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Chapter 6: More Questions Than Answers
I slowly try to open the files, but before I open it, Sally speaks behind me.
"Adrien." She says, her tone serious.
"I know.." I sigh and stop.
I turn my focus to Mari and the beast, and as it starts, Mari gets a few cuts on the creature, and the creature seems to be watching how much she will injure Mari. They start dodging in circles, Marinette occasionally getting an attack in, the creature usually able to get Mari, but never hurting her badly.
The creature laughs, and Mari smiles. Their battle turns into a strange dance, no longer trying to hurt the other, but to have fun.
"I had a feeling you'd know the steps!" The creature calls out.
"I never knew!" Mari replies, throwing the sword down.
They come closer and continue the dance, twirling and playfully trying to hit the other. Noise begins in the darkness, and soon other figures appear, clapping a beat.
They look at me and wink, and I feel uncomfortable for a moment.
Do they know how I feel?.. I think, before they begin singing.
Come take a step closer,
Don't be afraid,
We aren't monsters,
Even though we seem that way..
We have to keep a tough act,
Make ourselves seem brave,
We don't like to fight back,
Even if it seems graveā¦
The others we now dancing and singing, one even started to show Alix the steps. One pulls me over and tries to show me to.
"Follow me!" She calls, and begins dancing in graceful circles.
I follow her steps, and see that now the original creature was singing and dancing away from the others. The beat must have dropped while I was thinking and watching, because now it seemed like she was singing swiftly.
So tell me why
I pick and pry,
About everythin
I do.
Tell me why
I pick and pry,
To know if I'm
Like you.
Tell me why
I pick and pry,
If I'm the
One for you
Please tell me why
I pick and pry,
If I do
Love you!
She begins dancing in different way, pulling Alix to her, and the others follow her, pairing up. A creature with a badge that said 'Peach' leads Mari to me and winks.
I blush and turn to face Mari, who was holding her hand out.
"Care to learn the steps?" She asks me playfully.
I laugh and take her hand, and she shows me the movements. The beat was playing from our steps, but the was no singing.
"This is crazy, isn't it!" She shouts to me, grinning like crazy.
"Yeah, but this is awesome!" I call back, and both of us were blushing a little.
I twirl Mari along with the others, now feeling the beat as the step cycle began again.
We danced for awhile, until the beat slowed down, and the song stopped after the final twirl.
Mari was giddy, and Alix ran up to us.
"Dude, Genne is SO COOL! We DEFINITELY have to ask them to come with us!" Alix cheers, and turns and waves at them all.
"Genne?" I ask, and Mari turns to me.
"The original, my-" She began, but the coughed, and looked away.
"That doesn't matter right now.." She finishes, and walks toward the creatures, who were waving us over.
I follow her, curious to what she was going to say.
"Alright, we need introductions." Genne says, before pointing at each badge everyone was wearing, "This is Peach, Salmon, Blueberry, and Lilac. I'm Genne."
"Hi, I'm Mari, and this is Alix and Adrien." She said, pointing to each of us as she said our name.
Genne grinned, but then saw the files on the ground a distance away, and ran to pick them up. Genne walked back and handed them back to Mari.
"Come on, we'll take ya to the exit." Lilac said, turning toward the darkness.
"Yeah, follow us." Blueberry added, and we began walking.
Mari and Genne ended up far ahead of everyone, talking about something. I was in the center with Alix, and the others in front of us would walk backwards to watch us.
"So, how long have you liked her?" Peach asks, and the others giggle.
"How did you know?" I asked, shocked.
"We feel emotions, and can hear your thoughts. It wasn't that hard. It's how we roll." Peach says.
"Yeah, if we're in a serious fight, we transform into that person's' biggest fear and take them down that way." Salmon added.
"We could tell right away. Like how this girl has a crush on some boy named Kim." Blueberry said, pointing at Alix.
"I do not!" She said forcefully, and the others giggled.
"You can't hide anything from us." Lilac said, and our group stopped.
I looked forward, and there stood a giant door.
"Come on, it's time for you guys to get outta here." Genne said, now holding her egg tenderly.
"Thank you for the fun!" Mari says, hugging Genne, Salmon, Lilac, Peach, and Blueberry.
"Yeah!" Alix says, high-fiving them all, and they all smile and laugh.
"Thank you." I say and grin, and they all hug me.
We Genne comes to hug me, she whispers in my ear.
"If it works out, take good care of her for me." She whispers, then walks away, tears flowing into her eyes.
"Be careful out there!" Genne says, grinning.
All over them were waving, and the door opened.
This chapter's choice:
Invite them to come with you
OR
Leave without them?
You may think this is an easy choice, think of the future! It's not so easy if you think about it. Have a miraculous day! Hugs and Cookie Pies to you all!
