Unshadowing Pan

The Deal

"Get back here!" I heard the woman yell as I continued to run away from her. 

It was my third and final foster family. I wasn't going to ever return to that place again. I was so sick of it. I continued to run as fast as my legs could carry until I felt weak at the knees. I stopped, gasping for breath as I rested my back against a tree and allowed myself to fall to the ground. I closed my eyes shut and for a moment to listened to the echoes of honks and fire trucks and city life at full blast. 

I hated this city. 

"Don't cry," I heard someone say. I opened my eyes to find a boy with long curly brown hair and blue sparkling eyes.

"Excuse me?" I replied glaring at the boy.

"Crying is weakness," he said. "If you allow someone to see you cry or you cry yourself it means you're weak. It means that you have something someone else can use against use you."

"Who are you to tell me I'm weak?" I glared. This kid was mad. 

"Let me help you. I'm Evan," he smiled extending out a hand. I slapped it away, standing up on my own.

He looked at me in the eyes smiling foolishly.

"What do you want?" I asked stepping back.

"Aria-"

"How do you know my name?" I growled.

"I like that name."

I wasn't sure what was wrong with this kid, but he was missing a few screws. 

"Stalking is illegal, you creep." 

My words made him laugh. 

"Alright," He held his hands up. "You caught me. Truth is I have been watching you." 

So he is a stalker.

"I know what you can do and what you're capable of and I can tell you for certain you're not from here."

"What are you getting at?"

"I'm saying that you're from a place called the Enchanted Forest," he said seriously.

I stared at him for a moment. His eyes seemed to be telling the truth but the fact that he was telling the truth made it hilarious. I smiled at his ridiculous words. 

"You're insane," I told him, pushing away from him as he tried to stop me. 

"You don't want to do that," He threatened. 

"Nothing you have said or will say would ever make sense," I answered. "Leave me alone creep." 

"Fine if you don't believe me now then maybe this will get you," I heard him say as a loud sound rang in my ears, overtaking me. 

I quickly opened my eyes and found myself falling in a large light. I screamed. Everything was going by so fast as I felt myself hit the ground hard.

I groaned as my body ached in most places. I placed a hand on my head as it throbbed. I sighed trying to pick myself up but my arms were pained as well. 

"What the hell is wrong with you," I yelled at the boy next to me.

"I thought since you didn't believe me, I'd show you," he said bringing me to my feet.

As much as I wanted to push him away I couldn't find my footing. I let go of his hands once I stood up. I looked around finding myself in a forest.