Drum roll... Yes I now have chapter eight up. Lucky for you that finials are almost over! Just three more days and school will be out for three mounts!! I'm so happy; being a Jr. isn't fun when it comes to all the hard homework I had to do. (Not that I really did any of it at home, try five minutes before the class started...) Anyway, please don't forget to R&R. I love feed back, it tell me if I'm doing ok.
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Chapter eight: Hiding III
By: kariangel100
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Smooth and rich- like fine wine at an ancient ball, were women in satin, silk and lace danced the night away with young gentlemen in dark suites- came Madison's voice. High soprano melody filled the lulled air, so soft, the pain yet pleasure was all that could be heard as the notes of the mute piano were lightly played. Those of whom have had the luck to hear her sing were either driven mad or had no memory of the siren call. The song she sung was so forlorn of a star-crossed love, which she herself could not bear not to cry. And as the last note faded in the draft of the cold room so did all the gloom. She stood there still as a wave of thoughts and dreams came crashing down in her mind's eye. She shook until it passed, leaving her chilled and alone. Although Madison hated the feeling, the passion she felt when she sung could not be shattered. With a sigh, Madison glanced about the sound proof room until her amethyst eyes rested on a man sitting in front of a grand piano, staring off into nothing. "Mr. Hue, how was I?"
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With the break of silence, glass eyed, the man with a somber smile looked up. "It was good Madison, the best yet, but I'm afraid that soon I will no longer have the stealth to with stand your beautiful vocals," he said in a deep baritone voice.
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"Your passion speaks in volumes, good day Mr. Hue, you asked to see me," came the calmness of a honey-silk voice of an intruder. Both Madison and Mr. Hue looked to the door in surprise, to see the honey-silked hair and dark mint orbs of Sakura.
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"Ah, yes, please come in Sakura... Have you met the lovely Madison?"
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"Yes, I believe we met once before, you have I beautiful voice," she stated. Madison said nothing in return as she gazed in wonder, never before had she heard Sakura utter so much as a few words. It bothered her too, why hadn't her song affected her if- or so she claimed –she had heard it? Why is it that every time you around I get the feeling that there is more to you that meets the eye, she thought before she was dismissed for lunch. Happily she made her way to go check on Eli in the hospital wing, before she went to the mess hall.
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It was unbearable, this room she was in. The overly large window lit the white room making it seem brighter then it already was in the early noon. Its cheerfulness and the strong smell of lemon and disinfectant were starting to make Madison feel ill. Everything was starting to get to her- the over powering smell, the loud silence, the brightness – but, she hadn't been there for long. The fact that it was located near the trauma warded in the hospital wing, the waiting room, made her tense and guilty. It was all her fault that she was here, that Eli was lying unconscious in one of the beds in this very ward. She sighed and ran her shaky fingers though her raven hair. The sound of foot steps broke her out of her guilty thoughts and she glance at the door, hope in her eyes. When the sound started to faded she began to let her mind wander. That was until she heard the shrill of the old head nurse, the cry of angry words. "What were you thinking? You could of killed him you stupid girl!"
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"You know as well as I do that I couldn't stop him, much less stopping it from happening." Came another voice softly, it was familiar, that Madison was sure, but who, she couldn't put her finger on. "Do you think that I like when people get hurt? Just show me where Eli's room is so I can help him..." Madison got up with grace, her sausage eyes blinked in awed, who was that? Getting closer to the door, Madison strained to hear the fading voices of the girl she could not place; she need to know what was going on.
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"You need to learn control, next time it might not only kill an innocent, but you as will, you were both lucky this time," said the old nurse this time in a kind all-knowing tone.
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"...yes I understand."
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"Oh, Sakura, what will happen to you?" Madison gasped as she listened, 'Sakura? What the fuck is going on', she thought as the sound of foot steps faded off in to the distance? She had many more questions running through her mind, like who was this Sakura, the so called newbie and what kind of power did she have to do something like that to Eli?
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The old nurse had told her earlier when she first got there, that Eli was in a coma. The head wound that he had could have been fatal, it almost killed him. No one knew what happened, at least no one she knew. Taking a deep breath, she slowly opened the door and made her to her next class. Her lunch hour was just about up and she wanted to find Li. What ever was going on he would find out for her. Things weren't right, and she would find out why, sooner or later.
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All was calm as Madison sat in her last class of the day. A quietness had surrounded her, wrapping its veil tightly making it even harder for her to breathe. The teacher in front of her gave up on his fruitless attempted to teach his boisterous students, and stood ready for any questions they might have. None came, for each of their minds were on matters that had nothing do with the subject that they were studying. Madison started to nibble at her nails; a bad habit that she had only recently started a few years back. Since earlier that afternoon she had trouble paying any attention to the world around her and it seem to have gotten worse as the day worn on. The girl Sakura had invaded her mind, poisoning it with unanswered questions. 'Who was she,' Madison thought as she accidentally bit hard on the tip of her pinky, making her winch in pain.
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"Class," the teacher said as he cleared his throat, "the period is about to end so I thought it is time for me to put you in pairs that will help you with tonight's homework. As you know we have been learning how to work as a team, to be a good team you must trust each other. So I want you to write a fore page essay of you partner. Now when I call you name please come and get you partner's name and a questionnaire. Madison ignored the rest of what he was saying and once again became engrossed with thoughts of the newbie. Not long after her name was called, waking her up to reality. "Miss Madison... you partner will be Miss Sakura, that is unless you would like someone else? She can be, how can I say this... A bit hard when it comes to things like this." Madison stared at him for a long time letting what he said sink in.
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"Sakura," she replied and turned to search the class room. 'I didn't know I had her for this class...' she thought. Her eye wandered until they caught auburn hued locks.
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"Umm yes... Well do you want another partner or not?" all she could do was shake her head no and slowly walked up to the girl with a some what far away look in her eyes.
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Sakura sat in her desk gazing out the window. Some thing she had been doing the greater part of the period. Sakura ignored the teachers glare and the other students' curious glances and just sat there. Soon, she hoped, they would leave her be and let her fad into the background. They would wonder not of who she was or why she was there. At least that's what she wished would happen. Hearing a small cough, Sakura reluctantly broke her gaze from the beautiful sky and turned to see a girl stand before her. "Hello," the girl said while brushing long raven locks out of her eyes and gave a small smile, "my name is Madison... it looks like you and I are partners." Madison extended an ivory hand in greetings, but Sakura just stared, "Well..." Sakura watched as Madison shifted somewhat uncomfortable under her gaze, "Let's start with a few questions before the bell rings." Madison took the seat next to her and started to ask some of the questions on the questionnaire. After a few minutes of no replied to every question, Madison gave a sigh.
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"Okay... Umm, what are you most afraid of," Sakura just returned her eyes to the world outside, "Well mine's... Mine is death. I'm afraid of dieing..."
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"You know there are far more thing worst then dieing..." Sakura answered and got up; leaving aide eyed Madison in her wake.
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Well, another chapter finish and done with! The next chapter might take me awhile to upload, see as I have no clue where to go from here. Acutely that not true, the face of the matter is that I don't know which of my ideas will fit with this story. So, will see what I'll do in a few weeks, at least I hope. R&R.
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