~A. Aura
~me. Yes
~A. Your wasting time
~me. What kind of time am I wasting? I don't have anymore important classes
~A. Aura please can you stop fighting the truth and come with us, you can trust us
~me. Why?
~A. Cause we know everything about you
~me. Like what?
~A. Your real eye color is purple not brown, your real hair color is black not brown, you have the most majestic powers beyond this realm and you have the power to save our world
~me. What's wrong with our world?
~A. It's in danger and we need you to help put everything back in place, I can't do it on my own, I need you, we all need you, our people need you
She said stretching her hand out for me to take. If my world was in danger and I'm the only one who can save it then I should help, if anything bad happens to my people it will be my fault and I don't want that.
~me. I'll think about it
~E. Do you think it's safe by midnight
He asked Acura.
~A. Yes, but we're gonna have to meet there once it's midnight
~E. Aura be there before midnight
~me. I said I'd think about it
I said and walked out of the classroom they had pulled me into.
I didn't know whether I should go with them or not. I got to class and shortly after they walked in and sat right behind me, I wasn't bothered anymore but I was feeling very weak it was a lot for me in class but I made it through the entire class without falling asleep.
The bell rung for lunch and Rylee, Adelynn and I went to the cafeteria. We got our food and got a seat.
~R. So are you gonna go out with Emory?
~me. No I won't, I told you guys I don't like him
~Ad. You had us fooled
~me. What's that supposed to mean
~Ad. Ohh nothing it's just rumor's been going around that he's still asking you out and your still saying no
~me. I don't want to go out with Emory, he's with Cecilia and I don't want her trouble
~R. When did you ever care about Cecilia's feelings?
~me. I don't
~Ad. And by the way it seems like she going out with the new crew
~me. New crew?
~Ad. Yeah, them
She said pointing towards Kian and his crew sitting with Cecilia, I searched the room for something but I didn't know what and my eyes fell on Acura and Everett in those disguises they were looking at Kian and his crew then they turned their gaze to me, I stared at them confused. Why did they always make themselves look so different whenever Kian and his crew where around?
More hours later and I just got home, I went inside and no one was downstairs so I went up to my room only to find Cecilia thrashing it.
~me. What in the world are you doing?!
~C. You thief, where is it?
~me. Where is what?
~C. My stone, where is it?
"Stone? Wait was she talking about the pearl?"
~me. What stone?
~C. You know what I'm talking about so stop playing stupid with me
~me. I think the only stone in this house is your heart, check there for the stone your looking for
She stormed out of my room angrily and one after the other I put my things back in place, the pearl was always with me, I always had it in my pocket or in my bag pack. If it was even a few feet away from me it would glow so brightly that it could blind a man. As I picked up my pillow my small jewelry box was under it so I put the pillow down on the bed and picked up the jewelry box, it had been quite some time since I had seen it, I completely forgot about it. I opened it and poured out everything that was inside, from my old earrings to my necklaces then an unfamiliar looking silver necklace fell from it. It had a pendant that was in the shape of a diamond, it looked more like a thin locket, I reached for it and allowed my eyes admire the beautiful necklace, I studied it closely then there was a knock on my door and I threw it to the other side of the bed causing it to hit the wall, then mom walked in.
~mom. Hailey, how are you? How was school today?
~me. It was fine, mom
~mom. Have you had something to eat?
~me. Yes I had an apple
~mom. Alright then you come down for dinner later okay
~me. Okay
She left and I went to the other side of my bed and used my eyes to search for the necklace, I found it broken and I felt bad, I noticed it wasn't broken but it just opened so I picked it up and something fell out from it. It looked like a piece of paper so I picked it up and opened it.
(She's an Afnane, the second protector and queen of Afnahish...
She's Aura)
I looked at the writing confused why was my name written here? Second protector and queen? Afnahish? I don't understand, I think I remember hearing Kian mention the word Afnahish before, is Afnahish where I'm from? Afnane? Is that what I am? Protector and queen? I don't understand that part, what was that supposed to mean?
I sat on the edge of my bed confused trying to process the meaning of all these things then there was a knock on my door.
~Quinn. Ma'am dinner has been served
~me. I'll be right there
I looked at the time and it shocked me how much time had gone by. I folded the piece of paper back into the diamond shaped pendant then something strange happened, the paper vanished and the writing that was inside on a small piece of paper was now written on the inside of the diamond locket. I looked at it in shock and closed the diamond locket back and placed it under my mattress.
As I got downstairs mom, dad, Cecilia and Gabriella were at the dining table so I took a sit between dad and Gabriella.
~me. Evening dad
~dad. Good evening my dear
We began to eat and I looked over at mom, who sat on the opposite dad, she looked uneasy and I could feel a sense of worry coming from her. Then I looked at dad, I felt a sense of anger coming from him. He wasn't in a good mood, maybe something happened at work.
~me. Are you alright dad?
~dad. Yes I am, just some work stress
He said trying to force a smile.
~me. You wanna talk about it?
~dad. I've just been losing some money and I was unable to figure out why, but I have now and it was my personal assistant that was the reason so I'm not really happy about it
~me. Why do you even need a personal assistant?
~dad. I can't do it all on my own
~me. Oh, then just get someone else
~dad. It's not easy to trust people dear
~me. Oh
The rest of the dinner went on in silence, I couldn't pin point on why mom was feeling uneasy and looking so worried but then I looked at Cecilia.
~C. This girl! All you ever do is take all the love and attention, I couldn't sit by dad cause he was looking mad and then you took my seat right next to him, I hate you so much and I wish I could just get rid of you. You've taken Emory away from me, you've taken dad's attention away from me, you've taken mom's love away from me you just take basically everything good and everything that's supposed to be mine and I still hate you everyday for it
I was in shock actually, her mouth didn't move which meant she said it to herself. So I can read minds now? What's going on with me?
I went back up to my room after I had finished eating and locked my door, I brought out the pearl and the necklace and looked at the two of them.
~me. I don't understand anything that's going on anymore, I was able to hear what Cecilia was saying in her head and I don't understand why.
I looked at myself in the mirror and I no longer had my brown hair and brown eyes, I looked at my phone screen and I still did then I looked at the mirror again and I saw my brown hair and eyes again.
~me. Am I going mad?