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Post by cara on Apr 25, 2007 20:33:56 GMT -5
Slowly making her way to the cool water in the beautiful lake, Ray's shoes sunk into the slightly wet sand and made a small crunching noise as she walked. Ray sniffled as she stopped by the shoreline and looked at the water remembering her past, but then forgetting it as she forced herself to look up. Ray's head tilted upward and starred into the light blue sky looking at the white fluffy clouds pass by with a small amount of breeze to help them travel along. (If there was any weather then I'm sorry if I messed it up) Finally, she heard someone talking in the distance and turned her head toward the noise. The people she saw were a bit of a walk from her, but she could still hear faint mumbling. She decided to walk toward them, but slow and steady so that they wouldn't really notice her. Her deep blue eyes wandered from left to right not knowing if she would talk to them or not. It was her first day, and she had a hard time making friends since she was shy. She stumbled a little as she walked toward the strangers, but reluctantly, she found her way back into the rhythm her feet made.
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Post by phpshift on Apr 25, 2007 20:42:58 GMT -5
"Any time," Nora said, "I'd really like to get to know you." She turned to everyone else, stopping on Vanden. "I'd really like to get to know all of you. Any friend of my brother is a friend of mine." She turned back to Michella, giving her the sweetest smile she could manage. She put her hands behind her back and started swaying again and looked back at Terren. "I'm just so glad I found you," she said, "We've got a lot of catching up to do."
Terren smiled. He was glad Nora and Michella were getting along so well. She seemed to be acting strange around Vanden though, but she always acted that way around boys she had just met. Well, she did years ago. They sure did have some catching up to do.
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Post by canary on Apr 25, 2007 20:48:09 GMT -5
Vanden squeezed Alicia's hand, and smiled briefly to her. He felt a bit better. "Ah..same to you." He said, smiling politely to Nora. Friend of Terren's? He wondered briefly if he was considered that. Most likely not. But eh, it was only the beginning of the year. Can't win em' all.. He shrugged inwardly. "So, anyone else actually waiting for the next mission?" He said, quietly but audibly.
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Post by cara on Apr 25, 2007 20:48:28 GMT -5
Ray finally caught up to the mysterious voices and saw a few people. She didn't know any of them, and thats what made her shy when she asked, "Um...H-How are you guys? I know that I don't k-know any of you, but..." she looked at the boys in the group and felt a knot in her stomach, "I'm sorry, I just kind of came up here. I guess I won't bother you if you guys were in the middle of something important. Ray looked to the ground. Her legs were bent inward like she had to go to the bathroom, but she didn't notice.
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Post by Marr-ee on Apr 25, 2007 21:08:07 GMT -5
Michella smiled at Terren and Nora and nodded towards the others, "Well, I don't know about you, but I'm getting kinda tired. I'm going up shore..." With that note she flashed Terren a half smile as she waded back to the shallow end of the water where she was before she made an entrance to the group and Nora. Sitting down, the water only raised up to her stomach as she felt a slight wave of water splash her. She rubbed the cool water up and down her arms to keep her wet. Looking around the water and her gaze fell upon Terren again and smiled.
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Post by phpshift on Apr 25, 2007 21:21:45 GMT -5
Nora touched Terren's shoulder. "I'm gonna go talk to Michella," she said, "You stay right here." She smiled and let go of his shoulder, walking back tward the shore. She stopped at Michella's feet. "So," she said, "You're Terren's girlfriend, I presume?" She still sounded very pleasant. She turned and slid down to the ground next to Michella. She looked out at Terren. "You know," she said, "I'm kind of worried about your safety." She now sounded rather serious, though faking it. "When we were very young," she said, pausing as if it hurt her deep inside, "he... was a bit clumsy. He always has been. It's hard to talk about this... Has he told you about the accident?" She looked Michella in the eyes in a display of deep sincerity.
Terren looked back at the two on the shore. He noticed someone standing on the shore alone. He walked up the shore, past the two girls, giving Michella a smile on the way. "Hey," he said to Ray, "how are you?" Terren was feeling electric and very outgoing at this point.
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Post by Marr-ee on Apr 25, 2007 21:27:43 GMT -5
"My safety? Why?" Michella looked at her quizically, what did she mean by she was worried about her safety? She was curious, but nobody said anything about him being her boyfriend. She put her arms on her knee's and looked out to the lake. "Well, I'm not really his girlfriend... I mean we just met and everything. Clumsy? I bet everyone's been clumsy once in their life... What accident?" She asked looking from the surface of the water to Terren. Something wasn't right. If something was wrong, why didn't he tell her about it?
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Post by phpshift on Apr 25, 2007 21:33:54 GMT -5
"Well," Nora started again, "I hope this doesn't damage your... friendship with Terren at all, but I suppose it would be good for you to know." She paused and looked at the ground, wiping some water from her legs. She looked back up, meeting Michella's eyes. "When we were very young, Terren was very careless and he always had been. It's in his blood. One day, we were playing and... well... his powers malfunctioned, turning my entire body to stone. I died that day." She trailed off for a moment, regaining her thoughts. She hoped to scare her away. It seemed to be working. She looked worried already. "It's bound to happen again," she continued, "and I don't want that to happen to you. You won't be as lucky as I was." She slightly emphasized the word "won't". All the time, she never left Michella's eyes.
