Author's Note 1: If you are still reading this, thank you so much and I hope I don't let you down.
( ' ; _ ; ) I'll try to be as accurate as I possibly can with this whole thing. I will even write the battle scenes. **yay, let us just KILL Reciax-san over here xD** Enjoy! （⌒▽⌒）
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Nutella. Nutella is the best thing since..since. I couldn't even think of anything, since it was so good. Apparently Demyx hated the stuff, but Axel went crazy for it. I could see why. I was tempted to just eat straight out of the thing, but it was Axel's.. "That would have been nice to know!" I whined at Demyx as we were walking out of the kitchen.
"I told you it would piss him off, so isn't that clue enough that it's his?" Demyx rolled his eyes and punched my shoulder. If you hadn't known, you'd have thought we knew each other for years or something..heh..stupid like that.
We walked on until we entered the room where I had previously seen Axel and Roxas speaking. The Grey Room. Speaking of Roxas; the blonde was walking to Saix near the back wall of windows. Demyx nodded over as I looked back at him and we both walked up. Axel was leaning against one of the frosty sheets of glass and his icy eyes were fixated on us all as we walked nearer. Oh I really hope he doesn't freak out over the Nutt- nutty- nuts-nutey-Nutell.. Urgh, forget it.
Demyx slapped a hand on Saix's shoulder and said 'hello' in his special way. "Hey, elf-boy. How are you and your X-face today?" My jaw dropped. Ooh.. harsh. Saix made another one of his faces and shrugged him off. Axel looked down at the floor.
Saix looked towards Roxas and I expressionlessly. "Roxas, " he nodded to him, "Reciax." Then the blue-haired man nodded to me with a scowl. What did I do? Someone must've woken up on the wrong side of the bed. "Your work begins today." Roxas glanced at me with a genuine look of wonder and I, the same. Saix spoke louder to get our attention. "I will issue missions, which the Organization expects you to carry out."
Demyx crossed behind Saix and whispered to Axel, not so quietly, "This is why I ditch missions. It's not mandatory." Axel rolled his eyes and his head dropped into his hand as he shook it slowly. Saix just slowly attempted not to punch Demyx square in the face.
Saix continued on speaking with us, "Think of these early missions as exercises." Exercises? Exercises for what? Saix closed his eyes and clasped his hands behind his back, looking behind him out the window, into the darkness. "You still have much to learn before we put you to a real test."
Roxas and I stood in silence as Demyx walked over to one of the couches and sat down to summon his sitar. My eyes followed back to Saix as he turned in the opposite direction to acknowledge Axel. Axel slowly looked up from his crossed legs, the feeling of eyes probably burning into him. "Axel will be joining you your first times out. Isn't that right, Axel?" That sounded like a threat.
Axel stood up from leaning back and gave a sort of agitated growl. He glared and gestured with his hand to Saix. "Oh boy...What are you making me the kid's mentor now?" He strode over to look at Saix, whom averted his eyes to the window once more.
"And Reciax, too. Just because she's a bit older than him, doesn't mean she shouldn't have a babysitter." I flinched a bit in a flustered snap. I could see a ghost of a smirk form on Saix's lips through his soft reflection on the glass of the mirror. It faded quickly. "And surely you don't mind showing Roxas and Reciax here the ropes?" Roxas looked towards me. He was a bit younger, but maybe that was all in his face? He had sort of a feminine face, but it was more soft than it was girly, in all honesty. His eyes were so blue and full of innocence that I had doubted any of the older members here could have had.
Saix called on both Roxas and I. "Come see me when you're ready to go." My eyes caught on Saix as he paced sluggishly to the window. What is he looking at?
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Roxas look to Axel for instruction. Axel turned to Roxas and raised a brow in defeat. "Well, you heard the man." I snapped out of my curiosity and looked at Axel with the same stance as Roxas. "Starting today, I'm your babysitter." The red head laughed, obviously expecting Roxas to, as well. But he didn't reply and only lowered his head.
Axel wore agitation all over his face. "Sheesh..." Then scratching his head, he instructed Roxas. "Quit acting like a zombie, and let's get this show on the road." Roxas seemed to get the message and so he walked out, probably to his room. That's when I noticed Axel's target at the moment. It was me.
Axel studied me skeptically and then slowly circled around me, taking in every detail. I refused to stiffen up, but he did creep me out just a little bit. Finally finishing his little inspection session, he stopped right in front of me and whirled around to look at my eyes. He stepped closer and his eyebrows visibly furrowed more in concentration. Closer, closer. Then I began to panic. "Wh-what are you doing?"
