“NO! Leave me alone!” I yelled from inside my dorm. I threw open my window and raised my hands. Thick strands of shadow formed into a thick shadow-rope. I held my breath as I threw it down, till it hooked onto the street lights below. Then I slid down.


    “LILLIANNA! DON’T YA DARE LEAVE ME HERE!” screamed Maddie from outside my dorm as I jumped from the sill.


    I ignored her cries as I shadow-catapulted myself over the school walls.


    Goosebumps cased my skin as I saw a familiar figure outside the school wall, just in front of me.


    “''Wait, is that Ms.Octopus?” I whispered to myself. I glared at her silhouette and gathered my courage and followed her.


    I threw my backpack across my shoulder and whipped a cloak of shadows around myself to shield myself from her, the stupid teacher who accused me of doing what I was supposed to do.


    “Worker Number 2, I found Lillianna!” the teacher exclaimed through the phone. “Ok, you can come out now!” whispered the psychotic teacher I hated.Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.


    How did she see me? Had she been tracking me? What was happening? Was she the kidnapper? Why did she have so many workers, and who were they?


    “WORKER! GET HER! RIGHT NOW!” screamed Ms. Octopus.


    “Okay, okay, boss! No need to scream! Our victims might hear you!” said the mysterious worker through the telephone.


    And yeah, I heard her. So I ran out toward the woods.


    “Lillianna, I’m here! Don’t scream! I followed you here! I know you want to go find your parents, so I’m here to help you,” said a familiar voice.


    “Maddie! What are you doing here?” I exclaimed.


    Wow, she WAS here! I thought I clearly told her not to follow me? Well, what was done was done. Maddie certainly had some super stealthiness and good senses (which were her powers, after all).


    “Duh, to help you!” she whispered.


    “DON’T! YOU COULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT!” I explained.


    “Shush, Lillianna. We don’t want to get caught! Now, let’s get going before Ms. Octopus or the principal finds us!” she whisper-hissed.


    “Wait, how did you find me?” I asked quietly.


    “Well, I was hiding in the bushes and I heard that idiot shouting into the phone!” she said.


    "Yeah, but how did you see me?” I asked her.


    "I dunno, I can just see you! Don’t ask me why,” she replied casually. Weird.


    “Well, sure,” I said, ”Come on, before we get caught!”