"Carina, come over here!" Kati yelled out from the playground.
I spotted Kati and STARTED RUNNING down the pebble hill, I felt free and it also felt like being an eagle, soaring through the sky. Oh the joy. I was almost tripping over but luckily, I stopped right in front of Kati, as soon as she jumped off the equipment.
My polished RUNNING shoes turned into dusty brown shoes. 'ugh, I guess I'll clean it later..' I inspected my shoes, but the second I looked up back at Kati, she jumped to me and pushed me, which made me fall onto the dirty, pebbly, path.
Again.
"Ahh.. sorry Carina, I got a bit too excite-" Kati was about to finish but then, I quickly jumped back on my feet, ignoring my dirty clothes and pushed her to the ground for payback.
"Hahaha! You're really fast and quick!" Kati laughed away as I started joining in too.
Now Questions. I have questions.
"Why did you bring me here?" I polished my sleeves carefully.
"I want to show you something strange I found," Oh here we go again.. "It's a big hole that has been dug very deep over there, come on I'll show you!" She ran off to the area straight away.
I felt confused, but didn't want to decline Kati's enthusiasm to just 'A hole dug very deep.'
I glanced at my hands and it appeared that there was no more dry blood, and my nails had grown already. I stopped.
'What... That can't be.. I cracked my nails and they were bleeding.. There would be no way that it could grow back!'
I retraced my steps. The fox lady. The bicyclist. The pebble path. I didn't pay attention to my nails because of the fun Kati and I had back then. I didn't feel any growth, or any pain.
"Oi, wait up for me!" I ran to Kati and caught up with her.
She grabbed my hand and showed me the huge hole dug into the ground.
"Its there." She pointed at it dramatically.
"What's so interesting about that? Is there any riches or merchandise in there?"
I was interested into things like MONEY, especially gold. It amazed me so much as a kid.
"Well, I don't know.. that's why I brought you here to check in there."
"By myself?!"
"I'll come with you, if you want to."
At times I am brave, but being by myself was something I couldn't handle easily. I glanced at my nails for the fifth time, -without letting Kati know- it was still normal and clean. Then it was the time my heart pounded fast and I felt sweat from my head began to drip on the ground, one by one.
This time I panicked. It couldn't of been a spell, It couldn't of been a dream either.
The Bicyclist. Fox lady. They all linked somehow.. maybe it was just a dream...
....but.... it wasn't. It all happened there, she felt it.
"Carina? Where are you going?" She spotted me with my back towards her, scrunching up fast.
"Just taking deep breaths."
I finally turned around and just kept it all a SECRET. A SECRET from Kati and my parents.
YOU ARE READING
Claws of soulＩ
General FictionCarina Schneider is tired of being teased about her nails. For years, she has had to tolerate insults about 'having claws'. She knows that something has to change. So, she sets off on a journey. But what she finds will shock her.
