Vermia- The Last Guardians

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s the point of memorising these names when she would have to forget them all over again. Moving from one city to another frequently was not something she was proud of, especially the fact that she had to change schools oft

ppearance drew so much attention to her. She had always tried to be reticent and quiet but that never worked. Something about her always screamed trouble. She had to always get into trouble for something she did or didn'

he was really good at, but one c

wallowed her in. Self consciousness really had a way of stripping one's confidence. Murmurs had filled the air already and she knew it wa

ched her. He looked obese for his age and freckles filled his face. He had two other boys behind him and they looked like they knew what they were doing, obvi

iled " I see you're new here. Anyways, I'm here to let you know how it's done here. My friends here are Tyle

ou want?"

a new student, he or she has to voluntarily give out his or her lunch to us. If it's tasty, we'll

e other students kept mute. They only watched from a distance. ".. yo

Bobby qu

for survival. I'm so sorry. You poor little things" she retorted. She was sure sh

quite hard and every

be frightened a little? You sure don't need

o leave the scene but Bobby moved closer to her to block her path. She stared at him with all the energy she

Brown," she said to him and his countenance cha

hout warning, he began to slap himself. Everyone was startled. What was happening? He di

idn't know what to say, but whatever was happening to him was highly deserved

*

ne of the times she wished to sleep longer. Her heart was still pounding and the bed was wet with her s

out. What the hell was Vermia? She thought, Creepy dreams just found a way of seeping into her sleep these days. She quickly searched around for the book she was trying to read the night before, it might just have crawled into her subconscious. She flipped through the pages and closed it when she saw nothing she was hoping to see. It was romance, not thriller, fantasy or horror,

ir color and skin. She was a red head with natural red hair that curled into waves and She had light blue eyes which people naturally got attracted to. Her s

calling, she knew. She could always pick apart her mother's high pitched

the house because of her. Maybe Vera was extremely obsessed with early morning coffee because she

era said, slowly sippi

emy said to Vera. He walked past her, sliding

ed, rubbing his palms again

ng today?" Freya said walking up t

left overs cus you are late" Vera responsed as Freya removed herself and t

my decided to break the silen

ine." She responded impassiv

as Jeremy gulped a cup o

llege been?"

ou know, but I'm go

oing Jeremy, why haven't you

... been busy, you know how c

emy, I don't know how college can

ing, you still have th

ery annoying." She

seen each other for a while now, can we all stop bein

u Jeremy" Fr

palm on his chest and the other on her hand. freya rolled her eyes "I see you're not" she said as she quickly removed he

to remember it all along. on Hearing the word, Vera beg

reya asked , stretchin

to her rescue as she began to cough. Her face

bbing the cup of water from Jeremi

eaning towards her with ex

erself and they both sat.

unds like the city Ariel the mermaid was from"

er phone. Her countenance changed to a frown suddenly. "... certainl

id picking up her bag and

your way back" jeremy ye

* *

ulled the brakes and took off her

tion. She stepped down from the bike, removed her helmet and placed it on her bike. She unstrapped the box of pancakes from her bicycle, moved closer to the door. It had a front door bell. It was surprising to her that people still used doorbells. That wasn't her business anyways, it wasn't what she was there for. She pressed the doorbell button and