disclaimer in chapter 1.
(Anily) Khthonia hasn't read this so this is all my work and I NEED SOME IDEAS! I have NONE!
Gabriel was leaning on the tree where he had gave Rosemary some of his pain. "Why me? Why do I have to be the Protector?" He muttered under his breath. He slid down to the base of the tree, still mumbling about that he wished he wasn't the Protector From Sameness anymore.
"Hey. I haven't seen you around. Did you move from a different town?" A female girl about thirteen like Gabriel asked.
"Do I know you?" He wondered, still not looking up. He kept staring at the ground, as if he wanted it to suck him up. Her voice sounded so familiar, so if it wasn't Cassia, he wouldn't believe it until he saw both of them at the same time.
"No... My name is Shona Realonda." The girl answered, staring at him confused.
Gabriel gave a small, heartless laugh. "Huh. Would've guessed Cassia Alonso Realonda." Then he noticed that they had the same last name but decided it couldn't be... Cassia was an only child.
"Alonso?" Shona repeated. "That's my middle name,"
Gabriel finally looked up at her, staring questioningly. "How old are you?" He inquired.
"Thirteen..." Shona wasn't able to say more before she was interrupted.
"Remember, I'm not as young as I used to be." A seemingly old male voice stated.
"But at least you can walk." Another, a younger male, replied.
"Yes, like a saying the Receiver before me said, 'I may be old, but not to old to outwit the young,'" The first responded. "Now, Rachel, Elizabeth, are you sure he went this way?"
"Positive." Two female voices said at the same time.
"It's sad that he thinks that it was all his fault that Sameness came back. Er, more like the rest of the community got him to believe it." A third female muttered.
Gabriel finally knew who the voices belonged... Of course, the older male already cleared up the first two females.
"Giver? Jonas? Cassia?" He wondered. What were they doing here?
"Gabriel?" The female, now known to be Cassia, replied. "Where are you?"
"How do I know? All I can tell you is that it's somewhere in the woods!" Gabriel stated.
Cassia muttered something about buying him a compass as soon as she could. And maybe a map.
Gabriel rolled his eyes. Cassia was always saying things but then forgetting she ever said it.
After a while, Giver, Jonas, Cassia, Rachel and Elizabeth appeared to Gabriel and Shona. Cassia and Shona gaped.
"You!"
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"Shona Alonso Realonda and Cassia Realonda!" The elder Sara was one of the people who didn't think it was Gabriel's fault that Sameness came back and she came over to Rosemary's home as soon as she heard the problem.
Cassia and Shona didn't seem to get along well. Gabriel was confused about this- they seemed to be sisters yet they couldn't get along!
"Oh, this is why most of the Sameness-living just put them to death instead of sending them away to another town." Sara muttered. "They are twins... We waited one year before deciding to send Shona away. That year they never got along. They were like night and day. We sent Shona away because the Community felt that if they got together when they got older..."
This was going to cause some trouble...
"Shona and Cassia could decide which of the non-Sameness-living communities to live in," Gabriel stated.
"Fine with me." Cassia replied.
They waited for Shona to reply... After none, they saw she was gone.