Cass's POV (point of view)
I ran. Pushing myself faster, the wind stinging my eyes, whipping the tears from my cheeks. I shouldn’t have screamed at Ali. The thought resounded around my mind, making it impossible to navigate. I was just running, blindly avoiding trees. I forced myself to slow down, finding that the vicious, boiling anger was fading, finally feeling the force of my own sobs as they shook my shoulders. I buried my face in my hands as a kind of internal war broke out in my head.
You can’t go back.
You need to apologise to Ali.
She doesn’t deserve an apology.
Yes she does.
Run. Move. Get away from them.
Go back.
No.
Go back to your friends.
Are they your friends?
My hands shifted from hiding my tears to clutching at my head, fighting to control the two enemy voices.
Answer me. Are they your friends? Snarled the more aggressive of the two, I could see it, a small figure in black, with hair of an even brighter red than my own.
Yes… the voice of this one was dressed in white, blonde, and looked a little like Sami and Prim mixed together. It was hesitant in answering, a tentative half-question.
Run. Go now. They are coming. My blonde voice out up no fight, and I obeyed instinctively, darting away between the trees, deeper into the forest. I leaped behind a large rock and pulled up my hood, blending into the green of the forest as I heard five familiar voices. Thank goodness Zoe wasn’t with Sami, or she’d smell me at once.
I crouched a little lower as the voices came closer. Sami led the way out of the trees, looking around.
“Cass? Are you there?” she called, her voice echoing through the forest. She sounded heartbroken.
No. You’re the one who’s heartbroken. Not them. Don’t answer. The little black voice growled. I decided from now on, that one was ‘demon’ and the other was ‘angel’.
Go to them! Angel suddenly piped up.
NO! snapped Demon. I watched the group pass, looking all around for me. Ali had salty tear-tracks staining her face. I curled my lip.
Why was she so upset?
So I'm going to swap between Cass and Crysta's POV :)