~An Undetermined Amount of Time Later Because I'm Me...~

My head was swimming as I woke up, groggy and feeling quite disoriented. "Oh good. She's awake." A voice said, and I looked up to see Maka's face. She smiled worriedly at me. "You passed out right after the dance ended. Someone put something into the drinks, I think, and it just affected you a lot." She smiled. I looked around at all my other friends. We were in my apartment, I was on the couch in my dress, my shoes god knows where, and everyone grinning at me from different places in the room.

I sat up, rubbing my head and wincing a little. "Ouch." I said. Mari handed me a glass of water, someone's jacket draped about her shoulders. It looked kind of familiar, but I shrugged it off. I didn't know from where, so what did it matter?

I could remember most of what had happened at the dance, all the music and the fun time. Lots of people had asked me to dance, a lot more guys than I thought would, and a girl or two. All the attention was kind of overwhelming to be honest. I could remember dancing with Kid, Black Star, and Soul though above everything else. That had been my favorite. They were so... sweet. Kind. Attractive... I found my face heating up.

"Wanted to make sure you woke up, but we're going home now. Bye!" Maka said, and everyone started filing out, except for James. He whispered something into Mari's ear and she nodded, smiling and leaving last, shutting the door with a click. The three guys' smiling silent goodbyes made me happy.

"(Y/n)." James said, sighing as he sat on the edge of the couch. "That was pretty eventful, passing out at the end of the dance." He said.

I laughed. "I probably shouldn't have danced so long. Sorry." I said, leaning into the cushions of the couch. I looked at James in his button up and undone tie. Oh. That's right. The jacket Mari was wearing must've been his.

"We're going on a hunt tomorrow." He said, rubbing his hands together with excitement.

I gaped at him. "Tomorrow?! Why didn't you ask me!" I said, exasperated.

He laughed aloud and grinned. "Because you would've made some excuse because of the way your soul resonance works. So, I just made it happen. There and done." He said, his accent making the words seem harmless.

I glared at him, crossing my arms. "Ass." I said, and then pointed to the door. "Get out." I said, and he rolled his eyes. "Mari's waiting." I teased, and his cheeks flushed and he mimicked me the other day when I had gushed about the boys to him.

The door clicked shut and I was finally in silence. Skye padded out of the bedroom, his ears perked up as he yawed, his white teeth showing. He came over and rested his head on my lap, looking up at me with his big eyes. I leaned down and kissed his nose. "Dork." I said to the dog, letting go of his face and walking to my room, starting to change.

I climbed into bed after taking a shower to get all the makeup I'd been wearing off of my skin. It had been a fun night, but it was late and I was beyond tired. I snuggled under the sheets, the lights already off, and sighed, Skye's large body curved next to me to fit with the shape of my back.

I let out a breath as thoughts flashed through my head, thoughts that didn't feel like they belonged to me because, oddly, I couldn't remember them or when they happened. Sounds began playing in my mind, growing louder and louder. Music. Soft but loud. A woman's voice singing. I saw two girls dancing in the middle of a big crowd. A girl with dark auburn hair, and... Mari?

I sat up, trying to figure the image out as it replayed again and again in my mind, my thoughts unable to stop as the music grew deafeningly loud and I pressed my hands into my ears. It was different now. Somewhere else. I saw so many people in the white hallways of the DWMA. Two sheets hiding shapes that... two people. I heard crying. I was crying. I was... crying?

Nothing made sense as it flashed and shimmer from memory to memory, scene to scene, thought to thought. They weren't mine, but all my friends... They were saying my name. Me.

A small sound escaped my lips as the flow of colors and sounds abruptly cut off. My room was silent again, Skye asleep next to me with his soft dog breaths. I looked at my hands, shaking. The room was still dark, but it looked different. Like the colors were different. I looked at my hands, the skin appearing darker. I looked up into the mirror across from my bed and...

I could see myself in the reflective glass, a double image flickering. I saw me, normal me, but it was like I was offset a few inches to where I should've been, and it looked like I was slightly transparent. And the other thing... the thing sitting where I was... wasn't human. I moved my hand, knowing what would happen as Stein words played and rang through my head. What I feared happened. The transparent image of me faded, leaving only the thing there. And when I moved, the thing moved. I blinked and I saw the slitted eyes looking back at me blink. I opened my fist and then closed it... the thing did too.

I wasn't looking at some monster in my room, or my head even. A demon. I was looking at a demon. I didn't want to believe it. At all. I didn't. But... I didn't freak out, scream. I was still. Calm. It was kind of odd, the way that I was reacting to everyone's thoughts becoming a rock solid reality. I looked away, hoping, hoping... I looked back into the mirror, into the eyes, and...

And it was me staring back at my own red, slitted eyes. 

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Hallo again, guys. I'm really sorry about the whole "incognito" shit I've been pulling. School has been one royal b*tch. yeah. A ton of adolescent assholes. It doesn't help that I'm older than almost everyone in my grade. Rip. 

Anyway, yay! A new part. Sorry for the wait and all, but I hope you enjoyed, and I'm going to try and update more often now. 

Danke, The Babe AA