I don't really have anything to say…well, here's the summary.
Summary: Icy, Darcy, and Stormy's plan for Bloom and Sky is revealed! A furry, cute little animal comes into the picture. And remember back in chapter 5, when the girls found out they had powers? The story to how they got them and where they are from is revealed! One of the guys also comes in! I'm going to try to do it without romance. The leader comes in as well! And how about those scraps of cloth? Well, not what you are expecting …read and find out!
Love Strikes Young
Tecna was walking to library. It was past 10:30am, and the library opened at that time. Tecna was going to do some research on this "some other language." As she entered the library she thought, where am I going to find information on this language? She went to the front desk and asked, "Where can I find information on foreign languages?" The librarian typed foreign languages on her computer and pressed enter. Results showed up and she said, "The section for foreign languages is section C." Tecna nodded. "Thank you," she said as she went toward the lettered sections. "Section A, section B," Tecna muttered as she passed sections A and B. "Section C." She said as she walked into the section. She looked on a random shelf and was scanning the spines. "Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Old English…" She took all of those and opened them to a random page, closed it, and put it back. "None of these languages match the language in my computer." Tecna looked around the section for another thirty minutes and left the library, sighing.
Walking down the street, Tecna was disappointed. The library didn't have the right information. Where was she supposed to learn the language if she didn't have the right information? She decided to take the bus to her house instead of walking. The Gardenia Library wasn't that far from her house, but she really didn't feel like walking. She was waiting at the bus stop for ten minutes before the bus came. When she boarded it she found it a little crowded. All the front seats were taken so she squeezed through all the people and sat down in near the back. After a few minutes, the bus stopped and a few people got off. Which is my stop? Tecna thought. The 6th stop, I think. Yes, I'm sure that's right. They were at the 4th stop. Time passed and they were at the 5th stop. My stop is next, Tecna thought. She looked out the window she was seated next to. Wait a second…I don't recognize any of these buildings. This isn't where I live. I took the wrong bus! She reached over and pulled the cord, signaling the bus driver for a stop. When her stop approached, she got off and panicked. She had no idea where she was, and she couldn't go on another bus, because she didn't have any money left. What was she going to do?
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Sky woke up when the sun shone in his eyes. They had fallen asleep a while after he and Bloom had sung the song. He looked to his side and saw that Bloom was awake too, sitting up and starring at the ceiling.
"Hey," he said. "Morning."
Bloom looked his way and smiled, "Morning."
Sky looked to the left of Bloom and saw a try of food. One glass of water, and one loaf of bread. Bloom followed his gazed and said, "Oh, yeah, they already gave us breakfast, this is your share." She pushed the tray over to him.
"Thanks," he said, as he took his glass of water.
After his breakfast had been consumed, he laid back; wondering when those women were going to do whatever it was to them. Now that they had Bloom, what was going to happen? And when? He signed inside his head. Bloom hadn't said a word since she pushed the tray toward him.
Bloom was still starring at the ceiling. She had a lot of things on her mind. How was her family taking her disappearance? What about her friends? They must know her parents wouldn't keep it a secret would they? No, they would have called them to see if she was there. Her parents wouldn't lie, would they? No, they couldn't. Another thing on her mind was how was she going to get out of here? She was sure her parents couldn't do it, so she would have to get back on her own. But Sky had tried many times and failed. And the last thing on her mind. Why is she here? Why is she so important to whatever they want to do?
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"We are finally going to do it." Icy said as she walked into the room.
"Yup, is the room ready?" Darcy asked.
"Of course, the princess won't know what's coming." Icy responded.
"Good. When will it take place?" Stormy asked.
"Midnight. The princess will be tired and that gives me more of a chance to bring her to the room without a fight." Icy responded.
"That's good." Both sisters said.
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Finally. He had made it. Unfortunately, for him, Bloom had only taught him the way home from two places. Her school and the market. She hadn't taught him the way home from the park. He was hungry and sad. Why didn't Bloom come get him? He hadn't wandered that far. He had found his way back to the bench Bloom was on, but she was gone. She had gone home without him. He wasn't sure if she loved him anymore, or ever did, but he had made it. He now knew the way home from the park. When the coast was clear, he ran across the street and to up the stairs that led to the door of the house. Now how was he supposed to get in? He was much too small to get to the doorbell. He did the only thing he could do. He started scratching the door.
