Two

Theres two...

The silver hair, black horns, and even those damn eyes. No, these eyes are the same color but different. These eyes belonged to a monster. The strong demanding gaze of this man sinks in and i can feel myself paralyzed. "Stop it Paladus!" Aridius gently puts a hand on my shoulder and the heat slowly creeps through me, almost like defrosting ice and suddenly i can move my arm.

"Sorry brother it just...happens." the wicked smirk crawling across Paladus' face made my insides churn. Beautiful but Angry. i can feel my fingers and my other arm finally. His grip tightens on my shoulder and i resist the urge to pull away and refreeze. "What do you want? You arent allowed here when im in her mind." I can hear larious squack and i bet his feathers are frayed out protectively. "I needed to see the reason you've been gone for so long. I was concerned when i couldnt find you in the world" his grin very Cheshire now and those orbs glowing florescent make the situation feel more dangerous then it appears. "Concerned my ass, stop fooling around and tell me what the fuck you want."

I can feel my face and back. Tension building makes larious furiously caw and flap. "Aridius whats going on here?" the music stoped, and looking into the ballroom its black. Looks abandon for what i can see. I look back at the monster standing barely out of the shadows. Hes doing this. "You shouldnt play with your food, you know. Mother would be rolling in her grave if she saw the bullshit you've been creating and manipulating for this girl." he starts circling us. Aridius moves close to me, now both hands on me the heat spreads faster. I can feel my left leg. " Then i guess its a good thing shes dead, isnt it? KC isnt food either by the way, shes my companion." Paladus stops beside me, smile gone, eyes on fire. i can practically taste my heart its beating so hard. turning his head like a curious dog he squints at me. Is he looking for something particular? "Companion? Her? Are you serious? Theres nothing special about her or even remarkable about her looks." he steps closer and inhales. Aridius tenses and that makes my heart hammer harder, i feel like i might die. "Oh..I see. Well that DOES make her special doesnt it. i bet she tastes delicious." flashing his incisors i start to freeze back up. The sky black and clouded, waves thundering below sound like a stampede ready to tare us down. lightening cracks the sky. "Your giving her sleep paralysis and now terrors! Leave! you're the creature of nightmares and i refuse to let you be one of hers!" the shit eating grin climbs back on his face and he starts walking again. " Your right. I AM the creature of nightmares, but so are you. And you dont have to worry about me being hers, because your already here. Shes got this suddenly intoxicating smell." a growl deep from Aridius' chest rumbles and the click of the giant bird creature gets slowly closer. like stalking its prey and paladus just continues unfazed. slowly we walk backwards towards the railing. i can feel my body unstiffening further and i can finally move slowly. We stop and the cold sensation of slightly damp concrete on my back send a shiver straight through me.

"You need to wake up now." i look up at Aridius, eyes locked with his brother and an animalistic snarl on his face. I close my eyes and think about anything to wake me up. "How? i cant figure out what to do to wake up, you usually do it!" i think about being splashed with cold water, and a huge wave slams into the railing behind me soaking me. I open my eyes. Still here. i squeeze my eyes shut again and think about class and sitting in my seat next to Tyler. again i open my eyes and now were in the class room, its dark and the huges windows only show darkness. Suddenly lightening cracks the sky and i can see a flash of the brothers circling each other now. Dammit! snarls and growling can be heard. BOOM! thunder and lightning crash again and i can once again see the two sizing each other up. The tension is so intense i cant breathe! soft feathers and a nudging beak wake me up from my trance. " Im rlly trying!" the bird nudges me again more urgently. "why is it you can never just fuck off?" the venom in Aridius' voice makes my hair stand on end. he is PISSED. "why do you constantly fuck off?" the mock in paladus' voice only makes his brother angrier. and then it happens. i never thought I'd hear a sound as disturbing as this. when the scream tares through his throat and sounds through the night, as his body shifts his skin rips away from him. and that, that is the most disturbing sound I've ever heard, not the roar he let out in anger, but the shredding of his skin as it peels away from his body. The beautiful green left eye and blue right eye burning red didn't bother me, but entranced me while his gums bleed from his new teeth making there space in his mouth and elongating. I watch and continue to only listen to the roaring and skin tearing as the man turned monster continues to shift before my eyes, and the horror I can't see on my face must be great.

suddenly the cool railing hitting my back jolts me back to the now and i can feel the sky start to crumble. i dnt dare look away at the giant beast. Aridius,now with a long maine of snow colored and bits of flesh hanging off his tall slender frame, stands towering over us. his face a new shape and limbs long and spider like. i dont think ive ever seen anything so terrifying. i can feel my body stiffen and freeze. "Bravo, now YOUR giving her night terrors." paladus laughs making his brother roar out a loud, glass shattering screech. the high pitch making my skin crawl and ears ring. even the bird, now behind me on the railing, is cowering. l have to end the dream. the loud splashing of water as the pieces of sky fall into the ocean, and lightening only make my anxiety spike. the way aridius moves makes my heart hurt with terror. one long leg in front of an arm and alternating. its like the movie "Legion" the diner scene with the old lady who starts crawling around the cieling. yea ,gross and scarey. teeth hanging out of his mouth like a dog with a bad over bite and his maine is a thin frail pathetic mess, covering the hanging flesh like a worn out blanket. his eyes though, remain the same, blood shot but theyre still him. the trees start to disintegrate faster and faster as aridius' eyes meet mine. sunk in, black bags and jagged cheek bones are all the stricture and color that im met with from his face. he starts to come towards me slowly. the loud echoing laugh of paladus surrounds me. im completely frozen. i cant even breathe! hes slowly making his way to me and i cant make him stop. the ground shakes and he stops. i feel like im dying of fright! the ground suddenly gives way beneath me and all of a sudden im falling. the fall feels like forever, im frozen still but this time its not because of someone. Its somethings. the black sky above me crack and slamming past me like falling dominos. stardust choking what little air im able to get from my stuck fast lungs. i cant even scream out as i watch the castle shrink. Then..BAM. im swallowed by inky blackness. my heart is slamming so fast into my chest while i hold my small breath. Its cold. im surrounded by crumbling sky and my body is being tossed like laundry in a washer. i just want to close my eyes, the salt burning them with stardust and the terrifying blackness make me panic harder. i cant thrash, i cant fight it. i can see blurrily as the small light from the surface fades away and i realize im sinking! my dress feels like it weighs a ton and my limbs smack and hit against rocks and debri. suddenly i smack into something soft, the short reliefe turns into new seizing horror wen half a ripped open torso ,that bumped me, makes me realize ive run into one of the sailors! strong webbed hands grab me and the jagged cheshire grin was enough.