Beautiful Secrets ✘

Chapter Four

"Oh sh..." I plummet straight down into the bushes below. I can feel the branches reaching out and scratching me as I fall onto the not so comfy shrubs.

"Ugh!" I mumble as I try and get out which I'll tell you is hard to do when you're still handcuffed. These stupid things are probably going to get me killed.

"Human qualities, hmm very interesting indeed." I scream when I see the person in black standing a few feet away from me. "Now now child, what's the matter? haven't you seen a person time-jump before?"

I quickly hop down from the shrubs, the branches scratching my legs in the process but I bite my lip. I turn and start running in the complete opposite direction of the person. How did they get down so quickly, and what the hell is a time-jump?

I can hear the person give chase behind me, so I try and push myself to go faster. I turn my head looking from side to side trying to find an exit. To my right is a deep, dark forest and my left, a police station but hold on a second.

"You can't run from me Aveline!" the person shouts. I gulp as I run towards the police cars. 

Come on, please let at least one officer leave their keys in the car.

I try yanking the handle on the first one, it doesn't budge nor does the next one. I run around the front of the car and try the next, and the one after that. There's only one car left to try and scary guy is closing in on me, and fast.

"We'll see about that," I mumble as I yank the handle with all my might. The door opens. Bingo! I quickly climb in and see the keys sitting on the dash board, I grab them and start the car. I then lean over and go to close the door but before I can, an arm grabs mine.

"Let me go!" I scream while kicking him with my legs as he has hold of both my arms now.

"That's not going to happen anytime soon, so.." one of my feet connects with his stomach and he stumbles back letting go of my arms. "Why you little..." I watch in terror as the person in front of me lifts their cape down so I can see it's face.

Their skin is covered in tiny little dark red scales, making them look like a dragon but my eyes widen as I see their ears come to a sharp looking point and I notice the giant horns on top of its head. I scream when he opens his eyes, there is only darkness.

A red scaly hand reaches out towards me and I try to move further back in the car but I'm stuck between the seats. Just as the hand is about to grab me, a loud bird noise is heard and I see a flash of white.

"Go away you stupid guardian!" the thing roars trying to hit the bird with its clawed hands. I stay seated in shock, watching as the white bird flies around the monster. I recognise it as my stalker bird, the white hawk. 

I feel a strange sensation around my wrists, almost like when you get pins and needles. I look down to see the handcuffs missing. What the? I look around the seats but I don't see it anywhere, I then hear an almighty roar and I turn to see the hawk bite down on the monster's back. 

I can't believe what I'm seeing, maybe I did take something earlier and that's why I'm seeing things like scaly monsters with horns and sharp claws.

Common sense finally kicks in and I slam the door shut, taking hold of the wheel and reversing out of the park. I nearly hit the garbage can, but I'm too scared to care about it. Looking behind me, I can see the creature still busy with the hawk so I take a deep breath and hit the gas.

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"I'm going crazy!" I say to myself once I'm out on the open road. "I'm seventeen and I'm already crazy," I mumble trying to get a grip on myself. "That has to be it..."