Meilin woke up. Today was different. Rollan had told her to search in Abeke's room for clues. She had to hurry if she wanted to tease Rollan about being late. Rollan was usually way later than her but she figured if he was the one that planned it, he would be much earlier.
The halls weren't lit like usual.
There was no one in Greenhaven.
"Hello? Rollan, what type of trick is this?" demanded Meilin as she walked slowly.
It seemed darker. I must be dreaming.
She hurried to Abeke's room anyway. She found… Shane.
"Hurry Abeke, we must get going," said Shane.
"Don't go Abeke!" shouted Meilin. If they heard her, they must have ignored her.
"Okay, I'm almost done writing my note," said Abeke
"Wake up Meilin!" shouted a voice.
This time, Meilin actually woke up. She was on the floor of her room. She opened her eyes and found Rollan shaking her.
"Lenori promised she would help, remember?" said Rollan, annoyed. "We have to hurry. She doesn't have all the time in the world."
Later…
"I dreamed of Abeke writing a note with Shane."
"I had the exact same dream. Isn't that weird?" asked Rollan.
Abeke's room was normal. Her bed at one corner, her table at the other, and her closet. But it was empty. Meilin started to investigate. Suddenly, a rat came from the closet. Meilin screamed. Rollan laughed. Lenori ignored that.
"Laugh again and you'll regret it."
Meilin searched again. There was nothing out of the ordinary except an empty closet. It might be nothing; Abeke was known to have not much clothes in her closet.
"What's this?" asked Rollan as he picked up a piece of paper. He opened it to reveal a crossed out note. "The ink here is the same as Conor's note. The crosses, anyway."
"Let me try to read it. 'Dear Meilin, Rollan and Conor, I have left with Shane to Steriol because-'"
"WHAT?" interrupted Meilin. "Lenori, is that even right? Because Shane is responsible for my father's death and I will NOT allow Abeke to go to a stupid place with a stupid person!"
"Let me continue, Meilin,"said Lenori calmly. "'I want to go to a nice place with a nice person. Meilin, are you reading this? If you are, please don't get mad. Don't worry, Shane is fine. He is a nice person and he won't do anything, I promise. Sincerely, Abeke.' I think- "
Suddenly, Meilin ripped the letter in half. She ripped it again. "That no good stupid jerk."
"Great. There goes our only chance of finding Abeke. Congrats Meilin," said Rollan sarcastically.
"Well, we already know where Abeke is. She is with a b-"
"Ahem," reminded Lenori.
"It says something in the back."
Meilin turned to Rollan, who was putting the letter back together.
"Let me read it. 'If you want Abeke back, turn in the Staff of Cycles.' That's all I can read. The rest is apparently unreadable because someone did something to it," said Rollan while glaring at Meilin.
Meilin thought about it. She was a bit guilty. If it weren't for her rage mode, they could have been rescuing Abeke. But it didn't matter; Abeke was in Stetriol or somewhere near it while being hunted by some person who wanted to rule the world.
If Abeke was this close to dying, where was Conor? Was he even alive?
"It says something about Conor here, but I can't read it. It was demolished by somebody."
"It doesn't matter, we're heading to Stetriol."
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~Alicio