I'm laying down on a cold surface. My stomach still hurts, so I continue to clutch it. My throat is burning too.

I slowly open my eyes and notice I'm in my room, the lights are off. I get up and open the door, all the lights are off too.

Boo!

I jump out of my skin when I hear a loud voice.

Miss me?

I relax when I realize its only the voice inside my head.

Now! Should we start where we left off?

I start to laugh after hearing that ridiculous remark. "No! I said I was going to learn how to control you and I meant it!" I say with a firm voice.

Yay.

I glare daggers after that remark. I hear diabolical laughter and start to lose my confidence.

Little miss princess wants to control her insanity. How quaint. Face it kid, you'll never control me!"

I bite down hard on my lip to avoid screaming. I'm not going to let it ruin my reasonable thinking. "Oh, shut it already! You know I can! Why else are you trying to make me feel defeated?!" I say and hear more mocking laughter.

So? How was your date? Was it romantic? Just like a fairytale?! Ahahaha!

Shrinking back in fear, I bite my tongue and keep my composure.

What's the matter? Scared your insanity might hurt your Prince Charming?!"

I tighten my hands into fists and continue to talk. "Stop messing with me! Just take a moment to actually listen to me!" I scream with frustration and clench my teeth.

Oh, I am listening. Loud and clear! So far, I already know that you want to avoid talking about your boyfriend because your scared. Scared, that you might actually get him involved.

I cover my ears, trying to avoid the topic.

You're right to feel scared. I'm not going to allow a stupid blue liquid to silence me anymore. I'm going to control you instead. I'll murder the man, I'LL MURDER ANYONE WHO GET'S IN MY WAY!

I fall on my knees and shake my head aggressively. "No! No! NONONO!" I scream and shout with horror.

Ahaha! That's right! Cry, cry, cry! I just love that reaction! Go! GO TAKE YOUR ANGER OUT ON SOMETHING!

I can't control myself anymore. I suddenly lose most of my reasoning. I race around the room knocking things down. I smash everything, anything I find.

I like it.

"HAHAHAHAH!" I scream with delight as I see the shattered glass and pieces on the floor. It amuses me.

Go! Break down the door! Let's have some real fun!

I race to the door and pound on it hard. It won't break. This angers me, a lot. I use magical blasts to try to smash it, but nothing is working. I grab a lamp and throw it at the door.

Nothing.

Shit! We've been trapped. You see what people do to you?! There afraid, so they lock you up to assure their safety!

I howl with anger. I go into everyone's room and destroy all the pictures framing up the walls. "DIE! DIE! DIE! AHAHA!" I love it, it's so relaxing.

Do you love these people?!

I look up at the ceiling and shake my head.

That's right! There just pawns in your game! Listen to me Elizabeth, you have to destroy them! Or they'll destroy you first! Haven't you learn anything from that horrible day?!The day you were 'burned'?!

I stop.

I cry.

I fall to my knees.

Remembering the cruel memory.

"YOUR WRONG! IT WASN'T THEIR FUALT! I say snapping out of my trance and bawl like a baby.

Your parents tried to murder you, so did everyone else that knew you! Hell! Even the ones that didn't know you still wanted you dead!

I run everywhere, shouting like crazy. Clutching my head. I need to think! "I KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING! I WON'T ALLOW YOU TO DISTRACT ME! YOU WILL OBEY ME! I shout as hard as I can and tighten my fists.

I'm not very good at losing. So, I'm not about to lose to myself.

Alright. What if I do obey you. What then? Are you going to use me for good? Do you honestly think people won't change their minds? If Kalis finds out, he'll leave you. If your precious little friend, Asjha, finds out, she'll leave you too.

I stop screaming, my eyes bulged out of their sockets. I gawk at my shaking hands. Tears flood my eyes. "YOUR RIGHT! THEY WILL LEAVE ME! But I don't care..." I say and look up at the ceiling.

I feel something dark well up inside me.

For a moment I don't feel anything.

I don't feel any emotions.

Not even pity.

I think to myself for a moment and think about what I said. "LIKE YOU SAID! THERE JUST MY PAWNS IN MY GAME, THEY CAN BE REPLACED!" I say panting from all the yelling and accepting the way I see my company.

