Dust filled the air in the apartment. Ophelia was not a messy person just organized. Dreida was the one always cleaning every corner, she hates letting the dust piled up like lightning too many candles that the smells stack on each other. Ophelia drops her bag on the contraption named pinnig(search on google), it was a bench, coat rack and shoe storage all at once, which was pretty useful since her apartment was small. She sat on the bench and removed her bright orange chunky sneaker, in which dried mud remained on since they are a lot of rainy days in spring. Ophelia likes to walk on mud on her walks with Malo because of the funny sound that it makes. No wonder why Dreida always yells at her when she comes from a walk.
Ophelia crouches over to Malo and stares at his leash. She removes his collar like a belt and he roamed free. Malo went to his water bowl, licking ferociously at the liquified water, thirsty from his short walk. Then, he went to his bed and slept like a baby.
" What to do?" wonders Ophelia, she had nothing on her schedule, it was Monday and tomorrow she had a date with Sinon but otherwise, she had nothing planned. How boring. Boring. She goes to her room and jumps on her fluffy bed. She just kept touching her bedsheet, nothing else to do, but at least she could still enjoy her time. Ophelia looked at her left, still hugging her 4 pillows, there was a mirror!
"I never bought a mirror!... Ah, I almost forgot everything changed," she smirked as she sat on her bed. Right after, she excitingly got off the edge of the bed and decided to look at her 21 years self.
Ophelia's heart skipped a beat as she froze, looking at her reflection. Her round face had a huge jagged scar, from her left eye to the right one. She approaches the mirror to take a closer look, touching ever so slightly the discoloration of her warm skin. The scar had healed properly, it was probably the cause of her blindness. "Why am I that surprised, Dreida told me last time. But I didn't expect it to be that big!" As she stared, Ophelia saw her eyes, an unnatural orange, almost the colours of a highlighter. Her chest tightened and her pupil dilated as she could not believe her eye. In her eyes, there were angels wings, barely noticeable from afar. Her arms were covered with cicatrix. Ophelia gazes at her scars, they were probably from the time she tried to protect herself, 12 years ago. She began to bite her lip.
Ophelia had brown almost black hair, that curved to her waist. It was not that long, after all, she was shorter than the average height. Her damaged hair hadn't had a trim for ages and she rarely damped her waves. A lot of dry skin was located at the top of her head like sugar flakes on a chocolate cake. She wore an oversized black t-shirt covering her a significant amount with white words meaning words on it. Underneath, she put on a bermudas, black legging that reaches above her knees. She was a sporty person, even with her blindness, so her legs were well-defined from swimming.
"Oh, now Sinon has to explain!" exclaimed Ophelia while backing out the mirror.
She had no patient anymore, she stormed out of her room and rushed to put on her shoes. Prepared for the cold temperature of the outside, she wore her long coat and took her bag. As she opened the door, Dreida was there.
"Ima go at a friend's house, don't forget to feed Malo!" Quickly said Ophelia starring one second in Dreida's eyes before she dashed to the stair while seeking Sinon's note in her bag.
Dreida hong over the rails and screamed in the stair hopping Ophelia hears her "Why didn't you take Malo, Aren't you Blind?!". Dreida sighed, she had doubts Ophelia heard her.
Dreida gets in the apartment, so peaceful. What an unusual interaction and day. She noticed this morning, the world shifted as if her best friend was never blind. Malo is now, just a normal dog, a golden retriever. Since Ophelia is a live-streamer, sometime Deidra would appear in the background. So her viewer used to ask her how it was living with a blind person in her ways to work. All-day, nobody asked her. And for the cherry on top, Ophelia looked at her with orange bright eyes, even for a second, it shined so bright it was easy to notice. It was apparent that Ophelia was no longer blind. Was she dreaming this holes time?
As Malo slept, Dreida filled to the brim malo's dog bowl with some food. She was exhausted. She worked all night so she could get free time in the morning. She lied down on the couch that was right next to where Malo rested and she took out her phone from her right pocket. She accidentally opened her camera when she swiped up to unlock the locked screen.
Dreida had round brown eye green dash with purple eyeshadow on her eyes and some mascara, she was a makeup artist so makeup was a big part of her life. Her hair was clipped with a large claw clip on her head, you could see the bottom of her medium hair length sticking out the top. She had side fringe that grew out so it framed her heart-shaped face. Her hairs were naturally black but she dyed some purplish highlight complementing her fair skin. She had some acne scars on her face, mainly on her cheekbone but she did not want to cover them up, that was beauty fo her. She wore a necklace with a small gold rose pendant that her boyfriend gifted her for her birthday. She was not a fan of jewelry, but that necklace is special. She wore a tight fitted long sleeve dark olive green sweater with a long black skirt. That was her usual outfit, she loved the movement of dresses and how it is easy to move in.
As she reads her virtual book on her cellphone, a call pops up. On-screen, the name Alumm was seen. It was her boyfriend of 6 months, but she already knew he was the one, blinded by love. She did not move in with him because he lived in a studio, to small and just overall a mess.
Dreida picked up the call:
"Hey, babe. I'm in front of your house," said Alumm jokingly.
"What! Wait I'm coming," replied Dreida as she got off the couch and opened the door leaving her phone on the couch." Hey, what's the occasion? " she answered playfully, visit from him was rare.
There it was, her boyfriend. His mid fade haircut was blood-red hair with visible dark roots. His hair was always a mess since he lives far from here and uses a motorbike. His ambers narrow eyes were the center of attention, such a handsome face. It was probably why he started acting a month ago, quite popular with the ladies and men even though he projected villains in movies. He always wore a black leather jacket and glove with a red hoodie underneath. His black jeans always had holes in it, sometimes new one appeared, guess he is as clumsy as Ophelia.
