My missing link.(ON HOLD)

The Necklace.

When I was born I was given a necklace, just as everyone else had received when they were born. These necklaces were not the same, the only person who had the same necklace as you was your soulmate, but hell, even your soulmates necklace didn't look exactly like yours. You see, everyone had half of a necklace, the other person had the other half. Now, these weren't any ordinary necklaces, no. They were special for they changed temperature when you were closer to or farther from your love. The closer you were the hotter the necklace became, the farther, the colder. The necklaces didnt start working until you were 14. A proper age for dating. Everyone was finding their soulmate, but I would never find mine. For I have lost my half of a whole.

5 years ago I lost my necklace. I know it may not seem like a big deal but I was 12 at the time. When you turn 12 the worst possible thing happens to a kid: puberty, and with puberty comes hormones. Yeah, yeah, I know, it doesn't seem that bad but oh no, it was. At first everything was okay, no one really cared, but as time went on it turned into a huge deal. Everyone was finding their soulmate and getting into happy relationships at age 14, which may I add was the youngest age you got into a relationship. So while everyone else was getting into relationships I sat on the sidelines, lonely, outcasted and separated from my friends and from the world. I felt alone, like I was such a loser. About a year or two later all my previous friends left me to be with their lovers. I made new friends though, ones who were not in relationships or had not found their soulmates. Even those people left me though because just like everyone else, their necklace helped them out and made them happy. I am now 17 years old and I have still not found my necklace or my love. I guess it wouldn't be so bad, if I wasn't 17. At that age everyone expects you to be in a relationship, wheeling or not a virgin. The pressure has been set high for me and in my town, if you are not a virgin, say goodbye to your popularity. Which actually really sucks for me because I am asexual. Basically I do not want to partake in sexual actions or have anything sexual happen to me.

My name is Mandie Danvers, I am 5¨5 (which is considered really short for a 17 year old.) I have shoulder length ginger hair. You know that says all gingers are without a soul, yeah, that's not true. I don't know who came up with it but it's nothing but a stupid myth. Anyways, I have jade green eyes, a button nose, and people continuously say I have a crooked smile. I guess I'm about an average weight girl as far as average weight goes. I'm not really that different from others, except for the fact that I don't have my necklace. Which: again, is a huge deal.

I can't remember for sure but I think my necklace looked like a wolf head. That's what mom said anyways. My dad said that it looked like half of heart, which in my opinion is pretty lame. Yeah, it's only been 5 years but hey, in my defence I have a really bad memory. Besides, who could remember what a necklace looks like? Maybe it would be easier to find if I knew what it looked like or where I lost it but just my luck, I can't. All the people that used to be my friends used to pressure me about this, the bright side of losing them made the pressure stop a little. My parents still pressure me a lot. My mom continues to pray that I will find it and that the other half will belong to a "perfect prince." Ha, like that'll happen. My dad on the other hand couldn't care less. He wants me to find my love but doing so means his little girl is growing up and that's something he doesn't want.

When I was little I remember being with my best friend Alicia Hanes. We were outside in our special spot in the woods. In our spot we would talk and relax making all of our worries go away. As we grew up we were still pretty close but then she just kind of left me. Being twelve that was probably the worst thing that could happen to me. It started by her separating herself from me, soon she started spreading rumours about me. Eventually she became part of the popular group, basically the last place I would be found. It hit me pretty hard. I went home from school one day and went to the special spot in the woods only to find Alicia there with one of the popular boys. At that moment I felt myself break. It was suddenly hard to breathe and I felt my whole world collapse. I ran home as fast as I could. When I got home I had found that my necklace was gone.

I must've spent the rest of the day searching for my necklace with my parents...but no luck. it was gone and we called it quits for the day. As hard as it was I had to accept the fact that everyone around me would be getting into relationships with their soulmates and I would be stuck on the sidelines like a loser. Years went by and everyday I grew distant from everyone else, mainly because I didn't fit in and no one really wanted me around. The last five years of my life have been hard for me, sadly I have come accustom to weird stares and the rude rumours. Until one day something strange happened.