The Whispers

Chapter 3

Skylar let out a yell of shock and veered off the street, and onto the soft grass on the other side of the street, near the woods. "What's wrong with you!?", she screeched. The boy jumped and ran toward her. "Oh, gosh! I'm so sorry!", he said. He had almost burning red hair, a thin, sallow face, and strangest of all, his eyes were a bright orange.

He stopped near her, wheezing and trying to catch his breath. He pulled out a small tube and pressed on the top. Skylar saw right away that it was an inhaler. "Are you all right?", she asked. The boy stopped wheezing and gasping long enough for him to explain who he was and what he was doing there.

"My name is Tristan Eli Montgomery, and I just moved here from New Mexico. I love collecting rocks, reading, and typing stories out online." Skylar stopped. "Wait, you're an online story maker?", she asked. Tristan wheezed again and nodded. "You might know me as GalaxyRock_Geek." Skylar's eyes grew wide, and she said, "What!? I read all your stories! I especially loved the story Queerk, about that being from another planet."

Tristan smiled warmly and said," Thank you." He reached out his hand to help her up, but then stopped and stared wide eyed into the forest. Skylar turned around to see what he was looking at, but he pulled her up and whispered, "Go home. Quickly." Skylar didn't even turn around as she heard Tristan skate away.