Time passed quickly for Rinaye. Everyday was filled with boredom until Allison visited. There had been so many weird events, the servants had started to lose track of them all. Rinaye somehow always seemed to procure pastries and sweets even if she had no way to possibly get them. People who physically abused her mysteriously disappeared. Rinaye was seen talking to herself constantly. Isn't it amazing to have a literal invisible best friend? At least she now knew that she have two brothers. On top of that, one of them actually talks and hangs out with her plenty. They even spar together for fun! The super human strength Rinaye asked for kind of came in clutch there.

  To anybody else, their friendship looked like just two kids having fun, it was more than that. It was a battle to the death! A honorable dual! Not two kids just battling it out for fun. No! Totally not that! Just a girl with larger than average strength and a boy who probably could use magic to blow her to smithereens along with cut her down with his sword. Totally not sparring just for fun. Totally.

  It was a day like any other. Three years had passed since Rinaye's room magically transformed. No rumor about her was ever proven. She could just have an imaginary friend, that's why she's talking to herself. Someone could have pitied the girl and given her some candy. No one could prove that the disappearances were connected to her.

  This specific day, Rinaye had placed a sheet over Allison's head for funsies. No other reason. She even drew a little face on it. People had been coming to Rinaye's room more often, just to check if she was doing anything weird, so Allison was invisible that day. One maid came in to give Rinaye her food and messed around, saying things with a condescending tone of voice. She ended up taking the sheet off of Allison's head, realized that nothing was underneath, screamed, and then fainted.

  Everyone rushed to see what the hell happened and found Rinaye standing over a fainted maid with a pair of eyes glowing behind her. Everyone freaked. Servants ran everywhere. Even her brothers came out of the respective rooms they were in to see what happened. One almost laughing out loud and the other staring at her with both horror and distain. One maid even screamed at the top of her lungs, "Monster!" after seeing Allison's glowing eyes behind Rinaye.

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  The servants started to approach Rinaye with angry looks upon their faces. How dare she cause one of their own to faint. Who knows what this wicked child did. Rinaye's limbs were grabbed and she was pinned down to the floor. One man grabbed a whip, another a piece of wood, other's began to do the same. When Allison realized what was happening, she went berserk. Darkness covered the room, the only light coming from the cold dead stare of her own eyes. Dark tendrils manifested themselves from the shadows and crept over the ones who tried to hurt her friend. They couldn't breathe. It was like a force was crushing them from within their own bodies. Rinaye just stood there. Staring. She didn't stop Allison, she couldn't. Rinaye knew how powerful Allison could become. If she got in way she might get hurt, or get others hurt. Even the brother she got along with seemed afraid now. It almost seemed like everyone here would end up dead and buried. Then, a strange feeling came over her.

  She closed her eyes and fell asleep.

  "NO!" Allison screamed. Her friend, her first and beloved friend was asleep in the grasp of a man with a knife.

  "Demon." The man said. "If you wish your contractee to live, you will let these people down safely."

  Allison was scared, she couldn't save Rinaye's soul again if she died. That would require Allison to be in the void when she dies, and she wasn't there. Rinaye was in danger, but she couldn't do anything about it. Her eyes burned with anger, literally, they were producing colored flame the same shade as her irises. She wanted to attack, to kill whoever threatened her beloved. But whenever she was close to making a move, the knife dug deeper into Rinaye's throat so Allison stopped, terrified of losing her. She slowly released the now unconscious servants who had tried to hurt the one she cared about. The flames sizzled down to sparks and the shadow retreated a bit, to show that Allison meant no harm.

  "Stay that way, or she dies." The man said.

  Allison gritted her teeth in anger.

  "Call the mage." He told one of the only remaining conscious servants. "That special housing I requested should be done by now, tell him to prepare it."

  "Yes, Your Grace."