i'm afraid
Leaf sat absolutely still, afraid to even breath, for that may move the blanked and reveal her to whoever was walking. She couldn't stop her heart from beating. And it seemed so loud, loud enough for the person in the room to hear it!!!!
The footsteps grew closer. Leaf caught her breath. Then it seemed like the cloth was being dragged right by her..... and then whoever it was passed the armchairs and stopped in the middle of the room. The shadow fell on Leaf. It was a human (seconds before she was remembering plots of Ed's favorite horror movies, mad with panic). But it didn't seem to be a doc after all.
The person stood still, and Leaf started to sort of calm down. It wasn't dad for sure (he'd come into the room singing) or Ed (he would turn the TV on immediately), but maybe it was just aunt Mango, or even mom, coming to tell her that they were feeling better after all!
Yes, the girl was telling herself, that's it. It's aunt Mango. That thought gave her some encouragement, so she decided to take a peak. It had to be done carefully, in case it was a doc after all.
So Leaf steadied her breathing a bit first. Then, using only one finger, she slowly lifted up a tiny fraction of the blanket.
Next came a shock. A woman was standing in the middle of the room, but it wasn't aunt Mango or mom. It wasn't even anybody Leaf knew.
The woman was pale, tall and slim, with a long, golden locks, framing her impossibly handsome face. She was dressed in a long, rose-colored summer dress- the kind that would have been very fashionable in Victorian era. The woman's beautiful face shoved annoyance and boredom. She tapped her pink fan against her left arm, then opened it and started to wave it gracefully.
Leaf stared at her. This woman, whoever she was, could win any beauty contest in the world right now. She looked so fragile in the morning light- not dangerous at all. But still, Leaf fought the urge not to come out and introduce herself. Whoever this beauty was, she still was an intruder.
The woman didn't seem no notice Leaf, or pay any attention to her surroundings at all. She sighted, shook her beautiful head in disappointment and then spoke softly.
"Again. They don't know anything, but still send me to this Realm.". Her voice was musical and gentle, but with a hint of anger in it. Her tongue was golden. Leaf continued to stare, wishing she was just a bit like this woman.
The woman sighed once more, closed the fan, and then clicked her fingers. Leaf nearly gasped, as she saw a phone appear out of nowhere. It seemed to belong to the same era as woman's dress, for Leaf had only seen something like that in a museum.
However the intruder didn't seem to mind the ancient phone at all. She picked the handset up and dialed a number.
"Operator? Yes, I need Mister Monday's office right now", she said in her beautiful voice.
"Yes, right now. I'm Monday's Dawn"
That seemed to have an immediate effect on the operator. Dawn was connected in a matter of seconds.
"Mister Monday, sir?" she asked. A loud snore was an answer to her. She shook her head in disappointment, and tapped her fan against her hip. Then she dialed a number again.
"Operator? Connect me to Monday's Noon at least...." That was done quickly. Then a voice, loud enough for Leaf to hear, answered Dawn. The voice sounded really British for some reason.
"Yes, sister?"
"May I ask again, what am I doing in here?"
"Dusk just asked the same question. You are looking for that white-haired girl!"
Leaf almost screamed. This woman....Dawn.... was really after her! Wait, she thought. Mister Monday, isn't he that person she'd seen? Right next to Arthur? Yes, he was, she was sure of it. Then this Dawn was connected to him, and to those smelly dog-faced guys she and Ed had seen. And the dog-faces where somehow connected to whatever sickness her family had caught. But then, Dawn.......
The girl's thought's seemed to be messed up. She only remembered that Arthur was afraid of all of this. So she better be afraid of Monday's Dawn too.
The conversation continued.
"She's not here!"
"Look for her. She might be hiding, or in a different room."
"How could you send me here to look for her! What, I am suppose to use my Inspectors?"
"No sister. If you really need to, you could call some Fetchers."
"I still don't understand though, why we need her?"
"Mister Monday's orders. The girl had seen what she shouldn't have seen, and knows what she shouldn't know."
