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It's like a void. A dark void. A never ending dark void that consumes everything, so your left feeling nothing. Empty. Nothing to subside your hollow soul that creeps in the shadows, away from any other human life because it's emptiness is so consuming it cannot bare to pretend that everything is okay.
"Nothing is okay!" Marigold thought to herself as she walked to school with her friends. A slight limp was present in her step, but she simply said she hurt her leg when she fainted, "People walk around this Earth each day and pretend that everything is okay, and it always will be. Why can't we all just admit that we are just hollow plastic dolls with a painted happy face revealing no guilt, sadness, emptiness - emotion."
"Why didn't you tell Nate the truth?" Diana asked Anne. The name made Mary cringe, but her friends didn't notice since she was walking behind the group.
"I thought seeing the gold in the soil would be obvious. He thinks I'm a child. Pipsqueak."
"You can't possibly expect to be his equal, Anne."
"He's an adult and a scientist," Ruby added.
"Uh, but that's just book learning, though."
"And you've already proven you're good at that. But you have something else. Remember when Minnie May was sick and you put onions on the soles of her feet - to bring her fever down? - That was an old wives' tale. It takes imagination to believe in such a thing. Your imagination is a gift, Anne, something that can't be learned."
"What good is an imagination if I can't see what's right in front of my eyes?!" Anne looked at the forest around her, "This branch looks like a skeleton hand. An evil skeleton that lives in the haunted forest feeds on the lives of the innocent!
"Anne, that's horrible!"
"Why are they clutching at us now? Do they mean to do us harm? Ghosts on the wind bearing a warning: Beware! - They're coming for us! - We must escape!" The girls ran ahead, escaping the horror imagination, expect for Marigold. She stared blankly as well as went at the same pace she was. The sound of a tree branch snapping caused her to pause. She looked around, seeing no one in sight.
"Marigold." She screamed at the surprising voice, throwing her hands in defence. "Woah, Marigold it's me! Felix!"
Marigold slowly lowered her hand and was slightly relieved to find her new friend standing there, look of concern masked his face. "Are you okay? I didn't mean to scare you, truly."
"I-I'm fine," She spoke in a fragile voice, as if she were to speak any louder she would break like glass.
