blah blah blah, disclaimers blah blah blah ravin is mine.

Zigzag ran up behind 'Ravin.' She knew he was there, and he didn't care. He knew that she thought he was crazy and harmless. He wasn't either of the two. She turned around to say something to him and when she did, he hit her with the shovel in his hands. Not too hard, the iron in the shovelhead did all the work for him. She immediately fell to the ground, unconscious and in pain. He wasn't crazy, he wasn't! And he needed to prove it, to assure himself that he wasn't.

The other girls weren't slow diggers. Well, not two of them. He expected them to be coming very shortly. He needed to move the body. He picked Caligo up, surprised to find she was much lighter than he had expected. Zigzag ran as best he could with out dropping her and found an empty hole that was surrounded by more without lizards. He carefully climbed in and propped her up against the side of the hole. Only a few minutes later did he hear Armpit talking to the other two girls.

"They've already seduced him!" He said, his eyes narrowing. He waiting, staring at Caligo. It was a good hour before she started fidgeting. It was just a little as she regained consciousness. When she opened her eyes, he saw her eyes were no long blue and green; the blue eye had changed t purple.

"What the hell is your problem! Why did you fucking hit me with a flipping shovel?" She said, he covered her mouth his hand, shushing her.

"I'm not crazy."

"Well, normal people don't just going around hitting people with shovels! You seem pretty crazy to me!" She hissed when he let go of her mouth. He roughly grabbed her shoulders.

"I'm not! Kaye, Pixie, she is a pixie! Her skin, it's green!" That shut Ravin up. "I knew it, she is. And I know you."

"You know me?" She asked in disbelief, he nodded.

"You are the faerie Caligo Sese. Griswold told me about you."

"And who exactly is Griswold?" The faerie crossed her arms and asked, tiring of the game they seemed to be playing.

"He was a sprite," Zigzag said, looking absolutely serious. Caligo blinked and nodded slowly.

"Oh, I get it. . ."

"I'm not crazy!" He spat and hit the ground with his fist. It was what he expected her to say. Everyone he tried to tell about Griswold and Tsume, a little shape shifting, talking animal, called him crazy. Ravin shook her head though.

"No, no Zigzag. I think you have the Sight. What do I look like to you?" She asked, she was now serious and not mocking him.

"I see your wings. They're very big, the barely fit in this hole. They're wrapping around these edges, and they're even touching me. They're like butterfly wings, but yours are black and purple. Even a little red on some parts. You're very pale, almost like. . . translucent, and I can see purple in your veins. Purple blood?" He continued on, taking her all in, " your hair has a shine to it, also purple. Your eyes are green and purple. I can't see this all of the time. Just on and off. And it drives me insane."

"That's why you were dosed with your paranoia, wasn't it?" He nodded in response, "you could see us. You knew we were all around, but no one believed you."

"No," Zigzag said and looked down. "I started to believe that I really had been making it all up since I got here. I never saw any others. But as soon as you got here. . . I thought I was crazy again. But I know I'm not."

"And do you know that iron really, really hurts us?" she asked, but this time with a bit of anger in her voice.

"Yeah—" he got a hit over the head for that one.

"And now I'm going to have this bruise on my face for probably almost six months. Thanks," she said and crossed her arms.

"I'm sorry. . . I thought you would have attacked me if I said anything before," he said and shrugged, rubbing his head.

"My god, what do you think I am? A kelpie? Come on! I don't randomly hurt people that get close to me!" Caligo said and stood, but Zigzag pulled her back down.

"Wait, you have to tell me about your other friends! Argenta, she's a faerie right?" He asked. She nodded, "and then Kaye really is a pixie. . . what about Valiant? What's she?"

"She's just a human. She had been a druggie. A magic druggie. She used to steal still powdered magic made by a troll and shoot up. She's just recovering from it. She had something we needed, so she had to come to represent the humans. But it's also good for her out here. The magic around us helps her recover," Caligo said and pulled away.

"What are you guys doing here?"

"That is none of your business," She said and started to climb out. He followed after her.

"Please tell me! I want to help you if I can!" He was practically on his knees begging her to let him in on what was going on. She would never agree to that. . . usually. But, there was something about this guy. She couldn't feel an ounce of darkness in him. Absolutely nothing she could feed off of. Absolutely no way she could hurt him without meaning to. It was rare to come by someone like that. Faeries are very dark creatures by nature. She could feed off of Athene and Kaye whenever she wanted. Val was still human, and she had so much anger and rage built up, that it was easy to pull darkness from her. But not Zigzag. He might just be useful after all.

t.b.p.> SEE! For once, I'm someone who EXPLAINS why he's all weird like he is. I'm someone who gives his paranoia a GOOD REASON. Of course, if you are someone who is reading this for the holes and doesn't know holly black, then you probably wouldn't understand. In Tithe, Kaye is the same way-- poeple think she is psycho for believing in faeries and stuff. SOO I AM relating these things! Thanks for reading!