"When will you realize you're wrong!?"
"Shut up!Just shut up!"

I put it my earplugs and put the volume almost at full,drowning out the sound of my parents fighting.

"Some nights I stay out cashing in my back luck"My music blared
"Some nights I'd call it a draw
Some nights I wish that my lips could build a castle
Some nights I wish they'd fall off" I could tell that my parents were still fighting.

"But I still wake uppp
I still see your ghost
Oh lord
I'm still not sure what I stand for
Ohhhhh
What do I stand for
What do I stand for
Most nights
I don't know
Any moooorrreee"

I felt like going to Rory's place.School was out,something about students missing.Rory was my best friend,and my neighbor,lucky me.

"So this is it
I paid my soul for this
Washed my hands in that for this
I miss my mum and dad for this"

I turned off the music and the yelling of my parents returned to my ears.I winced.I walked past them over to the front door.

"Going to Rory's!"I yelled.

Of course,nobody answered.I almost kicked the front door open.You know,police style.Instead I forced myself to just open the door slowly.

The neighborhood was quiet.Almost too quiet.I turned left and walked on the path,stuffing my Ipod into my pocket.I could almost hear my parents from here.

Actually,I could hear my parents.

I knocked on Rory's door and was greeted by his mum,Annabeth.

"Hello,Aza."She smiled,her brown eyes sweet and calm."Parents fighting again?"

"Aren't they always?"I shrugged."Is Rory in?"

I knew he would be.

"Of course."Annabeth nodded."Come in.David is out."

David was Rory's dad.I didn't know where he was,but I didn't really care.I walked in and smiled at Annabeth,my 'thank you' smile that she knew,and went into the living room,where Rory was.

"Hey,Aza!"He greeted,jumping up from the couch.

"Rory."My voice didn't sound as happy as I wanted it to.

"Aza,look at this!"Rory walked over to a table and grabbed a newspaper."I finally found out why school closed."

"Because kids are disappearing.Everyone knows."I said.

"Those kids disappeared on weekends."Rory handed me a page of the newspaper."These kids went on a school night."

I raised my eyebrows at him and looked at the page he gave me.

The title beamed the obvious,More Kids Missing.

It went on to say that four kids went missing on a school night.I recognised two,Jesse Blackwood and Tessa Burns.I had always found it funny that a kid at school had the same name of a great videogame character.

"All girls."I noted.

"I'm pretty sure that Willow Stak and Lex Fitzgerald don't go to our school."Rory said.

I gave him back the newspaper and took time studying his clothes.

"Wow,Rory,you look like male Jesse from Minecraft Story Mode,but with lighter hair and silver eyes."It was true,and my voice gave away my surprise.

I was kinda jealous that he looked like a character from that game.

"If we gave you a bandanna you'd look like Petra,but with brown hair,different clothes and blue eyes with flecks of hazel."Rory mocked my tone.

"That's descriptive."I said.

"It's my thing."Rory winked at me.

"No it's not!"I gave him a playful shove.

There was an awkward silence.Rory scratched the back of his neck.I whistled something.

"Oh yeah!"Rory seemed to remember something."You left your scarf in the forest!"

It wasn't actually a forest.It was more like a bunch of trees in Rory's big backyard.And my scarf wasn't really a scarf.It was more like a...scarf thing that cowboys/girls wore around their necks.It was hard to explain.

"That's where it is.I was thinking of getting a bandanna.Like Petra's,but green."I shrugged.I liked shrugging for no good reason.It was a trait.

"Are you serious?"Rory eyed me,

"Yes."I headed for his back door."Is your mum okay with us going?"

"She always is."Rory gave me a goofy smile.

I smiled as well and he bounded past me to open the door.They had a gigantic backyard,as I said before.Rory gave me another goofy grin and starting bounding like a deer towards the trees.

"Roses are white!Nightlock is blue!It's called Catching Fire,not the Hunger Games 2!"Rory shouted randomly.

"Roses are red!Violets are blue!I like Minecraft Story mode,and I hope you do too!"I shouted back.

We liked shouting random things.I followed Rory by loping.For those who don't know what loping is,it's in between a run and a jog.The feet go directly in front of eachother.Wolves did it.

"So,where is it?"I asked once we got in the trees.

"Somewhere!"Rory gave me yet another goofy grin.

I heard Annabeth shout."Don't go too far!"

She was probably worried about us dissappearing.She was more of a mum than my mum was.
I loped after Rory, but he was going really fast.He soon vanished from sight.

"Rory?"I called.

A low humming filled my ears.Not a bee type but...humming.Light grew.Was that the sun coming over,or were my eyes failing me?I turned right and be knees grew numb.Panic.Panic.The light turned white.

And then

I was

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