That's why I never hesitate to lie to them, they are just my pawns. Maybe I actually don't feel any love for Kalis. Maybe I'm just using him.

That's right. That's why you lie to them, there replaceable.

As if reading my mind, the voice continues to influence me.

You know, even to a thing like me, that's cold.

I stand up. Wings burst out of my back. I howl with anger. I blow fire from my mouth. I swirl around the room in midair and throw fire everywhere. "SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" I change my form and touch the ground. I raise stalagmites from the floor and hurl them at the wall.

Pitiful. You can't even scratch me.

I clutch my head and feel my pupils slit. Fangs sprout out of my mouth and rest on my chin. Claws form on my fingernails. Finally I feel a tail wag in midair. I meow menacing and loudly.

I've turned into The Werecat.

I control my thinking by letting out my anger on the walls as I scratch and rip them. "HOWS THAT FOR A SCRATCH?!" I throw myself into the couch and rip it to pieces.

I'm so proud. You've learned how to accept your faults, doubts, and emotions. Although that won't work in your favor. I still have more tricks up my imaginary sleeves!

I lift up the fridge with one hand and grin wickedly as I hurl it in the hallway. "OH, YEAH?! BRING IT ON!" I say and launch myself on the fridge, my claws tearing it up. I use my sharp fangs to grab the food, spilling on the floor, and shake it vigorously.

How barbaric.

I puncture holes in a milk carton with my fangs and lick the milk happily. "THAT'S THE POINT, GENIUS!" I happily devour the cheesecake Siva had also made for me. The refrigerator's light is still working even though I've destroyed most of it. I suddenly hear a tiny voice and realize it's my old friend.

From my earlier life.

"Emily?" I ask a little cautiously. "What are you doing here?" I ask, but she continues to stand there, in the light of the fridge. I notice she's clutching her favorite yellow dress with one hand and twirling a strand of hair with the other hand. I slowly walk towards her on all fours.

"Are you okay?" I ask in a soothing voice and try to touch her when a hand grabs her from behind, pulling her into a shadowy corner. "Emily!" I try to save her, but I can't really see past the shadow.

I hear a blood curdling cry and try to reach for her, when I feel someone grasp my hand. "Emily! What happened?!" I pull the hand with all my strength and see a person.

It's not Emily, it's me.

I stand their in my place, gawking at myself. It stares at me and grins wickedly, starting to lick blood off its mouth.

"No..."

I realize what it did and start to thrash widely trying to escape, but it grasped my hand instead. "Let me go! You monster!" I say and watch it slowly tilt it's head.

"Monster? That's right, YOU ARE A MONSTER!"

It says and I shiver with fear. It's me, but it sounds like that dreadful voice that was inside my head. I scream in horror and scratch the hand off me with my claws. I land on my butt and quickly get up and run like hell.

I turn my head around and notice the thing is licking the blood off its hand. It horrified me so much because the thing smiles exactly like me.

I run and make a turn at a corner, but I smash into something.

It's a mirror.

My eyes bulged out of my sockets and I tremble on the floor. I look at the mirror and see Kalis and I. He's on top of me. Were naked.

"Aw. Your making love with your Prince Charming. Wait, scratch that. HAHAHAHAH!"

The thing is behind me, mocking at the image. What it said confused me and I turned around to face the mirror. I gasp with horror, I whirl my head around, but the thing behind me clutches my chin and forces me to watch.

In the mirror, I'm no longer kissing Kalis. I'm using my fangs to rip him to shreds and I use my claws to rip his stomach open to devour his insides, laughing menacingly.

Tough love, huh?"

I cry, desperately trying to escape the thing's grasp. Then I shut my eyes tight and scream hysterically. I don't feel the hand on my chin, so I open my eyes slowly.

The mirror is gone.

I get up and run to the living room. I see Asjha standing there. "Asjha! What are you doing here?!" I say and walk towards her, but I stop when I see her neck.

There's a hand clutching it.

I move around her and realize it's the thing gripping her. "LET HER GO!" I scream and watch the creature rip Asjha's head completely off.

"What poor choice of words!" I gawk in disgust as I watch myself play with Asjha's head like a toy. I fall to my knees and sob uncontrollably.

