𝐀 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝

chapter 6: secrets (Lily)

I ran straight to my room, ignoring the fact that my dad was calling me for his fodder. I shooed the gnomes away from my room wanting to be alone. Was I really a human? The facts all added up, I could barely do anything with a wand, Mr. Google's test said that I was human, I don't even have powers. It all made sense. But I still denied it, I couldn't be human. I have lived here all my life. Did I really belong to a lost world?
I felt like a hole tore through my body, my whole world gone just because I was human. A new feeling came over me. Anger, angry at my parents or not parents for not telling me. Didn't they think I was old enough? I am 16 for heaven's sake! That's old enough to know.
It was all so confusing so I tried to lay down and sleep even though it was 6:00 in the afternoon, but thoughts in my head kept me from doing that. I realized that I hadn't looked at the rest of the form.

Adoption form
Name: Lily Meyer
Parents: America Meyer, and Chase Meyer
Type: Human
Birth place: Washington, Pine's Oak
Birth date: September 23rd
Being Adopted by the: Bartholomew family, Rose Bartholomew and Daniel Bartholomew

By signing this you have declared that Lily Meyer will be your responsibility and you will take care of her, even though she is human.

Rose Bartholomew Daniel Bartholomew
Date: September 23rd 2007

Child Adoption center: Children Adoption center for human's.

Lara Pure approved this adoption.

I read it over and over, I couldn't stop. I had real parents, parents that probably cared for me. They adopted me 15 years ago, so I was one year old. What am I supposed to do with this information? I certainly can't tell my parents, well they are not my parents. I was still so mad at them. How could I have not of known, all of the clues were there, I was just stupid enough not to look at them. But can I tell Wren? Part of me wanted to but the other part was like I have never, ever kept a secret from him. It would be hard work but no one can know about this. I need a plan.
Just then mom or not my mom came in. I hid the adoption form from her hoping that she didn't see it. She popped her head in and said "hey you ok?"
"Fine" I lied, hoping that my voice didn't sound like I was about to cry.
"It's just that you have been in your room for the entire evening." My mom/not mom said empathetically.
"Just had a lot of homework"
"Well, dinner is ready, come down when you're ready."
"Ok, thanks" I didn't want to say mom.
She left.
I signed in relief, she didn't get onto me. I couldn't go down there and face all of them knowing that they lied to me their entire life. I probably couldn't hold down any food, the way my stomach was turning. Wait did Lea know? Probably.
When I looked over at the fodder I noticed that there was another form that I did not notice.

Assigned bodyguard: Wren Miller

I let out a full on scream. So loud that my family came rushing up the stairs to see what was wrong. I dropped the paper on the ground, but when they came up I quickly hid it under my desk. I was shaking all over, and I couldn't stop.
I told them that I was fine, just a Montopolis, which was a really weird creature about the size of my palm, that came into my room. Everyone knows that I hate Montopolis. Now I couldn't get out of eating with them. The whole time I did not make eye contact with any of them, too scared of what I would see in their eyes. I was just playing around with my food. No one noticed, so they really didn't care about me then.
I couldn't stop thinking about Wren, my best friend being my bodyguard. So he really was not my friend. I told him everything, even things I didn't tell my not family, I trusted him. And to find out that he was just faking it all along seemed to have made my hole in my body even bigger. I lost my friend that was not my friend in the first place. I felt like crying but I had to keep my tears in, my not family couldn't find out.
I had to get out of here, there was nothing left for me here. But could I really leave? My whole life is here. Could I really leave Mr. Google, the closest person I had as an adult friend? But what if he was all in on this to?And what would happen to my "parents" when they found out that I was gone? More importantly, what would happen to Wren? He knows all of my secrets. But if he was just faking being my friend then he wouldn't care about me then anyway. Would it break them so much that they would do whatever they could to get me back? Whatever, they deserve it after they lied to me my whole life. After dinner I was all filled up with a plan.