They then sat on the couch and talked about their week and all. Alumm smiled to the whole time looking in Dreida's fanciful eyes until Dreida mention she dreamed about Ophelia's blindness and her bright orange eyes. Alumm knew something changed in her lady's life, he made a move, so it was time.
"Babe, I got to tell you something," said Alumm, looking directly in Dreida's gaze, with a void of emotion.
"Okay, I'm listening," responded Dreida with a calm voice, but it was difficult to stay calm when her chest was beating fast.
"I think it will be easier if I show you instead." Alumm then grabbed Dreida's face and kissed her on the lips like a charming prince. Dreida chest began to warm up, still beating fast and her vision slowly turned black.
"Don't worry, its gonna be fine." heard Dreida in a reassuring voice as she goes off in the dream realm.
* * *
Dreida finished her shift observing and noting the good and bad behaviour of a boy.
'Humans are really lucky to be able to have a kid as they wished.' said Deidra to herself. ' we have to get approval from God and then wait for years before he accepts, but that's how it is, no questioning God. '
It was finally time to pick up her son from Ophelia's house. Dreida smiled as she thought of her son jumping in her arms, happily. She flew with her big white wings to Ophelia's house. Her hair moved alongside the wind and she loved feeling the air go through her hair and her halo. She landed right on the path to Ophelia's house and walked the rest of her path
There it was, the house Ophelia shared with her husband, Sinon. They were still waiting for the approval of God for having kids. Dreida reached the doorbell and rang it. No answer. Another rang could be heard from the outside. No answer or sound from the house. Dreida rang it again. No answer. Maybe they went out, but if she did, Ophelia would have texted her ahead. She pressed her ear to the door, trying to listen for noise. Weeping noise. Someone was crying. it was not from Lenny, her son's name. Dreida got concerned and tried opening the door. It was unlocked.
What she saw was Ophelia, still, and Lenny, in Ophelia's arm, dead.
"This is not what it looked like, I didn't kill him! I found him here..." loudly said Ophelia to Dreida as she crouches up.
"WHY?! Why do you have his blood on you!? You're the one holding the knife!" screamed Dreida as tear rained down her cheek and clenching her fist to her heart. Ophelia held a mysterious glowing knife.
Dreida falls to her knees in front of the entrance, crying, crying and crying. Ophelia comes to her side but she pushes Ophelia's arm from her shoulder.
"Don't you dare touch me with those hands!" wailed Dreida, still on the floor.
She continued to cry, cry and cry. That's all she could do. She knew it was not Ophelia's fault, she was with her since their creation, she had no reason to kill little Lenny. He did not even have his halo receive, which was some reason people killed each other because the gem the halo was made of could uncorrupted an angel. Dreida could feel a sharp pain in her heart, hot as lava or even more but it eventually faded away to an icy numbness. Amethyst shard falls to the ground as blackness filled her visions and she could only hear her heartbeat and screaming of Ophelia like on a radio that was already broken. Dreida could not move as if they froze her in an ice cube. The tears stopped purring like a fountain. Dreida was broken.
* * *
"What was that?" whispered Dreida, tears falling down her pale cheek as she wiped them with her sweater.
"That was you, well, you from your other life, as an angel," said Alumm slowly, as he starred at his lady's gaze. " Gradually, you will remember everything, till the time God first created you to when Ophelia shattered your Halo. That was the cause of your death. ".
"D-did she really? Why wo-would she do that?" told Dreida, drying her cheeks.
"I don't know exactly, but I'm sure it was out of jealousies, we had a son, they did not and they killed Lenny," answered Alumm in a monotone voice, without emotion in him. Like a hollow shell. "Dear wife... Lest get our revenge...".
"Sniff Why? What's in the past in the past, let us move on from it." she quietly said and holding Alumm hands together when her tears dried. " We're finally reunited, let's forget about it and move on. "
"Sigh Why can't you just understand!" said angrily Alumm grabbing Dreida shoulder. "I didn't want to resort to this method, but you're such a forgiving and nice person." spoke Alumm clearly disappointed with Dreida.
Then Alumm pointed his index finger on Dreida's forehead chanting some Latin words. A white connection connected Alumm fingers to Dreida's mind and a Halo appeared on top of Alumm's head gleaming white just like the string. White enormous wings appeared before her eyes close and a wave of emotion entered her mind as something takes over her. Her windows open once again and she saw through them, but unable to move her own body.
'How dare he uses his power to manipulate me' screamed Dreida, but nothing could come out, it was all in her head now. She saw Alumm giving her the gleaming knife resembling the angelique weapon Ophelia was holding 21 years ago.
The knife was pure white, with a two-sided edge that probably could cut a diamond. The blade was radiating white light powered by a gem and it looked really fancy. The handle of the weapon had apophyllite in the middle, a gem that could trap a soul in the celestial prison. Beside the glowing gem, angel wings were attached to the side. The rest of the handle was made with a crystal, ensuring that the user would not get trapped by the weapons. She remembers that Ophelia mentioned she was making a weapon able to stop the reincarnating cycle of a soul. But why would Alumm bring it to this world? what was his motive?
"Now, Dreida, would you please kill the target." asked Alumm to the controlled body of Dreida.
"Yes Alumm." replies Dreida while smiling and taking the knife but Dreida soul was in pain and trapped in her own body, unable to move or speak. She could only think and look at what she will do.
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