Discussion Link:
- Oskar, do not be boring. Let's play ‘hide and seek’!
- Eli, how can we play ‘hide and seek’ in a two-bedroom apartment where the furniture is not really enough even for one room!
- Let’s bet that you will not find me!
- All right. What the prize?
- Who loses - washes dishes after dinner.
- Very funny.
- Okay. Loser has to run around the house with stick between his legs and shout "I am - Harry Potter."
- You have a strange sense of humor. Okay. Only mind you, you can choose the part of the night for running.
- Ok, But mind you, we turn off the light.
- All right. I count to thirty. Who is not hidden - I'm not guilty.
Oskar turned to the wall and began to count. He could hear some rustling behind the back, which soon subsided. Oskar ended the count and opened his eyes. There was dark In the room, but for both of them this fact played no role. He decided to start looking from a bathroom. Take a good look under a bathtub and finding nothing, Oskar walked into the hallway.
The only place in the hallway, which is theoretically possible to hide was a wardrobe. He opened it and carefully felt the. Nothing.
The next item on the itinerary was the kitchen. There were more opportunities. A lot of cabinets and cupboards, where Eli could easily hide in a corner. And given her thinness, it would be much easier to do than to him. Search the kitchen took another five minutes. Oskar was not forgetting always to look at the ceiling, knowing their ability to levitate. But the kitchen also was unsuccessful.
Only two rooms left, one of which was practically empty, so Oskar had only the quick glance, in order to make sure that no one was there.
The last room in his study contained as well the most part of furniture. In it, they spent most of the time, being in the apartment, except for bathtub. Oskar studied the two cabinets, looking as well at the top of them, then crawled under the bed and got out, sneezing because of the dust and shaking himself. It should be noted, they did not particularly bother themselves with cleaning. Oskar thought it was necessary to bet for it. But again, - nothing. Oskar thoughtfully sat on the bed, trying to remember whether he did not miss anything. After that, he quickly walked everywhere once again.
No-thing. And the silence. Oskar was thought that Eli slipped away from the apartment, but later dropped the idea. It would be unfair.
He sighed heavily. To his shame, had to admit the defeat.
- Eli, I give up. you won.
From some corner of the room came a quiet chuckle. Oskar got up and moved in that direction. Wardrobe did not stand in the corner. Between it and the wall was a gap, which formed a small niche. However, the niche was empty.
All of a sudden he saw… eyes. The eyes were part of the wall, as if they were walled in the wall and at the same time were alive. Oskar was ready to swear that they were the eyes of Eli, who looked straight at him.
Suddenly he was captured by fear. Not even fear, but irrational, paralyzing terror, which did not allow him to move. Oskar wanted to scream but could not. All he has found strength on, was a pitifully-questioningly groan: «Eli?» He sat on the floor and suddenly began to cry from fear.
Something changed near the wall. Surprisingly, as if out of nowhere, hair and forehead appeared on the wall. Then, slowly, as a manifested picture, the contours of the body stood out. A few seconds later, Eli stood against the wall. She sank near the Oscar worriedly and touched his shoulder.
- Oskar, are you OK?
He only asked once more quietly:
- Eli?
Eli gave him a hug and he gradually calmed down. She stood up and turned on the light.
- Sorry, Oskar. I did not think it will make to you such a deep impression.
Oskar asked softly, there still was a fear in his eyes:
- What was that, Eli?
- Did you hear about Chameleon?
- Is that, which changes the color?
- Something like that. Look.
Eli went to the wall and leaned her bare hand to it. After a few seconds the hand… disappeared. However, if you look closely, you can consider that the pattern of wallpaper was unclear. Oskar gradually came to and his fear gave way to excitement.
- I cannot believe it! This is just drop dead! How do you do this?
- Cool, yeah? I’ve been training for five years. Previously, I did not know that I can. Discovered by accident when ... However, it does not matter.
Oskar sighed at the thought of jogging around the house. Eli said to him:
- Well, you may not run. You should have seen your face. For me it is a worthy reward.
- If I could, I'd laid in my pants.
Eli stroked his cheek.
- You are the bravest vampire in the world. Just sometimes you forget about it.
