Mythical Creature

Strange Things

Class will be over in a minute, Claire Delarosa thought. She is very good at her studies but this particular subject is quite... boring. Her social studies teacher, Miss Fiona had been babbling the facts about Paris like she was reading instructions on how to install a dishwasher!

At that moment the bell rang and Claire hurried out of class to meet her friend Anna. "Mrs. Silver gave us chocolates!" Anna said. "And Miss Fiona puts us to sleep." Claire joked. Both of them went to the cafeteria only to find out that they've ran out of potato salad! "You know what they say! The early bird gets the worm," said Amy as she devoured the potato salad. Claire and Anna laughed and went to get lunch. During lunch Claire heard someone say her name. She shook her head. It was probably something in her head.

After lunch was over Claire headed off to literature class. During literature class she heard the voice again, this time much fainter. "Did y-you hear tha-that?"Claire asked Amy. "Hear what?" Amy asked with a confused look on her face. "Uhh nothing." Claire answered. She then looked around nervously, half expecting to see a banshee. Claire was not disappointed to see nothing but her classmates seated behind her. She heaved a sigh if relief and focused on the lesson.

After school Claire hurried to get home. She wanted to get away from the voice and whatever was causing the voice as fast as she could. "Oh hello dear. How was school?" Claire's aunt Lavender greeted Claire as she entered the cottage. "School was fine," replied Claire. She quickly went upstairs to her room, got changed and buried herself in a storybook she got for her birthday. The name of the book was called The Sisters Greene. She kept a pile of other books next to her. Her favourites were The Guardians Of The Elements and The Caulderon Family. Claire was so deeply engrossed in reading the book she didn't notice that some of the books in her room started floating! One of the books hit the ceiling making a soft thud. Claire looked up and all the books instantly fell to the floor.

"Is everything alright up there?" Aunt Lavender started climbing upstairs. "Yes everything is alright!" Claire called as she hurriedly sorted the books on her bookshelf. She opened the door to see Aunt Lavender in front of her. "What was that loud noise?" Asked Aunt Lavender. "Oh it was nothing," replied Claire while she started down the stairs. Aunt Lavender said, "Where are you going now, dear?" "Just going out to get some fresh air," answered Claire. She opened the door and took a deep breath. Her aunt and uncle lived near a small forest. She usually went to the forest when she wanted to spend some time alone. She walked slowly thinking about the voice she heard during school and the floating books. She leaned against a tree and sat down. All of a sudden she smelled something burning. She looked down to see a twig a few centimetres away from her hand on fire! Did I just do that? Her mind raced as she tried to put out the fire by pouring sand on it. Instead of diminishing the fire turned blue and disappeared in the air. Claire was just staring at the lump of sand on the ground. She needed to find out what was going on with her. Fast!

She started back to the cottage. But she started hearing the voice again. "Claire." "Who are you?!" Shouted Claire. "It's ok Claire. Don't be afraid."
The person (or whatever it was) ignored her question. "Who are you?" Claire repeated. "Whoever you are show yourself!"

"I'm behind you, Claire."