Run

Fifty eight

"You'll understand... if you'd like we can watch the most dangerous day of the year."
"The most dangerous day of the year?"
"Mhm... dminonanin day of the demons... it's the time where they are at their strongest."
"I don't think that's really necessary that'll just make me more scared really."
"It's also a chance to meet the other keepers."
"I-I don't know."
"Okay... I'll just let you around after the event."
I nod.
"Will you follow me?"
"I-I don't know. I barely know you."
"For your own safety... I'm life itself."
"O-Ok then. B-But where are we going exactly?"
"My cousins' home. You're safe there."
"Oh. Why would I be safer there?"
"There's like 30 people living there."
"Oh. But can't I pack first?"
He packs my stuff with a snap. I follow him. We appear at a castle. I look around.
"Is Eran still awake?"
A guy nods and leads us to a short man.
"He used to be—"
"10 feet one inch!"
I nod.
"Now I'm four foot one..."
I giggle.
"Not funny..."
"Sorry."
"Its Okay... I guess..."
I look around.
He's also very pale.
"I hope they won't have to guard my gate too?"
"You're considered incapacitated because of the nature of your wound."
"Okay... good... I don't want the two of them having to pick up my slack."
I look down. He turns over. I should stay with him... I don't know why. I sigh. I look at the bandages across his stomach. The wound is healed just preventing infection... he looks up at me.
"Something wrong?"
"I'll stay with you."
"Okay... I'll sleep on the couch bed."
I nod. Wait no! He's NOT going to do that!
"Actually no I can."
He tries to sit up.
"You lay your fucking ass back in that fucking bed," I say automatically.
"You sound just like Ariel."
I giggle, "wait who even is that?"
"The previous holder... you're immortal once you pick up the key but you also don't age."
I nod. Huh... immortality.
"Anpu was really screwed up when she died..."
"Why?"
"They dated... she loved him and he loved her."
I nod.
"... I never go over..."
I nod. He falls asleep. I sigh. Paris is missing. I should get some—a guy in green walks in with some dinner. Who is this?
"Hello, my name is Simone, god of healing."
"I'm Wonyoung."
"Nice to meet you. Hey, Eran, you need to eat."
"Nice to meet you too."
Eran wakes up. I look around.
"What's going on?"
"You have to eat."
"Okie."
I sit down. He grabs the pillows.
"We need you a body pillow."
"Sure can I have a unicorn."
I giggle. Simone summons a unicorn body pillow. I sigh.
"Item obtained unicorn body pillow," Simone says.
I look around. Eran eats then cuddles the pink unicorn. I giggle.
"He has a puppy body pillow."
I sigh.
"Who?" Simone asks.
"Oh Anpu," Eran says.
I giggle.
"Thing is soft as hell!"
I nod.
"Really it's so soft. If you go over to his house ask about it."
I nod. He smiles softly then falls back asleep. I look around. Simone smiles then leaves. I lay down. I should change then get some sleep. I change into pink short shorts and crop top with hearts on it. I lay down and I fall asleep.
The next morning

