The Girl Called Trouble

I chose to stay with her. She takes me to stay in a tiny apartment where the only place for me to sleep was on the floor. I find it strange but I know I must accept for now. I'm sure there are people out there that would ask me why, but I cannot explain. So instead, I just act. I pull my blanket over me and I go to sleep.

I find myself in a field far away from where I fell asleep. I look around and see a trail. I decide to follow it. I walk for what feels like hours when I hear a sound. I don't know why but I must find it. So I continue walking.I have had the same dream on and off for years. I am always searching for something but I never know what it is. I look over and see Hera and I remember where I am. I have completed the first few days of my journey. Hopefully soon I will understand it.

The morning is like a typical morning anywhere. We both get up, shower, and get ready to go back to the park.

Nothing is out of place as we make to way to the park, but once we get there I sit by the table and watch Hera sell the jewelry. I look closely at the energy that surround her and see differences. This energy is not hers. At some point, she must have found a way to leach it off of someone. It is possible.

There are several different ways to bind other people energy to your own. If the other person doesn't know then it could have negative consequences. If she drains too much from one person she could seriously harm them. It makes me question if she has any real power of her own. People with strong power never need to take from others.

My energy is different. I wasn't born with it. I developed my gift after I died for a short time. My energy comes from death itself. Perhaps the rumors I heard all my life are true. Maybe I was the child of a demon.

I was shivering in my cellar room. Listening for footsteps that I both longed to hear but was also terrified of. Will they let me out today? Will I get to eat? Then I here multiple pairs of feet coming toward the stairs. Then I hear them descend. I stay quiet as the approach the room.

"Its time to end the demon spawn. We will make a sacrifice to the One True God. Maybe he will then forgive us for keeping her alive."

"Will she try to attack us?"

"No. She is too weak. She only gets food once a week. Its only the demon blood that has kept the child alive."

Then they come. The grab me and drag me outside where a small crowd of people are gathered.

"This child is a spawn of a demon. My wife fell pregnant seven years ago with a child that wasn't mine. Over the last several years she admitted that she was seduced and raped by a demon. This child should not exist."

It was then that I saw the pile of rock by their feet. I watch them as they grabbed a stone each and I knew I couldn't run. The first stone hit me in the stomach. Then they were hitting me everywhere. Eventually everything went black.

It was then that I heard a voice.

"Child, you may choose. If you leave the world your soul will find peace but all will be over. You wont get a second chance. If you choose to live, you will borrow power until you return. You will have to return eventually."

"Who are you? What do you mean?"

"You are dead but there is time that you might still live."

"I need to go back. I want to go home."

"Then it is so."

With that I woke up and looked around. I was on the ground in the village. There were rocks all around me and blood was on the ground where I was laying. I then did the impossible. I got up and walked away. I stole some vegetables from the garden and I left.

I don't know for how long I walked but eventually I found a road. It was dark and I could barely see but I continued walking until a car stopped behind me.

"What are you thinking about?" Hera asked as I sat staring into space.

"Nothing important, really." Luckily a customer approached us. There are some things that are best kept to myself.