A scream pierced the darkness around her; Elyon shot awake. Her mind jumped at once to Hay Lin. What had happened out there? With a quick glance at the form of Taranee sitting straight up in her chair Elyon knew it had been no dream. She cupped her hands letting a small orb of white energy spill its light and dispel the darkness looming around them. Taranee was already on her feet and half way to the door before Elyon's exhausted mind finally preformed a complete thought. Elyon brought a hand up stopping Taranee, she shook her head quickly. Closing her eyes, she felt the white light in her hand grow larger and engulf her entire body. It felt warm, not like the suffocating heat of the room, but like a friendly spring day, just the right temperature. As the light died away Elyon spotted that Taranee had indeed waited for her, they had really warmed up to each other on the trip, even though during the car ride the tension between them had reached the point that any object placed between them would explode. But that was just normal rivalry; they were friends despite what people may think. Though Taranee would rather Hay Lin have befriended Phobos himself then Elyon. But it's not like Taranee could be blamed, Elyon had locked her in a prison cell and taken her mouth, not to mention tortured her emotionally. But that was all in the past, and she had believed Phobos at that point, but not anymore, now she was on the right side of the battle. Elyon jumped to her feet her two fire red braids swinging from side to side, admittedly it wasn't the most elaborate of disguises, she still looked a lot like herself, but it was in the words of Hay Lin "a coincidence". That had thrown the Guardians for a loop, normally Cornelia or Taranee said something was coincidence, and Hay Lin said it was a sign. But not this time. It had been Cornelia who was convinced she was really Elyon and Hay Lin who dismissed it as nothing more than a strange coincidence. It hurt Elyon to pretend she didn't know Cornelia; sure she and Hay Lin had been friends before she went to Metamoor, but Cornelia had been her best friend. But the Metamoorian rebels insisted no one but Hay Lin (and now Taranee) should know. It was strange normally they wouldn't be upset with her telling a Guardian, but they were really edgy and suspicious of everything, and that new paranoia was the reason that Elyon actually listened to them. She ran to Taranee's side as her raven haired friend pulled open the door and followed her as she raced into the deserted hallway. Or at least Elyon thought it was deserted but as she made a turn around a corner she ran right into Danny Fenton, the slightly nerdy kid who was also staying in the mansion. Elyon blinked pulling herself to her feet she looked at Taranee who had stopped to see who Elyon had managed to collide with. "Sorry about that," Elyon said almost forgetting to fake an English accent. Danny quickly jumped to his feet followed by Elyon.
"No problem, I… thought I heard something." he said quickly. Elyon nodded, what was with this kid? He acted and sounded so… out of it. Taranee grabbed Elyon by the arm and tilted her head in the direction they ought to be going. Elyon nodded quickly and followed Taranee. Danny blinked surprised that they were headed in the same direction he was. But shrugged it off, following her. Elyon knew why she and Taranee were going, Taranee had a psychic ability and could sense Hay Lin in danger, Elyon too heard the scream in her head, she had a feeling she was connected to the Guardian as well, but how could Danny have known to come this way? She skidded to a halt almost colliding with Taranee who had stopped all of the sudden. Danny skidded to a halt as well but he was not as coordinated and crashed into Elyon who crashed into Taranee and in a matter of seconds all three were on the ground. "Sorry," Danny said quickly as he pulled himself to his feet crystal blue eyes scanning the room dark black hair a mess. Elyon got up next, Taranee was searching the ground for her glasses. Elyon grabbed them handing them to her without a word. Her eyes were wide as she looked around her. The hall was a wreak, there were cracks in the wall and ceiling, pieces of plaster and broken vases littered the floor. Elyon spotted Hay Lin on the ground she was in awful shape. Her head rolled on her shoulders as she was supported by none other than the house's owner Vlad Masters. Elyon couldn't believe it, the man was leaning over making sure Hay Lin was ok, if it wasn't bad enough Danny had come, now Mr. Master's was here. He looked worried checking her pulse making sure she was still alive.
"She'll be ok," he announced to the ring of three teenage spectators. "She suffered a nasty blow to the head, a few scrapes, but nothing too serious. I would like to know what happened to her though, so I can prevent it from happening to any of you." Hay Lin groaned loudly brining everyone's attention onto her. She looked up her dark brown eyes clouded over; she blinked away the last of the fatigue from her gaze and tried to sit up.
