A/N – Thank you to all the lovely people who reviewed! You get a cookie! And anyone who reviews this chapter gets one too! Yay! Cookies for everyone! Oh, sorry, got off topic. Anyway, Devonny is mad because she thought Merric, Neal and the others honestly wanted to be friends with her, but instead are using her for a bet behind her back. Also because she thought she could trust them and she doesn't know who knew about the bet and didn't tell her. She thinks they weren't even thinking about how it would make her feel so she considers them to be stupid fluffheads. I think her anger is justified, so on to the story.

Ch. 7 – Devonny's Revenge

As I expected, because I continued to fume over the bet, it continued to rain. If my father suspected my magic was the cause of it, he said nothing. I hid my anger towards the boys, if they found out that I knew about the bet, my entire plan would be ruined. Merric and Neal want me to call them cute? Oh, I'll call them cute sure enough; in fact, I'll do a lot more than that.

Once again we spent the day riding, east toward Lake Tirragen. As we set out early in the morning, Owen rode up beside me. As he smiled, a burning question still hassled me: Did he know about the bet?

"Hhhhiii, hi Devonny," he gave me a nervous greeting.

I smiled back. "Hi, Owen." I fluttered my eyelashes as I had seen Lani do a thousand times.

"Are you okay?" he asked, an odd look on his face.

Did I do it wrong? How do you flutter your eyelashes wrong? Did I overdo it? Did it just look like I was blinking a lot? Maybe I should've paid closer attention when Lani did it. I was probably too disgusted by her flirting to notice what she did exactly. Oh, forget the flirting with Owen. I can't do that to him, I like him too much. He probably doesn't even know about the bet. At least, I hope he doesn't.

"I'm fine, Owen. I guess I'm just a little tired, all this traveling is all," I lied.

"Oh, that makes sense. Well, I'll talk to you later," he said before riding off. Perfect timing, I thought, because Merric rode solo right in front of me. I urged StarSky into a trot and slowed when I came next to him.

"Hey, Merric," I said softly, brushing his hand with mine. He blushed bright red, almost like his hair, I mused.

"Uh, hi, hi, Devonny," he stuttered.

"How's it going?" I asked with a little smile.

"Ffffine, how are you?," he replied.

"Just great." We were silent for a few moments. Then I leaned toward him and whispered. "Merric, can I tell you a secret?" He looked at me, gulped, and nodded, and leaned towards me as well. I made sure my lips were close to his ear. "I've, I've never felt this way before," I breathed.

He gulped again and answered "Felt what way?"

"Well, you know how you feel when you're really happy? All fluttery inside?" he nodded. "It's kind of like that, but sometimes, I…." I never finished my sentence, because as I spoke I had leaned closer, and (not on purpose, of course) pushed Merric out of his saddle, landing smack on… a jagged rock covered by a thorny vine plant thingy. Oops, okay, that was not part of the plan. No, seriously, bodily harm was not included in the revenge. It's just an added bonus! Hehehe.

Merric climbed back onto his horse, rubbing his undoubtedly injured rear, and blushing even more because the witnesses around us couldn't contain their glee.

"Smooth, real smooth, Hammerhead!" one of them called.

"So, uh, what were you going to say?" he asked.

I shrugged. "I forget," and smiled again before I rode off.

Phase 1 of revenge? Done.

I couldn't help but chuckle softly to myself as I thought about how well my plan was beginning. Next came Neal. Now, how to get back at him? Too deeply thinking, I didn't notice Kel riding beside me.

"Hi Devonny," she interrupted my meditation.

"Hi Kel."

"Say, Devonny, is something bothering you?" she asked suddenly.

She doesn't know, does she? Of course not, how could she? Stay calm, Dev. Just act normally. I turned to face her and smiled, yet again.

"Of course not, what would be bothering me? Why?" I asked, in what I hope was my regular voice. Please don't let me be too transparent!

"I don't know. Living in the Islands has made it easier to read people here. I guess I was wrong," she said simply. I gave a silent sigh of relief. She didn't know that I knew!

Kel gave an inner sigh of relief. Devonny didn't know about the bet! It would have hurt her feelings and ruined any chance of friendship if she did, Kel knew.

"Alright, well, I'm glad nothing's wrong. Talk to you later."

Good, now I can carry on with my strategy. Phase 2: Neal. This should be fun.

A/N – Hope you like that chapter. Devonny isn't being mean to be mean, she's just a little upset. Don't worry, the boys figure out what's going on, eventually. Hopefully. REVIEW NOW! (remember, you get a cookie if you do!) Tootles.