"Why so sad?! I thought they were just pawns! Ahahaha!"

The thing says and I howl with pain. "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" I scream, clutching my head and shaking it aggressively.

"Well, than your going to love this! Hehe!"

I look up in horror and see Siva, Jinx, and Elliot standing in front of me. I look behind them and still see the thing grinning wickedly.

One by one, a sword passes right through the men's bellies. They all squirt blood from their mouths and blood soaks the floor.

They all fall on top of me.

I look at their open, lifeless eyes. I scream and thrash uncontrollably. I get them off me and I dash straight at the door when I feel a hand on my shoulder.

I slowly look around and see Bree sitting in front of me. Bugs start to crawl out of her mouth and eyes.

They all stop and face her.

They aggressively launch themselves at Bree and start chewing at her skin.

They're eating her.

"AAAAHHHH!!!" I stumble into the kitchen and fall to the ground, shaking violently. I start hearing a lullaby and come to a sudden halt. I get up and look over the broken counter and tremble weakly. Everyone is looking at me. Kalis, Siva, Jinx, Elliot, Asjha, Bree and the one in front is ME.

Kalis is still ripped to shreds and naked.

Siva, Jinx, and Elliot still have giant holes, gushing with blood, in their bodies.

Asjha's body is headless.

Bree is still being devoured by insects.

The thing that's supposed to look like me, is chewing on a leg I assume belonged to Emily.

I'm about to faint as I clutch the counter with all my might. I watch them walk closer towards me, singing the same lullaby. I shut my eyes and I can feel everyone breathing on me. I stand there completely frozen and cornered.

I finally muster up enough courage to open my eyes. Everyone is gone. I look over the counter and gawk at the 6 skeletons scattered across the floor.

I'm clenching my teeth because I'm sick of hearing them rattle. Someone's missing, it's me.

All of a sudden, I start hearing carnival music. It's loud and playing rapidly. I feel like I'm being mocked. I want to grab a weapon and beat the crap out of this thing.

"I DON'T WANT TO ACT LIKE THE SCARED PATHETIC LITTLE KID ANYMORE!" I scream and grab a butcher knife. I run around the apartment and look for that menacing thing.

I find it.

"What? Are you bored already?"

I launch myself on the thing and pin it to the floor. It doesn't move, it doesn't even fight back. It just lays there, grinning devilishly.

"Come on. Show me. Show me you really are a monster, a freak, and a killer!"

It says and instead, I grin with lunacy. "YOU IDIOT, OF COURSE I AM!" I say and stab uncontrollably at the thing before it made a shocked expression.

I follow along with the music. It feels like a sick horror movie. I feel like some killer clown...
but at least I won.

Or at least I think I did...

~

I hear banging. I'm on the floor. I feel horrible and I'm too weak to move. I hear yelling. I can't make it out. Then I suddenly feel a rumble. Then there's a crash. Someone must have broken the barrier.

My eyes feel so heavy, I don't dare open them. I hear footsteps rushing towards me. "YOUNG MISTRESS?!" I hear a choir of people, but I continue to stay motionless. My body hurts like hell. Especially my stomach, I wonder why?

I feel myself being cradled and lifted off the floor. "Jinx! Give her the green potion, hurry!" I hear faint voices, but I ignore them. What I don't ignore, is the striking pain in my left arm.

"Ow..." I softly speak. "Take the cast off her, it's soaked in blood!" I felt something enter my veins, giving me energy. I open my eyes and see Siva's face. I turn around and see Jinx and Elliot running around like mad men.

"What's going...on?" I ask, still feeling a bit weak. "Shh..it's alright, Young Mistress." Siva responds, but I'm not convinced.

They set me down on my bed, all the other furniture's destroyed. I feel my belly being bandaged aggressively. I assume they brought a plant to heal me when I feel something intertwine with my body.

I feel my clothing start to slip off and realize my entire body's covered in petals.

Yup, definitely a plant.

"Please Young Mistress, drink this." I open my eyes and see Elliot holding a glass container filled with a blue liquid. I automatically drink it as I sit up. When I rise from the bed, I feel the petals transform into clothing, the same outfit too.

