"Mm... I dunno." A sure-sounding voice answered. The girl was down on one knee, the other one pulled up to her chest, her chin resting on top. Her short curly brown hair was pulled up into a high ponytail, her eyes a bright brown-almost yellow-color that fixated on the girl in front of her. Alex focused on the girl's pale yellow dress, her face, then to the hands working on pulling the petals off one by one. "I guess it can exist."
"It does exist." The petal puller replied softly, her hazel eyes darting up to meet Alex, then back down on the daisy. "How could it not?" She pulled the last petal off and stared at it in her small, soft hand.
"You believe in magic?" Alex asked, a blank expression on her freckled face. A light breeze was blowing around them, it felt cool on their exposed skin.
"Yes." Straight hair smiled and let the breeze take the petal from her opening finger tips. They both watched as the petal did flips and twirls in the breeze. Then the girl reached for Alex's hand and gripped tightly. "Alex!" She gasped, her chest rising like it was hard to breath.
"Estelle?" Alex voice rose and cracked. Worry filled her eyes as her other hand reached out to grab Estelle shoulder.
"Pr-promise me-" Estelle inhaled sharply, and didn't breath out. "That you'll always be with me..." Alex's mouth hung agape.
"A, o-o-" Alex's voice cut out and her eyes widen. Estelle was breaking up into millions of little pieces and disappearing into thin air as with the world around them.
Alex's mouth moved as she screamed, but no words came out, and all sound in the world stopped as Estelle's pained face dissolved. Her shoulder disappeared and Alex was left groping the air, trying to hold onto her friend. Alex watched in horror as the last bit of Estelle, the hand she had been gripping to, left as well.
Then the darkness came in and took control.
...
Today is the day Estelle moves back. I can't wait. She thought softly to herself.
Alex opened her eyes to her bedroom with the same golden eyes from the dream. Sleeping on top of her blankets, in a bunk like bed, longer and lifted higher to compensate for her tall frame. Her curly hair was everywhere, and around shoulder length. It was a deep chocolate brown with natural and highlighted blond streaks. A light coating of freckles adorned her sun-tanned face, shoulders and arms. She wore a blank maroon t-shirt and black mesh shorts with a thick white seam. Her lips had a touch of pink, they moved slightly as she groaned from the bright light pouring into her room from the single uncovered window. The same gentle breeze was blowing through her window, the tangy smell of salt with it.
Alex laid the back of her right wrist on her forehead and her left hand gripped the sheets as her toes curled and then she did a big stretch. She let out the breath of air she had been holding and her muscles relaxed.
Estelle... Alex thought and she turned her head to the left and looked out at her room, everything neatly placed with the exception of a few books on the floor, and the slew of clothes that littered the room like trash at a garbage dump. Her right hand dragged down to the metal necklace she wore and her heart skipped a beat.
Shes here. In the city. Today.
With that information running through her head, she woke right up. She sat up and slipped her legs over the bed. She looked at the window, and slowly stood up. Being careful where she stepped, she made her way to the window while her heart started beating out of control.
She looked over the place where she had lived her entire life, Telluric City. A huge metropolis sitting on the ocean with a river dividing it into two, it was a highly advanced city that had gorgeous architecture in the financial, shopping, and government districts. A few run down parts just like with any city, yet a mostly beautiful place.
She gazed off to the farthest part of Telluric, the district she would be visiting shortly.
Airy Terrance.
