6:Just

Everything is buzzing in my mind right now.
"I've got so many to ask," I slowly turn to Dale who was quiet all along our drive.
"I can only give you minimum answer. It's not my job to do the explaining.You will have to wait until we reach Yavepei," He told me while facing the road.
I sigh.
"Ok, who are the Vicx,"
"They are from a different tribe. Like us we are descended of Ylyelle.We have a treaty with them.You will understand more when someone more appropriate do the explanation,"
"Who am I?"
"You are the Princess to be of Yavepei,"
"How to do you know I'm the princess? It could be someone else! You might have the wrong person or something!" Really I have no idea where he is leading me and I am still following.
"We are heading to Yavepei, which is a  7 hour ride from where we you stayed,"
"Why do you need a princess?! Isn't there anyone else?"
"Leo, I told you, it's not my job,"
"Why are you an Odawa?"
I saw something pass his eyes and he seem to be thinking of a way to explain it.
"In Yavepei, the Ylyelle have ranking system. The Queen, King, the Princess, then comes the Dene and Dene'inna and then lastly is the Odawas.An Odawa doesn't have any special ability beside their strength and we are the so called trackers,"
I looked at him and he wasn't happy about it.
I pushed the thought of asking him further questions.
My eyes were drooping but I don't want to sleep.
"Can I have your phone?" I asked him. I don't want my mum or brother to worry me.
"Just so you know,your mother is not your mother and he is not your brother," He handed me the phone.
Does he know my history or something?
"I know,"
Matt was my stepbrother and my mum wast my real mum, I know. She told me that when my dad past away. I was an adopted child by my dad.
"Leo," Dale hesitated for a moment but say it out," You are very special, believe me and believe in yourself," He looked into me.
I dialed Matt's number.It was still 6 in the morning.
"Hello," Matt must have still be sleeping, his voice sounds groggy.
"Matt?"
"Leo?" I heard the other side something fell.
I was quiet for a while. Even though he annoyed me a lot. I know he still cares for me. It's just that he doesn't show it and I don't really mind it though.
He was a loving brother who just worries about his sister a lot.
He had done a lot to me. Teach me, scold me, wake me up, gives presents for my birthday. That shows that he does think of me.
"Leo?! Where are you?" He knocked the door.It must be my door.
Then I heard the door swing open.
"Leo? Where the hell are you?"
"Matt, Matt," I was tearing up but I swallowed it and my voice was shaky," Matt! Listen! I'm sorry for everything I've done. I will be back very soon. Well not until I  know when but be safe okay? Take care of mum and go find a job,"
"Leo! What are you talking?! Where are you?" I heard his panic voice.
"Matt, I'm not near anywhere of where we live,"
"Leo, what's going on? Are you running away? Leo, I thought we have talked about this with mum that you wouldn't leave us for your real parents.Have I been doing anything wrong? Oh, yes,I do. Leo, look I'm sorry.I can change it back.Please! Where are you leaving to?" I heard him run down the stairs.
"No! Matt! No, you are not following me or going to find me! Ju-" I felt my cheeks burn and tears were gliding down.
"Oh, gosh! Mum!" He went to mum'm room.
"Just stay safe! I love you and tell mum I love her!" I shut the phone off.
I was breathing heavily and Dale was very quiet all the time.

5:Just

Next few day of school was kind of unusual ever since Dale came.
But this time around he wasn't in the class at all.
He never attended classes.
And wasn't anywhere around school or my housing area.
So, that's strange.
Did someone attacked him?
He said it's not safe for me to stay here anymore.
Oh, no..was it because of me?
Like I care.
But I couldn't sleep that night well enough that I kept thinking of Dale.

It was 3 in the morning.
I wasn't feeling comfortable at all.
Without any noise, I sneak out of my room, still in my pajamas and out of the house.
If Dale is around here peeking or sneaking on me and I'm going to find him.

Early morning breeze was refreshing.
There was only street lights on.
I walk around the sidewalk down the lane, when I realize something moved behind me.
A gush of adrenaline went through me.
Gulping down the butterflies in my stomach, I turn and caught a glimpse of a shadow.
This is not good at all.
While bickering with myself whether to turn back to where I came from, a shadow hovered over me and before I could start screaming or even think of anything, I was been dragged with my mouth shut.
I still stifled a few scream and hit him here and there but he never budge.
My mind was racing and my heart was beating a miles per hour!
"You are one feisty princess," He growled.
Princess?
I remembered Dale talking about princesses.
Oh ,no! No! No!
I bit his hand and tried using manipulation,let me go, let me go!
"Ahh!!!!" I scream this time.
Where is Dale?!
I'm in trouble right now, Dale!
I'm going to die.
Bye, mum, brother...

