"When the justified deed has been done, ignite your inner powers into one..."
My eyes shot open, then I sat up quickly in my bed.
What was that voice in my head...? I recalled the voice's quote as if it were openly spoken to me.
I sighed and got up out of bed, then got ready for the day. I stopped by the shop underneath my room, Littlest Pet Shop. I saw one of my friends, Brittany Bright, in the daycare area, talking to the pets.
Brittany had the strange ability to communicate with animals just like me. But ever since she grew older, she had become a student for the ruler of another world and had been gone for around two years. But now she's back... and she looked so grown up.
The very first day I met Brittany, she was as shy and timid as can be, as well as her red and orange raccoon pet, Raven. But she had grown to enjoy friendship, with the help of me, the pets, and my other friends: Jasper, Sue, and Youngmee.
Now she was here again and she was taller, a little broader, and had dyed her naturally purple hair, putting streaks of bright yellow, hot pink, and teal in her hair. She also had a watch with a teal strap, tiny rainbow earrings, and a rainbow diamond on the chest of her purple shirt. I heard the pets talk about the diamond on her shirt.
"That's a really pretty diamond, Brittany!" Penny Ling the indigo-and-white giant panda gasped, her eyes growing wide. "It's never been on your shirt before."
"This is called a special design," Brittany replied, petting Zoe the purple Cavalier King Charles Spaniel as she lay in her lap. "A special design is a mark on one's clothing or jewelry when they find their special talent. It only happens to those who live in the Mushroom World, however."
"Mushroom World?" I echoed, walking over and sitting next to Brittany.
"Oh! Hy, Blythe!" the teenager greeted happily. She turned back to the pets. "The Mushroom World is a world that can be only visited through a green transportation pipe known as a Warp Pipe. The land is ruled by Queen Melody and King George, and their daughter is one of my best friends."
"You're friends with royalty?!" Zoe gasped in awe, her sparkling sky-blue eyes growing larger.
"Please excuse me," I interrupted. "Brittany, I, uh, actually have a question to ask you... I had a dream last night, and I was wondering if..."
"Oh, okay," Brittany said. She turned to the pets. "Could you all please excuse us?"
"Grunting in exasperation and frustration, the pets walked away. Brittany turned back to me. "What was your dream about?"
"Well... I heard a voice in my head that woke me up this morning..." I replied. "'When the justified deed has been done, ignite your inner powers into one.'"
After a moment of silence, the magician girl finally spoke up. "It sounds like a prophecy." She saw the questioning gaze in my eyes. "Well, you know what prophecies are."
"Well, yeah, I know, but why did I receive a prophecy?"
"Well, you are the only person in this world with the ability to communicate with animals," Brittany pointed out. "That could have something to do with it. I've received a couple prophecies since I've lived in Toad Town, like the Jewels of Unity for example."
"Well, what do you think it means?"
"I won't lie to you, but I don't really know. All I know is this is a very powerful prophecy somehow... and you have something to do with it."
"I sighed, then pushed the prophecy and all the confusing unanswered questions to the back of my mind and turned to my friend. "Anyway, why don't you tell me about your new life in Toad Town?"
We talked all day long, catching up on lost time by helping Mrs. Twombly clean up the shop, with the pets' help. When the sun turned the sky into a gorgeous living picture of blends of yellow, orange, and red, Brittany and Raven gave their final farewells to me and the daycare pets and headed home. I then went off to my apartment above the pet shop and went to sleep.
That's when the prophecy came back.
Many voices raged through my mind. I couldn't identify who's voices because they all piled atop one another, but I could make out some of the words.
"We need to find the others!"
"Why are we... what we are?"
"You've got to believe me!"
"They took her! They just took her!"
"Together, we can defeat them."
"When the justified deed has been done, ignite your inner powers into one!"
Not being able to take the voices anymore, my eyes shot open again and I sat up. My eyes just about popped right out of their sockets.
"What the what?" I gasped aloud.