The pale rays of twilight shone through the bare branches of the oak tree where me and Tobias allways met, its branches reaching up to the painted sky. The cold of winter crept down my legs sending chills up spine. I ran as my breath suddenly appeared before me like smoke.
It was the sort of cold that if there were to have been magic in the world, it would make it come out. But not the kind you would expect. I had been here many times, but it had never been like this. Somthing was different. Maybe because Tobias wasn't there, or for the first time I was being chased, I was wanted. I was not used to being wanted, and I did not want to be.
I heard birdsongs infront of me as I ran through the small sheet of snow that bit at my ankles. As I ran, my medallion pounded against my chest, which was attatched to the chain of a necklace. A sudden noise alerted me, causing me to stop dead in my tracks. I stood, rooted in my place like the trees surroudig me.
(Note from Lily: My sister is now mini Lily. )
I moved my medallion to the inside of my coat as i started to run in the oppisite direction that i had been going in. I saw the familiar face of Tobias, running in the other direction yet right in front of me. he was running as fast as he could and when we saw each other, we both moved to the right, making a head on collision sending him and I to fly up into the air, leaving us to fall back down to the cold, hard ground.
My medallion made its way off my neck, landing next to the oak tree. I got up to my feet and grabbed the silver chains and medallion as fast as i could so that Toby would not notice me.
"Are you ok?" Tobias asked.
"Yeah, sure", I replied. I did not sound convincing.
"No, your not" he said as he made his way tom me, "How did that happen?" he said as he slowly brought his hand to my forehead.
"What, what happened?" I asked.
"Look up" Tobias said. I looked up to my forehead, only realizing that i had gotten a small stick stuck in my temple.
"Oh-no" I said reaching my hand up to remove it.
"No" said tobias, stopping me, "Let me do it".
"O.....k" i said. He cuppud his hand under my chin and started to remove it.
"Who were you running from?" he asked.
"I was running from, you know, her" i said, "Ravenna".
"I was running to find you, I thought you were hurt or scared" said Tobias.
"How about both" I said.
"Yeah, I'm half way done" he replied.
"Owch" I said painfully as blood started to dripp down my face and into my eye.
"Do you want me to stop?" he questioned.
"No, its fine" i said
"No its not, i'll stop" Toby replied.
"No really, its fine" I said.
"No, its not" he repeated, "We will wait untill it feels better".
"Ok" I said, "What are you doing out so late?" I asked.
"The question is, what are YOU doing out so late?" he replied laughing as he grabbed my hands and started to sway side to side. It felt weird because I was just standing there so I started to sway too.
