"Kristin!"
"What?" I asked; not wanting to answer.
"Kristin," she took a few deep breaths after running through the swinging kitchen doors, then continued, "There's a man up front that wants to see you."
I set the dish down and wiped my hand off on my blue jean shorts, "What for?"
The waitress in the pink dress we all called Jessie shrugged her shoulders. I sighed and walked out the back of the kitchen and into the restaurant to see a Caucasian man with black hair, a little taller than myself. He wore a black tux; very fitted with shiny black shoes, as if he just came from a very expensive wedding or something. Despite the fact he was inside, he wore dark glasses which did not allow me to see his eyes. He had his hands folded in the front of himself like a body guard. "Yes?" I asked nonchalantly when I approached him.
"Hello Ms. Kristin Magenii Williams." He said with only moving his mouth.
I mentally gasped but kept my 'cool' , "How did you know my whole name?"
"I know a lot more than that, Ms. Williams. Please, come with me-"
"Uh, no offense but I don't find that very safe, and plus, I can't just leave work-"
A shout interrupted me from behind, "Kristin Williams, you're fired!" My mouth gaped open in shock as I turned back around to look at the man.
"Ms. Williams, I believe it would be best that you come with me." He leaned forward slightly and said softer, "No harm shall come to you, as it is, I am here to not only inform you, but to protect you." He stood straight up again and opened the door behind him for me, "Shall we?" It only took a few seconds for my legs to begin moving and I walked through the door.
He led me to a white limo parked by the front door and opened the door for me, which I hesitated getting in. Besides the obvious, black leather seats, there were many compartments; some were obvious some slightly hidden. "Where are we going?" I asked, sliding over for him to sit next to me.
"Somewhere safe." He smiled and slid in next to me, closing the door.
"Oh…" I said softly and turned to the right to look out the window. People were crossing the street and walking from store to store and cars were passing as usual, however it didn't take a second glance to see that quite a few were staring at the limo and were whispering to each other, curious. Not that this city was very poor, but to see a limo in it? It wasn't very common; in fact taxis weren't common either. I sighed and leaned back into my seat, allowing my head to face forward again. I realized the limo began moving, and little lights inside came on, along with a few compartments opening, revealing ice cold drinks and a few snacks, perhaps the driver thought we were hungry?
Suddenly the man turned slightly to look at me, and I turned to see what he was doing or what he was about to say, "I have completely forgotten my manners, Ms. Williams – the excitement of finally finding you distracted me, you see." He laughed slightly and finally took off his dark shades, revealing stunning blue eyes. "My own name – Nathan Roftero Pimiteccigoto, at your service." He, jokingly, bowed slightly and I couldn't help but to laugh a little.
"Is that name latin?" I had definitely never heard a name like that before.
He grinned, "No, but don't you think your middle name is rather different?"
I tilted my head, "Not really-"
"No one you know has that name as his or her own, correct?"
"Yes-"
"Well, no one I know has my name either." He opened one of the side compartments and handed me a red jewel on a silver chain necklace to me. "I took the liberty of making it wear-able for you-"
"Is this a joke?" I suddenly half-shouted and he looked at me with surprise. "I mean, you show up and know my name, you stick me in a limo, and hand me an expensive jewel as if its mine; is this 'The Princess Diaries' or something?"
"Well I don't know much about that movie but if her middle name is Magenii as well, then we've got a problem-"
"What in the world are you talking about?" I interrupted him. What did my name have to do with this?
"Here." He handed me a pencil and a clipboard with some paper on it. "Figure it out," was all he said and looked out the window with not another word. I looked down at the paper and saw my middle name written on it, along with the words "Names are key" written rather slanted and I could easily tell it was written quickly. What in the world was going on here?
"Try switching the letters around." A rather cheery, female voice came from the front of the limo. I looked up to find the dark window that separated the driver and us was down, and an older woman was sitting in the passenger seat.
"I'm sorry, who are you?"
"Hm, I guess he didn't get to most of the information yet. I'm Nivis Gres Roami, at your service."
"Oh, well I'm-"
"Magenii, I know." She smirked and turned around but said once more before the little window went back up, "Switch the letters around."
I would have asked further questions but the little window was up and Nathan, or Mr. Pimiteccigoto, was silent. I sighed and looked back down at the paper. Obviously my middle name was important, and because she told me to switch the letters around I guessed it must spell something else? I studied the letters, surprised I had never done this before. I have one M, an A, a G, one E, one N and two I's. What other word could that spell?
"Start with an I." Nathan, or Mr. Pimiteccigoto said and I looked up to see he was smiling at me. "Sorry for being grumpy, its just that by the time we find the people we search for, they already know there is something special about them. You, however, have no clue-" I opened my mouth to protest but then he took the paper and pencil out of my hand and began writing. I peered over his arm, (he was right handed like me), to see what he was writing. He handed it back to me.
"Imagine?" I asked, seeing the word under my name, which now had letters crossed out to show the word used all my letters.
"Yes." He smiled.
"What does that mean?"
"We're here!" Nivis, or Ms. (Mrs.?) Roami shouted and I saw her car door open and she hopped out. Nathan beside me opened the door and held it open, offering a hand to help me out.
"Where do you want me to put this?" I asked, referring to the paper and pencil.
"You can leave it or bring it – it doesn't matter. You'll need it later, anyways."
"Oh," I said and decided to bring it with me. I stepped out to find tons of people shouting and screaming; they were all held back by a roped off area.
Nathan leaned over to me and whispered in my ear, "Don't talk to any of them, okay?" I nodded; not sure what to do really. He could tell I was very surprised and slightly startled; he took hold of my left hand and led me to the huge mansion down the path. It had big white columns in the front of the house along with very beautiful flower beds around the walls and around the occasional trees.
"Where are we?" I asked.
"You're new home." He said, reaching forward and opening the big white doors for me and letting Nivis in before closing it behind us. He pressed a button on the wall and I saw men pushing the crowd away from the house through a window on the side of the door.
Nathan led me to a big open room, like a living room almost, except there were big and beautiful pieces of furniture and a beautiful glass table in the center, which was the height of a coffee table.
"So, what are we doing?" I asked.
Nivis giggled, "You sure do have a ton of questions!"
Nathan sat on one of the couches and gestured for me to sit as well, "We have a lot to talk about."
