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Previously on Out Of This World
The Science club were staring openly at the girl in front of her. They were just as confused and surprised as she was. This girl had just appeared out of nowhere into the office. The girl had messy brown hair, which looked like it could use a good wash and comb, she had tanned skin and she was covered in dirt. And her eyes, her eyes were green with gold flecks in, and Lucas was mesmerised by them.
'Ladies and Gentlemen, students and teacher. I give you a clean stranger!' The girl who had every single one of them confused walked in dressed in flared jeans, a red jacket half zipped and a black t-shirt underneath. Her face and hair were clean, turns out that she had relatively light brown hair, and an olive/pale complection. 'Well? What do you think?'
'So, what do we know so far?' Professor Z asked the students in front of him.
'She has 14 months in her year so instead of being 8 here she is actually twice that age making her 16 in our world, making her about a month older than us, or two months if we were in her world.' Josie told everyone.
'Her name is Adriana and because of this big discovery, we know nothing else about her apart from her name and age.' Corrine stated.
'She appeared out of the black hole, to arrive in this world, where we proceeded to find her. Oh and she's English!' Marshall said to the other occupants of the room.
'And I know that the world she came from was not all peachy keen for her.' Lucas told them, they all stared at him ludicrously. 'What? It kind of slipped out when we first talked.'
'I can sort of,' she looked away from him then back at him, 'read auras.'
'Auras?'
'Yeah, like right now I can sense that you are feeling completely confused and scared that I may know your true feelings towards,'
'Reading an aura, is just like looking into some ones eyes, when they are completely unmasked. It's like looking into their soul, their mind.' Adriana walked away from him and back towards the school. 'Second door on the left right?'
'So?' Marshall started. 'You like me?'
'Yeah, but you don't.'
'What makes you say that?'
'Because in that world, everything was opposite. Which means you don't care for me at all.'
'You haven't seen me perform yet have you?' Corrine shook her head. Marshall cupped her face in his hand. 'When I perform with Magnet 360, I have the eyeliner, the melodramatic posture, and the flirtatious attitude. Their lips locked for the second time for Corrine, but for the first ever time for Marshall.
'Josie?' A distanced voice was whispering to her, 'Josie? Josie! For God's sake wake up!' Josie shot up after a cold blast of water hit her head.
'Sorry,' Adriana smiled apologetically to her. 'Had to wake you somehow.' Josie was about to shout at her when she looked around at her surroundings. There were horses tied up, wishing wells and women in chains working.
'Where are we?' Josie asked.
'Home.' Adriana answered sadly.
'Who's the princess they're looking for anyway?'
'Me,'
'My powers are all about auras, I can read them, I can sense them, I can make them stronger or weaker and I can move them from one place to another.' Adriana whispered to Josie as quickly and as quietly as she could.
'You can teleport?'
'And other people,' Adriana said with a slight shrug of her shoulders. 'Come on!' She grabbed the torch from the wall, 'This way.'
'Lasciate ogne speranza, voi chi'intrate,' Josie read, 'What does that mean?'
'Abandon all hope, ye who enter,'
'That's,' Josie paused, 'Friendly.'
More and more women were blinking into sight. Throughout the whole prison guards were shocked to see the women disappear from their cells and reappear in front of the bars that had held them in for so long.
'NO!' Matthew screamed.
'Yes,' Adriana said to him before he disappeared, along with every guard in the prison, and reappeared behind bars. Josie walked up to Matthew in his cell.
'Have a nice day. '
'That's not what scares me though,' she whispered.
'What does then?'
'Myself. I let my emotions get the better of me and I had the power to kill someone, but I didn't. And do you know why? Because I thought it would be a waste of time.'
The two of them sat in silence watching Vaughn when Josie came out to speak to him. Vaughn and Josie were chatting with each other and laughing. Lucas sighed quietly.
'You don't have a chance.' Adriana told him.
'Excuse me?'
'With Josie, you don't stand a chance.'
'I'll have you know that-'
'I don't care what you know. I care about what I feel, and what I read. She loves you, she does, but she loves you as a friend. She thinks of you like you're her brother. But with Vaughn, she's IN love with him. And I know deep down that you know that, and that you think of Josie in the same way that she thinks about you.' Adriana stood up and put a hand on her shoulder. 'You helped me, so I helped you. Don't let yourself get hurt in the long run. Let go of her now, and it won't hurt so much when she chooses Vaughn.'
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Now on Out Of This World
'Guys?' Josie asked as she walked through the door to the Science lab. 'What are you doing?' She asked them when she saw them sitting around a bench.
'Erm,' Vaughn said unsure. 'Science Club?'
'I knew it! I knew you guys would forget!' Josie sighed. 'We were supposed to help Adriana move into her new room today!' She told them making them all groan in dismay.
'I can't believe we forgot that,' Marshall groaned into his hands next to Corrine. Corrine smiled at the three groaning guys.
'Well, fortunately for me I remembered what I have to do.' She put down her pencil and grabbed her coat and bag from the stool next to her. 'You ready Josie?'
'Yep! Comfy clothes and Vaughn's credit card are go!' She said with a smile.
'My credit card?' Vaughn asked as he stood up. 'Why do you have my credit card?'
'You guys are so much like sieves did you know that?' Josie said. 'You are letting us borrow it so we can buy a whole new wardrobe for Adriana, she can't live out of our closets, she needs her own style.'
