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08:53 pm December 3rd, 2010
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Characters: Ella and OPEN
Setting: Friday after classes
Content: SFW
Summary: Ella saw something creepy at Halloween and has finally ventured out of her room besides going to lessons.


Halloween had been a pretty long time ago now, but Ella's life had been on hold since that night. But not anymore, because she was finally venturing out after class hours. Outside. She'd made a decision that today was the last day of being scared, there was only so many times she could pretend to be sick for cheer practice, time to stop being a wuss. I mean, so what if she saw a cloak floating in the woods, and so what if it had a lot of sharp teeth and so what if some students had gone missing by the woods on that night? It could all still be a prank. Pranks were always played on Halloween. She had been telling herself that more days now, but it didn't explain the uneasy feeling she still had, or the fact that she was carrying a large, heavy book from the library as she settled onto a patch of grass.

The book was one on magical creatures, which she'd been pouring over, trying to find anything that would resemble what she had seen. Nothing had jumped out at her yet, but she still combed over each page obsessively, fiddling with her necklace . At a noise behind her she jumped, cringing away from it before spinning round with her wand drawn to see who (or what) was there.

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meandmyuke From: [info]meandmyuke Date: December 3rd, 2010 11:20 pm (UTC) (Link)
Apple had been trying not to freak out, he of course thought it was just a trick of the eyes, the mind, something... he remembered he had smoked quite a bit that night, perhaps it had caught up to him. Halloween was just a weird time so he just pushed the thought to the back of his head. At night he would wake up with s start though and look to the corner of his room, expecting to see the dead horse creature who had acknowledged him in the woods on Halloween. Apple figured he was just stressing, he needed to unwind and take a break from life. When the weekend came, he skipped his Friday classes to take a hike and do some yoga in the woods.

Returning from the woods with a handful of gummy bears he stumbled upon Ella. A twig cracked beneath his foot and she turned on him with her wand at the ready. He only extended his hand, open palm with a his gummy bears and grinned. "Want some?" he asked without flinching.
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smella From: [info]smella Date: December 3rd, 2010 11:27 pm (UTC) (Link)
Ella's eyes unnarrowed, it was just Apple. Her heartbeat was racing and she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Always" she managed to say, grabbing one and squeezing it between her fingers before biting the head off. It was a little bit darker out than when she firstsat down, and she patted the grass next to her, glad of some company.

"Skipped classes today, did we?" She questioned, noting his clothes and slightly dishevelled look.
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meandmyuke From: [info]meandmyuke Date: December 3rd, 2010 11:34 pm (UTC) (Link)
He laughed with a goofy smirk. "Yeah, went for a hike, did some yoga in the woods," he ran his free hand through his hair and popped a gummy bear in his mouth. "A little jumpy today?" he countered, settling down in the grass. "You okay?"
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smella From: [info]smella Date: December 3rd, 2010 11:38 pm (UTC) (Link)
Ella nodded, seemed like the usual Apple activities. At least something was still normal. At his next question she realised she was still brandishing her wand and flushed slightly. She lowered it, but kept a good grip on it.

"Not just today." She said cryptically, managing a little smile. "Have you ever noticed that it's kinda creepy round here? Like, shadows and stuff. There's more shadows than I thought."
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meandmyuke From: [info]meandmyuke Date: December 3rd, 2010 11:45 pm (UTC) (Link)
"Yeah, it's definitely creepy around here," he said in agreement. "Man, some of the shit I've seen around here..." he shook his head. "I don't know, it might just be the weed," he laughed a little.

"Did you see something that freaked you out?" he asked curiously before taking a sip from his bottle.
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smella From: [info]smella Date: December 3rd, 2010 11:57 pm (UTC) (Link)
Ella's ears pricked up at Apple's "shit" he'd seen. She looked at him strangely and popped the rest of the decapitated gummy bear in her mouth.

"Maybe. But, I think it was just a prank. It was Halloween." Ella was pretty sure she could trust Apple about anything private. "Just, with those students going missing..." She trailed off and bit her lip, already irritated from worrying it too much.
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meandmyuke From: [info]meandmyuke Date: December 4th, 2010 12:17 am (UTC) (Link)
"Whoa whoa whoa. You saw some shit at Halloween?" he asked. "Was it like a dead horse thing with wings that kinda looked like... uh... bigfoot?" he grinned trying to ease the awkwardness of the question he had just asked.

That thing looked like it could eat students... but it had only nodded at him and walked away. No... it did not nod because it wasn't real. Someone had to be fucking with them. "Nah, nah, you're right, someone is just fuckin' with us. Like the whole Headless horseman thing."
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smella From: [info]smella Date: December 4th, 2010 12:26 am (UTC) (Link)
"What?" Ella's brow furrowed in confusion. Had Apple seen something or was he just trying to make her feel better? "I don't know, it was so dark. I saw a clock, and it was just hanging there in mid air" which wasn't exactly out of the ordinary here. "But it had teeth and I think it smiled at me."