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Post by Marr-ee on Apr 25, 2007 21:44:16 GMT -5
Michella let everything that Nora just said sink into her thoughts. On the first day she met him, he almost couldn't keep the stones from turning back to water. Then he couldn't. the stones melted back into the water. Could what she was saying actually be true. If it was, why wasn't she still made out of stone? How could she be here talking to her? "Well, I trust him... I have faith in him..." She couldn't beleive that just moments ago, she seemed really nice and everything, but was this being too nice? She really liked Terren, but with what she just said, should she have trusted Terren? Down under the water, if she had said the wrong thing, he could have lost it and she would have drowned. The water would have sucked her under and she would have died that way. Her worse fear would have come to life. She didn't want to have to forget about Terren, no. Because He was already part of her life now. "Why aren't you still stone then? I mean you said you... Died?" The last work started to creep her out. What was going on?
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Post by cara on Apr 25, 2007 21:48:34 GMT -5
Ray widened her eyes and blinked a couple of times. "Ugh..ugh. I'm...good," she said a little confused as to why he was acually talking to her. She started to blush and she switched her eyes from the boy to the ground with her knees still pointed toward each other. She held her hands together shyly and asked, "So, who are all these people?"
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Post by phpshift on Apr 25, 2007 21:54:02 GMT -5
"Well," Nora said, loosening up, "That was when I learned about my powers. I am sort of like a phoenix. I am capable of regeneration and rebirth. I can also do this..." She reached into the sky and a small ball of light appeared above her hand. It turned into a small tornado, burst into a group of butterflies, exploded into millions of sparks, then faded out. She smiled at Michella. "I'm very lucky I have the rebirth power," she said, "but others... They aren't so lucky. You must be cautious." Nora saw a bit of sadness in Michella's eyes. She felt bad, but tried hard to wipe that from her mind. She had been looking for Terren for a long time and Michella had him for... who knows how long? It was Nora's turn.
"Good to hear you're doing well," Terren said with a smile. He turned to the lake again. "Well, in the water there... the girl and boy together are Vanden and Alicia. The other girl out there is Arlaye. The two girls on the beach are Michella and Nora." He looked back at Ray. "Nora is my sister," he felt he needed to add, "And don't worry if you can't remember all of those name tomorrow." He laughed slightly.
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Post by cara on Apr 25, 2007 22:01:23 GMT -5
Rachael chuckled a little then noticed her knees and straighted out. She got a bit taller than how tall she thought she was. "I'm good at remembering," she said noticing that that statement was very very true. Ray cringed her nose up as she repeated all the people's names and remembered all of them. "Well, you see. I guess I even impressed myself there." Ray finally caught onto the boys face and stayed there. "My name's Rachael, but call me Ray."
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Post by Marr-ee on Apr 25, 2007 22:01:44 GMT -5
Michella understood at that moment why he was so fidgety the firstday with his powers and why he was so soft when it came to not trusting him. He must not have trusted himself. Just because of the accident when they were younger. "Well, I'll be cautious... I wonder why he didn't tell me. Maybe I'll ask him about it later..." She said audibly but it was to herself on the last part. She moved her hand up to straighten her hair up and smiled back at Terren, only this time it wasn't the happy smile she usually gave him. It was more of a sad and happy smile, that Michella never knew she had. "Well, I think that I'm going to head in. I need to get some dry clothes on..." She said with a bit of hesitation. She looked at Nora. "Could you tell him, I'll see him later. I'm going to head in.?"
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Post by phpshift on Apr 25, 2007 22:08:50 GMT -5
Nora nodded. "I should probably dry off too," she said. She stood up and a glow enveloped her everywhere that her clothing was, drying every bit of it. She smiled at Michella, but then it turned more sad. "If you don't have to," Nora said, "It would probably be better if you didn't mention it to him. I'm sure it still hurts to talk about it." She gave a weak smile. She felt that what she was doing was wrong, but Terren wouldn't mind. Him and Nora were best friends. Right?
Terren smiled. "You are pretty good," he said, "Maybe I'll ask you again, since I'll probably be the one to forget." He looked back at Michella just in time to catch the smile she threw at him. There was something strange about it that made his heart sink a little. He looked back at Ray. "Hey Ray, I'm Terren. Nice to see a new face. Have you come to this school long?"
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Post by alicia on Apr 25, 2007 22:09:18 GMT -5
Alicia waited for someone to talk to her, but they seemed to have wandered off by themselves. She turned slightly to Vanden. "Is there anywhere in particular you want to go?" She looked down at herself. "I could use a towel..." She whispered to herself. She looked Vanden up and down. 'And so could you.' She thought with a grin. She said out loud. "Do you have a towel handy?" She asked with a goofy grin.
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