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The Girl Who Could See - Chapter 1: Visions Begin

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"Jess! Come on, we have to get going. Now." The girl, Tessie, grabbed her friend Jessica by the wrist as the bell for class to start was about to ring. They sprinted, no, practically flew to their 3rd period class--Social Studies. Jess liked this class; all you had to do was answer one question at the beginning of class and then you could zone out. If you already knew the material, which she certainly did. As she answered Ms. Anneray's question about where the Urals Mountains were, Jess found her vision drawn to some butterflies outside. Sitting in the back left corner of the classroom, where a storabe cabinet full of craft supplies sat for all the projects they do, she got a great view of the outside lawn of her high school. It may as well have been a prison for her--it was boring enough.

As Jess stared at the butterflies, she started hallucinating. That seemed to be the only explanation for the sight in front of her eyes. She saw a transparent, ghost-looking image shimmer over the view of the butterflies. It was two small, winged creatures. One was fainting, and the other was diving straight down towards it. They both looked female.

"Jess? Jessica?" Her gaze snapped over to her teacher, boring into her. "Did you hear me, Jessica, or were you too busy daydreaming?" Jessica glanced down.

"I apologise, ma'am. I didn't mean to zone out." And that was that.

Jess spent the rest of the day pondering over what this could mean. She was so entranced in her thoughts that she actually bumped into someone at lunch. A guy, and when she focused on his face, she found it to be the most popular guy in school. He winked at her, and she blushed. She was nowhere near as 'hot' as some of the other girls with her short black hair, ballet flats, and loose clothing. Jess didn't wear baggy clothes or anything, but they were flowy enough that they weren't exactly aesthetically appealing to teenage boys. She walked back to her table where Tessie sat, a journal in one hand and her packed lunch in the other. Tessie noticed her best friend's concentrated expression and furrowed her eyebrows.

"What's up?" she asked, completely nonchalant. "You never look that concentrated unless you're trying to solve a college-level math problem or something." She laughed at the punch Jessica threw at her arm. "Seriously though, what's got you all tied up? I mean, you walked into the hottest guy in school and you just shrugged it off." Jessica rolled her eyes, and Tessie knew she'd brought Jess back to Earth.

"I just had a weird hallucination during Social Studies."

"Spill it." Tessie was always eager to hear of strange happenings, no matter how weird or stupid they sounded. She was a gullible sucker for weird stuff if there ever was one.

"I saw a couple of Faeries. Where there were butterflies, as if it were some transparent image being laid on top of another one." She wasn't surprised when Tessie cocked an eyebrow.

"Are you sure you're feeling okay? You weren't up reading all night were you?"

"Positive, Tess."

"All right Jess, as long as you know that you sound completely bonkers. Even for you."

"As long as you let me have that brownie of yours I won't punch you again." They exchanged a smile, finished lunch, and headed off to their last few classes. The day couldn't have slugged on slower for Jess.

As soon as she got home, she headed up to her computer and checked her favourite mythological websites for Faeries. All of them showed little signs of the thing she'd searched for the most--Faeries appearing as mirages one moment, then nonexistent the next. Jess heaved a breath, let it out slowly, and yawned. Today had been another boring day, with an anticlimactic twist of weirdness thrown in. She decided to take a nap and collapsed on her soft bed, not even bothering to take her shoes off.
So this is chapter one of the little story I'm writing :) I hope you guys lie kit! If there's anything you think I should change please let me know, and if you have any character ideas that would be fabulous :)

Kthnxbai :iconbyeplz:

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Celtyfoof's avatar
This is so awesome! I also absolutely LOVE that you spelled it "faeries". :D That's the British spelling I think but it's my favorite way of spelling it. X3 I also love the interactions between Jess and Tessie. :D I love everything about it. X3