Something was telling me that maybe following him was a bad idea, especially if he caught me. That would be more than awkward. But for some reason I chose to ignore this feeling and continue to follow him.

I walked along the muddy path, constantly pushing trees behind me and stepping over twigs, trying to keep following him. But as I fell behind more and more, he seemed to walk faster and faster and I fought to keep up with him. His head quickly turned to look in my direction and I hid behind a nearby tree. No way was he going to catch me.

"Who's there?" He asked. I closed my eyes and held my breath as I heard the sound of crunching leaves, getting louder and louder. He was walking towards my hiding place.

"Show yourself!" He demanded. I felt a weight being pressed against the tree I was hiding behind, and I started to panic. I held my breath attempting to not give away my location. Don't make a sound. I thought, shifting to the side a bit. Then I saw my escape, a squirrel.

I kicked the squirrel forward and got back into my position so he wouldn't see me. I heard him sigh.

"Oh it's just a squirrel" He murmured, his American accent clearly heard through his deep voice. Once I heard his footsteps getting further away from my hiding place, I breathed a sigh of relief. That was too close, I have to be more careful.

I slowly emerged from the tree, and continued to follow him. I looked around the corner of a bush to make sure he wasn't looking before persisting along the path. I had no idea what I was expecting to find or see. Was I just trying to prove my witch theory? Or should I say wizard? The more I thought about it, the more bizarre the idea seemed.

Eddie? A wizard? There is no way an egotistic American boy is capable of holding so much power, imagine what he would do with it? Probably zap himself to Mcdonald's and back. Snap. My head snapped up, and I realised I had lost Eddie. I growled to myself, I was too stuck in my thoughts I forgot I was trying to follow somebody...as one does. He can't be that far away.

I broke into a steady run, attempting to catch up to Eddie, even though I had no idea where he was. However it was no use, he was gone.

"Dammit!" I cursed quietly. How could he disappear so fast? That's not humanly possible! But he's not human. I rolled my eyes at my childish thoughts, there's no way his immunity is caused by some kind of supernatural ability. It's impossible. Right?

I looked at my surroundings, it looked familiar, yet I didn't know how to find my way out. I took out my phone and looked at the lock screen: It's 1:30, which means I have twenty minutes to find my way out of here, get my lunch and then get back to school. Great. I knew following that idiot would be a bad idea.

I walked on, trying to find my way out the woodland labyrinth…to no avail. Brilliant! Fucking perfect, Trudy's going to kill me. I grumbled, throwing myself on the ground.

"Squawk!" I looked up and saw a bird, perched on a tree branch. It wasn't just any bird though; it was the fiery red bird I saw that day in the forest. And that's when I realised why this place was so familiar, this is where I first saw the bird.

"Well hello again" I murmured, slowly getting up. The mystical bird, shifted as if it was about to fly away. I put my hand out slowly and looked into its eyes.

"Don't worry I'm not going to hurt you" I whispered, walking towards it slowly. I didn't want to scare it off like last time. For some reason I felt a strong connection with it, and yet I didn't even know what it was. As I got closer and closer, it seemed to get more comfortable.

"That's right" I assured it, reaching out my hand to stroke it's feathers. The bird cocked its head forward in acceptance and I looked as its eyes burrowed into my soul. I've never seen anything like it, it was as if it was speaking to me. And that's when I realised. Those eyes.

I took several steps back before reaching for my back and taking out my sketch pad. I flicked through the pages until it landed on the one I was looking for. I studied the drawing and compared it with the bird. The eyes, they were the exact same ones I saw in my dream.

I walked back to the bird and stroked it's hot feathers.

"What are you?" I whispered. The birds eyes seem to widen and it flew away. I gasped.

"Wait!" I exclaimed, grabbing my bag and chasing after it. Again it wasn't flying high, but it was flying fast. Very fast. I panted, turning around multiple corners, keeping my eyes on that bird. I wasn't going to let it get away this time. I picked up my speed and saw myself getting closer to where the bird was flying. I was almost directly under it, but then I noticed something.

Its wings were on fire

I gasped and stopped abruptly in my tracks. My mind was racing, so much I didn't even care that the bird was flying away. There was only one thing I could think about, and that was the fact that the birds wings were lit on fire, out of nowhere. Did I do that? No that's impossible.

