Part Seven: First Encounter
Chapter Twenty-One: Surprise?
"Ariel?" Torrence gazed at her, unsure. Her amulet didn't glow around her, but she had taken her through the shadows. And she knew the Followers.
Ariel smiled at Torrence, then at Larry. "Did you not hear me?"
"Ariel, I have do not time for you," he growled.
Ariel crossed her arms over her breasts, "I didn't come alone." She giggled, as if he should have known that.
Out of the shadows stepped three others: two girls and a guy. Torrence vaguely wondered if they were her own gang of Followers.
"You see, Lawrence, we are in great need of Miss Hudson here," one of the girls said. "We would appreciate it if you backed off."
Torrie watched as Larry fell. Why couldn't she do more?
In an instant, Larry and his Followers were gone. Tor hurriedly checked on her friends.
"Sorry. I knocked them out," another of the girls said.
Ariel tapped her black stone. "The nerve of those Followers."
"Who are you, Ariel?"
"Your dream maker."
"Okay. What are you if you're not a Follower?"
That question seemed to please her. She glanced at her other three companions before she answered. "You see, we are Daughters of Pandora. Very mischievous."
"And him?" Tor indicated the guy.
"He's Gissele's protector. You see, Pandora's Daughters aren't goddesses. So, we need help. We don't have real powers either," Ariel sighed. "They come with our pendant."
"How many of you are there supposed to be?"
"Four. That's why we sought you out," one of the girl's said. She assumed it was Gissele since she was closest to the guy.
"How can I help you?"
"You can see our fourth," Ariel said.
Torrence blinked. "My power is cryokenisis."
"Yes, Princess, we know. But you can See with your ice. We promise, it will benefit you to help us."
"Being Daughters of Pandora, we have no allegiance to any side. We could help the Daughters when it's needed," the third girl told her.
"We don't trust the Atrox to find our sister," Gissele mentioned.
"But, we trust you." Ariel held out her hand, like she had before. Torrence didn't hesitate. She took the hand.
"I'll find her."
"Hey, could you find me my protector, too?" the third girl giggled.
"Evangelina!" Ariel scolded. She leaned in close to Torrence. "Look, I'm sorry for what my mother did. She immediately knew who you were. But I'm not totally like her. I'm much nicer."
Tor stared blankly at her. What in the world was she talking about?
"She doesn't remember, Ariel," Evangelina whispered.
"Shit…"
Torrence glanced down at her friends. Ella stirred. "Look, I'm sorry. I'll find the fourth. Now, go."
They smiled at her before slipping into the shadows. Torrence kneeled beside her friends, who had begun to rouse. She thought of her dreams.
They were her visions.
They would lead her to the fourth.
What would this do to her?
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