[ WP ] You are a malicious imaginary friend , your host is 19 . You feed off of her when she has fun with you . She thinks she 's too old for you , all her friends and family say so , change her mind before you fade forever .

( I started writing and did n't notice the age. I was thinking something 15 or 16. I'm also terrible with first person, but I hope this is okay ) 
 
 Strands of brown hair were scattered all over the floor of the girls' bathroom, the sacred domain of the high school schoolgirl. Leaking taps were going drip... drip... drip, a dodgy fluorescent light over a corner stall flickered ever so slightly, and this place would have been so typical, but for one thing. This bathroom's mirror had a large mural of fresh graffiti, written in lipstick. It read: ISOBEL DAWSON IS A PIXIE XOXO. 
 
 Following the cinnamon brown hair trail on the tiled floor led to a girl. She sat with her arms across her bare knees, sobbing in the corner. A pair of broken glasses lay at her feet. She had short, freshly cut hair. Like a a pixie's. 
 
 A girl came crashing through the bathroom door, with her companion trailing behind her like a shadow. 
 
 “ Jesus, I am so sorry! I ca n't believe they actually did it, ” she said, striding towards the huddled figure. “ I mean, they're bitches, but this is just cruel. ” 
 
 The girl's shadow laughed. “ Ellyse, this is too much. Even for me. You are taking being a bitch to a level I've never even thought about. To pretend to care for someone...? ” 
 
 “ Go away! ” the crying girl exclaimed. 
 
 “ I'm really sorry, Isobel, ” said Ellyse. She knelt down next to her and stroked what remained of Isobel's hair. “ I should've stopped them, but you know what it's like, peer pressure, and friends, and all that... ” 
 
 “ Are you fucking serious? ” whispered Isobel. 
 
 “... and sometimes you have to do stuff you do n't want to do otherwise people wo n't think you're like, I do n't know, cool, and - ” 
 
 The slap was too fast for Ellyse's drifting mind to have even considered. Isobel struck her square in the cheek, sending her immediately from stroking her hair, to nursing the reddening mark on her pale face. 
 
 “ Haha, I knew this would happen, ” said the other girl. “ You played a dangerous game, and you lost, Ellyse. Now let's take her down in Round Two. ” 
 
 “ Okay, ” Ellyse said after a deep breath. 
 
 Just as the Other Girl was about to rub her hands together like a comic book villain, Ellyse said: “ I deserved that. ” 
 
 “ What? ” Isobel and the other girl said. 
 
 “ I deserved that, ” she repeated. “ I should n't have just let them get away with it. But you did n't deserve this, Isobel, and I'm sorry for everything I did to you. ” 
 
 “ You do n't mean that, ” said Isobel. 
 
 “ Izz, if our sleepovers in Year 6 mean anything to you, you have to believe me. I'm so, so sorry. ” 
 
 Isobel scoffed. “ You know that means absolutely nothing now, right? You would've had a better shot if you just hit me back. ” 
 
 “ Come on. You still have that scar, do n't you? You know, this one? ” 
 
 Ellyse flashed her palm. From between her ring and middle finger down to the centre of her wrist was a long gash of a scar. Isobel looked at her own palm, and snorted, like a parent would while laughing at something they should n't have laughed at in a kids' movie. 
 
 “ Your mum freaked out so much, ” said Isobel. “ We were in the hospital the whole night. I still ca n't believe they had to put you under. ” 
 
 “ Well at least one of us took the blood pact seriously, ” Ellyse said. “ It looks like you hardly broke the skin. You know what the weird thing is though? ” 
 
 “ What? ” 
 
 “ My mum still uses that knife. ” 
 
 “ No way. ” 
 
 “ She does! I saw her cutting up mince with it last Christmas. I think she either forgot, or she does it on purpose to make me stop eating meat. She always wants to make me something with tofu. And she looks really sad when I say no. ” 
 
 “ Ellyse, what's wrong with you? ” the other girl interrupted. She was holding the pinkie of her right hand, which seemed to be... evaporating. 
 
 “ I wish we were still friends, Elly, ” said Isobel. 
 
 “ Me too. But it's hard, you know? It's not that simple. ” 
 
 “ Ellyse, what's wrong with you! ” By now, the other girl had buried her right hand under an armpit, obviously in discomfort. 
 
 Isobel nodded. 
 
 “ ELLYSE TALK TO ME YOU SLUT. ” 
 
 “ Would you shut the fuck up?! ” Ellyse screamed, making Isobel flinch. The other girl jumped to life. 
 
 “ Wow, finally. What the hell is wrong with you Ellyse? What's your excuse for this pussy innocent schoolgirl bullshit, it makes me want to cut my ears off. ” 
 
 “ It's nothing, Maddie. In fact, it's none of your business, you know, so why do n't you go and just, like, I do n't know, disappear! ” Ellyse said. 
 
 “ Umm, is everything okay, Ellyse? ” asked Isobel, eyes wide with shock. 
 
 “ Yes, ” replied Ellyse. 
 
 Isobel raised a finger in protest. “ You just yelled into thin air. Who's Maddie? Oh my God, is this some kind of joke? ” She looked around like a meerkat. “ Is there a camera somewhere? ” 
 
 “ That's too funny, ” said Maddie, pointing at Isobel with her right hand. “ Is this who we're hanging out with now? ” 
 
 Ellyse stood up and looked her dark haired, black lipped friend in the eyes. 
 
 “ Ca n't you see this? This is insane, Maddie. They cut her hair, for God's sake, I never wanted to hurt anybody! How can you find this funny? ” 
 
 “ Yeah, you never wanted to hurt anybody. You've been such a good girl to get to where you are now. So I guess you never hurt Harriet Moss, either? Or how about Mr. Doolan, who was so obviously a paedophile? Oh yeah, and you definitely did n't hurt Mary Zhang... ” 
 
 “ Hang on a second, Maddie Malyx? ” Isobel said. “ The - ” 
 
 “ Yes, ” replied Ellyse. “ I know. The pixie. ” 
 
 “ And now you're dodging the question. Typical, ” said Maddie. 
 
 “ Now I know this has to be a joke. There's no way you still think about Pixia. I do n't even think about it, you know that scrapbook was from years ago. Maddie is real? ” 
 
 “ Short answer, yes. And she's not that impressive. ” 
 
 “ But you made her so cool. I loved her, ” said Isobel. 
 
 “ Yeah, no Izz, she's not, stop laughing. If you do n't take shit from anybody and try to be some kind of warrior princess all you become is a slutty bitch who ends up being horrible to her friends. ” 
 
 “ Ouch, Ellyse. I'm sorry you feel that way. ” 
 
 “ Sometimes, I think you need me more than I need you, ” Ellyse said. “ I'm way too old for this. How the hell are you still hanging around? ” 
 
 “ Well I think it's cute, ” Isobel said, rising to her feet. “ Where is she anyway? ” 
 
 “ See? Isobel likes me. She's cool. You've just changed, Ellyse. You've turned into this mean girl and maybe, just maybe, you changed me. ” 
 
 “ Really, Izz? ” 
 
 “ Yeah, it's like old times. It's also pretty funny. ” 
 
 “ Okay, fine. She's over here, ” Ellyse said, pointing at an empty spot near a stall. 
 
 “ Hi Maddie, remember me? I made Lilia, and Garwyn, and Bora, and all the others too. But I always thought you were the cool one, ” said Isobel gleefully. 
 
 “ Of course I remember, Isobel. Thank you so much, ” Maddie replied, with a black smile across her face.
