Hey everyone! I'm here with the next chapter!

Look, I know that this isn't when I usually post, but I have this math test on Friday that I NEED to study for, so I have to post this now so I have a chapter for the week. And next week, I have something else going on, so I'll be posting on Saturday. After that, I'll go back to my usual Friday posts. Sorry!

Sonic and Freedom Fighters will be appearing close to the end of the chapter, for those who want to know. But enough of me blabbing; on with the show!


Chapter 7

The Goddesses of B.L.O.W.R.A.G.S. Invite Us for Tea

Azalea's P.O.V.

"What the heck are these frilly dresses?"

I totally agreed with Pansy; the ball gowns we were dressed in were so large and frilly, it was ridiculous. My dress was made of blue silk, with a pair of sapphire slippers and white gloves to boot. Pansy's purple, lace dress was sewn with large purple bows and bright sequins, making her a very purple disco ball. Like it hadn't been enough that we had been transported by suspicious orbs of light, but now we were standing in the middle of a vast, white room, wearing WAY too fancy gowns and clueless facial expressions.

If Bluebell were here, she would've taken out her camera and taken a snapshot of our faces, laughing hysterically, I thought to myself. I sighed, thinking about poor Bluebell all bandaged up in her coma, while Pansy was gawking around the room, which is empty except for us…

…and a surprise.

"Greetings, Cordelia and Evelyn."

The two of us whirled around, looking at the place from where the voice echoed. We didn't see anything, except for the towering white walls and pillars above our heads. Nothing. Then a large flash of light filled the room, blinding us temporarily. After the light subsided, we rubbed our eyes and stared at the women before us.

Both of them sat upon two thrones, meeting our shell-shocked gaze. One lady was the one who had spoken to me in the portal, the one who looked exactly like me when I was human. The other lady though, was very unfamiliar. She was a beautiful, youthful lady, close to her late-20's at the oldest. Her velvet-purple hair was cut short and straight, with bangs held back by a diamond headband. The dark purple dress she wore was majestic and long, the jagged hems literally hovering above her high-heeled feet. Her eyes were swirling like a dust-devil, bright as lavender yet dark as a stormy sky. Her red lips were curled into a warm smile, as were my "mother's."

"My darlings," she welcomed, grinning to show perfect teeth. "it is an honor to see you once more." I gave Pansy a sideways glance, seeing her fists tightly clenched and vibrating.

"You again," she growled, staring daggers at the purple lady. The lady's happy expression faded, replacing with worry.

"What is it, Evelyn? Wouldn't you be happy to see your mother?"

"Don't you dare call me Evelyn. And you are not my mother." Pansy whirled around and, as best as she could in her poofy dress, tromped toward one of the walls. Instantly, a passageway opened and she traveled right on through, the wall closing behind her. Before I could follow, a force pushed against me.

"Give her time, Cordelia," my "mother" soothed me.

"Why are you calling us those names, lady?" I asked, staring at her.

"Those are your birth names, dear," she explained. "Your fathers renamed you so you could better camouflage with your surroundings. But for now, we have some favors we would like for you to perform." She snapped her fingers and a cushioned chair lifted me off my uneasily stable, high-heeled feet and moved me forward. A mahogany coffee table appeared out of nowhere and filled its surface with green tea and raspberry-filled cookies. My eyes widened at the site of the food, which looked scrumptious, and I looked up at the two women.

"You didn't poison these, did you?"

"Why would I poison my daughter?"

With everything that has been going on, I wouldn't be surprised if you did, I thought before picking up a mug of green tea. "So, what do you need?"

"There are several favors we'd like you to do," my "mom" began. "First off, we should probably explain who we are." She gestured to herself and the purple lady. "I have already introduced myself, but this purple lady here is Laurette Geolia, the Goddess of Earth and Courage." Olivia bowed forward, smiling at me.

"You're Pansy's mom?"

She nodded. "Yes, I am. It is an honor to be your acquaintance." She sat back onto her throne and continued, "It seems as if Evelyn is having difficulty adjusting to seeing me again. She should be fine, standing on the balcony for now."

This place has a balcony? What does it overlook, clouds? I thought.

"No it does not look over only the condensation in the air," Laurette announced. My eyes widened in surprise.

"How did you-?"

"We are also telekinetic."

"Um, OK."

"Anyways, there are six others of us."

"Six more goddesses?"

"Yes. You do not know who they are right now, but once you find the six others, you shall learn about the rest of us. Each of them control an element as well, in addition to other types of training and extreme abilities. Your current priorities are (A), to find the rest of the team and form the whole Elemental Demigoddesses and (B) fight against two threats."

My eyebrows raised. "Two? I thought it was only Robotnik."

"No, we face a much greater threat than just Robotnik. When talking about this enemy, we're discussing planets and galaxies at risk of being completely terminated."

"That definitely sounds like trouble, but what do you want me and the Elemental Demigoddesses to do about it?"

"Cordelia, remember your childhood."

My childhood? What does that have to do with-?

Then it hit me. The book. The reason I was in this whole mess was because of a book. And it held stories of a "group of powerful warriors with the enhanced and magical ability to control the elements…"

"… the heroines in the book are… us?"