Later Siva had brought a bowl of hot water and dipped a towel in it. He set it on my head. It felt so good, I think I might have had a migraine. "What happened?" I ask and Jinx walks in. "That's what I would like to know." He says and dips 2 pills into a glass of water.

"Drink this again." I do as he says and I start feeling better. I slowly try to rise from the bed.

I can't move my legs.

I gasp with worry as I try to shake them and try to feel some sort of movement. Jinx rest his hand on my foot and calmly faces me.

"We enhanced the blue potion, not only does it control your insanity, it also makes your lower body numb." He tells me and I gawk at him. They enhanced the potion? Why? I turn my head around and face Siva, glaring answers out of him.

"It's for your own good. This is the second time you've disobeyed us." He says. I lower my head as I hear that. I look over at my cape hanging off my desk.

"How come? What did I do?" I ask, still staring at my cape. Jinx stops Siva from responding and talks himself. "More importantly, who taught you how to eliminate potions from your bloodstream?" He asks me with firm eyes and a cold voice.

I turn my gaze from my cape and face Jinx. Coming up with another lie. "I can't remember, I'm sorry." I say and Jinx glares at me as he lowers his head to meet eye level with me.

"Please, don't lie to me."

He says in a cold, hush tone and I lower my head. "I'm sorry, I really don't remember anything from before, It's all a blur." I say pinching my nose, as if to show frustration.

Siva looks at Jinx with a worried expression. Jinx sighs in return and leaves the room, as if giving up. Siva stands up as well and puts his arms under me. He lifts me up, avoiding the new cast on my arm, and cradles me in his arms like a baby.

"Where are you taking me?" I ask, eyeing Siva cautiously. He smiles and shakes his head. "Don't worry, I'm just taking you to the couch in the living room. Wouldn't you rather watch tv than stay here with nothing to do?" He asks and I nod my head quickly. He smiles again and walks me to the living room.

I'm shocked to see the perfect state it's in. The walls aren't scratched, there aren't burnt stains everywhere, the frames look as if they've been untouched, and finally the fridge is sitting in its usual place and undamaged.

I turn and face Siva to question him. "Elliot cleaned the place up, he even went to the store to buy exact replicas of some of your belongings. All possible with his incredulous speed and strength." He says as if reading my mind and I nod understandingly.

As if on cue, Elliot walks in and when he notices me, rushes up to check if I'm alright. "I see the potion is working splendidly." He says staring at my motionless legs.

I give him the stink eye and respond. "Yes, we're all very proud. Can you put me down already?" I say sarcastically and yell a command at Siva. "Certainly, my Young Mistress." He said and walked me over to the couch.

Once he's laid me down, he covers my body with a blanket and hands me the remote. "You did a wonderful job repairing the apartment, Elliot." I say as I flip through channels on the tv.

Elliot grins proudly and thanks me as he walks away to heed a request from Jinx. Siva sits down next to me and coughs lightly. "Yeah, yeah. What do you want?" I ask reluctantly at his gesture.

He turns his head to face me with a serious expression. "We all know you must have went insane after your date with Kalis. What I would like to know, is how." He says and clear my throat to speak firmly.

"I told you, I can't remember. Although, now that we're on the subject, why was I bandaged?" I ask remembering the aggressive bandaging from before.

"When we found you, you were holding a butcher knife as you lay unconscious. Your entire abdomen was bleeding. We assumed you were having suicidal thoughts, that's why we took the precaution of removing your ability to walk. We won't allow you to do this again."

Siva says, answering more questions than I wanted. Well, at least I know the voice inside my head can trick me into hurting myself.

Good pointer.

I shift positions and pretend to give up reluctantly. "Alright, you won. I'm incapable of moving on my free will, happy?" I ask and Siva frowns with anger. "No, you must understand we did this for your own good. You are still too young to act on your own behave. You still need guidance."

He says as he stands up and bows before leaving. "Rest easy, Young Mistress. Your not going anywhere, anytime soon." Siva remarks before leaving.

I'm all alone inside my living room. I shift positions to lay on my back comforting on the couch. I rest my head and close my eyes.

We're still going with our plan, right?

I hear the voice from my cape and continue to keep my eyes closed as I respond.

"Yup."