"Leave her alone!" The guy dragging me flung around.
"Oh, my oh my if not for the Odawa Dale,"
They know each other?
Dale was in his sweatshirt and hair messed.
I was still in panic mode to pick up their conversation.
"Let her go!" Dale fist the big guy who was obviously bigger than Dale.
But he flew.
How strong is Dale that even a guy like him can fall which caused me to fall  too but I manage to move away and stood up.
"Stop!"
"Move!" Dale growled at me and that was the first time I've seen him like that, so enraged.
Both of them were fighting and I saw another figure moving.
It was a girl this time and she look like a Tomb Rider with that kind of outfit.
"Lucas! Let's go!" She looked towards my direction and frown.
"I won't leave without her!"
"You are coming with us!" She flung towards me but just right in tie there was a siren.
Hands trembling, I stood frozen in place.
Dale who heard the siren kicked Lucas hard enough to fall and ran towards me. He held my hand and push me into a small lane just behind us to hide.
His arms were around me and I tried my best not to shriek or breath.
The siren passed us.
"Are they going to come back?"  I asked.
"I'm sorry," He realize was distance and moved apart. He went a little outside and signal that it was clear.
"Leo, you have got to move tight now," He said concerned in his voice.
"I..but...,"
"Leo! You just saw what happen to you! Everything will be clear when you reach there. Trust me, Leo. I can't risk having you hurt like this anymore!" His eyes were nearly pleading.
"My brother and mum," I looked down.
"Leo, we can't waste our time thinking about it. I'm bringing you back right now. I don't know when the Vixc  will be coming after again but we need to get back!"
I was speechless. Will they hurt my family?
If me being here isn't safe then I got to safe my family too, so I should move.
Is this called running away since I'm following him at this time.
"But I haven't tell my mum and brother yet,"
"They will know it and you can have your time telling them later on our way,"
"Come on,Leo," He was standing in front of me patiently and If there's anyone I trust more its him.
"I'll go with you,Dale,"
"Trust me. I won't let anyone hurt you," He assured me and took my hand.
We reached a SUV that was parked a block away.
And he hoped in into the driver's seat.
I took the passenger's seat and sat in.
Still thinking of what I should tell my mum and brother, I was on the fence of crying.

4:Just

I left them hanging on the air just like that even with my unanswered questions still going on, on my head.
Who in the world are they?
Asking me to return to where I belong?
Thinking I will just agree and follow them like a baby duckling?
No!
The most weirdest thing is, I saw Aurora's aura too.
It's purple.
What are these colours actually? And why are they appearing?
My headache is soothing right now and that's strange.
So, both of them are not humans?
What could be their ability?
And where are they from?
So many unanswered questions.
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Next day of school was normal until, a newcomer came.
Dale.
My heart thumped when I saw him entering and sat a few tables away.
So he really is going to be my bodyguard?
Am I in trouble or something?
Is any body going to kidnap or attack me?
Doesn't he have any other work or studies to do?
Well, maybe they are from Mars, so they don't need educations?
Sigh, I'm just thinking too much.
Ignore him until he approach you.

Miraculously, he never approached me besides just giving me stares once in a while.
And that was creeping me out.
Seriously, shouldn't a bodyguard should be by my side?

What if he follows you to your house?
I should run away before he finds out.
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I went straight to home without even waiting for my friend today.
I find the world around me is really creeping me out these days.

"You are late," My brother stood at the doorway.
"Do you always have to do that?!" I asked annoyed by the way he always finds trouble with me.
"Do what?"
"Annoy me!" I said throwing cold glares at him.
He shrugged his shoulder and went towards the living room.
I grumbled and went to my room.
When I entered my room the atmosphere was different and I know it.
It felt chilly all the sudden.
The window was wide open.
Oh, shoot!
Someone might have broken in.
I alerted myself and try scanning around my room.
Goosebumps all over me, I walked towards the window to close it.
When I turned around, I saw a silhouette moving.
I jumped backwards and screamed.
"Shh!!!" She shushed me with his palm covering me.
My heart beat rapidly.
"What was that?!" My brother shouted from outside.
"Coc-cockroach," I don't even know why I lied.
Realizing that he was still holding me, he moved away a step.
"What the hell are you doing here!" I growled at him in a low volume.
"Calm down, I just came to see whether everything is alright or not," Dale looked around my room then his eyes set on me.
Somehow that got me conscious of myself.
"Why? Do you expect anything to happen to me?" I raise my eyebrow.
"Could be," He said calm enough not to convince me.
I laughed at his comment.
"Leo, you've got to comeback. It's not safe here anymore,"
"Not safe? All this while I've been here and nothing happened to me!"
"You got to understand me,"
"Make me," I went close to him to intimidate him but unconsciously.
"You are the Princess of Yavepei. It means people of Sun. We are all a tribe and some of us have special abilities. Your's is developing earlier, so we need you back,"
"Well, so much for convincing," I mocked him. Who does he think I am to trust him that easily?
"I'm not lying! It's the truth! How do you think you have persuasions? That thing you tried to do on us. It's your ability. But it won't work on us because you need training. It works on humans because they are easily penetrated into their mind,"
My jaw dropped. He knows more than I do about myself.
"I wasn't doing anything!"
"Come on! You don't have to deny it anymore. I felt it. It's like a static shock to me but you can never persuade us without further training,"
"So you have an ability too?"
"Not really,"
"Like I'm going to believe,"
"I'm an Odawa. I bring people like you back to Yavepei. That's my job,"
"How old are you?" I blurted out suddenly.
I saw a thin smile on his face.
"More than you,"
He is not giving me an exact number but never mind.
I started scanning his features. Close enough to realize his eyes is dark brown, smoothly combed hair and nearly few inched taller than me.
"You can stop doing that now," He smirked.
I shook my head to take off the information he just gave me and took a step behind.
"You've got to go," I said pointing to the window.
"Leo, trust me, I've never lied to you until now" Somehow that gave me a trust in him.
I went towards the window to close it after him. He took one last look at me and jump swiftly down.
Realizing I was catching my breath I sigh and went to bed.

