Hide and seek

This time she would not get off so easily. Aylana paused in mid-motion and saw people staring at her. She had caught the heavy steel bar that had slipped out of the hands of a worker building scaffolding with one hand, while with the other she held on to the scaffolding above the group of students on whom the bar would have fallen. The gymnasium at Aylana's school was being renovated and the workers were in the process of erecting the scaffolding. Right next to it was a small patch of grass that the pupils liked to use as a playground. The pupils below her had jumped to the side with a startled cry and were staring up at her with disbelieving eyes and open mouths. Aylana's horror had sent a chill down her spine. What had she been thinking? She held out the pole to the worker who had dropped it from her hand. He was deathly pale and had to hold the pole with both hands so as not to lose it again. Aylana slowly climbed off the scaffolding and would have preferred to make herself invisible.

"That was incredible!"

"How did you do that?"

"I've never seen anything like it!" they heard from all around them. At the top of the scaffolding, the construction worker was still standing motionless with the pole in both hands. Aylana saw the foreman walk over to him and take the pole from his hand. The two spoke to each other and the worker began to gesticulate wildly, pointing at Aylana again and again. Aylana was still surrounded by the students, who were all talking to her in confusion. She knew she had to come up with a good explanation and pushed her way through the group that had gathered around her towards the school building.

"I was just standing nearby watching the workers erecting the scaffolding. And that's when I saw the pole fall down. Anyone would have done that," she replied curtly.

One of her classmates replied:"I've never seen anyone move and climb so quickly. And you caught this thing with one hand. How did you manage that?"

"I happened to be nearby and just acted without thinking. It was just a lot of luck!"

Aylana was relieved to hear the school bell ring at that moment, announcing that lessons were about to start. As she made her way through the crowd, she saw her class teacher, who was supervising the break, looking at her with a thoughtful expression. Aylana's thoughts wandered into the past. How often had she gotten herself into trouble because of her impulsive and carefree nature? It was particularly difficult for her to control herself during sport. She could always run faster, jump higher and throw further than everyone else.

Aylana was very slim and slender, but quite tall for her age. Most of her classmates in the third year of secondary school were smaller. And at 15 years old, she was far ahead of everyone else in terms of her overall development. However, this was not so much because she tried harder. Aylana belonged to the Arcandrin tribe. An ancient tribe who had always inspired the imagination of humans and were commonly referred to as elves. However, the legends and stories surrounding thlegen