SHAPESHIFTERS
Part 97's
Marco was fooled by the outside of the castle which seemed deserted, with no one seen standing guard there.
It is not that empty on the inside.
Shapeshifter followers Alpha surrogate, seen much vigil in almost every part that can be reached by the sight of Marco.
But, perhaps because they knew Nancy, they did not obstruct Nancy's journey and all who followed her in the corridor.
Enough lighting, coming from holes with a high enough location, made like a window in the castle wall, is, making them able to see clearly what was in the corridor inside the castle.
After passing through several large, tightly shut doors, Nancy stopped at one of the doors, which contained two guards wearing gray wolf shapes.
Nancy then talked to them, and soon they opened the door for Nancy.
Marco, Beta, Gamma and Delta also walked in.
"Don't get too close!" nancy whispered in Marco's ear.
A young woman looked like she was the same age as Marco, lying on the bed, covered with a blanket to her chest.
Nancy walked over to the woman, then calmly sat down next to her.
"Lancy!" said the woman who suddenly opened her eyes.
The woman also cast her gaze toward Marco, Beta Gamma and Delta who stood near the bed.
Marco caught a strange glint in the woman's eyes when the two of them met, but the woman hurriedly turned her eyes, and looked at Nancy.
The woman looked limp with a pale face, seemed to struggle just to get up and sit on her back at the head of the bed.
Slowly, the woman revealed a thick sheet of blankets that covered her legs to her chest.
The woman who had a very pretty face line and shape, complete with her black and long hair, and now only wore a long-sleeved nightgown, with the length of the skirt that reaches the calf.
Marco looked at the feet of the woman who was squawking on the bed.
One of his ankles appeared to be attached to an iron hook, with a long chain attached to it, and the other end of the chain linked to the wall.
The woman appeared to be in pain, with fresh blood flowing from the gap between the iron cage and her legs, along with the traces of blood that formed the island on the bed, the place where he put his feet.
Looking at the injured woman's leg, Marco felt pity.
Because of his heartlessness, without realizing it Marco closed his eyes for a moment.
When Marco opened his eyes again, the place had now changed drastically.
The once beautiful wall was filled with luxurious wallpaper and looked clean, turned blackish and filled with moss in the corners.
Scars that are deep enough on the wall, can still be seen with a mixture of dry blood residue that sticks there.
On the bed that was only partially littered with traces of blood, now looks disgusting with brownish color, and smells bad.
Marco saw the woman still there, while Nancy, who had been sitting on the edge of the bed, was no longer visible.
So did Beta, Gamma and Delta, they all disappeared from Marco's sight.
In that room, now there was only Marco and that woman.
"What's your name?" ask the woman.
"Marco" answered Marco.
The woman smiled widely, although on her beautiful pale face, there were still remnants of sadness there, complete with tears still wetting her eyes.
"I'm your Mommy. Do you know?" the woman asked as she extended her hands towards Marco.
The hand that looked dirty blackish with mixed traces of dried blood, was far different from the initial state Marco saw, when he first entered the place and saw the woman earlier.
All the fingertips of the woman's hand seemed to be crushed, and Marco thought it was the woman who clawed at the wall with her nails.
"Are you afraid of me? Or do you feel disgusted to see me?" ask the woman in a clear voice.
"I'm sorry... But I better not hold your hand. Maybe it will be an infection if I touch you with my dirty hands" Marco replied.
"I don't care...! I miss you my son, and I want to hug you" said the woman.
"Why are you sure I'm your son?" ask Marco.
"You inherited the shape and color of my eyes. Your face and appearance, are very similar to your Daddy," the woman replied as she shed her tears.
"I don't know... Because I don't know you, and the person you're saying is my Daddy" Marco said.
The woman ended up crying as she pleased, trying to get out of her bed and seemingly trying to get close to Marco.
Marco stepped back slowly, away from the woman.
When the woman stood up, Marco could now see that there was a pair of transparent wings attached to her back.
The woman stopped her steps, as Marco moved back.
"Is that what you hate about me?" ask the woman, still crying.
"No. I don't hate you. Not that I told you I don't know you. So what do you want to do by approaching me?" said Marco.
The woman's cry, finally, became more and more so.
"You better stop crying, so I can hear you speak well" Marco said.
The woman then wiped the tears from her face with the back of her hand, and seemed to be trying to stop crying.
"It wasn't my will to let you get taken away from this place...
I was tormented all this time, for the sake of waiting to see you again," said the woman slowly.
"If you meet the child you are looking for, what do you want from him?" ask Marco.
"Why do you keep rejecting me?" the woman asked back.
"You cannot deny that you are my son" the woman continued.
"You're so young, how could you possibly have a child my age? What kind of creature are you?" marco pretended to be stupid.
"I am a fairy" replied the woman.
"Shapeshifter can change shape into an animal. Then, what are the Elves' abilities?" ask Marco.
"We can survive longer, than most creatures" the woman replied.
"Is that all?" ask Marco.
The woman looked fixedly at Marco, with quite a long time.
"Is something bothering you?" ask the woman.
"Hmmm... No. gabe. I just want to know" replied Marco.
"The fairy can bring one's mind into the mind of the fairy. Like right now, you're on my mind" said the woman.
"Then, can you change shape like a shapeshifter in general?" ask the woman.
"Yes" answered Marco.
The woman then looked like she was agitated, then sat on her bed.
"Then why did your Daddy take you away from here?" the woman looked confused, but seemed not to be asking for answers from Marco.