Sakura's Journey Chapter 8 The Chapture After the Chapter With a Really Long Name
Shaky step after shaky step, I was slowly making my way home. I could feel my mom's aura and Angie's several feet away. I searched a bit and found Squible. I also picked up on my dad, who was in the house. I think he felt my conciousness reach his, because I felt his presence strenghten around my mind. It was mainly worry that came off of him, but it turned to curiosity and finally inquisition. I shooed his mind away from my own, which was very difficult. I decided to stop trying to see with my aura and try to see with...whatever the heck it was I was seeing with. The greyish and blurry world bent light in different ways than the one seen with my human eyes. Dark corners didn't seem dark at all anymore. Soon, I saw our moms in the yard. My mom was gardening, catering to her three "special trees". It was a blue pine, meant to be her, with a willow, obviously my dad. Between them, there was a cherry tree. As soon as my mom turned and saw me, she dropped her tools to the ground and looked me from head to feet. She then sprinted across the whole yard and embraced me in a warm hug. "Sakura..."
It felt so strange because I now actually stood taller than her. I honestly wasn't sure what to do. She spoke again. "I know they say kids grow up so fast, but this is ridiculous!" I giggled, only to have to stop when my new fangs poked at the inside of my mouth once again. I noticed Angie who sat back and watched in awe. She walked over and held on to her son's hand, her eyes never leaving me. She spoke in a stunned whisper. "She's just like her daddy, eh Sarah?" I placed a hand on the scarf he gave me and looked away. I still wasn't sure how seeing worked, but it did. My mom turned around to call for dad, but she didn't even get a word out and he slenderwalked right next to us. "I saw from the upstairs window..." His voice was like a whisper. He eyed me just like my mom did. Or at least that's what I think he did...he didn't exactly have eyes either right now. One of his tendrills gently caressed my cheek. Our moment was interrupted when I felt something leap up on my pant leg. I looked down to see Squible, looking very unsettled and worried. His tail was flickering about. I picked him up and raised him to eye level. Well...I think you get it by now. "Yeah, little buddy. I still smell the same but I look different, right?"
I heard Daemon's voice rise up from next to me. "My God when dad sees this, he's gonna freak out." Me and my dad laughed. I noticed my mom's eyes get dreamy from hearing that...I didn't understand how a laugh could impact a person that much. It was just a distortion of air... But it was true that Johnny wasn't exactly comfortable with slenders around... He was great friends with my dad and all, until the guy decided to bring out the tendrills... I compared my tendrills to my dad's. Mine were darker and slightly stiffer, where as his had a certain misty semi-transparent feel and flowed with the breeze. It actually didn't take long at all for me to figure out how to change back to human form. That was still the freakiest feeling I had ever gotten in my life... I was glad to see the world defined and in color once again, but for some reason, I felt...I don't know... like I had a plastic bag wrapped around my skin. I did feel much more comfortable in my other form. Squible looked at a loss. Poor little squirrel...his little rodent mind didn't understand all the changes going on. He sure seemed relieved to see my hair though, as he burrowed his way in it and made a little nest. I was pretty happy with the world. What could possibly go wrong?
I laid in bed that night, about to fall asleep, when both my parents walked in to wish me a good night. I know, I know. I'm 13 years old and my parents have to tuck me in before I go to sleep. My mom says she had a stuffed animal until she was 19, so I'm not too bad. Well...she didn't have her parents tuck her in... I gave a thought to my grandparents on my mom's side...I never really met them. They knew my dad was a slender, and they were aware I was to be one too, but the last time I saw them, I was only 5 years old. I looked up when my mom walked out of the room and I was left alone with my dad. My eyes met his in the dark and he stroked my hair gently. "Little Kura, you're growing up so fast." He extended a single shadowy tendrill and wrapped it around my wrist. I decided to do the same to him. I had never sensed so much pride from him... He chuckled and kissed the top of my head, getting up and starting to leave. He turned around one final time before reaching the door. "Good night little Slender." I giggled and whispered back. "Good night, daddy slender." He smirked and left. I drifted off into one of the best sleeps I had ever gotten in my life, wrapping my tendrills around myself and curling up in all the warm blankets.
A group of men dressed in black stood outisde, in a small wooded area. "This is where we picked up the sudden spike in static energy, and several yards over there is the forested area where we observed the girl change. This is private property. She obviously lives here." One of the men started to walk closer to the area and contemplated the lights shining through the windows in the house that sat beyond the small wooded area. He walked a bit closer. "Not now David. Tomorrow, we go for it." The man turned and returned to his coworker. "After school hours?" The other man nodded. "After school hours..." They all walked back into their white van and drove off, leaving the air feeling tense and eerie.
AN: This is an author's note. That was an author's note. Thank you, goodbye.