Relic
Deciding that the shadow doesn't really look odd, that you were just imagining things, you go back to the inspection of the knife.
You are not a thief, but you want to take it with you. No, it's not the magical influence or the beauty of the object, it's just that a piece of art like that shouldn't be abandoned like this. At least that's what you tell yourself.
You also tell yourself that you are not really going to take it with you; it's just a crazy idea, not an intention. You are taking it in your hands, but that's just to clean it, right? While you do exactly that, another shadow lurks into the room, but you ignore it.
There. Much better. Yeah, this is how this beautiful relic from the ancient witches should be treated.
Okay, that was an odd thought. But it's truth that this piece should be maintained properly. You will learn how to do that, since the owner of the house doesn't seem to remember it's here. You deserve to have it much more than him.
You tear your own costume—useless until now—to wrap up the knife with the fabric, and turn around to leave the room. But before you have fully turned, you hear the end of a warning, as if someone had just turned the tv in the middle of a dialogue.
"...tempting you! Don't take it!"
The person talking is exactly where you saw the shadow a second ago. It's a woman with odd clothes, that now looks at you with sadness.
"I'm sorry. That's the relic of a witch. She used it to tricked us so she could put a curse on us, and now you had fall in the same trap."
You don't believe it at first. Later you insist in looking for a solution. But the spell that can help you only works if someone says it aloud.
"Then say it!"
"That's impossible. We don't have voice. You think you can see us and hear us, but that's an illusion of our minds, a spell that our cousin, Casimiro, put in a mirror so we could somehow live there. But in reality we are shadows. We are barely visible with the right amount of light, and any more of it would destroy us if we don't hide in others forms of darkness."
It will take you a long time to deal with that information and even more to get used to a half existence. But isn't this what you wanted? Aren't you frightened now?
The End.
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