Chapter 12

Arison blinked his eyes open. His first thought was that he was under water. His second, and much more likely thought, was that his glasses had fallen off. Or maybe they were taken off. He thought, as he remembered something hitting him. But what had?
He stopped trying to use his eyes, since they were clearly useless, and listened. There were creatures wandering around nearby. From the echoes Arison could get a good idea on what the room was shaped like. And from the language they were speaking, it was obvious the creatures were Others.

"Arison?" Someone hissed nearby. "Arison are you awake?" It was Midnight.

Arison turned his head towards her voice. "Yeah. You alright?"

Midnight nodded. "You were worse off than me until now."

"I'm still not doing great, I don't have my glasses." He pointed out.

"Yeah, the Others took those. It looks like they're examining them." Midnight explained.

"Any idea what they're talking about?" Arison questioned.

"Arison, I'm giving you a look." Midnight narrated. "I don't speak Other." There was a pause while the Others spoke. "Wait . . . I think I heard the name of Hedwig's Other in there. He's Harry right?" Arison nodded. "Well I suppose your glasses are pretty similar."

Arison scoffed. "What? Do they think I'm Harry and I-" Midnight shushed him before he could say 'magically turned into an owl.' For a moment they sat in silence, Arison feeling baffled.

Midnight broke the silence. "Sorry." She whispered. "The Others noticed us talking, I didn't want to draw too much attention to us."

"That's new." Arison teased.

Midnight made a frustrated noise. "This is serious. We've been captured by Others, we need to escape."

"Well, first we need to wait for the Others to leave. They won't let us escape, so let's just wait." So the two did just that, both thinking of escape plans as they did.