Fictional Fantasy Volume One (Completed)

Chapter Seventeen - Rachel Haglee

We were right! Marigold was really my soulmate. The feeling after we kissed was incredible. It was like my mind was open to a whole new realm of experience. I was one with Marigold.

From then on, we spent most of our time together, except during school. Even then, we spoke with each other in our minds, passing memories and feelings. For gifts, she bought me boots and pants to wear with my new legs. They were so beautiful. We'd even celebrated my 18th birthday together.

The last day of school, I talked to her about leaving with Yuki. She was, of course, on board.

"Wherever you go, I go," she declared.

I assume that she already knew about it as she could read my thoughts and knew my life and promises, but as a formality I spoke to her about leaving. She made arrangements to continue attending her college online in the future after I left to join Yuki in The Box.

By now, I'd already told Yuki all about my magic and my legs and about Marigold. He was very supportive of us, and said that he was looking forward to meeting Marigold. A problem arose as I was arriving home from school on that last testing day, Marigold had been arrested!

I knew magic was illegal, and I knew that the police had ways of detecting it, but I didn't expect for Marigold to be caught. I continued to mentally communicate with her as she was taken into custody and interrogated about the book she had been found with, and who else may have practiced with her. Somehow, they had found one of the Grimoires on her. It was so chaotic I didn't know how it happened.

I threw my bag into my room, and was about to head out when I ran into Yuki at the door. I hugged him.

"Please help me." I begged of him in my mind.

I could feel the sensation of him going through my thoughts to see what was going on.

"Follow me," he sent me the thought, then grabbed my hand and ran outside.

There was a guy sitting on a bike with a large storage box on the back of it. This must be Cris and The Box. Yuki stopped in front of him, and presumably explained the situation to him mentally.

"Get in." Cris said to me, not seeming to care that we were in a public place. Yuki climbed onto the bike, and Cris and I got into The Box.

As I stood in room, I looked at myself in the mirrors on the walls. I was shaking slightly. My dark, round face was reddened with tears streaming from my puffy eyes. I was so worried about Marigold. We were linked, so I knew she was ok, but still. I told her that we were coming for her and not to worry.

Cris was telling me that if I came in, I'd have to stay invisible for the most part and that he'd handle it. He was running through the plan when suddenly he asked me a question.

"Does she use magic?"

"Yes."

"Why doesn't she just burn off her cuffs and escape?" he asked.

"She doesn't want to cause a scene," I replied.

"But we're about to cause a scene," he pointed out.

"She isn't really confident that she would be able to escape on her own," I answered.

"Alright then." Cris seemed somewhat annoyed.

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We arrived at the police station. Cris and I got out, while Yuki waited on the bike. Luckily, no one seemed to notice or question how we managed to fit inside such a small box. I was invisible as I exited, so that might've had something to do with it. Cris had told me not to worry about him bumping into me as he claimed to be able to see infrared. That sounded cool.