Thanks to all my reviewers! I love you all!!!!!!! Just like I promised, here's chapter 4 on the same day as chapter 3:
Chapter 4
Arkarian
The three of us walk to the entrance of my chambers, where we find the other 4 waiting for us. I open the door for all 7 of us to go in, then transport us to Athens.
Once we get there, we're told to wait for a while in order for Dartemis and the rest of the Tribunal to get ready. Matt takes over at this point, and after a few moments have passed, he leads us into the room.
We all take our places at a table directly across the room from the Tribunal. A few minutes pass where nothing happens, then Dartemis speaks.
"Does everybody know why we're here today?" Dillon and Neriah shake their heads while the rest of us nod. "Then, for the benefit of those who are unaware, I'll tell you." He goes on to explain the fact that Ethan has decided to leave Angel Falls, and also that the Tribunal as well as Isabel know that something bad is going to happen. The only problem is that nobody knows what or when.
"So," he says, "we need to find him and bring him back before anything happens." Dartemis brings out a map and points to four places near Angel Falls. "King Richard and I went through each possible place for Ethan to be, and narrowed it down to four. Since there are seven of you, you will need to be split into groups. One person will go alone, while the other six will travel in groups of two.
"Dillon is to go with Neriah, Jimmy with Shaun, Matt with Isabel, and Arkarian will go alone."
This statement gets grumbles from most, other than Jimmy and Shaun, who are best friends.
"Why those groups?" Isabel asks. I can tell how much she wants to go with me, and I want to go with her too.
Dartemis simply smiles at her. "Because, Isabel, you and your brother have some things to work out, as do Dillon and Neriah. Although I really don't want to send anybody out alone, I feel most comfortable with Arkarian going alone. As for Jimmy and Shaun, well, that much should be obvious; they are best of friends, and work extremely well together. Does that answer your question?"
Isabel nods, and Dartemis gives all the groups a different place to go to. The plan is simple; each of us will leave on a different day, so that nobody notices seven people leave at the same time. And I am the first person to leave, followed by Jimmy and Shaun the day after, then Dillon and Neriah the day after that, and Isabel will leave with Matt the day after that.
In preparation for going early tomorrow morning, I get Isabel to dye my hair brown and cut it short so that I won't stand out at all. As soon as she leaves, I lay on my bed, half dreading morning.
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It takes me about 5 hours to walk to the city of Ravenville, and I can't see why anybody would want to come here, let alone Ethan. I mean, it's such a dark, depressing place, and…oh, now I see. Everybody here has dark hair, and I'm glad for dying mine.
So, I go and check into a hotel, using the name James Johnson, which was decided beforehand. Immediately after that, I begin my search for Ethan. I just really hope he's here…I wouldn't want to have gone through all this for nothing.
So? How is it so far? The plot's starting to thicken…but this is nothing, nothing compared to what's going to happen at the end of the series…yes, the third book in this trilogy that I'm writing is almost finished being written out on paper! You're all going to hate me…But for now, let's stick with the basics of you reading and reviewing and telling me how much you love my fic! I'm so modest, aren't I? Okay, I'll just shut up now so you can review…any time now…JUST STOP READING THIS!!!!!!! Only joking!