I'm so sorry I haven't updated in so long! I had state exams, and my friends are still overdramatic. I am so happy to be back though! And I've been busy with catching up on my anime watching. So far, I've been watching Toradora, Sword Art Online, Tokyo Ghoul, EndRide, and Kamisama Kiss (I think the manga is called Kamisama Hajimemashita). Oh yeah! And Blue Exorcist. I tried to watch Shakugan No Shana, but it didn't really interest me. I watched Spirited Away, and that was good. Black Butler wasn't something I liked. It was… Bleh. I just didn't like it. Assassination Classroom was also hard to get into. So far I have watched every episode of Re:Zero (a new 2016 anime). That's not the end of the title, it's just really long and complicated and I don't know how to spell it. If anyone has any good anime recommendations, please leave a review with the title and a brief summary. *winky face*

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I was overjoyed to see Perryling, and I had a feeling that Elaine would be pretty cool. I still couldn't help but feel bummed out though, when I realized that Mr. Muffins hadn't been fed. He was probably terrified and hungry! I screamed loudly and Emery covered his ears. "What is it now, Miette?" He said grumpily. By either a stroke of luck, a coincidence, a miracle, or a combo of them, Alina came in holding my cat by the scruff of his neck. "MR. MUFFINS!" I screamed. Alina spit near my feet. "Here, brat. This butt-ugly beast was mewling pathetically for you." Mr. Muffins curled up at my feet after Alina threw the kitty down to the ground. I picked my beloved Mr. Muffins up, and I hugged him tightly. "You are a very mean person!" I told Caramel Councilor. Tam gasped and kicked me from behind. Let me just tell you, that guy can kick. It took a lot of willpower to not to drop on my knees, grab my leg, and cry. I didn't say anything else to Miss Caramel. I did, however, shoot a nasty glare at Tam. He glared right back. How, exactly, am I going to live the rest of my life in this orphanage with him? I don't really want to think about it right now, so don't bring it up.

I thanked Councilor Emery, and completely ignored Alina altogether. She was not exactly what I would call a "good nut". Perryling wandered around the room and looked at stuff, while Elaine was sprawled on her bunk, her fingers still working on the little thingy-ma-jig. I still wasn't quite sure what it was supposed to do… oh well. I could learn later. Let me just tell you, standing in that room, with nothing (literally nothing, no belongings, no personal things) but my cat, I felt, really felt, like an orphan. Anyways, I got over that pretty quickly. I mean, I was going to be going to this Exilium place, which from what I gather from everyone's reactions, is a not-so-nice place. So apparently, I guess they're trying to make my already miserable situation even more miserable. Which I don't honestly think is possible right now.

I mean, everything may look all shiny and pretty here, but I wasn't falling for it. I bet someone was going to rip away all of this and shout, 'SURPRISE!' and everything turn out to be a dump. I was going to try to pretend like I was falling for their game. I am on alert though. Yeah. I am. Don't believe me? You can tell since my foot is barely tapping the ground. Anyways, Mr. Muffins curls up beside me and I pet him gently. It's only been a day without his food, and he already feels skinny. I'm telling you, I spoil and dote on my cat. I love him. So let's just say I am planning on feeding Mr. Muffins like nobody's business.

Anyways, I flinch a little (read: a lot) and my hand darts instinctively to my leg. I whimper and try not to grimace. I fail miserably, though, when my lower lip wobbles a little. Tam snorts. "Suck it up Michelle–" "Miette!" "Whatever. Michelle, Miette, same difference." I growled as he brushed it off. When will he get my name right? I thought angrily. He was sprawled across what I assumed was his bed. It was all black, so I think that that in itself was self-explanatory. Linh sat on another bed, and she pointed to the one above her, where Elaine was working. "This one's Elaine's, and the one above Tam can be yours." I froze. "Wha-What? No! I can't sleep above him! How do I know he won't, like, undo the bunk and send me crashing to the ground?!" Tam opened one of his eyes. "What? Do you not trust me?" My lip curled in anger. "No! I don't trust you! Not. One. Bit!" He pretended to be hurt, then said sarcastically, "I don't care anyways. I won't bother myself with wasting my time on undoing your bedframe. I'd end up having to fix it anyways, and that would waste twice as much time as what taking it apart had."

