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Chapter 2: You remind me
The morning came all too quickly for me as I shot up from my nightmarish sleep. I slowly but surely slipped out of bed and began to get ready. I noticed that Julie was no where in sight which probably meant she was already going to class, she liked to be early. Once I was fully dressed I grabbed a few notebooks off my desk and headed out toward my class. The halls were dead silent as I walked, maybe I was late, I couldn't understand how it was so quiet. I walked slowly to the classroom and almost didn't enter but Julie saw me through the door, sighing I walked into the class room feeling all eyes on me.
"Nice of you to join us, what is your name Miss?" I walked toward the teacher with a smile plastered on my face, a fake smile of course.
"My name is Maria Willow." The name felt so foreign to me but it was the price I had to pay for hiding from them. The teacher looked over his class list in confusion, shit I forgot the name wouldn't be on there my real one would. Closing my eyes for a second I replaced my real name with the fake one on the paper. Hopefully the boys wouldn't sense the power, I barley used any. As soon as I opened my eyes the teacher looked up at me with a smile on his face showing me he had found the name.
"Well nice to meet you Maria, take a seat by Mr. Danvers. Mr. Danvers please raise your hand." Caleb smiled like a gentlemen and raised his hand, I silently climbed up the steps toward the riser he was on. I slipped into the spot next to him and placed my notebooks on the table in front of us, Julie looked up from the row in front of me and smiled. I nodded at her just as the teacher began a lecture on American history, joy.
"I didn't think you would show." I looked over at Caleb as he spoke, those he was talking to me he still faced forward.
"Yea well I'm here." I leaned forward trying to focus on anything but the boring teacher. I finally found something to distract me, it was the pulse of power, someone was using but I was having a hard time figuring out who. My mind was filled with other thoughts so I cleared them all away and closed my eyes focusing on the pulses of power. I didn't want to use my power seeing as Caleb was so close but I needed to know who was using. Slowly I pushed my power out and began to search for the source through out the school, when I was extremely close to finding out who it was something brought me back. A hand fell on my knee causing me to open my eyes; I turned my head to Caleb who was blushing as he pulled his hand away.
"Sorry it was an accident." He still didn't look at me, I nodded and tried to feel the pulse of power again but it was gone. I focused then on the lecture even though it was boring, once the class ended I rushed down to meet Julie. Quickly I pulled her out of the class room and down the hall to an empty alcove where we could talk. Once I made sure we were alone I looked her dead in the eyes.
"Did you feel it Julie?" my blonde friend before me looked at me with udder confusion. I couldn't understand, she should have felt it, I felt it.
"Feel what Mara, I didn't feel anything." I leaned my head against the stone wall, was I just going crazy or did I really feel someone using.
"Someone was using last period while we were in class." Julie shook her head at me and leaned forward just a little bit.
"The only person I felt using was you, do you want to get us caught again?" Julie said no more as she walked out of the alcove and headed to our next class. Why didn't she feel it, I could feel it or was the boys power clouding my mind? I couldn't take it. I wasn't going to get us caught, I barley used enough for the boys to notice. Sighing I left the alcove and headed to make next class, making sure I was not late this time. All through class I sat next to Julie who seemed mad at me, I hated having her mad me she was my only true friend at the moment.
All my attempts to talk to Julie through our classes were useless and at lunch I didn't even go to the cafeteria what was the point she was pissed off. I walked to the forest surrounding our school in hopes to find some peace and maybe find words to calm Julie down. Rain was falling lightly on the ground and I didn't mind, I just kept walking toward the trees. Once I found a suitable almost dry place amongst the trees I sat down and began to mediate losing myself in the sound of the rain. I took deep steady breathes as I began to focus on the nature around me when I felt it again, the pulse of power. Unlike in class it was closer it felt as though it was right beside me, slowly I opened my eyes ready to attack the person but when I opened my eyes fully there was no one there. I must have been going crazy because I could still feel the pulsing of the power, it took a look all around me but not a soul was in sight.