'You guys are going shopping?' Lucas asked from the table.
'Yep!' Corrine said with a bright smile.
'Thank God I didn't offer to go,' Lucas sighed before returning to his work. The Science Club laughed before the girls left and left the guys to do their Science Club work and homework.
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'What about this?' Adriana asked as she held up a brown, man's shirt, which looked ten sizes too big. Corrine and Josie looked at each other before Corrine grabbed Adriana's arm and Josie grabbed the shirt and put it back on the rack.
'Adriana,' Corrine said as she led her away from the men's section. 'You have a really nice figure, and you should start showing it a little more!'
'Yeah,' Josie chimed in as she placed the pile of clothes that she had been picking up as she walked into Adriana's arms. 'And, we start here.'
'But, these colours are so bright and they're hurting my eyes,' She squinted at them slightly. 'And they're blurry.'
'Blurry?' Corrine asked as she dumped another pile on top of the other one. 'We should go to the optometrist after the clothes.' She said to Josie before gently pushing Adriana over to Josie who placed a pile of jeans, skirts and various other trousers into her arms as well, causing Adriana's head to disappear.
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'Okay.' Josie said happily as she sat down on a bench and Corrine followed suit. The two of them were carrying lots of bags, but not as many as Adriana who was tumbling over in some of her new clothes. She was wearing stonewashed baggy jeans with a pale green t-shirt, which had Minnie Mouse on. She stopped staggering in front of them and dropped the bags whilst sighing in relief.
'Is this it?' Adriana asked them desperately. 'Are we done now?'
'Nope,' Josie said whilst shaking her head. 'We only have half of the wardrobe.'
'But,' Adriana complained. 'This is all too soon. I'm used to having nothing but a shirt. Please, can we just save the rest for later?' She pleaded with them.
'Okay,' Corrine agreed. 'But first, we have to go see the optometrist. And then we'll go home.' Adriana smiled at them.
'Great!' She cried. Josie and Corrine looked at each other before standing up with their bags and walking off to the right. Adriana looked at them before bending down to try and pick up all the bags.
'Guys?' Adriana called. 'Guys!' She cried as she picked up all the bags before chasing after them, but then she ran back to pick up the last one.
'Just one question!' Adriana called as she ran after them. 'What's an optometrist?'
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Lucas was sitting on his bed in his room reading a book. He sighed before closing it and walking over to his desk. He started to sift through all of the objects on his desk looking for a certain thing.
'Hey,' Josie said from where she was standing in the doorway and watching him. Lucas showed his acknowledgment in her by looking up briefly at her and smiling slightly. 'I was just wondering,' Josie started as she stepped into the room. 'What you would say if I invited you to the cinema tonight. I mean, there's a sci-fi movi-'
'Don't.' Lucas said whilst still looking down.
'Don't what?' Josie asked with a confused smile.
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Outside, Adriana was about to walk into the room but stopped when she heard them talking. She stopped outside the door and listened in.
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'Don't drag me into this.' Lucas said to her with his head still down.
'Drag you into what?!' Josie asked exasperatedly.
'You and Vaughn and this little game you're playing.'
'I am NOT playing a game.' Josie said angrily.
'BULL!' Lucas exploded and looked at the shocked Josie as he slowed his breathing down. 'I have no idea what happened between you and Vaughn, but I still know this. You are playing with me until Vaughn fixes it.' Josie went to protest but was cut off by Lucas. 'I know you're not realising it but you are toying with me.' Lucas looked back up at her and directly in her eyes. 'You made me think I had a chance.'
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Outside the room Adriana looked sadly down at the floor before moving away from the door slightly so she could escape round the corner when she needed to.
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'You do have a chance.' Josie said to him.
'No,' Lucas told her. 'I don't. And, for one small moment, I thought I did too. But it's always gonna be Vaughn. You do love me Josie, but not like I loved you.' Josie looked up sharply at that.
'Loved?'
'Yeah,' Lucas said as he went back to his desk. 'Kinda got squashed yesterday though.' Josie looked at him for a moment before walking over to him and hugging him. Lucas stood there frozen and stiff for a moment before returning the hug and wrapping his arms around her waist.
Josie pulled back first and kissed him on the cheek. Lucas looked into her eyes to find them shimmering with tears.
'Go get him.' Lucas told her before Josie pulled away from him smiling and ran from the room.
Lucas sighed and took a deep breath before resuming his task at his desk. 'Hey.' Lucas looked up again from where he was sitting and saw Adriana in the doorway.
'Hi.' He said quietly before focussing on the desk.
'Can I come in?' Adriana asked. When she got no response she just stepped over the threshold and sat on his bed. 'So,' Adriana said not having anything to say.
'So,' Lucas returned not really lifting his head.
'I got glasses!' Adriana burst out making Lucas look up at her. 'Like you,' she finished off lamely. Adriana sighed in unison with Lucas. The two sat in silence for a bit.
'Look,' Adriana started again. 'I heard what happened, with you and Josie.' Lucas looked up slightly but didn't look directly at her. 'I can't imagine how hard it must've been, having to do that.'
'You're right,' Lucas said coldly to her. 'You have no idea.' Adriana looked down at the floor before standing up resignedly and started to walk out of the room before she fell onto the wall gasping. Lucas looked up startled and went over to her to see f she was okay, but stopped halfway when she fell to the floor smiling and panting heavily.