Axel stepped back and held a hand to his chin, his elbow resting on the palm of his other. "You're different than the others." He continued to inspect me from head to toe. "Xion is different, too.. but you aren't the same." I huffed. I feel special.
I gradually folded my arms, feeling as if he was recording my every move. Then I remarked dispiritedly, "Well thank you for making me feel discounted." I brushed him off and decided to wait for Roxas to come back. He may be a bit queer, but he is pleasant.
Axel gripped my shoulder and forced me to look at him. This caused waves of rippling embarrassment and anger to bounce off of me. "Reciax, where have I seen you before?" I cheeped up, because I had absolutely no idea.
"What are you- do you expect me to know? Honestly, Axel." I then pushed him off of me. What's his problem? I only just met him yesterday and he seems to be convinced that I have known him forever. "Roxas will come back soon, we should go." Axel narrowed his eyes, unconvinced and sat down on one of the couches.
Roxas entered the room a few minutes later, but made a beeline for the girl everyone was calling Xion. He stopped in front of her, a determined look and stance showing on his movements. They held eye contact, but neither of them spoke a word. I held up my hand and gave a weak smile, about to say something, but I decided not to and I sat down with Axel while they held their little staring contest.
Soon enough, Roxas walked over to Axel and I, then Axel instructed that Roxas talk to Saix when he was ready to go. Wow, that was a bit complicated to follow. Roxas went off to Saix and so Axel and I stood up to follow him.
Once standing before 'X-face', Saix spoke with strictness to Axel. "Teach them both well, Axel." Axel smirked and rolled his eyes. His trademark look, I suppose.
"Don't worry. I'll be sure they make the grade." Saix looked disapprovingly upon all of us and Axel slowly hesitated to speak. "Uh.. C'mon, Roxas...Reciax..." I spotted Roxas' eyes on Xion, the other new member. Whether it was wonder or curiosity in his mind, I didn't know.
"Roxas?" I tapped his shoulder and looked him in the eyes. Axel stepped over to Roxas cautiously in concern.
"Hey, what's wrong-" He followed the invisible line attached from Roxas' eyes to the hooded girl. "You worried about the new kid? What was that name again, R-" Saix interrupted as Axel was speaking.
"Number XIV, Xion."
"Right. I knew that." Axel chuckled awkwardly.
"What's even more sad is that-" I began to tease Axel about forgetting Xion's name when he had just said it earlier.. but then I heard an unexpected voice.
"Xion." It was Roxas. He looked as if he had just come to a revelation. Almost as if he was at peace. I was appalled that he finally spoke, though I did hear him say something the other day with Axel when I was throwing out my mind to search for information.
Axel and I looked at each other and then back at Roxas. "Did he.." Axel nodded and then I straightened myself up again.
"Got it memorized, Roxas?" There was that little habit of his, again. 'Got it memorized.' Roxas blinked and looked unsure of himself, then finally responded for a change. Though it wasn't much said, it was something.
"...Yeah." Roxas replied. Axel lifted up a hand to his head and waved it slightly, causing me some confusion. What purpose did that serve?
"You sure?" Axel prompted Roxas with a sly grin. "How 'bout my name, then?" Roxas made eye contact with Axel. He was sure this time.
"It's Axel." He stated with complete assurance. The test continued.
"And our boss's name?" Axel smiled and began to banter Roxas. The smaller boy sighed defiantly. I wasn't completely sure of his name, so maybe somebody could fill me in on it?
"Xemnas." Roxas answered correctly, seeing as Axel nodded and laughed comfortably.
"Very good, Roxas! No way you're gonna forget his name, right? Now, let's get moving." Axel gestured for us to follow him. As I was walking, I thought to myself, I take it forgetting his name would not bring good luck.. Not like I could forget that creep. Axel's hand raising broke my train of thought. I was now staring at a portal with wisps of blues and purple, darkness and fear circulating around one point leading to ..somewhere.
Axel took lead and walked in with Roxas shortly after as I thought aloud. "How- Axel! How did you do that?" I rushed in seconds later, screaming "Wait for me, you guys!" as I heard the fading sound of laughter on the other end of the portal.
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In the bat of an eye, the portal began to close. GAH! I'm still inside, you idiots! I bolted forward and leapt out of the portal in the nick of time. Axel turned around with wide eyes as I toppled over on top of him. We fell with a thud onto the beige coloured ground. Axel announced his pain with an "..Ow. Would 'ya get off of me?"
