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"Where are you?"
"Behind the gym."
Shade cut off the link and I called Thomas to tell him to meet us there. Then I grabbed Cecil and we popped away. When we got there, Thomas was there leaning against the wall. I let go of Cecil's wrist and walked over to him.
"How in the world did you get here faster than me? I travel at the speed of light!"
"I was right in front of the gym when you called, doll."
I grumbled about how in the world that luck was the only reason that happened.
"I hate to break you two lovebirds up, but we should go inside" Cecil interjected as I stuck my tongue out at her and Thomas carried me in like a sack of potatoes. Upside down I might add.
"What in heck is going on!?" Thomas put me down and there was Shade there looking normal, and then three weird guys. I mean really weird.
"Would someone please explain what is going on?" I stated.
"I may not have been completely truthful with you. I didn't tell you about my past because I didn't want to, I didn't tell you because even I didn't know,"
"So how old are you?"
"I chose to be reborn. I honestly am 16. I slowly got my memories back, most of them coming back after my encounter with Zack,"
"Not our universe?" Thomas questioned, he looked quite desperate.
"All universes," Shade said.
"YOU OWE ME $10 Thomas! Oh, I was right." Thomas gave me the money grumbling.
"I am Xirale, Lord of Order," the first one said.
"I am Aeorne, Lord of Rage," the second one informed.
"I am Red Fury, dagger in the shadows," the last one said.
"And obviously you know who we are don't you?" I counted the money and hand Thomas $2 back.
"I am told everything of interest by your friend ShadeW-"
"DON'T YOU DARE!"
"You better start talking." I pulled out my staff and put it to a length of 6 feet and pointed it at Shade. "Now, what is going on for the love of life?"
"In all honesty, if I didn't want to tell you, I wouldn't have told you anything. I am the warden of natural law. My father is the warden of the law of life, my uncle warden of the paranormal law."
"We get it, we get it. Now, one more question. Who is OrderShift? You mumble a lot."
"She is reigning Infinity Queen,"
"Yeah, but who is she to you. Boys don't just mumble about random girls. Thomas was mumbling about me for years, though cause I was his bestie, almost broke my poor heart."
"Eavesdropping is rude."
"Yeah well, so is keeping secrets from friends."
"You know the answer to your own question, and due to idiotic rules, I really can't admit it."
"What rules?"
"Soulshadows are only allowed to fall IN love once, and I, as allwarden, am of an incompatible station. And I'm technically not supposed to have any distractions," he said with more than a hint of bitterness.
"Aw, honey, it's okay. Being in love is okay. Being in love is awesome." I patted Shade's back. "You are in love with the queen of your dimension."
"A. Reality. B. Turn yourself two-dimensional. C. This never would have happened if it wasn't for the Mad One. The only way back is through oblivion, his territory."
"Shade, it could be worse. She could have been killed right in front of you." Thomas tried to comfort Shade, not being able to. The look of utter despise he directed at him literally turned the air bad.
"So anyway Shade, what is up with Zack?"
"Hold up!" Interjected Cecil."So Shade loves a girl named OrderShift but he is not allowed to be with her, and she's queen, and you brought your little friends from wherevertheheckistan to here?"
"Um, yeah I guess." Shade scratched the back of his head. "It's a bit more complicated than that. And I'm known by a lot of different names. Shade is just one of them."
"Ok cool!" marveled Cecil, not at all fazed by the fact that her friend was from another universe.
"Can we like find a place to practice fighting and our powers? Because we need one of those." I questioned.
"Definitely." Agreed Cecil. "Also I need Shade to teach me how to control my shadows so I don't lose it."
"How about the War Room? It's a virtual reality technology that I invented for that exact purpose."
"Um, well I guess sure."
"It gives you the powers and skill you already have, to the extent of mastery that you have over them,"
"Great." she said with more enthusiasm than was natural for her.
"It will be easier to warp than teleport. Come here, all of you he said. When they walked near, he drew basic lines of preservation on their foreheads.
"First, what is the deal with Zack?"
"Hold still, these lines are your only protection,"
"I'm starting to have second thoughts about thiiiiiiiisss!" My speech turned to screaming as we warped.
