Chap 1
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The other side
"Susanne! Chad! Time for dinner!" A familiar figure appeared at the doorstep of the main residence called out. It was Mr. Roger, of course, who came out to call the girls in. He only found Sue, who was still standing in the garden, her intense forcus still on the book.
"Oh, Sue! There you are! Have you seen Chad?" Sue shook her head, her eyes barely leaving the book.
"Don't tell me that she left the house again!? Oh great, she'll just have to eat the leftovers again. Come on, Ms. Alise, you surely wouldn't want to freeze here, starving with a book?"
The dining room was simply majestic. The lights were candles that were being stuck on candle holders. Although the light was not very bright, it ensured that none of the diners accidentally stuck their forks into their nose. Sue ate her food silently, her head lowered to a position in which no one could figure out whether she was sleeping or eating. Mr. Roger talked to Mrs. Alise about his sight-seeing 'business trips' while Sue gave them a bored-to-death-but-faking-interest look.
'Well, no wonder that Cad ran off, she'a really lucky..." Sue's eyes suddenely widened at this thought.
"Excuse me, Mr. Roger, but does Cad always ran away at dinner-time?" Sue blurted out.
Mr. Roger looked at her for a long time.
"She only took up this habit in the beginning of the year. Does it bother you that much?" He sighed, waiting for Sue to reply. Sue seemed to be dazed for a moment, sitting at place, frozen.
"Sue...?" Mrs. Alise looked worried, trying to distract Sue. Sue looked up with rather thoughtful eyes and sighed. Without acknowledging anyone, she left the table. Mrs. Alise wanted to say something, but she stopped when Mr. Roger sighed.
"Maybe I was thinking too much," Sue thought to herself. Are you so sure? A voice echoed in her mind.
'What!' Sue screamed, chilled to her bones. Her eyes moved around nervously.
What are you so frightened about? You know that you can't escape. Soon you will be on our side, along with that one. Rejoice. The voice faded away slowly, but Sue's nervousness only got worse. Beads of sweat rolled down her cheeks and soon she was shivering.
"What are you doing here? Don't tell me that you want the leftovers, too?" Another voice disturbed Sue's thoughts. Sue's head jerked towards the voice, only making her regret it. Cad was looking at her with a pair of marble-cold eyes.
There was only silence for the rest 10 minutes. Cad's eyes only narrowed when she noticed how pale Sue's face had turned to. Cad's eyes suddenly turned soft. She turned away, walking back to the residence with casual steps.
"Where were you just now!?" Sue yelled behind her. Cad never stopped, "At least have the courtesy to say what were you doing there? Very suspicious." Sue's lips tightened when she heard that. How could she reply? There was absoultely no way.
The Alise family went to take their belongings right after Cad returned. Cad was 'enjoying' her leftovers and did not bother to see the Alise family take their leave.
"Cad, why were you so cold to Sue? Is there something wrong?" Mr. Roger asked Cad soon after Alise family's departure. Cad only glanced at her father, not replying as her mouth was full of salad.
"Mfth...I don't really like ver... she vot a funny scent..." Cad replied, still chewing on her salad.
"Scent? When did my daughter started sniffing things out like that? You mean that you just don't get along well with her, right?" Mr. Roger sighed.
"You can say that again." Cad left the table. Her father stared at her plate and shook his head when he noticed that Cad only took a bite of the salad. Dinner, huh? Only one mouth of cold salad. That doesn't look like a diet at all, more like, no appetite to eat after a meeting with Ms. Alise. It was definitely a bad starting.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Paranormal [Extra] introduction
Paranormal
1#Discovery#
Written by: Jade Blue
Introduction
"Welcome," A soothing voice echohed through the large waiting hall of the castle-like house. The voice came from a middle-aged man, with him stood a proud-looking teenager who had her eyes fixed on the smaller girl just in front of her. She narrowed her eyes at the other girl as she scanned her from head to toe.
The middle-aged man noticed his daughter's coldness towards their guest, but simply continued to speak words of welcome to a delicate lady who was obviously the other girl's mother.
"Cad, would you mind taking our little guest here around the house? She would be keeping you company for a while and please allow myself and this wonderful lady to moam about."
Cad moaned deep in her heart but only nodded slightly and reluctantly towards her dad. She shuffled her feet as she guestured the smaller girl to follow her. The other girl looked hesitating at her mother for a while and took leave after her mother gave her a smile. The two pairs separated as each pair took their different paths, slowing increasing the difference between them.
"So, what's your name? You seem timid to me but i can't eat you." Cad tried to use her most ignorant voice to show the other girl who's boss, but in her heart, she is fumbling to find a way to start her words right. The girl gave her a side-way glance and replied, "Sue. Now's what's that funny tone you are using?" Cad looked at her silently, trying to read her thoughts.
"That's what i do when juniors behave as if they are boss." Cad uttered to Sue. Sue noticed the extreme change in Cad's attitude towards her, but chose not to speak about it. As Cad led Sue through every corner of the house, their silent battle was the only thing that connected them.
