Evangeline
“Eva! Your alarm is ringing!”, my mom’s voice shouted from downstairs. I dragged my exhausted body out of bed, after washing up I got dressed in jeans and red blouse pulling my amulet out, I had it since I was small. It was a carving shape of a wolf with a red emerald in its mouth. When I asked my mom where I got it from she never told me, all she said was that it belonged to me and to never take it off. Putting on black my leather jacket , I rushed over putting on my knee high boots on the way.
Read Full ChapterMy parents were eating breakfast on the kitchen table , and I kissed them both on their cheeks. “Hello!” I picked up a club sandwich and rushed to the door, “Wait up Eva , did you see the meat by any chance? I left it in the fridge but now it’s not there.” Guilt pooled in me , I knew I had to avoid it right now otherwise I’ll get even more late for school. I hesitated for a moment then shook my head , “nope ” , before they could ask anything else I got out. I was going to be late , I usually walked to school but today I was going to be very late if I did the same. Without thinking I pulled up my silver blonde hair into a ponytail and started to run, I felt like I was flying. The trees blurred around me , and soon I came to the edge of the forest where the school was visible. Was something wrong with me? How did I come to school so fast? I checked my iPhone, only a few minutes have passed. How was that even possible? I shook my head, I am starting to get delusional. Suddenly the bell rang, “crap!” I cursed under my breath and ran to my class room, just in time.
“Hey!” Shelly Carter, one of my best friends, was waiting for me, “I kept you a seat,” she smiled. Shelly had golden blonde hair unlike mine and green eyes. They were almost always shining with excitement. “Look at these pics I got!” she whispered excitedly. Shelly had an obsession with wolves , according to what she told me when she was small there had been wolf attacks in her house and she had been alone. But when she told the adults and police around her after it , no one believed her. They thought it was probably some wild dog and that she was being delirious. From that day onwards she had devoted herself to searching about wolves, I used to think she was delirious even though I helped with her research and supported her opinions. But after my encounter yesterday , I was starting to doubt if after all she was right? I took a look at the photographs she got , that’s when I noticed that there was a picture of a very familiar black wolf, my breath hitched, “Shells, where did you get this?” she smiled, she obviously thought I liked it and shared her enthusiasm, but I was worried this was a photo of my wolf, the one who visited me last night. I trusted my friend but she didn’t know that there was something special about him. She might hurt him if she realises that and the thought of him hurt made something in me boil.
“Well , I hid some camera’s near the forest close to your home the last time I came over. I hope you didn’t mind?” she looked genuinely worried, I knew that I was her best friend and in addition to each other neither of us had any girl friends so I decided to go easy on her. “ It’s okay,” I decided not to tell her about my special encounter. My beautiful black wolf is going to be my secret and I will find a way to keep him a secret. We both went back to listening to our teacher Mr. Carter and the conversation ended. That’s when I got a familiar smell, it was a good smell. Like pine , it honestly smelled like home making me all relaxed and safe, where did it come from? I did not know. But one thing for sure is that no one else seemed to notice it, but to me it was almost as if I could see a gold pathway made by the person who owned this scent . Was there a possibility I was getting delusional or something?
The bell rang interrupting the lecture our teacher was giving, “alright class, remember to do your homework.” Everyone rushed out of the classroom, pushing each other trying to get out of the class room first. I sighed coming out of the trance I had been in with the scent, and waited behind the class with Shelly till the crowd passed. “Did you hear the rumour going around today?” she asked. I just raised an eyebrow in reply, I did not make a habit of listening to the gossip going around, it usually was a lame rumour the popular kids want the others to hear. “Well apparently there is a new student in our school and he is supposed to be hot , maybe we might have some classes together.” she swooned , blushing red while we walked out of class. It was funny , my best friend usually did not pay attention to anything other than her studies and research. But if there was a person that caught her studious eye too , then he must be pretty great looking.
We stopped our lockers, “hello ladies!” Benton, my other best friend, waited for them. Benton was in the basketball team, and was a quite popular guy with blue eyes and blonde hair with a huge muscle body. We have been friends since we were small, because our parents knew each other, “hi!” I smiled. “Did you guys hear about the new guy too?” he questioned, looking irritated. “Everyone’s talking about him, it’s kind of irritating.” “someone is jealous”, I sang, earning a tiny tap in the back of my head . Chuckling we went to our next class.
But I did not see anyone new in our school in the next two periods. Finally lunch came , I was so excited and I did not know why. I made my way across the corridor to the lunch room to meet my friends. They were seated at our usual table, so I hurried off towards them. “Hey, got you some lunch.” They got me a tray full of veggies , “apparently it’s vegetarian at the cafe today.” Shelly smiled, “so any news about the “new kid?” I asked knowing she was waiting to give me a full report on whatever she has found out about this new student. She was about to open her mouth when someone cleared her throat behind me. I looked back to meet the stern gaze of our biology teacher. “Mr. James?” I asked , the elderly man looked at me for a minute, “Miss Parker , will you tutor the new student , he has missed a lot of work and science? You managed to finish yours before the due date , can you help him?” I nodded , “sure , I will help.” Ignoring my surprised friends’ gawking expressions. “He’ll be at the library. ” he nodded and left towards the teachers lounge. “Well I guess we are meeting the new student after all.” I looked at my friends , Shelly looked like she was about to burst in happiness and Ben looked pissed off. Boy’s can be so weird sometimes, even worse than girls.
Our next period was independent study, so we made our way towards the library. The library was one of the best places in our school. I loved spending time here, it included a colossal range of books , it smelled fresh print and air conditioning. I sank down in one of the circular cushion rings along with my friends and took our books out. “I requested a book about habitat patterns of a wolf, can you please get it for me?”, Shelly whispered. Ben who was apparently eavesdropping in our conversation scoffed, he thought that Shelly was delusional. An often muttered about how staying with her affected his social life however he did not budge from our group. I nodded to Shelly as I made my way towards the request section looking out for a new face checking who would be my new tutor student. So far the library was empty , I sighed . Maybe he skipped independent study? I was wondering as I ran my fingers through the request books looking for Shelly’s name when I bumped into someone’s back. A familiar yet unfamiliar pine smell surrounded me as a strong pair of muscular arms wrapped around my waist preventing me from getting knocked over. Suddenly I was hyper aware of our surroundings.