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Chapter 11- Renewed Relations
Haley's POV
Haley sighed and looked between Kapree and Allie. Allie and Torie were both refusing to get involved in the guardian stuff, and at this point they were mostly ignoring herself, Kapree, and Sam. This was definitely going to start posing as a problem.
"Ms. McCall!" Haley jumped and looked around. Mr. Benson was looking at her sternly.
"Y-yes sir?" she stuttered. She caught Allie rolling her eyes, and felt weirdly angry about it.
"Can you repeat any of what I just said?" Mr. Benson asked.
"Uh…" no, she couldn't. Failure to pay attention, in Mr. Bensons eyes, should have been punishable by law.
"Ms. McCall-" the bell chose that moment to ring. Thank you, Haley said silently as she gathered up her stuff and bolted. She had one more class. That was good. What was bad was that Allie and Torie were in it. Bad.
"Hey", said a quiet voice behind her. Sam had fallen into step with Haley.
"Hi", Haley said. Sam's last class had been English, with Torie. She'd been going to try to talk to her. She could tell by the look on the girl's face she'd had no luck.
"No-go with Allie?" Sam asked. Haley shook her head. "Great", she muttered, "One hundred percent fabulous"
They fell silent as they walked into Science. Allie and Torie were off to the side, determinedly avoiding the two girls. Kapree was in back.
"They're too stubborn", she said as they sat down, "That's their problem. Way too stubborn for their own good"
"So what can we do?" Sam asked, but before anyone could answer, the bell rang, and Ms. Vandom was telling them to pull out their homework. Soon they were too busy to talk.
Haley trudged out of Sheffield after last period. She still had no clue how they were going to work this out, there was no way Allie and Torie were going to give, Kapree was right, they were just too stubborn. This was definitely not the kind of situation they could be in right then.
"Pathetic", Haley jumped a mile and whirled around. A girl with straw-like blonde hair and a long white and green robe was staring coldly at her.
"E-Excuse me?" Haley stuttered, "Were you talking to me?"
"Do you see anyone else around here?" she asked mockingly. Haley looked around, and sure enough, the streets were empty. She looked back at the girl.
"Who are you?" she asked in what she hoped was a strong voice. Even she could tell it wasn't. The girl laughed.
"Who I am is none of your business", she said, smirking, "It's who you are… guardian"
Haley's heart practically stopped, "I dunno what you're talking about", she said a little too quickly.
"Oh, I think you do", the girl said with another mocking laugh, "I really think you do"
"Who are you?" Haley asked again. She was starting to get really scared now.
"Fear doesn't help in war", the girl informed her, "Phobos knows fear when he sees it. You guardians are going to be wiped up in one fight"
"I said I don't know what you're talking about", Haley said firmly, and I meant it. Why don't you find someone else to pick on, huh?"
"I have a message for a friend of yours", the girl said suddenly, "And I want you to deliver it"
"And why", Haley said, "Would I want to help you"
"Because it involves you", the girl said in a venomously sweet voice, "Now are you going to cooperate, or am I going to have to… convince you?"
Haley really didn't like the sound of that, "Fine", she said finally.
"Excellent", the girl said, "Now, I have a message for your little friend with The Heart of Candracar. You do know who that is, right?"
"Sam", Haley said. It clicked. This was the girl Sam had been telling them about. She had to be.
"Now you're catching on", the girl said approvingly, "Good. Tell you little friend-tell Sam- that the five of you are fighting a useless battle. It'd be better to just give up now. And to just hand over the Heart of Candracar. Got that?"
"I'm not going to tell her that!" Haley snapped, "No way!"
"Your choice", the girl said, "You're going to pay the consequences though…"
The girl held her hand up, and Haley saw that it was glowing with some kind of energy. She froze. Oh no, she thought desperately, No, no, no…
"Hey!" the girl spun around, and Haley's head jerked up to right behind the girl. Allie was standing there, her backpack slung around one shoulder, an angry expression on her face.
"Got to go", the girl said, turning back to Haley, "Just keep that message in mind"
She vanished with a resounding crack. "You okay?" Allie asked as she approached. Haley shook her head. She wasn't sure anymore.
"This is bad", Kapree was saying half an hour later. They at Haley's house. Her and Allie had high tailed it home and called Sam and Kapree as soon as they got there. Kapree had gotten there relatively fast. Sam had never answered her phone.
"You think?" Allie snapped, "Now do you see why it's crazy to get into this? We could get hurt! You agree, right Haley?"
"No, quite the contrary, actually", Allie looked at her like she had three heads, "I'm serious", Haley said, "This is the perfect reason to get involved. Do you really want people like her, and her little lizard pet running around Heatherfield?"
Allie's shoulders drooped, "No", she said finally, "No, I really don't"
"You see?" Haley said, "This is why we do have to get involved. It's your choice though"
"All right all right", Allie sighed, "I'm in"
Kapree cheered, "Yes!"
"Well", Haley said happily, "One down…"
"And one to go", Kapree finished.
"It isn't going to be easy", Haley said the next day, "Torie's stubborn, we know that"
"Who wants it easy?" Allie joked. They'd filled Sam in on the goings on of the day before. She didn't seem very surprised, which they thought was strange. But they ignored it. There were more important things to think about right then.
"No", Torie beat them to the punch line, "No, no, and, oh yea: no"
"Come on Torie!" Kapree said, "We have to, it's our job-"
"To get killed?" Torie asked, "Pass. Deal with it on your own"
She walked away without another word.
Okay, almost renewed. At least they got Allie back right? Anyway, review.
