Chapter 9

Marco's pov (in his dream, because I may or may not have decided to skip a full day)

"Mom! I did it! I won! I won the writing competition! We have enough money to get by for the rest of our lives now! You can stop working so hard now and relax a little." I said running towards my mother who was crying tears of joy. "I'm so proud of you Marco, I've always been proud of you." She ruffled my hair after pulling away. Suddenly she disappeared. "Huh?" I looked around in confusion. When I turned around there was a strange man in a white cloak. "Ahhh!" I yell falling backwards. "Please don't kill me!" I yelled. He laughed a little. "I'm not here to kill you. I'm here to apologize to you, on behalf of Kyle. " I tilted my head thoroughly confused "Kyle?" I asked. He nodded his head somberly. "HIs actions in the past were not his fault, they were my own fault, for reasons it is not my place to tell, but I am sure with the predicament he's in now he will surely tell you eventually." I looked down embarrassed. "Yeah, I feel awful for what he must be going through, I mean he really hates me, this spell proves it, and now his emotions are being twisted and, his own will is being taken from him." I said sympathy and guilt taken over me again.

"You know, I don't really deserve his apology. I was actually planning to use this to get my revenge against him at first, but after the first part of the curse and wanting to kiss him so badly, even though I knew he had done horrible things to me in the past. I don't even want to know how that would feel at the level he's feeling it." The man in the coat smiled down at me but there was some type of darkness behind it. "I understand where you are coming from, but I warn you to know. If you do decide to use this against Kyle, you will come to the realization of your horrid mistake quickly." The threat sent chills through and I knew he wasn't bluffing. "I know sir. It's wrong to do something like that anyways." The darkness behind his smile disappeared. "When the collar comes off, and believe me it will. Please take care of my son." He said before disappearing. "Wait? Son? You're Kyle's father? What do you mean take care of him!?" I asked but he just disappeared.