"Dylan?" My eyes widen in disbelief and goosebumps flood my body as I scamper away from him in fright, my heart beating drumrolls.
What is he doing here? How is he here?
"Yes Crystal," he smiles, "it's me."
"H-how how-" I wanna say something but I guess my brain already disappeared, probably afraid Dylan's a zombie and would want to eat it so I give up on saying anything.
"Are you surprised?" He crouches down to my level and looks into my eyes, "you thought you had finished me off already, right?" I look away from him, ashamed and unsure what to do or how to act. If he's here for revenge, I hope he does it quickly. This is just so shocking and unreal. I don't even know how to feel.
"Too bad you didn't," he gets back up and looks down at me, "but I'm glad I got to see who you really are. After heartlessly killing Jake, you killed me too and now you're happy to live and be a stupid Queen!." His voice kept getting louder by each word, finally yelling at the end.
Enormous guilt and shame overwhelms me and I start to cry. I didn't want any of that to happen. I never wanted anything like that to happen.
"I'm sorry," I blubber, looking like a homeless animal on the ground, "I'm really sorry Dylan. I don't want any of these. Please, believe me."
"You disgust me Crystal," he says and shatters me completely, "I hate you with my every single fiber in me."
At that point, my world comes crashing down and my tears cease. There's no point crying. This is exactly what I deserve and exactly how things should play out. I killed him and it's only natural he exerts his revenge on me if given a chance. Here's his chance.
"I don't," I say and get up on my shaky knees, "I don't hate you."
"It didn't seem that way the last time we spoke though." He responds but I pretend not to hear.
"I've always loved you and I will continue to do so even in my grave. I can only wish that you remember more of our good times than the bad. I'm not asking for your forgiveness neither would I take it even if you give me because such a terrible person like me doesn't deserve anything good. But please," I take a pause as a rogue tear falls out and my voice breaks, "whenever you see the beach or the ocean, remember me. Whenever you see the sun set, think of me. Whenever you see a black dress or a Chinese restaurant, think of me, whenever you -"
"Stop!" He cuts me off loudly shaking the earth, fury evident in his eyes, "Just, stop it okay!"
He comes close to me and holds my chin up so he can look into my eyes.
"I won't," he says and I feel a cold and sharp pointed object on my belly. My eyes widen at the realisation of what it is. "I'll forget you completely. It'd be like you never existed."
"Then do it." I say without thinking twice. "Kill me and let's get this over with."
He stays silent and keeps looking me deep in the eye with so much hate and anger, never has he ever looked at me this way, it's so strange but that's not the only strange thing about his eyes. They look different and that's when I notice his eyes aren't the way they used to be, they're black, like Sean's. No, not like Sean's. They're completely black, every part of his eye. What is this? What is going on? I look away from him to Sean and see it's the same thing, black. Every other person is far away and I can't possibly see their eyes in the dark but something is not right. Something's definitely off. What could it be? What's going on?
Is this really all true? Sean has been deceiving me the entire time, ruined my life in the name of fun and has been married to Miranda the entire time? So keeping me in his house, feeding me, helping me, saying I'm to be his wife and queen, putting me to a test and everything has been nothing but a big joke on me? His people would have been happy to kill a human? What did humans do to them and why am I to suffer for another's sin!. If I'm going to die, I won't go alone. I've suffered too much to just get flushed down the toilet like shit. Even shit leaves it's stench behind.
Yelling I catch Dylan off guard, pushing him backwards with every ounce of strength I have in me and grab the knife from his hand, putting it around my own throat. Sean and Dylan both look shocked and confused.
"Don't," Sean says and takes a cautious step forward but I put the blade closer to my neck making him stop.
"One step closer and I'll slit my own throat." I threaten and he chuckles while Dylan smirks.
"That'd save us some stress," Dylan says, "don't you think?".
"You don't even have the guts to do it Crystal." Sean says.
"What is going on?" I ask and they look at me puzzled.
"Tell me what the fuck is going on or I swear I'll kill myself along with someone else!" I shout and hold the knife firmly in my trembling hand, thinking of who to take down with me.
"Someone else?" Miranda asks as she comes closer, "you can't even hurt a fly."
"I killed my own husband." I blurt out before realising what I just said. I immediately look at Dylan and see he's no longer there, Sean starts to fade away too and my heart starts racing again in fear and confusion. As Sean disappears, I look at Miranda and point my knife towards her and she cackles loudly like the witch she is.
"What did you do?" I ask terrified, "what's happening?."
"I'm so scared", she says mockingly, "you threaten me with a feather, I wonder what damage you could do to me with that." I look at my hands and see a black feather in place of the knife and I drop it immediately, looking back at her and take a slow step backward in obvious fear.
"Looking for this?" She swings the same knife in my face. How did she do that? Does she practice witchcraft or what? What is going on?
"You actually thought I'd fold my arms and watch you live and be queen?" She asks smirking evily and that's when I realise the test had already begun for a while now.
"Remember, it's not real."
Sean's words come back to me and I suddenly understand all that has been happening.