"Just calm down, it's just your imagination." I spoke to myself, I was getting nervous. I had never felt a power that wasn't attached to someone or something before. Standing up I brushed off the leaves and anything else that stuck to me as I sat, I needed to get away. I walked out of the forest always checking over my shoulder as I walked, the power was still there somewhere. I was fucking crazy; I needed to get away from the hell that was this school. As I exited the forest I noticed lunch must have ended because no one was there, I smiled to myself and walked over to my Impala. Getting into my car I drove off campus to the only place I could think of, the colony house, it was probably a big mistake but it was chance.
After much driving, I finally arrive at the old colony; the road was the same as I remember it, beautiful. I drove in absolute silence down the road toward the old colony house, on the way I saw the Puntman barn, or more what was left of it. What had gone on there? Shaking my head not wanting to think about it I drove the few extra miles to the house, I stopped my car and debated whether or not to get out. I sat there for a few more minute before I backed up and drove away, I couldn't go in there it would blow my whole hiding thing. So I just drove around Ipswich all day and into the night not caring that I missed all my classes, I needed to think.
It was late when I arrived back in Spencer maybe nine or ten; I had gotten myself lost on a familiar back road. After parking my car next to a familiar silver Mustang I headed back to my dorm. The first thing I noticed as I approached my dorm was the familiar humming of the boys power, I sighed before walking into my dorm. I was not surprised to see all four boys sitting around the room as Julie paced, something was wrong. I could feel Julie's power as it matched her racing heart, she was frightened.
"Julie what's wrong, why are they here?" I sounded a little snootier than I wished but I was not in the mood to deal with my past at the moment. Julie looked at me with nervous eyes, whatever she wanted to say had to be changed because the boys were here.
"I got a call from him." I swallowed hard; there was no way this guy could find us we fell off the face of the earth.
"Okay how did her find us and you still didn't answer my question why are they here?" I needed them to leave so Julie and I could talk freely about the situation at hand. She took a seat on her bed and then looked at all the boys.
"They were there when he called; they offered to protect us from him." I was enraged, we didn't need their protection. They wouldn't use magic in fear of us finding out and they didn't know what they were up against, they couldn't protect us.
"Julie we can handle it, he probably doesn't even know where we are so calmed down okay." I took a seat on the floor in front of her trying to reason with my best friend. She needed to see that we didn't need them.
"Look whether you like it or not you guys are our friends now, we're going to protect you. Maria he threatened both of you, doesn't that scare you?" I stood up and turned to face Pogue, it didn't scare me. What scared me was the unknown power and possible them finding out who I was.
"No I'm not scared of him, he can't find us and if he does we fight him. Alone." All four boys shook their heads at me, why the hell did they have to be so stubborn.
"You're not scared? He said he had someone in this school that told him where you are, how can that not scare you." I shrugged my shoulders at him and turned back to Julie, I needed her to get them to leave but I could still see the fear in her eyes.
"Fine stay all you want, nothing is going to happen. He wont do anything." I walked over to my dresser, grabbed my shower stuff and my pajamas. "I'm taking a shower." Not even waiting for them to reply or try to stop me from going alone.
The halls were filled with an eerie silence as I walked through them, it gave me chills. I couldn't believe he called Julie; he wouldn't come looking for us with all these people around. Could the power I felt today be his little spy, could he really know where we are? When I finally reached the bathroom I found it empty, sighing I stripped down and climbed into a shower washing away the day. While I was in the middle of rinsing my hair I felt the pulse of power once more but this time I didn't try to find it I just ignored it, I was going to forget all about it. Finally I finished my shower, I dried my self off before changing into my pajamas, once I was changed I headed out of the shower.
"Mara." I heard voice call my name through the silence of the bathroom, it was a taunting voice, and it was his voice. I took a deep breathe telling myself it wasn't real before I walked out of the bathroom back to my room.
