To go to school, Thoron, Gilanna, and I went to our house and went to school the way we usually did. I couldn't help feeling a bit depressed. Dad was still sick, and our whole lives had changed, but we still had to act like normal. I wanted to
do something, not just go to school!
AS I entered the school, I looked around. I noticed Fred, but he didn't see me. I kept looking around for friends, and caught sight of Heather. She looked up right as I glanced at her, and her eyebrows shot up as our eyes met. She hurried over.
"Mir!" she exclaimed as she came up to me. "You're back!" She stopped and looked at me strangely. "You look different. What happened?"
I shrugged. "It's been a hard week." I stopped there, unsure of what to say next. Heather gave me another strange glance.
"Well, I guess I'll be seeing you around--if you don't disappear again!" she smiled and ran off.
In class I noticed a new girl. What was strange about her was that she was dressed completely in black--black hoodie, black jeans, black tennis shoes, black everything! I didn't see her face, but she intrigued me.
I asked Heather about her later.
"Oh, she started coming right after you left," Heather replied. "Her name's like, Morwenna, or something.
I think she's kinda weird," she added.
I nodded. "Thanks for telling me. I was just wondering who she was."
* * *
Morwenna. The name sounded strangely familiar. I thought about it until lunch, but I couldn't figure it out.
At lunch Matt said "Hi", but he sat at a different table, so that was alright. After I had eaten, but before classes began again, I was beginning to feel slightly relaxed. I was sitting by myself in the corner of the room, reading a book, when I looked up to see Morwenna standing in front of me. She was slender, and had what people would call 'elfin' features. You know, really pretty. She had pale blonde hair in a messy bun, and her eyes were an icy blue. I was glad she didn't wear black make-up. That would have been really creepy.
"Hi!" I said cheerfully. "I'm--"
"I know who you are," she interrupted.
I was bewildered. "You know my name?"
She gazed at me coolly. "Yes, but I know who you really are. You can't hide."
It felt like something twisted my insides. Did she mean...? I tried to look like I didn't have a clue. "I don't know what you mean. I'm just Mir Faeron."
She gave a derisive little laugh. "You can't fool me. Your name gives it away. See you around, Mirluin." She turned and walked off. After she was a little ways away, she looked back and raised her eyebrows in a mocking challenge. Then she was gone.
As I was standing there dumbfounded, her name clicked into place. Morwenna. Mor-wen-na. Dark or shadowed maiden in elvish, with a decorative 'na' at the end. Surely she was one of the Mormir. I would need to tell Matt.
