Leave Out All the Rest

Elisa secretly watched as her brother's friends took care of him. She wished she could be with them but knew that it was a bad idea to even try that. Tears fell from her snail like eyes as she was about to leave but felt somebody's hand on her shoulder. It was Izz.

"....You're still here? I thought you were leaving. I have to get the others.

They'll understand once I explain everything." he replied to her but tears flowed from her eyes at that.

"T-Thanks brother but it's too late for me.

I'll be fine on my own in this world.

Just forget about me, okay?" she answered as she left but deep down inside her heart, she felt this decision would hurt her more than what Armani had told her to do but she knew this was the only way to make things right.

"No you don't have to go Elisa but maybe.... one day you'll come back, I know it.

Until then, I'll just wait." Izz thought sadly but his friends calling him broke his thoughts. He hoped she would be okay alone in the human world as he came back into the house.

David and the others wondered why Izz was so sad and quiet at the table as they ate breakfast. He didn't want to tell them but maybe it would be better if he told them.

"......Elisa...... was here the last few days while I was still healing. She told me she was sorry for what she had done to me but..... she felt she couldn't live here or be a part of our family anymore so she ran off to live on her own. I hope she'll be okay.

She was only doing that stuff because Armani told her it was a good idea." the Psammead told them, his voice nearly cracking with sadness. They watched as he left the room.

Elisa shivered as she was in a forest for the night. She then remembered the times she'd spent with her friends and sighed sadly.

"Maybe you shouldn't have left them. They were your only family.

Maybe it's not too late to go back to them.

I bet Izz told them everything." her heart told her but the female Psammead shook her furry head.

But a few weeks later she had felt that her brother had grown miserable but was getting ill. She didn't understand what was doing this to him but knew it was because of her. She and Izz were connected secretly through their hearts and right now her brother was hurting.

"That's why I have to leave, so you won't be hurt along with the others.

One day I'll come back." she thought leaving the county........