Her pale hand reached up, long, slender fingers brushed against the paper, feeling the dots, reading. Her pale blue eyes were dull and lifeless, her hair was short, barley brushing her cheeks, and was the color of a moonless night sky. She turned as she heard footsteps behind her. "It still creeps me out when you do that." the voice of her friend, Artemis, joked, a warm smile on her face as she did so. The June day was warm, yet a cool breeze swept past them. "Happy birthday, if you think I forgot." she sat on the bench beside her friend. "What's going on, you have a tone in your voice that suggests that something's wrong." the young girl turned towards her book, marking her page, shutting it, and setting it down beside her. "They want to meet you." "Today?" "Yeah, sorry..." "It's okay."