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Someone Somewhere doing Something Somewhat ODD

Amber clambered through the greenery looking for the sack she had just dropped sown a slope. She huffed angrily as she ripped plants apart. She was dead if she couldn’t find that knapsack. Credit cards, extra money, food, water, maps, books, passports, documents, and clothes were all inside. She would be helpless without it. She had always hated trekking, always. But she liked sports and was athletic. Otherwise she wouldn’t have met Jude Lanning, whom she was doing this all for. Amber sat down on a rock, panting.

He was in trouble and she was going to help him. Even if it meant risking her life and leaving everything she knew. Not that she didn’t want to. Her life had been off recently and people were acting odd. She was popular, yes, and lately people had been acting as if she didn’t exist. Her best friends ignored her and her parents went about without her. The only person who was immune was Jude and he had it worse. Wherever he went, people would glare at him, sneer, knock into him and even physically hurt him.

Then it became even worse. His parents attacked him and chased him halfway through town. He was seriously injured and couldn’t go to any hospital. He went to Amber and she patched him up. She held him and comforted him. She gave him the keys to her car and told him to drive to the cabin they spent the last summer holiday at. He should be safe there she had thought.

Amber sighed. She hoped he was doing alright while she was losing herself in the dense forest. They were seventeen and scared and tired and bloody confused. One minute their life was fine and the next thing its gone haywire. She really had no idea what to do. She just wanted to break down. But she knew she couldn’t. Jude was being strong and she needed to help him stay that way. At least until they were better off.

She pulled herself up again and stuck a hand into a large bush. After moving around a bit more she found it wedged between two rocks. She took two gulps of water and checked the map. She was almost at the cabin. Relief surged through her. She could see him again soon and she could have bath.

There was light coming from behind her. She turned and moved towards it. She was almost at the door when it burst open. Jude was standing there, eyes wide and mouth hanging. There was a blast of wind and he grabbed her, trying to get out of the way of whatever was in the cabin. Amber was blinded and then the world went black. The last thing she remembered was a sound of a small pop.