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I follow Landon back to the school, when we see a beat up Jed. "Oh. Hey, Jed." Landon says through his teeth.
Jed glares at the two of us. "You don't belong here." He glowers.
Landon nods. "Yeah. Everyone keeps saying that." He chuckles to himself.
"Everything was fine before you and Rafael showed up." Jed stomps over, grabbing Landon.
"Wait, wait!" Suddenly, the two roll on the ground before Jed practically throws Landon down a hill. I yelp in surprise as Jed jumps down the hill. I rush down, watching Jed beat the hell out of my brother.
I look around, but nobody seems to care. I curse to myself, before standing straight. "Hey, wolf dick!" He looks up at me, "What? Mad that Raf can replace you like you're nothing?" Jed begins to stomp forward. "Cause from just looking up and down, one thing I can say is he definitely has a bigger-" Jed begins to sprint towards me. "I'm gonna go," I turn on my heel, running off.
My breathing staggers as I rush towards the closest thing, a tree. Grunting, I leap into the air, gripping a branch then swinging my self up to land on another branch. I jump from one branch to another, before I'm almost at the top. Jed jumps up as well, growling. "Hey, this is for cats only." I say before taking another branch, pulling it back and flinging it at Jed. He falls off, landing on the ground. I sigh, relieved before beginning to crawl down. Halfway down the tree, I hear a loud growl once again. I turn slowly, seeing Jed. "You can't catch a break, huh?" Suddenly, Jed flings himself at me, the two of us falling through the tree, Jed punches me a few times, causing me to spit out blood. He doesn't do much else though, as some kids have finally noticed what's up. Jed stands up, stomping away.
Hope rushes over after Jeds left, "Madeline, are you okay?" She asks me. Rafael rushes over.
"Where's Landon?" He asks. I lift my head up, just barely, pointing at the small hill before laying back down again.
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Rafael stares at Landon and I. "I'm gonna tear Jed apart." He growls.
"No, you're really not." He turns slowly to look down at Hope.
"He's gonna pay for what he did. He could've killed them."
Hope disregards him. "You want to do something to help them? Take a walk to the herb garden and get me some hazelwood root." She orders. Raf let's out an angered sigh, before storming out and slamming the door shut.
Landon and I sit up side by side in his bed, I had moved from Rafaels, being more mobile than Landon. "What does hazelwood root do?" Landon asks.
