I turned slowly to look at the voice's owner and saw a girl around my age with purple hair staring back. I was startled at the fact that number one, she knew who I was, and number two, that she saw my fight with Vengeance and complimented me about it. I was too tired to care about it though, hoping that this wasn't going to turn into a big deal.

"Who are you?"

The girl took a moment before answering,

"You can just call me Amethyst, okay?"

"Okay..."

I stood up and looked at her inquisitively,

"What are you doing here anyways, this place is pretty far away from the city."

Her eyes nervously glanced to the side as if she didn't want to answer my question.

"I'm running errands for my parents-"

I could tell she was lying. I wanted to know why she was truly here, was she in danger? Whatever it was I didn't want to exert myself too much so I decided not to ask and just roll with it.

As I was talking to her I started to feel unnaturally drawn to her presence. She started to seem more friendly than before, we started talking about meaningless things that I normally wouldn't care about but for some reason, it was fun- wait... what just happened, I met this girl only moments ago why am I being so friendly towards her, did she use an ability on me?- No, it couldn't be, She's probably just a really nice perso- AH! Get out of my head! I need to think straight, I need to think straight...

Before I knew it about an hour passed with this girl I just met, the whole time I felt entirely enthralled by her, the way she talked, the way she paid close attention to everything I said, the curious nature about her. It was a new feeling for me, and although I was questioning deep inside if this was real... I wanted to stay in this comfort, even if it was fake, even if an ability fabricated every last part of it, I wanted to feel this sense of comfort for as long as I could.

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"Hey, are you entranced right now?..." She stared at me with a hint of sadness in her face.

I almost answered her right away but stopped myself, if this her ability it must be hard for her to actually talk to someone without her ability interfering.

"I was... But it felt so good, I knew it was probably fake but I've never felt this way before, I wanted to stay in whatever effect you had on me, but I know that it's probably hard for you to talk to people when they get entranced by you. I almost lost myself while trying to answer your question, I wanted to blindly fall into your presence, It pains me to say this... but I'm not entranced by you anymore."

She looked at me quivering a little,

"Really?..."

"Yes."

She took a moment to recollect herself and then dove onto me giving me a hug. I was very shocked at the sudden action but knew that this was probably her way of showing her happiness. I smiled a little, maybe it was a good thing I stayed here with her after all.

Why had I forgotten about this?... Why had I hidden this from myself?

My thinking internally was interrupted by her voice,

"You know, I love you Strain." She pulled away from the hug looking me in the eyes with a smile.

I blushed a little, confused at her sudden comment.

"W-what do you mean?"

"I know we're kids right now but I still think it's fine to be in love with someone, right?"

"I g-guess..."

She leaned over to whisper in my ear,

"My true name is Control, I'm telling you this now because it's the last time I'll get to see you for a while, remember that name, wait for me... Please."

She started to cry as her face changed to regret.

"Please forgive me..."

I was too stunned to speak... What was happening? She placed her hand on my chest and started to mutter something. I only just met her... and yet. Why was I so sad? I didn't even know where she was going...

People always told me I got attached too quickly...

My aura began forming around me. In response to the emotions flooding through me my ability reacted to find a way to help.

'Save point set.'

'Save point set.'

'Save point set.'

...

I opened my eyes to see that she was gone. I weakly stood up, my eyes were more tired than before, I felt weak, so... weak. I strained myself though, and continued to walk finding my way back to the city.

I finally got to my house and slowly opened the door, 'I need to rest.' The only thought on my mind echoed in a chorus, moving me forward toward a goal to end the day. My eyes widened as I walked in the living room and saw a man holding a bloody sword, 'Elissa!' I had forgot about my sister until now... The blood on his blade slowly dripped to the floor echoing a twisted image into my mind.

"I won't forgive you!" I ran towards the man.