Chapter Four: Welcome to my so called life
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Last Chapter: Lani pulled her knees towards herself and put her head on top of them. 'A new life? I don't even know what my old life was, why should I start a new one?' with that last thought she was pulled into an uneasy sleep.
and now on with: With You I Fount Myself!
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She was running, watching the trees of the dense forest flow past her in a blur. She arrived in a small clearing in the middle of the forest; she began to search wildly as though her life depended on it. She could hear voices as though the trees themselves were talking to her. She clamped a hand over her head trying to block out the voices they began to grow stronger like they were yelling in her ears. Her head snapped up in an instant at another sound made. She jumped to her feet and ran blindly back through the unforgiving forest. Her bare feet pounding against the cold solid ground as her brilliant golden eyes darted in every direction. There was no where else left to go, she had to keep running. She arrived at a small brook hidden deep within the forest and slowly dropped to her knees. She tried to will herself back up to her feet, she couldn't stop she had to keep going. A cruel and amused voice suddenly appeared behind her. "Well, well, well what do we have here? Now why would a pretty little girl like you be so far away from home..." she sat there in a daze looking up to see that smirk, that cold unforgiving smirk. As he started to approach her she saw a boy running in the distance; and one name escaped her lips, "Ryu..."
Lani woke up with a jump and sitting in cold sweat. "That smirk...I know that smirk..." she thought as she shuddered from the thought of it... "And that little boy, why did he look so familiar?" she thought
Lani sighed while looking at her clock: 4:00am is read. 'Oh just great another freaky dream, and now three hours till school begins.' She thought while walking into the bathroom. She splashing some water on her face while pondering about the dream
'Ugh why can't I get through one night without that dream, or that stupid smirk' she thought while drying off her face. She looked into the mirror facing her golden eyes.
"Today marks 10 years, 10 long years of no family, 10 long years of having no friends, and 10 long years of not belonging anywhere." She muttered to herself. Slowly a lone tear slid down her face, she quickly brushed it away.
"Stay strong Lani, remember what you told yourself: No crying, crying shows weakness and you are not weak." She told herself as she usually did. 'Maybe a walk would do me some good, to clear my mind.' She thought.
She grabbed a pair of jeans, threw on a deep red shirt, and pulled a black hoodie on top. She slipped on a pair of black worn in sneakers and walked out the door.
'I don't know what's worse' she thought, 'being able to leave that god forsaken orphanage without them caring if I ended up getting mauled by a bear, or that I'm resorted to clear my mind by walking in a city where if I breath in I end up taking in a breath of car exhaust.' She thought with a sigh.
She looked up to see where her feet had led her, the city park. She walked up to a bench and sat down on it with a plop. She began to look out into the artificially made pond in front of her as though if she looked hard enough the answers to all her problems would just float up. She reached up to her most prized possession, her necklace. Her finger traced across her carved name.
'-Sigh- someone had to have cared for me, why would they have given me this if they didn't?' she thought continuing to trace her finger over the carving.
Suddenly she felt something prink her hand. Startled she looked at her hand to find a small cut. 'Huh? How'd that happen?' she thought. She looked towards her finger to find her nails looking longer then usual, almost claw like. She quickly began to shake her hand profusely as though it would just fall off. She looked at her hand to find that her nails were normal again; she also noticed her hand was healed.
"Whoa I defiantly need to get more sleep" she muttered to herself. Lani sat there watching the sunrise till she got up from her spot and began to trek back towards the orphanage. 'I better get back before they notice I'm gone, not as though they'd care if I was or not' she thought bitterly.
Lani swiftly slipped into the old looking building and started to make a quick breakfast for herself. 'The sooner I'm done the faster I can leave and avoid running into anyone' she thought. She had thought and hoped too soon.
"Lani? Is that you child?" said a very raspy sharp voice.
"-Sigh- Yes Ms. Yoshi it's me"
"Oh good, be a good dear and go make breakfast for everyone, oh and don't forget I take two lumps of sugar in my tea." She said with a smirk on her face.
"Yes, Ms. Yoshi" she said while gritting her teeth.
"Oh yes and Lani don't forget to do your chores, I really do believe you could have done better yesterday so with that in mind I'm giving you Amber Ann's chores tool. I mean, I think that's the only fair thing to do, don't you agree Lani dear?" she said just a little too sweetly. "I said don't you agree Lani?"
"-Sigh- of course Ms. Yoshi" she said with venom. 'Today's gonna be a long day' thought Lani before going head first into making breakfast.
After making breakfast for the rest of the orphanage Lani quickly ran to the bathroom and changed into her blue and white school uniform and grabbed her school bag, 'I'll just finish my chores when I get home, and plus I'd take school any day then a couple more hours here' she thought while grabbing a piece of toast. She scribbled a quick note saying school signing her name at the bottom, and slipped out the door. The crisp cool air felt nice against her face, she still had about an hour till school started and decided to walk there.
The vines running up the sides of the old brick building gave it a certain old charm. She approached the building tugging on her skirt "Grr can they make these skirts any shorter?" she mumbled to herself.
"Actually I think they could, but then the school board would be all over the school like a fat kid would on cake."
"Whoa! Who said that?" said Lani turning 180 degrees till finally her eyes landed on a girl in the same uniform with her black hair with blue streaks pulled back by a pair of chopsticks .
"God" she replied with a smirk.
"Who are you?" asked Lani shrugging off the sarcasm.
"The names Jade, just moved here" she extended her hand towards Lani.
"Uh, Lani" she said while shaking her hand awkwardly.
There was a long moment of awkwardness; Lani kept shifting her weight from one leg to another till finally Jade broke the silence.
"So...would you mind showing me around the school today?"
"Huh? You want...me to show you around the school?" she replied with a slight hesitation in her voice.
"Duh that's what I just said! Why wouldn't I want you too, you're actually the nicest person I've met here. I mean if you don't want to..." she said trailing off.
"No, no, no!" she said putting her hands up in protest, "Of course I'll show you around, I was just surprised, and that's all."
"Why would you be surprised? If you don't mind me asking that is." She asked
"Well to tell you the truth, I've never really hear my name and the word 'nice' in the same sentence before" she said while finding the pebble on the ground very interesting.
Soon there was a sound of laughter erupting from Jade, making Lani's head sink lower.
"I'm sorry (giggle) it's just that, what, is everyone here HIGH or something?!"
Lani shot her head up and looked at the girl with surprise, "Wh-what?"
"Seriously! You really don't seem like the person that couldn't be described as anything more then nice! Ok well maybe you're a little rough around the edges, but hey! Who isn't?"
Lani stared at the girl blinking a few time before her first genuine smile in a long time spread across her face, "Jade, I think this is the beginning of a very strange friendship."
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Well there we have it! And yup new character! What shall she bring?
Next Chapter: A Project of a Life Time
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