Continuation...
- That's not funny! - Alice tried to make her tone more brave, but still felt the horror she had just experienced when she met this boy.
- Okay, right to the point,- the boy stuck his hands in the pockets of his old shabby jacket, - Dog told me to meet you. My name is Snake. The cat may have said a lot of things about me, but it's true. For me to kill is to put two fingers on the asphalt. I can follow you everywhere, you won't notice me, I can scare you half to death, and I can make you commit suicide. My soul is already sinful, I shouldn't be afraid of hell for all this!
"And this snake knows how to intimidate, right, Alice?" - The old voice that told the girl that someone was watching her was heard again. But now she was pretty sure that someone was a snake who just wanted to have fun.
- Even your evil jokes wouldn't push me out of the way! - looked right into the bloody eyes of Snake Alice. - I'm pretty sure I have a choice!
- You're stubborn,- the kid put his head down, staring at the gray asphalt, - just follow me.
The snake-headed further down the street. He walked fast enough, so Alice, to keep up, almost ran. Turning around the corner of one of the houses, Alice saw the darkest and most frightening building she had ever met. Windows were almost all broken, and some walls were destroyed. And in addition to the gloomy look, a gray sky wrapped in clouds of light.
At first glance, the place may seem scary,- the mysterious voice whispered again, - but they just want to intimidate you. They don't believe you can handle the flow of ominous power, and I do! So, feel free to walk the path that your destiny has set for you.
- Please, stop it! - Alice whispered, covering her ears with her hands. - I don't know who you are! I'm sure you're a figment of my imagination! So I want you to stop talking, whoever you are!
"Whatever you say, - whispered disappointedly when he finally disappeared.
- And who were you talking to? - The serpent behind his back asked.
Alice felt the cold running down her skin. Only now she noticed that the guide wasn't coming from the front, but was somehow right behind her back.
- With you,- the heroine said, - it's strange that you're the one leading me, not someone else...
- Pfft, it's not weird,- the Snake snorted. - I'm just the one who can kill you quietly and discreetly, and my amulet will enjoy your dead body.
- I told you, I'm pretty sure I have a choice! - Alice smiled. - I'm not buying your lies.
The girl proudly raised her head and walked into a dark building.
- What makes you think I'm lying? - The Snake sparkled with its red eyes and vanished into thin air.
The heroine realized that the guide had now abandoned her. All she had to do was go inside. The wallpaper inside the dilapidated building was all torn apart, the floor creaked under her feet, and the ceilings seemed to be coming down on you.
Alice climbed the wooden and dusty stairs to the second floor. Her intuition wasn't wrong, because it was here that it was more comfortable than at the entrance. All the glasses were intact, the dust was smaller, and there was also light! However, it was mainly from the wax candles placed on all corners.
- Should I say something like welcome? - The Snake was wrapped up on the window sill. - Well, hello.
- That's how we met,- Alice wondered.
- Let me think about it,- he squinted his eyes, pretending to remember, - no, I don't remember. Maybe I had a split personality? Or maybe it was your hallucinations? In any case, I was sitting here the whole time.
- It's true,- the dog next to the friend sighed, -the snake sat here all day, but what you saw was his ability. It can create illusions, use them from a distance, and listen to everything that the illusion hears.
Alice stood there trying to hide her sense of joy. Her heart was ready to fly out of her chest and into outer space. What was happening to her was a real mixed with magic! And about to discover all the secrets of this miracle.
- Yeah,- Alice nodded, heading there.
Now it was hard to believe it was all real! Yes, Alice remembered it every minute, but that day was really important in her life!
The continuation should be... https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5d9307495d636200aefad802/the-shadow-that-changed-life-5d94ff951febd400ad8bf534