The air began to turn black around Sierra in the bathroom.
As she was laying there on the cold floor, in the darkness of her mind, something was beginning to stir.
An orange-red orange-yellow magma lady with glowing magma hair and everything else began to show out of the shadows.
The magma lady walked (correction)...floated over to where Sierra was.
Sierra began to groan as she was now getting up.
As she was rubbing her tired and weak eyes, something came up from behind her and grabbed her arm.
Sierra gasped in horror as she felt really hot, searing fingers touch her.
She could see how the magma lady was helping her onto her feet.
"Who...Who are you?" Were the words that could escape from her mouth, which was beginning to steam.
The magma lady looked at her, with glowing orange-vanilla eyes.
"You may not remember me but, I'm the one that guarded Mt. Sneffels a long time ago." She said, looking Sierra in her eyes.
Sierra was confused at what was going on.
Why was this magma lady peering deep into her soul? Was she wanting to find out something about Sierra?
Well, whatever it was that she was wanting to know, it was going to have to wait…
Trevor and Darien were running as fast as they could, listening for the sound of Sierra's voice.
When the two turned the corner, they could see two girls standing outside a steaming bathroom.
"Katherine? Laney? What's going on? Are you two okay?" Trevor asked, concerned as Darien began to help the both of them up.
Katherine and Laney looked at each other, concerned.
"It's okay, Katie. You can tell Trevor what happened between you and Sierra." Laney said, with reassurance in her voice.
Darien nodded his head yes silently, in agreement to Laney's statement.
Trevor looked at the three, confused.
"What's going on?" He asked, still baffled.
Katherine sighed.
"Mr. Anderson, I don't want you to be mad at your daughter…" The young girl began to say as she was looking between him and the bathroom door.
Trevor chuckled.
"Oh, Katie...Why would I be mad at Sierra? She wouldn't hurt a fly." He said, with that last line in sarcasm.
Just before Katherine was about to speak again, they could feel vibrations.
Each vibration was strong and getting stronger by the minute.
Trevor was trying to maintain his balance, alongside Darien and as they were holding onto each other, a device began to beep, simultaneously.
Trevor took the device out of his beige pants pocket and when he opened it up, he couldn't believe what the numbers read out.
90.5 pounds of pressure per square inch and categorized as a category 2 earthquake.
He then looked at Katherine, Laney and Darien.
There was something definitely wrong with this picture.
There was something that the three children weren't telling him and whatever it was had to do with his daughter.
"One of you isn't telling me something. WHAT IS GOING ON?!" Trevor said, freaking out.
Katherine sighed.
"There's smoke and volcanic ash coming from inside the bathroom. The temperature is really heating up and as I was about to open the door, the door burned me, causing this ring burn to appear on my palm." She said, explaining the situation.
Laney and Darien nodded their heads yes, in agreement and understanding.
"But, Trevor... Sierra hasn't made it out yet. Do you think that she's the one causing the volcanic ash and smoke?" Darien said, concerned but scientific as well.
He was wanting to try one of his theories out.
Trevor began to think.
Could Kitzens be right about Darien finding out what Sierra is? *Sighs*... Darien is a bright kid, just like Sierra. Though, what's up between the two of them? Could they be related? Could I be right about what I witnessed this morning with Sierra? *Sighs, concerned*...I hope she's okay. He said to himself as a young girl tugged him gently on his arm.
It was Laney.
Trevor knew exactly what he had to do.
He then turned towards Darien.
Trevor placed his trembling hand on the young boy's shoulder.
Darien turned towards him.
"What is it, Trevor?" He responded, urgently and concerned.
Trevor then turned to look at Laney.
"I need you to take this young lady with you down to the lab. Leonard will be there to help patch the ring burn on Katherine's palm." He said, pointing Darien in the direction of the young girl that had glasses on.
Darien looked at Katherine and smiled.
Katherine smiled back and was now beginning to follow the gentleman down to the lab.
After Katherine and Darien left, Trevor looked at Laney.
"How long has Sierra been in the bathroom?" He asked her, concerned.
Trevor was worried about Sierra, the one that he loves very much.
Laney looked away from Trevor and looked at the bathroom door.
"She's been in the bathroom for more than an hour, Trevor. I'm really worried about her." She said, with worry and concern growing in her voice.
Trevor looked at the young girl and placed his arm around her.
He sighed.
"Me too, Laney. Me too…"
(So... Sierra is now meeting her volcanic side. A magma being, claiming that she used to be the volcanic guardian of My. Sneffels. Everyone is really concerned about her, including her father Trevor. Stay tuned for chapter fourteen and Happy Holidays!)