Okey, here you guys go.. the 12th chapter.. I have done another, so I might upload that in a bit. We'll see.
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Zoey
I was just leaving with Stark, when someone grabbed my wrist and spun em around,I came face to face with Aphrodite.
'I just need a chat with Zoey.' She said. 'you guys go, we wont be long' she said. I sighed and turned to Stark. I kissed him on the cheek and whispered in his ear 'I wont be long. I love you.' He smiled and whishpered back
'love you too. Don't take too long, I'll miss you.' I turned and went with Aphrodite.
'you had sex.' She said. It wasn't a question, but I felt the need to answer it.
'yes, I did.' I said. I smiled.
'Zo. I need to tell you, I had a vision' uh oh. She didn't seem to happy.
'what happened in it?' I asked her.
'it was you and Stark, Kalona came in and said 'this cannot happen, my A-ya has not got enough love for the both of us, there is no room for you in her life. She has no need for a warrior, I am here to protect her.' and then, he went over to Stark, and, and, and he broke his neck. He killed him Z!' she shouted.
I had to sit down. I didn't like to think about Stark getting hurt. I drew in a deep breath. 'what am I going to do?' I asked.
'Z, I think you need to break up with Stark, I know you don't want to, and it will break his heart, but its what is best for him' I knew that she was right, but the thought of being away from Stark, of breaking up with him, of breaking his heart, it hurt, I didn't think that I could do it. I didn't want to. I loved him.
'I cant.' I said. 'I just cant do that to him. It would kill him, and me for that matter.' I said. I didn't want Stark to be hurt because of the love that we shared, but I couldn't break up with him, I didn't know what I was going to do.
'it is the only thing that I can think of. Z, I think that that is the only way Kalona will leave him alone.' She was sad at this, I knew that she liked Stark, even though she wouldn't admit it.
'what are you going to do?' she asked me.
'im going to talk to Stark about it, he should have a choice in the matter' I said. He did deserve to chose, it was his life.
'ok. But Zo. Seriously, as much as I would hate yo admit it, and if you ever repeat this, I will deny it, but, I like Stark, id hate to see him get his feelings hurt and stuff'
'I know. I don't want to see him hurt either. Come on, lets go' I said. We left the room. We went into the garden, I had no idea where they were. 'do you know where they are?' I asked Aphrodite.
'no. I didn't even think about asking.' She got out her phone and rang Darius.
'hey warrior. Where are you?' he answered, 'ok. We wont be long. Love you' she said and she hung up the phone. They are out at the back, through the hedge there and in the field. We walked over there, we squeezed through a gap in the fence. They were all there, stood in the middle of the field.
When we were through the gap, I saw Stark. I hadn't been apart form him long, but it was good to see him again. I smiled and walked over to him. When I got there, I hugged him and he bent to give me a kiss.
'whats wrong?' he asked. he could feel my emotions.
'not now. Later. We need to talk. It is really important' I told him. He looked worried, I didn't like to see him upset, so I reached up to touch my lips to him and kissed him.
Darius then came over to us. He wrapped his arm around Aphrodites waist and kissed her on the cheek. They were such a cute couple.
'Stark. There is a target over there.' He pointed to a target in the corner of the field 'You can go and do some practice. Stevie Rae, there is another target over there' he pointed to another target, nearer to us this time' you can practice there with earth. Damien, there is a target there' hepinted again to another target near us, 'you can practice with Air there. Shaunee, there is a target over there' he pointed to a target a bit further than the others' you can practice with fire. Erin, there is a target over there' he pointed to the one next to Shaunee's 'you can practice with water there. You all can go to your targets and start practicing.' He said.
Stark, Damien, Shaunee, Erin and Stevie Rae all walked over to their targets and started to practice. There was just me, Jack and Aphrodtie left.
'zoey, can you master all of your elements?' he asked me.
'yes, I have complete control over them' I said.
'ok. Then you can learn how to shoot an arrow. There is a target over there' he pointed to a target at the end of the field, it was on the other side of the field to Starks, 'you can practice there. Jack, you can, err, what can you do?' he asked Jack.
'err, im good with technology.' Jack said.
'that does not help us now does it? idiot' Aphrodite said.
'it could. We just need to learn how.' Darius said. I was trying to think of what Jack could do, but I was coming up blank, I had absoloutly no idea. Then it came to me.
'jack could do the plans on the computer. So he shows us where is a good place for a fight, then where is a better place for us to be, and where Kalona would be, where is dangerous, where we could hide something.' I said. It wouldn't exactly help, but it could be kind of useful.
'ok. Jack, could you do that?' Darius asked him.
'with my eyes closed.' Jack said.
'good, then when you have done that, you can learn to shoot an arrow.' Darius said. 'now, Aphrodite, I have been thinking, I think that it would be best if you were not at the fight. There is nothing that you could do, and if you were to get into danger, I wouldn't be able to protect you.' He was right, there was nothing that she could do.
'what? How do ou expect me to stay here and not know what has happened to anybody? I could like, shoot arrows or something. I don't know, but I don't want to do nothing. What if no one comes back, what would I do then?' it was true, I would hate it if I were human again and Stark was going to fight and I couldn't be with him, knowing if he was dead or alive.
'maybe she could shoot some arrows, from far away.' I said.
She smiled at me. 'yeah, I could do that' she said. Darius didn't look pleased.
'fine. You can go and work on the target next to Zoey's. there is a bow and arrow there for you to use. You go and I shall walk around and see how everyone is doing.'
Me and Aphrodte walked off to our targerts.
