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You're Not The Only One

“Who…?â€? she thought to herself, wiping the tears from her face, momentarily distracting from her mourning. She climbed up to a clearing in the branches to get a better view of what was happening. She noticed a boy, he looked about fifteen, but he was short. He was running insanely quickly from two men, probably around their mid thirties. They were chasing him.

She could tell they were armed by the way their clothes moved over places like their ankles or their chests. Melody was not only gifted with various talents such as stealth, the ability to move silently, invisibly and extremely quickly, but she was very observant. She climbed down from the tree, using her stealth power to get next to the boy, running into step with him. He looked over at her, surprised.

“Whats going on?â€? She asked him, matching his pace easily.

“What the?! How?!â€? The boy exclaimed, amazed that she could keep up.

“Did you think you were the only one with certain… talents?â€?

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