Changes in dreams can reflect what's going on inside the dreamer's head.
The dim, scarlet lighting, the sharp laughter everywhere, and the constantly shaking and twisting shadows all screamed Maria's inner anger.
So, yeah, something not so pleasant was probably about to go down.
To keep the little girl from going completely off the rails, Roy decided to switch things up a bit.
With a snap of his fingers, the dream started to change big time, with Roy as the center of it all.
The indoor ice rink morphed into a golden sandy beach, and the blizzard outside turned into a bright, sunny day.
Those classmates who'd been bullying Maria also transformed into a band wearing beach clothes, playing some upbeat tropical tunes.
Maria had been keeping her eyes closed, but then she suddenly felt that the ground felt weird. When she finally opened her eyes, she realized she wasn't in a freezing ice rink anymore, but on a warm, sunny beach.
For some reason, Maria suddenly felt the resentment in her heart start to fade away. This kind of warm, sunny vibe always makes people feel better.
"You shouldn't dwell on past hurts. You gotta look ahead! The blizzard always ends, and the sun will come out eventually."
Maria sat up and instinctively covered her butt when she saw the handsome boy walking towards her.
This made Roy's face fall. He totally lost his train of thought about what he was going to say to Maria.
Noticing Roy's expression, Maria realized her action was a little awkward and couldn't help but giggle.
Her previously icy expression gradually melted away.
"Oh, it's you. What are you doing in my dream?"
It was pretty unusual that Maria could actually tell she was dreaming and also knew Roy was real.
"You can tell it's really me?"
Maria stood up and brushed the sand off herself.
"Uh-huh! The scene you just saw? That actually happened to me back in my senior year of high school. You weren't in it."
So, it figured. That nightmare scene really was something Maria had gone through.
"And then? What happened next?"
Maria had a faint smile on her face, but her eyes were completely dead.
"After that, I awakened my witch powers and took care of the people who used to bully me, and my father too."
Another Emma. Seriously, are all these little witches daddy-issue central?
Seeing Roy didn't say anything, a touch of sadness crossed Maria's face.
"What's wrong? Did you hear I'm a murderer, so you don't want to talk to me anymore?"
Roy was a little speechless. Girls Maria's age just loved to overthink things, either being all self-dramatic or feeling sorry for themselves.
Walking up to Maria, Roy reached out and gently touched her cheek. The girl still had a bit of baby fat, and it felt pretty good.
"Trust me, I've probably offed more people than you. You can take that to the bank."
Roy's ambiguous move made Maria's face heat up. She really wanted to step back and get away from him, but deep down, she didn't really want to.
"Really?"
Maria tilted her head up slightly, showing off a nice jawline, and then Roy's hand slid down to her chin.
This action was kind of like petting a pet.
Huh, not gonna lie, that feels pretty good!
"Yeah, but the people I killed were all bad guys. Never touched a good person."
Maria blinked. Meanwhile, Roy's hand didn't stop. He was kind of getting hooked on touching the little girl's chin.
"Then how do you know if the people you killed were good or bad?"
"With these eyes of mine. Look at me!"
Maria noticed Roy's pupils turn silver. Those eyes were so mesmerizing, so pure, that she felt completely lost in them.
By the time Maria snapped out of it, she found herself kneeling on the beach, and Roy had gone from touching her chin to stroking the top of her head.
Definitely felt more and more like petting a pet!
But Maria didn't seem to mind at all. In fact, she leaned into Roy, making it easier for him to stroke her head.
"Roy, am I a bad person then?"
"Not entirely a bad person yet. There's still hope for you."
Roy had just used his Eye of Judgment to check out Maria and saw that the aura around her was orange. This meant she had definitely done some bad stuff, but it hadn't reached the red level yet.
Someone like that could still be turned around.
Maria looked up in surprise. She had given up on herself and kept going down the wrong path precisely because she thought she was beyond saving.
Those big, fluttering eyes regained some life, losing that dead look they had before.