I rolled off of him as he started to laugh. He got up and offered me his hand as leverage to get up. I gave a smile in return and pulled myself up. I grinned cheekily and put a hand on my hip. "Thanks, Axel." Axel blinked and turned away.
"Uh.. No problem." He pushed aside the conversation and kept on talking. He tapped his foot on the ground, trying to think of what to say. "All right, let's start by talking about what we do on missions." Axel looked like he was about to make a point, "Ahem. Missions are...," but then he faltered, "-uh... They're, you know..." Well at least he started off strong. "Hrm."
Roxas and I looked at the ground and around us while waiting for our 'babysitter' to say something. Instead, he held one hand at his hip and scratched his head with the other. Finally giving up, he let his head drop back and he spread out his arms. "You know what?" Roxas looked up and I glanced at a smiling Axel. "Talking..is DUMB." My eyebrow flicked up and I eyed him curiously. Roxas will probably agree with that one. "Let's just go ahead and get our hands dirty, shall we?" Dirty with what? Axel half grinned and held out a hand waving towards himself. "Follow me."
Axel dashed and jumped up to a platform leading to an open hallway. He stopped under the arch of the large opening. The room was rather large and connected to many other halls. The colour of the walls was a sepia-honey-mustard-brown-yellow. I don't know how he did it, but Roxas was already standing right by Axel, who cupped his hands and shouted to me, "Come on, Reciax! Your turn!"
I gulped and began to run to the largest platform, flipping and landing straight on the boots the Organization had given me. I stood up tall again, once the initial fact I had just jumped over nine to ten feet had worn off. Axel gave a little clap and motioned for me to join him and Roxas in the hallway. "There ya go. Good job." Roxas looked up with a very surprised expression on his face.
"Thanks." He nodded and I gave thanks to Axel, too.
Axel held up his hand and shook it briskly as if scolding. "But don't go thinking you can just run and jump your way through every mission." Then he leaned forward in both Roxas and my face to whisper something. "You've gotta," he came closer and I felt myself lean in to hear what he was going to say, when all of a sudden, he screamed out, "BE AWARE."
I let out a squeak of annoyance at the sudden change of volume in his voice. Axel snickered when I shrieked. I let my eyebrows drop into a glare and I growled at him. "Real mature." He continued on whooping obnoxiously. It wasn't really all that funny.
Roxas broke in and Axel, who was currently holding his sides and bent over in the fetal position, stopped to look up at him. Roxas tipped his head in interest without the slightest indifference as to why Axel was splitting his sides. "What...what do you mean?"
It was then that I found myself asking the same question. Be aware? Be aware of WHAT, exactly? Axel caught himself poised once more and processed what Roxas said. Judging by the look on his face, he was trying to sum it all up. He wagged his finger at him as he spoke. "You hafta look around. Sometimes what you're after is sitting right under your nose. Got it memorized?" Axel put on a serious face and then left Roxas to respond.
"Y...yeah, I think so." Roxas hesitated and then looked around as if he really was looking for something.. Or someone.
"All right, then, time for a road test. There's a treasure chest somewhere in these passages. I want you to find it." Axel smiled sweetly and then crossed his arms.
Roxas squinted, unsure, "That's all we have to do?" Axel grew a cat-like smile on his face. He nodded and then replied to Roxas who seemed a bit taken aback.
"I know, don't hurt yourself. I do want you to both see who can get it first, though. Anyway, remember to look around." Axel finished and Roxas dashed off. I blinked as I saw visible dust fly. Axel watched him run off and then looked back at me. "You coming or not, kid?"
"I'm not a kid," I laughed in a matter-of-fact way, "You're just taller then me! Way taller!" Axel just gawked for a few moments and then ran off to Roxas with a smile. I ran after him, immediately, yelling things like 'Where's the treasure chest? AH, BARREL! Oh wait, it's just a crate!' and so on.
Suddenly, they both slowed down and I caught up, out of breath and panting. "Ughh... what.. huuuu.. are..**insert deep breathing here** you doing?" I coughed and continuously took deep breaths. Roxas and Axel were conversing about 15 feet away, not even noticing the fact I was dying of oxygen deprivation. I regained composure and walked up to them. Roxas was examining black and white strips of shadowy-aura-darkness..thingies.. Okay, I had no clue what they were.