Cad's house was larger than anyone could imagine. But it was also understandable as Cad's father, Mr. Roger, was the well-known millionare in this region. Cad's mom had passed away in an accident which broke Mr. Roger's heart. Cad was still very young at that time, thus she did not really miss her mother. Now, to mend his broken heart, Mr. Roger's latest flame is a divorcee, Mrs Alise, Sue's mother.
Sue's mother was Mr. Roger's assistant, and that was how both of them met. Now, both of them are getting married, that's why Mrs. Alise is moving to Roger's residence.
Cad and Sue walked for two whole hours around the house, including the gym, the swimming pool, and the library. Sue hardly moved on when she saw the huge number of books placed on shelves, while Cad scanned the comics' section for any new books. In the end, Cad had to drag Sue out from the library, who was still engrossed in a history book. The garden was the furthest place that Cad could toll Sue to; she simply froze like a stone stuck to the ground. The book was the only thing differing her for a live statue. It was thus the ending to Sue's tour in the house, as she was so obviously touring another place in the book already.
"For heaven's sake, that little bookworm's going tear down the library sooner or later. I hope she's not going to tear the whole house down." Cad sat on a stump tree watching Sue and thought. In her thoughts, Cad accidentally broke a twig when she laid her hand on its surface.
"Oops! Sorry! I'm so sorry!" Cad apologized to the poor tree, making such a din over it.
Sue looked away from the book, staring at Cad from the corner of her eyes.
'For heaven's sake, that crazy girl's going to break more branches if she continue to wriggle like that. What a jerk.' Sue thought to herself. Cad had already noticed Sue's distracted attention towards herself and stepped off from the stump tree. She strolled towards the main gate of Roger's residence, preparing to leave Sue alone. Sue's attention had then returned to the book, as Cad walked out from the residence. She did not even turn her head to look at Sue; merely disappearing into the fading light of the street.
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1#Discovery#
Written by: Jade Blue
Introduction
"Welcome," A soothing voice echohed through the large waiting hall of the castle-like house. The voice came from a middle-aged man, with him stood a proud-looking teenager who had her eyes fixed on the smaller girl just in front of her. She narrowed her eyes at the other girl as she scanned her from head to toe.
The middle-aged man noticed his daughter's coldness towards their guest, but simply continued to speak words of welcome to a delicate lady who was obviously the other girl's mother.
"Cad, would you mind taking our little guest here around the house? She would be keeping you company for a while and please allow myself and this wonderful lady to moam about."
Cad moaned deep in her heart but only nodded slightly and reluctantly towards her dad. She shuffled her feet as she guestured the smaller girl to follow her. The other girl looked hesitating at her mother for a while and took leave after her mother gave her a smile. The two pairs separated as each pair took their different paths, slowing increasing the difference between them.
"So, what's your name? You seem timid to me but i can't eat you." Cad tried to use her most ignorant voice to show the other girl who's boss, but in her heart, she is fumbling to find a way to start her words right. The girl gave her a side-way glance and replied, "Sue. Now's what's that funny tone you are using?" Cad looked at her silently, trying to read her thoughts.
"That's what i do when juniors behave as if they are boss." Cad uttered to Sue. Sue noticed the extreme change in Cad's attitude towards her, but chose not to speak about it. As Cad led Sue through every corner of the house, their silent battle was the only thing that connected them.
Cad's house was larger than anyone could imagine. But it was also understandable as Cad's father, Mr. Roger, was the well-known millionare in this region. Cad's mom had passed away in an accident which broke Mr. Roger's heart. Cad was still very young at that time, thus she did not really miss her mother. Now, to mend his broken heart, Mr. Roger's latest flame is a divorcee, Mrs Alise, Sue's mother.
Sue's mother was Mr. Roger's assistant, and that was how both of them met. Now, both of them are getting married, that's why Mrs. Alise is moving to Roger's residence.
Cad and Sue walked for two whole hours around the house, including the gym, the swimming pool, and the library. Sue hardly moved on when she saw the huge number of books placed on shelves, while Cad scanned the comics' section for any new books. In the end, Cad had to drag Sue out from the library, who was still engrossed in a history book. The garden was the furthest place that Cad could toll Sue to; she simply froze like a stone stuck to the ground. The book was the only thing differing her for a live statue. It was thus the ending to Sue's tour in the house, as she was so obviously touring another place in the book already.
"For heaven's sake, that little bookworm's going tear down the library sooner or later. I hope she's not going to tear the whole house down." Cad sat on a stump tree watching Sue and thought. In her thoughts, Cad accidentally broke a twig when she laid her hand on its surface.
"Oops! Sorry! I'm so sorry!" Cad apologized to the poor tree, making such a din over it.
Sue looked away from the book, staring at Cad from the corner of her eyes.
'For heaven's sake, that crazy girl's going to break more branches if she continue to wriggle like that. What a jerk.' Sue thought to herself. Cad had already noticed Sue's distracted attention towards herself and stepped off from the stump tree. She strolled towards the main gate of Roger's residence, preparing to leave Sue alone. Sue's attention had then returned to the book, as Cad walked out from the residence. She did not even turn her head to look at Sue; merely disappearing into the fading light of the street.
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