having already lived those days and now revisiting them in their old age, the answer as to why they had both looked like everyone was such a simple one.
*
“You are so completely mysterious,” Lydia stated.
“Yeah… I guess,” he acknowledged, his voice inflected as though he was realizing this for the very first time. Then he changed the subject. “Being home from school must be fun, huh?”
“I don’t like to go to school anymore,” she said, looking upset all of a sudden.
“No! Why not? You’ve always liked it. What’s wrong?” he asked, very concerned about her. He hated to see her unhappy. He did not want her going through any more pain than she was already suffering by living in the dysfunctional family that was hers. He always wished that he could rescue her from her unhappy parents but as powerful as he was, that was something he was not allowed to do.
“Some of the girls at school tease me, and yesterday one of them shoved me,” she told him.
After hearing that Shia abruptly stopped his idle floating and became still. He now hovered with his feet just above the floor and his eyes intently focused on Lydia and narrowed to the point of appearing to be shut.
Beneath his glowing diaphanous silvery and grayish form, Lydia could see a bluish flame blaze throughout his being and a menacing grimace cross his face. His wrath was only too obvious.
“Do not be frightened,” he said. He hovered in place for a few seconds longer before calming down and bringing the blaze within him to an end; once again his face looked the calm, serene and happy way that it always did. “Who shoved you and why?” he asked calmly.
“Tiffany did because Cassandra and I wouldn’t get up from where we were sitting. It’s not like we did anything to her. We were sitting there first. She used to be my friend but not anymore, not after what she did,” Lydia cried. “She’s mad at me for some reason, and she’s making all the girls tease me too.”
“If she’s angry with you for no reason, it sounds like she’s a bully. How long has she been troubling you?”
“A few weeks. If I did do anything to her, I really don’t know what it is.”
“Not always do bullies have a reason for that which they do. Some people are just mean without reason,” Shia explained to her. “Have you told your mother and father, or any of your teachers about this?”
“No. Only Cassandra knows. Tiffany picks on her too. Cassandra says that it’s because Tiffany is jealous that everybody likes me a lot,” Lydia told him.
Shia smiled warmly. “How can anyone dislike you? You’re a nice person. Tiffany, though, is not a nice person and if she carries on as such, sooner or later no one is going to like her at all. You can always make new friends. You don’t need bad people to be your friends. I’m sure that there are a lot of other girls at school who would like to become your friend.”
“But I don’t want new friends. I don’t want any friends at all. Everybody is mean and I don’t like anyone anymore. I’m not going to go to school anymore. I’ll only play with you and Cassandra and no one else,” lamented the young girl. “The both of you are always nice to me.”
“I’ll stop her from being mean to you. And when she stops, they will all stop,” he said.
“What are you going to do?” Lydia asked, afraid of whatever Shia had in mind. He never interacted with anyone else and how she had just seen him frightened her for the sake of others.
“Punish her!” Shia said solemnly.
“You’re not going to be mean, are you? I don’t like that,” Lydia said.
“She’ll be fine,” he promised her. “I just want her to know that it isn’t nice to be mean, especially to you.”
“Can I be there too? I want her to know that you protect me?”
“Of course you can,” he said. “When it is done, never again shall she come near you unless, of course, you so choose.”
“When shall we go see her?”
“I see
*
“You are so completely mysterious,” Lydia stated.
“Yeah… I guess,” he acknowledged, his voice inflected as though he was realizing this for the very first time. Then he changed the subject. “Being home from school must be fun, huh?”
“I don’t like to go to school anymore,” she said, looking upset all of a sudden.
“No! Why not? You’ve always liked it. What’s wrong?” he asked, very concerned about her. He hated to see her unhappy. He did not want her going through any more pain than she was already suffering by living in the dysfunctional family that was hers. He always wished that he could rescue her from her unhappy parents but as powerful as he was, that was something he was not allowed to do.
“Some of the girls at school tease me, and yesterday one of them shoved me,” she told him.
After hearing that Shia abruptly stopped his idle floating and became still. He now hovered with his feet just above the floor and his eyes intently focused on Lydia and narrowed to the point of appearing to be shut.
Beneath his glowing diaphanous silvery and grayish form, Lydia could see a bluish flame blaze throughout his being and a menacing grimace cross his face. His wrath was only too obvious.
“Do not be frightened,” he said. He hovered in place for a few seconds longer before calming down and bringing the blaze within him to an end; once again his face looked the calm, serene and happy way that it always did. “Who shoved you and why?” he asked calmly.
“Tiffany did because Cassandra and I wouldn’t get up from where we were sitting. It’s not like we did anything to her. We were sitting there first. She used to be my friend but not anymore, not after what she did,” Lydia cried. “She’s mad at me for some reason, and she’s making all the girls tease me too.”
“If she’s angry with you for no reason, it sounds like she’s a bully. How long has she been troubling you?”
“A few weeks. If I did do anything to her, I really don’t know what it is.”
“Not always do bullies have a reason for that which they do. Some people are just mean without reason,” Shia explained to her. “Have you told your mother and father, or any of your teachers about this?”
“No. Only Cassandra knows. Tiffany picks on her too. Cassandra says that it’s because Tiffany is jealous that everybody likes me a lot,” Lydia told him.
Shia smiled warmly. “How can anyone dislike you? You’re a nice person. Tiffany, though, is not a nice person and if she carries on as such, sooner or later no one is going to like her at all. You can always make new friends. You don’t need bad people to be your friends. I’m sure that there are a lot of other girls at school who would like to become your friend.”
“But I don’t want new friends. I don’t want any friends at all. Everybody is mean and I don’t like anyone anymore. I’m not going to go to school anymore. I’ll only play with you and Cassandra and no one else,” lamented the young girl. “The both of you are always nice to me.”
“I’ll stop her from being mean to you. And when she stops, they will all stop,” he said.
“What are you going to do?” Lydia asked, afraid of whatever Shia had in mind. He never interacted with anyone else and how she had just seen him frightened her for the sake of others.
“Punish her!” Shia said solemnly.
“You’re not going to be mean, are you? I don’t like that,” Lydia said.
“She’ll be fine,” he promised her. “I just want her to know that it isn’t nice to be mean, especially to you.”
“Can I be there too? I want her to know that you protect me?”
“Of course you can,” he said. “When it is done, never again shall she come near you unless, of course, you so choose.”
“When shall we go see her?”
“I see
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