I'm back again! Sorry updates are taking so long, to take a quote from my friend Shayna, "I have so much homework you could drown me in it." Plus, I've recently gotten involved in a new project, but here and now isn't the time or place to divulge the info on it. For now, just enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 17-The Truth comes out (or part of it anyways)
Hay Lins' POV
Hay Lin sighed as she looked at the board. Mr. Collins was saying one thing or another about some war, and even though she should have been taking notes, she wasn't. She had so much going on, all of sudden, learning about the Revolutionary War just wasn't as important as it had once been.
Brrrrrriiiinnnnggg!
She jumped a mile as the bell went off. She'd never even noticed the time. She sighed with relief as she grabbed her bag and notebook; she needed a place where she could gather her thoughts without a bunch of kids crowding around her.
"Hey Hay Lin", Irma said, catching up to her as she walked out of history, "Something wrong? You've been kind of distant today"
"Wrong?" Hay Lin asked, a hint of sarcasm in her voice, "Wrong? Why what could possibly be wrong? I mean, besides the fact the world is in danger, and one of our friends is working for our worst enemy under some sort of spell? Other then that, what could be wrong?"
"Sh!" Irma said quickly, looking around, "You want the whole world to find out or what Hay Lin? Come on, lets find the others"
The two girls walked along in a huffy silence, but Hay Lin was thinking about what Irma had said. Irma was right, she couldn't go blowing her anger around in public places, and she didn't wanna blow their secrets.
"Hey Taranee, hey Will", Irma snapped Hay Lin out of her thoughts. For the first time, she was able to get a good look at Will. Any other time she'd been with Will, they had been trying to brainstorm ideas. Now that they were just hanging out (well, sort of hanging) she got to take a good look at the red head. And to be honest, she didn't look all that great. She looked tired and worried, all the signs of someone who had way to much to do, and not enough time to do it. Or at least someone who had taken on too much responsibility.
"Where's Corny?" Irma asked, looking around.
"I think she already left", Taranee said, "I saw her leave school anyway"
"Well that's just great", Irma huffed, "How in the world are we suppose to figure out what to do when we're one guardian short? Is Cornelia hot and cold, or is it me?"
"Lets' just take a break from this", Will said suddenly, surprising them all, "I mean…lets' just not worry about it tonight, we can always figure it out later…"
"Are you okay Will?" Irma asked, eyeing the redhead suspiciously.
"Why do you all keep asking me that?" she asked in an annoyed voice, "I told you a million times, and I'll say it once more: I'm fine. You can stop worrying at any time now you know"
Hay Lin and Irma exchanged a look, but let the conversation drop. Obviously Will wanted to have her secrets.
"I'm sorry, but I think she knows something", Irma was saying later, "I talked to Taranee a little while ago, she said she couldn't even read Wills' mind. It's like she has some kind of wall in her head or something"
"I dunno about that Irma", Hay Lin said with a laugh, "But I do think your right. The question is, is Will going to tell us what's going on?"
"Of course she-"
"IRMA!" Hay Lin cringed. Obviously Irma had been on the phone too long.
"Talk to you later", she said quickly, before hanging up.
Ring, ring!
"Hello?" Hay Lin grabbed the phone, trying to sound perky, even though she had a lot on her mind.
"Hi Hay Lin", it was Will, "Could you come over for a little while?"
"Sure", Hay Lin said, slightly puzzled, "But why-?"
"I'll explain when you get here, just trust me okay?" Will said. She sounded a little weirded out about something. Hay Lin took the chance.
"I'll be over in ten minutes", she said before hanging up.
Hay Lin listened as Will told her about everything had happened to her the last few days. The whole thing sounded weird to Hay Lin. Especially the part about the dream.
"So wait a minute", Hay Lin said as soon as Will was done, "Are you telling me Elyon contacted you in your dream?"
"I'm not sure!" Will said desperately, "I don't know what's going anymore, I just know it's anything but normal"
"I don't know if you've noticed, but out lives stopped being normal a long time ago", Hay Lin said with a smile. She was trying to make Will feel better. She could tell it wasn't working.
"We'll think of something", she said reassuringly, lying through her teeth, "I promise"
Okay, one, don't kill me for being so late on the update, two, I know I said I would introduce Scottgrubbs' idea in this chapter, and I'm really sorry that I didn't. I do plan on using it, but I didn't have time to add it in to this chapter. Next chapter, I promise, you will find out just how evil Scottgrubb is. Until then, review.