"Axel...what's this?" Roxas asked. Axel looked at what Roxas was referring to. Axel seemed to have found something he could teach us about.
"A barricade." Axel smiled broadly as Roxas and I looked at him like two imbeciles with an incapability of learning anything. Axel raised a single index finger in the air and claimed, "It means you're not supposed to go this way." I slapped my forehead. Barricade means to block an object.. of course we can't go that way. Roxas asked another question.
"You mean there's nothing down there?"
Axel looked at the stairs just beyond the barricade and gave in. "Yeah, that's the gist of it. They're set up to keep us on task." Roxas looked up at Axel as he spoke. Roxas seemed to have a brain like a sponge; you could tell he was taking in every word and observation said and noticed.
"...That, or out of trouble. I mean, hello, look at it!" He signaled to the barricade with wide eyes. On his finger tips, he listed the reasons why he would be afraid of it as if trying to scare us. "Big, menacing X? I'll take the beaten path, thanks." I strolled up to Axel and nudged him with my elbow.
"Scared, are we?" I sneered innocently at Axel.
"Yes, you and Roxas are very scared." Axel scoffed at me and made my face wash with red. Flustered, I made my way passed him and he chuckled. What is so funny about me being scared and embarrassed? Revenge is in order. I smiled blankly and then came to the realization that I already HAD gotten a little revenge. I ate Axel's Nutella. It was great, but I didn't see why anyone would make a fuss over it. Possessions are possessions, I suppose.
Roxas piped in, "I'm not scared." I squinted at Roxas and then my smile grew as I saw the cloying expression plastered on his own lips. That's adorable. I chortled to myself as Axel snickered.
Finally remembering what we were here for, I bolted down the hallway, hollering "I'll get it first!" Roxas chased after me and Axel scooted right behind.
I made a left turn and then raced down that hallway with Roxas and then I made a quick right. Roxas and I were getting closer and closer in distance when I spotted the treasure chest. Soon enough, I was about 4 feet away from the gold-embroidered, purple chest. I skipped over to it mockingly and poked it. "Yay~" I caught my breath triumphantly.
Roxas walked over beside me and looked straight at me. "Is this the chest?" He smiled in wonder. I, myself was staring right back. Only one word came to mind and I whispered it as if it were a sacred chant.
It was more of a name, than it was a word. But nonetheless, I spoke it. "Sora." Roxas looked up at me confusedly and his eyes flickered as he looked into my own.
"What?"
Axel finally arrived and boomed, "Sure is! Well done." Roxas remained quiet.
I then realized what I had just said. Who is Sora? Axel remained chatting with Roxas as I thought to myself, "Um, what are you waiting for?" Why did I say that? I immediately felt a thorny sensation in the middle-left bit of my chest as I thought the name. One of my hands rose to clutch at my Organization coat.
It pained me to think of whoever it was. Roxas motioned towards me, "The mission was to find the chest first. Aren't we done?" I ignored him as a wave of emotions and feelings hit me. It was all uncontrollable.
My grip in my fist tightened around the coat, causing the material to make a squishing leathery sound. Axel and Roxas payed no attention to my actions, thankfully. "Uh, Roxas...There's this thing about chests. They have stuff in them."
"So I should open the chest?" Roxas asked while nearing the decorated treasure chest.
"Yes, that is generally what we do." Axel was probably dumbfounded, but it was too hard for me to look. I tried hard to produce a laugh, but the pain rapidly spread to my head and I dropped slowly to my knees, cradling it in agonizing misery. Now in the fetal position, Axel must have had a panic button pushed from it, because he dropped right beside me to check I was okay. Roxas got on his knees to check I was alright as well.
"Reciax? Reciax, are you okay?"
I could hear him and sense him, but all I could do when I wanted to scream out was make a low grumbling noise as crystalline tears found their way making pathways down my now pale cheeks. I began to slip into darkness as my vision became weak. Everything grew quiet and dark until the light emerged again and I was someplace I had been many times before.
-Dream P.O.V.-
I was on the beach I recognized quite well by now. There was the little sandy-blonde girl again. Erica, I think it was. Erica was sitting alone, like she usually seemed to be doing at the start of each of these...memories..dreams? She was replacing shells on a string to fix a broken necklace of sorts. It was full of fading colours that grew brighter as the shells circulated around the black string.
Erica sat with no smile graced on her features and as silently as ever. A lone tear rolled down her cheek. Is she okay? Why is she crying? I felt myself reach out to her, but there was nothing there, but emptiness. I drew back my hand as a chill consumed it and sent shivers down my spine.
