I'm tired too, I went through so much today and the devastating news from Mr. McGraw has exacerbated my emotions and physical being.
"The man who I met there told these other girls what happened to their homes…and to ours."
"What'd he say?"
"That our world was…taken by these things called the Heartless."
In a hasty fashion, he gets up from the chair and heads for the bedroom door. "Goodnight Mia."
"Seth?"
"Get a good night sleep, I have a surprise for you tomorrow morning."
"Seth, wait a second."
He doesn't turn to face me but he waits for my statement at the door.
"Mr. McGraw, the man who told me all this, said that coming to this world meant that Moonlight Town was gone. How are we going to get back home?" I lean forward, awaiting his response.
"Just be ready for tomorrow."
He shuts the door, leaving me pondering the now rhetorical question. Seth and I are stuck here, with these people we're not used to and an environment we're not used to. Seth enjoys adventure- he likes facing the unknown and diving into the things everyone is afraid to do, which is why I admire him. I can't be like him, strong, smart, level-headed, and dauntless; I'll always be the same feeble and fretful person while he unabatedly grows into a stronger person.
"Mia," whispers Seth leniently. "Mia, wake up."
I squint at the sunlight spilling in to the bedroom generously, and then at Seth, full clothed standing by my bed.
"Get dressed quick, we gotta hurry or else we'll be late."
Late for what?
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Seth tugs my hand along as my eyes stay shut. Wherever we are, we had to take a boat to get to so I hope it's not too far from the house-oh that's right! Topaz and that other guy are coming over-I really do hope we're not too far. I feel the steps that I'm climbing up and Seth's excited hand teeter.
"Almost there," he assures with a smile that I can sense.
"Seth, I can't stray-"
"Alright, open them."
As my eyes open, my heart flutters like a gathering of fleeing butterflies. The blue water surrounding us with the beauty of all these flowers makes a breathtaking sight. My mouth opens, but I'm unable to utter a single sound. When I look down, daisies, tulips, roses, and all different kinds of flowers cover my shoes.
"Do you like it?" Seth has the audacity to ask, already knowing the answer. He smirks at my face.
"This place…is beautiful," I mutter in awe. "I love it."
He plops down on the flowers and invites me to sit next to him. I oblige happily, gazing at the city far off in the distance. For a while, we just sit there, marveling in at the beauty surrounding us without a word. All the problems, all the fear, and all the frustration evaporates as I lean on Seth's shoulder tenderly.
"Like this place now?" his eyes look into mine confidently.
"Yeah."
His head starts to lean in closer to mine, as if he is about to-
Kiss me.
Suddenly, my face burns with warm blood pumping through. The paopu fruit…sharing our lives eternally, I guess it's not a myth.
Something latches onto my upper arm. Seth's eyes become sharp with his tone.
"What are you doing here?"
Very abruptly, it pulls me away from Seth and keeps me locked in its hand. As I look to see who attacked me, the man's terrifying gaze makes me drop my head down.
"You thought you could escape me, didn't you?" he states rather than asks stringently. "Wherever you run to, I can find you. Now, find the next Chaos Emerald."
When he eases his grip on my arm, I can't stop shaking. Seth's fists can't stop either.
"What do you think you're doing?" Seth springs to his feet and steps toward the boy in a huff. "If you ever touch her like that again…"
"Tch," the boy rolls his eyes and gives his back to him, watching me. I take a cautious step back, looking down at the trampled flowers. When I look back up, Seth has his hand on the boy's shoulder. "Hands off."
"Seth, I don't want you to get hurt," I plead, remembering what the boy did to the Heartless in the cave yesterday. If I let that happen to Seth, I would never forgive myself. Seth keeps his furious stare on the man's back.
"Make m-"
In a blur of black, the man's fists end up striking Seth in the face, sending him back a couple of inches. I can't believe it, this man didn't even break a sweat while hitting him!
"My patience is running thin," the man ominously says to me as he starts walking to me. Without warning, he's stopped by a quickly, recovered Seth, who stands in between him and me.
"I will crush you," threatens Seth in a very scary tone. Even though he didn't say to me, I felt my stomach drop into my intestines.
"I don't have time for flakes. Step aside."
I gawk at Seth's glowing hand. A dark purple covering envelops it greedily, slowly traveling up his right arm. Seth strikes to punch the man in the face, but is restrained by the boy. As he grunts and tries to get a surge of power, the boy shakily holds Seth's hand in front of Seth's face, and with too much ease, tosses him behind him. Face-forward, Seth is heading for the water.
I scurry past the boy and stop at the edge of the isle. "Seth!"
Like a rocket, he propels off the same dark purple gas on his feet, zooms over me and toward the other boy, who has his back turned to Seth. Nonchalantly, the boy swiftly faces him and catches Seth's punch yet again. Where did Seth get all that power from? He could never do that before, just like when he caught that palm tree on Moonlight Beach.
"Do I break your hand or your arm?" the boy taunts with a face of incredible calm, contrary to Seth's strained expression.
"Seth, just stop it please."
"Why..? You think..ngh…I can't beat him?" demands Seth in between stressed grunts.
"This is over now." The rings on the boy's leather jacket begin to shine brightly-I know what's coming. I wrap my arms around Seth's shoulders and tug him hard enough to from the boy's grip. We fall on our behinds, letting the rings' light die down . Angrily, Seth whips his head to me.
"Why are you underestimating me?"
I jump, startled by his outburst. "I don't want you to die."
"You're calling me weak."
"You're far from weak Seth. But, you don't know what he's capable of."
I rise to my feet, try to dodge Seth's vicious glare at me and the man, and step in front of the man who ruined my perfect time with Seth. "Please don't hurt him," I beg mercifully.
"Mia!" Seth disdainfully clamors.
Like yesterday, he's taken by surprise for a second, and then narrows his intense eyes. I walk past him and begin my descent down the steps. "It's this way."
This is why I have to get stronger. Mia doesn't even think I'm strong enough to take him on and practically went on her knees for my life. Never again will I ever face this humiliation.
When they left, I get on my knees and pound the flowers into the ground. If I had enough power, I would have wiped the floor with that jerk. If I only had more…
But that means I have to-
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