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My head hurt. Automatically, my hand jerked up to feel for a bump, but it was bound behind my back. I tried to open my eyes before realizing I was blindfolded. After a moment, I heard muffled voices from somewhere behind me.
“You kidnapped a teenage girl,” one of them said. It sounded like a man.
“What choice did I have?” asked another male.
“Um…how ‘bout not kidnapping the teenage girl?” the first suggested.
“Well…she saw—“
“I don’t care! You don’t go around kidnapping people! No matter what they see!”
“Well, if I’m trying to keep my power a secret how, the hell, am I supposed to do that if she saw me?” There was desperation in his voice, and I wanted to scream at him, but I was also gagged. I couldn’t even remember what happened. Who would I have told anyway?
The two were silent for awhile. I rolled around on the floor of wherever I was. It must have been a cart or something from the way I bumped around. Then, something fell near me, almost hitting my head.
“Luke, I think something fell in the back.” That sounded like the second voice I’d heard.
“Well go check it out, Blake,” said the one I can only assume is Luke.
“Alright,” sighed Blake.
I panicked. They obviously thought I was still unconscious. If he came back and found me awake, I didn’t want to know what he would do—especially since he’d kidnapped me in the first place.
I felt a sudden burst of wind, and the thing near my head disappeared. I did my best to remain still until Luke left. Once he had, I let out a breath that made my head hurt.
There was silence until he was seated again. Then, he said, “She sure is pretty.”
“Yes, maybe you can ask her out,” Luke said, “after she wakes up and you explain to her why you kidnapped her!”
“I already told you!” Blake shouted. “I didn’t have any choice.”
“You did, Blake.” Luke paused and sighed. “But…I understand your reasoning.”
“Ya sure don’t sound like it,” Blake mumbled.
“Will you just listen?” Luke asked irately. “I understand why you would…kidnap her for finding you out…but you have to know that that just isn’t the right thing to do.”
“I know that.”
Luke was skeptical. “You do?”
“Yes. But I panicked.”
There was another long silence during which I contemplated escape. That didn’t seem likely. Or necessary, really. They would probably just let me go, but then there was getting home. I didn’t know where I was. And I was certainly in no condition to travel—let alone travel by myself.
“But did you really have to blindfold her?” Luke asked. “And gag her and bind her hands?”
“Probably not…” Blake hesitated. “It’s just…I don’t know. I wasn’t thinking.”
“Yeah, well, think next time, will you?”
“I’ll try, but you know how I get. The telekinesis just takes me over.”
Telekinesis! That was it! I remembered now. My horse got lost in the woods and, in the process of finding him, I got lost too. And I ran into a boy suspending a rock off the ground without touching it. I’d thought it was cool, and when I went to ask him about it, I suddenly blacked out.
“You’ll learn to control it in time,” Luke explained. “But for now, only practice at home. We cannot afford to repeat today’s little adventure.”
The cart stopped, and the back was opened again. I started to shiver before strong arms grabbed hold of me and lifted me up. I was carried a short distance before being placed on a bed or something.
“Are you going to take off her blindfold?” Luke’s voice sounded far away.
“I don’t want her to know about our hideout!”Blake whined.
“Just take it off! And the gag. And the bonds. NOW!”
“Alright, already.” I felt his presence come closer and my hands unbound. The gag was removed and then the blindfold. His face swam before mine in the bright light as my eyes adjusted.
“Hi…” he said with a forced, apologetic smile. “I’m, um, Blake.”

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My head hurt. Automatically, my hand jerked up to feel for a bump, but it was bound behind my back. I tried to open my eyes before realizing I was blindfolded. After a moment, I heard muffled voices from somewhere behind me.
“You kidnapped a teenage girl,” one of them said. It sounded like a man.
“What choice did I have?” asked another male.
“Um…how ‘bout not kidnapping the teenage girl?” the first suggested.
“Well…she saw—“
“I don’t care! You don’t go around kidnapping people! No matter what they see!”
“Well, if I’m trying to keep my power a secret how, the hell, am I supposed to do that if she saw me?” There was desperation in his voice, and I wanted to scream at him, but I was also gagged. I couldn’t even remember what happened. Who would I have told anyway?
The two were silent for awhile. I rolled around on the floor of wherever I was. It must have been a cart or something from the way I bumped around. Then, something fell near me, almost hitting my head.
“Luke, I think something fell in the back.” That sounded like the second voice I’d heard.
“Well go check it out, Blake,” said the one I can only assume is Luke.
“Alright,” sighed Blake.
I panicked. They obviously thought I was still unconscious. If he came back and found me awake, I didn’t want to know what he would do—especially since he’d kidnapped me in the first place.
I felt a sudden burst of wind, and the thing near my head disappeared. I did my best to remain still until Luke left. Once he had, I let out a breath that made my head hurt.
There was silence until he was seated again. Then, he said, “She sure is pretty.”
“Yes, maybe you can ask her out,” Luke said, “after she wakes up and you explain to her why you kidnapped her!”
“I already told you!” Blake shouted. “I didn’t have any choice.”
“You did, Blake.” Luke paused and sighed. “But…I understand your reasoning.”
“Ya sure don’t sound like it,” Blake mumbled.
“Will you just listen?” Luke asked irately. “I understand why you would…kidnap her for finding you out…but you have to know that that just isn’t the right thing to do.”
“I know that.”
Luke was skeptical. “You do?”
“Yes. But I panicked.”
There was another long silence during which I contemplated escape. That didn’t seem likely. Or necessary, really. They would probably just let me go, but then there was getting home. I didn’t know where I was. And I was certainly in no condition to travel—let alone travel by myself.
“But did you really have to blindfold her?” Luke asked. “And gag her and bind her hands?”
“Probably not…” Blake hesitated. “It’s just…I don’t know. I wasn’t thinking.”
“Yeah, well, think next time, will you?”
“I’ll try, but you know how I get. The telekinesis just takes me over.”
Telekinesis! That was it! I remembered now. My horse got lost in the woods and, in the process of finding him, I got lost too. And I ran into a boy suspending a rock off the ground without touching it. I’d thought it was cool, and when I went to ask him about it, I suddenly blacked out.
“You’ll learn to control it in time,” Luke explained. “But for now, only practice at home. We cannot afford to repeat today’s little adventure.”
The cart stopped, and the back was opened again. I started to shiver before strong arms grabbed hold of me and lifted me up. I was carried a short distance before being placed on a bed or something.
“Are you going to take off her blindfold?” Luke’s voice sounded far away.
“I don’t want her to know about our hideout!”Blake whined.
“Just take it off! And the gag. And the bonds. NOW!”
“Alright, already.” I felt his presence come closer and my hands unbound. The gag was removed and then the blindfold. His face swam before mine in the bright light as my eyes adjusted.
“Hi…” he said with a forced, apologetic smile. “I’m, um, Blake.”