Home?

The school bell then rang for our end of the day bell. And so I stood up being dismissed by my teachers and left outside to the front gate seeing Aaron standing there waiting for me. I smiled happy to see him wait like any other friends do, but he was different.

"Hey, just wanted to say thanks for being such a great friend to me on our first day, hope to know more about you. Bye Florence see you tomorrow I guess?" Aaron told me what was in his mind and so we parted ways. It was time to go home and show my family what I have and so my dad could show me what the thing was that he wanted to show me.

On my way back I spotted a store and my stomach growled of hunger and so I stepped into the store and bought some food for me and my family. While I was looking through the isles I happen to see someone in some dark clothes wasn't black but dark enough not to seem suspicious. Though I had a bad gut feeling about this guy. I resumed to pretend to look through the shelfs of cookies but then took one that was my favourite, and slowly walked over to the counter to check in my items. Just as I was about to reach the desk someone happens to grab my hair. Very unmanly. I thought as I firmed my feet on the ground and felt the pull from my attacker and that got everyone in the shop to scream.

"HEY GET OFF ME!" I yelled at him and swiftly elbowed his stomach harshly and he let go. I then turned around and punched his stomach more until he can't stand again on his own two feet. So I striked a blow at his head with my legs for him to stop messing with me. When he couldn't move I checked his pulse and when he was still breathing I swiped a random jump rope and tied him down and that's when someone called the police.

The police men came and thanked me to capture this criminal for months but then told me to go home and be safe. And that's what I just did. The incident that I got away with today, got me thinking. Why me? And why send an amateur guy to get a hold on me? What's something that I have on me that I didn't look out for? I then felt scared and quickly ran all the way home, but stopping a tad bit to make sure no one was following me.

"Well, what got you worked up to day?" Mother asked clearly abit worried for me because I haven't been like this ever before in my life. Should I tell her? You know what yeah I should.

"Someone tried to kiddnap me at the store." I looked down sadly with tears in my eyes and cried. I am now super scared for my life right now. I mean I almost got killed. I really have to cherish my life more hehe.

"We'll talk about this later right now I want you to be out of your shock and shower I hate to see you cry, my baby." Mother comforted me rubbing my back in circles to calm me down which really worked. She then kissed my head and helped me up the stairs.

"Now shower, your dad has something...important to tell you." She explained quickly.

So I went upstairs and quickly showered. After 10 minutes I was then out of the bath smelling like sweet perfume. And yes I have showered with this necklace still on my neck. I then changed into my day clothes. I had a black shirt on with a bloody shaped heart imprinted onto it got out my black with red stripes on my pants and wore a black silver streaked knee-length skirt and bolted down the stairs. And met my dad at the back yard, with my mother lying on his shoulder. I smiled greatly. I want it to always be this way. Why can't it?

"Um, dad?" I quietly asked seeing if I was interrupting something. My mother got up and smiled as soon as she saw me.

"Come here Florence. Sit between us." Mother beckoned patting the seat between them. I did so and sat there in comfortable silence for a while. My father cleared his throat and proceeded to talk.

"Florence I have something to give you and it's this present." He replied seriously and sternly as he laid his eyes on me. I gulped. It must be a very precious gift he was about to bestow on me. So I'll have to take good care of it.

"Uh, what is it father?" I asked. The suspense was killing me!

"Your mother told me what happened at the store. And I want to you to be safe tomorrow and the day after that. Never tell this gift to anyone not even friends at school. I never thought you would be included in this rivalry but you are now. So I want you to guard this box with your life. Your mother will be responsible to bring you from home and back from your school. You got that?"

"Yes father. But what rivalry and what's with the seriousness?"

"In time you'll know it but right now I don't want you to worry. Now open your birthday present."

"OK!" I squealed in delight as I heard my father chuckle. I then opened my present and it was really amazing that my eye might've popped out.

"Do you like it?"

At this point I didn't know what to say but I think it's a bit of an allegory but it's just the way the present looked I guess. The necklace was very nice and had a very outstanding design too. It was a silver locker and with the carving of handcuffs and other designs that was engraved. But why would I protect this necklace with my life?

"Why protect this, father?"

"It's a rare finding and people have rumoured that this necklace used to be used as a royal symbol and that was the start of a new age where blacksmiths have made swords but then they found out the other uses of this rare mineral. So they made themselves chains and then turned them to handcuffs and used then to be as whiplashers and such you name it!" My father explained.

"Honey, stop or you might scare the child even though it is true but still give her some time she might not be ready!"

"Mother it's OK. This is my gift and if father says I have to take good care of it, I will do it. With great power, or in this case honour, comes great responsibility." I stated as I made my vow.

"And so you'll have to keep that vow." Father told me as he placed my hands in his, and stroked it softly and gently with a smile.

"I will, I promise. I know you will do everything to keep me safe. And I thank you dad." I replied. So, I hugged him.

"But why though, father?"

"That's because, your nothher and I are not just cops but special agents bad people are onto us and this has been rumoured to have some "special" effects vibing out, I guess that they would try and frame us of this find as stealing it when it is our find." He explained.

"Be careful Florence." He said finalising his statement.

"Now, now Florence do your homework I don't want you to be behind!" Mother announced.

I laughed as she quickly got tired of sitting down and gently guided me back inside and up the stairs and into my room.

"I love you mom." I said, clearly out of the blue but I just felt that I needed to say it.

"You are welcome my child. Now I shall leave you to your duties princess." She winked at me teasingly, until she saw something else on my neck so she stooped down to my level, since I was sitting on my bed, that she stopped and asked, "What's this?"