"Still, why don't we focus our attention on the Bearer of the Lesser Key? Arthur boy?"
"I'll take care of that. You don't have much time. Follow Mister Monday's orders. Goodbye sister."
"Goodbye, brother."
Dawn hanged up the phone, and tapped the fan on her head. Then she hurriedly fixed her hair where it got messed up by the fan, and sighed for a hundredth time since she entered this room.
With her bright, blue eyes she quickly and carelessly scanned the room, but still didn't seem to notice Leaf, who was so scared, she had stopped breathing again.
Dawn smiled.
"Come on Leaf..... Come out of wherever you are hiding! I won't hurt you..." she half-said, half-sang. When that got no result, she angrily opened her fan and started to wave it quickly. Then she looked around the room again, and started moving. Leaf understood where the weird sound had came from- Dawn's silk dress was so long, the end of it was dragging on the floor.
Leaf had been holding her breath for last couple of moments, finally exhaled, thinking that Dawn was leaving the room.
Then she froze. The sound was so loud, that Dawn stopped to. She moved back where she had been standing seconds ago. She looked at the room, and this time, her gaze had stopped on a blanket between two armchairs.
"There you are...." she said, rather unkindly. Then, quick as a flash, huge, white, feathery wings exploded behind her, blocking all the light from the rising sun.
The blanket was blown of Leaf, and the trembling girl was left in front of a woman, with huge wings that sheltered the room from all the light of the rising sun. Only Dawn had been glowing weirdly from the inside. Now she looked dangerous. Still beautiful. But dangerous.
Dawn raised her hand, but Leaf didn't wait to see what she was doing. The girl screamed, and in a second crawled out of her hiding spot. Later, she would wonder how she managed to do it so quickly, but now she only wanted to run for her life.
Leaf got on her feat, and run for the stairs.
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There! Second chapter all done! I hope you like it. There will be a chapter three, I just don't know when yet. Probably I will write it sometime next week.
Plz, leave a review to tell me what you think about all of this. Reviews always make me feel nice.
Leaf sat absolutely still, afraid to even breath, for that may move the blanked and reveal her to whoever was walking. She couldn't stop her heart from beating. And it seemed so loud, loud enough for the person in the room to hear it!!!!
The footsteps grew closer. Leaf caught her breath. Then it seemed like the cloth was being dragged right by her..... and then whoever it was passed the armchairs and stopped in the middle of the room. The shadow fell on Leaf. It was a human (seconds before she was remembering plots of Ed's favorite horror movies, mad with panic). But it didn't seem to be a doc after all.
The person stood still, and Leaf started to sort of calm down. It wasn't dad for sure (he'd come into the room singing) or Ed (he would turn the TV on immediately), but maybe it was just aunt Mango, or even mom, coming to tell her that they were feeling better after all!
Yes, the girl was telling herself, that's it. It's aunt Mango. That thought gave her some encouragement, so she decided to take a peak. It had to be done carefully, in case it was a doc after all.
So Leaf steadied her breathing a bit first. Then, using only one finger, she slowly lifted up a tiny fraction of the blanket.
Next came a shock. A woman was standing in the middle of the room, but it wasn't aunt Mango or mom. It wasn't even anybody Leaf knew.
The woman was pale, tall and slim, with a long, golden locks, framing her impossibly handsome face. She was dressed in a long, rose-colored summer dress- the kind that would have been very fashionable in Victorian era. The woman's beautiful face shoved annoyance and boredom. She tapped her pink fan against her left arm, then opened it and started to wave it gracefully.
Leaf stared at her. This woman, whoever she was, could win any beauty contest in the world right now. She looked so fragile in the morning light- not dangerous at all. But still, Leaf fought the urge not to come out and introduce herself. Whoever this beauty was, she still was an intruder.
The woman didn't seem no notice Leaf, or pay any attention to her surroundings at all. She sighted, shook her beautiful head in disappointment and then spoke softly.
