Amazing What Time Can Do
By *~A White Rose Petal~*
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A/N: Hey guys! I've been vegetarian for like 48 hours now…I'm pretty happy with it Anyway, that's about all that's going on here…now go read my story!
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Madison ran up to the baseball rack and but her hands through the metal 'diamonds' that were there. She sighed watching all of the other girls cheering on for the boys who were playing baseball right now. She used to be friends with those boys…like best friends. She was still involved with that boys vs. girls thing when she was younger, but now it was her first year as a freshman, and all of that other stuff was dropped before jr. high. She rested her head on the metal. Why did she have to look the way she did? Was it her fault for looking like this? She wasn't the most attractive girl at school you could say. She used to be best friends with Michaela, who was now the most popular freshman, but are now enemies you could say.
Funny, she thought, what time can do. She shook her head and started to turn around. She felt a small tug on the bottom part of her skirt. She pulled it a little and it came free. It had a small tear but she didn't care. It was her older sister's skirt, and she didn't care that much for it either. She liked her brother hand-me-downs but despised her sisters.
What's wrong with me?!? She thought again as she walked home. Her head was cast downward and she wasn't looking straight ahead. She heard someone walking beside her and moved a little to the right, her head still cast down. She felt herself bump into something and looked up quickly to see Skye, Michaela's boyfriend. She growled under her breath.
"Klutz, don't you have something to say?" He asked. Sarcasm not evident in his voice.
"Like what? Beat it?" She said angry. He obviously wasn't happy with that answer, as can be expected.
"You bumped into me."
"No? Really? Thanks for stating the obvious!" She snapped. She wasn't on very good terms with him ever since he 'accidentally' dropped his vanilla sundae onto her head. It took her a few hours before she could get all of the chocolate and caramel out of her hair. Him and his friends were laughing their asses off. She however, could not see why.
"Don't you have any manners?"
"You don't have any, why should waste any of mine around you?" She said. All she wanted was to get out of here as soon as possible.
"What's that supposed to mean?" He growled. She cocked an eyebrow at him and frowned deeper.
"Is your IQ really this low?" She asked, she made her face look like it was in shock. It was hard, after all, because she already knew his IQ was lower than that of a pea's. You see, a pea know how to grow up and mature. Skye doesn't. Madison growled and then walked off the street and back onto the sidewalk. She didn't want to have to deal with this again.
"Poor little Madison can't finish what she started?" He yelled back when she was around the corner. She just ignored him and kept on walking.
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When Madison got to their small house she walked inside and immediently went into her room. She looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing her glasses that didn't look very good. They were sort of thick and her eyes looked huge in them. Her eyes can get easily squinty when she takes off her glasses, but that's just because she can't see! She sighed. She was practically flat chested. Her black hair was always in a messy bun so she could keep it out of her way and her legs…she didn't know what she could say about her legs. She sighed and shrugged. Her legs weren't even the worst part of her body. She wasn't big, and she was vegetarian. Maybe she was just strange. She grinned lightly to herself. 'Just strange. At least I'm something.' She went over to her bed and laid down, closing her eyes.
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Madison cracked one eye open. It was still dark. She yawned lightly and got out of bed for a glass of water to get her back to sleep. She padded lightly on the hall and into the kitchen. After gulping the water down, she looked at the fridge for no real reason. There were a few magnets on it and none really very interesting. Well, except for the small 'pig' that oinks and its legs move when you press his snout. She was about to go back to her rooms when she saw a small note hanging from the pig one that she mentioned before. On it was very small scrawling. She took the piece of paper and whispered it out loud.
You go there to find answers,
you come back to prove yourself.
She read. It obviously wasn't poetry, that was for sure. She was about to put the piece of paper back where she found it when she started to take in her surroundings. It was dark, and the wind whistled through the small cracks in the panels of wood, making it sound like a ghost. There was a small sunroof at the top letting the moon's lights come through. It made everything have a bluish tint to it. Madison bit her lip lightly. She was in the attic. Usually it wouldn't scare her to be up here. But it was night and she was alone. And for another thing, she had no clue how she got here.
She started looking around the room not finding anything that could possibly help her get out of here. She looked to see where the door was.
It was a flat dark wood door and showed through easily through the light wood floor. When she looked to where it was, she saw something that wasn't there before. A trunk. It looked old and obviously heavy. Now her head was really started to work and she was fully awake.
How did I get here? How could I get here with that over the door? Did I sleep walk? Did I put that trunk there? Her mind was going a hundred miles an hour and she didn't know what to think anymore. She shook her head, making her small goal to get out of the attic. She went over to the trunk and tried to pry it off the door. It wouldn't budge.
She figured she didn't move it over the door.
That thought got her nervous. Her eyes were darting all over the place. Looking for someone who would be strong enough to move the trunk. She shrugged lightly but was still looking around just in case. She went over to the chest and opened it. She might as well see if she could lighten it up a bit. It opened easily and she peered inside. She moved out of the window's way so that she could get more light onto it. She started grabbing stuff from the side of the trunk. She picked up a light cloth. It was silk and looked like a light greenish color with gold on the edges. It was square shaped and was tied lightly by a gold colored ribbon. Her curiosity got the better of her and she put it on the wood floor right under the sunroof. She untied it and pulled the edges over the sides. She grabbed the top of the fabric and stood up. It was a light green dress and looked like one of the mid-evil dresses. It was tied up in the back and the skirt part flowed out from her hips.
"Wow…" She breathed as she walked around 'wearing' it for fun. She put it back onto the cloth, folding it up just as she found it.
She pulled out a small box next. It was able to fit into her palm and had small drawings of dragons, all sorts of types. Her favoraite one was the Chinese looking like dragon. Again her curiosity go the better of her and she opened up the box on top was a small piece of yellowed paper. Underneath it was another piece of paper exceot it was flat, so it could keep whatever was under it from touching the yellowed paper. She picked it up and unfolded it. She read the words aloud again while she looked at the paper.
Magic powders, poisens, and nature,
Voodoo the most known trick
Her eyes widened. She looked up and the surroundings almost didn't surprise her. She shook her head, trying to get that feeling of shock out.
I've got to stop reading things out loud… she thought. She jumped when she heard a voice behind her. It sounded all old and crinkly with age and it sounded of wisdom too.
"Hello child. I've finally found the one needed." The voice said.
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A/N: BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Cliffhanger! This will get better as I go along…It will also be Escaflowne related to later also. Madison Is American for those who were going to question that stuff. I have this picture in my head that her dad is Chinese (she got her black hair and same eye color from him…). Her mom has really dark brown hair with light green eyes…I hope this helps you guys out…I've really got to go to bed now…It's like 3:13 in the morning…night! Lol!
~AWRP