Oxy was in front of the gates of the Red Castle. She was observing the Urons who were walking behind the gate. Without the fog, she could see them all. On the other hand, the monster couldn't see the existence of the Red Castle.
She stopped observing. Then, she entered the red castle. In a room that resembled the principal's office in her world, she sat in Helio's chair.
Oxy took out a flash drive from her pocket. She still didn't know how to bring things from her world into the dimension. She just accidentally put this flash drive in her pocket, guessing whether she could bring the Flash drive into the dimension. And yes, she brought the flash drive inside the dimension.
Oxy was still wondering why Mr. Dallas had entered the principal's office secretly. Mr. Dallas was a mediocre teacher. The teacher was a bit weak because the naughty students liked to make fun of him so much. Other than that, Mr. Dallas was very smart in his area.
Oxy turned on the computer. Then, she connected the flash drive to the computer. She opened its contents.
She had tried to see the contents of the flash drive before in her room. And there was not much difference. There was only one file in it. The file couldn't be read or opened using any application. That's very strange. Maybe the file was corrupt. The flash drive might be damaged by a computer virus or something.
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Oxy felt the school was getting boring day by day. She sometimes looked out of the window, expecting to see Mr. Dome return to school. She also thought she would see Helio somewhere.
Her life had changed before, and she admitted that it was exciting for a while. It's not about Uron eating human heads, but she liked some adventure happened.
In the cafeteria at lunch, Oxy looked at the Cerebra map. She found that map at the library. If she could the map in cerebra, surely she would find the map in her world. And yes, she found the same map.
While chewing her lunch, Oxy tried to learn the map. The only thing missing from the map was Riverwaze High School. The school was not on the map. Isn't that very strange?
Maybe Riverwaze High School was located at the very end of the city in that dimension. That should be for the forest.
The sound of the phone notification distracted Oxy. It was a message from an unknown group that invited her last day.
SelenS: Hey.
Oxy checked and the contact named Hydroxxx was offline. She immediately replied.
OxyJ: Hey too.
SelenS: Where is the other boy?
OxyJ: I don't know. He is offline.
SelenS: Alright. I want to talk to you.
OxyJ: Oh yeah? Okay.
SelenS: Has my adoptive father returned to school?
OxyJ: Mr. Dome? I'm sorry. I don't know.
For a while, SelenS didn't reply.
OxyJ: I'm sorry.
SelenS: It's okay. Next Thursday my mother and I will go to Skeleta.
OxyJ: oh yeah?
SelenS: Yeah. We don't want just be silent. My mother had called the police in your city many times, but they didn't answer our question. My mother had asked nicely. But they were so rude.
SelenS: I'll let you know when I get there. Maybe we can meet?
Oxy was silent for a moment. Her thumbs didn't move over the phone's screen. She suddenly felt nervous. Chatting via messages was not the same as chatting in person. She wasn't sure that SelenS would like her if they meet.
SelenS: Hey, are you still there?
OxyJ: Yes. Sorry. Great idea.
SelenS: That's good! See you there!
Oxy immediately typed a message.
OxyJ: Yeah.
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Three days later, Oxy got a direct message from SelenS.
SelenS: Hey. Are you still at school? I'm in front of your school gate.
Oxy was nervous because of the message. She still did not expect that she would meet SelenS in person. They didn't even know each other for long, they just suddenly connected.
What if the girl doesn't like her? Oxy was uneasy to deal with it.
Oxy dragged herself to walk closer to the school gate. Then, she saw that there were a lot of boys around the gate than usual.
"That girl is so beautiful!"
"She's not from our school is she?"
"She's wearing a suit from one of the best schools in Arterio!"
Oxy swallowed. She stopped walking. she saw a slender girl with blonde hair standing in front of the gate. From behind, Oxy could already guess if the girl was very beautiful.
That girl might be SelenS.
Oxy couldn't dare to greet the girl in front of so many people. She would only embarrass herself. The girl would refuse to recognize her after seeing her in person.
Oxy lowered her head, she walked quickly through the gate.
"OxyJ?"
Oxy gasped. She turned and saw the beautiful girl looking at her with a smile.
"I'm right, it's you!"
Oxy blinked. While the blonde girl immediately embraced her shoulder.
"Come on, take me to the best restaurant around here! I'm hungry!"
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Oxy was still nervous even though the two of them were no longer in front of many people. She didn't know if her choice would satisfy the blonde girl. She chose a restaurant that her family usually visited at a certain time, for example, to celebrate Darren's birthday.
The girl ordered a medium pizza for herself, while Oxy preferred ice cream and french fries.
"You don't eat pizza?" asked the blonde girl.
Oxy nodded. "I don't like bread."
The blonde girl snorted in amusement. "If you can't eat bread, what will you eat?"
"There are many choices," said Oxy. "So... you are... SelenS?"
"Selena," replied the blonde girl. "Can I call you Oxy?"
"Yeah, that's my name," Oxy nodded. "How did you recognize me?"
Selena giggled, showing her phone. "The internet has data on everyone. I searched the list of students at Riverwaze High School," she explained. "I found your photo."
"That's scary," Oxy commented.
"Yeah. But you might recognize me," she said. "You've read my message. But why did you walk so quickly?"
"Eh, that was..." Oxy was confused to explain. "I don't like crowded people."
"Was it crowded before?"
"Yeah, there's a lot of people watching you. Didn't you notice?"
Selena just laughed. "Gosh, I shouldn't have been waiting for you at that place. Kids from other schools always made attention, don't they?" She shrugged. "So do we. Skynorth High School is a school for girls. We scream every time we see boys playing football on the field next to our school."
But what Selena said was not what Oxy meant.
"Have you met your adoptive father?" Asked Oxy.
Selena nodded, but then shook her head.
"I know where he's locked up. But my mom and I aren't allowed to see him in person."
"Why?"
Selena glanced around her with her pale blue eyes. Selena's eye color reminded Oxy of Argen's. But Argen's eyes are bluer and clearer. It's like looking at the sky from inside someone's eyes.
Selena leaned forward towards Oxy. Oxy noticed that the ends of Selena's sleeves were stained with red sauce.
"They said it wasn't safe to meet him," Selena said to her.[]