I think I'm good now. I think I can handle all of this and put down the stress. I'm going to try and sit back to relax. Though, I am a little curious as to what everyone is up to downstairs. I remembered my phone had buzzed while I was talking to Ben.
Want to go and put out flyers around town for the Lodge Games? We can use my bike.-Sean
I stared at the phone for a minute, it could be fun, I'll go. I grabbed my bag, and the helmet Sean had given to me recently and bolted downstairs. Sean was in the main room, talking to Ben. I hid around the corner for a minute and listened. I already feel guilty about this.
"Do you know how stressed Skye is?" Ben asked. I peeked my head around the corner, it wasn't likely for either of them to see me, unless they turned their heads.
"No, I didn't know anything about it, she seemed fine yesterday, but I never really got a chance to talk to her." Sean said. I wonder how yesterday would have went if I had talked to Sean, would me and Ben ever have discovered the secret room? Probably not.
"Well she is, so can we stop bugging her about the choosing thing?" Ben asked. Sean nodded.
"Yeah, of course." Sean said. Ben nodded and patted Sean on the shoulder before walking off to work on something, tying his jacket to his waist. I waited a few more seconds and then came around the corner fully.
"Sorry I didn't text back but I was excited, id love to go put up flyers, can I see the design on them?" I asked, smiling widely, Like I normally did. Yesterday must have really thrown me off balance because today I feel allot better. The things staying up all night to decorate a tree will do to you. Sean handed me a paper, it was awesome! I smiled wider and more excitedly. "It looks great!" I exclaimed.
"Me and Noah put it together, with a little input from Josh and your dad." Sean said. I smiled, I'm glad I have so much help and support on this.
"You know once we put these up, the whole area will be wanting to check in, right?" I asked. He nodded. "Well then lets go." I said, he smiled and I followed him to where his bike was parked, I wrapped my arms around him and made sure my helmet was on properly, then motioned for him to go. He nodded once and took off. It took a while to get to town, But it was a nice ride. The trees and views were actually really cool since I had the time to appreciate them.
"Its wonderful out here." Sean said, I nodded.
"It really is." I said in basic awe of the surroundings. The sunlight was hitting the trees perfectly. We were currently under a canopy of tree branches, it was like an archway, and there were vines, growing a wonderful flower, going along the branches.
"I wonder what it'll look like after dark." Sean imagined. I closed my eyes and imagined it myself, fireflies everywhere, every once and a while, a car would go by, a picnic by the road, leaning against the trees with Ben. Wait, Ben? No, I was just imagining what it would look like at night. Not, anything else. By the time I got out of, whatever that was going on my head, we had gotten to town. Sean put his bike down for a second and handed me a few flyers and a nail gun. "Don't hurt yourself with that." He said seriously, pointing at the nail gun. I nodded and pretended to shoot myself with it. "That's not even funny Skye, its dangerous, I can take it back." Sean snapped. I shrugged and walked to a nearby telephone pole. I nailed the flyer to it and repeated this many, many times.
"ItsJoshItsJoshItsJoshItsJosh!" My phone rang. I put the nail gun on top of the flyers on a bench, I could see Sean in the distance.
"Hey Josh." I said.
"Where are you!? I was going to look more at the Race plans!" Josh complained. I held up a Flyer.
"Well, if you don't want me to advertise, then fine, I'll make my way back." I joked. His eyes lit up.
"Ohhhhh nevermind! Stay out! Get more guests! But we have to spend bestie time tomorrow, ok?" Josh asked, puppy dog eyes again. I nodded.
"Of course Josh, Iv got to go, my battery is going dead and I need it for emergency-" My phone died before I could finish. I closed my eyes and sighed. "Great." I mumbled to myself. Hopefully Sean had his phone just in case anything happened. I got up and nailed about twenty or more flyers around town, and I met up with Sean after a while next to a café.
"Ready to go?" He asked. I nodded.
"I used up all the nails in the nail gun, and I didn't get myself, see, no blood." I said, showing my hands. He smirked and rolled his eyes in a dramatic way, I laughed and we walked back to where the bike was, or where the bike was supposed to be at least.
"I chained it." Sean said, staring at the spot where the bike used to be.
"I watched you do it." I confirmed, staring at the same spot he was, open mouthed.
"How are we going to get back to the lodge?" He asked. I looked at him.
"Don't you have your phone?" I asked. He shook his head and ran his hands through his hair.
"I let Noah borrow it this morning so he could download tracks for the music, his broke last night when he woke up in the middle of the night and was too tired to be careful." Sean sighed. "Do you have your phone?" He asked, lacing his fingers behind his head.
"Yes, but its dead." I said. He groaned.
"Lets get walking then, and hope someone gets worried about how long we're taking." Sean said. I nodded and we started to walk.
"Well, at least we're going get an even better view of the scenery." I tried to brighten the mood. He smirked and did a half-hearted laugh. "Sean?" I asked. He looked at me.
"Hmm?" He responded. He really was distraught about the bike.
"What are you going to do about the bike?" I asked, I wanted to lighten the mood, but I was too curious to actually do it.
"Buy a new one I guess." He said, I frowned.
"But I thought that bike meant allot to you?" I asked, he sighed, frowned, and all of the above.