The little girl got up and put the necklace around her neck, as well as taking a note with her in her pocket. A note very similar in appearance to the one I had found on my dresser in my room. That can't be.. I have to look at that when I get back. The girl began to slowly walk in the sand barefooted.. then she made her way into a full fledged run through the waves as they splashed and the ocean roared mightily. She dodged her way through the palm trees as I followed her closely and kept up the pace, making sure not to run into trees.
Finally after a series of twists and turns, we broke out of the palms and were greeted by another shore where the girl began to sniffle angrily. What's happened to make her act like this? Crocodile tears found their way through the barriers the little girl seemed to have held up. They splashed down onto the sand like raindrops..
No, it was raining. How could I have not noticed it? I sat down in the sand beside the standing girl. It was too bad she couldn't see me.. I wanted to talk to her to see if she was okay.
After a few moments of tears staining her cheeks and rain soaking through the cloths wrapped feebly around her, she tore off the necklace and threw it harshly to the ground, causing me to gasp. She began to stomp on it and pick up small pieces of the beautiful shells to throw in disarray. "No! Stop it! What are you doing?" I screeched in terror. She didn't hear me and she continued ripping apart the necklace.
Then she began screaming and sobbing intensely, "Carly! Why did you have to leave me? Us? Why did you leave?" She huffed and continued ripping apart the necklace and kicking sand in various directions. I watched, baffled. What did Carly do? Isn't that the sweet brunette? "Now.. I know how you felt!" She cried to the rushing wind. Bellowing out, "I'm so sorry! I am so sorry.." Erica slicked some of her hair back with one hand as tears dropped in waterfalls from her sad eyes. Her brows furrowed and lip quivered. "I only did it to protect you."
And that is when I understood. It wasn't what the other girl had done, but the initial realization that she had caused the same pain.
My hand reached out desperately to the younger kid. I placed my hand on her shoulder.. And this time, there was something there. It was warmth. Actual, physical warmth. She was really there. But she didn't look and she walked away under a palm tree where it was dry. She sat down clumsily and pulled out the note from before. I curiously made my way towards her, unfazed by the rain and wind tossing everything back and forth.
Erica sniffed and wiped tears away from her eyes. She had obviously read this note various times, because it appeared to be very worn and had oil prints from fingers everywhere on it. I looked at he rosy cheeks and blotchy skin, her large eyes.. She was older than I remembered. Probably sixteen, by the looks of her.
She looked like she was about seven only moments earlier. I moved a strand of her hair from her face. It was soft. She did not move or acknowledge my presence, but I did, hers. "Are you okay?"
No reply.
"Erica?" I choked. Why am I crying over this? It's not as if I have a heart. Just as I called out to her, she began to stand up and pull something else out of her pocket, replacing it with the note. It was a locket.. The locket. She began to ope-
"Reciax! Reciax! Come on!"
-Reciax's P.O.V.-
I sharply breathed in and frantically thrashed about as I woke up. Tears stained my cheeks and I sat up. Roxas and Axel were bewildered and trying to calm me down as well as themselves.
"A...are you okay, Reciax?" Roxas demanded with a worried expression tacked on. He placed a hand on my shoulder, just as I had to Erica. Tears welled up in my eyes. Axel looked as if he had seen a ghost, because as he saw this about to happen, his eyes grew wider. He mumbled something about emotions that I could not hear, but I let go of it as unimportant, anyway. I nodded slowly and got up to sit down on top of the treasure chest.
"Well... Um. Good work!" Axel looked between Roxas and I, then stopped to glue his eyes to mine. He knew I wasn't telling him something and what was worse was the fact that we both could understand each others body language ALREADY. "You can keep what you found." Roxas smiled at me as a he pulled out some of the items he had obtained from his bag. He handed half of them to me and I blushed thankfully.
"All right, time to RTC."
I cocked my head in interest of the abbreviation. "What is RTC, Axel?" Axel folded his arms and looked down at me with a pleasant smile.
"Return To the Castle." I nodded my head in understanding. "Go ahead, lead the way back to the dark corridor that brought us here." I froze. Now I definitely did not understand. I racked my brain to think of what he meant, but I just wasn't sure. Roxas actioned for me to get up and follow him. I stood and ran with Axel and Roxas to the dark corridor. We ended up in the same room we started off at. I had a dumb moment when I saw Roxas open an 'RTC'.
