Chapter 12 – Almost Discovered
Eva couldn't sleep. She decided to find out more about Sani. She flicked her covers off and left the room.
She sneaked into Sani's room to find out if revealing her traitor side would be worth it. She looked around. She saw a half written letter.
'Dark, I do have your letter and instructions. However, I have still decided to send you a letter. I am searching for the girl along with the rest of the FFMA. I shall tell you where we are and when we find Molly. But I have beginning to have my doubts about this, why do you want her?' it said.
It wasn't finished but Eva folded it up anyway. This was the proof she needed. She quietly searched for the letter Dark had sent Sani. She found it as well. She was leaving when she knocked over a load of Huna stuff.
There was a lot of noise. Sani's amber eyes flashed open.
'Who is there?' she asked.
Eva quickly took her wig off before Sani could see it was 'Ruby'.
Sani quickly saw who it was. She screamed.
'It's you! Molly!' she yelled.
There were shouts from everywhere. People started moving about. So much for being secretive Eva thought.
'I'm not who you think I am. I'm someone else,' Eva said.
'No, you're Molly. And you have my…' Sani went pale when she saw the letters had gone.
She gasped.
'You've been through my room!' she yelled.
Eva quickly dived under the tent into the outside world. Sani quickly clambered after her but when she got outside she could barely see Eva.
'Get back here!' Sani shouted.
Eva didn't stop running. She went up a tree. She saw a lot of people run out of the tent. Rush run up to Sani.
'You saw her? You really did?' he asked.
Sani nodded.
'I really did, but I think I scared her. I didn't mean it but…she sort of found something that…' Sani didn't say anymore.
Rush groaned.
'You mean she is gone? You know this could have been our chance? Are you sure it was her?' Rush asked.
'Crimson eyes, red and black hair…it was definitely her. There aren't many humans like her. There is no one like her in Rutina,' Sani sighed.
There was a silence. Eva quickly put the wig back on, ruffled it to look like she had got out of bed a few minutes before. She sneaked to Rue and Danny. They gave her a big hug when they saw her.
'Ruby! Sani saw her! She saw Molly!' Danny said to her.
Jordan came up to her.
'Where were you?' he asked.
'Oh, I was outside. I couldn't sleep. I saw her as well. I didn't know who it was at first until Sani was yelling at her. I'm so sorry,' Eva said sadly.
'Hey, it's ok. No one blames you. It's just a bit of a shock for all of us. It is a bit strange hearing someone crying out your friend's name when you wake up. I had so much hope she was staying,' Jordan sighed.
'We all are upset. We can't change that she has gone now,' Rue said.
Sani was still pale. She was really worried about the letters. If Molly had them now…then if she returned…Molly could turn her in…
Eva thought about the letters that were hidden under the wig. She couldn't think of anywhere else to put them. But she couldn't show them. If she did, Sani would know she was really Molly and then the Crogs would…
Everyone was going back to bed. Eva said good night to Rue and Danny then went back with the rest of the humans.
She covered herself without her bed covers. Rick shook her gently. Eva mumbled for him to go away.
'Come on. We all need to talk about this,' Rick said.
'I'm really tired and confused. I'll talk about it tomorrow,' Eva muttered.
Rick seemed to understand. Eva started breathing heavily and pretended to be sleeping. Everyone seemed to believe she was asleep.
'So, what I want to know is why Molly ran away,' Stan asked.
'She probably had her reasons. She must have either been terrified or has found out something horrible,' Koji muttered.
'So you know think Sani is hiding something?' Don asked.
'I am only guessing but why else would Molly run away? Maybe she found something that was supposed to be secret. Maybe Sani just scared her. I guess we will never know,' Koji said.
There was a short silence
'You know Jordan; recently you have been acting like Molly was never going to return. How does it feel to know your girlfriend was so close to coming and staying here?' Rick asked.
There was an awkward silence.
'Uh, do we need to think about that? I mean she didn't really stay did she? So its not like I should worry right now…is Ruby actually asleep?' Jordan asked.
Stan shook Eva slightly.
'Mm, I don't want to get up, leave me alone for five more minutes,' she mumbled, pretending to be asleep.
'I'm not sure. If she isn't, then she is really good at acting,' Stan said.
'Yeah, we should really get off to sleep as well,' Koji yawned.
'I suppose…' Rick said.
'I guess we should. Night,' Jordan said.
Everyone started saying good night. Soon there was silence. Eva thought about what they had said. If only she hadn't been so careless…then this wouldn't have happened and she could reveal Sani for the traitor she was.
But now, if she did, Sani would know who she really was…
Eva sighed sadly. Why was life so unfair? Just when she had everything sorted out…everything had to go wrong. Why did it have to be her?
She thought about the temple. She still hadn't figured out what to do about the mirror room. She would have to just avoid the place.
Her eyes started to close. She could finally leave the day behind her. She began to drift off to her dreams. It felt so much nicer than the harsh outside world. There were no traitors, no hiding and no Crogs.
Eva's dreamland could never be but it comforted her. It was nice to be herself somewhere.
In Eva's dreamland the world was kind and sweet. It was reversed to before her family had fallen apart. It was years and years ago when she was really little where her dreams took place.
It was so much more different than most places. Eva was with Don in most of her dreams but in all of her dreams the same person came…
In all of Eva's dreams in her special dreamland, Maya Wei was every single one of them.