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Mike and Vanessa were both in the living room watching a muted television. Who would want to watch television when a loved one was in danger? They were watching a speechless commercial when they heard a soft scratching noise coming from the door. Mike turned off the T.V and went to the door. "I don't understand why they can't just ring the door…" He trailed off when he opened the door and no one was there. "What in the world…?" Mike was about to close the door when he felt something attach to his leg. He was about to kick that thing off his leg but he heard Vanessa cry, "Mike! It's Kiko!" Mike looked down at his leg and saw it was Kiko. "Wha—Kiko?" Kiko was making happy noises and clinging to his leg. Vanessa came over and unattached him to his leg and held him up. "I can't believe we forgot all about Kiko. Look at him he's looks hungry. Oh, poor Kiko." Vanessa headed for the kitchen. Mike closed the door and followed Vanessa into the kitchen. When he got in he saw Vanessa feed Kiko a few carrots. He walked up to him and patted his head. "So, where have you been Kiko?" Kiko swallowed the carrot he was chewing and started making little bunny noises, trying to explain. "Mike," Vanessa began. "Wasn't Kiko with Bloom when she was taken?"
Kiko stopped babbling in bunny and started listening. Bloom was taken? Or was he simply misunderstanding?
"Yeah, come to think of it he was." Mike answered. He asked Kiko, "Do you know what happened to Bloom?"
So Bloom was taken. Kiko felt so guilty for thinking that Bloom had abandoned him, and that he couldn't protect her. Sadly, Kiko shook his head. He heard Mike and Vanessa sigh. Kiko took the rest of his carrots, jump off the counter, where he was sitting, and hopped to Bloom's room upstairs.
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Tecna was wandering down the streets of a place she didn't know. She heard that when you are lost, you should stay where you are until someone finds you, but who would look for her here? And besides, it has only been a few hours, so no one knew she was gone yet. She was crossing the street when she came upon a building called, The Lost Library Of 1662. The lost library? Tecna thought. How could it be lost if I am standing right in front of it? Odd name. But, still, I wonder… Tecna walked through the doors of the library.
Tecna couldn't believe it. This library was huge! It was way bigger than the one in Gardenia. Tecna found herself wandering into a section. She had happened to come into a section to where a teen was on a ladder trying to put a book back on one of the higher shelves. Tecna figured he must work here. The teen had looked her way and saw her. "Hello," he greeted. "Do you need any help?" He had orange-brown hair and his eyes were framed with red glasses. He looked around 17. "Um, yes please," Tecna replied. "Ok, just let me get down." He climbed down the ladder and approached her. "What do you need?" Tecna noticed a nametag pinned to his shirt. It read, in block letters, Timmy. "I need information on foreign languages." Tecna replied. Timmy nodded and said, "There are many sections for that, what language are you looking for?" Tecna scratched her head. "Well, I'm not sure really. I'm thinking it an old language though." Timmy took some time to think, then said, "Well, the really ancient languages are over here, follow me." He led her to a wide section in the very back of the library. "No one has been in this section in a very long time now." Timmy said. "Why's that?" Tecna asked, looking at one shelf. "Well, I don't think people are very interested in studying a language they don't speak." Tecna moved on to another shelf. "No, not many people are." Then came the silence. Tecna was about halfway done, looking at all the shelves in the section. Timmy realized that he had to get back to work; he had a lot of books to put back. He was about to leave, but he heard Tecna cry, "This is it!" He looked her way and asked, "What's it?" Tecna looked up, she had forgotten he was there. "I found the language I was looking for." She said. "Can I see?" Timmy asked. When Tecna nodded he came over and looked at the book she was holding. It was a large, old and dusty blue book. It's pages, he could tell, were light yellow from age. "The old Egyptian text book?" He asked. Tecna starred at the book she was holding. "That's what this is? Egyptian? But, it looks much different than the Egyptian text I've studied." Timmy shrugged. "That's why we called it's called the old Egyptian language." Tecna started to walk to the front desk while saying, "Well, whatever it is, I need to study it." Timmy was walking to the side of her. She came up to the front desk but no one was there. "Oh," Timmy said. "The librarian is out for a while. But, I'll check that out for you." He went to the computer on the desk and took the book from her. He put the bar code under the scanner and it made a small beep noise. "Do you have a library card?" Tecna reached into her pocket, but her pocket was empty. She checked her other pocket, which was empty too. Where was her card? Did she even bring it? "Oh no, I seemed to have forgotten it." Timmy typed a few things in the computer and said, "No problem. Name please."
