Lost and Found

Intentions

 "Invisible?' I asked incredulously.

"Impossible!" I said and jumped down from the branch to the ground below. If he was going to speak of such ridiculousness I did not want to be in his presence.

"No, Abilene, stop!" He called but I didn't bother to listen.

"Please, Abilene, I can prove it!" He called and I stopped, turning quickly and bringing the two of us nose to nose.

"How would you be able to prove to me, that I turn invisible?" I spat at the lunacy of such a task.

"Easily. Come with me." Jasper grabbed my hand and pulled me with him to the pond he chose as his place of solace when he wanted some time alone. He pointed into the water where I could see myself and Jasper in the water.

"Right now, you're visible and you can see yourself in the water. Now do what you did when you were hiding from the three of us. Whatever you thought or felt, do it again." He said and I looked to him in disbelief.

"I hid high in the tree Jasper, that's all I did." I said and shook my head at the nonsense he was trying to make me believe.

"Just try, try it for a moment, just so you can see for yourself." He plead and I scowled but did as he asked. I pictured myself pressed flush against the trunk of a tall tree, making myself one with the tree as I pictured myself sinking into it and disappearing where no one would be able to find or disturb me.

"Look at the water." Jasper said after a moment. I looked down and gasped in surprise as I only saw Jasper in the water, he was looking toward the space where I knew I was standing but I couldn't see myself.

"Stop it, stop it, make it stop!" I cried moving away from the water and Jasper looked a little panicked as he looked around, but his eyes once again moving past me without seeing me.

"Abilene, listen to me. Whatever you were thinking or feeling before, do the opposite." He instructed and I quickly thought of myself escaping the tree, pushing away. I sighed in relief as Jasper's eyes finally focused on me and he quickly wrapped his arms around me, pulling me tight against his chest. He didn't let go till the last of the panic faded.

"How long have I been able to do that?' I asked, moving closer to the water and once again seeing myself. It was amazing and terrifying at the same time.

"The whole time we've known you." Jasper said and I looked to him questioningly.

"And none of you said anything before now?" I asked angrily and Jasper raised his hands in surrender.

"We assumed you knew. You've always made it a point of telling us so little about yourself, we concluded this was just one of the things you didn't want to talk about." He said and I shook my head.

"I didn't want to talk about being human. I always answered your questions about my life here afterwards, I told you everything I knew!" I yelled and within moments Peter and Charlotte appeared through the trees.

"What's going on?" Peter asked as he looked between Jasper and I.

"Abilene didn't know about her gift." Jasper stated, his eyes never leaving me as he spoke. Both Peter and Charlotte looked surprised.

"You didn't know?" Charlotte asked and I looked to her with a glare. Peter quickly pulled her behind him, shielding her from me as he had that first meeting.

"I believe that would mean no, Char." He said softly.

"You think that if I knew about this 'gift' that you would have seen me that night you showed up here?" I asked angrily and Charlotte looked hurt for a split second before she hid it.