I woke up the next day, and to my surprise, Mephiles wasn't where he fell asleep, nor was him as a plushie. I looked under my blanket and under my pillows until I found an icy blue crystal on a silver chain. I got dressed and put it around my neck as I smiled. I thought a walk through the field would be relaxing, I looked out my window. It was raining, my favorite kind of weather. I put my shoes and raincoat on and opened my room door. No one was up yet, that's because it was 5:10 in the morning. Even if I got to sleep late, I always manage to get up early. I decided I would skip breakfast, I was still full from the chicken soup I had before.

Opening the door, I flipped up my hood and walked out into the rain. It was semi-dark out right now, but I didn't mind. 'You shouldn't be out here…you still have a fever…' I smiled as I walked down the street. Was he talking to me via mind chat? How cool is that! Let's see if I can send something back 'Where did you run off to?' I thought 'I didn't go anywhere. I'm with you' with me? I looked around and didn't see anything that looked like a crystalline hedgehog. 'Okay…where exactly?' 'Around your neck'. I looked at the crystal 'how'd you get there?' 'Heck if I know…' I heard him grunt and I couldn't help but giggle a little 'What's so funny?' He asked in a displeased tone ' …You're jewelry…' I broke out laughing as he yelled 'H-hey! It's not my fault! I woke up in here!' 'Okay…Jewelry!' I laughed as he just groaned, but I could tell he thought it was funny, too.

When I got to the field, I ran around and jumped, making my hood fall off and my hair get wet. I was laughing until something poked the back of my head. I didn't bother to turn around, to frighten about what or who it was. "Give me that diamond…and I won't shoot you, little girl…" I was shaking at this point, tears getting mixed with rain. The man poked the gun at my head again and yelled "HURRY UP OR I BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT!" I started to whine, but it was more like I whimper.

'Marina…what's wrong?' I could hear Mephiles say, but I was too shocked to reply. I heard the gun click as it was being reloaded, like he already had shot something or someone before "Clock's ticking…you have 20 seconds….20...19...18..." he slowly started to count down. I couldn't move…I couldn't think…my body was frozen… "5...4...3...2.…1-" He was cut off by a blinding light, my body reacted and I turned around, only to see the man one the ground and Mephiles standing there, looking at him in anger and frustration "Leave her alone or I will rip your head straight off your shoulders…" he growled at the man as he got up frantically and ran without turning around. I threw myself at Mephiles, crying my eyes out. "Shhhh…it's okay…I'm here…" he said and he wrapped his arms around me in a comforting hug. I felt embarrassed right now…but I was just threaten and almost died if he wasn't here, so I had a feeling he was okay with me doing this.

"Let's go home…" he said, I just nodded. Mephiles helped me up, picked up the gun and I watched as it disappeared in his hand. I clamped onto his arm, still in shock a bit as he looked around, making sure no one had seen the event that just occurred. He led me home, saying everything would be alright and that I was safe. When we reached the house, his ears twitched "Your father is waking up…" I shook a little. If my dad found out I was out this early, he would kill me, he would also kill me for the fact I was soaked. 'I have a plan' I thought 'You can fly right?' 'Yeah…' he replied as I ran off the porch and he followed. I pointed to an open window 'Get me up there' he thought for a minute before saying 'Don't know where you're going with this but okay…'.When I was through the window, he disappeared in a flash of light back into the crystal. I threw my raincoat into the dirty clothes basket with my shirt and wrapped a towel around myself. 'What are you doing?' He asked as I closed the window 'Just watch…' I opened the door, my dad was standing there "What are you doing?" he asked "I wasn't feeling well so I took a shower" I walked past him, into my room. Mephiles appeared "Oh so that was your plan" he said "Yes now turn around so I can put some dry clothes on!" He turned around as I dug through my drawers for clothes to wear.