Emma and Cora chorused,"No way!". Was that why Olly didn't say anything about her family? Because he was gonna give her to his dad,he did say he the prince of a clan,but he didn't say which one so was his father Gilliam the second?. Rhetorical Questions kept running around in Emma's head. They didn't escape Cora's head either as she thought about it.
'Was Olly the mystery prince who was never present in the castle since six years ago. The maids always spoke about him and his beauty but Olly was just as handsome as normal hand some men and in the ocean if you were tagged handsome then the most handsome human looked like a very ugly person beside you so it couldn't be Olly but it felt like he was the one',she did see him change into a fish and it was green;the only way to recognize Emeralds that shape shifted but it could have been another Emerald so who knew...?
"So... you're coming or you still wanna keep thinking about whatever you both are thinking about?",Olly said and made them snap out of their trances."Oh,right...coming",Emma and Cora said, together. They got into the toilet and although it seemed weird it wasn't too weird.Olly opened the seat and said, "Enlarge". As though it was awaiting Olly's command. The WC expanded and the three of them could stand in it.
Emma gasped and whispered to Cora, "Isn't this amazing?" but Cora seemed to be lost in her thoughts again and was brought back to the present by Emma's voice. "Uh,sorry...I was..",she was interrupted by Emma who said again,"I said it's amazing".
"Oh yeah... it's the secret passage",Cora replied,not looking amused.
"Something's up with you again, isn't it?",Emma said and raised an eyebrow.
"What?,No?...I'm just uh...nervous"
"Okay...if you say so"
"Yeah".
Cora skipped one teensy-weensy detail...Lord Gilliam the Second was her master who saved her and sheltered her and to worsen the matter,he thought she was dead.
'Oh ,what am I gonna do?',Cora said internally. "Cora?",Olly said, bringing her back.
"Oh sorry".
Olly had asked everyone to step into the WC,she didn't hear him but she was familiar with the process and she saw Emma standing in it so she stepped into it and Olly followed her.
"Jewel",Olly said and they got sucked into the WC. They were gone and the WC looked as normal as ever.
"Ahhh!",Emma screamed as she slid down the tube.
Olly rolled his eyes and said sarcastically "You're so brave",smirking.
Emma glared at him and slowly stopped screaming.
*Thud*
Emma dropped on the glass floor she looked under her and saw a shark,it opened it's mouth and it's razor-sharp teeth came into view. It was looking straight at Emma and swimming towards her ,she couldn't help but scream, forgetting she was safe in the glass tube that looked like an elevator.
"Oh my god, it's gonna eat me...ahhh!",she screamed and clutched onto Olly's arm and Cora's. "Relax,it can't break through the glass and it's just saying 'hi'",Olly said and looked down at the girl holding his arm tightly, smirking. "Oh, that's right. I knew",Emma lied and didn't let go of his arm but she released Cora's.
Cora didn't move nor look away from the direction she was looking towards.She was lost in her thoughts again.
"Uhm...Olly,is my family in the Emerald castle?",Emma asked breaking the silence.
"Uh...no,why do you ask?",Olly asked.
"I was just curious...so who is your dad?", Emma asked again.
'I hope he doesn't say...',Emma thought to herself but her thought was completed by Olly.
"Lord Gilliam...the second",Olly said,not looking bothered.
Hearing that, Emma's heart almost flew out of her mouth and Cora was pulled back to present. Cora gulped and her eyes widened in shock,so did Emma's.
"G-G-Gilliam the second",Emma said and turned to look at Cora but she wasn't there.
"Cora?",Emma was even more scared. She was hoping for something impossible,that she had turned invisible. Emma waved her hands through the air where Cora was standing but she felt nothing.
"We're finally here...Cora probably left before I could ask her to go so come with me. You stay outside the throne room and make yourself comfortable in the hall while I see dad",Olly said and stepped out of the elevator.
"Hello?",Olly waved his hand in front of Emma.
"Coming",Emma said still shocked.
Olly pulled her by the arm and said,"You'll find other friends...forget about her,okay?".
I yanked my arm away from Olly immediately he said that."Forget about her?!...when you travelled ,did I forget about you?No!,I didn't,You were gone for three years and she's just been gone for three minutes and you're asking me to forget about her. No way, she's my friend and I'm not going with you till I find her,I'm sure she's here somewhere". I expected Olly to be angry or try to persuade me to follow him but he did the opposite.