I bristled. This guy was infuriating! I definitely won't get along with him. And I will never! Don't try to convince me otherwise. I grudgingly stepped up to look at the bed. It looked extremely rich and fancy. My jaw dropped. This had to at least have cost a hundred dollars. For just the pillow. That's how expensive this looked. I'm talking high-quality, stain-free, soft, peach-colored cotton. Only it was way softer than cotton. I wanted to know what this stuff was. I got on top of it, and I felt like I was on a cloud. It was that fluffy. I smiled and leaned back against it. Tam hissed from the bottom bunk, "Cut it out! You're making a huge racket! Sheesh, you act like this is for royalty. This isn't even close to the best the Elvin World has to offer." My jaw dropped. I leaned over the side and hung on the railing of the top bunk. My hair was just long enough to hang around my upside-down face.

"Are you kidding me?! This stuff is extremely nice! This entire set would probably be around four thousand dollars in American dollars!" He rolled his eyes at me. "Stop grinning like that. You look like a moron." My smile faded into a scowl. I whipped back up on top of the bunk. I bounced a little, and I hardly felt the springs in the mattress. I swear, it must've been made out of down feathers. Only way less feathery. I put Mr. Muffins down and then went and started walking around the room. Elaine started chattering to me. "So did you know, that if you were to touch this purple swictox into the soil in the garden, you would be instantly paralyzed?" She was pointing to a purple wire-looking thing. I cleared my throat. "Excuse me… what is… swictox?" Elaine laughed. "Oh, it's an excellent conductor of soil-created hydroelectric energy. The soil converts water into electricity and then it travels through this branch of swictox and puts a couple of volts of electricity into you. I got a sample of soil from the human ground, but it didn't work… I think it only works with Elven soil." All of what she just said went into one of my ears, and out the other. I blinked. That made no sense whatsoever. What I gather, though, is that all of that basically sums up to this: put that twig into Elf dirt and you get electrocuted.

"OK…. I think I understood that." I said. Then I continued looking around. There was a small picture of a young smiling boy with an unhappy-looking girl. Even though she was smiling… if you looked really closely… her eyes and posture gave her away. The Linh in this photo… she was depressed. I looked at the younger Tam in this photo. He was happy (ish. He looked faintly angry in the pic, even though he was smiling) and his teeth showed in a bright grin. I looked over at Tam, whose arm was slung over his eyes. His chest rose and fell slowly. I compared Young Tam to Present Tam. They were so different. It was like Present Tam mirrored Young Linh and Present Linh mirrored Young Tam. I wondered what happened that made them switch personalities. The doorbell rang and I heard the keeper of the orphanage open the door. "Yes sir… I'll give it to her right away…" The keeper came up and handed me a parcel. His lip curled in disgust, and then turned into a cruel smirk. "The last human girl, however much of a hero, should've been tossed to Exilium the moment she got here. I'm glad to see the Councilors are correcting their mistakes and starting off right at the start. You won't start an interspecies war, because you won't get the chance. You're in Exilium, right where you should be. Human scum like you…"

Tam lifted his arm a little. "Brethel, shut up. Mickey–" "Miette!" "–here isn't human scum. She's Elf. Which doesn't really make herself seem better… but she's ok. Only because she fights hard." I just realized that his nose was still crooked, and was swollen and purplish-blue. I thought he took medicine… He glared at me. As if reading my mind, he said, "My nose is broken. It's going to take longer to heal. It should be better in about an hour." He turned on his side and faced away from me. I glared. "I didn't want to be kidnapped!" Tam ignored me, and his breathing grew even. I turned away with a huff. I decided to open my package. Brethel was pretty much breathing down my neck, and he shadowed my every move. I picked up my uniform. I stared in horror at it. It was… well… completely black. The first thing I noticed was the silver pin. It had a black hand reaching out. I picked it up and rubbed the round, smooth edge of it. "A Shade's ability pin." Tam muttered without looking at me. I glanced at him. He was still turned away, but his shadow was watching me carefully. I rolled my eyes and went back to looking over my uniform. There was a silver-studded black half mask that covered the lower half of my face. The steel-toed boots, fitted black pants, black long-sleeved shirt, and gray vest with silver buckles and chains across the front screamed tough stuff. Under the collar of the vest is a hood that would cast my face in shadow. I nodded, impressed. "Whoever came up with this uniform has style, I have to give them that. It's so awesome!" Tam snorted. "Not when you're in the middle of the desert and you're wearing that. You won't be thinking it's 'awesome' then."

