Wishes Part One (Updated)

She looked up at him. “You mean it?”

“Of course! I'm always here for you!” Alex helped her up off the cold stone floor of the abandoned castle.

“What was that thing anyway?” Sarah wondered aloud. Alex didn't know the answer so decided to not speak even after thinking twice. “You don't know do you?” She assumed when she didn't receive a response immediately from the 17 year old boy next to her. Alex sighed and knew if he didn't reply to her she'd just keep talking so he changed his mind and spoke to her,

“no I don't know what that thing was or why it attacked you and me. We did nothing to the creature,” he admitted when Sarah had finished her short two part rant she had began to engage in when there was no update from Alex. He sighed once again. Shes a talkative one, try to survive the last few days you have! His mind often reminded him of this small little fact, she was very chatty, this almost never bothered him. It was when she just couldn't shut up that annoyed him. And no one blamed him in fact a lot of people asked him how he put up with her constant chatter. Some people he punched in the face for such rude comments, some he nodded to and occasionally he would speak to the curious people who asked him how he became so patient and understanding. He always thought of Sarah and how he would feel if her feelings were hurt, it made him shiver. He hatted causing pain. The creature wasn't off his mind even when he had left the ruin with Sarah and it was still bothering her as well, not as much though. Not enough for her to not notice the far away look in Alex's eyes and make him snap out of it,

“Cut it out Alex! You always do that!” She exclaimed shaking his shoulder, aggravated at him for repeating this old habit of his. But it took a hard bitch slap from Sarah's cold hand to get him back to reality.

“Ow! What was that for!?” Sarah didn't answer. Instead of stopping she continued, hands behind her back moving forward, and leaving her companion behind. This was another thing Sarah did that Alex dreaded, her way of picking and then being a complete hypocrite. Denying the fact that she had just caused another human harm, she dismissed it with ease as if she hadn't done a thing and didn't look back as Alex clutched his wounded eye. He felt it swelling and saw it turning purple in a puddle along the way, soon he realized why Sarah had been so randomly cruel towards him. He had zoned again, he did it quite often but never could tell when he was doing it, that was his one problem. It was like he wasn't conscious but yet he was definitely awake, the creature made him zone out that time and he was sure of that. Sarah was a little embarrassed having slapped her friend and it took all her courage and strength in that moment to just keep walking. You didn't have to slap him you mother fucking idiot! This made her sad and her head dropped when Alex was looking away, she was tired after their long journey and a little disappointed that she had to get up early the next morning for training. Sadly she wasn't taking Cotillion to improve her manners she was taking Magic and Martial Arts. Which meant she had no time to be elegant except when she was using her speed and needed to be balanced, quick, and graceful as to not loose focus and fall off a roof. They almost never practiced speed in Magic and Martial Arts was occasional, it was considered “special” training. They both walked home in opposite directions, Sarah hoping for morning and Alex wishing he wouldn't have to see the light of day.

Has someone ever told you the expression “Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.”? Well Alex needed to watch his wishes because they could just come true and let me tell you Alex will be regretting his wishes for certain. For he needed Sarah

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Alex awoke to a nice sunny morning which was immediately spoiled by his transparent blue curtains that let the blinding rays of light into the room and into his eyes which quickly began to burn.

“Damn-it! That burns!” He expected to have the unpleasant surprise of going to the window to see Sarah duck down as if she had not been spying on him, for this was a usual morning routine. But instead when he opened the thin blinds that almost never did their intended job he didn't see her... anywhere. He smiled gleefully and moved to the bathroom, the absence of Sarah's annoying behavior made up for the poor start of the day Alex had experience only a second ago. He had run out of tooth paste the day before but planned to go into town later anyway, he would just buy some then. He skipped his before meal brush and went straight to the next order of his morning business, breakfast. He opened the fridge and found his coconut milk and orange juice, next he opened his small cabinet and got out granola, Rice Chex, honey, and a medium sized bowl. Pulling out a gray wooden chair Alex placed the things in his arms down on the small round table just ahead of him and sat down to his ingredients he looked them over and his grin turned completely upside down, something was missing. Why am I always missing something always overlooking something. His frown continued as he got up from the table and excused himself to the fridge and opened it in hopes of finding the item in the vast cold storage unit that had been shrunk the the tiny size of barely holding milk, eggs, left overs of the past night's meal, breakfast fixings, and a few lunch options. This made the room in his small apartment like home quite limited. This was not what angered Alex it was the fact that he didn't know what he was looking for but the he realized that he had been missing the most important part of his morning. His protein he got out an apple and bit into it the juices easily slid down his throat quenching the thirst that had come upon him when he picked up the delectable fruit. He jumped into the air and flipped over his only counter top to land gently in his chair at the table and he took another bite of the red delicious in his hand. He tried his luck and threw the roundish fruit into the sky, his eyes followed the apple as he was determined to catch the ball like object he had already began to eat. He arose swiftly almost tipping over the table cereal ready to fly with it and ran away from the table as if it could hurt him somehow. Alex jumped, grabbed the red fruit dived towards the counter and landed with a thump dangling precariously near the edge of the surface. He moved slowly and delicately as he moved his body from the edge of the marble to the center and jumped off with ease and a spring accompanying his step gracefully he landed once again in his chair a small impulse yearning to repeat the process but an extreme will fighting this thought compelled him to not do so and he followed this restraint he didn't want to ruin his food supply by bruising it all to the point of it being not edible. Alex frowned and began to eat, his foot had twisted a little when he landed on the counter before getting to where he was and now it hurt making the sunny calm peaceful morning a little less perfect then before. The cereal was soon gone and only the unblemished apple remained sitting in front of him along with a glass of pulp free orange juice to the top right of the place mat that the Alex had placed the apple on and the empty bowl remained until Alex was completely finished with the early morning meal. Sarah probably went to meet Rugon in town and will be back at any second. Alex thought unhappily he knew that Rugon (Sarah's instructor and partner) often pulled Sarah out of her home early in the mornings for meetings, training sessions, and missions. He ate the fruit and moved briskly to a window expecting her to pop up at any time, smile on her face. Yet nothing, he frowned he blushed hotly from the surprise of the fact he was actually... disappointed by Sarah's disappearance. As the blush faded Alex had finished his meal. He slipped out his apartment wrestling his coat on and soon he was out the door and on the grey side-walk. Alex walked on until he saw Rugon's 1960 Bentley signed by Mr. Ford himself of a golden shade, he strutted up to it and put on a stern frown to make Rugon intimidated but it became softer as their eyes met. He couldn't help it, Sarah's instructor was very strict and Alex had never met Rugon before. Rugon smiled up at Alex from under his top hat, old eyes glistening in the sun of that early morn. “And what can I do for a good friend of Sarah's today?” He asked as Alex opened his mouth to speak, good friend? Sarah... talks about me? He had a very curious mind and it was certainly running that day. “You, you mean she's not w-with you?” Alex stuttered nervously. “Well no, were you expecting her to be here Alex?” Rugon replied with an inquiring tone to his voice, oh shit. This, is not good. “Yes... erm she wasn't back at t-the apartment. I, I figured she might be training...” Alex said suddenly even more worried than he felt comfortable having weighing his shoulders down.