Lucas approached her slowly and cautiously. 'Are you okay?' Adriana didn't answer him but kept staring at the far wall whilst panting heavily. 'Adriana?'
Adriana's breathing stopped abruptly. She looked up at him dazed before standing up. 'I'm sorry.' She apologised. 'I must've opened up my powers for a moment there. Hope I didn't scare you.'
'No,' Lucas told her confused. 'You didn't, it's okay.'
'Good.' Adriana said with a smile before turning to the wall, which she was leaning on. 'Who lives next door?'
'Tyler, why?' Lucas asked as he walked back to his desk.
'No reason,' Adriana said with a slightly worried look on her face, but changed it back to happy before talking to Lucas again. 'Anyway, I'm gonna go now. I'll see you at Science club?' Lucas looked up at her shortly.
'Yeah.'
Adriana smiled smally. 'Good.' She said to herself before turning and walking out.
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Josie ran from Lucas' and Marshall's room as fast as she could, dodging passed everyone who got in her way. She knew where Vaughn would be, he'd be at the football pitch, he always was on Monday's. Josie ran to the edge of the football pitch next to a tree. She stopped and took the time to fix herself up and catch her breath whilst encased in the small amount of privacy that the tree offered. She took one deep breath before moving out from behind the tree. She looked down at the end where Vaughn would be and smiled when she saw him.
She began to walk up to him but stopped mid stride when she saw another girl run onto the pitch. Vaughn saw her coming and opened his arms welcoming her into his embrace. Josie watched motionless as she watched the pair. The two of them separated and Vaughn gave her a lingering kiss on the lips.
A small whimper escaped from Josie's throat as she watched, unblinkingly, at the man whom she loved kissing another girl. She stepped back shakily and almost fell over. She put a hand on her forehead and looked around as if unsure about where she was. She took a small moment to look back at Vaughn and the girl before running back the way she had came, tears moistening her eyes.
For Josie Trent's heart, had just been shattered.
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Josie walked into the Science Lab with her head hung low. Lucas, Marshall, Corrine, Professor Z and Adriana were already in there. Only one of them noticed Josie's quiet arrival. And Adriana alerted the rest of them by gasping quietly Josie's name in pain. The whole of the Science Club turned around to look at Josie who was still staring dazedly at the floor.
'Josie?' Corrine asked causing Josie to look up sharply. Her eyes were red and puffy and her cheeks were tear stained. 'Oh my God,' Corrine hasped before getting up and running to Josie and encasing her in a hug.
'What happened?' Marshall asked confused. Adriana's head turned sharply towards the door.
'Vaughn.' She said loudly and clearly making Josie sob out loud. 'He found someone else.' Adriana looked sympathetically at Josie. 'That idiot!' Adriana got up and joined Corrine and Josie's hug. Z, Lucas and Marshall all looked at each other confused until they heard the commotion outside in the corridor. They all got up and walked to the doorway and watched the events unfold.
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Vaughn was walking down the corridor hand in hand with the girl. 'Sarah, I cannot believe that you don't like Science!' He cried whilst laughing slightly.
'I never said I didn't like it!' Sarah said whilst turning towards him and moving closer to him. 'I just prefer English, there's something about Shakespeare that's just so, romantic.' Vaughn smiled at her before lowering his head and kissing her lovingly on the lips.
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Lucas watched horrified as he stared at Vaughn and this new girl.
'Who'd have thought it?' Marshall said sadly. 'Vaughn and Sarah Goldman, I always expected it to be him and Josie.'
'You're not the only one,' Lucas said before walking out of the room and up the stairs to his room.
Professor Z and Marshall watched him walk away as Vaughn walked up to them.
'Hey guys,' Vaughn said happily to them but got no response a the two of the just walked back into the Science lab. Vaughn followed them confused. 'What's going on?'
'AGH!' Adriana cried out in pain at the same time Vaughn spoke.
'Adriana?' Z asked worriedly, the others were all looking at her weirdly.
'Oh,' she said with a wave of her hand. 'It's nothing, don't worry about me, I'm fine.' She let out a deep breath and sat down on a stool. 'Just, a lot of emotion in this room.' She let out another deep breath and leaned on her knees.
''Riana?' Adriana looked up sharply at the nickname. 'Maybe you should go back to your room.' Josie continued quietly. 'I have a feeling I might be feeling a lot more than this.'
'I'll be fine, you guys need me here.' Adriana said with a smile. 'Besides, I am FIIIIINE!' Adriana bent over clutching a fist to her heart. She started to breathe rapidly as she gasped for air.
'Adriana?' Corrine asked worriedly. 'Adriana?! What is it?!' Adriana didn't look up but looked at the window.
'My heart is breaking.' She said sadly as she stood up and walked over to the window. She looked out at the front garden of the school through the blinds, her eyes were focussed on a couple who were arguing. 'And so is hers.'
The rest of the Science Club moved to the window and looked at what Adriana was watching.
The girl was desperately trying to hug onto her boyfriend but he kept pushing her away. They couldn't hear what he was saying but it was obviously upsetting as they saw the girl break down in tears and fall to her knees. The boy continued whilst making overdramatic arm gestures before turning round and stomping off. The Science club stood there quiet as they just watched.
Adriana's eyes were starting to form tears as she watched them and she let out a tiny sob. The whole of the Science club looked at her strangely as she started to sob, but no tears moved downer face.