'thank you.' She said. I knew what for, I had helped her be able to fight, but then, what if something happened to her and she died? Would Darius blame me?
'its ok. But you have to stay away from the fight. Otherwise Darius is going to go crazy trying to protect you.' I said. She looked sad, but she nodded. Then, we reached our targets.
'do you know how to shoot?' she asked me. I didn't, I had never shot a bow and arrow in my life.
'no. do you?' I asked her. she shook her head. 'what are we going to do?' she asked me.
'maybe I could send Stark a mental message?' I asked.
'no.' she said.
'why not? He could teach us' I told her, it hurt me that she didn't want Starks help.
'because if you send him a mental note, he will think about you, and what if he is about to let an arrow go, and then he gets your message, so he thinks about you, then he lets it go. It could it you.' That was true, I hadn't even thought about it.
'true.' I said. 'I guess we could just wait for Darius.' I said.
'yeah, that seems a good idea.' She said. We sat down on the ground and waited for Darius. When he came, he showed us how to shoot. We practiced all day, well, night. It was going to get light soon.
'ok, everyone. That is enough for today. Go and have dinner then go to bed, we will practice again tomorrow.' He said. I was going to go in, but I decided that I needed more practice. I hadn't hit my target a lot.
Aphrodite was leaving. 'come on Zoey' she said. I turned.
'I think I am going to practice a bit longer.' I said.
'ok. Don't take to long. Sun is going to come up soon.' She said.
'I wont. See you later.' I turned back to the target, I wasn't far off, but if I was going to hit the raven mockers, I was going to be more accurate.
I had been out here alone for about ten minutes, when I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist. I turned around and was face to face with Stark.
'Aphrodite said that you were still practing, so I came out to help you.' He said. He was so sweet.
'thank you. But the sun is coming up. You need to get inside.' I told him. He laughed.
'don't worry. I will be fine. It wont be up for a bit.' He hugged me again. 'so, do you want me to show you how to hit the target everytime?' he asked. I really did want his help.
'yes please.' I said. He stood beside me and help my hands around the bow.
'you need to line it up. Ok?' I looked at it, it was alined.
'yeah, then what?' I asked
'shut one eye, still alined?' he asked
I did as he said. 'yeah still alined.'
'ok, then let it go.' I let it go. It hit the center. I screamed.
'yay!!' I hugged him really tight. 'thank you so much!' I kissed him on the lips.
'its ok. Come on, try again.' I tried again and hit it. I hugged him again. 'well done. Now, you've done enough practice. It is time to go and get osme food then sleep.' He said.
'fine.' I said and we walked back hand in hand. While we were walking he asked me 'when are you going to tell me what is wrong?' I had forgotten about that.
'its Kalona.' I said. He stopped.
'Zo. Did he get in your dream?'
'no. but Aphrodite had a vision.' I told him.
'yeah, and what happened?' he asked
'you and me were together. Then Kalona burst in and saw us, he said that A-ya only had enough love for him, and he wasn't going to share me, he said that I didn't need a warrior. Then, then, then he killed you.' I was crying in the end and I hugged him really tight.
'Zo. Its alright. Calm down. It is going to be ok.' He tried to calm me down. Did he not understand? It meant that he was going to be killed.
'don't you get it. it means that if we stay together, then Kalona is going to kill you. We cant stay together, I don't want you to get hurt.' I said. Iwas crying so much. I didn't want to lose him. He put his hand under my chin and lifted my face to look into his eyes.
'Zo. I love you. Nothing is going to change that. Not Kalona. Nothing. It doesn't matter what Aphrodite has a vision about, I am not going to leave you. I love you. I don't care if that means Kalona is going to try and kill me, he cant stop us being together' he bent down and kissed me.
'but Stark. I don't want to lose you. If he kills you because I love you, then it will be my fault, I don't want to be the reason that you die.'
'Z. I don't care. I am not leaving you. I love you too much, it would kill me to be away from you. If it means Kalona is going to try and kill me, then that is whatt it means. But that doesn't change anything.' He bent and kissed me again. 'now come on. lets have dinner then go to bed and forget about this' he lead me back to the dining room. We sat down and had dinner, he held my hand the whole time.
When we were done, we went back to our room. I went fro a shower, I was really tired, the arrows had taken a lot of effort out of me. When I got out I went into the room and went to the wardrobe and put my halter neck top on and some shorts. I went back into the bathroom and brushed my teeth, then I came back out to Stark.
'you can have a shower now' I told him. He got up and gave me a quick hug.
' I wont be long. Love you' he kissed me then went into the shower. I sat on the bed and waited for him, I didn't want to go to sleep incase Kalona came to my dream, so I was just going to wait for Stark.
When he came out, he had a towel wrapped around his waist. My mouth literally fell open, he looked so good. He saw me and laughed. He went to the draws and got a pair of tracksuit type bottom pyjamas out and then put them on. he came over to me and kissed me.
'ready for bed?' he asked me.
'yeah. Im so tired.' I said, just as I said it I yawned. He laughed.
'come on' he said and he got into the bed and he patted the bit next to him, I went over and got in and snuggled up to him. He wrapped his arm around my waist.
'good night. I love you. Sweet dreams.' He whispered in my ear.
'I love you too' I said back. Then I fell asleep in my warriors arms.
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Okey, so how excited are you guys? Burned is released next Tuesday,.. it is like 4 days 3 hours and like 30 minutes… I am not sad enough to count it ( don't worry ) there is a fan website I was on and it showed me.
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