Chapter 11
"You learned to run from what you feel, and that's why you have nightmares. To deny is to invite madness. To accept is to control."
― Megan Chance
Arella POV
I sat down on my bed in frustration, wondering where Cody was. It was around the time the rest of what I liked to call our camp was starting to wake up. I sighed, and quickly got up starting to pace the floor.
I had a small idea of what happened, and I didn't like the thought of it one bit. I started to walk outside, to the middle of the town, as we were all sprinkled around the village. Sharply I taking a breath, I shouted, "Getcher lazy asses out of that bed, and meet me in the center of the town! Discussion time!" I nervously tapped my foot onto the ground, knowing that those that were woken up by me were going to be wake up feeling groggily.
I started to whistle a tune my dad used to sing me as a child, to pass the time, taking in the pale blue early morning colors in the sky. It was certainly calm and relaxed in comparison to when I lived with my mother. Those weren't very enjoyable days, considering that being as rebellious as possible could be quite tiring.
Before long, the group slowly started to drift together, all excluding Cody, naturally. "What is it now?" Lance muttered, clearly discontented with his rude awakening. I had to stifle a laughter at the sunglasses that appeared to be attached to his face. Personally, I didn't care about whatever he had to hide in there, as we all were still not comfortable around each other.
"Hold on, let's go to the...Um. Biggest house. Camp center, I guess we call it?" I said, knowing that there would probably be some arguments sparking up about what we should do. I heard mumbles of agreement from around our circle of five people.
Coby brought up the topic that I was hoping to avoid for maybe five or ten more seconds, "Where's Cody?" I remained silent, waiting until we got inside the building.
The building was a bit better, as Lance had taken the time to patch up the couches, and Selene made sure it gave off a comfortable feel. We all sat down on the couches in the room, and I looked at each of the four others individually.
"Cody disappeared last night. Any theories?" I said, going straight to the point as it was pointless to do otherwise.
Lance coughed awkwardly, "Killed?" Well, talk about worst for first. Selene winced, and I heard Coby shuffle around.
"Maybe he..." Selene chuckled anxiously. I knew what she was going to say, and it was a whole lot better than the possibility of him dying.
I decided to just finish it off soon, as the others seemed to have no clue what she was talking about, and Selene was probably not going to do it herself. "Left. He left." Coby started to mutter to herself at the prospect of him not wanting to stay.
"Why would he do that? Where would he go?" Lance said, and mumbled something to himself towards the end. I had a striking feeling he didn't want me to hear it, as it sounded small and short.
"Think about it like this. In all reality, we could just get up and go back to where we once were, but we all have something that is keeping us here. Or rather, what waits for us back in civilization is something we wouldn't prefer over our current lifestyle." I said. I had definitely thought about it a few times over, and it was actually true. Most of us had probably done it unconsciously.
Aiden sighed, "Yes, it has occurred to me, and I wouldn't be surprised if the same applied to the rest of us."
"So you're saying he left." Lance whispered, "He actually left." I felt the extreme need to smash my head into a desk in frustration, because of how obvious that was. Aiden probably felt the need to express this emotion himself, and I was glad all the furniture we had in here were beds and couches. Nice and soft, unlikely to cause damage to yourself.
"Quite so clearly, Lance." Aiden said, before walking off in frustration, probably to work on one of his projects involving redstone. There wasn't really much we needed to improve on, as the village provided all we needed, so whatever surplus we had, we tended to play around with.
I sat still, waiting for everyone else to leave. Coby left reluctantly, not even sure how things worked, and Selene followed after, probably understanding that Coby would need some help figuring out what to do. I could easily see those two becoming very good friends.
Lance left last, and I stopped him before he left, wondering about something. "One. Why do you keep wearing those sunglasses. Don't have to tell me if you don't want to. And two, what did you say after you questioned what Cody could've done?"
He craned his neck over to look at me, his face looking very pissed off. "One, I've told nobody, certainly not you, and two, if you really must know, I called you Ares."
"Ar-. What?" I said spluttering, "Did you just call me a war-seeking god from Greek mythology?"
Lance merely grinned and strolled out of the room with his hands in his pockets. "I'll kill that guy one day..." I said under my breath.
This was. Erm. Completely written for a good week or two. Just. Forgot to update it. Dun hate me. Good thing is that I have everything up to chapter 25 planned! Yeah, some of your OCs don't come in for a loooong while. Plus, the next chapter should come soon? Don't take my word for it.
I like to make characters argue •3•
