That night, Tancred couldn't sleep. There was something about Leah that he wanted to know so badly, but he couldn't put his finger on it exactly.
He snuck over to the window and stared out into the courtyard he looked forward to walking on every miserable day at Bloor's Academy.
Something caught his eye. He looked down to see a small bird perched on the windowsill, looking at him with a look smarter than a bird should have. He rolled his eyes and opened his window. "What is it, Em?"
She dropped a piece of paper into his hand. He unfolded it and read its contents. It was a note saying he needed to go down to the art room right away. He looked up to confide Emma in this, but she wasn't there.
Tancred put his slippers on and tip-toed to the art room, waking up Lysander as the note also said.
The two walked down the stairs cautiously, making sure not to make any noise. They were soon joined by Charlie Bone and Gabriel Silk.
"What's going on?" Tancred wondered.
"You guys need to see something." Charlie said, mainly looking at Tancred.
They arrived in the art room were Emma, Olivia, and Billy were waiting.
"There you are, Billy. Matron came in and I had to tell her you were in the bathroom. I thought the Bloor's had gotten a hold of you." Charlie sighed.
"No," Billy shook his pale, white head.
"Now, what do we have to see?" Tancred asked.
Emma went over to a canvas and glanced at Tancred. "We think this has to do with you, Tanc." then she turned it around to reveal a drawing of a thunderstorm. At the bottom sat Leah, holding her hand out, catching a bolt of lightning.
"What does this have to do with me?"
"The lightning." Everyone said as if it was obvious.
"No, her best friend, my cousin Talia, is a storm bringer as well. That picture could also mean anything." Tancred defended.
"I don't like her, she's just so out there. When I talked to her, she barely said hi." Emma complained.
"Don't talk about Leah like that. She's my cousin's best friend and Talia's a storm bringer. If she hears about you saying things like that about Talia, she'll rip you to shreds!" Tancred wasn't sure if Talia was even violent enough to do that, but as long as it scared them.
Everyone was quiet.
"What's going on in here?" A small but defiant voice asked.
They all turned to see a girl standing by the door, her face masked by the shadow's the moon had cast around the room.