"Excuse me are you okay?" I looked up and saw a middle aged lady. I looked at her confused before taking in the rest of my surroundings. I was in town, but how did I get here. I looked up and saw the fiery bird, on a street lamp, one of its eyes closed, opened, and then it flew away. Did it just wink at me?

"Maybe I should get you some help" The lady said. I blinked in surprise, I had completely forgotten she was there.

"No!" I exclaimed, a bit too loudly, I cleared my throat" I'm fine thanks"

"Please I insist" She pressed, taking a hold of my arm. I ripped my arm out of her grip and was about to yell at her before I was interrupted.

"Trixie, there you are!" A patronising voice called. I turned around to see Eddie, the root of all my recent problems, approaching us.

"What are you doing" I hissed through my teeth, as he stood beside me.

"Just go with it Yacker, unless you want to end up in an asylum" He hissed back, then turning to the lady, putting on a fake smile and his had on the small of my back. I flinched...i swear if he doesn't get his hand off me in the next five seconds...

"Sorry about that, she tends to wander, she hasn't been the same since her mum died" He said. The lady looked at me in a sympathetic way and I almost threw up. I don't do sympathy.

"Oh of course, you two take care now" She said, walking away. Once she was past a hearing distance I turned to Eddie angrily.

"Really?! You made her think I was crazy!"

"Wow you're awful grumpy for someone who just got their ass saved!" He retorted.

"Whoever said my ass needed saving?" I paused realising how weird that sounded, apparently passersby realised too , making me turn my head away in embarrassment.

"I did! She was about to take you to some nut house! What are you doing here anyway?" He asked suspiciously. I started to wonder whether he knew I was following him. No he couldn't have, he would have mentioned it by now.

"What are you?" I fired back. He rolled his eyes.

"Oh real mature Yacker, I was just going to get lunch and you?" Lunch? Then why did he bother to walk through the forest?

"Same as you" I said. We stared at each other for a minute, the anger subsiding.

"Do you want to come with me?" He asked awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck. I raised an eyebrow, Ha! Over my dead body!

"I'd rather die" I answered, blankly, turning to leave. But a hand grabbed my arm before I could take a second step.

"Oh come on Yacker, we're both here so we might as well" He said. I didn't answer. Why are you thinking about this? You hate him, just go!

"I'm going to subway" He said in a sing-songy voice. I snorted.

"I'll go if you promise never to speak like that again" I laughed, this seemed to surprise him, it surprised me too. I don't laugh, or smile, or anything like that unless I'm speaking to Trudy.

"Done" He agreed, smiling.

…

Here I sat, on a small table, opposite the blonde idiot that I call my enemy. Whatever possessed me to do this, is the devils spawn, surely.

As we ate in silence, I couldn't stop thinking about, who sat in front of me. Who was he? He surely wasn't who he told everyone he was. There is no way a plain human being like him, would be unaffected by my curse. It just doesn't add up. Just thinking about it, made me more and more frustrated, it was only a matter of time before…

"Why?" I blurted. Eddie looked up, his eyebrows raised in question.

"Why are you attracted to me so much? It's okay all girls are" He boasted, smirking.

"No you idiot, why are you immune to me?"

"What you mean that lame party trick you tried to pull? I guess you just need practice" He teased.

"Don't act clueless, you know what was supposed to happen, I burned you shirt, that's Proof. The question is…why didn't it work on you?" I asked, narrowing my eyes. He shifted uncomfortably in his seat, and cleared his throat.

"You tell me Yacker" He challenged.

"You're some kind of supernatural being, a wizard maybe?" I guessed. Eddie stared blankly, before bursting into fits of laughter. I stared at him angrily, feeling my cheeks slowly heating up.

"Someone's been watching way too much Harry Potter" He laughed, holding his stomach.

"I'm being serious" I said firmly, Eddie stopped laughing and looked at me quizzically.

"Have you ever thought that maybe I'm not immune to you and you're just weak?" He said, raising an eyebrow. But before I could answer, he had already gotten up and left the table.

That little mother f–

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