Adriane flopped down on her bed, sighing pensively as she recounted the events that had taken place. The cave was a bust, not that that was very surprising. Whatever, or whomever, had been in there must have escaped while she was in the water. It was a pretty deep cave though, maybe they were hiding? Adriane bit her lip. No, Dreamer would have sniffed them out.
As for the Siren's, they left soon after, and took the seawolves with them. The whole thing made no sense. Maybe it was just a fluke? Adriane shook her head. Siren's didn't come up that far north, everyone knew that.
Adriane rolled over, staring up at her star-covered ceiling. What about Zach? What was that all about? Adriane thought about calling him with the wolfstone, but decided against it at the last minute.
"Hmph, whatever," Adriane swung her legs off the side of her bed. Hoping to her feet, she made her way towards her dresser. Slipping out of her—now dry—clothes from earlier, she changed into some more comfortable sleep wear. It was only four in the afternoon, but Adriane wasn't planning on going anywhere.
"Hmm..." Adriane hummed in thought, thumbing through her DVD collection. She settled on an old romantic comedy, filled with teen angst and cynical dry wit. Adriane had never been a fan of comedies, or romances for that matter; she was always more of a horror kind of girl. Still, this movie was one of her favourites.
Adriane slid the almost-worn-out disk into her piece of crap DVD player. When it didn't play—which wasn't much of a surprise—she began violently jabbing the play button until it finally decided to cry uncle. Adriane padded back towards her bed. Sitting with her back to the wall, she wrapped her quilt around herself and pulled her knees up to her chest.
"This movie, again?" Dreamer asked, jumping up onto her bed as the movie began to play on her old television set. The wolf curled up beside her, nudging her arm with his nose.
"What? I like it"
Zach slid out of Drake's saddle. After having had a long, reluctant conversation with Drake, all he wanted to do was be alone for a bit. Of course Drake was upset with him. Sure, Zach was Drake's bonded, but Adriane was Drake's mama. Not even Zach could come between that bond. Zach hurried up the stairs and into his room in Okawa's boughs.
"What the hell is wrong with me?" Zach scolded himself, tugging on fistfuls of hair. Zach kicked at the floor, scuffing his sneakers, making a sickening squeaking noise. Okawa's leaves shook violently in response, even the tree was angry. "Yes, yes I know, okay?" Zach replied, stroking his temples in thought. He was a jerk, she was pissed.
Maybe he could bring her some silkvines? People often gave each other flowers in movies and books. It was some sort of Earth tradition, right? He sighed. In all honesty, he didn't want to do it. She was scarier than an angry dragon when she was mad. Still, he had to do something. Zach took a deep breath, making up his mind. He left the tree house just as quickly as he had arrived, pacing across the field.
"I'll be back in a bit" he called to Drake, who he knew he was close. Sword at his side, Zach hurried into the woods that surrounded the fairy glen. After a couple of minutes of walking he finally came across the soft, multi-coloured blossoms that crawled across the ground, twining themselves up trees and around branches.
A crunching sound to his left caught Zach's attention. Zach turned towards the sound, gripping the hilt of his sword, slowly pulling it from its sheath.
"Who's there?" Zach mumbled, squinting into the shadows. "Hello?"
Zach pushed further into the woods, taking quiet steps into the shadow of an especially large tree.
Adriane stumbled across the sheer, starlit path. Was she worldwalking? She must have dosed off during the movie. Adriane glanced around the trail. Dreamer wasn't with her, in fact, the trail was deserted. There was no trace of the spirit pack anywhere. This looked like the spirit trail, but something was different.
"Hello?" Adriane tip-toed across the tightly woven strands of gossamer. She gave a quiet attempt at the wolf song. In the distance she could barely make out the song of a single wolf. Adriane stepped forward, straining her eyes to look through the light fog. A shroud of mist crept towards her, solidifying as a single silver wolf leapt out of the fog.
"Silver Eyes!" Adriane exclaimed, grabbing the old she-wolf in a tight hug.
"Warrior" Silver Eyes nuzzled up to Adriane "what brings you here?"
Adriane stuck her face in Sliver Eyes' soft fur. It had been forever since she had seen the old pack mother.
"I-I don't know" Adriane murmured, face still buried into the wolf's neck. Adriane pulled away, taking a deep breath as she stood. "I guess I'm just stressed..." she mentioned as the pair began to walk.
"What is troubling you?"
"I'm... uh... not actually sure" Adriane frowned as her mind went blank.
"I see" Silver Eyes padded alongside Adriane, keeping her thoughtful gaze on the tall girl. "How have you been?"
Adriane couldn't believe this. Her subconscious couldn't have brought her here just to make small talk with the old wolf.
"Erm... I'm good" she answered, not giving much thought to the question.
"And how is Little Wolf?"
"He's fine I guess" Adriane shrugged her shoulders, dismissing the question flippantly.
Silver Eyes stared up at Adriane for a long moment.
"Actually... He has been acting weird lately." Adriane started "He won't tell me what's wrong..."
"Zachariah is-" the wolf stopped, ears perking.
Adriane gasped, sitting up as she took in the dark paint, and posters of her bedroom. Dreamer slept soundly beside her. Adriane heaved a couple of deep breaths before falling back, head hitting her pillow softly. She covered her eyes with her hands. What was that all about? She had long grown out of worldwalking in her sleep. Removing her hands from her eyes, she glanced out the window. It was still dark, but from what she could see, it was raining quite heavily. Adriane rolled on to her side, pulling the covers over her head. If she was lucky she'd be able to get another couple of hours sleep before school. Adriane closed her eyes, re-opening them a moment later as her alarm buzzed on her bedside table.
I know, I know. This is long and boring. Definitely not my best work ): Oh well. I'm hoping the next update will be out sooner. Adriane is totally watching Ten Things I Hate About You, by the way. Ever seen it? It's great, I highly suggest it. I was actually watching it while I wrote this, haha. As always, rate and review :3
