The Red Winged Angels

Oh yes, I'm on a roll now, atleast for these days, being able to post updates daily in every other thread of mine. :sunglasses:

Chapter 4.17 – Return to the cabin
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Amberian Dawn - Magic Forest

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Once home from her shift at the restaurant, Ingun wanted to make some food for herself when her mother came home from the gym.

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Aaron got a phone call from his classmate Lenore, asking if he wanted to hang out. It was late, almost midnight, but Aaron is a night owl and on good terms with Lenore, so of course, he would want to do that.

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Lenores home lies at the opposite end of Purgamentum Road, right next to the Senkapigo Graveyard.

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They talk for a good while, before Lenore decides it's time for her to go inside to do some homework..

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Aaron tells me he wants to use a rocking chair that they apparently have in their house, but Lenore actually never invited him in, and there's no point in him standing out here, so I send him home...

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The next day Natalie wants to invite her sister over for a visit to talk to her and hear how she is doing after last nights incident at the restaurant.... but Ingun declines, and says she does not want to come over...

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Natalie: But Ingun.. I am worried about you, please, why can't you come over?

"No, I can't" says Ingun, before she abruptly hangs up.

Now what is Ingun doing that could be so important..

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I found Ingun out in the garden with her mom that is belittling her again..

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Ingun is offended and talks back, she is no longer a kid and shouldn't accept such talk from her mother. Well she never should have, but...

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Then fear strikes her, as if she is awaiting some terrible consequence... I have seen this image before...

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Ingun freaks out, and Bianka walks away. They are outside, so she can't make a scene.... but her face is an ominous one...

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Ingun follows her mom, only to have her turn around and yell at her again..

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Then Ingun goes inside and locks the door so her mom can't enter the house!

Bianka: Ingun... open the door... you know mommy didn't mean that...

Hmm, well this is anything but a normal home situation....

Then Natalie gets a phone call, and it's from a woman that says she is Elisa... But I thought Elisa wasn't real.. and now Natalie was convinced of it too.. yet... there she was on the phone...?

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Natalie: Elisa?? No, this can't be.. you were not..??

Elisa: What wasn't I, Natalie? Please come up and visit me.. it's been such a long time since I have seen you or heard from you...

Natalie: But.. this can't be... you're not.. real!

Elisa: Don't say that again, Natalie... of course I am real!

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Natalie: Hmm.. well, I'm coming over, but I won't be coming alone this time..then I will figure out if you are real or not!

Elisa: We were always such good friends, Natalie.. what is this? But sure, you can bring another of your friends over if you want, the more the merrier.. ok, see you Natalie...

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Natalie: I'm gonna have to call Dr. Sara about this!

Natalie looks up Dr. Saras private phone number, and gives her a call...

Sara: Hi, it's Sara.

Natalie: It's Natalie! You won't believe what just happened!

Sara: Natalie! How are you? What happened?

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Natalie: I got a phone call.. from Elisa.. she invited me to her cabin..

Sara: Oh, I see... well, the.. you have been uh.. taking your medication, right?

Natalie: Yes, yes.. once in the morning, and once in the evening!

Sara: Hmm... well, you have been seeing pretty rapid progress lately, so I guess this is just the last hiccup so to speak.. have you seen or heard anything else unusual?

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Natalie: No, no.. I haven't.. but.. can I ask you to join me.. up to visit Elisa? Then we can see.. if she is real or not...

Sara: Natalie, listen, don't take this the wrong way, but... usually I wouldn't hang out with a client in my spare time, we are not supposed to...

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Natalie:.. but.. I don't want to go there alone.. I need you with me so I can have some proof of whether she is real or not! Please?

Sara: *sigh* Ok, fine..... if it makes you feel better, I suppose I can go with you.. It's been a long time since I have been up there myself...

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Natalie: Thank you so much, Dr. Sara! Ok, see you in a few!


And so they both went into the forest. Of course, since Natalie could fly, she was faster than Sara, but she didn't fly off and kept herself right behind her all the way up... she wanted them to arrive at the same time...

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Sara: Ok, now we are *pant pant* here, but I don't think *pant pant* anyone is going to be *pant* home...

The moment of truth awaits..

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Sara: This is weird Natalie... I could have sworn I heard a voice from inside, but it was a man's voice...

Natalie: Oh.. that must be Alfred.. the butler I told you about..

Sara: I can't believe this...

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Natalie does a cheer outside because she already believes she has proven that Elisa exists... but we haven't seen Elisa yet!

The sound of a door that opens and footsteps is heard.. Sara closes her eyes...

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Sara: I don't want to look, I don't want to look...

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When Sara finally opened her eyes, she freaked out. There WAS an elderly woman there in a long black and beige/green/yellowish dress. Could that be Elisa?? Was she going insane, too? This couldn't be! It just couldn't!

