I woke up to the sound of clanking metal. My head was pounding and my wrists were bound. I pressed my forehead against the cool skin of someone's chest and by peeking up, I guessed that it was Strife. I murmured something unintelligible and sighed contently as the headache started to fade. I felt myself start to fall and then land in a pile of leaves.
"Hey!" I protested.
Strife was snickering softly.
"A*s." I mumbled, as he untied my wrist.
He frowned and became serious as the others came into veiw.
"Veil?" It was Alice and Grim.
They tackled me to the ground. "Hi." I mumbled.
"Look, they're real." Alice squealed, in full fan girl mode.
Death, War and Fury soon came into view, running towards us.
"What did you do?" I laughed.
"Noooooothing." They both said.
The horsemen finally reached the clearing. They were glaring at Alice and Grim. I stood in front of them protectively. This seemed to shock the horsemen. Death seemed to be thinking, War was carefully watching Grim and Fury just seemed plain out p!s$ed. I kept eye contact, daring her to do something about it. She did. Fury took three long strides to reach me and then grabbed me by the neck.
"Being brave isn't always a good thing human." She snarled.
"It's kept me alive so far." I managed to gasp.
She dropped me to the ground and I struggled to get air as bruises started to form on my throat. War had pulled Grim behind him and stood in front of her protectively. Alice was already at my side babbling.
"I'm used to it. It's okay." I said, my voice cracking slightly.
"How are... you weren't telling us something, weren't you."
"It's fine."
"No it's not fine. Why didn't you tell us?"
"Because you would act like this. It's nothing. I've been telling you that since 8th grade. It's been five years and I'm still surviving."
Alice gave up after that and returned to where Death still stood. I stood up and walked away, my backpack still slung over one shoulder and hanging at the opposite side of my body. Strife stood setting up camp, ignoring what was going on around him. I turned on my heel and continued walking into the forest. No one notices as I disappeared into the shadows of the forest.
