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The SkillRider: I know it's confusing, but I can't have them all telling their life stories at the beginning. That's like planning a wedding on the first date. It'll make more sense later.

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Chapter 8

I take a deep breath and try to strike up a conversation.

"So.. Why did those people run toward the maze?" I ask our new friends.

They all glare at me, but eventually Lilac speaks up.

"You wouldn't want your captives to escape, now would you." She says in a flat tone.

It seems the conversation is over.

I sigh, and look out the window. I hear a quiet whisper behind me. It wasn't Sally or Shane though, it sounded… Familiar, for some reason.

"Watch where you're going… You're going down a path that doessssss not end well…." It hissed, and silenced.

"What?..." I say aloud, and the others look at me.

They all look curiously at me. There's no getting out of this one.

"I… I heard a voice. In my head, I think." I tell them, and Salmon, Blueberry, Lilac, and Peach looked at each other.

"What did it say exactly?" Salmon asks.

"It said 'Watch where you're going. You're going down a path that does not end well.' It hissed when it said 'does.'" I tell them.

Mari's eyes widened, but she did not say anything. She began to look through the files.

"Curious. Tell us if you hear anymore voices in your head." Blueberry says, and they begin to whisper to each other.

Alix doesn't seem to be listening, and she looks kind of pale.

"Alix?" I ask her.

She doesn't move, and I shift myself to face her.

"Alix!" I yell at her.

She turns to us, but it clearly isn't Alix. They grin and stare at me with a crazed look.

"We'll get ALL OF YOU! NONE SHALL ESCAPE!" She hissed at us.

"We already HAVE this ONE!" They say, their voice changing pitch and force as though many different people where talking.

She sprang up, and lunged for the hatch above us. Before any of us could get her, she opened it and jumped out. Peach jumps and closes the hatch before we get sucked out with Alix.

"They're coming for us. This isn't good… How did they get ahold of Alix?" PEach asks, pacing back and forth unsteadily.

Mari speaks up, quietly, but we all heard her.

"Genne." She says simply.

"Genne?" Lilac asks her.

"Yes, Genne. Look, right here." Mari shows us a page from her files.

. It is not a simple process to resist the powers of a Morph. They can be dangerous alone, but in groups are always deadly. Mimics and Mischiefers can easily use this to their advantage, as the can force them to do their bidding. Morphs can speak through minds, and control the actions of anything. They cannot control their mind, however. With enough strength, the creature they control can break free. See, little sister, you know I am a Morph. That is how I speak to you even though I am not with you. I do not like to control people, but the Mimics make me. I have so much to tell you, I can't wait to be able to get to know you…

It ends there, and Mari looks at her lap.

"Little sister?" I ask her.

"It's… It's a long story." She replies to me.

"We have plenty of time now." I tell her.

She takes a deep breath before showing us a different file.

. You see, how we are born is strange. Of course we have parents, but our mothers put us into different creatures, and we live off of them until they die. We live in their minds. We keep them from reproducing or doing anything risky. My mother released me into your mother's mind, sister. I had done so well to, we didn't want for something like us to happen. When your mom met your father, they had so much love for each other. It was.. Strange. I felt bad that I was taking away the life your mother deserved to have. See, you have some of my powers. You just do not know how to use them, and I look forward to teaching you how to. Anyways, I felt so bad, I left her early. I knew the risks, but I couldn't help it. II had stayed with her, watched her as the small shadow I was. Then.. Then she had you, Mari. It changed me, I felt like I had a responsibility to protect you. I left, as I had to eventually leave to learn what I could do. I wished you all well, and left….

I felt a pang inside me. I might have just killed her sister..

"There. May I please. Please just be left alone to read now?" Mari asks quietly.

"Of course, sweetheart. We're sorry." Peach says, and everyone sits in silence.

We wait in silence to reach Earth.

A few hours later..

We finally get off the ship and onto the ground. Mari hold the files close to her, and starts walking. We had to stay on a few hours longer because we had to land in Paris. We walk, and the creatures walk toward the river. They said they were powerful and could breath underwater, so they would hide in the Seine said all we had to do was say their names and they would come.

We walk in silence, and eventually I get home. Natalie hugs me tightly upon seeing me.

"Where have you been?" She asks me.

Oh, right. We've been gone for some time.

"Sorry, Natalie, I had left to help a friend." I said, and I wasn't completely wrong.

"Okay." She says, not really believing me.

I walk past her and into my room. I flop onto my bed but I land on something hard.

I jump up in a panic and turn to see a box. It has a timer and an note on it. The timer is about to go off.

This chapter's choice:

Open the box

OR

Wait for the timer to go off?

There we go! I know it's confusing now, but it'll make sense at the end. Also, I'm proud to announce Shadow Maze, the continuation of Luck of the Temple, will begin soon! I hope you all will enjoy the story! Have a fabulous day, and hugs and Cookie Pies to you all!