I looked curiously to Fiyeln, who nodded. It was time to go—before anyone found out. And at this rate, Tsuinami probably did already from Psinia. I guess I really couldn't judge a book by its cover, because under her polite…body, Psinia really was like everyone else. My mind started to wander, wondering about whether Fiyeln made the same misjudgment of character as I did when as I did about Psinia the first time Fiyeln met her.
"Let's go." Fiyeln said quickly, and was getting ready to make a dash for it, when I stopped her. She looked at me, confused, as I shook my head.
"No…" I trailed, looking around cautiously incase anyone was near. "I'll go, Fiyeln. It's too dangerous for both of us to get caught. And anyway, they'll probably be on the lookout for you, so you should hide." I honestly didn't want Fiyeln to get caught; she spent too much time with Hezraith and everybody else. If anyone, she should be the one who gets to live, and know what it's like to be in the real world, that is, if my whole life so far hasn't just been a dream, anyway.
"Okay, if you say so…" Fiyeln replied reluctantly. I knew should would rather go herself, and let me be the one to live, because where would she go? I already had a family and everything. But that's exactly why I think she should be the one to live. So when she died…at least she would've had had some happiness in her otherwise horrible life.
I nodded, and asked Fiyeln for the directions to Seiane's—I think that's what Fiyeln called her-- room. After she had told me, I walked to where she pointed to. While I was heading for Seiane's room, though, I had time to think. I thought a lot, too. Some examples of things I thought are these: What if this is a trap? What I will go into Seiane's room, and instead of finding that…thing I'm supposed to find, I find Seiane and Fiyeln comes and it turns out they had planned this all along? I shook my head, how could I think such things? Fiyeln had been helping me this whole time. Then, I thought…What if this is a trap? What would be the point in bringing me here if…then it hit me. Maybe the Saphira Libra was here! Then I could finish my task! But would there be a point? After I escape? Maybe it was a lie, though…maybe she was just trying to lure me here…
What was I talking about! She would probably risk her life to save me! Or, at least, that's what it seemed like she'd do, anyway. Ugh, I just can't shake off the thought that this is all just a trap…
Then I realized that I had already passed Seiane's door. I quickly, but quietly, dashed to the door Seiane's room. The door was pink. Kind of like a hot pink, but slightly different. I cringed as I looked at it. It wasn't what I expected at all…and I hated the color pink! After looking around quickly, I dashed into the room. When I saw what the room looked like, I stood there, gaping like an idiot. It was pink. A lush, pink, girly bed was on the farthest corner of the room. This was not what I expected at all.
I looked around the room, just to make sure there were no traps, or anything. From all that I saw, it was completely and utterly safe. Seiane must've probably thought she, or someone else could've just watched the room themselves.
I took a few, cautious steps into the room. So far, I was safe. I dashed around the room, stopping abruptly whenever I felt as thought I had heard something, or I thought my footstep was too loud. My heart was thumping pretty loudly now—loud enough to make me worry if someone can hear it, and that worry just made her heart beat faster.
"Okay," I thought silently to myself. "Fiyeln said something about a bookshelf, or case, or something…I needed a necklace. That was all I knew. Fiyeln said it looked really, really, nice. She said...it had a star hanging off the chain, surrounded by turquoise. The chain was kind of big…
Then I found it, it looked just how Fiyeln described it. I had found it just in time, too, because I heard footsteps coming close to the door; which was a bad thing, considering I forgot to close the door…which could also be a good thing—if we get technical. Quickly, I placed the necklace around my neck, hoping that this was indeed the right necklace. I saw Psinia pass Seiane's room, and my chest tightened, my breathe coming out as quietly as I could make it—although still very loud. Psinia could read minds. She could tell I was there, even if she can't see me, as long as my mind keeps chattering away like this. She was about to walk into Seiane's room, when another women with jet black hair.
"What are you doing, going into my room?" The girl demanded—of course, it was Seiane. It was Seiane's room Psinia was going to enter, after all. Psinia didn't look worried by the presence of Seiane at all, though—actually, Psinia looked rather annoyed.
"I hear somebody in your room, so get out of the way." Psinia replied, coolly. "Now," She said, not losing her composure to the infuriated Seiane. I don't think I would want to be caught walking into to Seiane's room by Seiane…she definitely had a short-fuse.
