The lady of the lake

by Erika Walker

He said holding out his hand, and he did the same - Cristian. -. - Does not seem to be in the area, where you from? - He asked,-in fact they are just in this country, but even I do not live far from here, unless you do not consider about two hours drive away. Accommodation at the time of my grandparents. What about you? - let's say I live here long enough, we walk? -,-of course! However, I have ... let's say eighteen years old, and you? - Eighteen? You know look physically larger, but much smaller and mentally .... - but then see that it is you who provoke me! - And I just wanted to relax a little 'joke. I say ... nineteen. -. The two began down a staircase, near, leading to the lake. Once there, the show for Alice was even more beautiful. In the lake there were many high stalls and also a lot of people. There were those who ate something hot, who walked and who was simply sitting on a bench. -It is fortunate that tonight does cold 'said Alice. Some clouds covered the moon, and suddenly rose from the ground fog. All around her became ice, he could feel the cold in my bones. Cristian turned toward her-did you say? -. Alice was mesmerized by the lake and suddenly everything around her was covered by a great light.

  The Queen

  Large eyes peering, she could not understand who they were, it was still dazzled by the light. The cold and the sea, a deadly cold, do not be afraid, he whispered a voice chanting. It was a sweet voice, a very young woman. But Alice did not seem at all familiar. What had happened? Where was the party? What had happened to all the people? And Cristian? And why now had become blind? Blind? It was not possible! Alice tried to get up but could not. It was as if he felt upon the weight of a thousand chains. He tried to make even the slightest movement. Nothing. The eyes do not want to open. It hurt to breathe, in fact it was as if he did not. barred shooting eyes, blurred vision from the water around her. Was drowning. He could see the surprised pink dress she had put that rocked around the thighs. He tried to move at least one finger, but she could not. Everything went as before, a great light enveloped her, but this time came from a figure in front of her. A woman looked at her with great tenderness. In the darkness of the depths of the sea she was like a sun. The radiated warmth, comfort but also sadness. He approached slowly. He placed his lips on the left of Alice and told her-it was you who want you to take this responsibility, only now you can. Something is missing, a piece of the puzzle was missing. find or death you'll see. -

  Said those words the lady can lips on the cheek of Alice and bit. The girl who until a moment before she could not move a finger, now, driven by the pain of the bite, he managed to get rid of those heavy chains. Then everything went dark.

  Alice woke up wrapped in a white heat, something soft enveloped. He opened his eyes slowly. He was in a bed in a hospital. But what she did there. Next to her grandmother peeling an apple. -You woke up finally. - He said, leaving the apple and knife on a plate on the nightstand next to the bed of Alice's grandmother gently stroking his face. -What down? - Asked the girl as she sat down and leaned back account the wall annoyed with thick cushions his grandmother went there quickly to fix by way of back. -You fainted, you had a faint obviously too much confusion. - You saw it too? The light mean. - The light? No, honey, it only started to rain. -. If you had not seen her grandmother the light was possible that he had seen Cristian, he was next to her when it happened. Prefix that is just out of this place was going to find him. There were a lot of things that filled his mind. But at the moment he just wanted to relax in the soft white bed and enjoy the care of his grandmother.

  A sad story

  Left the hospital that night, Alice thought long and hard about the strange dream he had the night of the party, he could still feel the pain on the cheek from his pocket he pulled out the mirror, he had nothing. She put the mirror in his pocket, after about five minutes grandfather came with the machine. Grandmother and grandson took a seat in the back seat and the car drove off.

  They ate in silence, Alice had just finished eating he went to his room. The cheek was burning more than usual, or at least more than before. Immediately she threw herself on her back on the bed. He brought a hand to touch his cheek, there was something wet and warm. He knew what it was only when I look at my hand. It was stained with blood.

  She jumped up, still wearing the dress pink. Approached the mirror plane (piano, because he could not be faster than that), the sight of blood and the smell made her head spin, it was so hot .... Felt he had to return, but did not want to do it. As he approached the mirror, her knees were plotted. Suddenly he felt cold. He arrived in front of the mirror with his eyes closed. He was afraid, a terrible fear. As a child he hated blood, his sight was frightening, almost as much as the high water.

