The Lost Flame

Chapter 2: Hair Like Fire

While the girl was registering the books that she would give to me, she looked at me out of the corner of her eye without answering.

- S-Sorry, I just haven't seen you around here before - I looked at her somewhat embarrassed since I thought the question out loud.

She smiled and let out a small laugh- Okay, I understand your curiosity, the city seems small given how much people know each other –she said as she put my books in a bag- Anyway, my name is Serena it's a pleasure –she handed me the bag with the books- well you have two weeks to return the books -.

- It's a pleasure, my name is Alyssa, and thank you, I'm also sorry for asking that out of the blue, it was strange -I rubbed the back of my neck a little and took the bag of books with a slight blush and took my permission from the library- Don't worry you're the first to ask if I'm new. I started today and I recently moved to the city –she adjusted her hair, which looked like fire when she moved, heh, how strange hair like fire, hmm, is it natural? I was going to ask her when she told me nervously- Are you one of those who are em...? She -she had blushed and she looked nervous- Am if you're one of those magical creatures? -As soon as she finished with her sentence, she began to apologize-- I-I'm sorry if the question makes you uncomfortable or offends, n-it's not that I have something against it...

-She kept excusing herself, which at a certain point was adorable and I didn't know why – I've never met or even talked to someone from Iri—I let out a light laugh, it was normal for humans to be curious about us, although not all curiosity was well, I felt a little nervous or scared, I think it was a mixture of both, I didn't feel a hint of evil in her, I stopped laughing for a moment and looked at her with some seriousness trying to seem mature and I said...-- Yes, yes I am a magical girl- I looked around and made sure there was no one to show her part of my true form, my ears and tail appeared and my eyes had pupils like a black line, Serena looked at me in amazement-- Wow! It's amazing, they must be quite powerful, right? -normally I wouldn't show a person I just met, how I really am, not because it was illegal or something like that, but because of people who didn't accept those who are like me, but this girl, I felt confidence and security with her, she was fascinated, my appearance returned to being that of a human – So, have you ever met someone like us? A fantastic being? She denied something embarrassed and looked away.

-- N-No, my parents don't support fantastic beings, they think they are dangerous and blah, blah, blah. But I never thought it was true, I was always curious about the world through the portal and its culture and creatures... I know they are different from us, but still, that doesn't mean they don't have feelings or dreams they want to fulfill –This girl had a very open mind for a young person, normally the people they talked to and said they had nothing against us still had unpleasant thoughts towards Iri's world. But I didn't detect any hostile feelings or thoughts in her, just curiosity and amazement, she was so focused on the conversation that I didn't notice my friends running towards me.

I felt a pull and almost lost my balance, both were clinging to my arms and pretended to cry, complaining and asking me not to go, a couple of melodramatics I would say ha ha ha.

-- H-Hey guys, relax, we're in the library, don't make a fuss... - I said a little nervous about the behavior they had in front of a person they didn't know, they calmed down and regained their composure, pretending that nothing had happened Serena smiled and went back to concentrating on her work – Do you mind if I say goodbye to someone and meet them outside? I asked as I scribbled my phone number on a piece of paper, they nodded and went out to wait for me. – Am, Serena listen, here's my number in case you want to chat and learn more about Iri's culture, I'll move there in a month or so, but if you want, we can h-we can have a coffee or go to the movies, B -Well, only if you want - she said with some speed and blushing, she just smiled and took the paper.