"What are you?" I whisper, just to make sure that it was not just some coincidence, and that Marie hadn't heard me.
Yeah, like I would be so lucky.
"A human, just like you." Marie answered me with a nervous giggle.
"You are not human. If you were a human, you wouldn't be able to hear me right now."
Marie gulped.
"Show me your ears." I say, checking if she was an elf or Faerie would be the easiest thing to do right now, it would cause a scene, and will be the least painful for her. "Show me your ears."
Slowly, Marie pulls a thick vale of red hair, revealing slightly pointed ears.
"Okay, you partcially human. But what are you?" I ask again.
Marie's green eyes flash black. "What's it to you?"
"You know what's it to me. Now tell me, or God help me, I will kick your bottom from here to China," I growl.
"Not here," She says.
"Oh, yes you will tell me here. All you have to do is whisper it to me and I would here it as if you had yelled. Which you already know," I glare.
"Lee-a."
"Do NOT Lia me."
"But Lia sound just this much cooler than Zahlia, even though it has a 'Z' in it," she frowns.
"Do I care?"
Marie shakes her head, and frowns again. "I guess not, even though it is your name."
Crap. She was trying to distract me. Well, it ain't gonna work, I can tell you that.
"What are you?" I ask for the 3rd time.
"Not here. It is not safe here. This place, it could be bugged. Which it probably is, we-you and me-are being watched, you know," Marie muses.
I look at her like she's crazy. Of course, my motto is everyone is crazy, some just more than others. "Do you a place that is 'safe'?" I say, after about three minutes.
"I take it you don't mind ditching." That was how she said-a statement, not a question. I still nodded.
"Good. Follow me." In one swift motion, Marie pulled her wallet out of the pocket, and a 20 out of her wallet. "Keep the change." She called as we walked out the door, it had only been a 10 dollar meal.
We walked for 5 minutes, the Marie came to a halt at the corner of Main and 5th, which was right past the school. She was looking towards the forest.
"No." I said, plain and simple. "No way. You know wants in there. Or rather, you is possibly in there."
"Pshh, nothings in Blackrain Forest." She turns, and looks at me, a smile-yes, a smile, of all things!-on her face
"Oh, yeah? How do explain all the attacks, the disappearances?" I cross my arms.
"I can. But not here." she her smile grows wider.
Again, I look at her like she's crazy.
"Oh, don't worry," she smiles. "As long as your with me, you can't get hurt. I won't let them."
I gulp. Not good.
"Come." She holds out her hand, waiting of me to take, to go into the Forest.
Don't, my head reasons, don't, don't.
Go, my heart says, you're already half dead, you can't die.
The two voices fill my brain, drowning out every thing. Should I go back to school, to safety? Or go with Marie, my friend, the only person I can trust-right?
I close my eyes.
What to do?
And then, I let my heart take wheel of my actions.
"I'll come"
Marie's green eyes flash black. "What's it to you?"
"You know what's it to me. Now tell me, or God help me, I will kick your bottom from here to China," I growl.
"Not here," She says.
"Oh, yes you will tell me here. All you have to do is whisper it to me and I would here it as if you had yelled. Which you already know," I glare.
"Lee-a."
"Do NOT Lia me."
"But Lia sound just this much cooler than Zahlia, even though it has a 'Z' in it," she frowns.
"Do I care?"
Marie shakes her head, and frowns again. "I guess not, even though it is your name."
Crap. She was trying to distract me. Well, it ain't gonna work, I can tell you that.
"What are you?" I ask for the 3rd time.
"Not here. It is not safe here. This place, it could be bugged. Which it probably is, we-you and me-are being watched, you know," Marie muses.
I look at her like she's crazy. Of course, my motto is everyone is crazy, some just more than others. "Do you a place that is 'safe'?" I say, after about three minutes.
"I take it you don't mind ditching." That was how she said-a statement, not a question. I still nodded.
"Good. Follow me." In one swift motion, Marie pulled her wallet out of the pocket, and a 20 out of her wallet. "Keep the change." She called as we walked out the door, it had only been a 10 dollar meal.
We walked for 5 minutes, the Marie came to a halt at the corner of Main and 5th, which was right past the school. She was looking towards the forest.
"No." I said, plain and simple. "No way. You know wants in there. Or rather, you is possibly in there."
"Pshh, nothings in Blackrain Forest." She turns, and looks at me, a smile-yes, a smile, of all things!-on her face
"Oh, yeah? How do explain all the attacks, the disappearances?" I cross my arms.
"I can. But not here." she her smile grows wider.
Again, I look at her like she's crazy.
"Oh, don't worry," she smiles. "As long as your with me, you can't get hurt. I won't let them."
I gulp. Not good.
"Come." She holds out her hand, waiting of me to take, to go into the Forest.
Don't, my head reasons, don't, don't.
Go, my heart says, you're already half dead, you can't die.
The two voices fill my brain, drowning out every thing. Should I go back to school, to safety? Or go with Marie, my friend, the only person I can trust-right?
I close my eyes.
What to do?
And then, I let my heart take wheel of my actions.
"I'll come"
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