Chapter 12:

"Ding-dong," The doorbell echoed through the empty house.

"Here!" Kaitlyn yelled as she clumsily slipped in her left heeled slippers. She hoped one-legged towards the door and opened the front door, facing Chris who dressed in plain tee and loose jeans. "Hello." Chris grinned, revealing his charming white tooth.

"Hi." Kaitlyn's rosy cheeks went red, looking at Chris's casual clothes made Kaitlyn felt uncomfortable in her summer dress, revealing her bare arms. "Are you ready to go?"

Kaitlyn shook her head, "Hold on, I need to change." But Chris caught her by her arm and pulled Kaitlyn back, "You do not need to change, you're beautiful as you are now." Kaitlyn almost felt herself fainting at Chris's sweet talks. Chris held onto Kaitlyn's hands as they walked towards their destination, smiling. Sunny and Tiffany whistled as they saw their best friend getting lovey-dovey with her boyfriend. Chris gripped tightly onto Kaitlyn's hands, as if Kaitlyn is going to slip away from him. Kaitlyn laughed nervously when she noticed the brothers closing in.

All the girls gaped at their beauty. Brendon was wearing a black jacket over a dark gray tee with black jeans, looking as dark and gloomy as his aura, which is very much different from Raye who was wearing a white collar tee which hang out from his white pants. Kaitlyn squirmed uneasily as the brothers approached them.

"Okay, everyone's here," Sunny announced cheerfully as we entered the lounge with complete set of facilities. "Now this is what I call good service!"

Minutes passed slowly as the brothers rejected all the offers of singing. Sunny sang some of Britney Spears's song using her famous chipmunk's voice which made the class roared into laughter. Kaitlyn's thoughts drifted away from the reality.

Kaitlyn found herself back to the peaceful land she had been before. "Nadine?"

Kaitlyn shifted her position nervously. She wanted to meet the goddess again, and to clarify things with her. But no, instead of encountering with the goddess, certain images started forming around her. Nostalgic pictures of her past reminded Kaitlyn of her deceased mother. She froze when she saw an unfamiliar picture of her and two other guys around her age. The photo was burned and a hole hid the two guys' face.

Kaitlyn took a step back, but the images seemed to follow her wherever she went. "The images are important, remember them!" A small voice said in her mind. "No," Kaitlyn murmured in agony, as an excruciating pain pierce through her mind.

"Kaitlyn, Kaitlyn, wake up!" Chris's violent shaking woke her up. "Are you okay?"

Kaitlyn noticed that the whole class was all surrounding her, worried expression hung on everyone's face. "Ye… yeah. What happened?"

"You were sleeping peacefully one moment, the other moment you was shouting no and waving your hands. A nightmare? Do you want me to bring you home?" Kaitlyn accepted Chris's offer which she usually wouldn't.

Surprisingly, Brendon stepped in. "I'll send her home, I have a car."

Chris rejected, "No, I'm her boyfriend." Despite many arguments, Chris still insisted on bringing her home. Kaitlyn's head throbbed in pain as the arguments continued. "Stop, I'll take Brendon's car. Chris, why don't you head home first if you feel uncomfortable?" And Chris reluctantly gave in.

Meanwhile in Dark academy,

A smirk flashed upon Felix' smug face, "I've found it, I've found Golden Darkness's weakness. Just you wait, Nadine." He laughed an evil laugh that shook the whole academy, a laugh to indicate his victory.