Folves

Chapter 1: Ida

"Bow before me you mortals, for I am the queen of the forests!" I shout. I had been in a goddess-stage lately.

Genesis rolls her eyes. "You don't control me."

"Yes I do; I am oldest of us two." I remark.

We are on a "field trip" to the forests outside our school. Genesis and I are in the middle of science class, doing research for a project. The bad news is, it had rained last night and I'm wearing my good boots this morning. I almost ruined them trying to cross a chubby stream. The good news is that my 17th birthday was coming up.

"Why did you wear your boots today, anyway?" Asks Genesis, almost like she was reading my thoughts.

"Because I want to look my best anywhere I go. You never know what might happen. Or who you will meet."

"What, you planning on getting a boyfriend out here?" She smirks.

I slap her arm. Hard.

"Hey!"

"Wash your mouth out right now with that dirty water over there." We both laugh.

"Hey girls!" Says an all-too familiar voice.

"Oh no, not again." I groan.

Genesis and I turn, preparing to run, when she randomly starts singing," Oh no, are we in a musical-"

Roman grabs her arm and she yanks it away. Then he grabs my arm and I kick in the groin. I can tell he's in pain, and I enjoy it.

"What do you think you're doing? You have no right to touch me or anything around you. You cannot touch me, you cannot touch my friends, you cannot touch these trees, you cannot touch this ground, and you cannot even touch-" I rave.

"Aaaaaand that's enough out of you," Genesis interrupts. "But why don't you go down to-"

It's my turn to interrupt."Okay, let's keep it PG."

"I was going to say Tartarus, but anyway." she glares at Roman. "What do you want?"

I almost forgot that Roman was there. Sometimes I have the attention span of a goldfish.

He turns his attention to me,"Jeez, Ida. you didn't need to kick me!"

Yeah, but he should know that when I feel attacked, I kick. And I kick hard. I pull out a bag of pretzels and put one in my mouth. I can taste my breath. It smells like cake, or so Genesis says. A bird lands on a pretzel stick in my hand and starts pecking away.

Genesis and Roman stare as more birds circle around me.

"I told you I was a queen." I smile triumphantly.

Our teacher calls us all inside. As I turn, I see a flash coming deep from the forest.

"Come on! We'll be late." Genesis yanks my arm and Roman runs ahead of us.

But then again Mr.Tedious is sooooooooo boring, annoying, and weird. I heard in his spare time he hunts narwhals, man eating volcanos, and is a vampire. So I don't really want to go inside. Plus, I saw something in the woods and want a closer look.

Genesis can't read my thoughts, so she continues pulling. "Lego, child, or we will seriously be late. Onward!"

...

I'm in my dorm doing the work assigned by Mr Tedious. He wants us to identify the parts of a narwhal. I find it very tedious(pun intended), and I can't break from that flash I saw this morning in the forest. I receive a text from Genesis meanwhile. I look down at my phone.

G: Heyo

G: What did u get on Q.52?

I: There aint no ?52

I: Do u mean 25

G: on the math HW

I: WE HAD MATH HW!?

G: tsk tsk. It's due tomorrow!

I: U know what? I did that yesterday and turned it in

I: I wasnt feeling well so I gotthat hw early

I: And I was also bored since we had no hw at all

I had nothing else to do

I put my phone down as I gaze out my window. I have a perfect view of the forest. I then see a shadow on all fours walking on the edge of the woods. A light toward the left of the window drags my gaze to the neighbor's upper window. There seems to be a human-like shadow staring right at me. As soon as it notices me staring back, it quickly closes the curtains. I would say It's Roman, but why would he close the curtains? Normally, he would wave or shout at me. This adds another question to my mind.

I try to focus back to my homework. Silver, my roommate, is asleep. I quickly jot down answers that are most likely wrong. I find a duffle bag under my bed and stuff it with supplies. I have gone camping with Genesis before, so I'm pretty sure I know what I am doing. Thanks to a camp that I took during summertime, I know how to sneak out.