offender. To tell the truth, this one scares me Offender testing the will could only end up in a few ways. And I hoped that there were restrictions on what they could do.

"Welcome to your second Trial the trial of the will." A less elegant but more static voice said

His tentacles reached out but instead of going to my temples, they wrapped around my body, lifting me up. I felt the fuzziness come back and I waited for the trial to begin.

This time I was back in the restaurant back to the table with Liu and Jeff when I got up and left the same events happened. But this time when I tried to push Sho away he didn't budge.

"You think you would get away without me getting what I want."

He forced his lips against mine. I tried to push away again. But his grip only got stronger. I glanced down at my hands and saw that they were still their claw-like form. 'This is just an illusion not him.' I used my claw-like nails to scratch his back. He jerked away and I attacked him. I dug my nails into his chest. The fuzziness started to fade. I was still in the air wrapped up by tentacles.

"You're strong. You have a few supernatural powers. Your singing voice can be used as a weapon, you can make illusions, and see into others' minds if you want to but it's limited you have to have a physical connection with the person, along with your claws and the powers all Creepypastas get heightened senses and reflex's." 

He put me down and I walked back to the others.

"So, what powers do you have?" Jeff asked

"If any." EJ added

I explained everything about the illusion and the powers I received.

"Sounds like a lessened version of a siren." Liu said

"So, you're calling me a weak siren?" I teased

"You're stronger than these two at least." EJ said.

"Hey, what the fucks that supposed to mean!" Jeff said

We all laughed and started walking inside.

-A Lesser Siren

(May 31)