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She walked down that narrow hallway again, pressing her ear against doors to make sure everyone was asleep. She even tried opening them, to see if they were locked like they were supposed to be.
She heard someone shuffling their feet all around the room. She tried opening the door. It wasn’t locked. She opened the door and entered. “Sophie, what has been the matter with you lately?” she asked me. “Hnnn.” I answered.
I was trying to find my knife, even though I knew this was the wrong time to find it. When I said nothing else, Susan patted my head. “Sophie, you need to go to sleep, now!” She said, almost waking up my roommates, Isabella and Diamond.
We weren’t normal girls. We were in a special school for the crazed children, solemnly named Oak Leaves. No idea why, there weren’t any oak trees here at all. I frowned. “I’m looking for my teddy!” I lied, knowing that she saw through that obvious lie.
“Sophie, I’m worried about you. You haven’t made any progress since you came here, and you might be sent home if you don’t do anything about it.” “I know Susan.” Susan was our dorm advisor, our teacher, very close to your mother.
I yawned. “That’s a reason you should go to sleep. Don’t make me read you another story tonight Sophie.” Susan groaned at me. Everyone, even herself hated her stories. They always had a stupid ending that landed her here.
I groaned in return, lay down in my bed, and closed my eyes. Susan walked out of the room, locked the door, and waited five minutes to make sure I was sleeping. I was locked in my dreams by then, trying to see what would happen next in them.
He appeared again, right by my side table. He was quiet, to make sure Susan wouldn’t hear him. “Sophie, Sophie, wake up. It’s time for our next midnight ride.” He told me. I woke up immediately, of course this wasn’t my dream. It wasn’t a nightmare either.
“Neko-Kun!” I said in a soft whisper. I had always called Dylan that. Dylan always wanted to tell me his secret, so he tried every Friday at night. He picked me up and silently jumped out of the window with me in his arms. I giggled. He always made the jump. It was like he was some kind of mystical creature.
Now she would ask him about it, but she was afraid of his answer. It was like he could read her mind. All of a sudden, he whispered “You’ll find out, just wait.” He took her to a nearby cave on the seashore.
“How are you feeling?” He asked as he put his arm around me, as if it would warm me up. “I’m fine.” I replied. “You really want to know, don’t you?” He asked as he slowly took his arm of my shoulder, and leaned my head off of his shoulder.
“Yes, I really do want to know, tell me.” I begged him. “When it hits midnight I will tell.” He answered to my begging. "Okay" I whispered as a reply. "Don't go out there and forget like you did last full moon." I didn't know that he would get to scared again, and not tell me. Every Friday there was a full moon.
He had really seemed like he was going to tell me this time, but before he could, I started shivering. "Well look at that, you have to go home again" He said, and before I could answer him, he picked me up, and brought me straight back to Oak Leaves. He lulled me to sleep with his calming lullaby, and I just fell asleep in his arms. He lay me on the bed, pulling the covers over me. "Good Night Sophie." He said, as he left for his cave home.