In the shadows

A walk in the park

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Sorry I haven't published anything in the past few months it's been chaotic for me. I'm going through a lot of stress right now so I'll try to get more writing out over the weekend but I can't guarantee anything. If you have anytime please give me some feedback on my stories so I know what I should fix. Thanks if you read this overly long writers note, I apologize for writing it. Now on with chapter 2!
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The day after I received the odd bracelet, Ms. Aitseh decided to take all the kids in my section of the orphanage to the park. Including me. That never happens. I try to ignore the weird occasion and pack my stuff for the day. We won't be going on the walk until later so I'm going to the all dreaded school. I am, for some odd reason, the only person in my orphanage that goes to Yancy academy. Most of the kids here are around the same age as me and all of them go to Marposia public school. I dread going to school I get bullied all the time since I don't have a "family". Well look it's time to go the prison called Yancy.
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6 hours later
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TIME TO GO TO THE PARK!!!!! I might be a bit too excited. In my defense I haven't been to the park in 3 years.  It's "not safe" apparently. I get changed out for my ugly school uniform and into some comfier clothes to head out to the park. "You ready yet princess?" said an extremely annoying voice from behind me. "You ready to mysteriously die for unknown causes Denise" I questioned calmly as I turned to face Cameron Denise Angelce. "Ughh can we just go princess" Cameron starts in an annoyed voice. " Yes but if you call me princes one more time you will mysteriously die today Denise" I say running out the door and out of the house almost running into the large group of orphans waiting patiently. " Don't call me that Elizabeth! I don't even know why I told you that." Cam says as yells as he runs after me. Miss. Aitseh let's out a soft laugh at his childishness from my side. I can't help but giggle too as I see his tall body slam into the screen as he forgets it's there in his rush to get out of the house. I can't stop laughing as he walks out, opening this door this time rolling his black and blue eyes. He is one of my only friends here. We have the same birthday and showed up at the orphanage at the same time both a week after we were born. I hate my parents for it. Couldn't even keep me in their sight for a week. "Who's ready to go" says Miss. Aitseh clapping her hands and snapping me out of my trance.

Yup I hate this. I forgot what it's like out here. Everyone stares as we walk by. Why? Maybe because there's 40 orphans wandering around central park with a short 30 year old woman at the front leading like they were going on a tour. Oh and the two teenagers walking with all the 8 and under kids, glaring at everyone who stares. I loath attention and Cam hates it even more than me. We continue the same routine walking around central park for an hour or so; walk, talk, glare. After that time I feel the normal presence behind me and its stronger than usual. Cam notices it too and peers backwards. Nothing. It's still there so I turn around and catch the tips of some golden blonde hair sweeping behind a tree with some spiky black hair following. Probably just some teenagers gossiping about them.

After about ten more minutes miss. Aitseh comes to a sudden and quickly turns to face us with a slightly panicked expression. "Well I think it's time to go back" she says in a nervous voice. Hmmm I wonder what spooked her. We all turned around and started walking back slowly  to the orphanage. Cam looks like he's deep in thought as we fall to the back of the group again. I poke his shoulder to get his attention and he looks down at me "what" he snaps at me. " I'm going back that way to see what's got Aitseh spooked. Your coming too" I tell him with a stern voice. "Fine I'm coming" he says rolling his eyes "but if we get in trouble it's your fault". I roll my eyes in response and walk the way we just came. We reach the spot we were at moments before we turned around and search for anything. I don't get why she's acting like this. There's nothing to be afraid of. Then I hear a bloodcurdling scream. It wasn't one of terror. It was almost a battle call of some sort.

Cam grabs my arm and drags me in the direction of the sound. "Are you insane" I whisper as he drags me along. "Possibly" he breaths in response. Ohh great now my closest friend is mentally unstable and dragging me towards a fight. No one is in the park anymore which is odd because the park is crowded all the time from what I've heard and seen. We stop behind a large tree and peer out from behind to see what's going on. What I see nearly makes me faint in shock and kill the thing at the same time. The thing is the best way to describe it. It looks like bull mixed with a man. Wearing a diaper and fighting the girls with the black and blonde hair I had seen earlier. The blonde was trying to hit it with something that looked like bone. The black haired girl was yelling in a language that seemed vaguely familiar but it definitely wasn't English and holding a giant metal plate with a weird monster head on it. And this is where all my stupidity came out. I jumped out from behind the tree and yelled "over here beef face" Throwing a particularly pointy tree branch at him. It just bounced off. He growled angrily and turned to look at me. The girls turned to stare at us in shock as cam now stood behind me. Opps...