3:Just

Just then a knock came from our classroom door.
It was the Principal's secretary, Mrs.Anne.
"I'm sorry, Miss Jean, but can we have Leo to the office please. She have a visitor," she said with a smile on her face.
Visitors? They want to see me?
I'm not in a good mood to have visitors but never mind.
"You can go," My teacher said.
Holding my fingers at the bridge of my nose to try to calm my head but it never.
I stood up and I saw another aura again.
Oh-no.
What?
Am I seeing things now?
It's was Mrs.Anne, she is glowing white!
I looked around the class to see if anybody else had the same expression as mine but no, none.
I blinked several times but it never disappear.
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I followed her to the visitor's room and was allowed in without her following.
I scanned the place and saw two figure sitting.
One was a lady with an elegant posture.
And another was a young men.
I stood there waiting for them to response first.
"Hello, Leo," said the lady. She stood up and followed by the next one.
She wore a velvet silk knee length dress and her face shows she is still in her 40s maybe.
"Do I know you?" I asked without thinking how rude that was.
She smiled and nod gently.
I looked at the guy next to her.
He looks like he is just a year older than me or two, tall and black eyes.
Somehow his eyes reminds me of the stare I got yesterday from the park.
"So? Is there anything I can offer you?" I asked looking the lady back.
"I'm Aurora. And you don;t need to offer us anything but we need you to comeback to where you really belong," She said carefully.
"What? I mean pardon?" I tried talking to her respectfully since she looks like a wealthy person.
"We need you back. Our community need you. This is not the real place where you belong," She said again with her sweet voice.
I laughed at how funny it sounds.
"I'm sorry. I don't know how you got to know my name but I belong here with my family. I don't need to go anywhere," I stepped back towards the door.
"No,you don't. And I know this will happen. Trying to convince you back is not our priority but Dale here will be with you as your bodyguard until you come back to us," she pointed to the guy next to her,Dale.
"Excuse me,but I don't need a bodyguard and I'm not going anywhere I told you," She was testing my patience.
She just smiled.
"You will," was all she said.
I was born as a short tempered girl and if she is not going listen to me then I have no choice but to persuade her.
I made eyes contact with her, I'm not going to follow you guys, I'm not going anywhere with you, I muttered in my mind.
All she did was smile again.
Usually the after effect will be, the person;s eyes will dilate and they will follow what I said like it was a chant.
But this is weird.
"Slow down there. It won't work on us," Dale said for the first time he talked and I realize he was using courtesy.
I glare at the Aurora.
What? How did-
"We know what you are trying to do there dear," she said hands straightening her dress.
"What?" Utterly shocked.
"It's called persuasion and for your situation it only works on humans not us,"
So they are saying they are not human? What are they? They look ordinary to me?
Do they have abilities too?

2:Just

I went to my room shutting myself in it.
As creepy as it sounds, the stare that eyes gave me really did gave me goosebumps.
And I kept thinking of it the whole ride back home.
I just couldn't stop, that's the problem.
Okay, knock it off.
Go get some sleep.
I'll eventually forget about it soon.
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I woke up with my head throbbing. It is killing me and I feel like my head is going to explode soon.
I couldn't even groan at my pain.
Stop throbbing! Well, It won't because my persuasion mind trick doesn't work on me myself.
Then I heard a loud bang on the door.
"Time for school! Get out of your bed now!"
That's my stepbrother, who knows nothing but to annoy or irritate me when I don't have a good mood.
He is an engineer and jobless.
I on the other side, is stuck in final year of High School.
"Coming!" I yelled back even though my head is killing me right now.
What the hell is the problem with my head today?!

