Ever since I was engrossed in reading, I had always believed that those magical beings written in myths or books--werewolves, elves, vampires, mermaids and all--existed in this human world called Earth, where most of the population would laugh at the sound of my idea because it was...stupid, as they had always said.
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But for me, it was different. Even after their laughter when I pronounced my belief, I never stopped believing. They were just somewhere--hiding for centuries, waiting for someone to discover them and free them.
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I couldn't shake off the feeling when I thought of them, together with me. Warm. Close. Relaxing. Comfortable. It was as though they were indeed real.
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Or maybe those feelings were caused because I wanted them to be real.
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Regardless, when I started believing that, I kept on taking adventures I could take to find them, wherever they were. And I was still now. Having parents that made you move counties almost every year wasn't at all that bad--at least not for the "adventures" I was seeking. It came a little bit handy.
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Because right now, in my 17th year of living filled with moving places, I was introducing myself in a class of Crea Academy, where there sat a boy with odd red eyes sitting at the back of the room alone, no one beside him or in front of him. And he was staring at me, and I reciprocated.
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I believed he was one of my magical beings.
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"My name," I began, "is Valerie Starks. I came from far away. I love reading fantasy books. I am 17." I paused. "And that's all you need to know about me."
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Everyone greeted me various types of "hi."
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"All right. Thank you for that lovely introduction, Ms Starks. You may sit in any vacant seat there is," Ms Jeanne ushered me.
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Inwardly, I breathed a sigh of relief. Without thinking twice, I walked through one of the small aisles.
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"Hey. Come sit here," a girl offered when I wanted to go past her, patting the empty seat beside her. Her friends around her helped encouraging me.
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The girl wore a huge smile. Her blonde hair fell in waves and reached just above her waists and her eyes were gray with hints of blue. Her pink tank top showed off her fair skin and perfect curves, and a little of her cleavage. 601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Zb6vB6nWa
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While she did look beautiful, she wasn't the type who I would hang out with, because this type of a girl wasn't a good influence. I knew why she offered, though. Certainly, these girls always invited pretty girls to be part of them, right? Well, I wouldn't be fitting.
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I just smiled at her and gave her a small thanks and apology, before continuing through the aisle to the back of the room, sitting beside the red-eyed boy once I reached.
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I felt everyone shifted their gazes toward me and the boy before they conversed in hushed whispers. I saw the girl from before, who was sitting four seats after me, giving me a knowing smile.
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I didn't hide the urge to roll my eyes. They were seriously misunderstanding. Sitting beside a--as what everyone would call it--hot boy (who was alone too) didn't mean that I was one of the girls who flirt and cling onto guys. In fact, I was the total opposite.
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I looked beside me to catch the boy in time staring at me before looking out the window. With a smile, I grabbed a small paper from my bag and wrote, They are leeches. I hope you are not?601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYu5VHI4U9
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I placed it on his table without folding it through the small gap between us, and then I turned my attention to Ms Jeanne, who was starting the first lesson of English.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NxU2NB8Bf
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It wasn't long when I felt a slight wind nudged my elbow that was resting on the desk. He had given the paper back to me.
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Below my handwriting, he wrote, I could ask the same about you. Underneath it, Certainly, I'm not.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdwT6mt1Fq
I glanced at him, only to see him still looking out the window, savoring the view of the bright sky overhead while birds went dancing around. I smiled nonetheless.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡersGpoG6Xq
No, I'm not.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmZagVT5f6
I wasn't sure if he was the magical being I thought he was, but it didn't seem to hurt to be friends with him since he looked to have no friends.
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So this was where I started my real adventure.
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