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Chapter Four: Threats
I was nervously perusing through Slurps and Burps, looking for Alvin. I looked at my toes as I walked down one of the aisles. Suddenly, Alvin's brownish blonde hair poked out from behind a shelf, nearly making me drop all of the vials I had collected. I glared at him.
"Hi," he said, breathless.
"Hi, sorry I've been so MIA recently, it's been busy." I murmured, staring at my toes. He made me look him in the eye before he talked.
"Yeah. I heard. Do you wanna talk about it?" He asked.
"Well, I mean, there's not much to talk about," I responded, looking around.
"Well yeah there is! You manifested!" He whispered excitedly.
"Wait what?! You know about that? But I thought that it was supposed to be a secret?" I asked worriedly. He rolled his eyes.
"Well, because it was a secret, naturally everyone knows! Everyone's been freaking out, they all think that you'll go on some murderous rampage and kill everyone if something bad happens, which would be pretty cool, by the way." He jabbered excitedly. "I would kill to be a Mortier, like, that's so cool! I mean it's really dangerous and unstable and stuff, but still, super cool!
Bian walked out of the shadows which trailed behind her as she approached me.
"I do have to say. You? A Mortier? Who would've guessed." There was a trace of jealousy lining her voice.
She wrapped her brown-black hair around her finger until it looked like it would tear.
"So. Ummmmm, do you guys wanna head to my place?" I asked awkwardly, tugging on my hair.
"Sure," Bian said as we walked towards the exit.
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Bian and Alvin walked through the doors of Glasside, my towering mansion made of glass fragments and gold leaf. We walked up the winding staircase to my bedroom before I sat down on my bed and started to stroke Saphhie, my black imp.
"How does it work?" Bian asked as she looked around my glass bookshelf.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"How do you kill people," Bian asked. "How do you find that much hate in your heart." I looked at her, scared.
"I don't hate them. I get panicked and it sort of rushes out of me. I don't know why." I snapped.
"Geez, chill out you two," Alvin muttered. "How's school?" He added, changing the subject.
"Ok, I guess. Elementalism is lousy as usual." I said as I watched Sapphie spread her wings and flap around my room.
"Oh please, you're fine at elementalism. Stop being so fake humble." Bian snapped.
"Geez, why are you being so rude? What did I do? Just tell me!" I retorted, glaring at her.
"God, what is with you two?! Can you just calm down and relax? We're supposed to be hanging out, not breathing down each other's necks!" Alvin said.
"Fine. Sorry, I guess I'm just starting to believe what they say about you." She mumbled. "They all think you're a danger to society and stuff. But you aren't. Sorry."
"it's fine."
"Well, I should probably head back. Dad probably wants me to work on some new ideas I have." Alvin said.
"Bye," Bian and I said in unison.
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I slept soundly that night, ready to go back to school, but suddenly something woke me up.
"Dura! Wake up! Get up, it's an emergency!" My mom's voice rings through my bedroom. My eyes shot open, and I threw off my covers.
"What happened?" I asked my mom. Her eyes were wide and she looked terrified.
"We have to go." She said, leading me to the Leapmaster.
"Tarnedge," She said, which was the name of Alvin's house. Why would we be going to his house in the middle of the night?
The light blinded me before we landed in Alvin's yard. His house was ablaze in the shape of three words.
The Thistle Insurgency.
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