Prologue

"Sh*t" I cursed as I reached this cliff. I move a little to see how high the place is and if there is a possible escape for me, but there is not. All I see is the wild crashing of the waves below that will surely kill me if I plan to jump.

When I heard footsteps I immediately faced them. Well, looks like I am really dead.

"You can't run anymore, silly girl," Michelle said in a different voice. I know this is not her anymore, she won't tell me an obvious thing if she is still here. Michelle, I am so sorry, I failed.

They are right, I am already tired and I have nowhere else to run, I am on the edge and I might fall if I plan to move an inch, I am clearly cornered. My tears started to fall out of disappointment. I am slowly enveloped by fear, anger, and frustrations. And every second I feel like I am already running out of breath.

With sweat and tears, I glance at Michelle who has a sly smile on her face, she must be thinking that this is the end of their problems, the last and only person who has the book is finally cornered. Upon looking at all these zombie-looking people, I think there are almost a hundred of them, either ready to attack me or waiting for me to surrender myself.

They must be crazy because I am not going to do that.

"Aww, my best friend is crying, poor baby. Why? Don't you want to join me?" she teasingly said. It is acting as if she is my Michelle, but my Michelle is gone, they killed her and are now using her against me. "Can't you see, an army of the dead is here for you. We want you on our side. There are lots of things we can offer you." It walks towards me but immediately stopped when it saw the sword on my back. Michelle's face twitched as if she's hurt, but I know seeing the weapon only made them decide to kill me. The smile on her face stretched so much that it almost touches her eyes.

It is now showing its true form, a demon.

"Tell me, kid, do you want to be a God? Do you want to be the richest in the world? I can give you a kingdom full of servants and gold, everyone will praise you. Or do you want immortality? That I can also give. What do you think?" she said, tempting me. I remember this from a story in the Bible. They are bribing me like what they did to the Messiah, but I will not fall for that.

"No. thank you, demon. I do not need anything from you. You see this book, I am gonna take this to death," I said while waving the book as if I am going to throw it down the sea. I saw how it made them angry. I can't help but smile. That is right demons, we will play this game with my rules.

Michelle now has a more creepy-looking zombie face, smiling from ear to ear.

"Tell me, kid, do you recognize her?" Michelle pointed to my left, there I saw my smiling mother. Just like that, the courage that I have is washed-out. Suddenly tears started to stream from my eyes once again.

M-Mama! Gosh, I missed her, every minute of every day I miss her.

Mama, Louelle is doing good, he is in Australia right now, studying under the exchange student program. Kuya is really smart, Ma. I hope you're proud of him and me even though I am not as smart as he is.

"You miss her? I can bring her back if you want, along with your old house, old life, plus the fortune that you wished you had, dear." The demon confidently said and sure I am taken aback. But my mom is the most precious person I know. And even if she is not gifted with smart twins, because of me, she still did everything to raise both of us the best that she can do. That is why I know she is in the side of the light, not on their side, meaning they can't bring her back.

I am even more tired now, being on the edge of a cliff while being surrounded by an army of demons is really tiring. And I can't think of a better way to stay a little longer, anytime they might attack me and that will be my end.

I can't die like this, I can't surrender myself.

Until an idea hit me, right. Salt purifies, Exorcists, Shamans, and other earthly witches use salt against dark forces. The sea is salty, so I will just have to buy some time, and then I will execute my next plan.

I don't really plan to jump, because I know I will die if I do, but I have no choice. There is no way I am gonna die in their hands, no f*cking way!

I showed my prettiest smile, actually, it wasn't the smile that you are thinking, but a sarcastic smile that I know they will hate.

"When I was younger I would always ask my mother about the creatures from Hell. Things like, why are the demons living there and not in Heaven, and why do you have to use us, mortals, to use your oh-so-called powers? And do you know what my mother said?" I said, slowly getting the sword from my back and I move a little more. I saw how Michelle stretched her neck while waiting for my next words.

"She said, you are cast out from that beautiful place because of your envy to us mortals. And that is the very reason why you use us because you have no power outside an entity. That means you are nothing without us, just a monster lurking for weak mortals." A smirk formed on my lips as I say those words.

And when they showed the reactions that I am waiting for, I then let myself fall from this cliff down to the sea. Their movements suddenly become slow to me, as if I am watching a slow-motion movie. Every decision that I made flashed before me. How f*cked up I am as an individual, how I envy my own twin brother because of my mother's love for him, and how I drag Michelle and the rest of the gang into this situation.

And when I felt how bad I fell into the water I knew that I am saved... for now.

I don't know how long will it take them to find me again, by I will make sure that the next time I see them, it will be their end.