The Forest's Secrets

Chapter Four: Police

"Leave her alone!", Eli yelled furiously. She now stood next to the other teenagers her age in the bare sun, her hair and skin seemed to be glowing.

"Or else what?", Gabriel yelled back harshly. He didn't seem faced by the girl. Fate took a step back, as Jaden pushed Sally to the floor and she and Karin went to now circle the other girl.

Eli, unlike her sister, didn't seem bothered by that. Fate knew, that if she really was the same person, she'd have no need to be scared of her friends.

Gabriel pushed her back, so that she stumbled into Karin, who gripped her by the upper arms. "If you beg for it, I won't ruin your pretty face", the boy declared, making the other two girls laugh.

"That's funny", Eli replied. She seemed bored as she continued:"I was just about to say the same thing!"

Before either of the three other teenagers could react, Eli started to move. Swiftly pulling back her leg, she kicked Karins feet away from under the girl so that she fell over. Gabriel tried to hit her in the face, but Eli ducked away and now stood behind him. From the force, the boy stumbled a few steps further and now stood next to Jaden.

A small crowd of people, some teachers, students and even a few parents, started to gather around the fighters. One of the adults helped Karin back up, who had bloody elbows from hitting them on the hard ground.

As Gabriel tried to hit her again, she took a step to the side. This time he was prepared and immediately turned around to hit her in the back of the head. But Eli had already turned too and caught his fist with her bare hands. Jaden now kicked her in the back, but Eli didn't move a muscle to stop her. The white haired girl swiftly turned around, causing Gabriel to lose his balance and fall over her, pulling down Jaden along with him.

Now a few teachers stepped in, wo were holding back Gabriel, who was now even angrier than before, one stood in front of Jaden and four teachers circled Eli. Even if the girl had just defended herself, everyone seemed to silently agree that she was the biggest threat in the moment.

"You're crying. Are you worried about your friends?", Sally asked carefully.

Fate looked down to see that the girl had stood up and was standing right beside her. "Get away from me, gay Freak", she replied harshly and started to make her way towards her friends.

She hardly could hear Sally behind her, as the younger girl said:"It's ok. I'm worried about my sister too."

Fate ignored her and walked over to the crowd, as two police cars pulled up. It wasn't too much drama, they just asked for all of the involved to come along to the station.

There were two cars, because Eli wasn't trusted to ride with the other three, since either of the teenagers could just start the fight again. Fate watched in awe, as the girl just sat down. No one needed to restrain her, she just seemed so bored after what had just happened.

"Hey, can I come along? Those are my friends", Fate approached the driver of one car.

"Sure", he replied," You'll just have to ride in the other car, there's no seats left here."

The girl struggled for a moment, unsure if she could be around Eli for too long. The white haired girl reminded her too much of her attackers.

"Hey Fate", she heard someone say behind her. The girl turned around, to see Mister Brooks. "Trying to catch a ride?", he asked.

"Yes please. I wanna be with my friends", she replied carefully.

The man nodded into the direction of the car Eli sat in. "You can come join us, but I realise that might be hard."

Fate swallowed back tears and replied:"It's alright, the ride won't be for too long after all."

And so Fate sat down in the backseat next to Eli. The other girl didn't even look at her, but waved at her little sister as they drove off. Sally made an odd gesture and her sister nodded. Then they turned a corner and the school was out of sight.

A few silent minutes later, Mister Brooks parked the car. He placed on hand on Eli's shoulder, guiding her into the building. Fate decided to wait outside for her friends to arrive.

As the door closed behind the girl and the officer, Eli broke the silence between them:"What are we going to do now?"

The officer couldn't tell if she was bored or scared and so he just replied with:"You're not in trouble, for now. Don't worry."

Eli scoffed, and shortly after they entered a small room. There was a rather big desk with chairs on both sides. Other than a big mirror on one side of the room, the walls were blank and grey. The room was well lit, but there was nothing exciting to see.

Mister Brooks led the girl to one side of the table, so that she faced the mirror. He then walked around and sat down opposite of her. The girls expression was completely blank, her hair and eyes seemed to be glowing under the cold, harsh light.

"So", the man opened the conversation," state your name and age please."

Eli faced the mirror, squinting as if she tried to see something. Then her gaze trailed to the tall man in front of her.

"That's a doubled Mirror, am I right?", she asked and lifted an arm to point behind the man. Her voice and expression remained blank, not giving away any sort of emotion.

The officer sighed and said:"I'm the one asking questions here. Now state your name and age."

"Eli Waters, sixteen."

"I asked for your whole name, not just a nickname."

The girl scoffed and rolled her eyes. Then she stated:" Fine. My name is Elisa Waters, I'm sixteen and have no clue who you are or why I'm here."

"My name is Jamie Brooks, I'm the head of the investigation regarding Ashly Tompson and Fate Gardner", the man responded calmly, trying to read any sort of change in emotion in the girls unusual eyes.

"Still doesn't explain why I'm here", she replied coldly, meeting his gaze with blank eyes.