I glowered. "Party-pooper. You're no fun." Linh jumped into the conversation (which, in my opinion, was a lost cause. It was mostly one-sided! I was doing the majority of the talking) and said, "What party? I do not see any of the… um… personal bathroom business going on either." I laughed a little. "It's a human term for a person who is no fun." Linh made an understanding sound. "Ohhhhhh… I see. You're saying that Tam is ruining the fun." I nodded quickly. "Right!" I smiled and Perryling stretched. "I think that Tam is a social recluse and will grow up to be a hermit." I glanced at her and we simultaneously burst out laughing. My shoulders shook and I let out an outburst of laughter. Tears streamed from both of our eyes and I felt something hit me in the back of my head. "Hey!" I shouted. Tam had thrown a pillow at my head. He flashed an angry scowl at me before throwing another. I caught the third that he threw, and I was up next to him in an instant. I smashed the pillow over his head and then dropped it. I wiped my hands together before saying calmly, "So Tam, will you end up being a hermit?" Perryling snorted. "Pfft. He totally will be. He seems so… gothic, or something. Emo? Punk? I mean, he likes all black, and he seems to hate the world–" "Shut up!" Tam yelled. Perryling stopped. "Tam, I was just joking… it's a stereotype humans have for people who wear black and stuff… I didn't mean it offensively."

I glanced at Tam. He was clearly upset. I turned to Perryling. "Well if he's gothic, then you're a hippie!" I pointed at her tie-dye tee shirt. She mock-pouted. "Then you'd be a… a… a nerd." I gasped, and pretended to be wounded. "No! You… have revealed my greatest weakness… the fact… that I will do anything… for a good book…" I fell on the floor and went "BLERGH!" and pretended to be a possum (read: I played dead). I stuck my tongue out. Elaine looked up from her little doodad and gasped. "Oh no!" She had been so focused on her invention, she hadn't noticed the game going on. Tam growled, "She's just being an idiot." That irritated me. "Tam, will you cut it out? You're being a jerk." I snapped angrily. Tam shrugged. "Can you stop being an idiot?" I leapt up and glared.

Tam slung his arm back over his eyes and sighed. "Shut up so I can sleep." I started looking for something loud. Like an air horn, a trumpet, some drums, or something. I turned to Elaine. "Got anything loud?" I mouthed silently. She nodded her head quickly and fished around in her pocket. Then she gave me a small square that was barely the size of my palm and looked suspiciously like cardboard. I looked at it blankly until Elaine mimed pinching the box. I crept up beside Tam and held the box by his ear. My lips curled into a wide, evil smile. Not that I'm evil or anything, I mean I'm totally not. Anyways, I grinned wickedly and squeezed the box tightly.

A loud screaming filled the room, and my glasses shattered.

Again, I am so sorry for leaving for so long! If you are angry with me, then leave a review and yell at me (no cussing please), if you are relieved I am back and are happy, leave a review! If you are so elated that I'm back that you are currently throwing a ForeverFreeFall's Back! Party, then alllllright! Still, leave a review please. AND don't forget the anime recommendations! I am always looking for more anime to watch! No hentai (anime that shows two characters using the process that makes babies) or ecchi (anime that shows private body parts) though, and preferably no yaoi (same gender shipping). I have nothing against people who like the same gender romantically, it's just the way I was raised makes it uncomfortable for me to watch something like that. I am not trying to offend anyone! Please don't take offense!