"Tecna."
"Alright, your all set." He stamped the due date inside the book and handed it to her.
"Have a nice day, Tecna."
"Thanks, you too."
Tecna stopped outside the library. She had forgotten how she had come here. How was she supposed to get back? She sighed. She had no money, no cell phone, nothing.
Tecna didn't know how long she stood in front of the library but it must've been long because Timmy came out and asked her, "Hey, is something the matter?"
Tecna looked his way and said, "Well, no but I…"
"You what?"
"Well, I don't know my way back…"
"You don't?"
"I came here by accident, and I don't know my way back."
"You don't have any money or anything?"
Tecna shook her head. "No, I spent the money on the bus coming here, and I left my cell phone at home."
Timmy dug into his pant pocket and pulled out fifty cents. "Where do you live?"
"Gardenia."
He handed the money to her. "The number 4 bus should take you there, it's the 5th stop."
"Oh, thank you, bye!"
"Bye, take care!"
Tecna waited for the bus and when it came she paid the fee, and sat in the middle. She was going home.
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Stella decided to do something she rarely did. Talk to her parents.
The reason she rarely did it is because her mother and father never got along, they always fought. Stella wished they would just get a divorce and end it. But they refused to. She had no idea why. She knew they loved her, but they didn't show it enough. That afternoon, while they were eating lunch at the dinning table, Stella spoke up.
"Mom, dad, I have something to tell you."
"What is it?" her mother asked.
"Um…" Stella hesitated. Maybe she shouldn't tell them after all. No, she had to. "Um, you know…" This was harder than it seemed.
"What is it Stella?" Her father asked.
Stella took a deep breath and said, "I've discovered something that I never knew I had before."
Her parents both exchanged glances, and then looked at Stella. "Like what, Stella?" Her mother asked.
"Like…um, like…magic."
"Magic?" Her mother asked.
"Oh, dear, that's ridiculous!" Her father exclaimed.
"It's true!" Stella cried. "Watch," She didn't know if she could use her powers, but she knew that she could do something. She got up from the table, put her hands together and focused. She felt something form inside and she pulled her hands slightly apart. Her parents gasped. Between Stella's hands was a small gold ball of energy. Stella tried to make it go away, she concentrated, and the ball disappeared.
"There," she said. "Now do you believe me?"
Her mother and father both sighed. "We knew this day would come," her mother sighed.
"Huh?" Stella asked. "You did?"
Her parents nodded.
"Stella, this is very hard to say, please sit down." Her father said.
When Stella sat down her father continued.
"You were born on a place very far from her. A kingdom called Solaria."
"What?" Stella asked. "Solaria?"
"Your father and I," her mother said. "Were the king and Queen of Solaria."
"What?" Stella asked. "But that means I'm…"
"When you were born," her father continued. "You were the young princess of Solaria."
Stella was in silent shock.
"But a few months after you were born," Her mother said, "There was a war between another kingdom and ours. And we lost."
"So our kingdom was gone and we had to find a safe place to raise you. So we took you to Earth and raised you right here in Gardenia." Her father said.
"But…we didn't you tell me?" Stella asked.
"Well..." Her mother was hesitant. "The cause of the war was because we almost made an alliance with the kingdom of Cretan. They had a son and the King and Queen there was interested in marrying you off to him. We considered it and when you were a few years older, around three, we took you to see him. You didn't get along with him and other certain things happened. We didn't want you to feel responsible, so we kept it queit."
"And Stella,"
"Yeah dad?"
"You know how your mother and I always fight?"
"Because you don't get along?"
"Well, yes, but do you know the reason why we do not separate?"
"…"
"It's because we knew you had powers, and we wanted to be there for you when you discovered them."
Stella looked down. "Is there anything eles I should know about?"
"Well, actually…"
Stella looked up. There was more?
"Your friends…"
"What about them?"
He father continued. "You know that they are like you? Execpt for Bloom, she's not."
