Chapter four: Time for a change!
Near's P.O.V.
I am walking along the maze looking around myself trying to calculate the best way to get to the center. I spot it, it's pretty obvious with it being decorated, through an open area of the maze and I head to it. I glance around when
No one else seems to be here yet.
"Near." A voice speaks behind me.
I turn to look to who it is.
It's a toy robot. "It seems like you've been left behind." It says.
"Oh no. I'm sure that they are doing their best to find me." I reply.
"Yes. But surely it burns you up at how weak and helpless they think you are." The toy continues as it continues to hover to look at my face.
I pause for a moment.
Weak and helpless?
They never showed any signs of thinking that way….
"No they don't." I say.
"Oh really?" The toy questions. "They only think that speaking up on how weak and helpless they truly think you are will make it even worse. They only consider you as nothing more than a child that can't handle the outside world."
"No you're lying!" I counter.
"I promise I am not. Just ask one of your so called friends." The toy disappears.
"Near!" Halle's voice speaks.
I turn to her glad that she made it. "Halle!"
She rushes over to me and wraps her arms around me like a protective mother. "Oh I'm so glad you're safe."
"Of course. I can take care of myself." I tell her.
Her face falls to show that she thinks otherwise but doesn't voice it. "Well don't worry I'm here and nothing will happen to you."
I pull away. "I'm not a child." I tell her sternly. "I really can take care of myself."
Halle looks worried then sighs. "Oh Near. We didn't want to say anything but you are a child. Surely you can see why we all want to protect you since you're weaker and helpless."
I shake my head. "You know that's a lie."
She looks sympathetic. "You'll admit to yourself one day."
I turn away and suddenly the toy teleports to in front of me.
"I told you." It says.
"I can't believe it." I sigh looking down.
Halle's gaze can't be felt on me anymore like she left but I don't really care right now.
"Well I think that you should show them how strong you truly are." The toy says and a faint image of Discords face appears staring at me in the eyes with hypnotizing eyes as the words echo in my head. "You've been kind for far too long. It's time to be cruel."
I don't fight it. My world swirls like how the eyes I am looking at do. I feel something shift inside me and something I have never felt appears within me.
It's not anger as that is like fire.
It's not any feeling I can think of.
It's like ice just freezing cold ice.
"Near!" Light's voice reaches my ears behind me.
I blink making it all go back to normal and shake my head feeling a little dizzy but it goes away.
Light keeps talking. "I'm so glad that I found you. It's good to see a kind face. This awful maze is getting to everyone." He says as he moves closer to me.
I find it a little annoying right now. I turn around with an unsympathetic look. "Aww boo hoo hoo." I say.
Light looks at me surprised and confused.
I walk towards him. "Why don't you use your precious little magic and make everything alright?" I raise an eyebrow crossing my arms over my chest.
"Uhh…." Light pauses.
I know that I hit a weak spot.
He wants to make everything alright.
It's written all over his face.
I smirk. "Oh that's right. You can't." I turn starting to walk towards the others that came with Light. "You're too weak to do any magic that is actually helpful." I turn away from him smirking as I walk away.
Two of the three begin walking with me with L in the lead.
Matsuda is in my way.
I push my side against him knocking him into the hedge maze wall.
L stops to laugh.
"And what are you laughing at!?" Matsuda growls glaring at L.
L avoids eye contact. "Cotton candy." He says.
I don't care enough to give a look back and soon I hear the others following me as I keep my head high and a smirk on my face.