'What's going on?' Vaughn asked from the back of the group. Adriana turned on him angrily.
'YOU!' She spoke to him fiercely. 'You're the reason I'm feeling all of this, I'm feeling heartbreak, anger, pain, sadness and nearly all of them are CAUSED BY YOU!' Adriana was pointing an accusing finger at Vaughn and was snarling at him, almost like an animal.
'Okay,' professor Z said as he stood in front of Vaughn and in Adriana's line of view. 'To answer your question, I'd say that Adriana is channelling right now, and I would also recommend that she goes and lies down for a while.'
Adriana nodded silently and walked quietly out of the science lab.
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'So,' Corrine broke the awkward silence. 'What's going on exactly?'
'What do you want me to tell you?' Professor Z said to her sadly and regretfully.
'Lie to me.' Corrine said in a small voice.
'There is no black hole causing any trouble at the school, every weird thing you thought you experienced has been a very weird dream, no one ever dies and we all live happily ever after.' Professor Z told her in all seriousness.
'Liar.' Josie said with a small smile on her face. 'Don't sugar coat it Z.'
'It's just a theory,'
'Then let's hear it.'
'I think, that because Adriana isn't from this world, the world is rejecting her. In her old world, magic was a common thing. In this world, it makes her unstable; it makes the Universe unstable, it is causing her powers to excel to a higher level of which she cannot handle. She is feeling every strong emotion that she comes within a radius of and she can't block it out. And I have feeling, that it will eventually kill her.'
'Oh.' Corrine said, summing up everything that the Science Club was feeling at that moment.
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Adriana was walking back to her room, her fists clenched at her side and breathing deeply. As she walked passed Tyler's door, she was pushed against the wall by an invisible force and held there before she fell forward onto her knees. When she looked up again her eyes were hazy and she looked into Lucas' and Marshall's room. She got up off her knees and supported herself along the wall as she stumbled into Lucas' room.
Lucas does not realise she is there until Adriana starts talking.
'Bet you found that funny, huh?' Lucas spun around quickly and confusedly.
'What?' Lucas asked her puzzled.
'In front of the whole school?' Adriana advanced on Lucas but stopped suddenly and turned around and spoke to the wall. 'Yeah! I did, you had it comin' to you bitch!' She turned and faced Lucas again. 'Bitch? I'll give you a bitch.' Adrian started to lunge at Lucas but turned around again and slammed into the wall by another invisible force, but this time she wasn't held there. (1)
'Why did you do this?'
'I got fed up of you,'
'I thought you loved me.'
'Wake up and smell the roses, I felt NOTHING around you.'
'I felt something, and I now you did too.'
'Yeah, it was called revulsion and desperation.'
'You said you loved me!'
'Oh come on! You're hot stuff, I would've said anything to get a bit o' that!' Adriana stood up and started walking towards Lucas whilst turning her head with every new sentence she was saying.
'You mean nothing to me.'
'No,'
'All I wanted was to be inside, and I got that. And now, we're through!'
'You're a liar.'
'Oh get over it, it's not like you didn't enjoy it.' Adrian stumbled back as if she had been pushed and laughed manically. Lucas watched her in fear and worry as she continued having a conversation with herself. He was about to walk up to her when she startled him.
'Adriana?' He asked timidly, but Adriana turned and faced the wall, which was Tyler's room boundaries and yelled at it.
'NOT NOW I HAVE A HEADACHE!' She screamed out before she slumped over into Lucas' arms. Lucas dragged her over to his bed and lay her down on it before running out of the room.
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'Z!' Lucas cried as he ran into the science lab. 'It's Adriana! Something's wrong!' He told them before promptly running back out of the room, closely followed by his teacher and classmates.
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Lucas was next to Adriana on the bed as the others ran in. He was trying his hardest to hold the convulsing girl still, but she wouldn't work with him.
'What happened?' Z asked as he pulled Lucas away and into the comforting arms of the Science club who were watching helplessly.
'I dunno,' Lucas said shakily. 'I left to get you, but she- she was fine, this only happened when I got back.'
'Adriana?' Professor Z whispered to her. Adriana was still twitching violently but she was also muttering under her breath. 'Adriana?' Z spoke her name softly, but his voice was laced with worry. He moved back slightly though when her eyes started to glow white. She was still muttering under her breath, but it got louder until only one word was heard.
'PROPULSO!' Adriana yelled and Professor Z was flung backwards into the wall and landed on Marshall's bed.
'Z!' The Science Club chorused but he held his hand up to stop them from going near him. He looked back over at Adriana to see her eyes had stopped glowing but were still hazed over. She whimpered slightly as she looked at him emptily and held out her hand to him. Z moved over to her and grabbed his hand in hers. He started to stroke her hair and she calmed down completely. The Science Club breathed a sigh of relief, but it was short lived as Adriana bolted upright, her eyes crystal clear and showing no sign on insanity, and gasping for breath as she held her stomach with her unoccupied hand.
'What?' Josie asked panicky. 'What is it?'
'I think,' Adriana got out before gulping heavily. 'I've been shot!'
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Hope you liked it! Sorry it took so long to post, but in my defence, I had exams and it is 12 pages long! But, anyway, enjoy! And I should hopefully have the next part up sooner than this one.
(1) This part is all Adriana speaking, but the new speech areas mean she is turning her head to make it look like she is having a conversation with herself.
