Character: Elysia Hughes

Prompt: 040 – Sight

Word Count: 237

"The gremlins did it."

Elysia Hughes' mother, Gracia, put a hand over her eyes after those words. They stood inside the large living room. Books laid scattered everywhere, a jar of ink had 'somehow' gotten open and there were marks all over the carpet and sofa. The bar that had held up the drapes had been knocked off on one side and the bar now slanted across the window, the drape that had fallen to the floor had ink handprints everywhere on it. The cat at Gracia's feet had ink on her head.

Elysia had her hands behind her back, but the ink on her face and hair said that the gremlins had nothing to do with the matter.

"Honey, you know it isn't right to lie to Mommy about make-believe."

"I'm not lying. I can see gremlins. And they like Daddy's ink bottles!" Elysia stopped for a minute then added, "The ghosts. The ghosts didn't like your drapes, either."

"Elysia, get into the tub. I'll have Daddy deal with you when he gets home. Now," Gracia wasn't sure if it was the right move to have Mae reprimand their daughter. He would probably just agree that the drapes needed to be changed.

Elysia stomped off to the shower, her black hands still clasped behind her back.

Gracia looked at the ink all over the room and said, "And Daddy would probably agree that the gremlins did it."