William blew out a long breath and shook his shoulders. He's still baffled why he's doing this. It's rather immature and plain stupid for anyone but the child in him just can't see the rationality at all. He just had to find out - truth or not. It's a relief that all the people in the house retired since having the weekend party this evening. No one will witness the childishness and stupidity of all this.
Looking at the clock, he holds the candle tightly than he should, still waiting - vying for his time. Every second makes him a bit closer to the edge – every pass, triggers the fight or flight sense in him. Still, a nervous laugh just can't wait to pass his lips, looking over the absurdity of all this.
Taking his eyes from looking over the clock, he walked quietly towards the big mirror in the living room area. The mirror hung on the wall before him; an ancient mirror with a gold frame carved into leaves and flowers. He could see himself approach, his face is like a pure mask because of the lack of light in the room. The moon is the only light that sustains the night.
"The time has come," he thought. The old grand clock signals that the transition of the night into day has once again come forth. 'May Day Eve,' he silently murmured. 'Ah, yes. It was once again the first day of May – the night of divination and night of lovers a like. And for those who cared enough might peer into the mirror, where they would behold the face of the one they were fated with.' William could still hear the tale, as if his there along with other eager kids, who would pretty much believe in anything they'll hear.
With slightly trembling hands, he lights the candle he's holding. His pure mask face before turned into a living one. Without any doubt he felt before - he close his eyes and whispered the incantation.
"Mirror, mirror
show to me,
whose lover
I will be."
When he finished the incantation, his eyes widened. He could not move a single muscle; all he could do was stand and stare. He thought he could stand there forever, enchanted.
"What did you saw, uncle?" A small voice stopped William's reverie - pulling him back to the present day. His gaze once again stopped to the mirror behind his niece. All he could see is his old reflection looking back at him. The visible line across his face the only telltale those years are finally catching up on him. Gone where the youthful face he saw staring back at him on the mirror, one wild May Day's Eve-years and years ago….
"What is it?" the insistent voice call upon him. William is battling himself if he should say it or not but the wide innocent eyes of his niece could make him agree to anything she ask.
"The devil." he replied, bitterly.
"The…devil…that was so horrible." She gasped, "What does it looked like?" her brown eyes stared back at him with just a hint of fear, curiosity still overpowers the fear the child had.
"Far from horrible my dear," he said. "When I looked at it, the only thing I could think of is fallen angel, for indeed Satan is an angel before he became the devil himself. Forget what you saw on the opera, the devil I saw is a mere epitome of perfection itself. I begun to realize why the devil is associated for seduction"
"What is that word…ah yes; did it bewitch you, uncle? Did it?" The hint of fear he saw was long gone for curiosity and excitement replaced it on his young niece face.
"Alas, yes. It tortured me, ate my heart and drunk my blood." He said grimly.
"Poor uncle," she touched his face and give him a peck on the cheek. "Did it speak to you, uncle?" the never ending questions of his niece just gives him the nostalgic feeling he tried to resent.
"…yes…yes, it spoke to me…." William was once again send back to the time where he met the devil himself. It's as if he could hear the seductive voice behind his ear. The hot air with a slight smell of ale just never fails him to get hard in an instant. That night William lost his innocence - and lost it to the devil himself….
"My, my…what do we have here? You're too young to be vain." The deep voice said his face is plastered with a knowing smirk.
William whirled around and glared at the intruder. "I am not vain, you…you brute." He said huffily.