Chapter 2

Confused

Odd was completely flabbergasted. How the heck did she know his name? The girl - Adain- rolled her eyes and dropped her hand.

"So where's Ulrich and Yumi? And Jeremy? I have to talk to him about the supercomputer." She watched him, waiting for him to say something. When he didn't she peered into his eyes and asked, "Do you need some loosetouge?" Whatever loosetounge was, it didn't sound too tasty. Again, she rolled her eyes. Then broke into a run. Odd, still being amazingly confused, had no choice but to follow.

She led him to the boarding school. She stopped running outside the gate and walked onto the campus. Scanning the grounds, she saw Ulrich and Yumi walking shoulder to shoulder. Smiling knowingly, she ran to catch up to them.

"I'm Adain. I need to speak to Jeremy. Where can I find him?" Yumi broke into tears again, and Ulrich glared at Adain. "You missed him. He's somewhere in Michigan right about now."

"NO! I stopped too early! I can't believe I made that big of a mistake. Where did I leave that hole? This is bad. Very bad! How could I let this happen?!?" Adain was wailing in complete and utter humiliation and guilt. If she had been there two days ago, Jeremy would still be there EVERYTHING WAS HER FAULT!!!

The three fourteen-year-olds stared at Adain, who was acting as if she was in agonizing pain. What the heck was she talking about, leaving a hole? Stopping to early? She must have been mental or something. Ulrich voiced this opinion. Her head snapped in his direction. Her eyes burned with purpose.

"I am here to help you. The entire world will explode if you ignore me."

"How would she know?" Yumi said. It was a rhetorical question.

"Because it's happened. They sent another messenger to you and you told them to eat dirt. By the next day, Earth was chunks of dirt floating around Mars and Mercury. I was born on Mercury and I know. One of our moons is a piece of your precious Earth!"

Everyone was confused.

"I was born in the year 9007. My name is Adain Red Dragon, First Dragon Princess, Second only to Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Alli. Technically, I am negative seven thousand, five years old. I traveled back in time, with the permission of the councils of course, to help you save your planet." Seeing that they were still confused Adain tried to explain about the time vortex, but they got lost in the middle of the first sentence.

"Well, even Odd's got a girlfriend now, too?" Sissy sneered.

"Oh, no. Trust me. They hate me." Adain replied, undaunted.

"Then why do they ditch you like they ditched me?"

Adain leaned in to get her face not four inches away from Sissy's. She spoke loudly and clearly, too make sure Sissy understood. "Because you have a brain the size of a rodents. I'm just the bearer of bad news." It took Sissy a minute to realize that it was an insult. When it finally sunk in she just stomped off. When Adain turned back around, the three teens were smiling crookedly at her. It was Adain's turn to be confused.