"I don't get it…"
"Stella," her mother said. "We weren't alone when we came to Earth with you. We also had Flora, Musa, and Tecna."
"What? Why?"
"Well, they were born in Solaria too, and when the war came, they were separated with their parents so we took them to Earth with us. We couldn't keep them, so we set them up with foster parents. They have probably found out that they have powers by now, if you have."
"But, what about Bloom?"
"I'm guessing she was born here. She was here when we came." Her mother said.
"Stella, we're sorry for not telling you sooner." Her father said.
Stella sighed.
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Tecna had been studying the book she had checked out as soon as she got home. She was in her room, and sitting on her desk. She had her computer out. "Let's see, alright, I think I've got it." She put the book away and started to decode the text in her computer. "Right after the part in English it says…in the Primordial Void…what is that?" Tecna sat back in her chair and thought for a moment, then picked up her cell phone.
"Hello?"
"Stella? This is Tecna."
"Oh…hi Tecna."
"Is something the matter Stella? You sound a bit down."
"No no no, I'm fine. So, uh, why'd ya call?"
"Hmm…I called because I figured out the text in my computer."
"Oh! That's fabulous! What does it say?"
"It says that smoke was from the Primordial Void."
"…where's that?"
"…I have no clue."
Stella sighed into the phone. "Are you sure that you are reading that text right?"
"Yes, I'm positive."
"Well, what are we going to do?"
"Tell the others, I suppose."
"Ok, I'll do that."
"Good, thanks."
"Sure…listen, I need to tell you something."
"Oh? What is it?"
"I found out why we have these magic powers."
"You're joking. However did you figure that out?"
"My parents. They knew all this time and never told me."
"My goodness. But, that's for you, not the rest of us."
"Well, yeah, but you too. My parents said that I was the Princess of a kingdom called Solaria I think, and we lost some war and was forced to come here to Earth. You and the rest were separated from your parents and you were brought here with us."
"What? There's no way, Stella, you're out of your mind!"
"I'm serious!"
Stella did sound very serious and sounded close to tears.
"Alright Stella, but you know it is very hard to believe. I mean, you are telling me that my mother and father are in a place called Solaria?"
"Or dead."
"Stella!"
"I'm kidding! I'm sure they are fine."
Tecna sighed. "Are you going to tell the others?"
"Yeah, but maybe you should tell them about where Bloom is."
"Alright. I'll call Musa."
"I'll call Flora."
"Then we switch."
"Right."
"Go."
Tecna hung up and dialed Musa's number.
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It was midnight. Bloom and Sky were asleep. Bloom woke to a sound of the dungeon door swinging open. She sat up and tried to get Sky awake before whoever it was came in. But it was too late; Icy was already in.
"You," she pointed to Bloom. "Get up, and let's go."
Bloom was half confused and half scared. "What?"
"You heard me." Icy took hold of Bloom's arm and pulled her up to a standing position. "Come with me." She started pulling on her arm, making Bloom follow. "No protests or else." She added. Bloom didn't want to know what 'or else' meant, so she kept quiet and just followed.
Icy lead her to a small room. But, it was nothing like the dungeon. If anything, the room made her feel at home. On the walls was wallpaper the color of the sky. The floor was a soft pink carpet. There was even a window! In the middle of the room was a canopy bed with silk sheets and velvet blankets. There was even a small television set in front of the bed. And there were two doors on either side of the bed.
"In you go, princess." Icy said, pushing her in. "That door," she pointed to the door on the right side of the bed. "Is the bathroom. And that door," she pointed to the door on the left of the door. "Is where you will eat. This door," she pointed to the one they had come in through. "Will be locked. And so will that window. Bye," Icy went through the door, locked it and left.
Bloom jumped on the bed. She sighed with pleasure. The bed was so soft! This made her happy. Everything, her family, her friends, Sky, the fact she was prisoner, the fact she was far from home, had disappeared from her mind, all but a distant memory to be forgotten.
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I finally finished! Yay! Sorry for the super long wait! And, the next one might be just as long cuz I'm working on a third-person narrative for English. I want it to be good so I'm working extra hard on it. How does she expect me to do it in less than 5 days! Argh! Oh well, I'll manage. I can't think of anything to say except: I have no idea what Egyptian language looks like. C'ya!
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