Mom nodded her head. I inhaled sharply, connecting the dots. This all made sense; at the same time, it was completely ridiculous. I was the leader of a group of female demigods who controlled the elements and was destined to fight an evil hoard of demons who hailed to a sinister and twisted queen to save multiple worlds. And just like in the books, the demons had tracked me down and tried to murder me. I fought back and won. My mother was and is a goddess. The fates of entire worlds rested upon the shoulders of me and seven other, teenage, anthropomorphic Mobians. The book corresponded with exactly what was going on now.

On the other hand, my logical side, this was INSANE. I mean, demigods? Evil demons? Queen of an army that wants to destroy the entire universe just for the fun of it? If I was told any of this back on Earth, I would think that the person who would have informed me of this might've been off their meds. And if this was a real deal, then how would find the others? How would I fight? Who could I trust and not trust?

My head was spinning, so I decided to calm down a bit and slurp some of the tea. The warm drink soothed my nerves, and once I calmed down, I asked, "If this is happening right now, then how am I going to find the others?"

Mom smiled. "I'm very glad you asked that." She and Laurette stepped up from their thrones and lifted their hands into the air, like they were performing some sort of spiritual ritual or something. A small poof! sounded from both of their palms, and they brushed their hands down through the air, exposing a small leather briefcase that was the size of my thigh in length.

"This case holds separate diadems and tiaras for each of you," Mom explained. "Not only are they decorative, but they help track enemies and your friends." I clicked open the case, and inside were eight small boxes, each a different color with a varying symbol. There was a pink box with a bronze swirl, a red box with a platinum fire-shape, an orange box with a titanium sun, a yellow box with a white lightning bolt, a green box with a silver leaf, a white box with a gold ice cube, a purple box with a diamond mountain attached, and a blue box with an obsidian teardrop. I opened the cardboard, blue box carefully and saw a beautiful obsidian tiara dotted with bits of sapphire. I pulled it out of its case, and placed it onto my head. A perfect fit.

"Thanks," I thanked them, putting away the tiara and box.

"Hopefully, it should make locating the others a bit easier, since it heats up whenever you're in a radius of at least 40 miles."

"Sweet." They sat back down as I reshut the suitcase. "So is there anything else that you need to inform me about?"

"Yes, actually. If you have any questions, you should use the book as a reference guide. It should be able to answer anything you need. I've deactivated its transporting motive, so it shouldn't send you off to anywhere random or unexpected."

"You put the book on my doorstep?"

She nodded. "And I should also tell you about the effects of the transportation, shouldn't I?"

"What effects?"

"Well, the portal can be a bit unsteady, altering the thing being sent through it. And the effects it took upon you were your age and natural abilities. In age, you are now 15 years old, and your intelligence, strength, stamina, speed, and elemental abilities were all increased."

"OK, the age and stat changes I can handle, but what did you mean by the portal being 'unstable?'"

"You could've easily been killed or sucked into the wrong portal, which was the reason why I was there, to make sure you got at your destination safely."

"Oh, well that's… comforting."

"Mmm. Anyways, Laurette, could you go and retrieve Pansy? I will finish up the conversation with Azalea."

"Of course, Raina," Laurette said, and she disappeared into her glowing purple ball of light, and retreated out the doorway that Pansy left from.

"Now, one more thing before I send you back," Mom continued. "This is about Pansy."

"Yeah, I've been curious about that. What about it?"

"Pansy has been through a lot, with the whole war thing. So since we want Pansy to have her privacy about past events, we're going to wipe the memory from the citizens who witnessed and heard about the event."

"You mean, we're wiping out only that event, right?"

"Correct. Everything else will be unfazed."

"Sure, I'm fine with it. I can understand."

"Good. And I gather that you probably want me to remove your dress, right?"

I looked down at the dress and grimaced. "Please. I feel like a walking marshmallow."

Mom snapped her fingers and the dress popped off, and I was standing in the clothes that Sally had given me to wear temporarily. At that moment, Pansy and Olivia walked into the room, where I saw Pansy dressed in a tattered purple t-shirt, khaki slacks, sneakers, and her baseball cap.

"Shall we go?" I asked Pansy.

"Let's," she said, giving a quick glare to her mother who stood behind her. In a flash, we disappeared from the room, heading back home.


"So is that where you guys went to?" Sally asked.

We were back on Mobius, residing in the Hedgehog residence. After coming back to Mobius and reexplaining everything that our moms told us to the Freedom Fighters and Sonic's parents, they were staring at us, very confused and unsure of the story spilling from our mouths.

"This is way too weird," Sonic announced, rubbing his head. "I think I'm getting brain trauma from this confusing story." I smirked, knowing that we could leave it to Sonic to state out the complete obvious.

"I agree, and why do I feel like there is this huge memory block in my brain? It's like I'm forgetting something," Tails commented. Pansy and I met each other's eyes and smiled.

"Nope, you're not forgetting anything at all," Pansy reassured them, and I could see her trying to hide a laugh.

"We'll take your word for it, then," Sally said, brushing stray red bangs from her eyes. "Now then, we should probably show you around, right? Show you the city and maybe give you some more explanations."

The others nodded in agreement.

"Well, then what are we standing here for?" Pansy exclaimed. "Let's get going!"


OK, chapter 7 is done! Again, sorry for the weird schedule. See you!