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3 | It is a terrible night to be out. The moon's shine is overpowered by | |
4 | the dense layer of storm clouds above. The ground is cold and damp from the | |
5 | rain before. The air is frigid and flowing, full of water and empty of warmth. | |
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7 | But of course, here I am, walking back from the convience store. Being | |
8 | the lazy student that I am, I waited until the last minute for shopping and | |
9 | was stuck without food and a full night of studying for the next exam. So with | |
10 | my bag of various instant foods and snacks, I try to hurry home to the long | |
11 | night ahead. | |
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13 | Other than the light from the streetlights, the darkness is empty. Not | |
14 | a car roaming or person wandering. The buildings around are vacant. There is, | |
15 | however, that slight, mysterious buzzing that comes with this city setting. | |
16 | Realizing how eerie it is out here and vulnerable I am, I quicken my pace. | |
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18 | I turn down a pitch-dark alley, between the tall vacant buildings. | |
19 | Walking stiffly into the abyss, the clouds loosen overhead and the moon peaks | |
20 | through. And I see her. | |
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22 | A short girl, about 5'5" leaning against the building to my right. Her | |
23 | hair, a warm dark red, clashes with the cold around her. Her bright green eyes | |
24 | - | stare into me with a look of something between displeasure and anger. She's in a dark hoodie, and she is very pretty. So much so, I stopped walking without |
24 | + | stare into me with a look of something between displeasure and anger. She's in |
25 | - | being aware I did. |
25 | + | a dark hoodie. And she's pretty. So much so, I stopped walking without being |
26 | aware I did. | |
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28 | "You're Ein, right?" Her soft voice shattering the slience. | |
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30 | Half shocked and half flattered, I answer, "Yeah, but how --" | |
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32 | Fwish! The air by my left shoulder rushes around. Something flew by | |
33 | me. Around the girl. Gleams float in the air. Like a peacock's tail, in an | |
34 | arc around and over her head. I step back. They're floating. She begins | |
35 | walking toward me. The light from the moon disappears, throwing me into | |
36 | blind panic. | |
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38 | - | I have to get out of here. I drop my bag and take off to the closest exit of the alley. Which way I was going, and which way I came make no difference |
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39 | - | anymore and I couldn't tell if I tried. |
39 | + | I have to get out of here. I drop my bag and take off to the closest exit of the |
40 | alley. Which way I was going, and which way I came make no difference anymore and | |
41 | I couldn't tell if I tried. | |
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43 | Shink! I scream in pain as my arm is pierced from behind by an icy | |
44 | numbness, flinging it foward sharply, shooting me stumbling ahead with it. I | |
45 | reach out for arm with my other hand and feel a shard lodge in my tricep from | |
46 | behind and my slippery blood dripping out of it. A shard of ice. | |
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48 | With no mind to think about what the hell is going on, I keep running. | |
49 | Time blurs around me, as more shards fly past me as I run. Almost as though, | |
50 | I've been running for hours and have heard thousands of shards of ice | |
51 | miss me. But eventually, that comes to an end. | |
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53 | Close to the exit of the alley I fall to the ground before I feel the | |
54 | pain in my leg. A shard of ice was launched into the back of my thigh. I can | |
55 | only scream in reaction to this pain. My screams, my crying, and her running | |
56 | footsteps ring together in my blank head. | |
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58 | "Why! Wh --" Before I can finish all the air leaves my body. | |
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60 | She finished her run toward me with a solid kick to my back and all I | |
61 | can do is gasp for air. | |
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63 | "That's for running!" She screams between her pants and gasps. "I hate | |
64 | running!" | |
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66 | She walks around me, trying to catch her breath and holding her heart. | |
67 | After a short while, she crouches near me. Because of how close she is, and | |
68 | the nearby streetlight I can see her clearly. Her hood now down, you can see | |
69 | she has her hair two pigtails fixed on opposite sides of her head. She's still | |
70 | panting and looks uncomfortable. | |
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72 | Breathing heavily, she speaks. "Ein, you're going to die today." | |
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74 | - | "You're dying for making such a beautiful girl run and get sweaty and uncomfortable." |
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76 | "You're dying for making such a beautiful girl run and get sweaty and | |
77 | uncomfortable." | |
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79 | Her icy hand touches my face. My mouth dries out and the saliva | |
80 | disappears from it. My throat feels itchy and tight. My skin feels as though | |
81 | it's too small for me. The air feels as sharp as a knife against my body. | |
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83 | Under her other hand which is hanging over my body, a horizontal spear | |
84 | of ice forms slowly. Taking her hand off my cheek, she makes motions toward | |
85 | the spear, crafting edges and designs as it grows. Abstract designs that can | |
86 | only be described as "awe-inspiring" and "elegant" are begin taking shape all | |
87 | along the spear. Finally, when she seems done, she flicks her small hand | |
88 | moving the spear in front of me. | |
89 | - | Before I can answer, she stands up, and kicks me over so that I'm laying flat. She quickly moves the spear vertically, over my heart all the |
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90 | "What do you think? Pretty good, huh?" | |
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92 | Before I can answer, she stands up, and kicks me over so that I'm | |
93 | laying flat. She quickly moves the spear vertically, over my heart all the | |
94 | while with a flawless, angry look on her face. And she looks down at me. | |
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96 | "I really do hate running." | |
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