“Oh, I hope you can hear me, ‘cause I remember it clearly. The day you slipped away. Was the day I found it won’t be the same.“–“Slipped Away by Avril Lavigne
Kiya
“Come on, Hali! We’re going to be late for the party!”
“I’m coming, I’m coming! It’s not my fault this wing is crooked!”
One swig and my throat burn from the crimson liquid. Housed in a black bottle, the pungent taste of alcohol overrode the sweetness of the wine, Port wine. The only alcohol I drank as a loser slumped against one of the many redwood trees in the forest.
“Your wing looks fine! As long as you don’t move it too much, it’ll be okay!”
“Easy for you to say. Your wings look perfect.”
Goddess, why am I doing this? Werewolves have a high alcohol tolerance that makes them unable to get drunk easily. We burn it off faster than humans. It takes a lot to get our kind intoxicated; probably twice or three times as much as a normal human. Either way, this supposed highlight of our abilities is proven to be a curse
to me.
“Me, as the Sun Fairy, always has to look perfect! It’s in our nature.”
“I’m the Moon Fairy and I can’t look like a mess! What would the other kids think?”
Ah, the Moon Fairy. The being I’ve dressed as for this accursed holiday called Halloween. Dressed in a white and blue sleeveless dress with shredded hems, the shimmering sequins danced to their silent tune under the moonlight. A full moon on Halloween is rare, so I’ve heard. Legend says that on Halloween, it weakens the veils to the worlds beyond mortals. It gives a chance for other–world creatures to pass through and mingle in the world of mortality for a night before retreating.
Amusing.
“The other kids would think we look amazing! Like twins!!
“At least they can tell us apart.”
Another swig. Two. Three. I hate remembering what used to be. The better days of my life before it turned into a dumpster fire my old pack willfully created. Days of happiness, freedom, warmth, and friendship. Days where I felt invincible; none of the world’s ills could touch me.
Oh, how was I wrong. So fucking wrong.
Waiting for the alcoholic buzz is a killer. The desperation for the effects of alcohol shows as I continuously bring the bottle rim to my lips every thirty seconds. This sinful liquid is supposed to be a depressant, so why isn’t it depressing? Depress these emotions and these fucking memories.
course! Do you remember
we’ve rehearsed it a thousand times!”
1/4
– Memones of
brain! Stop
the Golden Sun Fairy, is here to
here to shine the light of magic!”
Stop it!
the evil in the
Fuck!
tree bark as my chest heaved in sobs, I thought I was strong enough to get through this night; to celebrate it with my friends. After the two Halloweens I skipped,
ready, I was
the woods in a frantic attempt to stop the memories of a dead child from flooding into my mind. Memories of Nuria that I can’t
it. I hate it so much.
pieces some feet away. Breaking things is supposedly therapeutic, but I only fell worse. It’s always something. Something
than I originally thought. No wonder I
be exact. Sniffling, I ripped the cap open and continued chugging. Why wine? There
of traumatic memories from a single whill. The smell mixed with hot breath throws me
bottle of that. It hits too close to home. So, I’m left with the strongest wine available. It’s sweet and
met with the angry hazel eyes of my brother dressed in a pirate captain’s costume. Adorned in brown, blue, and red with a
to block
heart softened at the growth of my niece inside the womb. I can’t wait to meet the bundle of
Memories of a Friend (Part
my hands reaching up. “That’s mine!”
pack kitchen cabinets. Mom was wondering why several bottles of wine were missing. Lead Omega Cleo was worried about
reach the bottle of drunken haze, but my brother held it high. above his head, using his
barked back. “I
next to my ear, bringing my hands down to my sides. “There’s no such thing
back on top of the uncomfortable roots of
I want to be
little sister alone in the woods with empty wine bottles is no basis for me to leave her alone.” Anthony retorted
the couple would take a hint. I know I’m acting brattish–it’s out of my nature. It’s stupid and ridiculous. I can do better than this, but the overwhelming sensations I
years after her death, the pain is as
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