I wake up to a soft movement. I sit up.I see a guy talking quietly to Eran. He's wearing all black. Who is this guy?
"Thanks Anpu for coming and checking on me."
"It's nothing... we're friends, remember?"
Oh this is Anpu. He smiles again. I look around.
"You're a good friend, Anpu."
"Thanks... but you've been a better friend than I."
I sigh. He smiles softly. I smile. He sighs softly. I look around.
"Oh I woke the girl up sorry."
"Oh it's okay."
"Yeah it's fine."
"Okay."
I lay back down.
"You and Ami will come over after it right?"
"Yep!"
I look around.
"Okay good... you know I want to make sure you two are—"
"Safe because you're not there to make sure we don't get killed. Already know that."
I smile.
"Good..."
I look around. He smiles. I sigh. Anpu leaves. Eran sighs softly. I look around. He looks over with a small smile. I smile back.
"Thank you for helping me."
I nod. He smiles softly. I smile back.
"So how are you?"
"Oh I'm fine how about you?"
"Good... other than a little bit of pain."
I nod. He smiles again. I smile back. He gets up. I sigh. He walks around the room quietly. I look at him. He sits back down. I giggle. He smiles softly but kinda sadly.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
I nod. Maybe I should watch some of my videos while he's chilling. I watch some of my videos. Mmmm... it's so interesting how those girls go from super intelligent to super dumb... I wonder how it feels. I giggle. I'm glad I have my headphones in because it would be awkward... definitely awkward! One of the girls moan loudly enough that it catches. He gives me an inquisitive look but doesn't say anything. I continue watching. He sighs softly. I sigh. The video ends. I giggle.
"So What was that?"
"Just a video."
"Okay?"
I nod.
"Okay then?"
I giggle.
"Okay."
Anpu returns. I sigh. "Where is Ami?"
"I need help... she ran inside without me and I can't find her."
Eran lets out a loud sigh. I look around.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
I sigh.
"Okay let me get up."
I sigh again. He gets up.
"Wanna help?"
"Sure!"
We look around. We find a little girl with a paintbrush chilling and looking around.
"There you are!" Anpu shouts. She giggles. She's so adorable! He smiles. I smile back. She looks up.
"Hi! What's your name?"
"Oh! I'm Wonyoung!"
"I'm Ami!"
"Nice to meet you!"
"You too!"
I smile. She smiles back and hugs my leg. I giggle.
"Yay! We're friend!"
Paris walks in confused. I giggle again.
"What just happened?"
"Paris! Paris! I made a new friend!"
I giggle again.
"Oh okay?" He turns to me then asks, "are you ready?"
I nod. He takes my hand. I sigh.
"Let's go."
I follow him. We appear outside a bright pink gate. There is solemn key laying straight up. Ooh it's pink! He smiles softly. I smile back.
"Go on."
I nod. I walk up to it. It starts to glow. W-Why is it glowing? It appears in my hand. Oh! Ami smiles. I smile back.
"Yay!!"
I giggle. Woah! My outfit it's different but so pretty! I love it!
"Yay!"
I giggle again. She hugs me.
"Hey your gate is close to my house... you wanna spend the night? Since the cursed heroes live behind those gates... you don't have as much to worry about."
"Ok sure!"
Suddenly a loud rumble startles us.
"Huh?"
I look around.
Suddenly we hear a shout yelling, "be on guard we've held them back as long as we could!"
Anpu summons a scythe thing, Ami pulls her brush close, Eran pulls out a rake, and Paris pulls out a blade that looks like a circle. W-What's going on?A scepter appears in my hand. Ooh I have a scepter? A flood of demons all injured escapes through a sudden opening. Oh wow. The others fight the demons off. We see eight forms leaning inside of the hole. Why is that?
"We're sorry we couldn't do more," the smallest form says.
"It's okay," I say automatically.
"So you're the new light gatekeeper?"
I nod.
"We are the cursed heroes... we trapped ourselves in here to ensure we wouldn't harm anyone."
I nod.
"The surge is over... it's safe now... if you want to see us instead of shadows."
I nod.
"Come in."
We go in. It seems to be a nice house. I look around. I see the 8 plus one. The ninth seems different but I can't tell what's different. I sigh.
The other eight smile. They all seem friendly.
"We are! Thus why we trapped ourselves in here."
I nod.
"What's your name?"
"Wonyoung what's yours?"
"I'm Elixar!" The youngest says.
"Nice to meet you!"
"Dante," the next youngest says.
I nod.
"Morty," the third says.
I nod.
"Hiro," the fourth one says.
"Astro," the fifth says.
"Marko!" The sixth says.
I nod.
"Mako!" The seven one says.
"Sherlock."The last one says.
I nod.
"It's nice to meet you."
"You too!"
Anpu falls over almost asleep. I giggle.
He sits up tiredly.
"You should get some rest, Anpu," Eran says. Anpu nods. I sigh. We leave and Anpu leads me to his house. I look around. Despite the goth appearance the house is full of colors. I kinda expected the house to be dark too!
"I have a little sister."
I nod. He smiles softly.
I giggle, "at least it doesn't look depressing."
"Black isn't a depressing color... blue is."
"Oh why?"
He shrugs. I giggle. He smiles. I smile back. I look around. He forces himself up.
"I'll take you to the spare bedroom."
I nod. I follow him. It's a pinkish room. I love it! He stands at the door softly sobbing.
"Are you ok?"
"I'm fine!" He says quickly.
"Ok?" I look back at the room. It's really nice and sweet. He's gone... isn't he? I turn and don't see him. I look down. I open the closet. I see a gorgeous ball gown. I check to see if it's my size. It is but I don't own this dress. I sigh. I close the closet. Maybe I should wear it though.... I mean I don't own it thought. Not to mention I don't want to make him mad at me for wearing a dress that doesn't belong to me. Maybe I should ask if I can? I go looking for him. He's snuggling a black dog body pillow. I giggle. He looks up.
"Sorry to disturb your cuddling session, but I was just wondering if I could wear this gorgeous gown I saw in the closet."
"The one in your room?"
I nod.
"There's more outfits in there feel free to wear whatever you find in there just don't go into my sister's room... and don't take my cloaks."
"Ok! Yayyyy!"
I go back into my room. I immediately try on the gown. It fits perfectly!! I do a twirl. So beautiful! I feel like a princess! I look like a princess. I wish there were tiaras! He walks in. He smiles softly and goes over to a cabinet. I see a box. He hands it to me.
"I bought this set for her about 3 months before she died."
I open it. A crown and a necklace.
"The dance we never got to attend..."
"Oh they're beautiful!"
He nods. I smile.
"3 months before the anniversary of her death you come along."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"She died three months from today."
I nod. He looks down. I look around.
"Sorry... I'm just gonna g-go to bed."
I nod. He runs out. I look down. Was it something I said? He walks back in.
"Sorry... Hey... in the first drawer is her pjs."
I look in the first drawer. Ooh! Pretty!
"By the way.... I have a condition that sometimes causes me to pass out. If I feel it coming on I run to sit down."
"Oh."
"Yeah... that's what happened only I didn't pass out."
"Oh." I giggle.
"I make breakfast at seven... and coffee... get some sleep."
I nod. I change into the pjs. I get into bed and I fall asleep.