Chapter 3-Will opens up

"Did you guys come up with any good ideas to get Will to talk to us?" that was Hay Lins way of greeting the girls when she saw them the next morning.

"Yea right", said Cornelia sarcastically.

"I thought about it, and came up with nothing", said Taranee. Irma nodded in agreement. The four girls sat there sadly, thinking about the fact that one of their friends hated them more than anything in the world right now, when Cornelia jumped up.

"Why are we sitting here like a bunch of sad saps?" she asked. "I say we find Will, and make her listen to us!"
"The direct approach? Call me crazy Corny, but you might have actually come up with a good idea. First time for everything I suppose", said Irma in a mock thoughtful voice. Taranee and Hay Lin laughed, but all four of them liked the idea, so they made their way off to Wills locker.

"Hey Will? Can we talk?" said Taranee tentively as the girls approached Wills locker.

"Huh?" Will looked around her locker door, and when she saw Taranee and Cornelia standing there, she tried to get away in the other direction. But Hay Lin and Irma had that way blocked as well. In other words, she was trapped.

"We wanna talk", said Irma firmly. "And you're gonna listen"

"Who died and made you the boss of", Will was about to say something really sarcastic, but before she could finish her sentence, she got this really dizzy feeling, and staggered backwards, hitting the locker, and slipping down the side of it. She was aware that, from far away as it seemed to her, Hay Lin was yelling, "Will! Are you okay?" But then everything went dark, and she didn't hear anyone yelling anything more.

"Will, are you there? I can't wait much longer Will, I need you. Please come"

The voice! The one she heard in her dreams! But what did it mean? What did it want?

"Do you think she's okay?"

"No, I think she collapsed cuz she's in perfect health"

"Irma!"

"What?"

"Guys, don't fight! Fighting is what started this whole thing"

Will was aware that her friends were somewhere above her, whispering quietly to each other. Of course, where they were was completely over Wills head.

"Hey! I think she's waking up!"

"Will? You okay?"

Will opened her eyes and looked around, her head was pounding. She was in the nurses' office at school, and her friends were there, all of them with worried looks on their faces.

"I'm fine" she informed them, almost amused by the looks on their faces. "I just felt…kinda dizzy, that's all. Nothing more"

"You sure?" asked Irma doubtfully. "Cuz you had us all pretty freaked for awhile"

"Yea, you really scared us back there", said Taranee.

"What happened?" Hay Lin was asking the one question she didn't want to here.

"I dunno" she lied. "I just got kinda dizzy that's all"

"Do you think you're well enough to go to class Ms. Vandom?" that, of course, was the school nurse.

"Yea, I'm fine", she said, sitting up.

"We'll walk to class with you", said Hay Lin quickly, indicating herself and Irma. She got the feeling Will was not telling the full truth, and walking to class would be the perfect time to squeeze it out of her.

"Whatever makes you happy", Will muttered, hoisting herself out of the bed.

Hay Lin and Irma talked to Will all the way to her class, before realizing she wouldn't tell them anything. They gave up, and made their way to their own class, leaving Will to walk into her history class alone.

"Nice of you to join us Ms. Vandom", said Mr. Collins pleasantly as she walked in. She handed him the pass from the nurse, and made for a seat in the back of the room. Collins looked over the pass real quick, then went back to writing something on the board. Will was in back, lost in her own world. What was the voice? What did it mean? Help who? How much time did she have to help whoever this was that was talking to her? She had all kinds of questions, and not one answer. And it drove her crazy.

"Hay Lin, what are you doing after school?" Will had spent most of the morning thinking, and had come to one conclusion: talk to Hay Lin. She knew Hay Lin would at least make her feel better.

"Nothing. I thought maybe I would go up to the cemetery and leave some flowers for my grandma, but other than that, nothing. Why?" she sounded so confused.

"Can you come over after school?" was Wills great answer.

"Uuuummm…sure but why?" Hay Lin was not getting anything at all. Will hadn't talked to any of the guardians since that day at the Silver Dragon, and now she might as well have been speaking in riddles, for all the since she made.

"Just come over to my house. I'll tell you then", Will seemed kinda jumpy, and Hay Lin took it as a chance to find out what was really going on.

"I'll be there" she agreed.

"So what do you think?" Will had finished telling Hay Lin about her dreams, and about what had really happened during school. Of course, Hay Lin was now looking at her like she was crazy.

"You think I'm nuts, don't you?" Will asked, discouraged.

"What? Oh, no, of course not!" said Hay Lin quickly.

"I was hoping you'd make me feel better", said Will huffily.

"It's just kinda hard to believe, that's all", said Hay Lin.

"I swear, it's all true", said Will. "Honest."

"I do believe you", said Hay Lin. "It's just weird, that's all"

"I know", said Will simply. "I hardly believe it"

"Tell me again, what was the voice was saying?" asked Hay Lin. "You know, when you collapsed in school?"

"' I can't wait much longer Will, I need you' whoever it is, they sound weak. We have to figure this out. Soon", reliving the memory made Will shiver slightly, almost like she was cold. Hay Lin laid her hand on Wills shoulder, but couldn't think of anything to say.

"Maybe we should talk to the others about this", said Hay Lin finally.

"No!" Will cried, looking around at Hay Lin. "They'll think I'm nuts! You have to promise not ot tell anyone Hay Lin. You hear me? You can never tell anyone about this! Ever! Got it?"

"Will…" Hay Lin started to say, but she cut herself off. "Fine", she said at last. "I won't tell anyone. Promise"