Joanne's POV

"Where am I?" I said looking around in the dark empty space I found myself in.

"Welcome to my world." a black creature said.

"Who are you?"

"I'm your daddy."

"No, my dad's not like you. Please take me back."

"Don't you know me? You always come here at midnight. I also like what that fairy did to you and your friend. It was so funny."

"I don't come here at midnight."

"I don't have time to be explaining to you now. Just start your work."the creature said then he (I judged him to be a he, according to his voice.) tossed a grey cloak to me and ordered me to wear it.
I reluctantly wore it and I fell. It was a hard fall. When I stood up, the cloak carried me out of the darkness into somebody's bedroom in a kind of city.

The cloak took control of me and I went to a little boy sitting on a small chair at a corner of the room looking bored. I had no idea what I was doing bit somehow, I was able to manipulate his mind to stand up and go out of the room. Then, I made him steal some slices of cake and put in his  sister's apron pocket, I made him break his television and destroy his father's new invention.

When I stopped manipulating him, I saw him sit on the floor. Then, he started to cry seriously. He was afraid of what came over him and he started to curse the devil and cry the more. If I was back to normal, I would have pitied the boy but I had a cold expression and didn't feel remorse. I left him to cry.

The cloak took me to another person. This time, it was a market trader. I made her weigh her beans unjustly and receive unjust gain and trick the buyer. When I left her, she had a sad facial expression from my point of view. She kept saying that she didn't know what came over her, but, I was the one that came over her, at least, the cloak did.

I felt like crying but I couldn't. Then, the cloak carried me over a river and I looked down and saw my reflection. I looked like a grey, ugly, disgusting shadow, like some kind of smoke twined around a pole or the look of something shapeless.

I wanted to fall into the water and die because of how ugly I looked like when a familiar voice spoke (the black creature that I first saw) and said: 'You are dead already Joanne so stop fooling around. The next person is a pastor in a church so be prepared. He sees demons like you but try to withstand his prayers. He's not that hard unless he's fasting. Just try your best. If you come out alive, you will be promoted. '

"But I thought you just said that I couldn't die. Why did you say 'If you come out alive'?"

"I didn't want to say it but I have to. With God, all things are possible and if he says 'All your enemies will die', whether alive or dead, you'll die. Even if it is three times but gosh I'm so afraid of the everlasting death. Even the devil himself dreads the last day and the everlasting punishment. Also,........"

"Wait, you're not the devil? Then, who are you?"

"Child, don't you ever cut into my words again. So, I'm not the real devil, but, I'm third in command of the dark world after the devil. Look, you're almost at the pastor's church. Toughen up."

"Wait."

The voice had gone then, I was at the church. It looked familiar. It was the church in my neighborhood when I was my real self.

I went to the office that the cloak took me to and I passed through the door. I saw myself I had a wave of joy until I remembered that that was Sultana.

And she was crying.
John was crying too.
The pastor was looking confused.
Then, the cloak started it's work I first went to the pastor. He saw me and started praying against me. I suddenly felt uncomfortable. Then, I felt like someone had tossed a blanket of fire. HOT fire over me. I started crying when he held hands with Sultana and John and started praying. It was the most excruciating pain I had ever felt in my life. I had to leave but, the cloak didn't let me. I tried to remove it but nothing worked. I fell on the floor and started to cry and shout.

I rolled from one place to another begging them to stop praying but they just continued. Then, I felt like I was melting. I stopped crying and I felt myself melt and fall into darkness again.

"You're back, but I'm not satisfied. Go back." the creature said angrily.