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Previously on Out Of This World
The Science club were staring openly at the girl in front of her. They were just as confused and surprised as she was. This girl had just appeared out of nowhere into the office. The girl had messy brown hair, which looked like it could use a good wash and comb, she had tanned skin and she was covered in dirt. And her eyes, her eyes were green with gold flecks in, and Lucas was mesmerised by them.
'Ladies and Gentlemen, students and teacher. I give you a clean stranger!' The girl who had every single one of them confused walked in dressed in flared jeans, a red jacket half zipped and a black t-shirt underneath. Her face and hair were clean, turns out that she had relatively light brown hair, and an olive/pale complection. 'Well? What do you think?'
'So, what do we know so far?' Professor Z asked the students in front of him.
'She has 14 months in her year so instead of being 8 here she is actually twice that age making her 16 in our world, making her about a month older than us, or two months if we were in her world.' Josie told everyone.
'Her name is Adriana and because of this big discovery, we know nothing else about her apart from her name and age.' Corrine stated.
'She appeared out of the black hole, to arrive in this world, where we proceeded to find her. Oh and she's English!' Marshall said to the other occupants of the room.
'And I know that the world she came from was not all peachy keen for her.' Lucas told them, they all stared at him ludicrously. 'What? It kind of slipped out when we first talked.'
'I can sort of,' she looked away from him then back at him, 'read auras.'
'Auras?'
'Yeah, like right now I can sense that you are feeling completely confused and scared that I may know your true feelings towards,'
'Reading an aura, is just like looking into some ones eyes, when they are completely unmasked. It's like looking into their soul, their mind.' Adriana walked away from him and back towards the school. 'Second door on the left right?'
'So?' Marshall started. 'You like me?'
'Yeah, but you don't.'
'What makes you say that?'
'Because in that world, everything was opposite. Which means you don't care for me at all.'
'You haven't seen me perform yet have you?' Corrine shook her head. Marshall cupped her face in his hand. 'When I perform with Magnet 360, I have the eyeliner, the melodramatic posture, and the flirtatious attitude. Their lips locked for the second time for Corrine, but for the first ever time for Marshall.
'Josie?' A distanced voice was whispering to her, 'Josie? Josie! For God's sake wake up!' Josie shot up after a cold blast of water hit her head.
'Sorry,' Adriana smiled apologetically to her. 'Had to wake you somehow.' Josie was about to shout at her when she looked around at her surroundings. There were horses tied up, wishing wells and women in chains working.
'Where are we?' Josie asked.
'Home.' Adriana answered sadly.
'Who's the princess they're looking for anyway?'
'Me,'
'My powers are all about auras, I can read them, I can sense them, I can make them stronger or weaker and I can move them from one place to another.' Adriana whispered to Josie as quickly and as quietly as she could.
'You can teleport?'
'And other people,' Adriana said with a slight shrug of her shoulders. 'Come on!' She grabbed the torch from the wall, 'This way.'
'Lasciate ogne speranza, voi chi'intrate,' Josie read, 'What does that mean?'
'Abandon all hope, ye who enter,'
'That's,' Josie paused, 'Friendly.'
More and more women were blinking into sight. Throughout the whole prison guards were shocked to see the women disappear from their cells and reappear in front of the bars that had held them in for so long.
'NO!' Matthew screamed.
'Yes,' Adriana said to him before he disappeared, along with every guard in the prison, and reappeared behind bars. Josie walked up to Matthew in his cell.
'Have a nice day. '
'That's not what scares me though,' she whispered.
'What does then?'
'Myself. I let my emotions get the better of me and I had the power to kill someone, but I didn't. And do you know why? Because I thought it would be a waste of time.'
The two of them sat in silence watching Vaughn when Josie came out to speak to him. Vaughn and Josie were chatting with each other and laughing. Lucas sighed quietly.
'You don't have a chance.' Adriana told him.
'Excuse me?'
'With Josie, you don't stand a chance.'
'I'll have you know that-'
'I don't care what you know. I care about what I feel, and what I read. She loves you, she does, but she loves you as a friend. She thinks of you like you're her brother. But with Vaughn, she's IN love with him. And I know deep down that you know that, and that you think of Josie in the same way that she thinks about you.' Adriana stood up and put a hand on her shoulder. 'You helped me, so I helped you. Don't let yourself get hurt in the long run. Let go of her now, and it won't hurt so much when she chooses Vaughn.'
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Now on Out Of This World
'Guys?' Josie asked as she walked through the door to the Science lab. 'What are you doing?' She asked them when she saw them sitting around a bench.
'Erm,' Vaughn said unsure. 'Science Club?'
'I knew it! I knew you guys would forget!' Josie sighed. 'We were supposed to help Adriana move into her new room today!' She told them making them all groan in dismay.
'I can't believe we forgot that,' Marshall groaned into his hands next to Corrine. Corrine smiled at the three groaning guys.
'Well, fortunately for me I remembered what I have to do.' She put down her pencil and grabbed her coat and bag from the stool next to her. 'You ready Josie?'
'Yep! Comfy clothes and Vaughn's credit card are go!' She said with a smile.
'My credit card?' Vaughn asked as he stood up. 'Why do you have my credit card?'
'You guys are so much like sieves did you know that?' Josie said. 'You are letting us borrow it so we can buy a whole new wardrobe for Adriana, she can't live out of our closets, she needs her own style.'
