Her World

f i v e

f i v e 

I don't back to school until Thursday. It's only because my mom didn't like the fact that she was starting to get a bad reputation because of me. I dreaded going back to school and getting stares from random people who don't know how to mind their own business. They don't even like me. Why are they trying to pry into my personal life?

I was walking up to my locker when I see Idris. He's standing across the hallway at his locker.. with Quinn. No surprise there every guy wants to be with her. She's perfect. It was stupid to think that he would even want  to be friends with me. All of a sudden he looks this way and I realize that I had been staring. I blushed and turned away. Then I felt a breath of air on the back of my neck. A shiver goes down my spine. I turn around and I'm inches from Idris and his face. I try to back up but realize that I'm pushed up against the locker. I'm sure that everyone in the hallway, including Quinn, is staring. And then he speaks.

"You know what's weird?"    "Hmm.." 

"I feel this pull towards you. I can't explain it well but I feel the need to be in your presence 24/7. To protect you from.. everything." A shiver goes down my spine.

"I- I don't know what to tell you" I say awkwardly

"Hmm.. we're going to the palace. We'll see what they have to say about it. Meet me behind the school after your last class."

"Okay." He smirks and walks off letting me out of the cage he had me trapped against the lockers.

-

I could barely stay in my seat for most of my last class. I felt the pull too. I wanted him near me at all times. I hated being away from him for the whole week. When the bell rang I jumped out of my seat and rushed out of the door. When I got to the back of the school I didn't see Idris. I wonder where he went. Right when I was about to leave I felt someone staring at me. I turn around to find Idris staring at me intensely. Suddenly I feel a cold sensation on my face and arms. I look up and realize that it's sprinkling. 

"We should go before the rain gets too heavy."      

"Yeah, that would be kinda bad considering we have to go through the woods." I give him a slight smile and even though he tried to hide it, I caught his restraint to smile. 

"Where were you anyway? You were late." I ask curious as to why he was almost twenty minutes late.

"I had to take care of something."

"That's all? C'mon tell me"

"Yeah Idris, tell the pretty little lady." An unknown voice states.

I turn around to see a man in his mid-twenties leaning against the wall of the school. I can instantly tell that this man is intelligent. Always knows what's going on around him. I can feel how tense Idris gets when he hears the mans voice. He turns and blocks me from the mans view.

"What do you want Killian? Don't you think that you've done enough?" he asks his voice sturdy and strong. Then  I realize he said Killian. This is the Pixie I'm linked to.

Killian chuckles, "You really think it's my fault that she got hurt? I was hurt too Idris. She's linked to me."

"You promised to help me protect her. And if I know anything about you, Killian, it's that you always keep your promises." He smirks

"You know too much for your own good, Idris," he shakes his head "I will protect her, Idris. She's too special to you to have her get hurt. I have to get going though. Can't let any palace Fayes find out that I'm hiding here." 

"I'll see you around" After that Killian vanishes

- 

"So, what was that back there, with Killian?" I ask after a few minutes of awkward silence.

He looks over at me, "Nothing important." 

"It was obviously important because it involved me. I'm linked to him for gods sake." 

He stops in his place, " How do you know about that?"

"Whisper is a vision Faye that's why she is Queen. She told me about how I'm linked to Killian and how she felt a darkness coming to town. Speaking of me being linked to Killian, why exactly am I linked to him? I don't even know the guy." His eyes soften, I can tell he knows the true reason as to why I am linked to the rouge pixie.

"I don't know." I was taken back by his choice of words. I stand there for a second while he storms further into the woods.

"C'mon Idris I know you know the reason why." I shout as I run to catch up with him.

"It's complicated, okay?"  

   "It can't be that complicated."    

He turns towards me, "Look can we just see what Whisper is going to say about this? I promise i will tell you when we figure everything out." For the first time I notice his eyes. He looks so exhausted, like he hasn't slept in days. 

"Yeah." 

For the rest of the walk we are silence, but it's not awkward like before, it's a comfortable silence. When we get there fray scowls at Idris but lets us inside anyway. Once we reach the palace I spot Whisper by her window. As we get closer I can hear her weeping.

"Whisper?" I say concerned. Her head snaps in the direction of my voice. I can see the fresh tears falling down her face. I rush to her.

"Shh.. it's okay. Look at me," I grab her face and make her look at me," A Queen should never cry." 

She laughs, "I thought that you were mad at me."

I smile, "I could never be mad at you. I was just hurt but I'm over it now," I look back at Idris and sigh then look back to her, "We need a favor."