Who Am I

Chapter 23

Ash's Pov

The 3 flames on my tail were long out.

I prepared for 30 children pulling my feathers and being rough.

I was surprised when that didn't happen.

Aria was long on the floor sitting legs crossed behind me, who was on the floor.

The last few people pulled on my feathers and patted me roughly.

When I felt two gentle hands lifting me up and giving me a hug and patting me softly on my head.

I heard the familiar voice speak.

"That's enough kids your hurting it." Aria paused to look at me, I can hear her thoughts.

'I hope they didn't hurt him.'

'No Aria I'm not hurt.'

'Thank god.' she smiles.

She looks back at the children for a minute.

"Can any of you please get me a cup of water please?" She asked.

One of the kids stood up and went out of the room.

She placed me back on her shoulder as she took off her cap and ruffled her hair.

The kid that left came in holding a cup of water.

She took it and mouthed 'Thank you' to the kid who answered her with a question.

"Ash? Can you tell us all about you?" Asked the kid eagerly, at the end of the question the guy that opened the door came in and sat at a nearby chair, "Yes, tell us all about you."

Something seemed off about that guy.

"Okay as you all know I'm Ash. I'm..." She trailed off not knowing what to say.

'Ash how old am I?' she asked

'Your real age is 172. But of course you can't tell them that. Tell them the most obvious thing like 17.'

"Oh... Yeah I just remembered I'm 17 and the last time I saw people like me was like a day or so. Any other questions?"

"Why did you leave you town boy?" Said the guy.

"It was an ordinary day when I went to acting tryouts in the school I got signed up for the main character which was a girl, and the judges were in the middle of telling me how the story should go and about it, when there had been an outbreak of fire. I was the only one who survived out of there everyone else got burned to ashes that day. Since then I kept the play that wasn't completely told in my head the way it was."

She said it as if it was true because she made it look true with a sad expression.

One of the kids asked,"What was the play about? And why did you play as a girl?"

She smiles. "They chose me because they think that I sound like one. All I need is a wig and different clothes."

"Okay Ash, tell us what that play was about." Said the guy.

Before she spoke she put her index finger in the air to that guy and said,"I want to know your name sir, before any thing."

He grumbled, "It's Billy."

"Okay kids,and Billy this play was about this girl who was named Talia, she was close to being a mute girl but she can speak if she wants to, her hair  was navy blue and her eyes were icy pale blue. She can be shy at times but there were times when it was ridiculously ridiculous. Until one day her parents told her that they were going to travel and a babysitter will be with her..." She continues until she escapes from Blanc and Jasper. The rest she said,"That was all I have been told." She smiled.

I felt really sleepy as I started to feel my eyelids grow heavy.

I heard Aria say, "Mr. Billy can we have a room please because my parrot her feels sleepy." That's all I heard before darkness overcame my vision.

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I wake up in an empty room and see that Aria was lying on the floor her back to me.

'Aria? Are you awake?' I mind linked.

She turned around to face me her eyes completely black, "Stay out of her mind bird."

"What?Why? It's her mind not yours." I said keeping quiet.

"Who cares, There's trouble outside. I'm going to check it out." She said as she stood up.

"You can't Mr Billy will suspect something is wrong. And I don't know what will happen but most likely we will be kicked out." I whisper-yelled.

"Fine." She said as she let Aria take over.

She looked at me ,"What happened?"

"There is trouble outside and we need to see what's going on."

"Okay wait." She grabbed a stick that had a blade at the end of it and a wire , I think that is supposed to make the shot more powerful by sending electric waves. "Now let's go."

She reached out to me and I jump on her finger and she placed me on her shoulder and walked out the room.