Chapter 5

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“Hey. Do you like come around here often?”
Aleira looked him up and down, “meh.” She said.
“listen, do you wanna see a movie tonight? Because-”
“I’m not interested” she turned her back on him and began to walk away.
“c’mon baby. You know you wanna”
“get lost. I don’t” she grabbed her skateboard and headed towards the half pipe.
“c’mon babe, you haven’t lived until”
“HAAHHH!” Aleira spun around and kicked him in the chest, winding him. He fell backwards and she skated down the half pipe, but was stopped by her friend Sierra.
“Aleira! He was like really into you!”
Aleira performed a lip-trick and balanced carefully, “the dude wouldn’t take no for an answer. Plus he was majorly creepy. He’s been talking dirty to me all day.” She jumped down and skated off. She knew that Sierra would want to talk about this for ages. It would be impossible to skate while she was talking.
“Aleira, why do you always go for guys who aren’t interested in you? Any one who flirts with you at all, you seriously hurt!” Sierra followed her to a picnic table covered in graffiti.
“boys who aren’t interested in me are therefore out of reach, which means they are totally hot! Ask anyone. Non-attainable boys are the smexiest! Plus, all the guys who are actually interested, are so desperate to have a date and or good time, are so creepy.” She lifted her skateboard onto the table, and took her spray-cans out of her bag.
“trust me, when Tri started flirting with me he was totally creepy. But look at us now! Were super happy!” she rested on one hand and began staring into space. Aleira sprayed her skateboard to cover the patches, which had been scraped off.
“yeah. You also go out and do it every night. You are a slut. Look at me! Eighteen, single, and choosing celibacy before marriage. I refuse to give my body to a boy who thinks ‘lets do it’ is a romantic chat up line. I want a boy who loves me for my personality as well as my looks and treats me like I’m the best thing that ever happened to him.”
Sierra stared at her. This was when she would stop talking, say whatever (meaning ‘I know you right I’m just too stubborn to admit it’) then walk off and talk to Tri, her new boyfriend, and let him feel her up, then they’ll go back to his place watch a movie and the rest tells itself. And once more tomorrow, Aleira will never hear the end of it.
“whatever…” ‘and off to Tri we go!’
Aleira finished with her board and headed back to the pools and half pipes.
“hey!” Aleira turned around to see a tall thin girl with short red hair, standing quarter of a foot away from her.
“dude, personal space!”
“are you Aleira?” she spat.
“say it don’t spray it, dude... Yes I am. Why?” she looked up at the girl and saw she was a human as she had suspected.
“I am Porsha Andrea. People have been telling me you’re the best skater in Europe. I beg to differ. I challenge you to a contest.”
She stepped closer to Aleira and looked down at her.
Aleira laughed, “well okay, nube… your gonna loose… who’s judging?”
Porsha pointed to four people Aleira didn’t know, Tri standing second off the end, frantically waving at her. They were lined up by the side of the largest skate pool. Porsha had obviously told a lot of people about the challenge, as a crowd had gathered.
She walked over and shook hands with the judges, Aleira followed her and did the same. ‘ooh that judge is kinda cute…’ she thought. One of the other judges stood up, “Porsha Andrea is to go first.” Porsha stepped forward, and began her run. She was good, but Aleira could tell she was a rookie. There were a few more complicated tricks she tried and failed. Aleira noted which ones they were. She would perform these to show her up… like she always did in a contest.
Porsha finished and waited for the results.
Five, five, six, four, three. Twenty-three… easy to beat.
Porsha walked past her and smirked as if to say, ‘beat that loser!’
Aleira waved and got ready. She jumped off the side, and began…
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She finished with a Wall ride, then an Ollie, then a kick flip, before landing on the side of the half pipe.
She straightened up and smiled at Porsha, who was standing next to the judges.
‘Ten, ten, ten, ten, no way… the cute guy?’ (he had wrote a different score on the other side of the card) ‘eleven!’
‘The look on Porsha’s face… priceless…’
“a total of fifty one for Aleira… um… what’s your last name?”
Aleira shook her head, “no parents, no idea. I was knocked out when I was younger and don’t remember anything.
“ALEIRA! LOOK BEHIND YOU!” Came Sierra’s voice.
Aleira turned around. Her three long tails had fallen out the bottom of her backpack.
“uh-oh…”
The judges looked at her. Porsha looked at her. The crowd stared at her. All horror struck.
“oh come on! There just tails! Honestly humans really don’t know anything about the world around them, do you?!”
She looked back at the judges. All but one were still staring in horror. The cute guy. He was walking forward. Now everyone’s eyes were on him.
when he reached her he whispered in her ear, “your right, they just don’t understand, lets go”
he grabbed her hand and led her out of the park.
When they were clear of everyone, Aleira thanked ‘cute guy’ and jumped on her skateboard.
“hey! Wait!” he shouted after her. She stopped, and turned around.
“I… um… was wondering… err… great moves!” he started shuffling his feet and playing with the zip on his jacket.
“thanks. Maybe one day you can show me some of yours? Gimme your hand.” He held out his hand, curiously.
She reached into her bag, and pulled out a pen. She held out his hand and began writing on it, “my names Aleira. Here’s my mobile number. Call me.” He seemed shocked. But when she finished he stared at his hand and smiled, “thanks!… I… mean… heh… I’m Aiden by the way. I’m a Diaelo… I hate hanging out with humans but all the good skate parks are full o’ them…”
She laughed, “Yeah you’re right. I’m Velreman… sadly the only one I know…”
“hey Aleira!” her heart sank. Sierra was running straight towards them, “wait up!”
Aleira grabbed Aiden’s hand, and ran as fast as she could, “stupid human! I’m sick of you controlling my life! Aiden, jump on your board.” As he did, she copied and crouched down on it to go faster.
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Lonek stretched and sat up in his bed. Embria was sitting at the end, with her back turned to him. She was hunching over, probably putting her boots on…
“good morning” she said.
“hey, you going already? Even after last night?”
“last night was a mistake. You put vodka in that water you gave me… I was foolish enough not to see what you were up to.” She hissed. She stood up and began walking out of the room. She picked up her staff on the way out.
Lonek stopped her with his telekinesis.
“aww… you don’t mean that… personally I was surprised you didn’t taste it” he spun her around, and let her go.
She fell to the floor and picked up her staff, “and I told you about my non-existent taste buds. And I will not be kept. I have places to go. I want to figure out my past.”
Lonek kneeled down next to her on the floor, “I understand. And I apologize for seeming a little desperate… and for controlling you. Stay for a little. You literally have all the time in the world.”
She still didn’t smile. But closed her eyes, sighed and stood up.
“Lonek, you are a nice person...sometimes…. I have a lot to figure out. Even though I may be immortal, there is bound to be something that can kill me. I want to figure out who I am so I can be careful of those things.”
She turned around and walked out the bedroom door.
“Embria! Just do what I do!” he shouted after her.
“oh? And what might that be?” she answered.
Lonek poked his head around the door, “just stay away from kryptonite!”
Embria bowed her head, Lonek read her mind, he had made her laugh… she was going to miss him… score! She walked out the door and slammed it behind her. ‘I’ll be seeing her again… I know it… heh heh’ he thought.

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