Well done! You've survived chapter two, and somehow, summoned the strength
to read chapter three! *applauds*
Legolas: Amazing. Simply amazing.
You're awfully nonchalant today.
Legolas: I'm always nonchalant.
Oh yeah. *pause* I LIKE you^^ *huggles Legolas*
Legolas: heh heh.I know.
Ok! On to chapter three!
Chapter 3
Hazel and her companions reluctantly trudged to their next class. It was such a nice day out! Why couldn't they just stay at lunch for the rest of the day? The heavenly song of the birds faded as the four of them walked away from the courtyard and into a hallway similar to the one Hazel had entered before.
"This is the east hallway. We were in the west hallway last time." Rebecca explained, even though no one asked .No one every questioned Rebecca's sense of direction. Whenever you wanted to go anywhere, Rebecca would probably be your only hope. Alex wasn't great with directions (He was often late to class, but not nearly as late as Hazel often was.) As you could plainly see in events passed, Hazel couldn't even find her way out of a walk in closet. And Lev? It's never a good idea to follow him. You really don't want to know where you might end up. You really don't.
They walked at a fairly slow pace; their next class (which they had together.) wasn't very far from them now. But Hazel felt strange. She slowed her pace. Her eyelids were suddenly sealed closed. She stopped. It was starting to get cold. She shivered softly, her body shaking and trembling. She felt very weak and frightened and alone, somehow. Well, maybe not alone. Someone else was there. A shadow; a shadow of someone not wishing to show their face. Hazel didn't see any of this; but rather felt it. She felt like a phantom had drifted right through her. Then, she started to, inch by inch, walk slowly towards the west.
"Hazel? Hazel, are you ok?!"
"AH!" Hazel was jolted out of her dream. Though it was more like a nightmare.
Alex Had grabbed Hazel by the shoulders, staring into her eyes with a look of terrible concern. Hazel could only stare back at him, into his deep blue eyes, piercing her like shards of burning ice. She froze for a moment. She was just as terrified as he was, possibly more. But he looked so worried for her. How could she tell him that there was actually something wrong? How could she strike more fear into his heart? Those eyes?
Alex managed to speak.
"You were shivering. And breathing like you had just run a thousand miles," Alex stammered. "You were panicking."
Hazel could only stare back into Alex's eyes.
"Hazel?"
Hazel didn't know how she did it. But with all the strength inside of her, She managed to force a laugh. It was a false laugh. A cold and empty laugh; completely absent of any cheer or emotion whatsoever. Did Alex sense this?
"I'm fine!" She squeaked. ".I'm sorry I scared you. I just felt a really cold draft come in. And besides, I'm a little nervous about the next class, you know? I'm fine."
Alex looked at her with an unconvinced look. Hazel was a terrible liar.
"I mean it! I'm fine!"
The bell rang. The timing couldn't have been better.
"Oh, great!" Hazel nervously chuckled. "The bell rang! Well, lets go!" Hazel ran ahead of the rest of the group. The rest of them followed her, but all of them were worried. Well, All but Lev, anyway. Maybe he was worried, but it was impossible to tell with him. He was always smiling, no matter what was going on inside his twisted, little fabric softener filled head.
Hazel, who was ahead of her friends, quietly drifted into the classroom. She sat down without a word, looking down at her desk, pondering. What was going on with her? Was there something wrong with her? But it wasn't long before she could no longer stay in denial. She had to ask herself the bigger question.
What was that other presence?
But she had to cease her thoughts sooner than she expected. Within moments, an all too familiar voice rung through the air. A voice that Hazel had really hoped she'd never have to hear again.
Ta-daa! That was chapter three! Yep, yep, it suuuuuuure was. And guess what? It's your lucky day! You don't even have to put up with any boring explanations about stuff in the story! So yeah! You can go on to chapter four! That is, if you want to.
Legolas: Amazing. Simply amazing.
You're awfully nonchalant today.
Legolas: I'm always nonchalant.
Oh yeah. *pause* I LIKE you^^ *huggles Legolas*
Legolas: heh heh.I know.
Ok! On to chapter three!
Chapter 3
Hazel and her companions reluctantly trudged to their next class. It was such a nice day out! Why couldn't they just stay at lunch for the rest of the day? The heavenly song of the birds faded as the four of them walked away from the courtyard and into a hallway similar to the one Hazel had entered before.
"This is the east hallway. We were in the west hallway last time." Rebecca explained, even though no one asked .No one every questioned Rebecca's sense of direction. Whenever you wanted to go anywhere, Rebecca would probably be your only hope. Alex wasn't great with directions (He was often late to class, but not nearly as late as Hazel often was.) As you could plainly see in events passed, Hazel couldn't even find her way out of a walk in closet. And Lev? It's never a good idea to follow him. You really don't want to know where you might end up. You really don't.
They walked at a fairly slow pace; their next class (which they had together.) wasn't very far from them now. But Hazel felt strange. She slowed her pace. Her eyelids were suddenly sealed closed. She stopped. It was starting to get cold. She shivered softly, her body shaking and trembling. She felt very weak and frightened and alone, somehow. Well, maybe not alone. Someone else was there. A shadow; a shadow of someone not wishing to show their face. Hazel didn't see any of this; but rather felt it. She felt like a phantom had drifted right through her. Then, she started to, inch by inch, walk slowly towards the west.
"Hazel? Hazel, are you ok?!"
"AH!" Hazel was jolted out of her dream. Though it was more like a nightmare.
Alex Had grabbed Hazel by the shoulders, staring into her eyes with a look of terrible concern. Hazel could only stare back at him, into his deep blue eyes, piercing her like shards of burning ice. She froze for a moment. She was just as terrified as he was, possibly more. But he looked so worried for her. How could she tell him that there was actually something wrong? How could she strike more fear into his heart? Those eyes?
Alex managed to speak.
"You were shivering. And breathing like you had just run a thousand miles," Alex stammered. "You were panicking."
Hazel could only stare back into Alex's eyes.
"Hazel?"
Hazel didn't know how she did it. But with all the strength inside of her, She managed to force a laugh. It was a false laugh. A cold and empty laugh; completely absent of any cheer or emotion whatsoever. Did Alex sense this?
"I'm fine!" She squeaked. ".I'm sorry I scared you. I just felt a really cold draft come in. And besides, I'm a little nervous about the next class, you know? I'm fine."
Alex looked at her with an unconvinced look. Hazel was a terrible liar.
"I mean it! I'm fine!"
The bell rang. The timing couldn't have been better.
"Oh, great!" Hazel nervously chuckled. "The bell rang! Well, lets go!" Hazel ran ahead of the rest of the group. The rest of them followed her, but all of them were worried. Well, All but Lev, anyway. Maybe he was worried, but it was impossible to tell with him. He was always smiling, no matter what was going on inside his twisted, little fabric softener filled head.
Hazel, who was ahead of her friends, quietly drifted into the classroom. She sat down without a word, looking down at her desk, pondering. What was going on with her? Was there something wrong with her? But it wasn't long before she could no longer stay in denial. She had to ask herself the bigger question.
What was that other presence?
But she had to cease her thoughts sooner than she expected. Within moments, an all too familiar voice rung through the air. A voice that Hazel had really hoped she'd never have to hear again.
Ta-daa! That was chapter three! Yep, yep, it suuuuuuure was. And guess what? It's your lucky day! You don't even have to put up with any boring explanations about stuff in the story! So yeah! You can go on to chapter four! That is, if you want to.