In her colourless eyes I can clearly see how amused she is by my anxious behaviour.
Grinning diabolically, she opens her mouth.
A disgusting mouth odour hits me before her multitude of sharp teeth greet me.
So that's what you mean, that in the face of death, life passes before you, like in a movie.
No! I do not want to die!
Not like this and not as the dessert of some beast!
"NO," I scream, looking at the damned animal, which is looking at me in total irritation.
I guess it wasn't expecting that.
I immediately pull myself out of its grip. I turn around and, just as I am about to stand up, the creature grabs my foot.
"Let me go," I yell at it again.
But I try to kick my way free. You won't get both feet, I promise you.
"Damn it, there's no one here!" I scream.
The creature tries to force me to my knees, despite my kicks. I tried to pick up my backpack when something strange blinded me.
Damn it!
"Never," I tell her.
Unexpectedly we are hit by a bright light.
Only when the light fades do I realise that she has let go of me.
Instead, she is holding her hands protectively over her face.
But where did this light suddenly come from?
The chain?
Completely confused, I look at the chain floating between us.
"Ame onna? Since when do you attack young women? Aren't children enough for you?" I hear a man's voice growling out of nowhere.
No, not from nowhere, from my necklace!
This Ame onna laughs maliciously. Without taking her eyes off me. Once again she licks her fingers in an animal-like manner.
"Since when does a Nogitsune protect a human?" she replies ironically.
I hear a growl and within seconds a white-spotted fox appears in front of me.
She laughs loudly again.
This time her laughter is resounding, filling the room.
I cover my ears.
The fox in front of me is still belligerent.
The rain stops.
"Damn," she hisses.
With a big question mark on my face, I watch her reluctantly disperse.
"We'll meet again, miss," she says as she disappears.
I fall to my knees, sobbing.
My nerves are on edge.
I look down at the floor in front of me, which I cover copiously with my tears. I hadn't realised how much energy this had cost me.
But why me?
"My eyes are going black," I mutter to myself.
"Asta?"
Was this a dream or reality?
"Asta, are you OK?"
I was on my way to a little city break with my girlfriend.
"Asta!?"
Right, the trip didn't happen. It was raining, and I would have to wait another two hours for the bus.
My eyes fell on the ball. That's right, it's the little boy's ball!
Wait a minute!
Squealing, I took a few steps back from the fox.
So it wasn't all a dream after all!
Damn it!
"Asta, don't be afraid of me. I won't hurt you."
The fox approaches me.
He is extraordinary. Although he is orange in colour, there is a white patch between his ears, like a tuft of hair. While his eyes look at me colourlessly.
"Stay where you are!" I shouted at him.
It works.
Immediately he stops in his tracks.
"Asta, believe me, I am here to protect you," he continues.
His voice is extremely pleasant, but after what just happened to me, I don't trust any of these paranormal beings.
"Protect me from what? Come on, be realistic. How am I supposed to believe you?" I ask, pinching my arm suspiciously at the same time.
"Ouch,' I cry out.
Too hard again.
The fox in front of me shakes his head, but I think he must have giggled somehow.
He looks at me with his colourless eyes.
A strange feeling of familiarity covers my whole body.
Triggered by this one look.
I shake my head, trying to break the spell he must be trying to put on me. But it could also be that everything...
How many times do I have to convince myself? None of what is happening is a dream. It is the hard reality!
Whether I want it or not!
"Asta please"
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