"I don't see anyone in there, Psinia. So go." Seiane replied, angrily. I hoped Psinia would listen to Seiane and go, despite the fact that I had so much thoughts going through my head there was no chance of Psinia not being able to sense me. And she knows my voice, too! Was that why she walked up to me and Fiyeln and started talking to us? So she can recognize me voice?
"Just because you can't see anyone, doesn't mean that nobody's there. Go check yourself," Psinia pointed her chin to where Seiane's bookshelf was located. "Maybe Acsea has already taken your prized necklace."
"It's impossible for anyone to take that; I'm always watching this room." Despite her last comment, she slowly walked over to her bookcase, just in case. Seiane nearly walked into me, on the way there, but luckily I moved just in time. Though, it seemed I wasn't clear yet, because Seiane shrieked. "It's gone!"
"Meaning, I was right. Somebody is in your room. Or could be," Psinia replied, coolly. Seiane started to reply, but I slowly tip-toed out of the room before I could hear her finish. For now, it was best if I could just get away.
"But…" I thought quietly, on my way walking to Fiyeln. "This can only make one of us invisible…and I'm guessing Fiyeln plans to use it for me." But it didn't matter, I'd insist on letting Fiyeln use it. Hopefully, though, Fiyeln has some sort of plan.
I walked nearer to Fiyeln, but she didn't seem to notice me. At first I wondered why, until I remembered the necklace I was wearing. Slowly, I walked towards Fiyeln, hoping to surprise her. But she caught me before I could get very close.
"You're already here?" Fiyeln asked me, while I took off the necklace. How did she spot me when I was invisible? Does she have abilities like the rest of them? Was she like the others? I had no time to think about that, now, because she continued. "I can see things that are invisible. That's all I can do though, so it's not really anything. You can do something, too. Everyone can. Even though there are so many different abilities—good and useless ones, that it's very rare to have the same one as somebody else." Fiyeln explained to me.
Me? Have a power? "But, how do I use it?" I stammered. "I mean, practically all of the population doesn't know that powers exist, and can't even use theirs even if they wanted to. For everybody, powers are only in movies and books."
Fiyeln nodded. "It's hard to unlock your power. And it can sometimes be very painful, as well. Even if they did believe in powers, probably more then half of the population wouldn't want to unlock it, if it's painful." I nodded, slowly. "Everybody used to believe in powers, and many people actually had them. But as technology in the world grew, people's willingness to try to get there own powers shrank. Everybody grew lazy, and weak. Eventually, nobody wanted to even try, and as time grew, nobody even remembered that it is possible."
I was surprised, but what Fiyeln said did have some truth in it. People probably were braver—definitely a lot less lazy—back when there was so little technology. But how could they just say 'well, I don't want to do anything special or weird' just like that? "That's stupid! How could they just not want to do it just because it's a bit painful?"
Fiyeln looked thoughtfully. "Well, it's much more then a bit painful. I never expected it to hurt, really, but it does, it hurts a lot. It's as painful as…" Fiyeln closed her eyes; trying to think of a way to describe it. "It hurts just about as much as it hurts to feel a pistol go through your body. Actually, it probably hurts more. But it doesn't hurt for a very long time, luckily."
Then I understood why nobody wanted to feel that pain. "Oh." I replied, simply. But I still wanted a power, despite the fact that it hurt that much. "But still…"
Fiyeln looked around. "Good, but we're going to have to find someplace where nobody's going to hear us." I immediately agreed with Fiyeln. There was no way I wanted to get caught anytime soon!
Fiyeln lead me through the darkness, occasionally making a turn. Sometimes we'd see a door, floating amidst the darkness, but we never entered any. I hadn't completely gotten used to the darkness, yet, and it felt so weird. I was used to walking outside, where you could see things, other then doors, like birds, or trees, or even buildings were better then this!
"How long," I whispered quietly to Fiyeln. "Are we going to be walking for?" She looked at me thoughtfully before replying to my question. Boy, she was actually a lot different from the bubbly Janice that I thought she was.
"Only a little while longer; there's a turn somewhere over there, and then we make a few more right and left turns, go straight a little bi—" I stopped her mid-sentence.
"That doesn't sound like a little while longer!" I cried, "In fact, it sounds like a long while longer!" She glared at me for a moment, before replying.
"Shh," She whispered, as quietly, looking at me, annoyed. "Do you want us to be found out?" It was too late, though, and in front of us stood, none other then…
Tsuinami.