'You guys are going shopping?' Lucas asked from the table.
'Yep!' Corrine said with a bright smile.
'Thank God I didn't offer to go,' Lucas sighed before returning to his work. The Science Club laughed before the girls left and left the guys to do their Science Club work and homework.
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'What about this?' Adriana asked as she held up a brown, man's shirt, which looked ten sizes too big. Corrine and Josie looked at each other before Corrine grabbed Adriana's arm and Josie grabbed the shirt and put it back on the rack.
'Adriana,' Corrine said as she led her away from the men's section. 'You have a really nice figure, and you should start showing it a little more!'
'Yeah,' Josie chimed in as she placed the pile of clothes that she had been picking up as she walked into Adriana's arms. 'And, we start here.'
'But, these colours are so bright and they're hurting my eyes,' She squinted at them slightly. 'And they're blurry.'
'Blurry?' Corrine asked as she dumped another pile on top of the other one. 'We should go to the optometrist after the clothes.' She said to Josie before gently pushing Adriana over to Josie who placed a pile of jeans, skirts and various other trousers into her arms as well, causing Adriana's head to disappear.
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'Okay.' Josie said happily as she sat down on a bench and Corrine followed suit. The two of them were carrying lots of bags, but not as many as Adriana who was tumbling over in some of her new clothes. She was wearing stonewashed baggy jeans with a pale green t-shirt, which had Minnie Mouse on. She stopped staggering in front of them and dropped the bags whilst sighing in relief.
'Is this it?' Adriana asked them desperately. 'Are we done now?'
'Nope,' Josie said whilst shaking her head. 'We only have half of the wardrobe.'
'But,' Adriana complained. 'This is all too soon. I'm used to having nothing but a shirt. Please, can we just save the rest for later?' She pleaded with them.
'Okay,' Corrine agreed. 'But first, we have to go see the optometrist. And then we'll go home.' Adriana smiled at them.
'Great!' She cried. Josie and Corrine looked at each other before standing up with their bags and walking off to the right. Adriana looked at them before bending down to try and pick up all the bags.
'Guys?' Adriana called. 'Guys!' She cried as she picked up all the bags before chasing after them, but then she ran back to pick up the last one.
'Just one question!' Adriana called as she ran after them. 'What's an optometrist?'
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Lucas was sitting on his bed in his room reading a book. He sighed before closing it and walking over to his desk. He started to sift through all of the objects on his desk looking for a certain thing.
'Hey,' Josie said from where she was standing in the doorway and watching him. Lucas showed his acknowledgment in her by looking up briefly at her and smiling slightly. 'I was just wondering,' Josie started as she stepped into the room. 'What you would say if I invited you to the cinema tonight. I mean, there's a sci-fi movi-'
'Don't.' Lucas said whilst still looking down.
'Don't what?' Josie asked with a confused smile.
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Outside, Adriana was about to walk into the room but stopped when she heard them talking. She stopped outside the door and listened in.
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'Don't drag me into this.' Lucas said to her with his head still down.
'Drag you into what?!' Josie asked exasperatedly.
'You and Vaughn and this little game you're playing.'
'I am NOT playing a game.' Josie said angrily.
'BULL!' Lucas exploded and looked at the shocked Josie as he slowed his breathing down. 'I have no idea what happened between you and Vaughn, but I still know this. You are playing with me until Vaughn fixes it.' Josie went to protest but was cut off by Lucas. 'I know you're not realising it but you are toying with me.' Lucas looked back up at her and directly in her eyes. 'You made me think I had a chance.'
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Outside the room Adriana looked sadly down at the floor before moving away from the door slightly so she could escape round the corner when she needed to.
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'You do have a chance.' Josie said to him.
'No,' Lucas told her. 'I don't. And, for one small moment, I thought I did too. But it's always gonna be Vaughn. You do love me Josie, but not like I loved you.' Josie looked up sharply at that.
'Loved?'
'Yeah,' Lucas said as he went back to his desk. 'Kinda got squashed yesterday though.' Josie looked at him for a moment before walking over to him and hugging him. Lucas stood there frozen and stiff for a moment before returning the hug and wrapping his arms around her waist.
Josie pulled back first and kissed him on the cheek. Lucas looked into her eyes to find them shimmering with tears.
'Go get him.' Lucas told her before Josie pulled away from him smiling and ran from the room.
Lucas sighed and took a deep breath before resuming his task at his desk. 'Hey.' Lucas looked up again from where he was sitting and saw Adriana in the doorway.
'Hi.' He said quietly before focussing on the desk.
'Can I come in?' Adriana asked. When she got no response she just stepped over the threshold and sat on his bed. 'So,' Adriana said not having anything to say.
'So,' Lucas returned not really lifting his head.
'I got glasses!' Adriana burst out making Lucas look up at her. 'Like you,' she finished off lamely. Adriana sighed in unison with Lucas. The two sat in silence for a bit.
'Look,' Adriana started again. 'I heard what happened, with you and Josie.' Lucas looked up slightly but didn't look directly at her. 'I can't imagine how hard it must've been, having to do that.'
'You're right,' Lucas said coldly to her. 'You have no idea.' Adriana looked down at the floor before standing up resignedly and started to walk out of the room before she fell onto the wall gasping. Lucas looked up startled and went over to her to see f she was okay, but stopped halfway when she fell to the floor smiling and panting heavily.