"There's still hope for me?"
Roy crouched down, cupped Maria's face in his hands, and leaned closer.
"Do you really want to become the kind of person you hated the most in the past? A disgusting bully?"
Maria froze. She realized she was actually turning into the very kind of person she used to despise, and this realization made her even more upset.
"No! I don't want that! I don't want to become that kind of person!"
Maria covered her head and let out a hysterical scream, and then a large amount of black smoke poured out of her body.
After leaving Maria's body, this black smoke quickly formed another Maria. They looked exactly the same, except the other Maria's makeup was way more punk rock.
Smoky eyes, black lips, and a wicked vibe totally set this one apart from Maria.
Roy watched the other "Maria" warily.
"Who are you?"
"Hehe, I'm Maria's twin sister, Aileen!"
The girl who called herself Aileen sauntered towards Roy with a flirty strut. She clearly hadn't had any professional training, because her walk had a lot of mistakes.
It was just like a kid clumsily imitating a model on TV.
"Maria has a twin sister?"
"Yep! After our dad delivered us, he found out I had some kind of deformity and decided to ditch me. So, my soul latched onto Maria and grew up with her."
Another case of two souls in one body!
This wasn't the first time Roy had run into this kind of situation. Jennifer was currently in the same boat, though Lilith inside Jennifer had only woken up after her witch powers kicked in.
But Maria's sister, Aileen, had been with her since she was a kid, only Aileen had always been super weak.
It wasn't until Maria recently went through a bunch of emotional trauma that all the negative feelings fed Aileen, making her stronger and stronger, so she started influencing Maria in return.
(The mirror image sisters looked at each other for the first time)
"Were you the one influencing Maria all along?"
"Isn't it great? No one will ever dare to mess with Maria again. Anyone who does will die!"
Aileen's delicate face was ice-cold. It was hard to believe such a cute girl could say something so brutal.
Roy looked at Aileen with interest. Maria's situation was pretty similar to Emma's.
The only difference was that Emma was being influenced by the demon bloodline from Leviathan, while Maria was being controlled by the resentment of her abandoned and dead twin sister (or maybe younger sister?).
No wonder Maria wanted to kill her dad. It was probably Aileen pulling the strings back then.
Without realizing it, Aileen had already walked up to Roy and reached out to touch his strong chest muscles.
"Maria likes you a lot, and I like you too! But there's one thing about you that's really not cool. You're way too much of a player. It makes me want to kill you and keep you all to myself!"
Love you so much I want to kill you, huh? What's with all these yandere girls?
Looks like I really need to get you under control!
A very sunny smile spread across Roy's face.
"You know how I deal with bad kids, right?"
Aileen had been attached to Maria the whole time and knew everything that had happened to her. As soon as she heard that sentence, she got a bad feeling and quickly floated backward.
Too bad for her, Roy reacted even faster and used Dark Touch right away.
Four pitch-black tentacles wrapped around Aileen's limbs, pulling her back towards Roy so her back was facing him.
"Let go of me, you jerk!"
Black smoke poured out of Aileen as she tried to attack Roy with her resentment.
But it was no use. Even if Aileen's resentment was strong, could it be stronger than Sadako's or Kayako's?
Roy had easily dealt with those two famous evil spirits, let alone this little shrimp, Aileen.
"Settle down!"
Roy started playing the African hand drum again. Having done it once before, his rhythm and beat were even better this time.
"Ah! That hurts!" ×2
At that moment, Aileen and Maria both screamed in agony.
Hmm? So, these twins share their senses? Or is that just how it is with two souls in one body?
Roy didn't think too much about it. He decided to finish playing the African hand drum first. Gotta see things through to the end!
"Stop it! Stop it!"
"Waaah, I know I was wrong!"
"I already said I know I was wrong, so why are you still hitting me?"
...
As Roy kept drumming, the black resentment in Aileen's body was continuously forced out.
