Chapter 2

Dilka and her family left. The rest of the time after their conversation they sat without talking. When they left the tension between Leo, Charli and Dilka had released. "Do we have to see her again?" Charli questioned his mum.

"Well of course we can!" She replied.

" Dam it" They both said.

"What is the problem with her?" she asked.

"She is SO WEIRD! she was talking about other worlds what our birthmarks could mean and all this junk" Leo said whilst pointing at Charli's arm. She sighed.

"Don't judge people like that. Just think... You don't call Charli weird because he loves dragons and phoenixes." She replied. They both looked at the ground.

"She looked at my notebook" Charli finally said. She looked at him.

" What did she say?" she asked

" About our birthmarks, her birthmarks and other worlds she could be existing in," they both replied. They walked away towards the coach. They switched the TV on. They watched it for awhile then Charli heard stones hitting the window near him. He stood up and walked towards it. He saw Dilka in the bushes and waving at him. She was also mouthing 'come here'. He looked at Leo. He was transfixed on the TV. He snuck out of the room and went out of the door.

"where is ya bro?" she questioned.

"Watching TV. I was the only one that saw you." He replied. She smiled.

"Sorry if i put you off before. I was excited. I do believe in the stuff i said though. So it is okay if you find me weird and don't wanna hang out with me anymore" she said, blushing and looking at the floor. She was using slang.

"Hey, if I didn't want to hang out with you i wouldn't of came!" he said. She looked up. Her eyes were gleaming like emeralds. "REALLY? YOU LIKE ME AS A FRIEND?" she asked.

Charli nodded his head. " Your the first ever person! Everyone thinks i am weird but you and my brother!" she said and tackle hugged him.

"I need to tell mum and dad that i will be out with mates" he said and walked away. Dilka waited felt something she never felt before... She thought about it but couldn't grab hold of what it was. But just as she was about to figure it out Charli ran out. "Okay where do you want to go?" he asked. Dilka jumped and turned around.

"Ah what about the oval" She said. Charli started to run off. "HEY! WAIT UP!" she cried.

He turned around and smiled "Come and catch me!" The yelled and pulled out his tongue. Dilka laughed and ran after him. It was a long tiring run but Charli had to keep running he didn't want Dilka to catch him. When he reached the oval he stopped by a tree and leant against it. He was puffing and then suddenly OFPH! He was tackled to the floor. Dilka must of been on his tail and had tackled him to the ground. they both fell on the ground and started laughing.

"You are really fast" He said. He looked at her. Her hair looked windswept. She laughed

"HAHAHA if I was fast i would of gotten you before we hit the oval!" She said with a huge smile. He grabbed the footy he had brang with him. She looked at him then at the football. A frown appeared. " What is wrong?" he asked

" Football gave me scars in my childhood" she said " the boys use to kick it at me when i walked by the oval back from school".Charli looked at her and smiled.

"Well we are not here to kick it at you WE are going to PLAY FOOTBALL" He kicked it towards her and she instantly ran away from it." don't be afraid kick it to me" he said. She picked it up and kicked it. It flew through the air and went above Charli's head. He looked in awe. She had such a good kick. "I suck don't I?" she asked teary in the eyes. He looked at her. "NO! i can't even kick that far. Have you played before?" he asked.

"Only with my brother" she admitted. He smiled and hand balled it to her. He winked and she ran away with it. He ran after her onto the actual oval. She was laughing and running towards the goals. He was gaining her though, so she made a quick decision and booted it. As it went into the air Charli had caught up with her and tackled her to the ground. They both laughed. "WOAH WHAT A GOAL!" yelled someone. Charli looked up. It was Shadow his best mate. She had kicked a goal from the toughest angle. Shadow ran up to them and realized who it was. "Charli was that you who kicked it?" he asked. Charli shook his head and pointed at her. Shadow's jaw dropped.

They both got off the ground. "Who are you?" he asked Dilka. She smiled.

"Dilka. Charli's and Leo's new neighbor" He smiled at Charli. Charli frowned and shook his head. Shadow just smiled and shook her hand. They walked around the oval for a bit talking when suddenly Dilka stopped at two trees. She was fixating on them again. Charli knew this wasn't a good sign. He didn't want Shadow to see the weird side. " We better be going it is getting dark" Charli said

"Okay, see you tomorrow at school then Charli!" Shadow said and ran off.

" Don't think about it" Charli said before Dilka said anything and dragged her away.

Charli arrived home. "You decided to leave me with Mike!" moaned Leo.

