Chapter Five
Foreign Land
After my last class I went to meet up with Spike. Even after classes I still had to show him the rest of the school. Not that I minded. Spike was not just pleasing to look at, but naturally just a fun person to be around. But there was still one thing bugging me that I needed to ask him.
"Hey Spike." It actually felt good to say his name.
"Yes?" He asked.
"Well, I just wanted to ask you… don't you have a sister? My mom explained that whoever was the current Maleficent was cursed to have a boy and a girl. But the girl was always supposed to become the next Maleficent. So what happened?" I asked my voice bubbling with curiosity. His face suddenly became grim.
"You don't want to know." He spat out harshly. He then quickly turned around and left.
"Spike! Wait! I didn't mean to upset you!" It was hard to catch up to him since his long strides were about three of my petty little steps. But finally I was right beside him once again and he slowed knowing I wouldn't stop following him.
"Do you want to know what happened to my sister? Well then." At once he grabbed my hand and with his other hand he snapped his fingers. We were in the woods, that much I could tell. There were dark oak trees surrounding us in every direction. The trees were so thick, practically no one could hear you here. It was as if it were man-made. It was almost soundproof. And that's what scared me the most. Suddenly a voice spoke and I instantly knew who it was.
"I live pretty far away from here but it's easy to get here when you have" He snapped his fingers again and he was behind me, "magic."
"Show off." I quietly muttered. He laughed, he must have heard me.
"I would come here every day with Mallory… though I always called here Mal. Nobody could find us or hear us. This was where we told each other our dreams, passions, fears… secrets. That's why I brought you here. This is top secret. Nobody can know about this!" He's voice was unbreakable.
"Spike…what happened to Mallory?" I tried to say it as gently as possible.
"They" he had a profound hatred for whoever he was talking about, "took her." Then he fell down to his knees. He didn't cry. He just sat there.
"And all I did was watch." He stared blankly up at the sky. He had been through a lot and I was going to help him through it.