Ella blushed, feeling a little embarrassed, one side of her mouth turning up into a smile. "Right? It's just Halloween pranks." Even though those kids disappeared near the woods? Where you saw it? Her brain still naggedand she rubbed a knuckle into her temple. "Well, it's not funny anyway."
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meandmyuke From: [info]meandmyuke Date: December 4th, 2010 12:36 am (UTC) (Link)
"Really? You saw a cloak with teeth?" he rubbed the back of his head. Maybe someone wasn't fucking with them. "That's weird that we both saw somethin' different though..." he shook his head. "Somethin' that doesn't even have a name."

"You're right, it's not a very funny prank. It's kinda scary. I hope those missing kids aren't connected to what we saw in any way." He shuddered to think of someone else running across that huge horse-bigfoot thing.
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smella From: [info]smella Date: December 4th, 2010 01:15 am (UTC) (Link)
"Well, I've been looking..." Ella tilted the book over to Apple, shrugging. "But I can't find anything. What could they have been? Like, if they were real. Vampires?" Ella's eyes grew wide.

"What if other people have seen stuff too?"
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meandmyuke From: [info]meandmyuke Date: December 4th, 2010 01:44 am (UTC) (Link)
Apple took a closer look at the book, things were becoming creepily real. He flipped through a few pages of the book. "I don't know, oh wait... you said a cloak right? What... what is that thing called... it's like a shroud something..." he flipped through the book.
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smella From: [info]smella Date: December 4th, 2010 10:04 pm (UTC) (Link)
"I...I don't know" Ella said, defeated. She definitely didn't know enough about magical creatures yet to try and identify anything. "Go to the section on horses, that's what you saw, right? Do you think it was maybe a thestral?" But that would mean Apple would have had to have seen someone die...
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meandmyuke From: [info]meandmyuke Date: December 5th, 2010 12:29 am (UTC) (Link)
Apple flipped through the book to the thestral. The creature looking back at him was not exactly what he had seen but an eerie feeling of familiarity crept up his spine. "It sort of looked like that but different," Apple ran his hand through his hair as he read the description. "But I've never seen someone die."
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smella From: [info]smella Date: December 5th, 2010 12:34 am (UTC) (Link)
"What if it was like, a hybrid. Like, you know how zebras and donkeys have sex and they make a zonkey?" Ella realised how ridiculous that sounded and giggled. It was good to laugh again. "Or not."
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meandmyuke From: [info]meandmyuke Date: December 5th, 2010 12:49 am (UTC) (Link)
Apple laughed. "A zonkey? I've never heard of that," he grinned. "It's not crazy though right? I mean... do you think?" He was almost tempted to draw some hairy paws on the picture and show her. "It's... possible right?"
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smella From: [info]smella Date: December 5th, 2010 08:18 pm (UTC) (Link)
"I guess but..why did we see different things? What are the chances? It's all gotta be linked, right? That's just like, logic."

Rather than feeling imminent danger at the thought of something else creeping around campus, Ella was strangely comforted by the fact that someone else was aware like she was.
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meandmyuke From: [info]meandmyuke Date: December 5th, 2010 10:00 pm (UTC) (Link)
"I don't know," he shrugged. "Do you think there are more out there? Like maybe other people saw stuff too they just never said anything about it?"

He was confused and trying to think of all the possibilities. Perhaps they had discovered new monsters, the thought was terrifying and exciting all at the same time. "Maybe we should talk to Professor Baer," he suggested.
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smella From: [info]smella Date: December 6th, 2010 01:18 am (UTC) (Link)
"Yeah! What if everyone has seen something?" Ella said, growing excited. She bounced a little when Apple suggested a teacher, I mean, he was kind of an expert.

"But, wont we get in trouble for not saying anything sooner?"
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meandmyuke From: [info]meandmyuke Date: December 6th, 2010 01:34 am (UTC) (Link)
"Well we can just tell them the truth... er... well you can tell them the truth and I can kinda tell them the truth, I don't want to get kicked out of school," he laughed. "You were just freaked out and I thought my mind was playing tricks on me. I don't think we'll get in too much trouble."
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smella From: [info]smella Date: December 6th, 2010 11:31 am (UTC) (Link)
"Okay, let's do it" Ella decided, shutting the book and nodding. "I sure hope those students are okay" she added, staring wide-eyed at Apple for some reassurance.
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meandmyuke From: [info]meandmyuke Date: December 7th, 2010 02:55 am (UTC) (Link)
Apple nodded once and reached over, he took Ella's hand in a gesture of comfort and smiled. "They'll be okay, and it's definitely better that we tell someone. Better late than never, right?" he grinned.
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smella From: [info]smella Date: December 8th, 2010 12:39 am (UTC) (Link)
Ella squeezed his hand, realising how cold hers was in comparison. "Right. The end of this week, if the students haven't turned up we're going straight to the teachers."

Sighing, Ella grabbed Apple into a fierce bear hug. "You're the best. Thanks for not turning me in to the mental hospitals!"
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meandmyuke From: [info]meandmyuke Date: December 8th, 2010 12:44 am (UTC) (Link)
"Straight away," he agreed with a firm nod. He was a little taken back by her hug but he loved a good hug and squeezed back.

"You're welcome, thanks for making me feel less crazy too," he added with a grin.
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