Shadows
We lived in shadows... The darker corners of Thomasā mind.Ā
We skulked around the long corridors of the mind palace and twisted around the happier memories.Ā The Duke would come up with some ridiculously stupid idea, Deceit was always good at telling Thomas everything was fine, that nothing bad would come of it. then there was me who would proceed to panic, what if someone did find out. Then it would be ok Deceit would tell them it wasnāt Thomas. It was my job to watch Thomasā back while he did something bad, not that he ever did anything too terrible. Nothing you wouldnāt expect from your typical kid.
Oh but what if they found out, Thomas youād be in so much trouble...
Ā Everything will be fine, we tell them it was just an accident and weāll get away free.Ā
Go on, just toss it off the counter, your brother doesnāt deserve it
Oh but heāll hate you for it Thomas! Heāll know you did it on purpose
So we tell him that it was an accident, we use that brilliant acting and cry and make a fuss and make it believable!Ā
..... Together we... were awful...Ā
Ever since I came to the others, with keeping Thomas, Roman, Patton and Logan safe... The others... They seemed to go away for a while. I should have known theyād come back. No one is perfect happy pappy.. not even Patton.Ā With them coming back to the surface, showing their faces, Iām worried that.... That things are going to get a whole lot worse.Ā If these guys impersonate us so easily, whatās to stop them shoving us down and not letting us talk to Thomas when he needs us, leading him astray and giving him bad advice he might hurt someone or himself or worse!!
I....Ā What if we arenāt strong enough to stop them? What if Iām not strong enough to protect Thomas... from them
...from me......












