Continuation...
Alice had to change her clothes for two minutes! It may seem fast to us, but it seemed too slow to her! Without thinking about anything else, she was on her way out. It was still as cold and wet outside, though the end of May was coming! Even strange. But as soon as the girl ran away from school, someone grabbed her by the hand.
- You're too cheerful and happy today,- someone's voice was heard. - Even your tree didn't react in any way! Spill it!
Alice turned around. The voice and face of the person who grabbed her hand belonged to Sonia's best friend. Sonya is a little girl who, despite her small stature, was engaged in boxing, combat sambo, and karate, and therefore all hooligans were afraid of her. She could knock out any boy in a second, without much effort.
- I'm just glad I'm only four days away from the end of the school year,- explained Alice, though that was the least likely to be true.
- Oh, stop lying! - Sonya giggled. - Are you all happy and carefree? Oh! - Sonya even jumped up with joy. - Did you like the boy? And you told him you loved him, and he told you the same thing?
- What nonsense you have in mind! - Alice got a little angry turning her back on her friend. - You know very well that for me love is just a fairy tale! It's much more important for me to learn something that doesn't exist! Well, now for now!
Alice pulled her right hand out of Sonia's hands and fled around the corner of the school. Sonya looked at her after her in a strange way.
- To study something that doesn't exist, you say? - She told herself and then turned to her home.
Alice raced towards the study of magical power. Now she has found her own entertainment, which she will do all the vacations all over the world! Regardless of what was already becoming difficult to breathe, and in the legs of the colossus at each passing step, the icy wind pierced the face, burning with its touch, the girl moved only the boundless curiosity, which, as you know, wins any fatigue and pain. And there is very little left! That's to cross the road! The roadway separated the line between ordinary life and life filled with something mysterious.
"At least you could be sure that no one was watching you, and then you were thinking about the boundary between lives!" - someone whispered in your ear.
- What?- Alice stopped briefly, almost falling apart, looking around.
"Who was it?" - The girl thought. The voice was very strange. As if there was, but as if there wasn't. But in any case, leaving all her thoughts about the beautiful new life, Alice only now felt a stabbing feeling in her stomach, as if someone was really watching her. After all, now the last thing the schoolgirl wanted was for one of her friends to follow her, and then this someone overheard the conversation to be carried out with the dog! Then this would definitely mean a failure in future study.
"Calm down, get a hold of yourself!" - Alice comforted herself by still looking into the shade of the trees. It could have been the usual passers-by! Yes, they walk here very seldom, but they walk!
Making sure it was just a false alarm, Alice ran further. The cars didn't go here at all, so we can run to the red light. And the distance between the streets is small, so the chance of being hit is unlikely or almost impossible.
Abandoned, full of emptiness and imaginary ghosts, the street seemed to be waiting for a guest. Echoing the door creaks, rats rustling, which were not uncommon here. After swallowing, Alice rushed deep into the deserted place.
- Oh, I thought you were going to chicken out,- a mocking voice was heard.
Alice looked around. She was obviously alone, so where was the laughter from? Who had the voice echoing all over the street belonged to?
- Come on, look for me! - I heard it again.
- That's enough! - Alice stomped with her foot, snorting irritably. - I didn't come here to play hide-and-seek!
Suddenly someone patted the girl on the shoulder. Alice instantly turned around when she saw someone else's silhouette with glowing red eyes. The girl squealed, pushing away the "ghost".
- That's exactly what you're going to get when you realize that the case you're going to contact is going to kill you every day,- the silhouette smirked, -scared, not knowing what to do or who to ask for help from. A hopeless situation in which you will go mad. And you're ready to go for it?
The silhouette has become as thin, slender, and a little scary as the rest of the gang. That's what they have in common. But the difference was the penetrating red eyes that looked through you. It was as if now this little guy would rush at you, strangle you with his own hands, and then smile sweetly.
The continuation should be... https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5d9307495d636200aefad802/the-shadow-that-changed-life-5d94f90ee6e8ef00add507d6