Okay, let's just recap on my two OC girls:

Harley Ferals: Rude, tough, strong but her sister is her weakness so she made friends with bullies to keep them away from Harriet. She wears tighter clothes and more jewelry. She's short-tempered, protective and easy to set off. Imagine her like Lola from Space Jam but with a few necklaces and bracelet-rings on her wrists. (My thought on why she wears it is to make more noise and draw more attention to her than to Harriet, mostly bullies.) Clawd has a crush on her but he's currently dating Draculaura at the moment.

Harriet Ferals: Shy, keeps to herself and scared/skittish of everything. Her sister always protects her. She wears baggy clothes, absolutely no jewelry and glasses with thick lenses. She often thinks she's going to screw everything up and her sister's trying to keep her in the dark with no chance of having friends. Deuce has a crush on her but since he's so conflicted with his emotions between her and Cleo, he's a little more…venomous. (Bad pun.)

(Deuce's POV)

I ran through the greenery, plants swatting and scratching at my limbs. As random creatures jumped out to attack me, I ripped off my glasses and stoned them, leaving them behind. Where could she be? Had Harriet fallen to one of these monsters? The thought of any being hurting her enraged me and made me want to stone every living thing on the planet.

How could I have been so stupid? Heath told me she had been crazy and practically evil but the biggest regret was that I actually believed him! I knew I was mad and confused but I think I took it a little too far. Finally, I reached the end on the long stretched woods and found a children's playground.

It had been abandoned for as long as anyone could remember. The creatures of the woods wouldn't allow anyone close enough to it to tear it down. This caused just about everyone to forget the playground. There was a plastic slide that was snapped in half, swings with broken chains, a jungle gym with several destroyed pipes and a large tube of concrete next to the rusted monkey bars. The place was a death hazard to anyone who even went near it. I seriously doubted Harriet when anywhere near here.

Just when I was about to leave, I heard a soft noise. It sounded like breathing. However, it wasn't deep or ragged like the beasts of the woods. It was like hyperventilating and nervous. Turning around, I could see the side of someone's head peer out from inside the tube. Probably another creature…but why was its breathing different?

Approaching the tube cautiously, I raised my hand up to the side of my glasses, ready to stone. Adrenaline pumped through my veins as a slight fear grew in my chest of being attacked before I could pull down my glasses. My snakes very quietly hissed, anticipated to see what hid in the concrete structure. What was it? A gargoyle? One of the teachers' monstrosities? What could it possibly be?

At last, I looked inside the tube and called out slightly to startle the creature, making it jump back. The figure inside did flinch but it wasn't exactly what I thought it was. It was Harriet! She was either brave, smart, or stupid enough to hide in a dangerous playground that was in the middle of an even more dangerous location. Her big, brown eyes looked at me with tear-filled eyes. Realizing how much I scared her, I lowered my hand and scooted next to her.

"Sorry, I didn't know it was you." I sighed, looking over at the frightened girl.

She shrunk in her spot, still terrified of me. There was a sharp pang in my chest; she was afraid of me and all I did was giving her more reasons to. The rabbit-girl quickly tried to leap out of the tube and scurry off but I was faster. I grabbed her wrist, holding her in place.

"Wait!" I called.

She glanced back at me, the continuous look of terror stuck to her face. Then, she winced with her eyes locked on my hand gripping her wrist. Great, another reason she'd hate me: I just hurt her now.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-" I stopped when I let go and she dashed off.

Rolling out of the tube, I saw her jump into the bushes just as a speedy gazelle would. Growling, I slammed my fists into the ground.

"Why was it that I had to screw everything up with her? I tried and tried to be a better person around her but I screwed that up too!" my snakes hissed at there most venomously and with complete hatred as I started talking to myself. "Maybe I was right…" I sighed, letting it all go with my snakes falling into sadness.

"Maybe I should just go back to Cleo and pretend I never even saw Harriet. Even if…even if she makes the world feel like it all fades away and there's no one left be us, like nothing else matters. Heh, for once, someone actually made me really feel alive instead of a walking zombie." I stood up with my eyes lowered to the ground. "I bet telling Harley I lost her sister isn't going to be nearly as bad as Harriet hating me forever."

Turning back, I took a few steps back the way I came until I heard the bushes rustling. Awesome, another creature to try to kill me…why don't I just let it kill me this time? It's not like Harriet would miss me at all, I bet she'd be relieved! A hand was placed on my shoulder but instead of it ripping through my flesh, it was gentle. What the hell?

"I'm sorry" a quiet voice sounded. "Deuce, I'm sorry" I knew that voice.

Turning around, I felt a pair of arms wrap around my neck, a body leaping into my embrace. I held the trembling body close to mine, protecting her from the harshness of the world even for just a split second. Then, only one thought came to mine…

This was one hell of a day.

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