A Different World 🗺 [DISCONTINUED]

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I paid the cab driver and started walking with my two suitcases and a duffle bag. Looking at the time I knew that if I hadn't packed my things before ten, I probably would've still been at the apartment.

The forest was a nice shade of darkness, giving a bit of unease to it but the faint glow in the distance was what got,me skeptical.

Was that the mode of transportation? I decided to thread carefully. If anything was to go wrong, I could teleport out, no biggie.

A woman stood before the portal with a smile and I got spooks down in my bones.

"Kaya Evergreen?" After receiving a nod from me, she gave me a ring with an emblem in the gem. "Right through here."

I looked at the breach in space and saw a place where many students roamed the front yard of a large building.

I gave the woman a look. "If this is a prank and I die, I'll come back to haunt you guys."

The woman only smiled and gently nudged me forward into the portal.

I, thankfully, caught myself before my body could even think of falling in front of these people.

"That would be embarrassing." The dark entity was still on my shoulder. "Though, I thought I'd been stuck outside."

"What do you mean by that?" I held the toy sized creature in my hand, glaring down at it.

"Your string."

Those two words alone made me looked at the strings that didn't stretch for miles like it once did before. Also tightening on my finger.

That means- "They're close." I smiled at the small creature before walking along to not seem weird to others.

Unknown to me, two others also experienced the same shock of their strings tightening.

"Hey, I love your outfit." A blonde with ling hair complimented me.

"Thank you...?" I had to look at my outfit to make sure it was me she was talking about.



"I like your hair."

"No, her eyes."

"You're our new friend now." The blonde wrapped her hand around mine and started the introducions. "I'm Stella, princess of Solaria."

"Sierra."

"Corla."

"Catherine."

"Kaya." I also introduced myself.

"Wanna take some pics?" Though it wasn't a question as the brunette immediately took out her phone that had a glowing orb in the middle.

"Okay." I smiled for the pictures, figuring to ask about the ball later, eyes flickering to a guy who walked by flipping a knife.

"Oh my fairy, I love your smile." Catherine once again compliments.

"I know right, her teeth are so straightened and white." Stella nodded along. "I love a person who maintains their teeth."

"Unlike some people." Corla's comment drew all of our attention to a girl who was walking by.

"Snake."

"Liar."

The girl hurried to drag her bag, bareky hiding the green scales on her face.

"She's a morphus, reptilian." Catherine answered my unspoken question.

"She spread rumors about us last year and almost got Stella expelled." Sierra had a wide eye look.

"But we don't talk about that. Past is in the past." Stella began.