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OOXX Fishy-Bubbles
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I still think of her. I can't help it. I seem to be thinking about her more and more lately, and that scares me. I know that I can't go back, and that I'll never see her again, but my memories seem to be getting shaper as each day goes by. The only logical reason I can come up with is that something's wrong. Something has to be. If only I could find a way into Lyra's world. If only…
(Note pinned to noticeboard)
"Missing boy of 14 years. Of medium height with dark hair. 2 days missing. Any information known please call …"
Witness report
"I saw a boy of that description crossing the busy highway. He disappeared near a clump of bushes, just into thin air. I thought that I was seeing things – you know how it is in the city – but thought that it might be important all the same.
He looked like he was carrying a knife…"
Will looked back at the bustling street of Oxford. That was his home, but this was where he had to be. On the other side. With Lyra and Pan.
Will had left Kirjava behind. She hadn't known of what he was planning, and recently, when he had retreated inside of himself, the gap between them had widened. It was probably for the best anyway.
Will stood up from his crouching position and surveyed the area around him. The little city looked exactly the same as it had 2 years ago. With a sigh and a shrug of his shoulders, he pulled out the knife from his belt.
The knife was a curious artefact. But what the boy was doing with it was even more curious. He started an intricate dancing pattern, wielding the tip through the air. Twist, turn, pull, retreat. The pattern changed, and all the while as the boy kept his eyes closed. He was concentrating, but on what you couldn't tell.
Suddenly, he stopped, the knife poised in mid-air. Slowly, almost reverently, Will sliced sideways in a clean cut. He leaned through and smelt the musty air of a world long forgotten.
Lyra…
Why is Will stuck in my head? It's been 2 years, you'd think I was over him! Obviously not, thought Lyra sceptically. Oh, Will, why did you leave me?
Something of her thoughts must have been showing on her face, as the Master's whip cracked down on her desk.
"Dreaming, Lyra? Perhaps you would like to share." The Master's angry face loomed in-front of her own. Startled out of her daydream, Lyra stood up. She knew that he would be expecting an answer, even if she didn't want to give it.
"I, uh, was thinking of the colours I might use for my sewing project." She grimaced at her quick lie.
"And?" The Master wasn't letting her off so easily.
"Perhaps we could make a quilt.." Lyra's voice trailed off slowly. Oh God, she though, what type of a hole am I digging myself into now? I hate sewing!
"What an interesting suggestion. I shall see what we can do.
Now, please focus on my lesson for the remainder of the hour. I am not here to teach you for nothing." The Master turned away with compressed anger.
Lyra sighed and sat back down again. Her lessons weren't going well. And she knew the Master well – he would speak to her sewing teacher, and she would have to produce a quilt for her fast thinking. Not the best start.
Ever since Will had left her for his world, Lyra has started to despise hers, and wished she had gone with him. Nothing could have made her happier, but staying had seemed to be the best decision at the time.
What she wouldn't give to see his face again…
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And, for those of you who didn't know, they are currently making a movie on His Dark Materials trilogy. Can't wait!
