One Halloween, me, Elle, Mary, Lee, and Elanor went into the woods together. The woods at the Borkoshavski Academy are supposedly haunted, with even Dr. Borkoshavski having recounted an odd experience or two. Elle was dressed as a vampire (so original), Mary was dressed as a giant Rat, Lee had turned herself invisible except for a suit and tie, and I was dressed as a piece of sliced cheese. I don't know why. We spent most of the night dicking around in the woods, Mary and Lee eventually sneaking off with one another (which made Elle really angry.) I was so scared. But, in a weird way, I didn't mind being scared. Because, if something jumped out and attacked me, I knew that Elanor and Elle would come to protect me. I knew that if I got hurt, Elle would patch me up and help me hide it from mom, and Elanor would tell me that I'm big and strong and brave.
At some point that night, I felt a hand briefly grab my shoulder. It was long and boney, and I felt the breath of whatever was behind me against my neck.
I jumped into Elanor's arms, and she hugged me tightly. While Elle laughed and called me a baby, Elanor said she saw something too. She said that I shouldn't have been able to feel it. Either I was like her, or whatever spirit found me had attatched itself to me. Eventually, I told my mom about it, and that was when Elale's friends stopped being allowed over. Elle never really told me why, and anytime that I mentioned it Elle got really sad and told me to leave her alone. And she always tried acting like Elanor never even existed. But when she would say that... I saw a look in her eyes. Saying that, for whatever reason she said it, looked like it hurt her a lot. Eventually, she left me too.
Tomorrow is my first day at the Borkoshavski Academy high school. I decided to take all of Elle's stuff with me into my new dorm and leave all of the gross kiddie stuff that I grew up with to collect dust. I wonder if this is how Elle felt, moving into her dorm, taking all of Charles' stuff with her.