Thanks so much for the reviews, people! I'm so happy. It's literally been years since I last written a story. Sorry if my last chappy was short. Hopefully this one is a little bit longer.
Enjoy!
Chapter 2: "I'm Losing it"
Piper glared at the girl, who just stared back at her with shock. "You still didn't answer me!", Piper yelled at her, "Who are you------
"Piper!", the girl blurted out. Piper released the girl with a confused look on her face. "Your name is Piper?", she asked.
The girl shook her head and answered, "No, YOU'RE Piper."
"How did you know my name is----
"Piper, navigator, strategist, and crystal specialist of the Storm Hawks."
"How did you know all that about me?"
"And…you just touched me…"
"What? You royalty or something?", Piper asked sarcastically. Suddenly, the girl pulled a strand of her hair. "OWW!! What was that for?"
"You're---You're real!", the girl said in shock, "YOU'RE REAL!!"
"Of course, I'm real."
"If…you're real, then that means…"
Tears began to stream down the girl's cheeks. When Piper saw this, she felt sorry for the girl. "Hey, if I was too mean earlier, I apologize for that.", she said., trying to comfort the girl. Instead of drying her tears, the girl fell to her knees and cried even more. This caused the rest of the Storm Hawks to come to her.
"Alright, Piper, what did you do this time?", Finn asked with his arms crossed.
"I didn't do anything!", Piper said in defense, "Okay, maybe I was a little too harsh when I yelled at her, but I apologized."
"Looks like it wasn't enough."
"Finn, don't start with me!!"
Junko kneeled down to talk to the girl. "Hey, it's alright", he said kindly, "Piper can be mean once in a while, but she's nice once you get to know her."
The girl stopped crying and wiped her eyes. "Oh, it's not that. It's just that I--------
"You what?", Junko asked curiously. The girl just stared at him.
"Are you okay?", he asked once more.
"JUNKO!!!", she suddenly screamed out loud. She looked at Stork and Finn and screamed their names, as well. "FINN!!! STORK!!!!"
"Dude, how'd she know our names?", Finn asked, "Hey, maybe she's one of our biggest fans or something."
"I highly doubt that, Finn.", Stork said in disagreement.
"What? Why? The girl knows about us. She's obviously a fan."
"If she is a fan, she should be all over us and extremely happy. But right now I see that she's showing the signs of extreme paranoia and possibly she's gone crazy."
"What makes you say that?"
"I'm losing it, aren't I?", the girl said, "I'M LOSING IT!!!"
"Correction, you've already lost it.", Stork said under his breath.
"This is a dream, yup, this is all a dream", the girl said walking away from the Storm Hawks, "I'm really asleep in my bed. I'll close my eyes and when I open them everything with be back to normal."
"Let..uhh…give this girl some room, shall we guys?", Aerrow said his teammates, who nodded in agreement.
While the girl closed her eyes, the Storm Hawks slowly backed away from her. When the girl opened her eyes seconds later, she was alone. "Was it all a dream?", she thought as she looked around. Pressing her bare feet deeper into the sand, she shook her head in disbelief. "No, this isn't a dream.", she said to herself, "This is all real, very real. And the Storm Hawks ditched me…because they think I'm some sort of nutjob." She walked toward the shoreline to think on what to do next. "Can't blame them for that."
Elsewhere, the Storm Hawks were looking for their beach spot, until Junko spoke out. "Hey, guys, was it really such a good idea to just leave her like that?", Junko asked.
"Dude, the girl's lost it. She's completely crazy!", Finn answered.
"Maybe…but she was also scared. I think she needed help."
"Yup, she really does need help."
"Not THAT kind of help, Finn. I mean the kind of help we give to people who are attacked by the Cyclonians or something."
"Junko's right.", Aerrow said, "It was wrong of us to just ditch her like that. I can't believe I even suggested that in the first place. We should go and look for her."
"Looks like we don't have to.", Piper said, pointing toward the shoreline. There they saw the strange girl walking by the water. "Hey!", she called to her, "Are you alright?"
The girl heard Piper's call. She turned to wave back at her, but she stopped when she felt a sharp pain in her stomach, as if she was stabbed. She clenched her stomach and fell to the ground. The Storm Hawks saw this and quickly ran to her aid.
She slowly removed her hand from her stomach and was shocked at what she saw. Her palm was covered with some sort of black liquid. It looked like ink, but it was thick like blood. Her head began to ache, and she soon felt dizzy. She fell back into the sand with the salt water rushing it. The black liquid quickly washed away with the current. Her vision became blurry and soon fell into complete darkness. She could hear the voices of the Storm Hawks calling her, but there was one voice that stood out. It came out of nowhere and it sounded very different from them. It sounded like an older woman, and it said the strangest thing. It called to her, "Mother…."
