Yay for the mysterious guest! Audrey will live! Meanwhile, though…
Thalia marched down the hall to Roman's sister's room.
"Wait! Thalia! You can't just march in there and ask her if she has magical powers!"
"Watch me. When the world and my friends are at stake, nothing can stand in my way – certainly not manners." The door to Acadia's room flew open with a flick of Thalia's wrist. Acadia whirled around, surprised.
"What the –"
"Do you have magical powers?"
"Uh… I'm a witch."
"Prove it."
"Why should I have to prove anything to you?"
"The world's at stake, maybe even your brother's life."
"And I care why?" Thalia gritted her teeth.
"I don't have time for this. Either you have powers and you help me, or you don't." Acadia bit her lip.
"Fine." She leaned over and pulled the blinds on her window shade closed. In the dim light, Thalia and Roman watched carefully as she reached into her mess of black hair and pulled out a reflective black stone bead. She held it up so Thalia and her brother could see it.
Now that it wasn't hidden by waves of hair, Thalia could see that a faint, iridescent streak ran down the center. She whispered, "Let there be light," and the stone glowed with a shimmering purple light, switching to green and then blue. Thalia raised her eyebrows as her own wrist momentarily flashed blinding ice-blue light.
"Well then. Let the fun begin."
Yay! In case you forgot, I don't really own anybody. I hope this was at least vaguely amusing.