"Mara, why are you ignoring me?" I closed my eyes trying to block out the voice, I couoldnt tell where it was coming from.
"Go away." I growled under my breath, I knew he wasn't there but I knew I needed to say it out loud.
"Um I just came to check on you." I looked ahead of me to see Caleb; I didn't even see him approach. A blush creped onto my cheeks out of embarrassment, I looked down at my belongings not wanting to look at his face.
"Sorry, I was just talking to myself, and you didn't need to check on me I was fine." In a second my attitude was back, I refused to let my guard down fully in front of this kid.
"Look I'm just trying to be your friend Maria, let me help you." I glared daggers at him, I didn't need his help. Shaking my head I walked past him and headed toward my room which was still filled with the boys and Julie. As sson as I walked in I saw Julie playing cards with Pogue and Reid while Tyler sat in the corner reading a book. I huffed over to my dresser dropping my stuff off before I turned to leave once more.
"I'm going for a walk." And like before I didn't want for them to say I word I just walked out of the room and headed down the hall. As I walked down the hall I could hear footsteps behind me, at first I was almost too scared to turn around until I heard Caleb's voice call out my name, it was still so foreign but I stopped walking.
"Let me come with you please, so one talk and if you hate me after that than fine." I nodded and began to walk once more with Caleb beside me. I couldn't understand why Caleb why was trying so hard to be my friend, I couldn't understand it. I mean yea Caleb was such a kind boy but he usually didn't go out of his way to make others like him, it just wasn't his style. It was quiet between us as we walked out of the school; I was glad the rain had stopped, since there was no rain I stopped at a bench and sat down. I felt Caleb sit beside me but for a second neither of us a spoke.
"Hey did I do something to make you made, I mean you seemed okay last night when I drove you home." He did nothing wrong, he deserve my anger. I just couldn't let it go, there were just some things in life I can't forget.
"No it's not something you did. There are just a lot of things on my mind; lets just forget I was a bitch. Do you forgive me?" It's not like I needed his forgiveness I just didn't want him hounding me all the time.
"Of course, how about we just talk." I nodded to Caleb, maybe it would best just to talk. "Okay you said you had a brother, what's he like?"
"My brother is so over protective and I miss him like crazy." I smiled thinking about Ryan my older brother; I hadn't seen him in over a year. "Okay so tell me something about you." Caleb seemed to ponder for a moment before he spoke.
"Well my father recently died and I am the oldest of my friends." I nodded feeling a pang of guilt over his father dying. Though I had no control over it I just wished I had been there for him.
"I'm sorry for loss; I lost my parents when I was about fifteen." He nodded and I felt his hand on top of mind. I knew it was a comforting gesture but I still slipped my hand from under his.
"You know you remind my friend, she moved away a few years ago. You just look like her but at the same time you're so different." I froze, I knew he was talking about me, I was just glad he noticed the differences between me and the old me.
"Oh, glad I remind you of someone." After that our conversation fell silent, I think neither of us knew what to say to each other. I don't hang long we sat out there before Caleb insisted we go back in side but as soon as we stood up off the bench I felt that power again and I knew Caleb must have felt it too because he instantly tensed. He looked over our shoulders as we walked back into the school he was nervous about something. When we got back to the dorm Julie was fast asleep and the guys we were whispering quietly in the corner.
"Caleb you and Pogue are staying in our room, we need to go and talk." Tyler's voice was quiet and rushed; they knew something was going on. Caleb looked concerned but he followed the boys as they left but he cast a worried glance in my direction before he departed. Once they were gone I climbed into my bed and tried to fall asleep but I could feel the pulsing power, it was getting closer and it wasn't going away this time. I laid there as I felt it, pulse around me, it had to be connected to someone here in Spencer and that was scary. Finally though I was able to close my eyes long enough to fall to sleep, or as close to sleep as I could get with out dreaming like I had the past two times.