Disclaimer: Same as before
I left you all off with the eeiry feeling that they girls were hiding something. But what. Besides their Wicca powers and their power of three, what else could there be to hide? Or is only one of them hiding something? A deep fear? A regret? An even from the past? Why had Amanda suddenly become so quiet and secluded? And why has Amanda already shunned Bryan? Is she being a good friend, or is there something else there that she won't tell Mari?
And what about Sora? Is he REALLY who they think he is? Or is he the exact person their looking for? Where had Riku gone? And what happened to Kairi?
Somethings wrong here, something very wrong. Read and find out!
"WARRIOR!" Amanda shouted, changing into her Warrior dress-sphere. With Yuna and Mari out of the way, this guy belonged to her. Her opponent started to circle her, and like his reflection would do, she mimicked him, making sure to stay well out of reach of his long sword.
"Afraid?" He asked. Afraid. The word buzzed through Amanda's head like a jack hammer. She felt the rage welt up inside her, a rage she couldn't control. That word, she hated it, and it hated her. Afraid and Amanda didn't go well in a sentence if Amanda was around to hear it, especially if you were the once who'd said it. Her opponent looked at her intently, waiting for her reaction. Watching as she desperately tried to snap the handle of her sword instead of someone's neck.
"C'mon Amanda!" Mari shouted from the sidelines, "You can do it!"
"Shh!" A brown haired man in black said to her.
"Did you hear me?" Amanda's opponent asked, "I asked if you we're afrai-"
"AAGGHHH!" Amanda let out a scream of frustration, which echoed off the walls and charged her opponent who shook his head and then grinned.
"One of my favorite parts…" He muttered to himself as he swiftly sidestepped the blow.
"Ugh!" Amanda grunted in irritation as she whirled around on her heel. Her temper nearly cost her, her head as she watched from the corner of her eye as her opponent charged her. She dodge rolled out of the way and thrust her sword up to block the over-head blow meant for her. She then flung his arm backwards and back flipped out of reach as her opponent recovered his arm.
"Go Amanda!" Yuna cheered.
"You can do it!" Rikku and Yuffie added together.
"Show 'em what you can do." Paine added in her usual bored tone of voice, though she knew Paine really wanted her to win.
"Impressive." Her opponent said admirably, "You have more talents then they say you do."
"Oh, I have many skills." Amanda replied, "One of which, is kicking you ASS!" She charged into combat with him.
Her sword hit his. His sword hit hers. It was a stop and go fight. Amanda went for an leg shot, which he easily dodged by jumping an inch off the ground. Then all in one swift move, he had her disarmed and on her back, his sword at her throat. She glared up intensely at him.
"And what is the lesson here today girls?" Her opponent asked Paine, Rikku, Yuna, Yuffie and Mari. Mari raised her hand.
"Mari." The brown haired guy that hovered over her asked her.
"Don't let your anger over take you." Mari replied. The guy nodded his head, and turned to three other people in the room.
"Dammit." Amanda cursed as Auron lifted his sword from her throat and extended his hand to help her up. She unwillingly took it and immediately withdrew it once she was on her feet. "Thank you." She mumbled miserable as she dusted herself off.
"I think she did good." The black haired woman named Tifa said, "I mean, the skill was undoubtedly professional."
"I have to agree with ya there…" Jecht said.
"Her mistake was letting the anger over take her mind and body, and with that she could've ultimately destroyed herself." Cloud added.
"But that's why we're here, Cloud." The guy with the brown hair named Leon said, "To help them."
"That's enough helping for one say." Amanda complained, "I have a migraine the size of Timbuktu."
"I agree!" Yuna agreed, as did the rest of the girls.
"I think that's enough for one day." Tifa said.
It was true. It was now two months since Amanda and Mari arrived here, and everyday after school , they'd all meet up in the gym, or in Lulu's room to practice fighting and magical elements. They'd barely had anytime to themselves. But they all found at least three hours of recreational time during a week, which each spent individually. Mari was usually out with her new boyfriend, Bryan, though she denied it. Yuna would run around with Tidus. Paine would spend time in her house, and Rikku and Yuffie would hang out and occasionally bug Paine andor Amanda-unless she was busy.
