Sakura's Journey Chapter 6 Return
God why did I have so much homework? Yeah Daemon came over for a visit and we played in the yard like usual. I was surprised at how easy it was to climb up trees when you bassicaly had 4 extra arms. He wasn't freaked out at all by my new appendages, in fact, he asked if he could poke them. I still kind of felt uncomfortable about all of this. Unfortunately, Daemon had also brought over some negative things: school work. All the work I was missing. I was currently holding an eraser in my left hand and a pencil in my right as I worked on some math problem right now in my notebook. The math textbook held at eye level by a tendrill. I had found so many uses to these things. I groaned in exhaustion. It wasn't that the work was hard, no, it was easy. It was the sheer number of work I had to do. I was on my fifth math problem now, and I still had 3 more to do. Then I'd have to do my English work and study for the history test and, apparently, I had a book to read now. I set down the pencil, running my hand over the scarf that was wrapped around my neck. As if on cue, my dad appeared in the center of my room, asking me if I needed any help.
Three hours later, along with a well deserved plate of fresh baked cookies, I was done with all, well, except for the book, but I didn't even have it yet, so at least I had that in less to do. I sat down on my bed to eat while Squible jumped up and sat next to me. I scratched his little fuzzy back and coiled a tendrill around him. He curled up and was sleeping in no time. As I absent-mindedly looked around the grey-pink walls of my room, I didn't really register my tendrills going limp, or curling up. When I felt Squible stir at my side, that's when I finally noticed that they were gone. I stood up and looked behind me in shock, careful as to not further disturb the squirrel. "Daddy!" I ran out of the room and to the living room where he was watching some documentary on wildlife in Kenya or something. He turned to look at me. "Yes Sakura?" He looked me over before his eyes focused on my shoulders and then widened. "Hey! Your tendrills are gone!" I smiled in pride and nodded. He got up and walked over to me, gently running his finger on the surface of the scarf he had given me. "That looks really nice on you, by the way." I sensed a certain air of sorrow from him. I felt so...special. That scarf was iconic to him. It was one of a kind and anyone who saw it could know right away who it belonged to.
He returned to the subject of my tendrills as he tilted his head to the side slightly. "Can you try to bring them back out?" I blinked. How am I supposed to do that?! He must have sensed my confusion because he smiled and pulled a strand of hair away from my eyes. "Just focus. Remember the way they felt. It's in your instinct, you'll see." As if to prove his point, he unleashed his own tendrills which wavered about as if pushed by a breeze only he was affected by. I looked down to my bare feet, thinking a bit. I remembered the way they felt, how sensitive they were, the way it felt like I always had something pulling at the skin of my back. I slowly felt my muscles tense up around my shoulderblades and an odd numbing and pulling sensation. I looked back up in pride when I succeeded on my first try. "My little fluffy sweethearts." Both me and my dad turned when we heard my mom standing in the doorway. She had her arms crossed over her thin waist and looked at us with shining brown eyes. She looked like she was about to cry.
I spent the next 10 minutes or so, sitting alone in my room, retracting and extending my tendrills. I finally chose to let them out and wrapped myself in them. I rested my chin up on my knees and looked at the walls. My back was pressed against the raspberry colored blanket which dangled at the side of my bed, my toes burried in the fabric of my carpet. I knew I had to go back to school tomorrow. Part of me was terrified I would mess up or something and accidentally use my powers. Squible scampered over by my side and started rolling around on the floor, as if he was trying to cheer me up. I looked in the mirror, gave myself a brave smile and a thumbs up and stood up to go for a shower. There was one thing I was so glad to finally be able to retract my tendrills for, and that was going for a wash. My God did it feel weird otherwise, and not the good kind of weird. I enjoyed a nice, warm and long shower for the first time in 5 days. On my way back to my room, I felt serene. Squible must have also felt all calm, seeing as he was already asleep in his little bed when I got there. I laid down in bed and waited for my mom to come see me.
"So, going back to school tomorrow, eh?" She tried to calm me down with her soothing voice, but I sensed that she was slightly worried too. She, being a human, was always more anxious about me and my dad's powers. He was perfectly calm though, and I trusted him. After all, he had gone through all of this himself when he was a kid. And more than half my age at that! Mom gently kissed my forehead and tucked the blanket over me. She looked at the night stand next to my bed, more specifically at the scarf that was laid down on it. I saw her faint smirk. "You know, your father never really parted with that thing. Even when he was the Slenderman, he'd wrap it around his waist under his shirt. He loves you very much to give you a gift like that." I looked back to the little knitted accessory and then to my mom again. I giggled a bit. "What? Are you jealous of me mommy?" She laughed and ruffled my hair a bit. "No, I'm sorry to brag, but he gave me an even better gift." I tilted my head to the side. "And what's that?" Her brown eyes shone through some long chocolate colored strands of hair as she looked at me. "You." Slowly, I felt a wide grin appear on my face. "Now sleep well, you've got school tomorrow. And it's Tuesday tomorrow, so you have one day in less before the weekend. " I nodded and looked at her as she got up and left the room, closing the lights and the door on the way out. All my worries were definately gone.
AN: Hello population of the world! With all you Slovakians and Austrians and Americans and Brittish people and fellow Canadians. I feel so proud of myself :3 I noticed that much less people read this fanfic, possibly cuz it's not placed in the genre of romance :l I mean, who reads friendship stories XD I'm thinking of going back to Nature's Spirit to add a few things, lenghten some chapters and stuff...I'll also have some one shot stories about what happened between the two stories and stuff...ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL :D And you, you one Slovakian...YOU ROCK! Even if I have no idea who the heck you are! I don't even know what Slovakia looks like... :s