Part 19: Finally something normal: Seth

I shivered in the cold wind as I stood outside the hall where Bella's party would soon be starting. I was waiting for the girls to arrive while the other guests mingled inside.

"Hey there!" I jumped and spun around to see a brown haired girl staring at me. "What's happening here then? Big party or something? I do wonder why humans seem to want to be together, animals at least gain protection from it. We humans only gain hurt and heartache from being together. We never learn" Her voice was strong and proud but her eyes told a different story. They spoke of sadness and despair.

It was like she had given up on humanity, I couldn't let that happen. "But what about friendship and love?" Her eyes hardened at that last word.

She spat on the ground before she continued. "Letting our guard down so that someone can cut us deeper. Nothing ever works out for us; I have seen that first hand. Humans are out for themselves and that's that." She slammed her fist into her palm before grabbing my shoulders and staring wildly into my eyes.

I knocked her arms out of the way and stepped back. "What the hell? I care for Bella far more than anyone; even myself!" I was yelling now and glanced at the doorway; if anyone had heard me then they had ignored it.

"That's what so many people say these days but it's wrong." Her voice had lost all its strength and was now little more than a whisper. Her whole body sagged and she looked down at the floor. I reached out the rest a hand on her shoulder but she stumbled back stopping a couple of meters away.

After a few silent moments she looked up a huge smile on her face. "Well not that it's any of your business, right." She laughed.

Thank you Seth

The voice again! "What's going on?"

The girl rammed the heel of her hand against her temple and spoke. "Ugh Yggdrasil would you shut up! What if our boss finds out?" She was talking to the voice, maybe she knew where it came from.

He isn't going to Loki and Ran are making sure of that Remember Loki has a wish and I for one want it to come true

I ran forwards and grabbed for her but she jumped out of my grasp. "What is going on here? What is this voice in my head?"

But she was already halfway up the road. "Sorry kid got to go now!"

"Kid? You can't be a year older than me!" my yell echoed in the empty street and faded as she vanished into the darkness.

"Who are you yelling at Seth?" I whipped round to see Bella and Leah stood there.

My jaw almost hit the ground to see her so beautiful. "Some girl just ran off."

Leah snapped her fingers in front of my face. "Yo slobber chops, is Jacob here yet?"

"Yeah over... Somewhere." I mumbled waving my arm in the direction of the party; at least I think it was that direction. I was rather disorientated at that point in time.

She patted my cheek and left one last taunt before heading off to find him. "Well try not to ogle too much."

By the time to open presents I was getting a hold of myself and thinking a lot clearer. Leah and Jacob had spent a lot of time out of the room but now we were all surrounding the table they were piled on. Bella had unwrapped everything except mine Jacob and Leah's presents.

"Ok Leah first then." She pulled the shiny paper away to find a CD of the Suite bergamasque by Claude Debussy, Bella's favourite composer. "Thanks Leah!"

"Welcome. Wasn't exactly hard to find something for you." She smirked at me and I fidgeted uncomfortably. That was a low blow.

Next up is Jacob's gift. The small box opened to reveal a small charm bracelet with a little wolf dangling from it. "Ah Jakey I love it!" Soon the boy in question was enveloped in a bear hug, I saw my sisters eyes twitch slightly. She wouldn't show any signs of affection towards Jake but seems like she had a little bit of a jealousy issue.

After she had put the bracelet on she turned to my present. The angle I was at I couldn't see her unwrap it but she whipped right round, the sandy coloured wolf teddy cradled in her arms. "So cute, what made you decide to get this?"

"Well I have seen you asleep several times and you always look so lonely and vulnerable so I thought you could have a friend to look after you."

"And that's why I love you Seth." She kissed me momentarily before continuing. "Think I will call him... Raynardine!"

When the party was over, the two of us got into her truck. "Hey how about some music for the drive home?"

"Seth you know I don't have a..." She ground to a halt as she noticed the radio in the dash. "How did you do that?"

"I had some help from a friend."

lot of refs to the real story in the presents. The name of the wolf toy comes from the web comic gunnerkrigg court.

Freya is mysterious again and again all will be explained in later stories (see my profile for more info.) Loki and Ran are also from Norse mythology. It should be obvious but if not then Yggsdrasil is inside Freya's mind.

I didn't actually realise that not many people would be reading this and watch Dollhouse so on the subject of Emily last chapter: She was a 'doll' in the English dollhouse which means that she had her mind wiped and was capable of having any personality put in her and hired out and after five years would get her old mind back and then get a huge pay out. She was gone for five years but some time she was kidnapped (more on that in a later story) and abandoned in China with her scars and old self back. The dollhouse would have fiddled with her mind to stop her saying exactly where she was hence her hesitation on the explination.