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Chapter Three
It was much easier than I expected for us to get me a room for the night. The woman at the front desk said that I could just share Eddie's room for the night since his roommate was already gone. We thanked her and Eddie led the way upstairs.
"So," said Eddie as we climbed the stairs "Are you from Britain?"
"Yes," I responded "From England to be exact. Near Devon."
"Oh," he said "I didn't know that the guardians had a base there."
"It is quite a new base," I admitted "and it's pretty small too. It was only built about five years ago and not many guardians are assigned there."
"Well, that would explain it." he said as he opened a door.
The room was quite large with gleaming pine furniture and a good view of the desert.
"This isn't too bad," I said with mild surprise "I expected something much messier."
"Well, I'm not really a messy person," Eddie pointed out with a slight smile.
The rest of the day we just relaxed. At dinner time, we went to the East campus cafeteria and had our meal there.
To my surprise, the alchemist girl, Sydney, did not turn up.
"Does the alchemist usually join you?" I asked the group curiously.
"Yes, but..." began Angeline but then quickly cut herself off.
"But what?" I asked. I was beginning to grow a little suspicious.
"Nothing," said Princess Jillian quickly "She'll probably be here soon."
I could tell from their faces that they seriously doubted that.
My suspicions were confirmed when, even after we had all eaten, the alchemist was nowhere to be seen.
"Shouldn't we call our superiors?" I asked Eddie, "To see if they know where she is?"
"No. She'll be back." said Eddie and turned away from me. I couldn't really understand why he was acting so strangely but I decided that if he wanted to keep secrets from me, I suppose I would have to wait and try to figure them out on my own.
About an hour after dinner, I heard Eddie's phone ring. He was in the bathroom and couldn't get to it. I, being respectful of others' privacy, left the phone alone and it went to voice mail.
I heard the message that was left and I immediately jumped to my feet. When Eddie came out of the bathroom, he looked mildly surprised.
"What's going on, Neil?" he asked me.
"There is a new alchemist coming," I said "We have to go to meet her."
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