Lucas approached her slowly and cautiously. 'Are you okay?' Adriana didn't answer him but kept staring at the far wall whilst panting heavily. 'Adriana?'
Adriana's breathing stopped abruptly. She looked up at him dazed before standing up. 'I'm sorry.' She apologised. 'I must've opened up my powers for a moment there. Hope I didn't scare you.'
'No,' Lucas told her confused. 'You didn't, it's okay.'
'Good.' Adriana said with a smile before turning to the wall, which she was leaning on. 'Who lives next door?'
'Tyler, why?' Lucas asked as he walked back to his desk.
'No reason,' Adriana said with a slightly worried look on her face, but changed it back to happy before talking to Lucas again. 'Anyway, I'm gonna go now. I'll see you at Science club?' Lucas looked up at her shortly.
'Yeah.'
Adriana smiled smally. 'Good.' She said to herself before turning and walking out.
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Josie ran from Lucas' and Marshall's room as fast as she could, dodging passed everyone who got in her way. She knew where Vaughn would be, he'd be at the football pitch, he always was on Monday's. Josie ran to the edge of the football pitch next to a tree. She stopped and took the time to fix herself up and catch her breath whilst encased in the small amount of privacy that the tree offered. She took one deep breath before moving out from behind the tree. She looked down at the end where Vaughn would be and smiled when she saw him.
She began to walk up to him but stopped mid stride when she saw another girl run onto the pitch. Vaughn saw her coming and opened his arms welcoming her into his embrace. Josie watched motionless as she watched the pair. The two of them separated and Vaughn gave her a lingering kiss on the lips.
A small whimper escaped from Josie's throat as she watched, unblinkingly, at the man whom she loved kissing another girl. She stepped back shakily and almost fell over. She put a hand on her forehead and looked around as if unsure about where she was. She took a small moment to look back at Vaughn and the girl before running back the way she had came, tears moistening her eyes.
For Josie Trent's heart, had just been shattered.
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Josie walked into the Science Lab with her head hung low. Lucas, Marshall, Corrine, Professor Z and Adriana were already in there. Only one of them noticed Josie's quiet arrival. And Adriana alerted the rest of them by gasping quietly Josie's name in pain. The whole of the Science Club turned around to look at Josie who was still staring dazedly at the floor.
'Josie?' Corrine asked causing Josie to look up sharply. Her eyes were red and puffy and her cheeks were tear stained. 'Oh my God,' Corrine hasped before getting up and running to Josie and encasing her in a hug.
'What happened?' Marshall asked confused. Adriana's head turned sharply towards the door.
'Vaughn.' She said loudly and clearly making Josie sob out loud. 'He found someone else.' Adriana looked sympathetically at Josie. 'That idiot!' Adriana got up and joined Corrine and Josie's hug. Z, Lucas and Marshall all looked at each other confused until they heard the commotion outside in the corridor. They all got up and walked to the doorway and watched the events unfold.
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Vaughn was walking down the corridor hand in hand with the girl. 'Sarah, I cannot believe that you don't like Science!' He cried whilst laughing slightly.
'I never said I didn't like it!' Sarah said whilst turning towards him and moving closer to him. 'I just prefer English, there's something about Shakespeare that's just so, romantic.' Vaughn smiled at her before lowering his head and kissing her lovingly on the lips.
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Lucas watched horrified as he stared at Vaughn and this new girl.
'Who'd have thought it?' Marshall said sadly. 'Vaughn and Sarah Goldman, I always expected it to be him and Josie.'
'You're not the only one,' Lucas said before walking out of the room and up the stairs to his room.
Professor Z and Marshall watched him walk away as Vaughn walked up to them.
'Hey guys,' Vaughn said happily to them but got no response a the two of the just walked back into the Science lab. Vaughn followed them confused. 'What's going on?'
'AGH!' Adriana cried out in pain at the same time Vaughn spoke.
'Adriana?' Z asked worriedly, the others were all looking at her weirdly.
'Oh,' she said with a wave of her hand. 'It's nothing, don't worry about me, I'm fine.' She let out a deep breath and sat down on a stool. 'Just, a lot of emotion in this room.' She let out another deep breath and leaned on her knees.
''Riana?' Adriana looked up sharply at the nickname. 'Maybe you should go back to your room.' Josie continued quietly. 'I have a feeling I might be feeling a lot more than this.'
'I'll be fine, you guys need me here.' Adriana said with a smile. 'Besides, I am FIIIIINE!' Adriana bent over clutching a fist to her heart. She started to breathe rapidly as she gasped for air.
'Adriana?' Corrine asked worriedly. 'Adriana?! What is it?!' Adriana didn't look up but looked at the window.
'My heart is breaking.' She said sadly as she stood up and walked over to the window. She looked out at the front garden of the school through the blinds, her eyes were focussed on a couple who were arguing. 'And so is hers.'
The rest of the Science Club moved to the window and looked at what Adriana was watching.
The girl was desperately trying to hug onto her boyfriend but he kept pushing her away. They couldn't hear what he was saying but it was obviously upsetting as they saw the girl break down in tears and fall to her knees. The boy continued whilst making overdramatic arm gestures before turning round and stomping off. The Science club stood there quiet as they just watched.
Adriana's eyes were starting to form tears as she watched them and she let out a tiny sob. The whole of the Science club looked at her strangely as she started to sob, but no tears moved downer face.
