"Darius, wait up...…Darius!!!!!"
"Ruby?"
"Darius.....phew........glad I caught you. I want to tell you….no...….I need to tell you something. It's important.........Really."
*Criiaannch*
".............I thought I told you to get the girls to the River. I will get Jacklyn off your tail and...….how'd you even find me?"
"If this is your version of hiding…then I know why you were an only Child."
"Hey, I.....learned from you, Beast Hunter. I'm sure you made the best trails. How'd I do?"
"Kid, I mean Darius...…please listen."
"I am lisening but I hear nothing."
"DARIUS!!!!!!!!
...........I....I......I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you.
I just want you to focus. I know you're just to stay happy in a situation where one shouldn't be, but before you......before you start picking a fight you know nothing about, you should first know...about."
"Huh?"
"What I'm trying to say is…..maybe it's best if we sit down."
"Ruby, you're scaring me. What did you do?"
"It's not what I did. It's what I didn't do. What I should've done.
I should've gone back, I should have never left. I should have never led. I should've...."
"Ruby, stop right there. If you always say I should've then you will never make it. Once I was in School one day and we were doing the Birdge challenge. I used a weak cheap roll on glue and not spray tube glue. Let's just say my bridge broke second to last and I didn't win."
".......What does that have to do with me?"
"I...…..I don't know. It sounded better in my head to relate. Carry on."
"Thank you.
Oh, and...thanks for trying to relate, but before you…."
"You're welcome."
".........Before you try to relate further, let me tell my tale, for I do have one.
When you met me in the woods so many days ago, I was crying and they were real tears. I wasn't crying out of victory but out of regret. If I could go back…I would. I'd give anything for you to see the real me."
"Ruby, you're not making any sense. I do see the real you."
".....You may be the only one.
…The others, Jacklyn has convinced them otherwise. Now they are scared whether I gathered everyone out of trust….or for something else. The Elements may be back, but the people aren't. I wish I never made the deal. I wish I never became Mediator. I don't deserve any of this. I wish...….I wish…I..."
"Ruby, there you are. You won't believe who we found sitting by the......Get away from her right now."
"Me?"
"Not you…you."
"Darius? Darius is Darius."
".......Hi, Ruby. I missed you."
"I...….you......uh...….if you're there then...….Timekeeper!!!!!"
"My work here is done. If you don't mind, I must go now."
"You sit right where you are."
"Actually......you freeze and stay right where you are.
*Snap*
"Now.....Ruby…
*tap, tap*
Wake up, can you hear me? I am here to grant your wish. To give you....a second chance. A chance to prove yourself. I'll be watching....I'll be waiting…..and to make matters more interesting…..
*Whoooooooooooooooooooooaaaahhhhhhhhhh*
I'll be holding onto your powers.
Trust yourself, trust each other, I don't care who you trust...but it must be Genuine. Bye now."
*POOF*