I woke with a start. I glanced at my clock, and it read seven o' clock. I crawled out of bed, still shaken up from my nightmare of the past. It doesn't matter now, I told myself. She's dead. There's nothing I can do about it. I trudged down to the cafeteria. I sat with the giant mound of food which I guessed was Allen. I had my own mountain. I sat down, and my right hand began to burn again. I winced.
"Are you alright, Marie?" Allen poked out of his tower of food.
"Yeah, I just hurt my hand in a fight," I lied.
"Well, let me see," he said, grabbing my hand without my consent. I tried to pull away.
"It's nothing, really. Allen! Let go!"
He chuckled. "I don't think a curse is nothing, Marie."
"What?" I glanced at my hand. It matched the scar on Allen's eye. My scar had reappeared.
I sighed and finished my food in silence. After realizing that I wasn't going to explain anything, Allen did this as well. I stood and started toward my room. I ran into Lavi on the way out.
"Marie! I was looking for you. Komui has another mission. This time, he told us to take Allen with us instead of Kanda. But we got to go now!"
"We just got back!" I sighed. "What's the mission?"
"I'll explain on the way. Get your jacket. I'll get Allen."