Ch 3 Holy Cross Academy
I woke up at eight o'clock, class starting just an hour from now. I get up from my cozy bed and see Lavi pulling his scarf on.
"Have a good sleep last night lil' buddy?" He asks me.
"Yeah I did," I lie.
I have a long sleeved, purple, baggy shirt and black, ill fitting sweat pants on. I scratch the back of my head with my cursed arm. Lavi already knew about it because one day he pulled off my gloves for it was a hot summer day. He was shocked at first, but then his smile grew and he hugged my arm. "Well, I better get dressed than."
I walk in to the bathroom after grabbing my clothes for the day.
I strip of the old clothes and see that my pants were blood stained. I look down on myself and see that blood painted my skin, my legs looking just as bad as yesterday. I sigh and throw the bloody clothes in my hamper that had my name on it.
I jump in the shower after I turned the water on. The hot water stings at first, but then it soothes in to a warm feeling.
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After dressing in a comfortable blue jeans, a long sleeved, black t-shirt, and a Holy Cross sweatshirt.
When I walk out I see it's only eight-fifteen.
"I still got time for some breakfast."
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As I walked in to the cafeteria, I spot a big pile of food waiting for me where my friends were sitting.
"Hey, Allen! I just took a guess at what you would want because I thought you needed time to eat. Plus I thought you would be later," says Lenalee motioning to the food.
It all looked delicious. Especially the Matarashi Dango!
I start scarfing down the food that was available for me. Pancakes with butter and syrup, strawberries, Capin' Crunch (c), blueberries, and Matarshi Dango! All my favorites!
"Thank you sooo much, Lenalee!" I cry out, crying tears of joy.
"You're quite welcome, Allen. Link helped me order also! Right, Link?" questions the girl.
"That's right, Miss Lee. You're welcome, Walker," replied Link.
Link was a strange guy. You never knew what he was really up to.
"Thanks, Link," I reply to the elder.
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My first class of the day was Maths, like any other Monday. It was April 29, 2013. It was warm in the class room, but not too warm. What am I kidding myself? It was abnormally warm day outside, and the AC has not kicked on yet.
"Allen, if you're hot, just take off your sweatshirt," demands Lenalee, seeing my flushed face.
"No, Lenalee. I'm fine. Just a little warm," I reply to the girls demand.
"Allen, I know that you're hot. Your face is flushed. At least take of your gloves."
"You two, in the back! What is the square root of 36?" asks the teacher, named Mr. Bak.
"Six!" we both reply in unison.
"Good, now pay attention!" He practically screams at us. We flinch back from the loudness of his voice.
"Okay, okay," I say to our teacher.
"Thank you," he says, but then the bell rings and we all rush out of the classroom, heading toward our next class.
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Do it now, Allen. He's asleep, he won't even know. Says the voice, whispering in my ear.
"No, I won't do it. I don't think I ever can," I whisper back to the voice, looking at the sleeping boy, Choaji, in front of me. I'm in History right now, right after lunch.
If you don't I will! Screams the voice.
"I'm in class, I'll do it later, okay?" I ask the voice and it quiets down to a murmur.
Suddenly a note is thrown at my head. I pick it up and open it, the note saying, "What are you doing, freak?"
I hear a giggle behind me and I turn around to glare at the two blonde hair boys. They immediately shut up at my glare. I tear up the note, getting up to throw it in the recycling bin.
The teacher glances at me, but continues to lecture the class about World War Two.
I never spoke to the voice again until the end of the day.
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It has come to the end of the day, and I hear the voice of the shadow man.
Allen, why haven't you done it yet? You promised, did you not?
"Damn," I curse. I throw my sweatshirt off, onto the bed and sink down to the floor. I lean against the dresser that was by my bed, and put my head on my resting arms.
He just kept repeating the chant in his warped voice. I finally get up and head to the music room to play on the piano, my favorite instrument. The clear, crisp notes pierce the air with its music.
"Soshite bouya wa nemuri ni tsuita
ikizuku hai no naka no honoo hitotsu futatsu to
ukabu fukurami itoshii yokogao…"
I trail off, not knowing where the song is coming from. Then I hear it in my head, I see the shadow man playing it on a snow colored piano in a mysterious room.
I bang my hands on the keys and shout, "JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Everything was silent.
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It's dark and sticky that night. As I stalk Choaji, I stay behind the trees and lampposts. Choaji turns into an abandoned alleyway. I follow him. I raise the knife above my head and swing down. I hit my mark directly, blood pooling from the now limp body.
"Wh-what have I done? I killed him!" I whisper to the now dead Choaji. I clean the knife on the limp body, hide the knife in the band of my jeans, and scurried out of the alleyway, with wide, panicky eyes.
Good boy, Allen. Good boy. The shadow purrs.
But-but killing someone! It's a sin, I broke the law! Hell, even Cross wouldn't even kill someone! I don't know why I even listened to you!
You listened because I would have taken control and done it for you. You like to be in control, don't you, Allen? Asks the shadow, knowing the answer already.
I look in the window of the candy store and see the shadow behind me, smiling wider than usual.
In the candy shop I see a tomboy looking girl. I blush at her sight. She's a little shorter than me, has spiky purple hair, and violet eyes. She was tan and a brilliant white smile adorned her lips. Her eyes danced of brilliance and of something she held secret.
My heart was pounding, my eyes widening once I saw she was staring at me also. I looked away once I realized where she was from. She had the Noah's Ark uniform on. I heard that school was for rich, smart, snobs.
I finally saw the girl my heart desired and she was a Noah's Ark girl. She could never love me.
Just go say hi. It won't hurt you. The voice whispers in my ear. I feel something dragging me back to the candy shop and I see the girl standing outside of it now, holding a sucker in her mouth.
"Hi!" She calls to me, taking the sweet out of her mouth. She waves me over even though she obviously saw my sweatshirt, knowing fully well which school I'm from.
"Um, hi. What's up?" I ask nervously.
"Oh, nothing really, just here with my uncle to buy candy. What are you doing?" She asks me.
"Oh I was-I was just walking past and I had just so happen to notice you and see what a beautiful person you are," I blurt out. Oh my god, what did I just say?! I think to myself.
The girl just giggles, holds out her hand, and says, "I'm Road! What's your name?"
"A-Allen," I reply back to her question. I grab her hand and we shake.
"Well, Allen, would you like to hang out with me?"
"Um, sure," I say. She pulls on my arm and takes me into the candy shop to meet her uncle.
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