Chapter 5-The Party Begins
Taranee
"If Will's not going, I'm not sure I'm not sure if I wanna either", Taranee was telling Hay Lin the next day as she got ready for Cornelias party.
"You've gotta!" said Hay Lin. They were talking over the phone, but Taranee good still imagine Hay Lin dancing around her room, getting ready for the party.
"You have to come", Hay Lin repeated. "Cornelia was crushed that Will isn't coming, you can't duck out on her to!"
"I know, I know", said Taranee. 'I just don't want to go"
"Well don't worry", said Hay Lin in a breezy sort of voice. "Your friends are gonna be there, you've got nothing to worry about. I'm gonna go put my costume on, bye!"
"What are you dressing up as?" Taranee asked, but Hay Lin had already hung up.
"Fine", Taranee muttered. "Looks like I'm going without Will"
Not that the prospect of that was a nice thought. Will, who felt just as uncomfortable around parties and all that as she did, was the only reason she had agreed to go at all. Now that Will was grounded, she didn't want to go at all. Of course, she didn't have much of choice now.
Wonder what Hay Lin's dressing up as, she wondered vaguely as she started getting her own costume on. Probably something cool, knowing her. She's one of those people who have the power to look completely cool, and not even know that she's doing it! Wish I could do that. On second thought, maybe not.
"You know, I never liked coming over here, but looking at the way Cornelia's got the front door done up, I'm dreading it even more", it was an hour later. Irma, Taranee, and Hay Lin were standing outside Cornelias front door, and wondering whether it was too late to run away. Cornelia had gone all out to show that this was Halloween party. She had covered the door with rubber bats and ghost. And somehow, it still looked cool.
"So who's gonna knock?" asked Hay Lin. She had her costume covered by a coat, so none of them had seen what she had dressed up as. Everyone looked at her after she asked, "Who's gonna knock?"
"Who me?" She said, sounding surprised. "Well, okay…"
"She reached over and knocked on the door quickly. They heard Cornelia yell from inside, "Okay Lillian, if that's one of my friends, you're being locked in your room!"
"Cornelia flung the door open looking grumpy, but she brightened up as soon as she saw them. "Hi!" she said sounding excited. "Come in!"
"Jeez Corny, you're making our guardian outfits look good", Irma joked. She did have a point though, Taranee noticed. Cornelias outfit was skin tight, and looked like it might strangle a person.
"Are you sure you're gonna be able to breathe by the end of the night?" Taranee asked.
"Very funny you guys", said Cornelia sarcastically. "I feel fine in this, all right?"
"To one their own I guess", Irma muttered, as the bell rang again.
An hour later, everyone had arrived, and the party had gotten going in a big way. Taranee refused to go anywhere near the dance floor, and was starting to feel stupid in her costume.
"Where did Hay Lin?" asked Irma as she fought her way over to where Taranee was standing.
"Haven't seen her", Taranee said shrugging.
"Oh my god…"
Irma had found Hay Lin, and was not at all liking what she was seeing.
"She's in her guardian outfit!" Taranee whispered in a surprise voice. "But how?"
Hay Lin pushed her way through the crowd, and when she saw the looks on Taranee and Irmas' faces, laughed.
"I know what you're thinking", she said laughing.
"I thought that was my job", Taranee muttered. She had the ability to read minds, along with having power over fire.
"I made this costume myself", Hay Lin explained, smiling. "Everyone thinks I'm a pixie, it's great!"
"No it is not!" said Irma. "Don't you think that just kinda draws attention to the fact that you've seen on of the 'flying pixies' that are going around town?" The guardians had gotten some publicity when monsters started openly attacking the town. People had sent reports of magical pixies (the guardians) fighting the monsters. So now everyone knew that they at least existed.
"No one cares about that Irma", Hay Lin reassured her. "No one has even given me a second glance. Don't worry about it"
Before Irma got the chance to say anything, a strong breeze swept over them, knocking the girls to the ground. Taranee had just enough time to say, "What was that?" before another breeze swept through, and everything went black.
(I know some of you who read this don't like cliff hangers, but this is where I leave. Until next time! And next time is gonna take awhile, cuz I'm bookin in two days, and wont be back till the first or second of august, so don't get to into this)