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Chapter 73 (December 20th, 8:36 am, Hunter)

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I walk into the EFTC room and see Ella sleeping, bunnies and butterflies on top of her purring and resting. I smile and walk over to her, her hair messy as she dreams happy dreams which makes me happy. Smiling, I start to braid her hair and I see dried tear marks on her face. I shake my head and sigh, why did the world have to be so cruel to my best friend?

I sit beside her and some bunnies hop into my lap before closing their eyes and sleeping, butterflies just resting in my hair. I look into the mirror and see my bang, it's length covering my eye up all the way. Slowly, I take off my bracelet and make my axe appear in my hand.

I tell the bunnies and butterflies to go away and once their gone, I lift my axe up in front of my face, telekinetically lifting my bang up, and move the axe to my natural hair line where I take a swing at my bang. After a few seconds, I look to see that I'm mentally holding my old bang. Running a hand through my hair, I open the trash can and place my old bang in it.

I look to see Ella still sleeping, her bracelet on her wrist along with her necklaces around her neck. She starts to flinch and I try to calm her down by saying calming words in a gentle voice. She balls up and I go out of the room, going to my room and grabbing my backup guitar.

When I enter the EFTC room again, she's still asleep but she's clinging onto herself, water slipping out of her eyes. I sit down beside her and put my bracelet on, seeing her nightmare and stopping it for her, making her dream of happy things while she hibernates. I start to play pluck a few strings on my guitar before I start to play Home by Phillip Phillips quietly, whisper-singing to Ella.

Why did we have to fight tomorrow? Besides the whole group weren't Hybrids, only me, Ella, Roland, and Zap are. Shouldn't we just fend for ourselves while the rest of the group stays safe from the battle?

I slowly start to quiet down and stop playing my guitar, my thoughts overtaking my actions. I was the first out of all of us to be a Hybrid and I feel like I have to protect everyone just to show I'm still human, just to prove to them that I care about their wellbeing. I just wish that I didn't have to fight against anyone, I just want to enjoy my life along side my crush and make sure she's ok.

Why was life so hard on me and the others? I know most of us didn't deserve this and even those who did shouldn't be in a life or death situation like this one. Ella didn't deserve this - the first time I met her she was happy-go-lucky and overall very happy, but now she struggles with depression. Roland, his father is the fault that he's in this situation. Zap, he's in this situation for me.

Me, I'm in this situation because I deserve it.

I sigh and place my guitar beside me and move my bracelet off my wrist, my hair becoming bleached orange. I start to yawn and I shrink down, fur covering my body and paws forming where my feet and hands were. I hop over to Ella and ball up next to her her shirt feeling so soft. My eyelids start to feel heavy and I close them, my world being surrounded in darkness.

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I open my eyes and feel someone stroking my fur, my ears being rubbed along with my paws, my tail fluffed. I look up to see Ella smiling down at me, her hair still braided from me. Ella picks me up and picks up a bottle full of warm milk, the sides of the bottle gaining condensation.

Ella puts the bottle near my mouth and I start to drink it, the taste feeling me up with warm and happy emotions. Ella takes the bottle and I paw at it, wanting more of the warm milk. I feel Ella wipe the milk away from my mouth and cradle me, my instincts starting to go away as I start to feel more like a baby.