A Strange But Familiar World

Chapter 3 - Flower crowns

It was the next day and I'd aced the test again (obviously). Now I was getting ready to set out for the wall. I was about to leave when Sabrina called me back.

"What is it mama?" I asked innocently. "Make sure you don't go too far into the forest or climb any trees today. We wouldn't want your injury to get worse would we now?" She said.

The way she talked creeped me out slightly, but I just brushed it off and tried to smile brightly. "Ok mama, I'll be careful and I won't climb any trees today!" With that Sabrina turned back into her normal smiling self and let me go off to play.

'It seems she's suspicious of me... I should play it cool and try to be as normal as possible. I'll go to meet Emma Norman and Ray but I might have to miss seeing them for a few days to get back in Sabrina's good books.' I thought to myself as I walked calmly into the forest.

I should be quick and just inform the trio that I'll have to miss meeting them for a few days as to not seem suspicious but I'll see them again as soon as I can. As I got to the wall I was careful and managed to get up it without any more injuries. I ran across it towards Grace Field and stopped when I arrived. They weren't there yet so I just got down the wall and sat on a tree stump.

Suddenly, Ray just came out of nowhere, making me jump. "Just so you know, I don't trust you."

"Sh*t!" I yelled as I jumped up and turned to face him. "God! You scared me! Don't do that again, you could give me a heart attack!"

"You're lucky the other two aren't here yet, Norman would kill you for swearing in front of Emma. But like I said, I don't trust you and now we have even more of a reason not to. Another adult showed up, more security. Have anything to say...traitor." He glowered at me. I just stood nonchalantly, looking back at him.

"You're one to talk." I muttered. "What was that?" He asked angrily. "Nothing, just that how do you know for certain that I'm a traitor?" "Well..." That seemed to have shut him up.

Just as I opened my mouth to say something else, the other two showed up. "Ah, you're already here, that's good." Norman said. "Yeah, although I'll have to be quick, the mother of my house seems to be suspicious of me, so I shouldn't stay long." I replied. "Although Ray tells me you got another adult, who is she?" I asked, despite knowing that it was the creepy sister Krone."She's called sister Krone, and we also got another sibling, seems like she must be a replacement for Conny."

"I see... well I just want you to know that despite what Ray says, I am not a traitor, and just because I seem weird and suspicious, that doesn't mean I am." I said confidently. "Ok!" Emma said in her usual bright tone and trusting smile.

I wasn't even going to question why she believed me so easily, but I guess it's just the way Emma is. "I should probably go now, and just so you know, I won't be here for few days because I don't want the mother of Glory Bell to get suspicious of my disappearances. Especially as I think she already suspects me a bit."

Norman nodded, Emma smiled and Ray just kept glaring at me. I wondered if his face was stuck like that since he glared so much, but decided to think about that later and get back before I'd been gone for a suspicious amount of time.

I got myself up the wall and smiled down at them before running back to Glory Bell. So far everything was going well. When I got back to the house I still had about ten minutes left of break so I decided to make some flower crowns to pass the time.

Whilst I was doing this, the younger children became curious and gathered around me watching what I was doing. Some asked if I could teach them and I said that I would tomorrow because there wasn't enough time left today. When the bell rang, I went inside with the other children and got ready for our next meal.

— Time Skip —

After a few days I decided it would be ok to meet with the trio again. I decided to give them all flower crowns because why not, and took three with me that I'd made the previous day while showing the younger children how to make them.

I scaled the wall easily and ran towards Grace Field. When I reached my destination, I saw them there already and got down. They looked at me shocked but after realising it was me, they calmed down. "Good to see you again y/n, glad you're doing well." Norman said.

"You too!" I replied as I dropped a flower crown on his head. The three just looked at me perplexed as as I then put one Ray and after that, Emma's head as well.

"What the hell is this?" Ray asked with an annoyed tone. "It's a flower crown idiot. Damn, and I thought you were meant to be smart." I shook my head disappointedly, in a mocking manner. He glared at me.

"I see you like staring at me, I can't blame you though. Who wouldn't be obsessed with me?" I said mockingly. Ray turned his head away in embarrassment. "Anyway, where are we on the escape plan?" I asked.

Ray turned his head back so he could pay closer attention to what we were saying. We finished catching up with what progress had been made, and I went back up the wall.

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A/N
I know it's another short-ish chapter with only around 1000 words, but I've been really busy so I haven't had much of a chance to write anything. Hopefully I can make next chapter longer though.