"I was sleepwalking," she said quickly. Mr. Masters looked at her worriedly for a moment as if he didn't believe her story. Seeing this Elyon knew Hay Lin needed to make her argument a bit more convincing. "I must have fallen down the stairs or something." Luckily Hay Lin was near a stairway so this excuse was actually a believable one. But Danny still seemed unconvinced. Elyon looked over to him, he was eyeing Hay Lin worriedly, and Mr. Master's with a look of distrust. What was this kid's childhood trauma? First he comes out of nowhere and barrels into her, then he follows her to where Hay Lin is as if he knew where to go, and now he's acting as if he thinks the owner of the house, who had been nothing but generous, had pushed Hay Lin down the stairs or something? This kid had some serious trust issues that needed to be sorted out in years of therapy. "I think I can get back to my room now, sorry for waking you."
"No, no, no, Hay Lin." Mr. Masters said quickly as she tried to stand. He helped her to her feet making sure she was all right and wasn't going to pass out again. "You are really in no condition to walk all the way back to your room without someone helping you-" but he was cut off before he could finish.
"I'll do it." The voice had come so quickly it actually caught Elyon by surprise. She looked back at Danny who was now glaring at Mr. Masters not only suspiciously but almost hatefully. Again she was forced to wonder what was going through this kid's mind, did he like Hay Lin, despise Mr. M asters, or was he just plain crazy, right now Elyon was leaning toward the last guess.
"Now Daniel," Mr. Masters said calmly. "I'm sure Ms. Lin's friends will be enough company for the trip back. What do you expect to happen Daniel? Hay Lin to get attacked by a ghost?" Mr. Masters smiled in a way Elyon was not sure she liked. A silent message seemed to be hidden in those words, a message that Danny seemed to understand perfectly.
"I don't know Mr. Masters," Taranee's voice brought Elyon back to reality. She looked over at her friend who had obviously not liked Mr. Masters's last line either. "I'd feel better if Danny came with us, I mean our room is not too far out of the way for him, and I'd just feel better if we had him around." Danny looked at Taranee surprised to hear her stand up for him.
"Thanks for everything Mr. Masters." Hay Lin said walking over to Taranee, Elyon, and Danny. Mr. Masters looked at her making sure she was not going to fall, and when he was satisfied Hay Lin was safe, he turned to leave. "Sorry for the scare." Hay Lin called as he left.
"Not a problem," he called back to her. And with that they walked back toward their room. Everyone was quiet not daring to say a word. Danny kept looking around him as if expecting something to jump out and grab him at any moment. Hay Lin kept her gaze directed at her feet. Finally the group reached their room.
"Bye Danny, sorry for waking you," Hay Lin said as she walked inside. "I'll see you tomorrow." Elyon watched Hay Lin as she stepped to the side allowing her and Taranee to enter, why was Hay Lin planning on staying outside. She really did have a crush on Danny; Elyon had known it from the start. She walked inside after Taranee but kept a close eye on the door.
"Hay Lin," Danny called as her companion turned to join her and Taranee inside the safety of their room. Hay Lin looked back over her shoulder, Elyon strained to see the expression on Danny's face, he looked really worried. "Be careful." Danny said quickly. And with that he turned walking down the hallway, and eventually vanishing from view.
"What happened to you out there Hay Lin?" Taranee's worried voice inquired almost as soon as Hay Lin had gotten the door shut. Elyon looked at her friend. Hay Lin was shivering slightly; she sat down in front of both Taranee and Elyon exhaling shakily. Elyon blinked had she been able to see Hay Lin's breath? She shook it off as if it were nothing out of the ordinary.
"I was attacked by this psycho ghost man. He was like none of the ghosts I had faced on the way up here. He was strong, like Phobos strong." The room had become silent at the mention of the Metamoorian Prince's name. "He was tall, dressed in all white, had pointy black hair, glowing red eyes, blue skin-" But Elyon cut her friend off with a loud snicker. Taranee glared at Elyon, but it's not like it could be helped. Thinking Hay Lin's description over carefully had put a very amusing concept into Elyon's mind.
"So you mean to tell me you go attacked and beaten by a deranged smurf?" Elyon laughed. After the description of the ghost Hay Lin had stopped shivering, so whatever had made her cold was gone by now. "Man, here I thought it was some vicious monster and all this time it's a beloved kids show character that had finally blown its cool!" Hay Lin was laughing by now, and seeing that even Hay Lin found this way of thinking to be funny Taranee joined in. "Go to bed Hay Lin, you've got your dignity to save tomorrow when we get to witness your parents dancing to new wave music. Think about that, the important things in life, not deranged smurfs attacking you in the hallway, night Hay Lin; night Taranee." Elyon yawned before going back to sleep.
"I guess your right." she heard Hay Lin mumble. She saw her friends outline hit the pillows. "When you put it that way…" Taranee was already lying down; it had been a long night for all of them. "Night guys." Hay Lin called and in a matter of moments all three girls were fast asleep.
Yay! I finally got a new chappy up!