Sam, David and Janet swung open the door and barged back into their house.
"What an awkward morning, wasn't it," David said, rubbing his forehead. "School is off for the day, a bunch of kids try to beat me up, and my little sister stood up for me."
"I guess I've been around Sam for too long," Janet suggested. "Technically, we've only known each other for a few days," Sam mentioned.
"Could this day get even weirder," David asked, brushing some dirt from his clothes. "Seriously, what could top what happened this morning?"
"I saw an apparition," Janet mentioned. David and Sam stared at her out of confusion.
"What do you mean, an apparition?" David asked, folding his arms. "Oh yeah, Janet mentioned that before we went to save your butt," Sam said. "She thought she saw some glowing blue girl in her room."
David paled a bit. "Hey, what's wrong?" Janet asked, noticing his freaked out expression.
"Izzy and Brenda…they mentioned something like that," David mumbled. Sam and Janet raised their eyebrows in confusion.
"I was eavesdropping on the two, and they said a few kids were seeing a glowing blue girl in their rooms," David explained.
"You mean like the girl we saw on the road before we met Sam?" Janet said. David nodded.
Sam gulped when he noticed that the two were now staring at him. "W-What is it?" He asked, somewhat confused.
"I mentioned that blue girl to you a few days ago," Janet recalled. "And you flipped out and asked if I saw who she was."
"Yeah, what's that supposed to do with anything?" Sam asked.
"Do you know that blue girl?" Janet asked. Sam took a deep breath and looked around, not knowing what to say. He bit his lip and finally said, "Maybe."
"Also, what about this Bella person?" David asked. "She's your sister, and you're rather secretive about her identity."
"I don't want to talk about her," Sam said harshly. "She's my sister and that's that. And she doesn't want me to reveal her identity anyways."
""Um, okay," David said. "However, I get the sense we're going to find out soon anyways."
"Whatever," Sam said as he raced up the stairs and into Janet's room. Flicking off the lights in the room, he leapt into the bed and sighed, exhausted.
"I really should be going home," He said to himself. "Bella is probably worried sick about me anyways, and I don't want to disappoint her."
Before Sam could contemplate further, he heard a knock on the window. Glancing at the window, he saw a dark silhouette standing from outside. It had the appearance of a girl.
"Hello, Samson," The voice whispered like a breeze of wind.
"Bella?!" Sam practically gasped, instantly recognizing the voice. "But-but, how did you-"
"I followed you to the Barrett house," Bella explained. "Since you were with David and Janet, I pretty much put together that you were with them."
Sam breathed in and out, uncomfortable. The window slipped open and Bella crawled inside. The room was dark so Bella couldn't be very well seen, even by Sam.
"We're going home Samson, now," Bella demanded. Sam clenched the bed covers in response as he tried to find a way to explain why he wanted to stay with the Barretts.
"Um, Bella, do you think you could compromise your visit for maybe a few more days," Sam spouted out. He knew it wouldn't work, but he felt like trying anyways.
"Kizzy spend two nights searching for you," Bella explained. "Several kids saw her and she nearly blew her cover. And if you continue staying with them, you might blow your cover with the other kids as well."
Sam bit his lip. "That's true, but, um…" Sam froze, knowing that what he was going to say next wouldn't exactly be a very reassuring thing to Bella.
"Well, what is it, Samson?" Bella asked, her tone sounding a little nervous.
"They know about my powers," Sam blurted out. The moment he spoke those words, the room suddenly became chilly. Bella stood as still as a statue, not uttering a word.
Then, her eyes and mouth started glowing blue, then her whole body. Sam covered his eyes, fearing the worst. A bright light omitted from Bella's body and in an instant, the room was covered in a bright blue light.
However, that was all that happened. The light vanished as quickly as it appeared, and Bella's body was restored to normal. However, in a few seconds, the door was pushed open, revealing David.
"What was that?!" He shouted frantically. "I saw a blue light coming from in the room and-" He saw Bella's silhouette, but couldn't see her clearly.
