Midna-Phobia

Within Darkness

By the time he woke up it was far later than he would have liked. For a few moments he blinked, his vision blurry as he sat up, looking around in confusion. After a few moments his eyes fell on the girl beside him and he jumped back in surprise, looking down at his side in concern. He then looked towards the window and felt his heart leap in his throat. “I have to go.” He said softly, looking for a way out. Now, human dwellings were a strange thing for him, he didn’t fully understand the purpose of internal doors, as such wasn’t entirely aware he could use them. So the boy instead turned and hurled himself out the window, landing in the snow, which had melted and compacted during the day. Now it was a better surface for running on and he took off once more towards the bridge and the wall, it was a strange feeling he’d probably never be able to fully explain to a human, but it felt like the path home was lit up before him, telling him which way to go. Once again people stared, but he didn’t care. Getting back to the other side of the river was the only thing that mattered right now.

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“The good old days.” Summer replied with a smile. “But thanks… I don’t know how many times I’m going to say it but I’m sure you’ll get sick if it eventually but I’m glad you’re here. I have no clue how I was going to survive this place without you.” As the teacher came in she fell quiet and looked towards Dick before the teacher began speaking. The class went by in a blur of confusing terms and equations on the board. Even when Dick tried to explain it a lot of the time she was still left feeling perplexed. Through all the madness they did end up being assigned lad partners, for which she was incredibly grateful. However once the class was over they had to part ways once more, Dick heading off towards History and she to math. At least she hope she’d have a better chance at understanding math. After all there were so many numbers and equations in the world right? Needless to say, by the end of the day she was exhausted. Summer couldn’t even be bothered changing out of the P.E uniform, it was more comfortable anyway. Grabbing her bag now overloaded with homework she made her way to the front of the school, deciding she’d wait for Dick there.

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I think I did read that somewhere yeah :)

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“You can always come over and say hi yourself; no doubt she’d be happy to see you. Now I think about it… I wonder if she knew you went to this school when she enrolled me here? She was always trying to encourage me to hang out with people who weren’t in the circus; more ‘normal’ people.” It wasn’t that she had exceptionally disagreed with her life choice, it was more just that she wanted her to be something great like a doctor or a lawyer. ‘Make a difference in the world’ her mother had always said. But the circus had always been where her passion had been. She enjoyed it there. The offer of a ride, however, was too good to refuse. “You can count me in.” She said excitedly as they made their way down the corridor. Although the fact that a building had an entire section dedicated to science. Following Dick in she walked over towards a desk at the back with him, sitting down. “You do realise that if you get stuck with me for a partner I’m going to be no help to you at all.” She said with a small laugh.

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“But apparently you can force me to go somewhere I don’t want to.” The boy mumbled under his breath. As they walked further and further into the village he began feeling more and more flighty, the eyes of the townspeople on him. He eventually pulled his hood over his face, as if that would somehow magically keep people from seeing him. As they entered a house he did remove the hood, but felt an overwhelming sense of claustrophobia overcome him. When the girl said she was going to get a doctor he reached out to stop her, but she was already gone. “Please… no more people…” He said softly, moving to sit against the wall. He looked up at the two people the girl had referred to as ‘mother’ and ‘father’ whatever they were. “I apologise for the inconvenience… I tried to tell her not to bring me here…” Despite everything he felt an ominous feeling of tiredness overwhelm him and darkness started to cloud his vision. He was exhausted. He needed rest. Here was not the most desirable place… not the kind of place he wanted to lose track of time certainly. Despite his struggles to stay awake eventually the darkness overcame him and he drifted off into an uneasy sleep.

