Darkness The Diary of Samantha Owen by Ariadna Marrero Saavedra Page B

control over people. They could throw objects by only looking at them, but what most astounded the residents of that place was that they could control the elements. They could create fire from nothing, manipulate air and water and make the earth help them as they wished. They could make the sunlight disappear, or invade homes with blinding light. They had never seen anything quite like it. Some privileged people had the ability to handle one of the elements of nature, but the twins could use all of them. As soon as they found out, the people were alarmed. If they did not make good use of their powers, they could destroy the entire existence of our dimension.”
    “ The powers were stronger when they were together. But I believe that you can manage all to a greater magnitude. That is why you can see her and with practice you will develop that power and communicate with her regardless of where you are. It is unusual to see twins these days. Thousands of years ago, after that first case, every time twins were born they would be separated; so that their powers would not get out of control.”
    The truth is that I don´t know, when your mother gave birth, nobody notified that there were twins. Besides shortly afterwards, you disappeared and since then it is only you who is searched for.
    “Wow, it is impressive all the things you know about me.”
    “In my opinion you are much better than what the stories predict.” When those words left his lips, his eyes darkened slightly and he turned so that I could not see him.
    “What is it? Are you alright?”
    “Of course”, he dissimulated with a smile, but there was something more.
    “Continuing with the questions, where are we?”
    “On the outskirts of a place call the Extension, because it is partially in the darkness, to which your dimension refers to as North Carolina. In the morning you can see the lake which is close to here, I am sure you will like it. You should sleep now; tomorrow we have lots of things to do.” He got up and went towards the door. I didn´t want to leave, I just wanted to be with him and sleep by his side so that he could see my thoughts, I noticeably blushed but continued to desire the same thing. He gave me his hand and accompanied me to the room that I had woken up in. I lay down on the immense bed and waited for him. When I looked, I saw that he had no intention of coming close to the bed.
    “Why don´t you sit by my side? Just until I fall asleep, then you can go ,” I gave him an angelic smile to see if it worked. I looked at him and saw how the pain ploughed through his face. I couldn´t tell if he really wanted to be with me. I got up from the bed with impetus and stared fixedly at him.
    “I don´t know why you believe that we cannot be together, but I assure you that when I find out I will find a solution. I swear to you right now that there is no other thing in the world that I want more. If you tell me, then maybe I can help you to look for a solution.”
    He slowly approached me, saying no with his head. His eyes were still sad. He looked at me profoundly and then embraced me strongly. He placed his hands on my back and breathed heavily on my hair. He was muttering something but I didn´t manage to understand what he said. He moved slightly away and I saw him with his eyes closed. Without a word he gave me his hand and took me to the bed. He sat down and extended his hands to signal that I should lean on him. I got underneath the sheets and put my head in his lap. I knew that what we were doing didn´t seem right to him, but even still he stayed with me. Little by little he started to stroke my hair and back. This calmed me and let me know that he felt the same as I did for him; he liked to be with me. However, his character was of resignation, he was battling with an inner fight and I did not know if he was winning or losing.
    I slept peacefully with him at my side. That night I did not have any