After ten minutes of drumming, Aileen's rebellious teenage punk makeup had completely vanished, and she looked pale and pitiful.
Roy controlled the black tentacles and flipped Aileen over.
"Do you know you were wrong now?"
Aileen quickly nodded, her tear-streaked face looking like a damsel in distress.
"Don't let me catch you making Maria do bad things again, or I'll beat you again next time!"
"I won't, I promise I won't!"
Roy released the Dark Touch, and Aileen immediately turned into a wisp of smoke and merged back into Maria's body.
At this point, Maria's face was flushed, and she was lying on the beach, moaning.
Roy walked over and helped Maria up.
"It's okay now! Before, you had so many dark thoughts, and a lot of that was because of your vengeful spirit sister. She should be more behaved now."
Maria's eyes were misty, making it impossible to tell what she was thinking.
"Thank you, Roy!"
Maria suddenly wrapped her arms around Roy's neck and planted a kiss on him.
Roy froze for a second, not knowing how to react.
Did spanking her lead to feelings?
Can that even happen?
But the girl's lips were fragrant and soft, making him want to keep them in his mouth and never let go.
After a while, Roy finally remembered he had important things to do and quickly pushed Maria away.
"Sorry, Maria, I've got stuff to take care of. I'll come find you next time, okay?"
Maria flipped her hair a little, a small gesture that gave her a bit of a sultry vibe.
"Are you trying to get into Emma's dream?"
Roy looked at Maria in surprise. It was one thing for Madison to know, but how did she know too?
Had Emma been going around the witch school telling everyone he was her cousin?
"How did you know?"
"I'm actually in the same dorm as Emma, and we're pretty good friends."
Maria told a little white lie, her goal, of course, being to get on Roy's good side.
"I see. Well, could you keep an eye on Emma for me?"
"Yeah!"
Emma, who was sleeping in her dorm, had no idea that by the end of the night, two older sisters would be looking out for her.
Opening another door, Roy decided to speed things up. He had spent too much time in Madison's and Maria's dreams. At this rate, he wouldn't even reach Emma's dream before sunrise.
This time, no matter whose dream it was, if Roy took one look and it wasn't Emma, he'd immediately leave for the next one.
It seemed like Roy didn't know anyone else at the witch school.
Oh, except for Cordelia.
But as soon as he stepped into this dream, Roy felt like something was off.
The color scheme in the dream was bright red. A little bit of that color might look nice, but when the entire environment was that shade of red, it made you feel uneasy.
Taking a closer look around, Roy found himself on a small island. A blood moon hung in the sky, and the red light all around came from it.
What kind of weird dream was this now?
Roy felt like the dreams of these little witches were getting stranger and stranger. He really hoped this wasn't Emma's dream!
He still needed to make sure, though.
Roy started looking for the dreamer. Before long, he spotted a wooden house with a red roof on the island. In front of the house, there were about a dozen people wearing pointed black robes and holding torches, seemingly surrounding someone.
Those pointed black robes were the classic look for cultists. Roy immediately realized he had stumbled into a dream about a cult ritual.
How could anyone have a dream like this?
Just as he was wondering, Roy saw that the cultists were surrounding a naked girl. Since he hadn't seen any female features among the other cultists, this girl had to be the dreamer.
The girl was kneeling on the ground with her head down and a dazed look on her face. A magic circle with an upside-down pentagram was drawn around her, which meant these cultists worshiped Samael, the King of Wrath.
The cultists were chanting around the girl. Roy listened for a bit and realized they were mostly just praising Samael.
After chanting for a while, the leader of the cult stepped forward, lifted the girl's head, and drew an upside-down pentagram on her forehead.
Roy originally didn't want to get involved. He was on a tight schedule and had to find Emma.
But when the cultist lifted the girl's head, Roy got a clear look at her face.
Holy crap, isn't that Hit-Girl?!
Since it was Hit-Girl, she must be someone important. Roy decided to stick around and see what this dream was all about.
Carrie (Hit-Girl Version)
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