"OH,! Uh, Aaron my classmate gave it to me as a gift cuz it was my birthday."

"How did he know?"

"I told him it was."

She nodded and fiddled with it but then she creased her forehead as if something caught her eye they wifmdened and swiftly broke the dolphin charmed necklace and threw it.

"O--" But then Anarka covered my mouth and told me to calm down and just whisper for now because "they" might hear us.

"Who would hear us?" I whisper yelled, again being scared out of my life. My mother slow and quietly walked over to the charm on the floor and swiftly stepped on it and there sounded an electric spark and the flashing red light turned dim and it was power off, and battery flat. I covered my mouth in shock, tears pouring down my cheek. Aaron might have or might not have known that there was a bug being transplanted into that dolphin charmed necklace. Why would he betray me? I was a good friend to him did I do something wrong. And that spark! It was an electronic! They may be been spying on us. Who knows.

"AAAAAAAAGH!" I screeched with tears flowing non-stop and babbled to my mother about Aaron.

"HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND! AM I WEIRD? DID I DO SOMETHING TO UPSET HIM I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE EVEN HAVE THAT FRIENDDHIP ANYMORE DID HE HATE ME!" I cried and cried. Those salty tears made its way into my mouth and like those salty tears revenge made its way into my heart and filled it with pure anger. My mother than sensed it.

"Honey, I know you are mad at yourself and at him but anger will fix nothing. Now, I want you to be calm about this and you now know that theire are people out there out to get us or me and your father. Keep this safe this time never ever remove this necklace that father has given to you. You got that?"

"Yes mother..." I murmured with humility I couldn't be mad at her for long. I don't want to hurt her and her feelings,I loved her.

"Now, do your homework and I'll check in with you later. Want me to get you anything?" She weakly smiled still bearing the same pain as me. She had to keep me safe. So this secret is safe with us...I hope.

"No thanks mom." I faintly smiled but I couldn't keep it like that right now. Everything is just too much for me to handle. Why me?

Lilly crawled up to me to comfort me showing me her red streak at the back which tells me, that she knows how to comfort me and it works everytime: Every winning streak will have to end sometime. That's what my mom or dad would usually tell me whenever things never went my way or went out of hand, and that's how Lilly knows how to get through to me.

"Thank you Lilly." I smiled after my tears have dried. Lilly, crawled up to the corner of my window sil and made its web there to capture more flies or bits of insects.

"You know Lilly, that Web reminds me of a book I've read. Charlotte's Web. It was interesting anheart breaking the spider died because she bore her babies and so Lilly I just want to say this in advance that you have been a wonderful friend to me ever sinvmce I was a toddler. I guess you are trying to teach me that I'll have to go soon and I'm about to be of that age. I have this feeling that my life will soon change and I have to be ready of that change. But what would that be Lilly?" I blurted out my delema to my spider who stood still and quietly listened with every word I said. Slowly doing her webs and strings.

"Well, at least I'm back home safe and sound." I told myself,"Everything will be OK, like what my father told me. Just follow their lead." I sighed in deep thought. Until I heard my closet doors move slightly.

"What was that!" I whispered to myself. It felt kinda eerie once I got myself together and found out that I was litterally ALONE up here. Great.

"Uh, who's there?" I finally stood up and saw something in the mirror. It was that royal necklace it glowed so I cracked it open and in it was a key. But to what? I then scrambled to my closet to find a portal within it. I slowly sauntered towards it. I then tried to touch it but it only made my hand go through so I snatched my hand back. I then looked down at my locker necklace and there were the pictures of my father and mother. I smiled dearly. A royal necklace, and a royal key. I am special.

"AAAAAAGH!" A man screamed in pain. Wait it sounded...close. O dear. I looked to my right and there was a man in black who sneaked into my room, who got bitten by Lilly that it alarmed my parents and ran all the way up and smashed the door open to see a huge portal to another dimension, Lilly biting this stranger and a stranger with a gun. This must be the other man's partner in crime. O my stars I'm dead.

"Florence go in there that's how you can protect yourself and the necklace!" Father screamed sounding desperate so I nodded.

I didn't know what to do and prepare myself quicker than ever and spat out, "Thanks mom, dad and Lilly I'll miss you three." I whispered to myself and jumped into the portal quickly closing it before the stranger could do anything else.

"WHAT NOOOO!" He screamed but was met by his face plopping down to the ground and Ray and Anarka wrapped him heavily with heavy rope.

"You are so busted." Ray said snarkily. And Anarka rolled her eyes and called the police that she captured this other criminal, only to hear two things: the good news and the bad news.

"The good news is congratulations to you and your husband to capture such criminal bit the bad news is that the first person has escaped." Sargent Luke explained in anticipation.

"No." Ray replied with wide eyes concerningly looking at his beloved.

"They'll never give up Ray. We have to protect her and that necklace!"

"We will, I promise you Anarka." Ray said comfortingly.

"I love you Ray..." Anarka blurted out leaning on his firm chest.

"I love you too Anarka." Ray said putting his head on top of Anarka's head stroking her back and kissed her on the head.

"Come, get some sleep. We'll find out more about them tomorrow. In the me a time I have to bring this man to the station." He lovingly smiled at his spouse and Anarka nodded.

So Ray quickly dragged the man into his police car and quickly jumped out just as soon as he has reached there as many times before. This time he was dead serious and the place where Florence went, he knew she would be alright...for now. Chase McCaine should know who that teenage girl belongs to and act on it.