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School was boring as usual.
Truthfully my concentration in class is very bad.
I tend to sway away easily due to the noise I can't stop hearing. They are just too loud even though it's in their mind.
Wow! I pick one.
That's the strongest. I can sense the person in front of my table has an urgent need to go out but he couldn't leave the class.
Don't get me wrong. I can't read minds but whenever their senses become strong, I pick it in my brain. Something like a danger alert but I can sense everyone's mild sense too and I can persuade it with my mind talking.

"Are you hearing me?!" Someone slammed a damn book on my table.
Unfortunately, I'm going good with my teacher today since my head is still throbbing.
"Yes, ma'am. I do,"
"What did I just say?!"
"Something about history?" History isn't my strongest subject at all. I just hate it.
"I swear I'll send you to the office this time round,"
Oh, what's that color around her?
Oh, no.
Is she glowing?!
Am I the only one that see's it?
I looked around and no one's even listening to us.
She is glowing red. That shows anger.
Wait, wait? What? Ouch, my head is, stop it, stop. It really is going to kill me.

1:Just

Look at this place.
It's full of couple's hanging around.
Looking at each other's eyes, holding hands,being next to one another.
Happiness or sadness are being shared.
Some can be trusted and some are just for lust.

Well, their persuasion is too strong that I can feel the feeling in every of them.
But why am I here. is another question totally.

I was merely being a life saver for my friend who wanted to go out with her boyfriend.
She doesn't want to be get caught by her mother who is against her of being in a relationship, so she formed an excuse of me hanging around with her for catch up.

She is my friend and I don't want to get her worried. So I agreed.
But now I'm going to be dumped aside until they finish catching up on each other after a long time.

"Are you sure you gonna be alright here alone?" She had a puppy eyes looking at me.
I nodded.
"What can I do? You want me to go back now?"
"No, no! I..I feel guilty now bringing you here and now leaving you alone," She buff her mouth.
"I'll be fine. Just go already. He must be waiting." I can feel her getting all hyped up to see her boyfriend.
"Ok, I'll call you. So just hang around, ok?"
I nodded again.

And we got down from my car and walked into the entrance. There he was, her perfect boyfriend. Just perfect to each other. He, tall, charming and strong and her, shoulder length, kind and innocent.

He bowed after looking at me and I bowed. "Hello there," He greeted.

"Hi!" I waved.

"I'll take care of her from here on," He said with just the perfect voice for his figure and she giggled when he held her hands into his.

"Sure," I said and saw them walk away.

That's how I got here. Having a popcorn in my hand and munching it one by one to spent my sweet time alone. Some how I needed this 'alone' time. The park is perfectly sculptured with beautiful sceneries, mosaics and gardens to fill the space and I'm sitting on a bench.

I just couldn't tune out peoples random feeling here and there. They are just too loud for me. I  hate to do it but I just couldn't take them out if my mind too. It's a rare ability I found out that I somehow can feel people's feeling and manipulate them. It did scared me to hell when I first found out.

During my dad's funeral. My mother was really down and she couldn't take her husband's death. I was in a trauma too but when I started to talked to myself in my brain saying, mum, just stop crying, stop crying you must be strong be strong. I was looking at her and all the sudden she started wiping her tears and said, "Ok, I'll stop crying and I have to be strong,"

That doesn't prove anything right?

So the second time was when I was called to go to the principal's office because of my bad results and my not good concentration in classes I attend, my homeroom teacher started striding towards me," You, Miss, now to the office! Now! I don't want to see a girl sleeping in my class!" She pissed me off and I stared at her face. In my mind, I was saying, I dont want, I don't want to go to the principal's office and I'm not going! Just like that, she said,"Ok, you are not going to the principal's office. Stay,"

My heart started to race and I really did freaked out. And now I'm used to it but I do feel guilty manipulating people's mind like that. So I rarely used it.

Then, just right in front of the bench in front of me came a guy with his black sweatshirt with hoodie over him.

The first thing that I caught from his was his eyes.

That dark eyes of his.

It would be rude to stare, so I stopped staring and look somewhere else but  I end up looking at him.

Somehow he was not easy to read. He is blocking his feeling I guess.

That's good.

It was taking too long so I called up my friend and there they are walking towards me smiling.

"Are you ok?" Her boyfriend asked.

"Yup,"

"Ok, let's go," My friend jump towards me leaving her boyfriends hand.

"I'll catch up with you sooner," He bowed at me and winked at her.

He stood watching us until we got into the car.

And I realize the guy who was sitting in front of me was looking at us or me?

Not just looking but the look on his eyes sent shivers to me and I shrugged i off.