"Again. They don't know anything, but still send me to this Realm.". Her voice was musical and gentle, but with a hint of anger in it. Her tongue was golden. Leaf continued to stare, wishing she was just a bit like this woman.
The woman sighed once more, closed the fan, and then clicked her fingers. Leaf nearly gasped, as she saw a phone appear out of nowhere. It seemed to belong to the same era as woman's dress, for Leaf had only seen something like that in a museum.
However the intruder didn't seem to mind the ancient phone at all. She picked the handset up and dialed a number.
"Operator? Yes, I need Mister Monday's office right now", she said in her beautiful voice.
"Yes, right now. I'm Monday's Dawn"
That seemed to have an immediate effect on the operator. Dawn was connected in a matter of seconds.
"Mister Monday, sir?" she asked. A loud snore was an answer to her. She shook her head in disappointment, and tapped her fan against her hip. Then she dialed a number again.
"Operator? Connect me to Monday's Noon at least...." That was done quickly. Then a voice, loud enough for Leaf to hear, answered Dawn. The voice sounded really British for some reason.
"Yes, sister?"
"May I ask again, what am I doing in here?"
"Dusk just asked the same question. You are looking for that white-haired girl!"
Leaf almost screamed. This woman....Dawn.... was really after her! Wait, she thought. Mister Monday, isn't he that person she'd seen? Right next to Arthur? Yes, he was, she was sure of it. Then this Dawn was connected to him, and to those smelly dog-faced guys she and Ed had seen. And the dog-faces where somehow connected to whatever sickness her family had caught. But then, Dawn.......
The girl's thought's seemed to be messed up. She only remembered that Arthur was afraid of all of this. So she better be afraid of Monday's Dawn too.
The conversation continued.
"She's not here!"
"Look for her. She might be hiding, or in a different room."
"How could you send me here to look for her! What, I am suppose to use my Inspectors?"
"No sister. If you really need to, you could call some Fetchers."
"I still don't understand though, why we need her?"
"Mister Monday's orders. The girl had seen what she shouldn't have seen, and knows what she shouldn't know."
"Still, why don't we focus our attention on the Bearer of the Lesser Key? Arthur boy?"
"I'll take care of that. You don't have much time. Follow Mister Monday's orders. Goodbye sister."
"Goodbye, brother."
Dawn hanged up the phone, and tapped the fan on her head. Then she hurriedly fixed her hair where it got messed up by the fan, and sighed for a hundredth time since she entered this room.
With her bright, blue eyes she quickly and carelessly scanned the room, but still didn't seem to notice Leaf, who was so scared, she had stopped breathing again.
Dawn smiled.
"Come on Leaf..... Come out of wherever you are hiding! I won't hurt you..." she half-said, half-sang. When that got no result, she angrily opened her fan and started to wave it quickly. Then she looked around the room again, and started moving. Leaf understood where the weird sound had came from- Dawn's silk dress was so long, the end of it was dragging on the floor.
Leaf had been holding her breath for last couple of moments, finally exhaled, thinking that Dawn was leaving the room.
Then she froze. The sound was so loud, that Dawn stopped to. She moved back where she had been standing seconds ago. She looked at the room, and this time, her gaze had stopped on a blanket between two armchairs.
"There you are...." she said, rather unkindly. Then, quick as a flash, huge, white, feathery wings exploded behind her, blocking all the light from the rising sun.
The blanket was blown of Leaf, and the trembling girl was left in front of a woman, with huge wings that sheltered the room from all the light of the rising sun. Only Dawn had been glowing weirdly from the inside. Now she looked dangerous. Still beautiful. But dangerous.
Dawn raised her hand, but Leaf didn't wait to see what she was doing. The girl screamed, and in a second crawled out of her hiding spot. Later, she would wonder how she managed to do it so quickly, but now she only wanted to run for her life.
Leaf got on her feat, and run for the stairs.
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There! Second chapter all done! I hope you like it. There will be a chapter three, I just don't know when yet. Probably I will write it sometime next week.
Plz, leave a review to tell me what you think about all of this. Reviews always make me feel nice.