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Chapter 36
Riley sighed as Andria's face disappeared from the screen on her watch. Her hand hovered over the button labeled "teleport". She knew that she had to do it, but still, she had doubts. Could they even survive on that island? Would they be killed by monsters before they could get off the island? Also, could they even get off the island? She didn't want them to be stuck there forever. Or maybe that island was too easy to get off of, and they would still get to Percy's headquarters, and they would kill him, and Riley wouldn't be able to do anything about it because she would be off in the Aether warning Notch about both Percy's and Andria's plans, and then Percy and Andria would probably end up killing each other, and they would be dead, and everything would go wrong, and-
Riley facepalmed. "Don't be an idiot!" she scolded herself. "Just press the goddamn button!" She blocked her doubts from her mind and smacked the "teleport" button. The screen on the watch blinked out, and Riley sighed. She just didn't want her friends to be in danger.
She whirled her wheelchair around and rolled over to her bed. She hoisted herself out of the chair and flopped onto the bed, grabbing her legs and swinging them up onto the mattress. She didn't bother changing into her pajamas. She would be leaving for the Aether first thing in the morning anyway, so there was really no point.
xXx
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Jay jumped at the sound of Alex screaming. Worry flooded her mind as she jumped out of bed, tugging on her maroon bunnyhug. She grabbed her sword and dashed out the door, looking up and down the hallway for any sign of danger.
Everyone was running frantically out of their own rooms, carrying various random objects. Many of them looked like friendly hamsters had decided to make nests in their hair. Ash stumbled out of her room, and she must have just grabbed whatever was closest to her as a weapon, because she held a TV remote in one hand and a half eaten lemon danish in the other. Herobrine's eyes were trailing wisps of white smoke, and he brandished a pillow in his hands.
"What's going on?" Allen burst out of his room. One of his socks was halfway off his foot, and his staff was glowing a dim purple.
Alex ran out of her room. She held her phone in her hand, and she had a huge smile on her face. It took Jay a second to realize that what she heard had been a screech of joy, not terror.
Herobrine sighed and smacked his forehead. "Not this again."
"Not what again?" Omega asked curiously as he flattened his hair.
"Every time one of her favourite bands plays live at some big event," Herobrine began, "she freaks out like this. I have no idea why. Must be a fangirl thing."
Alex smiled even wider. "Fall Out Boy played at the Grey Cup on Saturday!"
"Seriously?"
Everyone turned to the voice at the end of the hallway. Percy was standing there with a shocked look on his face. He smiled. "Gosh, please don't tell me you're kidding."
Alex didn't even seemed fazed by the fact that Percy was acting like a normal teenager at that moment. "I'm not!" she exclaimed. "I didn't watch it yet, so I don't know what song they opened with, but-"
"Can I watch it with you?" Percy asked eagerly.
Alex shrugged. "Why not?"
"Can I come too?" Ash asked. "I watched the first half of the game, but I missed the halftime show."
Alex nodded. "Sure." The three of them disappeared into Alex's room.
"What's the Grey Cup?" Omega asked.
Peter shrugged. "Some Canadian thing, I think."
"It's an American football game," Herobrine said.
Omega blinked. "What's football?"
Allen threw his hands up in the air. "Okay. That's it. I'm done." He turned to his friend. "Omega-"
"Daniel."
Allen slammed his staff on the ground. "GODDAMMIT, YOU'RE NAME ISN'T FREAKING DANIEL! JUST REMEMBER SOMETHING, YOU IDIOT! COME ON, YOU JUST-" He took a deep breath and shook his head. "I'm done. I'm just- I'm one-hundred percent done." He turned back to go into his room. Omega reached for his shoulder, but Allen whirled around again and glared at him. Omega's eyes widened and he backed away. Jay could see tears welling up in his eyes. Allen shouldered his door open and walked in, slamming it shut behind him.
Jay sighed. She never liked seeing her friends upset.
Jay turned around and went back into her room.
xXx
*One hour later*
Riley sighed as she rolled down the corridor. She hadn't been able to sleep, and decided to take a quick walk (well, sort of) around the floor. Plus, she was looking for someone that she was sure was here, or at least flying around outside somewhere.
Riley went to the end of the hall, right up to the tilted glass of the pyramid. She looked out into the night sky, waiting.
Then she saw it. A small flash of bright blue light skimming over the water beyond the green barrier. Riley waved her hand, hoping to catch its attention. Luckily, the thing must've seen her, because it swooped up off the water and straight through the barrier, slowing down as it came closer to the pyramid. Riley smiled. No one could go through magic barriers without permission, unless you cared absolutely nothing for the rules of magic. That was one thing Riley liked about her friend.
A small figure came into view as the blue light faded. It was a small girl, about the size of Riley's index finger. The girl had snow white hair that went down to her knees. She had a black, white, and blue tank top on that matched her skin tight capris. A set of black headphones rested around her neck, a cord trailing from them to a phone poking out of her pocket. She had on a pair of Nikes the same colour as her clothes. Two bright blue wings were fixed to her back, and they were beating as fast as a hummingbird's. She usually had a scowl on her face, but right now it was a slight smile, which was her equivalent of crying with joy.
Riley smiled at her. "Hey, Belladonna," she said in fluent Pixie. "How have you been?"
Yeah, I'm sorry, this was a terrible chapter, I know, but I was in a rush to get one out for this week. Anyway, I'll try to get one out next week!