The next day was Sunday and Mai had spent the rest of the day cleaning her car. She cave up and finally painted the stupid car purple to match. When it was done, she saw it was around 6 so she ate some cold pizza for dinner. Suddenly tired, Mai went to sleep on the couch.

Soft sunlight streamed in through the window behind the couch. Mai rubbed her eyes and sat up. She gave a yawn and glanced at the clock which said 7:30. Mai was suddenly awake, realizing she had to go to a job interview at 8. She grabbed a granola bar and jumped in her car. Mai sped along the road and saw a Bobcat trailing behind her. Mai turned onto the road where her job interview was and saw the Bobcat still trailing behind her. Her heart sped up and so did the Bobcat. The parking lot was jammed pack but she found a spot and pulled in. To her horror, so did the Bobcat. A lady with dark black hair and piercing blue eyes in a bright blue business suit stepped out. "Are you going for the job too? I'm Sonica." Mai smiled sweetly and said "I'm Mai…nice to meet you." Sonica looked startled then tossed her black hair. "I guess we don't want to be late huh?" Mai nodded and they walked together in silence toward the big building.

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 "Mai Valentine." The head honcho's secretary announced. Mai looked up from her magazine and said in reply, "That's me." The secretary nodded toward the closed door. Mai took a deep breath and walked in.

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 The night was warm and dark. A warm campfire illuminated the 12 year old camper's faces. "Mai," a girl with shoulder length brown hair called out to the younger Mai. "Sit next to me!" she continued. "In a minute Emi," Mai yelled back and stared at the small mirror in front of her. She carefully brushed on mascara and lip gloss. A pungent smell filled her nostrils. "Wait a second…" Mai warned to no one. "It's…GAS!!" She spun around and ran toward the fire but the it flared up and exploded. Mai was shot backward on the ground and saw her brother and her best friend Emilie fall into the flames. Emilie screamed and her hollow scream echoed across the brown green lake. The rubbery smell of shoes combined with flesh burning was in the air. "Nooooo!!" Mai screamed as she watched the flames consume her friend.

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Mai walked out of the office ad met eyes with Sonica. Sonica's blue eyes flashed and she looked away. Blue eyes….black hair…Joey's almost murderer? Mai thought quickly. No she's too nice. The secretary announced Sonica's name and Sonica walked in. Mai walked out and heard her cell phone ring. She snatched it up and answered it. It was Joey and he asked, "Didja find the person??" Mai shook her head although Joey couldn't see it. "No, but I saw someone who could be…" "Oh well." Joey replied. "Bye." He said and hung up. Mai walked to her car and saw a bandaged man with piercing purple eyes stared at her. His black hair hung over his eyes and reminded her of her dead brother Vincent. She walked to her car and ignored the man.

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 Mai pulled in her driveway and felt somewhat different. It was the man. She knew she had seen him before, but she wasn't too sure. She sighed and pulled the top of her corvette up as she felt rain and ran inside finding is pouring. She was drenched but didn't care. Mai changed into a dry change of clothes and saw a message on her bed. It said;br

Mai,

I'm closer than you think. I'm a whispering breeze and a stranger staring at you. Look out Mai, I'm everywhere.

Mai was startled and feeling kind of scared. Closer than you think? Mai thought. But who was it?

            Hmmmmmmm who do you think it is??? I dunno Sonica seems kinda suspicious but she wouldn't have introduced herself to Mai…anyway how would she know where she lived??? Tune in next time to see what else happens!