Amanda would occasionally find Sora somewhere and they'd end up spending an hour talking about absolutely nothing. But as the group of teenagers were dismissed, Amanda found herself with a gut feeling that today, they we'ren't going to be just talking about 'nothing'. No. See, today, Amanda promised to meet up with him sometime around 7:30. It was now 6:00. She had exactly one hour and thirty minutes to get ready. Or as she called it, sleep.
"Whatcha wanna do today?" Mari asked the group, "Bry is busy today."
"Be careful," Paine teased, "He might have another girlfriend."
"Very funny. And I suppose Missy No Manners over there told you of her weird encounter with him." Mari replied, referring to Amanda and her first meeting of Bryan..
"Maybe." Paine replied plainly.
'I-I can't hang today." Amanda said suddenly, startling the group. Her voice was dull and empty, like she was in another daze.
"Huh?" Yuffie and Rikku asked stunned, "You usually are NEVER busy!"
"I am today." Amanda replied, a little aggressive with her last comment. She then started towards the door, with not so much as a wave good bye.
"Somethings wrong with her." Paine acknowledged, "And I have a feeling you know what, Mari."
"What me?" Mari said suddenly, terrified that she was found out, "No! No! NO! Amanda is a total mystery to me!"
"No she's not." Yuna said, "You told me what whenever she got like this, you and Dyana always leave her alone."
"Okay! Okay! You got me." Mari said, "But let's find another place to talk."
Amanda laid on her bed, staring up at the ceiling. Her day was running fine until Auron brought up that evil word. That evil word, which she truly did hate, with everything in her heart. Now that horrible memory was creeping up on her, and it was swallowing her like a Venus Fly-trap. She had went immediately to the shack, where she entered her room, tossed her bag carelessly in a corner, and changed into capri's , her black and grey sneakers, and a black tube top that showed her stomach, along with the small henna tattoo that she got; without Yuna, Tidus, Baralai, Auron, Rikku, Yuffie, or even Mari knowing. She and Paine decided to one day go for it, and get them. Paine got a skull on the back of her neck. Amanda got a broken heart. Paine never asked why, which was why Amanda loved her so much. She never invaded your personal life, but she did care.
Amanda sighed and threw a basketball at the wall. It bounced off of it , and slammed into the side of her bed. "Dammit." She swore to herself as she got up to examine it. Nothing there. Then the door opened and closed.
"Anyone home?" Auron shouted.
"Just me." Amanda replied, "The gang went out. Dunno where. Don't really care."
"Well, someone is waiting for you outside." Auron said, coming up to her doorway.
"Huh?" Amanda asked, and hereyes darted to her alarm clock which read 8:00, "Oh dammit all!" Amanda said, "I totally forgot!"
"I can tell." Auron said in reply, then he noticed the henna tattoo on her stomach, "Where did that come from?"
"I got it a few weeks ago." Amanda replied coolly, "With Paine. It's not real. It's Henna."
"I'm not worried if it's real or not." Auron replied, "I'm worried why you got what you did."
"It seemed cool." Amanda replied emptily, then found her way past him, towards the door. Auron followed her.
"Did something happen to-"
"No." Amanda snapped in an low voice, then realized how she sounded, added, "No. Nothing happened."
And with that, she walked out the door, leaving Auron standing in the hallway, watching her suspiciously.
"You okay?" Sora asked as they walked down the boardwalk, "You seem off."
"I'm not." Amanda replied with a hint of irritation in her voice. But Sora had gotten bolder within the past two months of her being on the island, and he knew something was up. Somehow, the old Sora was coming through, and he wasn't about to let it bury deep beneath him once again. He stopped exactly where he was, and it took a moment for Amanda to realize he had stopped. She turned around and stared at him, curiously wondering what he as doing.
"I know something is up." Sora said, almost flawlessly, which startled her, "I-I wanna know. And I'm not leaving this spot until I know what it is."
Amanda sighed deeply, knowing that she had to tell him. She nodded her head, and started off towards the piers, with Sora close behind. Once they got there, she sat down, trying to brace herself for the painful memory. She didn't cry over it anymore, no, that was long gone. She only became distant, not talking to anyone, not even the sisters. As Sora plopped down, she sighed, remembering to keep all the magical parts out.
