Chapter 48:

The silhouette

Tales of Eden


Later in the middle of the night, Moon feels the pressure of someone else above him.

The person says, "The prophecy will take too long. I need him to awaken sooner. For the pride of all demons."

The person puts a needle into themselves. "Just a bit more blood. Mine is more potent than his. Spread more affection." The person's voice gets sort of distorted when they say "affection."

After filling up the syringe, they say, "I hope you will feel the weight of our sin."

They stuck Moon with the blood, then began pouring some into him.

A tear falls. "I'm so sorry. But I need you to feel my affection." The person licks Moon's facial cheek.

The person's face looks like Hikari's but sadder, and has dark purple hair.

"When this is all over, I hope you can understand. It was all for you."

The person leaves with the syringe.



Hours later, Moon wakes up. His breathing is slowed. He holds his chest. He feels pain in his heart like it's punching his ribs. Astro tells him, "slow ur breathing."

He takes a deep breath and blows. He does it again. He does it over and over again til he calms down. 

He gets out of bed and says, "Sometimes I feel like I'm going to die."

Astro says, "Is it trauma?"

"My body tries to kill me."

Astro says, "How does it feel?"

"I feel someone behind me sometimes. At the worst of times, I feel like I'm being surrounded. Then they wait and laugh."

Moon puts on some new clothes and says, "You have to move on. The fake don't exist."

Moon goes to school. He sleeps at his desk.

Astro thinks, "Is he being influenced by the demon? Or is it his trauma?"

"I am watching. Can you stop it? Feel," a voice says in his dream. This voice feels distant but seeks to be closer.

Outside the classroom, someone watches him. Her dress sticks to the door as if she were glued to the door.

The woman looks very out of place. She is wearing a uniform made by the school, but has her own frilliness to her skirt, almost like an old maid dress, yet no one finds this out of the ordinary.

Other people walk past her. Almost like she isn't there. If anyone noticed her, they would know not know her.

She says, "Slacking off. Dirt, not even trying."

Moon wakes up and looks at the door.

The woman ducks, and Moon misses her.

Moon goes back to sleep.

The woman goes back to watching Moon sleep.

She says, "Never clean."



While he is sleeping, Something else starts talking to him in his dreams. He tries to listen but cannot hear them. He gets closer to them. He taps them.

He tries to speak but can't speak. No words will leave his lips." He wonders why, but doesn't seem to mind much.

Another day goes by, and the same events happen over again.


The strangers give him their blood at night, then he wakes up later with heart pain.

Then he goes to school and gets watched.

Also, the dream of him not being able to hear the other person, nor being able to speak.


Another day goes by like this, for a week. The cycle repeats over and over.

Astro says, "Breathe.

Moon says, "Thanks... for the help."

Moon feels a bit grateful for her simple help. She creates a bit of peace that helps him focus.

Another week goes by with no new or big changes. The woman who watches him begins to follow him around with Moon unknowing. Her frilly dress oddly never catches the attention of others.

She stalks him ever more.

Astro asks Moon, "Why don't you try to apologize to her yet?"

Moon says, "Why would I?"

"I know you might want to keep your distance from her, but you don't have to leave her last message to her to be you being rude."

Moon replies, "Being rude is... something."

Astro says, "Stop playing hard to get with your sister."

Moon tries to change the subject quickly by saying, "When are you going to be back to your body? Also, how is your body alive?"

She switches the question again, "Focus on your problems instead of mine. Plus, you don't even use your G1."

He says, "Nothing has happened. You and that weirdo are both full of shit."

"Sure, I am. Now don't worry. Deal with your petty human problems by yourself." Astro sounds a bit pissed." Astro said


A month passes, and Moon wonders, "Why is everything so quiet?"

He thinks on that thought as he sleeps that night before it all comes down.

"Help me. Help. It hurts. It burns. You are my friend. You said you would be our family. Why did we ever let you into our family? You heartless bastard. We helped you, and now we burn. Bell!"

"Why did you lie to me? Moon, why were you trying to take all the blame? Orphans stick together. Yet you lie. You started it all, and you think that you get to leave. Why did Hikari save you? Anyone else would have been better. Everyone had dreams. I wanted to be a doctor. He wanted to be a lawyer. She wanted to be a shrine maiden. She wanted to be a wife. He wanted to be a saint. She wanted to have her own family. He wanted to find his family and take care of his younger brother."

"Why did you kill my brother? I loved him more than anything. Nothing else mattered. He was my everything. All I had left. Why? Why?! What did we do to deserve this? I wanted to be your friend too. Why did you let our happiness end? I wanted to live more. You took it all away from me. How could you?"

"You will join hell. Join hell like the rest of us. Join us. Join us. Come to us. Be a part of the family. Bell is wanting. Tink is waiting too. We all are waiting. We miss you."

"We hate you? That's what you think. You think that because you were the one that lived. You need to be with us too. Just die. Sink with the rest of us. Stay trapped. Dev will take over."

"Yeah, let dev take all the pain. Give it to him. He will take all of the burdens for you. All the pain. All the hate. Everything. You will be save. You can live with us. BE FREE. Please I miss you. Look BELL IS WAITING FOR YOU. Don't leave us behind."


"No, get out of my head. I deserve to live too. " You live, how unfair." Moon pleded with the voices

"NO. this is my body. I own it!" He fiercely explained to the voices

"Not with all that blood. It's my blood. It's his blood. Mine too. Everyone will have a part. Thief."

"Look behind you."

Moon trips.

They jump onto him and pin him down. 

They bit him. Piece by piece.

"Thank you for the meal."

"Eat eat eat."

"Yummy"

"So good."

"I was so hungry."

"Not the best to eat, but whatever."

"Its better than nothing."

"Shut up! You two."

"Sure, Bell."

"Anything for the house maiden."



"Dev, you are some sick bastard. You are torturing your host."

"How dare you question him?!"

"Listen here, no one likes a fan girl. Especially as creepy as you are."

"Mister finds me very intriguing. He said so! Right!"

Dev says, "Both of you, stop it. We are demons, and I do this for my freedom. I hate the fact that I am stuck with him. I'm not free. I'm not like you both.

Azer, take care of Arachnid for me. I have to get that blood."

Azer says, "That blood could kill you."

Dev says, "Nothing is as worth it as one's own freedom. This demon will become the first to kill god."

Arachnid says, "I don't want you to die. Mister your the best. You can't leave me. You can't leave us. Me and Azer will miss you."

Dev says, "I have to... I want to feel, I want to talk, I want to be mine. Until I have a body of my own, nothing I do is mine."

Dev walks away.

Tama Howl

Tales of Eden


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