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“I’d seen videos of it online… have to admit I never tried it myself.” She said with a small giggle. Getting the large, in her opinion overly large, text book from her locker she closed it and began following Dick towards the classroom. “Still do a lot the contortion stuff yeah, but I’m getting a bit big for the aerobatics side, they prefer using younger kids. I graduated to something that can more easily carry my weight. They’ve got me on the trick ponies now, I get to do basically the same thing but with horses.” She missed her pony. She’d gotten quite attached to Star before she’d left. “That’s about as high as I’m comfortable with going, sorry to say. And I’ve moved in with my mum, I’m staying with her and her boyfriend. She never left Gotham whilst I travelled with the circus.” She explained. “If I’m being honest it was mostly her idea, me coming back here to finish off the last year of school properly. She doesn’t believe that the circus’ tutoring program is enough of an education. Being here… I’m starting to think she’s right.” Everything here was so confusing. She’d never learnt any of the stuff she’d been introduced to today.

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As the girl began pushing him the boy fought as much as he was able. “No. Listen to me, you don’t understand… you have no idea what kind of problems this is going to cause…” However it seemed she really was going to take no for an answer. He sighed softly. If only she knew what she was doing. His strength was failing him, he was hungry, weak and sleep deprived and right now it was just easier to let her have her way. So long as he was out of there before the end of the day no one would know. So he eventually gave up on fighting and he began following her begrudgingly, his eyes cast downwards as he refused to look at her. He didn’t want to look as he crossed the bridge and the boy then turned his eyes towards the sky, once again inspecting the blue sky as he crossed over to the human side of the of the river. “You know, some would consider this abduction, taking someone against their will.” He eventually mused aloud, turning to look at her for a few moments with dark eyes before turning away from her again.

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“Chemistry? For fun?” Summer gave him a sceptical look as the bell rung, signalling the end of the lunch break, which seemed to pass by far too quickly for her liking. “I have to stop by my locker first to get a book… there are so many books.” She said with a sigh. “But I’d love if you walked me to class. I’m getting sick of getting lost. This place is huge; honestly… please tell me it all gets easier?” She was really glad that Dick was here. It was good to see him again after so long. Standing up Summer began walking back to her locker. “So um…” Something she’d been meaning to ask about the whole time. “Your… friends? They seem… quiet?” She didn’t want to seem rude in front of them and she hoped that he didn’t get mad at her for not making more of an effort to talk to them. But she was quickly getting used to the fact that Dick just seemed genuinely happy to see her. “Your friends from Jump City sound wonderful though” She quickly added. “I’d love to meet them one day.”

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“We visited France for a while with the circus. It was pretty there, but I didn’t really get to see much of the city we were so busy performing. We haven’t really been overseas much since you left.” She said, trying to put it lightly. “Next time they come to town I’m sure everyone would be happy to see you again, although a lot of new people have come and gone over the years.” At the question she pouted for a moment, trying to remember before she reached into her pocket, pulling out her timetable. “I think we may have chemistry together?” She asked, sounding unsure as she offered the piece of paper to him so he could check since the whole concept of school timetables confused her. “Other than that I think its math and then… P.E? They said they tried to fit me into classes that I’d be good in, but with most of the classes being full I kind of had to take what was left.” Shrugging slightly. She didn’t mind too much what she’d been given. Al these classes were more than a little confusing for her either way, school was different to being tutored.

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Looking towards the wall as the girl spoke he eventually turned back to her, having remained silent for most of the time. “Daemons.” He eventually said, one simple words. “They are called daemons.” Refusing the offered hand he stood up on his own. “And I’m not from the north.” He left that sentence at that and then turned, walking along behind her silently until he got to the bridge and stopped. For the longest time he looked at the bridge and then eventually back up at her. “I… I can’t…” The boy said uncertainly, stepping backwards. “I know it doesn’t make sense to you but I can’t.” He didn’t know what he was thinking, almost accepting her help. He didn’t need her help. He didn’t need any help. The wound would heal and he could take care of himself. She probably wouldn’t let him go back to the wall on his own right now, but he could sneak off later. Taking a few steps backwards he sat down, as if stubbornly displaying he wasn’t going to follow her. Although then a new thought occurred to him. He’d probably said too much. He’d corrected her out of habit. He should have kept his mouth shut.