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his wavy hair was a deep red that framed his eyes but he didnt seem to have noticed its color change or to care .
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he was wearing an all black layered tunic and pants with boots that looked as light as mine .
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if i didnt know it was jason , i would have taken a huge step backwards at his assassin-like appearance .
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whats going on ?
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he demanded , eyes flickering from each of us as he took in all of our strange appearances .
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dont know jason , were as stumped as you .
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i said .
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he bit his lip and then smirked .
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oh , i almost forgot .
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look at this .
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he gestured at his belt , grinning mischievously .
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hanging there were a multitude of thin , dangerous looking knives .
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he pulled up his sleeve so i could see another one strapped there .
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cool , huh ?
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emily had turned to see jason appear .
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she spotted his knives and groaned , stomping her foot .
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aw come on !
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jason whispered behind his hand to seth and i. whats up with her ?
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seth shrugged .
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i dont know .
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girl issues ?
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i heard that !
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emily said angrily .
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thats when suddenly a hideous creature appeared in front of us .
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it was hunched over , with thick furry skin and wicked claws that shot out of its curled paws .
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we would soon know them as thrashers , beasts we would get used to seeing .
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i dont know who screeched louder in fear , but im pretty sure it might have been me .
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seth pulled his sword out but his hand shook like mad .
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i clumsily pulled an arrow out of the quiver on my back and struggled to attach it to my bow .
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how the heck did those people in movies make this look so easy ?
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i exchanged a look with seth , but he looked as clueless as i did .
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none of this felt real .
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i swear , the creature laughed at us .
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or maybe my fear was making me see and hear things .
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jason moved silently to stand beside us , one of his throwing knives in his hand .
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what do we do ?
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were dead so it cant hurt us right ?
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i asked .
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i dont feel dead .
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jason whispered .
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i didnt either .
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in fact , i realized that my whole body was aching from the strange attack i had experienced .
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and if i was dead , i wouldnt need to breathe so heavily .
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my heart was racing so fast that it might explode right out of my chest .
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jason threw the knife he had been holding and it stuck into a tree .
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he grinned at me and i guess it hit exactly where he wanted .
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on the count of three , we attack with everything weve got .
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okay ?
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seth looked at jason and i .
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we nodded at him .
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one , two three !
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when seth hit three , he charged with his sword .
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i pulled back and released my arrow .
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it hit the thrashers front paw .
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before i could think , i had notched another one on the bow and drew back the string .
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it was like i had been an archer my whole life .
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jason threw knife after knife , hitting its mark every time .
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when the creature went down , seth stood and took a breath .
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then another tackled him to the ground .
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i didnt know what to do and jason didnt either .
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emily ran forward and pointed to seth who was clawing toward his weapon .
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do something !
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she screamed .
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before i could reply , fire shot from her finger .
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the thrasher yelped and jumped off seth and ran toward emily .
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she smiled wickedly and held both hands out , pelting the creature with fire .
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i pulled seth up in time to see the thrasher buried entangled by roots shooting from the dirt .
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jason threw a knife in the pile to make sure it was really dead .
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you okay ?
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i asked seth , and congratulated emily on her new found talent .
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im fine .
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he said and limped over .
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i gasped and pointed to his leg .
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seth , youre bleeding blue !
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he just blinked at him , glancing down at his leg .
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he didnt answer as he tugged at me to start walking back towards where we had last seen ourselves .
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we could still see our bodies sleeping peacefully , but this time i noticed that we were all faintly glowing blue .
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i could see the rise and fall of my chest as i breathed .
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so i really was alive , which made this situation even creepier and stranger .
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i had two bodies !
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how was this even possible ?
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what do we do ?
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seth , do you any ideas ?
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she frowned when he didnt answer .
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seth ?
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emily spun in a circle but seth was nowhere to be found .
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seth walked out from behind a tree .
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but he was normal seth .
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he had his dirty blonde hair back and was wearing his dirty jeans and shirt from school .
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no dark red hair , no glimmering sword , no bleeding wound .
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his warrior self was nowhere to be seen .
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seth howd you do that ?
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i asked .
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he whirled around .
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whos there ?
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me , you idiot !
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i snorted .
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he stared at the place where i was standing , but his eyes werent focused on me .
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jazell ?
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obviously , are you blind ?
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