Lauren was sleeping in her new mountain castle, when she heard something creak downstairs. She swung her feet over the edge of the bed, and walked over to the stairs. She was wearing a silver nightgown, which still had the wings. She had reached her potential. The creak grew wider, and footsteps could be heard.
"Who's there?" she called out, grabbing her katana. The footsteps grew, and Lauren's heart beat faster in her chest. Closer, closer still, Finally, Lauren leaped down the stairs and confronted the intruder. Lauren pointed her blade at the silhouette. Her eyes adjusted to the light, and she realized it was Lily. She sheathed her sword, and approached her with caution.
"Hello, Lily," said Lauren. Lily did nothing but embrace her. Lauren sighed, knowing that Lily was confused about what had happened over the last day.
"Why did you come here?" Lily whispered. "What was the purpose of risking your health? Your bullet wound is-" Lily was cut off when she looked at the wound. It was fully healed, with nothing but a scar left on the arm.
"-healed?" Lily said, looking up at Lauren's face. "How?"
"I created a healing salve," she replied. "Before, I couldn't create things with chemical properties, but now that I've unlocked my potential, I can do way more than before." The girls smiled, then Lily grabbed her hands in excitement.
"You've gotta come back down!" Lily exclaimed. "We're going to the beach today! We want you to come, so I sneaked away to get you!" Lauren took a step back.
"How can you think of going to the beach at a time like this!" Lauren yelled. "We have to prepare for Iak, and that's what you're doing?!" Lily shook her head, then smiled.
"That's why we're going," she said. "So that we can take our minds off of it. Everyone's been so up tight that I swear people are going to start exploding." The two girls giggled, and then Lauren gave the slightest sigh.
"Only one night in this place, and I already have to leave it," Lauren said, looking around for the last time. "Alright, let's go." Lauren waved her hand from her shoulder to her waist like she had done last night, and she wore her original outfit again. They set off back down the mountain on Lily's dragon. At their arrival, everyone had a quick reunion, then everyone got ready to leave. The girls and boys separated into their rooms, and changed into their bathing suits. Susanne came out in a yellow one piece with spots on it, Kaitlyn wore a sky blue tankini, Lily was wearing a green bikini with cross straps in the back, Lauren had a silver bikini without straps on, and Nya was wearing a crimson one piece. The boys came out in their respective colored swim trunks, Jay and Zane were in tank tops, and Kai and Cole had loose Hawaiian shirts on.
"Let's go!" Susanne squealed. She used her weapon to summon her vehicle, a light yellow sports car. Kaitlyn and Lily had their high tech fighter jets. Lauren didn't use her katana to summon her weapon, rather she used her Silver Power, and created a motor cycle and suit. She hopped on, and revved the engine a little bit before zooming off.
"Race ya!" she said over the microphone. Immediately, it was a race for the beach. Lauren always remained at the front, but Kai was always on her tail. They finally got there, and Lauren took off her helmet.
"I hate it when my hair is down!" she groaned. She snapped her fingers, and her hair was back in a pony tail, even though it still went down to her waist. She saw Kai looking at her, and she rolled her eyes. She waved her hand, and she was back in her bikini. She looked across the sands, and saw a volleyball court.
"Susanne. you still got skills on the court?" Lauren said confidently.
"You know it!" Susanne replied, winking. The girls raced for the volleyball net, and the boys set up the blankets nearby. Of course, they were watching. Lauren served first, and Susanne reacted right away. They were going to play one on one games, and Nya was the score keeper, claiming that she didn't have any experience with that sort've thing. The boys whooped and hollered as Susanne and Lauren played on for a couple of minutes, and Susanne won. She was the high school junior volleyball MVP, of course she was going to win. The next game was Kaitlyn and Lily. Kaitlyn won that game, so it was Susanne versus Lily in the end. Susanne won again, with the boys cheering in the background. Lauren sat down next to Kai, panting in exhaustion after the games.
"You want some water?" Kai asked, grabbing the picnic basket.
"Yeah, sure," she said. Kai handed her the water, and Lauren put her hand on his in the process. They blushed for a bit, then Lauren took hold of the water bottle.
Good thing no one saw that, Lauren thought. She took a sip of the water bottle, then, she felt something splash her. It was Kai, and he was in the ocean. He had taken some water in his hands, and had thrown it on her. He ran out into the deeper waters.
"You're not getting away that easily!" Lauren said, laughing. She sprinted into the ocean, and tackled Kai. They splashed eachother, and Lauren used her Silver Power to summon more to use. The others watched from the sidelines, then jumped in too. Lily and Cole were a pair, taking turns, as well as Kaitlyn and Zane, Susanne and Jay, and Lloyd and Nya. Everyone was laughing and splashing eachother, and everyone for the first time in a while, was happy.