Chapter Eighteen- The Game Changer
"When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for you to stand upon or you will be taught to fly." -Patrick Overton The Leaning Tree
Eddie broke apart from their kiss and said, "Oh I forgot about this." He handed her the letter that she had dropped. Her name was scrawled out on the front in neat, girly writing.
"The others wanted to open it and read it, but I told them not to since it was yours," he said with a sound of accomplishment in his voice.
"Thanks," she mumbled. She tore the letter open and stared at the writing: it was Sami's. She smiled at the small reminder of her sister and read the letter.
Eddie watched her as her eyes flew across the page reading the words. In the middle of the letter, her jaw dropped. She finished reading and said, "You will never believe this, at all."
"Try me," he said.
She gave him an 'I know you think that this won't surprise you, but trust me it will' look and continued to tell him what the letter had said.
The rest of the Sibuna gang had been sitting downstairs, all doing their own thing: Alfie was watching TV and KT was reading for a school assignment. Nina and Fabian were in the middle of a conversation when Nina suddenly shouted, "I almost forgot," while hitting herself on the head.
"What?" Fabian asked as Patricia and Eddie came into the room with very serious looks on their faces.
"We've got to tell you guys something," Patricia and Eddie said at the same time.
"Nina said she had something to tell us too," Fabian said.
Patricia and Eddie knew that they might as well let Nina go first since she had already been talking and their news was most likely more of a game changer than what Nina had to say.
"Well, I forgot to tell you yesterday with all that happened but two nights ago I had a vision. It was a dark figure demanding the Knowledgeable One to give him some information he wanted. The voices of both people were unrecognizable, but the Knowledgeable One refused to tell him. Then the dark figure said 'do you want to me to hurt your friends?' Then all of us came out from some shadows begging for the man not to hurt us. It ended there." They all sat in silence. It was scary, and somewhat annoying, to think that yet another evil was coming for them. Why couldn't evil just take a short break so they could all have a normal life?
"Do you think it's a direct vision of the future or just something that might happen if the chance came around?" KT asked hoping it was the latter not the former.
"I have no idea," Nina said as she shrugged her shoulders and sighed. "I hate not knowing," she said under her breath and Fabian took her hand to say 'I'm here for you'. She gave him a quick smile and turned her attention back to the group. "We have to get to the bottom of this," she said. They sat in silence for a second and that was the cue for Eddie and Patricia to tell their news.
"Well," Patricia said, "I'm not sure if this complicates things or what, but I opened Sami's letter."
"And…" Fabian questioned.
"I don't even know where to begin. Let's just say that it's a really good thing that you guys are sitting down," Patricia responded.
"The letter gave away a lot more information than any of us expected," Eddie said hoping to clear up some confusion, and Patricia began her story.
*Don't you guys love cliff hangers? See you tomorrow at the same time. (Yes I know that this was kind of evil, but too bad).*