CHAPTER 6
I gasped at the snapped locket in my hands. I shot everyone a death glare.
"Why would you do this? Why? I'm supposed to look after him and I don't need anyone's help! You have put him through enough trauma already! JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE!" I ran out the door and into the woods. I slowed down my pace and looked at the locket. Luckily, Patty had only snapped the hinge and all I had to do was snap the cover back in place. As I did so, I heard muffled crying. I hurried to the sound. I found Whisper, up against a tree in a ball, crying. I walked up to him and draped the necklace around his neck. When he looked up, I gently wiped away his tears and opened the locket. A sweet tune came out and I couldn't help but smile.
"That's my favorite song," I said trying to hold back tears. "Your meister and I have something in common." I looked at the girl in the picture. She had green hair and goldish brown eyes. I closed the locket and told him to come back when he was ready.
"Don't." Whisper said and grabbed my wrist. "Don't leave me, please?"
"I will only leave when you want me to." I said. Slowly over time, we had sat so long that we were snuggled up against the tree, my head on his chest and his arms around me.
"Gwen?"
"Yea?"
"I want a new meister. Would you…"
"Are you sure you're ready?"
"At this point, I don't really care."
"Yes. I will…do….it…."
…
Apparently I had fallen asleep like that and now woke up to see no Whisper, just me. I looked around, all groggy and saw no one in sight. I stood up and felt something hit my chest. It was the necklace. I open it and see Aoi, but on the other side, I see not another Aoi, but Whisper. I close the locket and hold it to my chest.
"I won't let you down guys." I say.
I look up and start to follow the path that whisper has made, wondering where it will lead me.
