This is the second chapter of Black Secrets, The reason this won't be updated often is because I find this story sort of boring to write. Sorry. Enjoy.
Chapter 2. The Diary.
Kiara tossed the obstructions out of her closet. Old clothes, books, homework and even shoes.
Suddenly her small hands closed around a leather-bound book. This was strange. She hadn't put any leather books in the closet. Curiously she pulled it out. It was an old diary. The pages were crumbling away at her touch. The cover had only a symbol on it, No year. But she remembered that symbol. Her nightmare had depicted someone with those kinds of symbol on the end of chains closed around the creature's neck. Cautiously opening it, she saw these symbols, bunched together like words and sentences.
Perhaps it's written in runes, Kiara thought.
But these runes were unlike the ones her teacher had shown her class at school.
There seemed to be twenty-six symbols, one for each letter. Small lines and dots sufficed as punctuation.
What kind of writing is this? Kiara thought.
She wished she knew of a way to translate it.
The moment she thought this, the ink forming the runes flooded and swirled around, reforming into English before her eyes.
When the leaves fall, the innocent will follow.
It read.
Kiara ran to find a pen.
My name is Kiara. I am nine.
She wrote in the book.
A pleasure to meet you.
The book said back.
What do you know about animals? My dog hates being outside alone, and he used to be fine.
Kiara wrote.
Perhaps there is something that frightens it.
The book replied.
But there aren't any snakes or spiders…
Kiara faltered.
Snakes and spiders are only the beginning of fearful creatures…
With Shadow…
Kiara had been very quiet for at least half an hour now.
She must be up to something, he thought.
But inside her room, she was only cleaning up.
At least she's not a slob like Sonic and Silver, he thought.
Flashback.
'Ugh… I can't see any floor! ' a teenage Shadow thought, glancing round the Sixth-year boys dorm. Sure enough, the floor had Sonic's gym pants draped over an armchair, Silver's underwear was decorating a corner, Knuckles' schoolbooks were strategically placed around the room, Mephiles' rubbish from midnight feasts lay everywhere, and basically, almost everything was out of place. Shadow's part of the room however, had everything in it's right place. Books were ordered alphabetically, clothes in the closet, shoes and socks put away, bed made just so…
Six minutes later…
"Holy Mackerel! The janitor's cleaned up." Sonic yelled.
"Where are my chip sandwiches? I thought I hid them really well! Cough up, Sonic!" Mephiles yelled.
"Oh my god! My underpants! Where are they! Mephiles, YOU STOLE MY UNDERPANTS!" Silver panicked.
"My books! I left them here. Professor Sharpe will kill me if I don't finish that essay!" Knuckles bellowed.
"All I did was clean up! Don't I get a "thanks, I really appreciate it"?" Shadow asked.
" GOD DAMN SHADOW THE NEAT FREAK!" Mephiles yelled.
"You have OCD? OMG!" Sonic joked.
"You need to see a shrink! Badly!" Knuckles cried.
"I hate you! Now Blaze is going to see me naked, you hid my clothes." Silver yelled.
"Considering what you two were doing during Kinetics, I don't think she'll care." Shadow said slyly.
"That's private!" Silver yelled.
"But the whole class saw it." Said Mephiles.
"Ewww." Knuckles said.
"It was a god damn kiss, not "you-know"! Geez!" Silver snapped.
"It's easy to get to you! Talk loudly about your love life!" Sonic said, laughing.
"Do you think she's ready for "Second Base" yet?" Mephiles asked, cracking up.
End Flashback.
Shadow snickered. He hadn't thought of that in ages.
He hadn't laughed like that in days. G.U.N were constantly plaguing him with questions, Amy had been on the phone all the time, Kiara was too much grown up to do anything really silly. It was why Amy joked that Kiara "Stood on tiptoes" and was "Born thirty-five".
Review please! BTW, Shadow is fifteen in the flashback.
Shadamyrox13.