"sorry" Charli said.

" by the way Shadow texted me saying you and him and some girl called dilka were playing football" he replied. Charli went pale. " you hung out with Dilka the weirdo next door didn't you?" he asked.

"She actually isn't a weirdo! She is nice and a perfectly normal person!" he said.

"oohhhhhhhh" Leo said.

"SHUT UP LEO!" Charli shouted. He stormed into his room. Leo spurted out laughing. Charli sat in his room and turned his computer screen on.

a message popped up

'Hi Charli'

'hi Shadow'

'that cute chick is your neighbor right?'

'yer... why?'

' you two look cute together... like you know'

'OMG I have had enough of this. My brother and then you!'

Charli clicked 'go offline' he had heard enough of this.

The next morning he woke up to his alarm. School day. He hoped Dilka didn't go to is school otherwise Shadow will tell his friends about her. Mind you he will probably do that either way. His dirty blonde hair was messy like usual but he didn't do anything to it. He didn't give a care about it actually. Only his mum did. He walked outside into the kitchen. Leo was sitting down by the table. "have any pleasant dreams?" he asked.

"SHUT UP! She just wanted to play some footy!"

" okay boys what is it?" asked their mum.

" He is making fun of me cause Shadow, Dilka and I played footy with each other yesterday!" Charli yelled in frustration.

" Leo stop teasing your brother and say sorry" she replied

"sorry Charli" leo said looking at the floor. They both walked out of the house and walked off to school. They walked in silence for awhile until Leo was tackled to the ground. "HEY watch it!" he yelled. There was someone laughing. Charli looked around. There was Dilka. " OH sorry i thought you were Charli! Sorry Leo!" She said " You're hard to tell apart when you are both in uniform" she giggled. Leo stood up.

" Next time focus on the back if you see a black mark on the back through the white shirt it is me Leo okay" He sighed and started to walk again. Dilka followed them. Charli knew this meant she was going to their school. They walked silently to school.

"HEY CHARLI, LEO, OVER HERE!" yelled someone. They both turned around and walked towards Shadow and their other friends. " Hey shadow!" they both said.

"She is here?" he questioned. Both of them turned around and Dilka was other near the gates standing by herself. They both nodded their heads. She was leaning against a post and was staring at the ground. "Well you shouldn't make her feel lonely she is new. Bring her over." He winked at Charli. He stuck his middle finger back up as a response. Leo ran up to Dilka whilst Charli and Shadow had their little argument. When Leo walked over she lifted her head up. "Hey come over here with us" Leo said and walked off towards the boys again. He tapped his bro on the shoulder. He turned around and smiled at Dilka.

"Guys this is Dilka" He said. They all said 'hi'

"She is really good at footy!" said Shadow.

"No i suck" She replied

"Then how did you get that goal?" Shadow asked. She looked down at the ground.

"Come on, show us Dilka on the oval. Here is a football" Shadow said. He handed her his football and the group of boys walked off to the oval. She followed.

"Stand here" He said. She stood next to him and kicked the footy. It flew through the air and straight through the goal. "SHIZ" said Stan. All of them stood there staring at the ball that was on the ground. The bell went and Dilka ran off to the admin office. The boys all sighed and split up to there lockers.

Charli was lucky for once. She wasn't in any of his classes but sport. Leo on the other hand had her for 4 subjects. She didn't talk to him much though. She just sat and listened in class. In sport though Charli and Shadow saw her full of energy. They were playing rugby for this term and she could easily out play the whole other team. She was really good at tough sports, unlike the other girls in their year. Shadow had to ask her about the skills she used. Her reply was a finger on top of the lips. Shadow was frustrated with that. But Charli was glad she didn't tell him. If she did she would talk about herself in another world. Suddenly a question was popped up from Stan at lunch. "What is that red stuff on your fringe?" he asked. Leo and Charli's heart sank. This isn't going to be good.

"I was there when i started to grow my hair." She replied. "I think it might be a genetic thing" She said. Charli and leo sighed in relief. She wasn't going to bring up the topic.

" It looks really COOL!" he replied.

'is that all he could think of saying' thought Charli. But then Stan wasn't the best at english. He was from Spain anyway. Charli could hear giggling and turned around. It was Millie and her friends gossiping about Dilka. One of the girls in the group seemed put out of it though. She was just standing there with a small smile not paying attention. She was looking at Leo who was talking to Dilka about the girl's football team. Charli tried remembering her name. Then it hit him. It was Annie. She liked Leo?

