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his wavy hair was a deep red that framed his eyes but he didnt seem to have noticed its color change or to care . |
he was wearing an all black layered tunic and pants with boots that looked as light as mine . |
if i didnt know it was jason , i would have taken a huge step backwards at his assassin-like appearance . |
whats going on ? |
he demanded , eyes flickering from each of us as he took in all of our strange appearances . |
dont know jason , were as stumped as you . |
i said . |
he bit his lip and then smirked . |
oh , i almost forgot . |
look at this . |
he gestured at his belt , grinning mischievously . |
hanging there were a multitude of thin , dangerous looking knives . |
he pulled up his sleeve so i could see another one strapped there . |
cool , huh ? |
emily had turned to see jason appear . |
she spotted his knives and groaned , stomping her foot . |
aw come on ! |
jason whispered behind his hand to seth and i. whats up with her ? |
seth shrugged . |
i dont know . |
girl issues ? |
i heard that ! |
emily said angrily . |
thats when suddenly a hideous creature appeared in front of us . |
it was hunched over , with thick furry skin and wicked claws that shot out of its curled paws . |
we would soon know them as thrashers , beasts we would get used to seeing . |
i dont know who screeched louder in fear , but im pretty sure it might have been me . |
seth pulled his sword out but his hand shook like mad . |
i clumsily pulled an arrow out of the quiver on my back and struggled to attach it to my bow . |
how the heck did those people in movies make this look so easy ? |
i exchanged a look with seth , but he looked as clueless as i did . |
none of this felt real . |
i swear , the creature laughed at us . |
or maybe my fear was making me see and hear things . |
jason moved silently to stand beside us , one of his throwing knives in his hand . |
what do we do ? |
were dead so it cant hurt us right ? |
i asked . |
i dont feel dead . |
jason whispered . |
i didnt either . |
in fact , i realized that my whole body was aching from the strange attack i had experienced . |
and if i was dead , i wouldnt need to breathe so heavily . |
my heart was racing so fast that it might explode right out of my chest . |
jason threw the knife he had been holding and it stuck into a tree . |
he grinned at me and i guess it hit exactly where he wanted . |
on the count of three , we attack with everything weve got . |
okay ? |
seth looked at jason and i . |
we nodded at him . |
one , two three ! |
when seth hit three , he charged with his sword . |
i pulled back and released my arrow . |
it hit the thrashers front paw . |
before i could think , i had notched another one on the bow and drew back the string . |
it was like i had been an archer my whole life . |
jason threw knife after knife , hitting its mark every time . |
when the creature went down , seth stood and took a breath . |
then another tackled him to the ground . |
i didnt know what to do and jason didnt either . |
emily ran forward and pointed to seth who was clawing toward his weapon . |
do something ! |
she screamed . |
before i could reply , fire shot from her finger . |
the thrasher yelped and jumped off seth and ran toward emily . |
she smiled wickedly and held both hands out , pelting the creature with fire . |
i pulled seth up in time to see the thrasher buried entangled by roots shooting from the dirt . |
jason threw a knife in the pile to make sure it was really dead . |
you okay ? |
i asked seth , and congratulated emily on her new found talent . |
im fine . |
he said and limped over . |
i gasped and pointed to his leg . |
seth , youre bleeding blue ! |
he just blinked at him , glancing down at his leg . |
he didnt answer as he tugged at me to start walking back towards where we had last seen ourselves . |
we could still see our bodies sleeping peacefully , but this time i noticed that we were all faintly glowing blue . |
i could see the rise and fall of my chest as i breathed . |
so i really was alive , which made this situation even creepier and stranger . |
i had two bodies ! |
how was this even possible ? |
what do we do ? |
seth , do you any ideas ? |
she frowned when he didnt answer . |
seth ? |
emily spun in a circle but seth was nowhere to be found . |
seth walked out from behind a tree . |
but he was normal seth . |
he had his dirty blonde hair back and was wearing his dirty jeans and shirt from school . |
no dark red hair , no glimmering sword , no bleeding wound . |
his warrior self was nowhere to be seen . |
seth howd you do that ? |
i asked . |
he whirled around . |
whos there ? |
me , you idiot ! |
i snorted . |
he stared at the place where i was standing , but his eyes werent focused on me . |
jazell ? |
obviously , are you blind ? |