I looked at Athen, hoping that he would wake up and save us from the witch. But to my dismay, he fainted on the floor. The witch was indeed a powerful force to confront. My nerves began to pulsate with fear as the witch let out a roar of happiness and victory. She had successfully turned me down, sucking out all my energies and powers. I watched helplessly as she approached Athen, her eyes gleaming with triumph. With a wave of her hand, Athen began to writhe in pain, as if his body was being consumed by an invisible force. The witch's laughter filled the air as she continued to drain his energy. My heart sank as I realized that we were doomed. I closed my eyes, feeling the weight of disappointment and defeat. The darkness consumed me as I lost consciousness, unable to fight any longer.When I opened my eyes, I was disoriented, unsure of where I was. It felt as though my head was spinning, my body aching with a sharp pain that ran down my spine. I felt a light touch on my cheek, almo
As I stood in the hut, I couldn't help but feel a sense of unease. The eerie silence was deafening, and the darkness seemed to envelope me like a shroud. Suddenly, a voice echoed through the trees, breaking the silence."You're a cursed alpha!" the voice yelled, sending shivers down my spine.I turned my head around to find the source of the voice, but there was nothing but darkness staring me in the face. My heart pounded in my chest as I struggled to maintain my balance. "Who are you?" I asked, my voice barely above a whisper."That's not important," the voice replied. "Who am I? You should ask who you are. And I'm here to answer your question."The voice began to grow closer, and I felt a chill run down my spine. I was surrounded by darkness, unable to see anything around me. The voice seemed to be coming from everywhere and nowhere at the same time."What do you mean by it?" I asked, confused and uncertain.The darkness seemed to part, and a shaft of light appeared from behind the
With each passing moment, the beating of my heart grew louder and more frenzied, as though trying to break free from my chest. My body was tense, and the air inside the small, roofless hut felt thick and suffocating. I couldn't help but be drawn to him, despite the fact that he was a werewolf - a prime rival of my kind, a vampire.As my gaze trailed over his hair, my mind was filled with conflicting emotions. Intrigue, desire, and a sense of danger that sent shivers down my spine. I knew the truth, that he was my enemy, but I couldn't help but be drawn to him like a moth to a flame.My thoughts were interrupted as I craned my neck to look up at the sky. The sight that met my eyes was breathtaking. The natural light of the rising sun was spreading across the horizon, painting the world in shades of orange and pink. I couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder and awe, even as fear began to creep in.As the first rays of sunlight began to spill into the hut, I knew that I was in danger. M
Grains of sweat popped up on my forehead and my heart shivered like a crippled petal swinging from a branch when the slightest gush of wind hit it up. An ocean of emotions aroused to the brink and blocked all the words one would say at such a moment and left me spellbound. "Hey, Slim." A bony boy who had his personality graced with the magnificent aura of richness, with his hand curled around the strap of the shoulder bag hung on one side, pulled on a smirky smile, and spoke to his friends who were standing beside him. Meanwhile, his orbs studied my figure like it had something alien about it. They overtook me while I was walking toward my campus along with my friends. Now there's something you need to know. My name's not 'Slim'. Considering that, you'd be wondering who they were referencing. Well, it was me and nobody else. It was a name they had given me, contrasting my personality. I was not a slim, tall, and handsome kind of boy, but the total opposite of it. Attempted, N
Instantly, ignoring the pain rushing across my arms and legs, I walked down the lane. The sky had worn a dark shawl with a small glinting stone spread all across it twinkling in the darkness. Tiredness was stubbornly ruling over my body, as I supported my figure through the street leading to my house.A one-story house with only one room, an open kitchen, and a congested washroom in it. The space was more than enough for my survival as I was living alone. I lost my family even before I became sensible enough to know that on this planet people usually have a group of individuals with the same blood, whom they call family.Till my early years, I used to believe that God had sent me alone on this planet. However, when I moved to my high school and opted for science subjects and studied human biology, I realized that I was wrong all these years.I was not sent alone by God. He must have made some other humans a source to bring me into this world.So, my first thought was, whether I ever
My vision began to blur out as a pool of salty water filled the dried-up, shock-streaked eye sockets. "Why would they do that to me? What did I do to deserve this?""Am I too miserable that anyone could do anything to me?""Do I even deserve to be called a man?"The pain which they had caused me yesterday was nothing compared to this one. I managed to walk with those external injuries causing me pain when I walk only. However, this time they had hit me internally and I could not find a way to even move my ass with this killing pain.Why me? Asking this question, I get out of the bus and took a route back home bearing the weight of those eyes staring, and mouths laughing all through the way. What can I do to stop them?Nothing!I was just a miserable man with no physical, mental, or emotional powers to deal with people using me, hating me, teasing me, and making fun of me.I was shattered to my core, my hopes were drowned, and my faith was lost. I didn't know how to still stay alive
It was me.Athen. Though I didn't even look slightest the same I used to be. As I reeked my trembling fingers through my hair, wishing in my heart that the illusion I was having would snap away. But it didn't. I flipped my new hair to the left and then right before I pulled them harder."Ahh…" I gasped in fright. Then my fingers traced down my shocked face, over the bridge of my nose, down on my neck, and then I pinched myself.Acknowledging the reality, I experienced sweet shrills of pain my pinching had caused.Wondering, I squeezed my gaze to focus on my past. Was this the way I used to look? Shockingly, my blown away mind was unable to recall my past, and how I used to be like. Nothing came to me as I forced my memory. Hence, I ended up acknowledging the reality, the appearance, the body, the features I own now. Though an unusual feeling was prevailing in my throat seeing the unhackneyed appearance of myself in the mirror.The next morning a sweet yet new breeze greeted me afte
Yes. Where have you been?" His question still stood there unanswered. Travis became my friend from the day first, our bond transformed from exchanging uncomfortable gazes, giving a brief introduction to sharing uncontrollable touches of laughter, notes, and sweet memories."I… I… we just met yesterday. What are you talking about? I am not getting you, man!" Muddled, I spoke."Haha…" bursting out in laughter he pushed my shoulder. "No, bruh. I'm assuming you slept for long hours and must have met me in your dreams." Nonchalantly he blabbered the astonishingly strange truth. "Yeah… umm…" my jumbled-up mind was still trying to process his sayings. Was I missing something? Or was whatever he said the truth?"Seems a sure thing." I shared his laughter and then we both began walking towards our campus side by side.Everything felt amazingly the same yet strange. As I stepped into my classroom filled with chattering heads relentlessly moving, mouths bursting in loud waves of laughter. None