The girls glared at them except Camilla, with the sickly sweet smile on face.
When Bridget got to where they were standing by the door, she stopped.
"What trouble have your friend gotten herself into now?" Bridget asked
"You shouldn't be asking me that when two of your friends are missing" Shelly snapped
"Coco is sick-
"Let me guess? Jessica Young is sick too?" Shelly asked
Bridget scoffed at her and walked out of the room with fake friends.
The boys didn't leave.
"I really want to hear this. I'm having a bad feeling about this" Bryce gave his excuse when Mr Walker looked at him.
And Mr Walker never deny Bryce Parker.
"Fina was going to check on Xavier and talk to you" Zo began, her hands shaking.
"What happened to Xavier?" Ozias asked sharply.
"He was sick. No, he was poisoned" Zo said
Total silence.
"Xavier has an illness that bothers him" Bryce said with a frown. "That's not poison"
"Xavier had suspicions that Tyrell was poisoning him" Shelly said "He told us himself. He asked us to take him to Mr Walker. He wanted to be out of Tyrell's sight. He asked for him" Shelly said, pointing at Kit. "But he brought Jessica Young instead"
Confusing marked their eyes.
"I confirmed it myself. The pills that he gave Xavier was made from Ivy. The same flower that was given to Talon. Anne took care of Talon" Zo said
No one believed them.
The door opened and Xavier walked in.
Every eyes turned to him.
He still looked sick but better than before.
"Why?" Bryce asked.
One word. And Xavier understood. "I wasn't sure. He was strange. He began to act strange"
"They were looking for a book" Shelly said
All attention turned to her.
"Students were killed because of it. You probably don't remember. The memories were being erased from everyone's head. Beau Harrison and Lia Mason was killed. A student from Gemini was killed too. Three repeated deaths. One same goal. It was all because of the book" Shelly said
"What book?" Ozias asked
"The invisible coded book. The book have been lost for years. The Guardians searched for it but they never found it" Mr Walker explained "It's very powerful and dangerous"
"There were deaths and shadows. Someone threatened us. Someone followed us" Shelly explained
"Fina found a diary in the library. It was Carly Brooklyn's. A student in Elfina. She hid the diary century ago. We decoded it and learned about the deaths. Ivies. And the red eye. Especially the book. We were going to stop but we got entangled in it. One thing led to another. We found out Serene Berry was Mélanie Crest" Zo said
"Mélanie is dead" Kit said "Right? Her name sounds familiar"
"Yes. Serene was murdered but the memory was erased from everyone's head. No one investigated. Mélanie soul lived inside her." Shelly said "The book led to a ghost. Xiana Kang's ghost"
Everyone was alerted even Mr Walker straightened up.
The memories coming back in bits.
"Xiana took us into a secret room in the library. It was an odd room. With a painting. July 12th was written on it" Shelly said "We followed her into the fountain of blood that led to an ugly room covered in blood. Bad words were written on the walls and we found Xiana's ring. Somone tortured her in that room"
"The day Fina got hurt in the Telepathy room, we found ourselves in an odd place. We were chased by snakes. Fina fell from the high stair" Zo said
"Tyrell was behind Xiana's death and so was Jessica." Shelly said
"No. Tyrell's been with us for a long time" Bryce said
"He became close to Fina so she would tell him everything. He is evil" Shelly said, glaring at Bryce Parker.
Mr Walker looked Shelly straight in the eye.
"Why don't you start from the beginning? From the beginning, Jefferson"
"I- I'll explain on the way. We've got to find Fina first. She's in danger" Shelly said
"I didn't know if she left the castle safely but let's start from there" Bryce Parker said "But, if you can remember, why can't we remember?"
"We don't have an answer to that yet" Shelly said
Ozias was extremely deep in thought.
"If they have Clark with them, I don't even know what to think" He said, looking straight at Bryce.
Bryce expression was unreadable. No one knows what's going on his head.
If it's true, their long term friendship… the pain.
Zo shook her head, Bryce Parker's feelings was the least of her problems.
"Lead the way. And I want a thorough explanation for all of this" Mr Walker said.
Shelly didn't need to be told twice.
She began her explanation as soon as they were out of the door while her heart pounded in her chest hoping they weren't too late to save the one person who had started to mean a lot to her besides her trashy family in the City of Love.