Sniffled pushed me down to a chair, strapping my arms. I struggled while he grabbed an empty needle and flicked it before turning to me. I closed my eyes as I sobbed, ready for pain, but it didn't come. He took a blood sample and put the blood in between two small thin sheets of glass. I have no idea what I expected, but whatever I did I was wrong. Sniffles slid the new blood slide onto a microscope and examined it, adjusting the view and light power. As he did he gasped and smiled as he looked. He began to laugh a little and moved the slide around before turning off the machine.
"Flaky, i don't know why I didn't find this out before, but your cells seem to be different from everyone else" He said.
"H-How?" I asked and swallowed, afraid of his answer.
"Well they have a silver lining to them, which makes you glow. I have to conduct more research to conclude anything but I want to try something" He said and took another blood sample.
"Sniffles, c-can you not take my b-blood" I asked quietly.
"Huh? Oh don't worry, no matter what I do, it won't hurt you. You're dead, and you can't die from normal things here, like heights or blood loss. You can only die from the lost shadows or if your body becomes brain-dead, or unable to function. If you would like I can give you a little geography lesson" He said.
"O-Okay" I said and he unstrapped me, and I rubbed my wrists as he cleared his throat.
"Sorry about the whole mad scientist bit, I get a little carried away sometimes" He said and I nodded.
"Alright, so here, this map in the Lost Lands okay?" He said and pointed to a multi-colored map.
"Okay" I said and he pointed to a small piece of purple land at the bottom, labeled 'Glow Shine'.
"Were in the small village of Glow Shine. A lot of the plants here glow and so that's where it gets its name. Now to the North West of us, facing North is Mystic Waves beach. It's a beautiful place but at night it's very dangerous. It gets pretty dark and a lot of ships out there sink. It's said that if you hear the whispers of the lost souls, you'll try to help them but die. We don't like it when the children are out there without permission so we always have one adult with them. Now running from Mystic Waves is Mystic River that separates us from Whispering Shadows forest. That's to the East of us, and below that is Kindred fields, where we let the kids play in the fields. That's also where they watch the sun set a lot too. Now back to Whispering Shadows forest is where a lot of the lost souls avoid, because there many lost souls get, well lost. There are animal there that will try to kill you, made by lost shadows of animals, and have been corrupted by lost shadows. Now next to Whispering Shadows is Mount Hopeful. Ironic because that's where you deal with the shadow stealer to get your life back. I don't think anyone has ever found their body before, but their is always a chance.'' Sniffles said.
"So where can I find someone willing to help me?" I asked.
"Are you crazy! No one wants to be killed! Your better off staying with us" He said and left mumbling to himself.
"Pstt! Flaky!" Giggles whispered.
"Yeah?" I asked and walked over to where she was hiding.
"I might know someone who wants to find their body too, in the village. Dawn Town, its to the South East if us next to Kindred fields. She's really nice and her name is Twy. She's a bit shy but she's really nice once you get to know her. All the kids love her and she delivers the sweets every week to here. She'll be here tomorrow! She brings a bunch of sweets like cake and ice cream and whatever else she can find!" Giggles said and got carried away. I chuckled and patted her head.
"Thanks Giggles" I said and walked out. I sat down and watched as some kids came and raced after a ball. I giggled but I looked at my hands. They had a silver shiny metallic glow to them and I noticed my skin looked shiny too. I saw my finger nails were silver and metallic too. I laid back down and stared at the ceiling before dreaming again.
I was sitting by myself, crying again on a bench. I was being picked on again and I didn't like it. Everyone thought I was a boy when I first came here, but now they all tease me because I'm a girl. I noticed a group of drunk boys walking down there street from where I was. I ignored them until they came over to me.
"Hey sweet check wanna come with me?" One asked and smirked. His eyes were red and his face had a pink blush to it. He reeked of cigarettes and alcohol too. I pinched my nose in disgust and they laughed at me.
"N-No thanks" I said trying to be polite but he grabbed my arm and pulled me forcefully off the bench, crashing into him. I stumbled back as he put his arm around my shoulder. I pushed him away but he didn't want to let me go. Someone screamed and everyone froze to look at Flippy. He had managed to grab his hands and force him to the ground.
"Leave" He said and the boys ran away, mad and scared. The one who harassed me had gave Flippy a dirty look and smacked me in the face before taking off. Flippy growled and walked over to me who held my hand over the red spot of were he hit. I had tears in my eyes as my check stung, but I tried not to pay any attention to it as Flippy leaned to me height. He was a good half a foot taller than me and I watched him closely as he looked at my check.
"They didn't hurt you did they?" He asked softly and I shook my head.
"No, but thank you for saving me" I said and he smiled.
"No problem. They were drunk and probably would have done something stupid" He said and I knew what he was talking about. I knew he was just trying to sugar coat it for me. Rape.
"I know, you don't have to be subtle" I said and looked down. He seemed to frown and sighed before standing up straight.
"Let me take you home" He said and that's the day I knew. I knew I didn't need to be afraid of the world anymore. And he was the reason, but now I'm in a whole new world to be afraid of and he wasn't here to protect me.
I woke up panting form my dream. I got out of bed and walked out to see the Mystic Wave Beach that Giggles had shown me. I saw it was dawn so the whispers would be gone. I laid out on the sand and looked at the water. Oh Flippy where are you? Suddenly I heard a growl coming from the forest next to me. I froze as I saw two glowing eyes at me. Suddenly a flash of white appeared before me and I closed my eyes. Frightened.