"Fine,suit yourself,you wanna find her,right?.Then go,if you get lost ask someone the way to the palace and meet me there before an hour. Bye"
I opened my mouth in shock,Olly had changed a lot! Three years ago,Olly would have been angry at what I said but he would have made sure he followed me to look for her if I didn't agree to follow him to the palace but this Olly didn't care,he didn't even push it.
"Hmph,then bye!",I said,annoyed. "One hour",he repeated and I didn't look back we went towards different directions and I didn't look back at him till he was long gone and I discovered I was lost. I thought to myself, 'where did Cora say she liked going when she was bothered about something?', because she looked really bothered in the elevator.
"The mall!",I exclaimed to myself but that was when she was bored."No",I said and shook my head.I continued thinking and I didn't notice an Old man that floated to me. "Are you lost,young miss?",the man asked.
"Uhm...n...actually,yes...I'm looking for my friend with red hair,we have the same height and she looks dangerous...like a fighter and she's in a black leather jacket and pants and boots too.",I said hoping he would say he knew her.
"Nope,sorry didn't see her but where was she the last time you saw her?",the old man asked.
"She was with me,in the elevator",I said.
"Hmm... although the description fits someone from the Ruby clan there is none here,the only one that was here is dead...we're all Emeralds,sorry.",he said"Oh right, she's...",I wanted to say she was from the Ruby clan but he was gone.
I started thinking again that,what was she doing here anyway...I thought the master she said was someone from the Ruby clan but she was acting way too bothered about something and when she talked about the errands he often sent her,they were related to power just like....My eyes widened,"Lord Gilliam the second!.
'Was she scared that I would refuse to be her friend if she told me she was an ally of my greatest enemy?',I thought.
'But she knows I wouldn't...it isn't her fault!'
'I have to find her!'.
I saw someone with red hair turn at a corner among the sea of people with special dresses that I didn't notice before,they were all green and were designed with white,they all looked uniform and immediately I followed,I floated as fast I could but I lost the person and I was staring at the barrier preventing water from entering the castle. Olly warned me to not try to get into it and said it was dangerous but I was so curious and angry at him. 'If he cared so much,why did he leave me alone?...I'm going in', I said to myself. I moved back and ran forward,ready to dive into the gigantic amount of water in front of me.
"Are you crazy?!", someone said from behind and pulled my hand. "Yes,I wanted you to leave him but not die".
I looked and saw someone that I wanted to see the most,Cora. "Cora!!!" ,I screamed and hugged her tightly. "Hii...notice anything new?",she said grinning.
I gasped and covered my mouth.
"Your hair!... It's black and you did black makeup"
"Yeah babe!"
"I love it,you look more dangerous...hehe"
"Thanks"
"So you went to the salon?"
"Yup...I thought I'd change my look..."
"So Lord Gilliam wouldn't recognize you?"
"Yeah...I'm sorry that I left you all alone but my plan worked"
"What plan?"
"Follow me",Cora pulled me and I followed her.
"By the way,I asked someone if he saw you but he said no and that the only person from the Ruby clan here was..."
"Dead",Cora completed and sighed.
"Yeah",I said.
"The last mission I went on with Omnia and Omen,the illegitimate children of Lord Gilliam
I faked death by disappearing and after they searched for me for about two months,they concluded I was dead and I took refuge with the sharks,that was where Wanda often visited me at,the sharks never harmed me or her and she befriended them before I got there so we became friends and she told me about everything that has happened and how she needed to see you before your 17th birthday so I agreed to help and here I am",Cora narrated.
"Here put this on" she said and gave me a ring that looked like a mini version of the spiked bracelet I saw in my vision.
"It'll enable you to breathe in the water...I was meant to give you this when you're in the water",she added.
"Okay, thanks",I said and I put it on my ring finger. We entered the water and I was floating just like in the vision...we were floating towards the salon when I remembered Olly.
"Olly!,he said he gave me an hour",I exclaimed.
"Don't worry about that,we'll go to the mall and we'll get ready to go to Wanda",Cora said.
"But what about Olly?"
"Nevermind...he's with his dad and I'm sure he's been acting strangely again"
"Yeah..."
"Don't worry,I'm sure Wanda has some info about it"
"Okay"