Chapter 9

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           "BLATEE! We gotta go!" Star screamed to call Blate, while she flew down slowly behind Blate with the little bird.
Blate immediately looked back and also forward, confused of how fast Star could went back up.

"What happen down there?"
"Nothing's special, UNTIL a large block of ice stood in front of me and I crashed.. IT'S NOT NORMAL. So, come one we gotta hurry." Star put an eagerly gesture with her hands.
"Alright, alright. But, I'm not as fast as you, ok?"

Star looked anxious, waiting for Blate. Therefore, Star put her wings up again and flew to Blate, grabbed her waist, picked her up and fell together.
"HOLY... AAH.." Blate startled hard.
Blord left alone with the bird.

Blate closed her eyes, Star really had no problem lifting her weight. Star brought her down as fast as she could. The feeling of falling in Blate's stomach really made her thrilled but also scared.

Once they landed, Star let her go. Blate fell to the ground, she forgot how to stand for a moment. Star dusted herself off. Although this was her first time lifting a whole person, Star was an expert for now.

"How was my service, hm? Five stars?"
"Ouf.. one." Blate trying to get up on the ground while put her hand on her head.
"HOOH??! That's rude." Star crossed her hand, while looking away in annoyance.
Blate looked at her, sat on the ground, and started to chuckling. Loudly.
"AHAHA.. no.. hehe.. are you kidding me?.. do it again! It's fun you know.. hehehe.."

Star also sat beside her and laughed together on the plain grassed ground. Blord came up to them a few minutes later, lead by the little bird.
"Alright, what do we do now?" Blate asked
"Hm.. I want to find the source of the odd ice that was blocking my way. That must be someone's doing. We might find a new friend. If.. they weren't a bad person." Star stood up, offered Blate a hand to get up.

"Say, about that dark alley you were in back then, you said someone's died there?" Star opened up a conversation
"Huh, I almost forgot about that.. Yeah." Blate answered her while walking.
"I still don't understand how casual you sound considering someone's corpse in front of you.. but seriously, is anyone following you, or like doing something to you?" Star were facing towards Blate now, who were walking behind her and holding both of Blate's shoulder.
Star made an intense eye contact with Blate. It made Blate uncomfortable. She wasn't used to eye contacts.

"No, not really. Did that person in the castle counts? Cause I thought he/she was with you.." Blate confused all over again.
"I don't even know who they were. Maybe they've been there before I've arrived back then. As long as they don't bother us, they're safe."
"Why "they're safe", isn't it suppose to be us, who were scared of them?" Blate asked again.
"Heh, because we're euhh.. the strongest duo ever, duh.. But on serious note, nobody harmed you during your time at that alley right?" Star's confidence really concerning.
"Ok, you're really making me curious of what happen now." Blate's tone changed.
"Eurgh, how do I tell you.. Ah, did you know that the criminal here increased everyday?"
"Yeah.."
"That alley was famously known as the criminal's favorite alley. The rapists, the gangster, the drug dealers, Shapeshifters, murderers, debaucheries, ect lived there freely. Nobody in their right mind would ever visit the alley. Not even the police. So, if you or anybody thinking of calling the police, they won't even bother to come into the scene." Star explained it to her.
"Really? The school never told us about this. You said there were many criminals there, but all I heard was chain sound just like in my dreams. I thought I was hallucinating because of my phobia."
"Be careful. That may be or may not be the criminals. Maybe you're lucky back then. Also, maybe this information was only known to the market people. Well, as long as you're safe. Let's go!"
Star has let go her grip from Blate 's shoulder and started running into the crowds.

Blate's thinking to herself for a moment. Processing this new information on her head. The little bird had flew away to follow its master. Blord walking to Blate, and put its head on Blate's leg. Blate's a bit worried now. She needed to be careful of her surroundings. Was Ms. Bartle searching for her and unfortunately found the alley that ended her life?
"BLATE COME ON, HURRY UP!!"
Star's distant shout woke her from her thought, and started running to catch on Star.

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        "Did you know where she/he was going to?" Blate shouted, so that Star could heard her.
The wind's a bit strong, smacking her in the face.
"Nope, but looks like the bird knows where to go.."
"Really? Did you really put that much faith on the bird??" Blate doubted her friend's judgement.

SQUACK! The bird made a sound to tell them that they were near. Although Star was excited, it was a shocking news that the strange person knew about the location of the oak tree. The tree was unknown to new visitors. They stopped and Star made a hand gesture for them to keep quiet. They hid behind a bush to watch what was the person doing to the tree.
"Yep, that was your home before I took you, little bird. Hm.. I think Noak as a name would suited you." Star whispered to the bird.
The bird seemed unsatisfied with Star's uncreative namemaker.

"Noak, huh? Ermm... I think it's alright." Blate teased her.
"Shut up, it's a great name. Y'all just don't have any taste." Star whispered angrily, while still watching the person.
"That guy really took their time.. I guess we should take a look near them. You know, maybe that person was lost.." Blate giving out ideas.
"That was an impulsive act, what if the person was trying to hurt us?" Star doubted
"Then, we'll run." Blate just giving straight answer.
Star looked one last time at the person.
"Fine, let's go."

Star and Blate walked up to the person, who seemed like they were daydreaming in front of the tree. Star touched the person's shoulder. The hoodie fell upon the person's shoulder. Suddenly, the person attacked Star's hand. The person grabbed her hand tightly. Blate stepped back, while Star fell on the ground. The fire on the other hand was ready to burned Star.

"Whoa whoa, chill, girl.. I'm not gonna stole something from you.."

The person was a girl. Scared girl. Blate could see it in her eyes. The girl released her hand from Star. In a blink of an eye, she was gone. Ran away.

"Whoa, that was fast." Blate amazed.
"FUCK... I told you she was dangerous. Damn!" Star hold her hurted hand, while trying to stood up.
Blate helped her.

"Perhaps, she saw something that we couldn't see. That's why she was running away." Blate tried to eased Star's mind.
"Huh, I could've died back there. She had fire power. If she put that fire on my face, I'd die immediately." Star felt shaken from before.
"Wanna chased her? She couldn't get away that far. It's impossible to go outside the island." Blate encouraged Star.
"Urgh, Blate, we should rethink about this. I'm afraid she would do harm to us again." Star tried to reasoning with Blate.
"Well, we won't know if we don't find out about it ourselves. Come on!" Blate exclaimed and ran without Star, following the girl's trace.

Star unimpressed with Blate's sudden  euphoric of meeting that new person.
"Hey, wait up!" Star was struggling to get up, and ran limping, because her knee were sprained during her fall.

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       "URGH... Getoutgetoutgetout of my head." Snow hit her head multiple times while running away.
On the other hand, Blue followed her from behind, crashing and scaring some people on its way. Blue was very excited of meeting many new people. If it was a human, maybe it would say 'hi' to those people on its way.

"Puhh.. Huhh.. oh good lord.." Snow was panting, putting her hand on her chest, she felt tense surroundings.
The voice on her head fading away. She sat herself down, Blue came up to her on the right time. She hugged Blue tight. All of sudden, she heard little kids laughter, sounded like they were playing with one another. It really calmed her. She rested her head on a pile of soft things.

"Hey,.. hello??" someone waved hand.
Her sight was very blurry. The sound was distorted. The sound was followed by someone's rusty voice, sounded familiar.

"Man, I think she was knocked by somethin-"

Oh what a beautiful haircolor..

Snow couldn't see clear. Her head were ringing. Eventually, her whole surroundings were pitch black.




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