"There was an accident not to long ago." Mari explained, "About at least five months, involving me, Amanda and Dyana. How we got our powers. How we became Enchanted."
The five girls all sat in the Sweets Shoppe; all ordered their personal favorites as Mari explained.
"It was when we were all in out separate High Schools, drifting away from each other. I barely heard from Amanda anymore, and Dyana barely called me anyway, unless it was to hang, like we all did in the summer. But we all had moved on and forgot about each other. I totally forgot about them, and sometimes I still ask them if they ever forgot about me. They always lie and tell me yeah, but I know they didn't which makes ME feel horrible. But it was one night, when I was walking home from a friend's house that I came to a stop in front of Dyana's. I decided to stop in on her and say hi, when I heard screaming coming from the house. Apparently, her neighbors didn't find it unusual, but I did and I charged right into the house. I won't forget the sight of Dyana crying over her family's dead bodies and then… I was grabbed. Dyana was too, and two strong men shimmered us out to my house… I saw my parents. How they pleaded to live. But those damn demons killed them anyway, mercilessly. Dyana was still sobbing over her family, but I barely heard her over my own shouts of anger, and hurt. They killed them right in front of my eyes. And in front of Dyana's too…"
"I was at my boyfriend, Kyle's house." Amandasaid
"Boyfriend?" Sora asked curiously.
"Not anymore." Amanda said quickly, then continued, "I was walking home, when I was… grabbed and blinded. Next thing I knew, I was at my house. I saw my mom, dad and sister all bloody and bruised. I saw as they killed them, one by one, stabbing my father in the heart. Shooting my sister. And finally, my mom, the one person I was closest to, they killed. Before I knew it, men holding Dyana and Mari appeared. I turned back to my mom, who was shouting at the guy to let me go. But he killed her, laughing at her. Mocking her. I was helpless. I couldn't save them."
Amanda's gaze was fixated on the waves, her face emotionless, though her voice told all. It stung her to remember this. Sora realized, he made her tell him her nightmare. Now he felt horrible.
"That's when the bright light appeared…" Amanda continued, "And a single man appeared, like an angel. And the men just disappeared. He told us to call the cops, and to wait. Wait for him to come get us."
"So we did what Leo told us to do. We called the cops." Mari said, "We were split up into orphanages, thinking we'd never see each other again. After the funerals, we were separated again to our orphanages. Then Leo came. Said he wanted me. Then we got Dyana, and Amanda. We realized we were never meant to separate."
"I miss my family a lot." Amanda started her finish, "But I have my friends, and I guess… I guess you helped me realized this."
"Me?" Sora asked, stunned, "I helped you?"
"Uh-huh." Amanda nodded her head, amused by the reaction she got. She pushed herself up and said, "There, you know my tragic story."
"Sorry." He replied.
"You did help." Amanda informed him, "I was to afraid to talk about. I would attack anyone who would say the words; Amanda and Afraid in a sentence together. But now, now I can let it by, and continue my job."
"And what is that?" Sora asked.
"Goos question." Amanda replied, "That is for another time. I gotta go."
"Ceya." Sora said, as she walked off. He got up and headed towards his house, ready for school tomorrow. He was ready for tomorrow. He wasn't going to let Amanda see in being pushed around anymore.
As Amanda walked down the road as it got dark, she realized someone was following her. She whirled around, and saw the outlines of four guys.
"Who are you?" Amanda demanded.
"Sad story." A familiar voice said in a mocking tone, "SOMEONE told me ALL about it."
"Riku." Amanda hissed. Before she knew it, Amanda had tow of the four guys at her side, restraining her. She sighed, figuring if she needed to, she's have to kill them all.
"Who told you?" Amanda said, "Cuz I sure as hell didn't."
"Maybe you should be careful who you tell your secrets too…" Riku said, "Karma is a horrible thing."
"Sure…" Amanda replied. As the four person came into view, she finally realized who the snitch was. She felt her anger well up inside of her, but she decided to wait it out. You fucking ass hole. Amanda though to herself, What a fucking ass! Wait till I get my hands on you! Agh!
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