Axel clapped dramatically and I found myself also lightly clapping, because I was too dull-minded to figure the whole process out. "Bravo. So whaddaya two think? Get the hang of this mission business?" Roxas mumbled his answer and I nodded. Quite honestly, I expected the mission to be much harder.. but what was seeing that girl all about?
"I'm sorry, speak up? Cooouldn't quite catch that." Axel prompted the blonde.
"I said.."
"Hmm?" Axel slapped on a silly expression and Roxas turned to face him angrily.
"I could have done that blindfolded." Roxas remarked and I nearly fell over from a fit. It was true, though. Axel denied feeling angry and replied.
"Ha ha!" he laughed. "I dunno if I want a blindfolded zombie on the loose." Axel rolled his eyes. "All right, smart aleck. You both did good today. And no successful mission is complete without a little icing on the cake. C'mon." Axel turned right back to platform and began to walk at a leisurely pace.
Roxas yelled after him in a frenzy. "But...don't we have to RTC?"
Axel stopped and turned as if hurt. "Later. Don't you remember our hangout?" Roxas looked at me like he usually did that day when he considered my presence. Then he pointed and tried to explain.
"But what about, Reciax? Can she come?" Roxas seemed to plead with his eyes and a determined expression set permanently on his face. So he's stubborn and protective.. knows how to fight back and can be sweet? Sounds like someone I know. I caught myself once more. Who else do I know besides the Organization? I shook all of the thoughts from my head.
I held up my hand and apologized. "Thanks, Roxas. Maybe next time if it's alright with you and Axel. I need to finish something up." Roxas nodded and ran up to Axel who waved at me. I went into the RTC that led to the Castle.
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I stepped through, the RTC disappearing as quickly as it had appeared behind me. I thought aloud. "Huh. Icing on the cake? Wonder what that was." I stepped forward a bit. Everyone was staring at me.
Demyx came up and pulled me over. "This is the girl herself!" Everyone began to laugh. Everyone including a woma- ..man ? with pink hair, the snappy blonde, Demyx, a man with a set of odd cards that floated as he moved them around in the air, and that was all for the moment being. Everyone else must've been off doing something.
"Beg pardon?"
The blonde lady walked up and Demyx grimaced. "Sit back down, you witch!" The woman growled in frustration.
"Witch?" I echoed.
"Yea-" Demyx begin to say and then the blonde lady slapped him harshly.
"NO. I am not a witch!" She insisted. "Don't listen to that idiot!" It sure seemed like she was one. She offered her hand out and put the other on her hip like she had an attitude.. It would be an understatement to say that she didn't. "I'm Larxene."
I shook her hand and eyed her odd hair, then looking back eye level to ask her what was going on. "The girl herself? Were you all talking about me?" Larxene began to cackle. Yup... Witchy was her new nickname. Larxene smiled evilly.
"We heard you touched Axel's Nutella." Larxene hissed as if it was a question. Everybody awaited my answer. I stood in disbelief.
"Oh, with this again! I don't understand why he'd care. I'll find him some more." Everyone grew silent and I decided to ignore their hauntingly creepy stares and trek to my room. It's not as if it fell from the sky or something. I sighed.
I got ready for bed and then went over to my dresser to pick up the locket and the note again. Oddly, I had found some nightdresses and pyjamas in the back of the closet. So I was currently wearing a blue and red striped nighty with my hair down. Things kept appearing, but I wasn't complaining. I was wondering as to where they came from.
I held the heart locket in the palm of my hand and tried once more to unlock it. Anger pulsed through me when I couldn't get it open. I smoothed my fingernail in the opening and tried prying it open. I looked for a small button or latch. Alas, nothing.
I was defeated by a heart shaped locket.
What was inside is what drew me to it. It had to be of some importance if Erica had the same exact one. Now my own curiosity was slowly and painfully killing me.
I finally decided that I could not rush it to be opened and therefore it would over time. I let it be because of that and rested it on the small table beside my bed. Then I picked up the fragile note. I began to unfold it, but then withdrew from doing so. Whatever drove me to do that did not want me to read it until I had opened the locket.
I gave in to sleep and fell asleep as my eye lids drooped. Maybe it would open in the morning. If not, my impatience would definitely murder me.
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Author's note 2: OH GOD, sorry for boring you to tears! The next chapter should be more interesting! D:
Love you all if you're still reading even after this/during this. ( / ' ; v ; )/