Emma's Story

Chapter 3: The Future

Our next stop was a small town in India. Since it was so small, all the girls had a room and all the boys had a room. The Hotel only had twenty rooms and two party rooms. The girls were in the bigger party room, boys in the smaller right next door.

I loved the front room of the hotel. It was peaceful. There was a small water fall and many plants. I just loved to sit and read or text the girls. I could see the twins talking with their step-sister, Page. Molly and Jane were across the way talking. I could see Bridge sitting alone reading a book.

I felt my side vibrate. I picked up my phone and read the text from Cleo, "Just talk 2 him. Ull feel better when u do."

I looked over to Bridge and he caught me looking. I smiled and waved. He started towards me. I texted Cleo back quick and hid my phone. He was right in front of me now.

"Hey, Emma," He said with a smile.

"Hey," I said pulling my book form the other side of the bench. He sat down.

"What are you reading," He asked pointing to my book. I flipped it in my hand and showed him the cover. It had a redheaded mermaid who looked scared on the left, then a line and another redheaded girl on the left. The title was The Underwater Life of (get this) Emma and Cleo.

"So it's a book about you," He said with a small laugh. I didn't laugh, but tried to smile. Man was Cleo wrong. Then he said, "I like reading mermaid books to." He showed me a mermaid book had already read, it was so fake. "But I don't like this one much."

I smiled. Getting caught up in the moment, I dropped my book on the floor and my bookmark, which was a picture of my recently Ex-boyfriend, Ash.

"Who's this?" Bridge asked picking up the photo.

"No one," I said taking the photo from him, "He was my boyfriend, then we both moved so we broke it off." I shrugged, trying to seem like I had nothing to hide, when I had the world to hide.

"Really," He asked giving me a look.

I nodded placing the picture back in my book. Then I stood up and started to walk out saying, "I have to go."

As I'm walking back to the party room, I bump into this woman who was coming out of the hallway. She had dark black hair, and was wearing a very lacy purple dress. She caught my hand and held it for a second. Then she gasped when she let go.

"You are so close to the magical world." She said it more as a statement then as a question.

"What?" I asked not sure what else to say.

"Oh, I'm sorry," She started, getting out of some sort of daze. "I'm Cary Dean. I live not too far from here. I do psychic readings here on Mondays. And your name is…"

"Emma," I said shocked. "Psychic readings, like spirits and the future."

"Yes, and I'm sorry for scaring you," She said. "I just got this powerful feeling when we touched. Usually happens with other psychics. Are you…"

"No," I said just a bit too quickly, "I have to go."

I tried to started back down to the room, but the woman stopped me. "Please let me give you a reading."

I didn't exactly know what to say, so I just let her take me to the room she did her readings in. I knew the second she pulled me in the room, she was the real deal and would find me out quickly.

Cary sat me down at a table and took a seat across from me. She took my palm and held it for what felt like forever. Then she let go and looked me in the eye. She had a weird expression and I just knew she knew what I was.

"I've never gotten someone like this," She whispered. "I see fish and water and the moon. Usually I see boyfriends or friends or family. What are you?"

Her question knocked me out of it for a second, but I was back quick and shook my head. "I'm human, a girl."

"No, no," She said as if she knew I was lying write away. "Let me do this one quick thing." Then she walked out of the room.

I sat there looking around for a while. I didn't like being with her much. She was going to find me out, talk to my parents, get me locked up. How in the world did I get myself in this position. When Cary came back she had a clear crystal ball, and I was thinking, is she for real?

"This is this oldest form and no one really believes your real if you use it. But I need to on you," She said placing the ball in front of us.

She moved her hands around the ball all psychic like and started to look interestingly in the ball. She gasped at what she saw. She looked up at me, I looked down.

"I see an island," She started, "You are with two other girls, a blond and brunette. You are surprised to see the blond, but not the brunette, you know her, and she lied to you."

I was shock. Island, brunette, Cleo and Mako, but why wouldn't I know the other blond, I knew Rikki. But maybe it wasn't Rikki. I looked up, and Cary was lost in the ball again.

"Now I see initials, RC." She started. "This is a person who will surprise you. Now there is a first name, R.I.K.K.I or is it spelled R.I.C.K.Y, it's blurry. It could be both."

Rikki, surprise me, not surprising. But Ricky, who was that. She did say it was blurry. RC would definitely be Rikki Chadwick in my life. So what now my friends are lying to me and surprising me. What's next?

"It's changing," She said moving her hands around some more, "There is the sign of danger, the full moon, a boy… no three boys… four, three blond, one dark hair. And there are three other girls. You are on an island. Your crying and hugging the brunette from before. Someone's gotten hurt, or died."