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Cursed

Chapter Thirteen: Promises Made to Break

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I toss and turn in my bed, waiting anxiously for the beep of the alarm. There are only three hours left until we need to get ready to sneak out again, and until then we need to get as much sleep as we can. Only I can't. I'm too excited to even keep my eyes closed for a second. All I can think about is meeting Madame Rouge. Even though I know next to nothing about her, everyone else seems to think she's great. And if so many people think that, it must be true. Sure, she's a criminal, but who says the bad guys can't be cool too?

I flip my pillow over to the cold side and pull my blanket closer to me. Clover lays tucked under my arm, while Zippy sits pressed against my back keeping look out for nightmares. They both used to sleep in my arms while some of my other stuffed animals kept guard, but since I only have them here they have to take turns. Mommy was the one who started that. When me and Felicity first started living with her and Daddy I used to get nightmares every night. After I started sleeping like this, I think I stopped getting them as much. I miss her, but I know that if she saw me like this she wouldn't feel the same way. After all, Headmistress is the one who told me that, and she knows everything.

Jade makes a noise that sounds something like a cross between a whimper and a squeak. I sit up and turn around to face her.

"J? Are you awake?"

"No," she whimpers.

I set Clover down next to Zippy and turn on a lamp, and then I sit on the edge of Jade's bed. "Is everything okay?" I ask.

I can see her more clearly now that I'm closer, and it's pretty clear that everything's not okay. Her eyes are red from tears, giving the green in them a sort of pop, and tears have run off her face and onto her pillow, creating a puddle of wetness on the pillowcase.

Jade props herself up on her elbow and nods her head. "Yeah, I'll be fine."

"You don't look fine," I say with a frown.

More tears fall from Jade's eyes as I say this, confirming her previous statement as a lie.

"Hey, it's okay. You can tell me."

Before I know it, Jade has completely lost control of herself. Her shaky attempt at composing herself is gone, and I'm not quite sure how to get her to stop crying. I pull her into a hug, but it doesn't do much good.

For a few minutes, I just let her cry. Her crying soon starts to fade. I push some strands of long black hair out of her eyes and ask, "Now can you tell me what's wrong?"

After the words come, I almost regret saying them. I sounded pretty annoyed. Luckily, she doesn't act like she notices.

"I'm scared," she manages to say.

"Scared?" I ask. "Scared of what?"

"I don't want to go back," she sniffles. "I don't want to go back!"

Go back? Where?

"Um... hey. It'll be okay," I say weekly.

"No it won't! What if I mess up?"

I sigh. "Look, I don't know what you're talking about, but you'll be fine. There's nothing to be scared of."

"How do you know?" she whimpers softly. "You've never been to The Shadows."

"Been whe- okay, you know what? It doesn't matter. Because whatever it is you're talking about, you don't have to worry about it anymore. You know why?"

"Why?" she asks, tears glistening in her eyes.

"Because whatever it is you're worried about will have to go through me and Roy to hurt you. Got it?"

This sends Jade into further hysterics. "But... you're staying here!"

"Jade. We're all going on the field trip."

"Not, that's not... not what I mean!"

I sigh in annoyance, pulling her closer to me. "Just don't worry about it, okay? No matter what it is, I'll keep you safe."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

I can tell she doesn't completely believe me, yet she still buries her head into my shoulder and mumbles, "Okay."

I can't help but wonder what Jade was worried about, but soon I'm sleeping too soundly to care.

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So this chapter is pathetically short, but at least it didn't take me a month to update this time, right? I'm making progress!

(even though looking at my old updating schedule tells me that this chapter was originally intended to be written in March…)

In other news, does anyone have any tips for making AMV's? I'm going over to a friend's house on Saturday and we're going to try to work on one. Neither of us have made one before, so I think we probably need some advice. Although come to think of it you may not want to enable us since our idea is intended to rip out the hearts of the viewers (and involves Spitfire for that matter- Flinx is still #1 though)

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Reviews:

CursedRedRose- Thanks! Yeah, I'd imagine the HIVE would want to start it's brainwashing pretty early. It's easier to convince a child of something than it is a teenager. They'll be sneaking out next chapter- no more filler chapters! I'm actually pretty excited to write it, especially since I've filled in all the little plot holes (such as what the Headmistress was planning to give Madame Rouge- I seriously didn't know what it was until a couple weeks ago).

gracieTpie- I know, right! I keep going back and forth as to whether or not it's my Teen Titans OTP. Thanks!

Quote of the day!

"We're all liars. And you know where liars go? That's right: Congress!" -My camp pastor

I'm pretty sure I put a quote from him last time too, but I have no regrets. In fact, my only regret is not taking a screenshot of the Persian that appeared on my ceiling today whilst playing Pokémon Go.

Predictably, I named her "Ceiling".

Titans Go!

Spectrobes Princess

(p.s- expect some cameos in the next couple of chapters)

(some very… fast… cameos)