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“You’re beingunreasonable, Makoto!”

 'What. . . the actual. . . fuck?' That's what was going through my head as my friends and I were being herded, by Jacob, to an unknown location (quite urgently, if I say so myself). We recently entered the forest. These monsters everywhere as we dash around hiding in various places.

 Okay, I know this can be confusing, so let's start from the beginning.

_Flashback_

 It was just a normal day (for me), when the. . . weird occurrences started again. Weird men kept showing up, and I can't focus for the life of me (I swear even if there was a train coming towards me I wouldn't notice!). Ooh, duckies. No! No duckies! Sorry (stupid brain!).

 I'm walking down the side of the street, on my way to meet my friends at our burger joint (the Red Beryl). On my way, a strange man follows me. I walk a little quicker to make sure he's following me. I quicken my pace, seeing he was following, soon braking into a run. I make it to my friends, panting hard. Suddenly, the man disappears from sight.

 "Gee, you look like you've seen a ghost." Thana teases.

 I bend over still panting. I stand up a bit later, looking for the man. "Strange." I mutter.

 Thana's cousin, Lacy, whom I've started to hang out with more, looks utterly concerned. "Are you okay, Jade?" She bends over to look at my face, revealing her perfect features in startling detail (making it hard for me to trust her, nobody's that perfect.).

 I force a tired smile. "Yeah," I reply hastily, "just a little out of breath."

 She looks unconvinced. "Okay, just making sure." She decides, her voice dripping with honey (evil as I view her). "We should head in, looks like it's about to storm."

 Once we're seated at our table, a girl around my age burst through the door, looking panicked and like she'd gone through the forest. She slams the door behind her, pressing her back against it, she sighed, closing her eyes in relief.

 I stand up and walk over to her. "Are you alright?" I ask worriedly.

 She opens her eyes, startled by my voice. "Y-yeah, I guess." She stutters. She looks around asking, "W-where am I?"

 "Manhattan, New York. The Red Beryl." Thana says in response.

 I inspect the girl. It looks like she hasn't had a good meal, shower, or change of clothes in ages. "I think I'll take her home with me. A restaurant is not where she needs to be. She needs to be taking a shower." I tell Thana and Lacy. I turn back to the girl, "No offense."

 "None taken." She responds, giving me a sad half smile. "This happens sometimes, but nobody's usually this nice about it. They usually think I'm a hobo. . . No offense to hobos."

 "Let's go to my house. . ." I falter, realizing that I don't know her name.

 "Shade." She says.

 "Huh?" I wonder.

 "Shade. My name is Shade." She replies softly.

 That's a nice name, Shade." I pause. "I think it's cute. I'm Jade. Anyways, we should be going."

 She looks at me skeptically. "Cute?" She criticizes. She follows me out the door, almost walking into the rain, until I grab her. "Hey!" She yelps.

 I get my umbrella from the rack. "Now we can go." I say, opening the umbrella.

 We trudge through the harsh winds and rain (like a hurricane). At some point, I think the umbrella almost flew away. But, it's kinda hard to tell when you're worrying about the girl next to you, making sure she doesn't fly off or get sick.

 Soon we make it home. I knock loudly so Mom can hear. Soon after, she opens the door with a worried look. She sees me and another girl. "Come in. Hurry!" She herds us inside, fussing about our conditions. "What were you thinking? Couldn't you get here sooner, or, perhaps, after the storm?"

 I giggle at my Mom's trying to be angry. "This is Shade." I introduce after Mom's mini-rant. "Shade, this is my mom, Layla Lurie." I pause. "Shade, you should get in the shower while Mom and I talk."

 She disappears into the hallway, only to come back a second later. "Uh, where's the bathroom?" She asks, her hand on her head. "And towels?"

 I slap my head, groaning. "Well I feel stupid." I lead her down the hallway, grabbing a towel out the cabinet on the way. "Take a nice long shower. If you need anything, I'll be in the living room." I let her know on my way out.

 "Okay!" She calls. "Uh how-" the water starts running, "Never-mind!"

 I chuckle, sitting on the living room floor. "So, I'm guessing that you wanna know why Shade's here?" I rub my arm.

 She nods. "Who is she anyways? Is she, like, a new friend, or something?"

 I nod. "You could say that." I respond. "She's really nice and. . . chill."

 "You met her on the street didn't you?" Mom deadpans.

 "You should've seen her!" I exclaim. "She was filthy! If you had a better look at her, she looks like she hasn't had a good meal in days! She looked panicked too." I look down, quieting on the last sentence. "Like she was running from something." Mom didn't respond after that. An eerie silence fell over the house.

 Suddenly it filled with sound again. "I'm finished!" She announces quietly, walking into the room with a towel on. She looks at us curiously. "Am I interrupting something?" She questions.

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