Millie turned to Annie. "What are you staring at? She demanded.

Annie blinked "Oh nothing Mils" she replied in her quiet usual voice."Okay, but if I see you staring at Leo again you are in for it." She said and turned back to Wendy. Annie stood there staring at the ground. Charli turned back around after Millie had mouthed off at Annie. He felt sorry for her.

"No I don't want to join the girl's footy team!" Dilka yelled at Leo

"okay, okay I guess you won't" he said in defeat. Dilka smiled.

"Thank you"

Leo walked towards Charli.

"She ain't that bad after all but there is one problem"

"what?"

"Shouldn't she have girls as friends. It might be lead to trouble if she doesn't" Leo said. He was right.

"Just let her settle into the school first." Charli replied. Leo suddenly jumped up and turned around. Annie was standing beside him. Her cheeks really red. "hi-" she started

"ANNIE WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" yelled Millie. She jumped and ran behind Leo. Millie started to walk over. Leo was looking behind him at Annie. He was very confused. Charli stood there watching Millie come towards them. "Help me" she said desperately at Leo. He nodded his head and stood firmly. Charli's mind was rushing. If Annie was terrified of Millie, why did she hang out with them?Millie finally stopped in front of Leo. Charli knew Leo was terrified of Millie. Lets say she was the school bully around the school. You could tell he wanted to run but he stayed to guard Annie. " HEY BRAT MOVE AWAY" she said.

"N-N-NO, I am not letting you h-hurt an innocent per-rson" he said. She lifted her hand up and a silver plate started to form over her hand. How could she possibly get away with that technology at school? thought Charli. Leo's eyes grew wide and black. Annie shrieked in terror. Millie started to draw her fist went running towards the staff room to grab a teacher. Charli was stuck in his position. He was so afraid but he couldn't do anything to try and save his brother. Millie started the drag it across his wrist when suddenly Charli saw his brother's birthmark glow a green colour and in a flash of light him and Annie had disappeared into thin air. Charli collapsed onto his knees. Millie stood there puzzled as were his friends.

Wet tears came down his face. His brother had disappeared. Dilka walked up to the spot where Leo and Annie had disappeared. She knelt down and touched the ground with her palm. Her mark started to glow as well and she fainted. Stan came running out with a teacher to see Charli with Dilka in his arms and his mates all around him.

Dilka was put into the sick bay and Charli was told to stay there to recover from what had happened. The bell for end of lunch rang. The admin person there asked Charli what had happened. He told her the whole thing. She stood there shocked and turned around. "I always knew you two were special" She said.

"huh?"

"You will find out when you are ready" she said and walked out. A period had gone and Dilka still hadn't woken up. Charli was hoping it would be soon. He was getting really bored. "Stay together" she mumbled. Charli stood up and walked towards her. "stay together be careful dangers ahead Monsinkual is..." he said and woke up in a start. Charli smiled. "Where am I?" She asked dazed. "Sick bay. What were you mumbling?" he asked

"Nothing... But I know something. Annie and your brother is alive. She said.

"Really? WHERE ARE THEY?" he asked

"I don't know... but not here on earth" she said and got out of bed. We both went home early. I had to go home and tell my family about what happened. I should say something less dramatic though. I should just say he just disappeared in a flash of light. We walked by the oval and he was pulled over onto the oval. "hey!" he yelled. She smiled and dragged him towards the trees she was interested in yesterday.

She put her hand through the gap and smiled. "This is it!" and jumped and ran into the space between two trees. Charli had seen his friends run through that and nothing happened. He thought he should follow her. He ran through the gap.

He fell onto the ground and looked up. "We made it!" she said. He looked up. There were trees all around them. They had red blossoms. "Dilka how do we get back?" He asked franticly. She smiled and up her finger up to the bottom of her eye lid and stuck out her tongue. "When we have finished the adventure we need to complete."

"which is?" he asked

"Finding the portal to get us to the world your brother teleported himself and Annie too!" she yelled.

"So we are still on Earth?" he asked

"Yep we are at London!" she smiled and ran to the end of the forest. It must be summer here. He stood up. His knee was grazed and was oozing a bit of blood. "How will we find this portal?" He asked. She turned around.

"I know where it is! But it is only you who can open ... I will help guide you. You just have to find it."

"When did you know of all of this?" He asked.

"Since I touched your brothers trance of existence." she replied. She suddenly stopped talking and looked at herself in the water. "what the hell? Where are we?". Charli was so confused. He had no idea what she was talking about and she had just forgotten everything. He sighed.