"It did." He said softly. I grabbed his hand to try and cheer him up. We walked, for a really, really long time.
"Running might be better." I suggested.
"Should safe your energy, the Lodge is quite a ways off, and I don't need you feinting because you've been running too fast for too long." Sean said. I smirked slyly.
"Try me." I said. I bolted off, and was already really ahead of him.
"Skye!" He yelled, "Wait up!" He started to run after me, I laughed, which was actually really hard to do while running. I slowed down to give him hope of catching up. I didn't look behind me for thirty seconds, and he caught up to me, running by me, and then running backwards so he can laugh. I grinned and sped back up, my hair flowing in the wind behind me, and kind of getting in my face, but I didn't mind too much.
"Ok, ok, you win, fine. We can walk more now." I said. Sean laughed and slowed to a walk, we reached the archway of trees, it was actually getting close to dark, it still looked stunning. I smiled at it. A cars lights ruined it, but me and Sean didn't mind, we waited for the car to stop on the side of the road. My dad came out of the front seat.
"Got worried, what happened?" He asked.
"We'll explain on the way." I said, getting in the passenger seat and letting Sean get in the back. Dad started to drive and we explained everything that happened.
"What are you going to do about the bike?" Dad asked, glancing at the rear-view-mirror.
"Buy a new one." Sean said.
"I guess that's the only thing you can do." Dad said. I grabbed my car phone charger and plugged it in.
To Ben-Meet at the Tree after dark, we need to figure out about that paper.-Skye
I sent the text and turned my phone back off. I didn't want anyone else to figure out about the secret room, it was already bad enough one person knew about it, but Ben was really smart, if I had to choose one person to help me, it would probably be him. When we got back to the Lodge, Sean and my dad went inside, I said I had to do something first and ran off to the tree. Ben was already there.
"Sorry I'm late, I didn't expect the car ride to be so long." I said.
"Where did you go?" Ben asked.
"Into town with Sean to post Flyers." I said, looking at my name in the tree. "Someone stole his bike." I added.
"Someone what! That bike means the world to him!" Ben exclaimed loudly.
"Shh! I know. Now how did I get in last time?" I asked.
"Umm." He put his hand on the name, nothing happened. "Let me see your hand for a second." He said. I hesitantly gave him my hand, he put my hand on the name and the trap door opened, it was actually more fun this time. It wasn't scary, this time I knew there wasn't a pit full of spikes at the bottom. Me and Ben were standing close together on the surface, so we both fell in at the same time, it was actually wide enough for two people to go down.
The slide slowed down, it should only be another minute until we make it down all the way, but Ben grabbed my hand and stopped us, using his boots.
"Look." He said, pointing at something carved into the metal, still holding onto me and keeping us from going down the rest of the way.
I reveal myself in the flames.
Is what it said. I ran my fingers over it, and it disappeared.
"My mum is so cool." I whispered. Ben smiled. "How did you spot that anyway?" I asked.
"Its all disappeared now, but, it had been repeating itself on the top ever since we slowed down." Ben said.
"Cool." I mumbled. I yelped as we suddenly started moving again, it seemed to have gotten steeper, and we were going allot faster, I grabbed his arm and closed my eyes. We fell into the large pile of pillows.
"That got fast." He said breathlessly. I nodded. We stood up and I turned on the light.
"I reveal myself in the flames? Do we have a candle?" I asked. He didn't respond for a minute. I looked around the room, there was a candle, but no lighter.
"I have an idea." Ben said. I smiled and followed him to where the not was, he took it down again and got out his phone. He pulled up a app, and put the paper on the phone, lowering it enough for me to see. He had pulled up a video of a candle flickering and had put the paper on top of it. Genius! The paper revealed itself, a entire letter was written.
My dearest Skye,
You found it, my secret, the tunnels, as you probably already know of, a few people know about, but this room, is only for you, and whatever friends you may have, or boyfriend? Its hard to imagine my future daughter with a boyfriend, make sure your father doesn't kill him dear.I wanted to make a little adventure for you, and so I did. I know I'm sick, and your father doesn't know yet, so by the time you get to do this, I'll be gone, but I want you to know that I love you more than the world, and I'm probably watching from above. I wish I could be with you now, in the flesh, but remember, I am always with you in the spirit.Now to the point, there is many mysteries at the Lodge, more than you can count, they were there before I even got there, they've been there for ages. I solved a few of them, but I got stuck at some point, I want you to get to the point Skye, and I want you to complete the mystery I never could. But I'm not going to take you right up to where I left off, you have to start from the beginning, so I have put everything back in its place, and you are about to start a wonderful journey Skye, have fun my little darling, and I'll give you your first hint:
I grow in the sun,
on the waterfall.
At night I am Small,
but in a day I stand tall.
With love,
Mum
I wiped tears from my eyes and Ben turned his phone, off, allowing the message to disappear. He put his phone in his pocket and offered his shoulder to cry on. I accepted gratefully and pretty much sobbed for a full five minutes.
To be continued...
(A/N): Tell me what you thin about me doing it in Skye's POV now, I really like it, I think it brings more emotions to it, but if you guys want, I can go back to normal POV. :)