She Knew Me

I never knew the girl, but she knew me.

"Hello, Tara and Monika!!" A dark skinned girl said as we passed by on the street on our way to school.

"Who is she, Momo?" I asked as she and I waved back at her.

"Who? Last time I checked, you knew everyone." Monika, an elven folk like me, said with a smile.

"That dark skinned girl. She said hello and I don't know who she is or how she knows me." I said as we got to the gates of the Elven University.

"Anyways, see you at lunch." Monika said as she skipped off to her class, leaving me all alone.

I sighed and walked through the gates and bumped right into... I knew it. I bumped right into Darius. I lowered my head and walked around him and his group. They grabbed my bag and yanked backwards. I fell to the ground and they started laughing as I sighed.

"Watch it, nerd." Darius said as he laughed.

I ignored him as I stood up and walked to my first class of the day. I walked in and sat down at a desk near the door. The bell rang and got lost within my thoughts.

'Who is she? Who was that who said hello to Momo and I? How does she know me? Have I met her before? I haven't seen her around here lately. I wonder if I have any classes with her. Is she with anyone that I know? Who is she? I never knew this girl, but how does she know me?' I thought to myself.

"Tara!! Tara Lerandor Diera!! Pay attention, now. What do you get when you mix a White Rose with White sage and Aloe Vera?" The teacher asked me with a stern look.

"Ummm... You cannot mix a white rose with white sage and Aloe Vera. The Aloe is a moisturizer and the white sage makes your skin or wounds heal. The rose alone smells good but can kill you if mixed with the aloe vera and the white sage. It turns into either a Death Goop or a Killing Potion." I said as I explained quickly.

"Good, Mr. Diera. That is correct. Can everyone pick a partner and make at least one vial of this Killing Potion?" The teacher asked as she wrote it down on the board.

Everyone else paired up until there was only two of us left. It was a little purple eyed little elf about my size nicknamed tiny. She smiled and went to grabbed the ingredients. I noticed she had grabbed more than what she was told. She came back with 2 Aloe Vera Leaves, 6 Roses, 3 White Sage branches, 4 vials, a Granite mortar and Pestle.

"What is with the extra ingredients?"I asked as she got to my table.

"Well, I thought maybe we could make a couple extra for us. If that is okay with you." She said as she set them down.

"I... umm... It is fine, Tiny. I will do all the mixing and pouring into the vials. Can you take the petals off of the roses and put them onto this paper? Can you also take the leaves off one branch and put them in the mortar?" I asked as I put a paper on the table.

She nodded as I went to get a bowl for the aloe vera. I grabbed two bowls and walked back up to the table where Tiny and I were working. She nodded as she carefully plucked each petal and sorted them out as I scraped the Aloe out of the leaves and into the bowl. We separated the leaves from the branches and put them in the other bowl. I put 10 rose petals, 2 spoonfuls of Aloe Vera and about 3/4 of a branch of White Sage into the mortar. Then, I crushed and and mixed until it turned into a liquid form. I opened the vial and poured it into the vial. I put a spray head in the vial and set it off to one side. I did the same amount of Aloe Vera and White Sage with 25 rose petals. I did the same for all the vials and adding 5 Petals to the rest of them. I ended up with 6 vials, each with a different strength and different scents.

"Good work, Mr. Diera. Ms. Ling, you need to help out a little more." The teacher said as she looked at our work of 6 vials.

"Madam. Even though I did all the work, she helped me by getting extra ingredients and she came up with the ideas to add scents so we can differentiate the strengths of each vial of Killing Potion." I said as I cleaned up the Mortar and Pestle.

"Good job, Ms. Ling. You two are a great team." The teacher said as the bell rang.

I put the Mortar and the Pestle away. I took three of the vials but Tiny stopped me as I went to walk away.

"I don't need these vials. You can take them, Tarantula." She said with a smile.

I nodded and took the other 3 vials. I put them in my bag and went to my next class.

The rest of my classes had that mysterious dark skinned girl with blonde hair and white eyes.

Is this how she knew me?