'What's going on?' Vaughn asked from the back of the group. Adriana turned on him angrily.
'YOU!' She spoke to him fiercely. 'You're the reason I'm feeling all of this, I'm feeling heartbreak, anger, pain, sadness and nearly all of them are CAUSED BY YOU!' Adriana was pointing an accusing finger at Vaughn and was snarling at him, almost like an animal.
'Okay,' professor Z said as he stood in front of Vaughn and in Adriana's line of view. 'To answer your question, I'd say that Adriana is channelling right now, and I would also recommend that she goes and lies down for a while.'
Adriana nodded silently and walked quietly out of the science lab.
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'So,' Corrine broke the awkward silence. 'What's going on exactly?'
'What do you want me to tell you?' Professor Z said to her sadly and regretfully.
'Lie to me.' Corrine said in a small voice.
'There is no black hole causing any trouble at the school, every weird thing you thought you experienced has been a very weird dream, no one ever dies and we all live happily ever after.' Professor Z told her in all seriousness.
'Liar.' Josie said with a small smile on her face. 'Don't sugar coat it Z.'
'It's just a theory,'
'Then let's hear it.'
'I think, that because Adriana isn't from this world, the world is rejecting her. In her old world, magic was a common thing. In this world, it makes her unstable; it makes the Universe unstable, it is causing her powers to excel to a higher level of which she cannot handle. She is feeling every strong emotion that she comes within a radius of and she can't block it out. And I have feeling, that it will eventually kill her.'
'Oh.' Corrine said, summing up everything that the Science Club was feeling at that moment.
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Adriana was walking back to her room, her fists clenched at her side and breathing deeply. As she walked passed Tyler's door, she was pushed against the wall by an invisible force and held there before she fell forward onto her knees. When she looked up again her eyes were hazy and she looked into Lucas' and Marshall's room. She got up off her knees and supported herself along the wall as she stumbled into Lucas' room.
Lucas does not realise she is there until Adriana starts talking.
'Bet you found that funny, huh?' Lucas spun around quickly and confusedly.
'What?' Lucas asked her puzzled.
'In front of the whole school?' Adriana advanced on Lucas but stopped suddenly and turned around and spoke to the wall. 'Yeah! I did, you had it comin' to you bitch!' She turned and faced Lucas again. 'Bitch? I'll give you a bitch.' Adrian started to lunge at Lucas but turned around again and slammed into the wall by another invisible force, but this time she wasn't held there. (1)
'Why did you do this?'
'I got fed up of you,'
'I thought you loved me.'
'Wake up and smell the roses, I felt NOTHING around you.'
'I felt something, and I now you did too.'
'Yeah, it was called revulsion and desperation.'
'You said you loved me!'
'Oh come on! You're hot stuff, I would've said anything to get a bit o' that!' Adriana stood up and started walking towards Lucas whilst turning her head with every new sentence she was saying.
'You mean nothing to me.'
'No,'
'All I wanted was to be inside, and I got that. And now, we're through!'
'You're a liar.'
'Oh get over it, it's not like you didn't enjoy it.' Adrian stumbled back as if she had been pushed and laughed manically. Lucas watched her in fear and worry as she continued having a conversation with herself. He was about to walk up to her when she startled him.
'Adriana?' He asked timidly, but Adriana turned and faced the wall, which was Tyler's room boundaries and yelled at it.
'NOT NOW I HAVE A HEADACHE!' She screamed out before she slumped over into Lucas' arms. Lucas dragged her over to his bed and lay her down on it before running out of the room.
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'Z!' Lucas cried as he ran into the science lab. 'It's Adriana! Something's wrong!' He told them before promptly running back out of the room, closely followed by his teacher and classmates.
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Lucas was next to Adriana on the bed as the others ran in. He was trying his hardest to hold the convulsing girl still, but she wouldn't work with him.
'What happened?' Z asked as he pulled Lucas away and into the comforting arms of the Science club who were watching helplessly.
'I dunno,' Lucas said shakily. 'I left to get you, but she- she was fine, this only happened when I got back.'
'Adriana?' Professor Z whispered to her. Adriana was still twitching violently but she was also muttering under her breath. 'Adriana?' Z spoke her name softly, but his voice was laced with worry. He moved back slightly though when her eyes started to glow white. She was still muttering under her breath, but it got louder until only one word was heard.
'PROPULSO!' Adriana yelled and Professor Z was flung backwards into the wall and landed on Marshall's bed.
'Z!' The Science Club chorused but he held his hand up to stop them from going near him. He looked back over at Adriana to see her eyes had stopped glowing but were still hazed over. She whimpered slightly as she looked at him emptily and held out her hand to him. Z moved over to her and grabbed his hand in hers. He started to stroke her hair and she calmed down completely. The Science Club breathed a sigh of relief, but it was short lived as Adriana bolted upright, her eyes crystal clear and showing no sign on insanity, and gasping for breath as she held her stomach with her unoccupied hand.
'What?' Josie asked panicky. 'What is it?'
'I think,' Adriana got out before gulping heavily. 'I've been shot!'
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Hope you liked it! Sorry it took so long to post, but in my defence, I had exams and it is 12 pages long! But, anyway, enjoy! And I should hopefully have the next part up sooner than this one.
(1) This part is all Adriana speaking, but the new speech areas mean she is turning her head to make it look like she is having a conversation with herself.