  He felt the hot substance slide down her cheek, through her neck and be at rest on the dress. Snapped open his eyes.

  The fear came over her. But not for unnatural amounts of blood from his cheek exit, but the sign that had on it was a bite. She burst into tears like a child, they mingled with the blood that did not want to leave. Fell to his knees and covered her face on his hands, he was afraid to look at his reflection in the mirror, were on his face again. It was no longer his. But what of the girl who had bitten. It was covered with blood, but he was crying too. How was that possible? He shook with force eyes. The opened, everything was back to normal, no bite, no blood, dress clean and the mirror will only put off his image. The world stopped to turn them around. Finally calm down. He looked at his hand, it was still stained with blood. Came out of his room, ran to the bathroom and washed his hands eagerly, till the blood did not disappear altogether. -What was that? - He asked himself. Ran down the stairs, he was not going to tell the grandparents what had just happened, at least they would take for crazy and brought to the hospital. However there was something he wanted to ask them, he found his grandfather sitting on an old red chair, TV broadcast on the news, while he read the newspaper. He could hear the sounds of dishes that were placed on a shelf to come from the kitchen.

  He walked to the living room, great-grandfather, just go back to school the teacher I will certainly do a task. I thought I could write something about this holiday out of season, but I can not think of anything. It's not that I could tell you something? I do not know, saying something about ghosts, or something like that ... - he asked with a smile, he had no idea what include ghosts with what had happened, but always had to have a starting point, would have known who was ill a new story. -Something about ghosts? You could tell the story. - Alice knelt beside the arm of the chair. -Just that it is a true story-Alice-I do not know if it's true, I will tell my father when I was a kid, I do not think either of remember her well. - Yeah, yeah ok, just to start. - Said Alice waving his hand as if it were surrounded by millions of dust mites. -All right. It all happened many centuries ago. A young girl, about twenty, living in a simple village house, it was beautiful, her long hair the blacks came down to her hips and looked like it had been spun by the goddesses, his eyes were a trap for anyone looked at her. But it was her beauty to take her to death. He was terrified of growing old, feared every little imperfection on her face .... - grandfather stood for a moment trying to remember as much as possible. - So what? What happened after that?? - Made a pact with a demon-her grandmother suddenly appeared from behind his back. He looked at her, gave her a big smile - you believe the story told to me. - He said, turning to her husband. Then the story went on turning to Alice-she made a pact with a demon, he would have granted the eternal beauty, but in return she would have had to give something. So she did what she could never have done, gave him her heart. - That happened then? - Several weeks after the fact concluded, suddenly appeared a huge palace on the shores of the lake. It was there that the girl spent most of his life. As the years passed and she did not age, but he never went out from the palace, she was politely asked by the demon. But one day she decided to see what had become the outside world. He went secretly to the village. It was all really changed. By chance he met a boy and fell in love. From that day on, every evening she and the young man met secretly on the shore of
the lake, hidden by the large number of trees that surrounded it. But their story did not last long, the demon found out, but did not dare to take it to the girl he loved her too. One evening he cast a spell on the girl, gave her a dagger in hand, she went as usual on the shore of the lake, where he met with the boy. He was punctual as always, the girl hugged him and spare his embrace, but as soon as he did he felt his life slipping away. She had stabbed.

  He deadlift deadly embrace, he knelt down and fell showing silver dagger to the moon. Immediately the spell that the girl had been the victim was broken. Fell close to the body of her lover, kneel. What had he done? Tears came relentlessly. Killed him. He sat upright and approached the shores of the lake. He knew there was only one way to get there. The moon was reflected in the dark and deep waters of the lake, the fish still swam, found no rest and no joy in doing so, the waves crashing on the rocks away. One spectator attended the show. A spectator silent and still. The hot tears ran down his face and rejected in the lake, forming concentric circles gradually