Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Rika?” I heard Lyssa’s voice as she came into the room. “Are you OK? You keep talking to yourself.”
“I..I don’t know.” I said as I watched her come into the room. Although, I wasn’t really watching her come into the room. This was that darkness that was outlined perfectly in white lines. The more that I looked at it, the more I saw that there were shades of gray as well. It helped to indicate the locations of the items.
When I saw, however I was seeing it, that Lyssa was standing right in front of me, I lifted my head to look at her. Before I opened my eyes, I saw that she was wearing a pair of tight pants, but I didn’t know the fabric, a loose empire waisted top, and her hair braided over her left shoulder. When I opened my eyes, I saw that I had seen it all correctly, and that she was wearing a pair of black leggings. I hadn’t been able to tell with my eyes closed.
“What is the matter, Rika?” She asked me as she looked into my worried face.
“I don’t know. Something is strange. Different really.”
“How so?” She sat on the bed next to me, concern filling her eyes as she watched my face.
“Well, you know how when you walked up, I had my face in my hands and my eyes were closed.”
“Yes.” She nodded as she said that, but didn’t continue after that.
“Well, I had my eyes closed, but I was still able to see you. I even knew what you were wearing before I opened my eyes. Mostly anyway. This is strange, Lyssa. How can I see this?”
“What was that?” Kaede asked as she came into the room. I wasn’t even looking at the door, but I could see her and the others rushing in to see what was happening to me. Their faces were filled with worry and concern, but they were also curious and eager. And not a single one of them was in color, because I was seeing them behind me.
“What is going on in here?” Alexa asked as she hurried to sit on my other side.
“I..I..I can see everything.” I looked at her. “Even with my eyes closed, behind me, everything. I can see it all. I..I don’t know how to explain it.” My head was shaking slowly from side to side as I thought about this. “I don’t know what is going on, but I know that something really strange is happening.” I felt weird for a moment.
“What do you mean that you can see everything?” Isabella asked me.
“Can you see me?” Ashle asked. She had ran around behind me so that I shouldn’t be able to see her.
“Yes.” I nodded.
“What am I doing?” She sounded excited.
“You are jumping on one foot with your hands waving about your head.” I told her and heard the others gasp.
“Too easy, you could see that in the window reflection.” She said smugly. “We need a real test.” Apparently, Ashle was the only one that didn’t believe me at first. “Come on, let’s go to the living room, we will figure all of this out.” I let Ashle take my hand and pull me to my feet. Kaede grabbed my other hand and pulled me along as well. I was a little uneasy about this, but there was something exciting about this too. Was this some new ability of mine? Or had I gone completely insane? I didn’t know just yet, but I knew that I wanted to figure it all out very soon. I didn’t like not knowing one way or the other.
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Rika
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Ashle and Kaede didn’t let go of my hand until we were standing in the middle of the living room. At first, I didn’t know what it was that she wanted me to do, so I just stood there and looked around the room. It was a little strange at the moment. That strange black outlined image was underneath everything now, not just the stuff that was behind me or out of site. I was seeing it in everything. And I knew that I was going to have to figure this all out, and soon. Looking at the world like that, with a shadow version of it underneath everything, was going to get to be too much. I couldn’t stand living like that forever.
“Here, Rika.” Ashle called as she ran back toward me. “I am going to blindfold you. If you can really see things like you say you can, then a blindfold shouldn’t matter, should it?” She was grinning. I knew that she was excited about this.
“OK, so you want me to blindfold myself, then what?” I looked at her confused but still held the scarf that she had in her hands up to my face.
“Well, you can tell me what I am doing at different points around the room. And maybe you can even navigate the room blindfolded. We will put things in front of you though, so that you can’t just memorize the room right now. You will have to use that new ability of yours.”
“You think that I am lying, don’t you?” I was a little annoyed with her and all the things that she was trying to make me do to prove this to her.
“No, it’s not that. I just want to test it. I know how your family is, Rika. You all get these amazing powers. I mean, look at Aunt Riviana, she is hella powerful. I mean, seriously she gave my dad, my aunt, and so many others powers. And she isn’t done either. She is still blessing people and making them stronger. I am sure that you, with all that awesomeness from Aunt Riviana, are going to be just as special as she is. I mean, she is your mom after all, you are going to be way stronger than the rest of us.”
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“Y..you really think so?” I asked her in shock as I heard what Ashle had to say.
“Yeah, I really do. You’re amazing, Rika. And you’re going to continue to be amazing for your entire life. That’s why I want to be here in Colorado Springs. I didn’t leave for school because of you, Rika. You’re one of my best friends, and I love you. And I want to support you in what you do. I know that you are going to do amazing things.”
“I doubt it.” I hung my head in dejection. “Reagan will be the next Alpha, and I am no goddess like my mom. I won’t be doing that much with my life.”
“We will see.” She grinned at me. “Come on, put on the blindfold. We need to test your awesome new abilities.” She was smiling at me as she encouraged me. She truly was an awesome friend. I was lucky to have her and the others in my life.
“Alright, fine.” I grinned as I tied the scarf over my eyes. “Let’s figure out what I can do now.”
Ashle continued with her plan that she set forth earlier. She was making me walk through the living room blindfolded. She was making me tell her where she was. And she was making me see when she pushed something into my path. Kaede, Lyssa, Alexa, Isabella and Sophia were all getting into the game as well.
I didn’t mind any of what Ashle and the others were doing. The reason? I was able to see everything. I wasn’t tripped up once. I was able to see them all no matter where they were. If there was something in front of them, it was a little strange, but I could see it.
I think that, since I was seeing things with an outline, it was easier to see things that were behind the other items. Like when Ashle hid behind the couch, I clearly saw the outline of the couch in the room, but in the middle of that outline, I saw Ashle’s form hiding as it crouched on the floor. When Lyssa was sitting on the bar stool, I was able to see that as well. There was no hiding anything from me at all. At least not in the room.
There seemed to be only one thing that I couldn’t see. Well, more than one, but I put them into the same category. I couldn’t see what was on something. Like I couldn’t see the pattern of the clothes, the images on the TV or on paintings, anything like that. Other than that though, I was able to see everything. And when I focused on a specific spot, that area seemed to get more detailed than it was before.
By the time that I took the blindfold off thirty minutes later, I was quite used to seeing things in that outline so it was strange to see colors and lights again.