Chapter 4: Unexpected predictions

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POV ~ Illya
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After I got ready for school I went out of my house and said goodbye to everyone. On my way to school I thought about the show that I watched with Liz this morning together. It said that everyone who is cancer has a bad day today.

"How do I put it?", I said to Ruby, "Isn't hearing, "Yours the worst", in the morning when you didn't ask a bit rude?

"Well, there's no need to believe that horoscope. Allow me to perform a better divination.", Ruby said, meanwhile she transformed.

"Secret Device #18: Simple Future Event Forecaster!", she said proudly, "It analyzes event fluctuations, using the data to predict the near future. It's so accurate, that you can't compare it to that TV show fortune telling..."
'I don't if something like this works...'

"Hey, are you really a magic stick?", I asked but Ruby ignored my question. She started to sparkle and a note was coming out of her.

"Oh, here it comes.... here it comes!", she shouted in excitement.

"This is pointless.", I said with a sigh.
'Looking in the future? See something coming before it's there? That is impossible. 'But even when I don't believe in it, I'm kinda curious what the note says. On the note is written.'
Watch your head.

"Watch my head?-!", I read it out loud, in the moment, where a flowerpot fell down from the sky next to me. I stood there, unable to move.
'I can't believe it! It could have hit me, if I stood two steps away from here!' I was clearly confused.

"Eh? What's this flowerpot? Where did it fall from?", I asked and looked in every direction that I thought, that the flowerpot could come from there. Ruby don't know it either.

"Is this a case of "falling of the skies"?", she asked. I don't believe that this just happened randomly.
'Ruby sure is playing tricks on me'

"S-stop that.... It's kind of scary...", I said and walked a little stiff to school, "Are you sure that you didn't plan that as a prank, Ruby?"

"No, never....", Ruby said meanwhile a new note was coming out of her, "Oh, the next prediction's in."
'Is she really not trying to prank me? Or does she did it? I don't know. Maybe the next note will answer my question'

"Watch for oncoming traffic."
After Ruby read it out loud, a truck rammed through the wall in front of me and missed me to some centimeters. I fell down on the ground and looked shocked to the truck.
'IT ALMOST GOT ME!' I couldn't believe what happened. That was to random.
'These are no pranks from Ruby! She wouldn't trying to kill me!'

"My, a dump truck without a driver.", Ruby said and sounded literally confused.
'Will it be like that the whole day?!'
I stood up and ran my way to school.

"What? What? What? What is this? A curse?!", I shouted confused and scared.

"Ah, the next prediction's in.", Ruby said, "Beware of dogs." Like a curse dogs started to follow me.
'What the hell is going on?!'

"Hey, isn't this crazy?", I shouted, trying to tan faster, "And why have there been nothing but warnings?"
"What are these Predictions?!"

"Well, it's just one of those things."
I ran in the next turnoff and noticed, that the dogs stopped to follow me. I wonder why...

"Let's see... Next, "Beware of fire".", Ruby said a little amused. I screamed as a gas pipe exploded under the ground. I could just avoid the stones that flew in my direction.
'Oh no, oh no, oh no no no.....!'

"Beware of water.", Ruby read out loud. At the moment I saw that a hydrant went on and fired a strong water jet in my direction.

"What the -!", I shouted and jumped just in time beside before it could hit me. I swear I heard her giggle!

"Beware of electricity.", predicted Ruby proud.
'I'm literally going to die!'
After I survived that scenario with the broken lamp in a puddle, I finally reached the school. I saw a few steps away from me Miyu, who just arrived school with Luvia's car.

"M-Miyu...", I said tired and completely finished. I saw how shocked Miyu looked at me. I really look like a mess. And feel like one.

"I-Illya? What happened to you?", she asked worried. But I couldn't answer her question.

"G-good morning...", I said weakly, "And goodbye..." As I said that I passed out and fell down. My mind went blank but I saw, that Miyu ran to me.

"Illya? Illya?!"

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