CHAPTER XV

I Lied

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So, the title of this chapter doesn't come from anything... I seriously... lied. :3 Just wait and you'll see exactly what I mean, hopefully, if you're smart, which I know you are.

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Amali shut her locker and messed up the combination; there was a history at her junior high of the kids stealing. Not like that mattered, anyway, considering eighth grade graduation was just around the corner. Just around the corner was the next day. What a scary thought.

Her short, dark, silver hair flowed behind her while she walked, part of it in a mini-braid to the side. The way she dressed reminded her so much of her mother that it was scary, but in a way, she had nothing against it. Without noticing as she walked down the hallway, her hands fingered the wind-shaped keychain she wore around her neck. She had been given this when she was just a baby and never threw it away. There was an instance where she almost lost it, though, but she could hardly remember because she was so young.

She was soon interrupted when her honey-blond best friend, Jaiden tapped her on the shoulder. Without even asking, Amali jumped on Jaiden's back and pretty much demanded that he carried her.

These two had been best friends since they were babies simply because their parents had been best friends. Jaiden's parents had one other boy, but they hardly heard from him. Jaiden didn't even talk to him very often.

"Just as hyper as ever." Jaiden chuckled lowly. For only a thirteen year-old, his voice had already gotten so low.

"It's graduation tomorrow! Why not?" she asked, cocking her head sideways. So amazingly hyper and optimistic, Amali was.

The happiness was broken only a second later, when they heard talk of a strange, black creature appearing in the cafeteria for a second, and then disappearing soon after. Apparently there was a boy that looked sort of like Amali, but with brown hair there, as well.

They couldn't even begin to comprehend what was going on, but Amali clutched her necklace, and decided to pretend that they were seeing things.

They were... all just seeing things, right?

Author's Note: Okay, not much of a secret chapter, but do you have any idea what's going on yet? I bet you do. :D Stay tuned for the credits!