The Mystic Land Chapter 4

The next few months went by smoothly for Lollita. Even though she was constantly bullied every day, she tried to live her life to the fullest. She wanted to know more about Takeru, the boy who had helped her not too long ago. "Lollita! The bell's gonna ring! Hurry up!" Ann rushed, jogging in place while awaiting Lollita to get everything out of her locker. "What's the rush?"Lollita razzed, falling back as her bookbag finally jumped out of her locker. "C'mon, Lollita! Quit foolin' around!" She persisted, making Lollita rush over to her clumsily. "C'mon, let's go!" She urged, grabbing Lollita's hand, zooming through the door as the bell rang. It rang so loud it echoed in Lollita's ears. "Wait up Ann! Slow down!" Lollita begged, lagging along behind her. "Speed it up Lollita!"

Lollita didn't want to speed up. She had a bad feeling about it. Her stomach curled whenever things went too fast. That wasn't all. She had a bad vibe about rushing home. It was as if something was waiting for her. Lollita's heart was thumping. Her lungs squandered. "Alright let's take a breather!" Ann panted. She was as energetic as usual, which eased Lollita's worry. "Hey, Lollita. Wanna hang here for a while?" Ann suggested. Even though she was run down from the run, Lollita didn't want to stay in that particular spot. But, convincing Ann otherwise would be rather pointless. "S-sure." Lollita stuttered in the middle of catching her breath.

Everything was too quiet. Lollita didn't like it. "C'mon, Ann...We need to get home before it gets late..." She murmured. "Nah, it'll be okay." From that, Lollita knew she wouldn't let her just 'walk home peacefully'. She suspired stressfully. "Well, well! We ran into little miss witch." A familiar voice assailed. "What good timing, her servant is here too." Another added. Lollita shot up. She attempted to grab Ann's hand, but she remained in place. "Ann? Come on, we don't have time to waste!" She urged. "Why not? It's fun here, with everyone, right?" Ann giggled. "What are you talking about? C'mon, let's go!" Lollita persisted. "I think I'll stay here, with our new friends." Ann insisted. "What are you talking about? We need to get out of here! They aren't our friends!" Lollita pointed out, tugging and urging her to follow her. "What do you mean? They are my friends at least. They're pretty cool, too." She smirked. Lollita bit her lower lip. "Ann! I know for a fact that you aren't friends with them! They hurt you! Because you were friends with me! I know! I saw it! You were bloody and had so many wounds!" She cried, tears trickling down her pale cheeks.

"If that were true, wouldn't you have helped me?" She enquired. Lollita let go of her hand and gasped. She didn't help her. She stayed inside. Lollita had left her to bleed. "Wh-what are you implying!?" She cried. She gave Lollita a hateful, disgusted look. "You killed my father!" She pointed. All of a sudden, all the lights went out. As the seconds went by, torches could be seen. "Die, you worthless whore!" Where was the friendship that Lollita and Ann shared? Where did the hope Lollita once had vanish to? Where was Takeru?