Creatures of Eviood High - Forever Shattered (#2)

12. New Girl

It's a new girl.

Creamy skin with blotches of a faded brown, as if someone has come up to her and dabbed her with a sponge covered in brown paint; kind of like the skin of a cow.Her left arm is gone; a stump is all that's left. She is so...boney. You would think she has not meat left on her body. I think that this girl is anorexic, except for her face which is normally round and kind of good looking. Right now, she's wearing a short sleeved brown tee that shows off her boney arm, tattered black skirt which ends look like they have been thrashed at and torn, end just at her knees. White sneakers and a thick, black scarf that hangs around her neck, and covers her chest. She has brown hair, parted on one side, a fringe hanging on the sided covering half her left eye. She has cream eyes with brown irises, the pupil a slit. Her eyes hauntingly cat like, kind of...unusual.
She clutches her book to her chest, looking around frantically. I wonder what type of creature she is.

A...zombie?

No, she can't be. She hasn't got the zombie shuffle, or the zombie always-gawking face. Or maybe it's just my instincts on what a zombie looks like since I have a best friend who is one.
Haven't see her in ages though. Being a good guy is terribly difficult, you know, it has it's perks and it's falls.

I just can't understand why the new girl, as nice as she looks, is here? Most good creatures look...more human. She looks like a zombie.

But who am I to judge?

I quickly catch up to her, keeping pace with her steps. Either she doesn't notice, or she doesn't care. Her head is down now, still searching the crowd frantically.

Is she looking for someone? Or avoiding someone.

"Hi" I say, turning to her.

She looks at me and slightly straightens. She's my height, a little shorter. She gives me a small once over, and her expression turns slightly confused.

"Hi?"

I wasn't expecting her voice to be so silky smooth, so clear. So sweet.

I have to know what she is.

"My name is Fate Natural. You must be new here. What's your name?" I ask.

We keep walking and she looks at me wearily as if I am going to pounce on her and rip her apart.

Is she afraid I'm a bully?

She sighs and whips her her over her shoulder. "My name is Jester Hearttslasher" she replies slowly as if I knew the name and I would kill her for it, though Heartslasher is a weird name. "Double t, by the way" she adds.

Ok okay, Hearttslasher. Got it.

"I'm a..." should I tell her what I am? Is that a good idea?"......A witch, a good one actually, what are you?" I ask.

She gulps and looks to the ground as if she is ashamed of what she is.

She's not the only one.

"Jester, I'm sorry. Don't worry about it, I don't need to know."

My head screams in protest. No! You have to know what the hell she is!

She looks at me, relief flooding her face and she lets out a grateful sigh.

"Thanks" she says softly.

I put an arm around her and she eyes me carefully, probably wondering what my motives are.

"You don't have to worry about me Jes, I'm not the bad guy, trust me. I am still dealing with bullies now, and I only have one friend, and I want that to be you."