Chapter 3 - Visions

Aphrodite was sitting next to Stevie-Rae. Both girls were clutching their heads, whimpering. This had become quite normal. They had imprinted - so when Aphrodite felt pain, Stevie-Rae felt pain and vice versa. However, it was usually coming from Aphrodite. This time was no exeption.

I bent down and looked at her.

"Aphrodite... it's Zoey. What do you see?" I asked, in the gentlest voice I could manage.

"I.. I see... Kalona."

I drew in a breath. This I was sort of expecting, after my dream.

"I see.." She let out another scream.

I put my hand on her shoulder. "What else do you see?"

She jumped back.

"You. By his side."

I shuddered at that thought. I would never fight by the side of evil"

"He calls you A-ya" she continued shakily. "There are bodies lying everywhere."

She sobbed. I tried to make sense of what she was saying.

"Aphrodite... when you see me, am I fighting him."

She shook her head rapidly. I exhaled, staring at her.

The thing about Aphrodite's visions is that they can be changed. I'd do everything in my power to resist him.

Looking at me as if I was the devil, Aphrodite backed away from me. I heard Stevie-Rae whimper at the side of her.

"Zoey.. don't leave me."

Her head was tucked between her legs and her neck, and she was shaking really badly. I ran to her side, looking into her eyes.

"Stevie-Rae.. there's no chance in hell I'm gonna let that happen."

"Promise?"

I nodded, lifting her chin up.

"I promise."

Aphrodite slowly rose to walk beside us, and sat beside Stevie-Rae, who sat up and stared at me.

I sighed. "Look, we can talk about this later. We need to go."

The journey to Street Cats was a quiet one. As we got into the car, Darius flashed Aphrodite a grin. As usual, she crawled into the front, kissing him deeply for good measure. I rolled my eyes.

The rest of the journey was uneventful.

I was pondering inside my head, trying to find a way to break the spell Kalona had on me. Aphrodite and Stevie-Rae just sat silently, staring out the windows.

Great, my friends think I'm actually evil now. It was so much easier when they just thought I was a liar and a cheater. Which I was, really... but I'm definately not evil.

Street Cats wasn't to far from the school. We were slightly late, but Sister Mary Angela didn't seem to mind. We ran in and smiled at her.

"Hello girls, where are Erin and Shaunee today?"

"In class." Stevie-Rae replied. "They'll be here later, after we're gone."

The hour in Street Cats went in fairly quickly. I sat silently in a room on my own, labeling tins of cat food. I had hoped to have a good talk with Aphrodite and Stevie-Rae, but Sister Mary Angela had several jobs for us to do, so we were all seperate today... well, except Darius and Aphrodite of course. Ick. They obviously wouldn't be getting much work done.

Once I finished the tins, I stood up and walked out the room. Street Cats wasn't a large building. I decided to walk into the shop to see who was running it.

The shop was a small shop, filled with pet toys, accessories and food. It did not bad. It was never overly busy, yet never completely silent.

Stevie-Rae was on the cashpoint. She caught a glance at me and flashed a smile, finishing up with the customer standing in front of her.

"That'll be $1.99, thank you very much. Have a nice day!"

I slid myself around the counter, looking carefully at Stevie-Rae. She was looking down, amost as if she were ashamed of something.

"I'm sorry." She sighed, hugging me hard. "Aphrodite's visions are really vivid, and this one was especially. But you stood by me when I was unhuman, so I will make sure Kalona doesn't turn my Zoey into what I used to be."

I smiled as she squeezed me again.

"Jeesh, I hate to break up the happy couple, but we need to go now." Came Aphrodite's voice from the door.

I rolled my eyes.

Thankfully, the journey back was more eventful. Even Aphrodite was talking to me again. I had got more information out of them about the vision.

They saw me standing in the middle of a field, by their description it sounded like my grandmother's farm. I was kissing Kalona, then it happened - my friends, my entire school were against us. They raced towords us - Kalona, Neferet and I, gathering every power they had.

Lenobia was at the front, surrounded by all the teachers on horses. With a bang snd massive light, there were bodies surrounding us, while Kalona grinned at me.

I shuddered.

So it was me who killed everyone... Lenobia... all the teachers... even my friends. I could never imagine anything that would make me want to do such a thing.

The car stopped at the school grounds. It was all strangely silent. Wasn't it about lunch time? I looked at Stevie-Rae and raised an eyebrow.

We walked silently into the grounds, not wanting to say our fears out loud. The past few months have been uneasy and far too eventful. When we reached our dorm, a hand touched my shoulder and I jumped.

"OH! Lenobia... sorry! You scared me."

Lenobia let a gentle smile appear on her face, but her eyebrows were low. I could sense something was wrong.

"Zoey, could you come with me please? Stevie-Rae and Aphrodite should come along as well."

We looked from one another, my heart speeding up. What was going on? I could tell she was giving us bad news... I just didn't know what she wanted to tell us... I wasn't sure I wanted to know.

A/N: Thanks for your reviews everyone, keep 'em comin and I'll keep writing. =) I'm pleased with how it's turning out so far... which is a rare thing for me. I usually find something unsatisfactory, however I'm truly happy with the past few chapters. I've already started on the next one, but it's always good to end the chapters in a cliffhanger.

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