So fast forward a bit, my relationship with Astrid has become more serious, and I found a better, more definitively male name for myself: Daniel, or Dan for short, I got the people in my life that I actually care about using it. It wasn't a very long list, as you may have figured out, my social skills are not up to par, nor do I put any effort into fixing that. I have some trust issues.
One more thing of interest came up, something that caused me much enjoyment, the kid that was the vain of my existence for years, leaving me with trama, with a large gap in my memory where most of elementary school should be, all because of how much he bullied me. But it wasn't physical bullying so the school didn't care. I haven't seen him since. Anyways, so this asshole, Jason, disappeared, and I was happy about that, I couldn't care less if he was murdered or something. I just never wanted to see him ever again.
On a Saturday, a week or two after he vanished I was having a videogame tournament with Aster, Ruby, Luna, and Siona and Azoth, and my mom told me that I had a letter addressed to my new name. I was so focused on the game that I didn't really process that. She left the letter on the table and left us be.
After the round, I went to check out the letter, a letter that just kept getting weirder and weirder. To start with it, like my mom said, it was addressed to Mr. Daniel Burstien, not Alex, or Alexa, but Dan. Most people don't know that I changed it. There was no name attached to the return address, which I did not recognize.
My curiosity was peaked and I opened it. The inside was more intriguing than the outside, there were two things, a small envelope with all the sending information, like what I'd imagine an RSVP envelope would look like. The envelope was addressed to Dr. Riddles. There was also folded paper that on the outside it read: READ THIS: DAN, ASTRID, AZOTH, SIONA AND LUNA(and yes. Ruby can hear this too). I had no idea how he knows about my name change, got my address, or knew who would be in the room the day it arrived. It must have to do with his weird, overwhelming mind, that I got a glimpse of when I used koroze rin on him.
I opened the letter and started reading.
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Dear Dan, Azoth, Siona, Astrid, and Luna,
You may or may not be aware that some people have disappeared. They are being taken and being mind-controlled to be slave bookkeepers for demons that were petrified during the previous fight for the crown. They are hiding in the Taeboro Ruins. If you choose to join us, but I know you will, how I know you ask, I am Dr. Riddles the one who knows all ho ha ha ha! You are bored and looking for action but you can't normally go and travel looking for fights and you also want to play the hero. The battle will be difficult, with a high chance of failure. Tell me who's going to be joining us by sending back the inner envelope. If you chose to accept we will meet up with other demon human pairs, but only those I know to be trustworthy, so you don't have to worry about that. We will be leaving in two weeks, the day before your spring break so you will not be missing much school, which, as I know is important to your mom. I will pick up Astrid and Dan from school at one o'clock. I will have fake notes from both your parents explaining the need for you to leave early. I will pick you up in my limo before to get your partners, then we go to my privet jet to the ruins. I will probably have another demon-human pair with me when I pick you up.
From Dr. Riddles: The one who knows all.
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Astrid and I exchanged a look and nodded. A non-verbal sine of agreement. That silent gesture was repeated among all of the demons, while Ruby was shaking her head. "You're seriously going to go through with this?" asked Ruby.
"Yes," I responded matter of factly, "plus when else would we get a chance to go in a limo and a private jet, or go anywhere for that matter?" I smirked.
"You know that your mom's going to say no," she said trying to put logic in my illogical mindset.
"We'll see, we'll see," I told her as slowly backed out of the room, before coming back to find out what Astrid's mom said, before approaching mine.
Astrid called her mom to ask, and they negotiated it to an "if Dan goes you can go."
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"NO! You are absolutely NOT going with a stranger to some abandoned ruins to fight!"
"But mom! It will be during a school vacation so I won't be missing school, think of it as a learning experience, I will be socializing with the other demons and humans, learning to trust them, and I won't be going alone, Astrid, Luna, and the twins will be there with me... something about it being for a good cause...." I retorted. I said a lot more that I can't remember but I got her to talk to my dad about it. And eventually got both of them to agree, I'm sure Astrid's mom letting her go helped my cause.
The next day we mailed the letters, eagerly awaiting Dr. Riddles arrival in two weeks.
We got a reply back, in an unexpected way. The doc sent a letter to my mom, yeah. She said that he, and a demon-human pair, wanted to take a pitstop at our house after he picked me and Astrid up from school. She reluctantly agreed.
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