The Truth Lies Beneath Your Eyes

And now it was dark out, dark enough to see the stars. 12:11 the clock flickered. Usually now he was the only one awake. Just listening to the quiet of the house while Alex slept and Christophe…did whatever. His parents gave Christophe no rules while in charge. He did good at that and there were never any problems in the house. In knowing that, he could go out wherever as long as he was home when Alex was awake, meaning around ten in the morning. The house didn’t have its usual quiet. He heard scribbling, writing? Having super hearing does that sometimes. The writing stopped and it was quiet for a moment before soft singing started.

  He walked into Amethyst room after knocking softly on the door.

  “Uh hey Alias,” she said looking kind of confused.

  “You look comfortable,” he said. She had on baggy white candy heart pajama bottoms and a black tank top.

  “I am…do you need something?” she asked still looking confused.

  “Just wanted to see what was up. What wrong?” He asked.

  “Nothing it’s just I was writing a song and…it’s almost twelve thirty and I’m not the only one awake,” she said.

  “Sorry to bother you, one last question though…why are you up at midnight?” He asked.

  “Cause that’s when I can stay calm, midnight is for dreamers. Why are you awake?” She asked. “I…don’t…know” he said as he closed the door and walked back to his room.

  He fell back on his bed, pulling his t-shirt and jeans off.

  “Ugh, tired,” he said to himself. He wriggled under the blankets. He heard his phone vibrate on the table next to him.

  “Uh…hello?” he said sleepily. He barely registered the voice, It’s mom, she must have forgotten the time difference, he thought with a yawn.

  “Mami, e douasprezece in dimineata,” he said while glancing at the clock.

  “Imi pare rau!!! Se culce!!! Dumneavoastra spuneti fratilor buna ziua!!!” She yelled.

  “Ok, noapte buna,” he said as he hung up. Gotta remember to tell them mom called,” he thought as he fell asleep.

  “So don’t let go, oh. Don’t let go, no. Don’t let go,” he heard the music playing and singing from Amethyst’s room. It was eleven thirty in the morning. He walked into the hallway before realizing he was in his underwear and went back in his room. He pulled on his jeans and walked back out. “Morning, bro,” Alex said laughing.

  “What’s so funny?” Alias asked.

  “Roar!!!” he heard before he was tackled.

  “Hey!!!” he said flipping Amethyst so she was pinned.

  “Wha- how did you do that!!!?” she asked surprised.

  “Ha, that’s lesson two, how to fight,” Alias said smugly.

  “But I know how to fight,” she said.

  “Not with full strength you don’t” He challenged.

  “I’ll take your word for it,” she said while sliding from underneath him and walking toward the bunny’s cage.

  “Morning Geliebt-Dämon,” she said cheerfully. He watched as she put hay and fresh water into his cage.

  “You can’t catch me!!!” Alex said tauntingly and then took off running.

  “Prove it!!” she yelled as she closed Geliebt-Dämon’s cage and ran after him.

  Walking into the kitchen he ate his breakfast and then pulled on a clean shirt.

  “We can train now?” Amethyst said from the kitchen doorway.

  “You want to train?” Alias asked.

  “Well yeah, yesterday was fun and beating you should be even more fun,” Amethyst said with a smirk.

  “You shouldn’t be so sure of yourself, chick,” Alias replied. Amethyst stood there for a moment,

  “funny, I was going to tell you the same thing.” She left the kitchen and went back outside. Now she has on a Charlie the unicorn t-shirt, he noticed.

  “Okay wonder woman, try and fight me. Use the powers if you can,” Alias said tauntingly. They were in the park “I’ll go easy on you,” he said. Amethyst disappeared. She must think I’m stupid, I know she’s going to appear behind me, Alias thought. He braced for the impact and then…nothing? He turned around, she wasn’t there. Looking around everywhere-Whoosh!!! “Ouch!!! Where the hell?” He said trying to get up.

  “I phased into a tree and waited until you didn’t expect it, and now you’re pinned,” she said with a laugh. She was right…he was pinned, this was awkward.

  “Rematch?” He asked.

  “Sure,” she said. The power works through her so naturally, she is a born demon…and a most angelic one at that, he thought while getting up.

  “This time, no phasing because you’re good at that,” Alias said.

  “Whatever Chicken-boy,” she said. Alias jumped into the air and wings sprouted from his back. He had her in a hold, in the air, not tightly but enough that was good for lessons. I don’t know the way to teach her without hurting her. I just hope that...should anything happen she can know what to do and the things she is capable of, he thought. Spikes…his hands….his arms and the longer he kept that grip the more intense the pain was. Then it was like a jolt, electrocution that shot through him that got him to let go and then…she didn’t fly. She landed gracefully and if confused him looking down on how high up they were. Above the trees, a true mystery she was.

  “You okay? You look sort of dazed out,” Amethyst asked.

  “I’m fine…how do you do that?” Alias asked.

  “I think about the person whose trapping me and think about what I want to do and the more I concentrate the more powerful it is,” she said plainly.

  “Hey alias, this is cool and we can do this later but…I want to play soccer so can I go?” She asked.

  “Yeah, me and Alias against you and Alex!!!” Christophe yelled throwing the soccer ball on to the field.

  “Christophe!!!!” She yelled

  “You are so dead, right Lex?!!” Amethyst yelled.

  “You guys are beyond buried!” Alex said in agreement.

  “Only one thing left to do then, huh Christophe?” Alias asked tauntingly.

  “Yeah, game on!!!” he said kicking the soccer ball. This will be awesome, Alias thought