"What the…" He whispered. Bella wasn't going to wait for him to find out who she was, and she slipped through the window and out the house.
"Hey!" David shouted and bolted towards the window with surprising speed. "David, don't!" Sam shouted but David was too quick. He pushed the window sill open and leapt out.
It was then he remembered the window was twelve meters above the ground. He screamed as he plummeted down onto the driveway. However, he landed on his parents car, which somewhat broke his fall, but still injured his left arm.
David rolled onto the ground, groaning in pain, when he saw that Bella was sprinting off towards the forest.
Ignoring the pain in his arm, David got to his feet and took off running after the girl. "Hey, stop!" He shouted at her, but she ignored him. Soon, she disappeared into the forest. But David didn't give up. He continued into the forest as well.
It was surprisingly foggy in the forest, and there was a rather large gray mist concealing David's surroundings.
"Great, just great," David said. "Now, when I'm looking for someone, is when the forest decides to turn foggy."
He heard footsteps from inside the fog. They appeared to be going in a certain direction, and David took off after it.
"I'm not going to lose her now," He whispered as he managed to see the silhouette from inside the fog. However, the silhouette paused for a bit and David crashed right into her.
The two toppled over each other until the girl landed on David. David groaned in pain and he struggled to open his eyes, and saw who was on top of him.
"Izzy?!" He said, confused. Izzy was breathing heavily, clearly shaken. However, she regained her composure and got to her feet.
"What are you doing lounging around in the forest?" She demanded. "And don't you ask the same thing. I have the excuse that I was already here since last time you saw me, which was about twenty minutes ago."
"I…I was looking for this girl that was in Janet's room," David explained. "You sure it wasn't just Janet?" Izzy asked.
"No, there was a glowing blue light before I came in," He said. "So I think it's a mirror person, probably Sam's sister he mentioned before."
"Oh come on, you've fallen for the mirror people thing too?" Izzy asked, irritated. "You keep saying they aren't real, why do you believe them now?"
"It's complicated," David said. "And there was a glowing blue light when I saw that girl, so it has to be-"
"Maybe it was Sam?" Izzy suggested, then covered her mouth.
"No it couldn't…" David paused. "Wait…what did you say?"
"Nothing," Izzy replied. However, David wasn't convinced. "Nothing?" He said. "You said something about Sam being the one to glow blue."
"Yeah, what-what about it?" Izzy mumbled.
"How do you know Sam can glow blue?" David asked, taking a step forward.
Izzy gulped. "I was just thinking irrationally," She explained. "A mumble. It's not like I've seen him do it before…"
"What do you mean, 'before'?" David pressed on. Izzy silently cursed to herself.
"Another slip of the tongue, that's it," Izzy said, a beat of sweat on her forehead.
"The girl who always speaks in long words is mumbling?" David said. "That's something unexpected from you."
Izzy bit her tongue. "Hey, you brought up Bella, not me," She reminded.
"And how do you know that girls name is Bella?" David said suspiciously. Izzy began backing up a bit as David pressed forward.
"I heard you talking about her," She tried to explain. "We've only talked about her from inside our house, so unless you've been sneaking in our house, that's unlikely," David said.
Izzy began breathing heavily as she pressed herself against the tree.
"I am not Bella!" She shouted as a final attempt to be defiant.
"…I never said you were, Izzy," David responded. Then his eyes widened as he remembered something.
"Izzy, Bella, Izzy, Bella…" He mumbled to himself. "Izzy-Bella!"
"What do you mean?" Izzy asked.
"You're name isn't Izzy OR Bella," David said, putting two and two together. "You're real name is Isabella! Izzy is your nickname and Bella is just an alias!"
The fog seemed to dissipate as Izzy clenched her fists, exasperated.
"You are Sam's sister," David said, pointing an accusing finger at her and ignoring her irritated expression.
Izzy realized that she was caught. There was no getting out of this predicament. So, she came clean.
"Yes, I am."