The Path to Power

by GKauthors

A young teenage girl, Rose moves to a new school. She hopes that by moving no one will find out her secret. In doing so, she meets Michelle. When she figures out about the secret, she learns more about what the secret is, and everything about it. Soon, the two friends start going on assignments. During an assignment something goes horribly wrong. (Written by both owners of account)

7. The Locket

6: The Locket

Michelle

I was beginning to wonder where Rose was, when she practically burst through the door to the lunchroom. I motioned for her, hoping she would notice, and come sit over by me and my group of friends. "OMG! Michelle, you need to stop talking to that new girl." Brooke scoffed at me. I was shocked that she was still hung up on this. It had been days, nearly weeks, since Rose was the "new girl" in school. " Why? What is so bad about Rose that you can't stand?" I shot back at her. "Her name, for starters." I figured she would say something like that. "I mean, like, who names their child Rose? That's the name of a flower. Besides, roses are SO last season." "Leave her alone, Brooke. Have you even talked to her?" Her face showed that she was stunned by my standing up for Rose. She didn't reply. "That's what I thought." I turned away from her. Just then, Rose came and sat down, with her Subway sandwich. "Sorry that took so long, I forgot something important in my locker." "No worries, Rose." She looked relieved that I wasn't upset. "So what was so important that you had to get from your locker?" She seemed nervous for a quick moment. "Oh, umm… I left my lucky locket. My father gave it to me, before uh… you know, never mind." I hadn't even noticed that she was wearing a locket. The locket was oval shaped and the color was a light shade of orange that seemed to be fading into yellow. In the middle of the locket was a design that kind of looked like an upside down cross. In the center, where the lines crossed, there was a topaz stone. It looked really cool. I looked over at my friends, whose jaws practically dropped at that last comment. She had never really mentioned her family. "Before what, Rose?" Brooke asked. She was suspicious. I wasn't surprised by this. "Well, before…. he died…" I instantly felt bad for her. "Oh my gosh Rose! I'm so sorry, I had no idea!" She seemed upset. "It's ok. I don't really like to talk about it." Her eyes began to water. "I need a minute. I'll be right back." She got up and started fast walking, practically jogging, to the bathroom.