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Natalie and Elisa walked inside, but Sara was a little more hesitant.. "I can't go inside there... this is madness... I don't even want to look at that door..."

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"Oh God.. she's coming out again.. that does it.. I don't want to stay here..."

Natalie walked outside and saw that Sara was gone..

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Natalie: Where did Sara go?

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Elisa: Oh, your friend, she is obviously scared...I can sense that she is afraid, and naturally, since she doesn't believe in magic, my existance alone causes a great conflict in her mind... she wants to get away from here... she is already on her way home..

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Natalie: I'll go after her! I want her to see what you can do!

Elisa: Natalie.. I will suggest that you leave her for now... If this is enough to scare her, she has seen enough.. I'm not going to show her my magic... I have no need to prove myself to others...

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Natalie: Okay.. hmm... but.. according to her, you were not real.. and.. well, if I took this medication.. this flouzimedsomething.. I don't remember what it was called.. all the hallucinations would go away.. and it is true, because... for a long time now, I haven't seen anything.. so what gives? Sara isn't the only one confused...what am I supposed to believe now?

Elisa: Ah, yes, I can understand that this is confusing.. I'm not going to call myself an expert in medicine, of course, but those medicines do have something going for them.. in the case of actual hallucinations... but what you have been seeing, I am afraid, are real things..

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Natalie: But how come everything went away when I took the medication? How will you explain that?

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Elisa: Well, it is a bit complicated.. some things were no doubt hallucinations, such as that little girl you sometimes saw... she wasn't real... so the medicine is good for you, and when the doctor says you should take it.. you should... but... and this is the scary part, I'm afraid... the demons, they are not hallucinations.. they are real.. just like you, angel Natalie...

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Natalie: But how come these demons then want to harm me..? I'm not the only angel in town...

Elisa: True.. but like I told you earlier, there is something in your family that they want... and from their point of view, you are the only one indebted to them... and they want you to pay them back..

Natalie: Indebted to them?? What are you talking about!? I have never had anything to do with demons before in my life!!

Elisa: Your sister, Natalie.. she is..

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Natalie: Ingun? Yeah, what about her!? Are you seriously trying to suggest that my very own sister.. that I grew up with is a... is a demon!?

Elisa: Well, no, and yes... don't you remember how it was always your sister that took the worst blows from your mom back then? And how you could escape, and she was left behind? That was the demons work... Your sister was always weaker than you, and thus easy to possess... The demons used your sister to get a foot in the door, so to speak, to gain access to your family...

The demons sent one of their own to harm you and your family, but also ended up, in their view, protecting you, and now they want you to return the sacrifice...

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Natalie: But.. well, that.. this is hard to understand... how can YOU look into my past, and why would the demons want access to my family? What excactly do they want?

Elisa: They are driven by an intense greed and hunger for power and control. And chaos. That is what they ultimately want. To throw everything into chaos.

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Natalie: And they would need me and my family to create chaos?

Elisa: Not you directly... they would need everyone and everything they can get their hands on.. they already have your sister in their hands... and in that way, also your mother...

Natalie: What are you saying!?

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Elisa: The demons caused the abuse by affecting your mother through your sister, because she was weak and they could possess her. You, however, were to strong and they couldn't quite control you, even though they certainly could, and still can, make you suffer. So they had to let you run away at the time...

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Natalie: This is just to weird...but if I was so strong then... I should be just as strong now?

Elisa: True, you should be, but they are slowly chipping away at you, doing every thing they can to weaken your resolve. The medication can help you, but so can I. You see, the medication can take away the hallucinations that the demons are planting in your brain, but it can not take away the demons themselves. And neither can I, I can only keep them at bay.. It is like I told you before, only a pure angel, or something good, but more powerful can defeat a demon..

Natalie: But I am only half an angel...

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Elisa: ..and your sister is the other half! I will cast another protective spell on you, to keep the demons at bay for a while still, and please, Natalie, next time.. bring your sister with you, if you can... and make sure she goes to see a doctor as well...

Elisa: Now, follow me inside...

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And so Elisa cast another spell on Natalie.. and Elisa had been practicing, her formula was much more effective now.. it actually turned Natalie into a frozen statue for a short while...

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....and then Natalie went home, her mind now filled with this new information.. her sister posessed by a demon? Unbelievable! But sure, she knew she was, well, atleast half an angel, and she knew that there was an evil counterpart on the opposite end of the spectrum... and she found it likely that they wanted power and control.. and chaos, sure, but.. No, she wasn't at all sure yet about what Elisa had told her... She would have to discuss this with Sara to get a second opinion....even though she already knew what that opinion would be.. she didn't really have anyone else to talk to about all this... talking to her sister about it was out of the question for now... Either way, it wouldn't hurt to also make sure that Ingun got an appointment at the doctor's office.. demon or not...