Hey Guys! So here's chapter 2...It's super short again because I'm kinda in the "See-who's-gonna-read-this" stage. It's actually even shorter than the last chapter, sorry :P
Disclaimer: All the stuff belongs to Ms. Meyer, in all of her awesomeness. The environment, the Soul-idea, everything *sigh*
Chapter 2
"This is where you will be staying, Miss."
A different Seeker had escorted me to my new quarters. For some reason, this body was very relieved that my Seeker, Cassandra, was not around.
There was no door to my room, just a rounded opening in the wall. I stepped inside, and looked around.
My housing, like the Healing room, was very blank and very white. Windows stretched across the white walls, with a single pair of sheer curtains pulled across a long curtain rod to cover them. A small, almost cot-like bed sat in the leftmost corner of the room. I stepped softly, across the tiled floors to the bed. The pale blue sheets were pulled tight and folded crisply. The only other furniture in the room was a full length mirror and a small wooden dresser. A half bathroom was connected to my right.
The bare walls called to me, like a fresh piece of paper.
I turned to the new Seeker. What was his name again? Star Blanket?"Would I be allowed to decorate this area?" I asked, carefully keeping the hope out of my voice.
The Seeker gave me a strange look.
"I'm sorry, that won't be possible," He said rather curtly, without providing an explanation.
"Oh." I felt embarrassment coloring my face. What a foolish human emotion. I was going to have to learn to control these strong feelings that live inside this body.
Despite the foolishness of some of these emotions, I was quite anxious to experience one in particular: Fear. I had never felt fear before, not on any of my other planets. I suppose second to fear, I wanted to feel love. I've heard that humans love with much more of an intensity than other species.
A new excitement swelled in my chest. Perhaps on this planet, I would meet my Partner.
I turned around. The Seeker – Star Blanket – had left. I hadn't noticed.
Even though I was the only one here, the entire room still lacked privacy. Anyone could walk by and glance into my room. It was all so…open.
I turned and faced the mirror, leaning in to study myself.
My hair was charcoaled and piceous, hanging in loose curls that fell down my shoulders. My nose was small and rounded, and my lips were pink and full. Everything about my new body made it seem so vulnerable.
My new eyes were a grey-color, making it hard to distinguish the color of the body's irises from my own silver ring that circled the pupil.
I tilted even closer to the mirror, so that my nose and forehead touched the cool glass.
What truly strange eyes. They weren't just gray, but many shades of the color. The iris was edged in an ashy hue, like gathering storm clouds, then faded to a medium, quarry rock grey. But the center of the eyes, the strip of color peeking from behind my silver, was truly the most interesting. It was pearly, lighter than gray. Like the color had been siphoned out.
They seemed ghostly to me: Beautiful, but trimmed with an uncertain terror.
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