I left you with a little riddle there eh? Not the best one ever but oh well.
This chapter is dedicated to Railen for being such a good reviewer.
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"What could it mean?" Aelita mumbled quietly to herself at breakfast the morning after her dream-talk with Jeremie.
"What could what mean?" Odd asked; the cheerful blonde was the only one with her so early for breakfast.
"It's nothing," Aelita reassured him, though her emerald eyes told otherwise.
"Sure, I'll fall for that some other time, what happened?" Odd said.
"It was just a dream." Aelita said simply.
"Again?" Odd said, looking troubled, "What was different?"
"He talked to me, he told me to look to the silver lining." Aelita said distractedly.
"The silver lining? Like the goodness in the dark?" Odd asked.
"The silver lining, the goodness in the dark," Aelita muttered, closing her eyes in concentration, "Odd you're a genius!" She exclaimed after a little while, jumping up and hugging the purple-clad boy.
"What?" Odd asked happily, utterly confused as to why he was a genius.
"The silver in the dark." Aelita explained simply, "I'll see you later." With that she ran from the room and out into the courtyard.
"What was that all about?" Ulrich asked as he sat down next to Odd.
"Nothing to worry about." Odd replied with a smile as he leaned closer to Ulrich.
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William groggily lifted his head and looked at his alarm clock. It hadn't woken him up. It wouldn't, it was Sunday. So what had woken him up if not his alarm clock?
Bing
There it went again, what was it? His computer. Of course. He stood up and stepped towards the contraption. There was a little white screen in the middle of the normal screen.
"What's that doing there?" He mumbled, staring at it. It read, 'The silver lining is closer than expected.'
"Great, cryptic riddles this early in the morning." He grumbled, sitting in his wooden desk chair.
Bing 'Be careful, helpers are running out.'
What does that mean? William thought, what helpers? He quickly typed his question. The answer that came was almost too convoluted for William's tired brain.
'The silver lining must protect, silver is the last protector we have, silver is needed if the princess is to survive, the prophecy is written in stone but the paths before are not. Don't let the stone break.'
Silver protect, stone break, silver protect, silver protect princess, prophecy, stone, silver protect princess, wait, princess is Aelita, silver… silver… what do I care about silver protecting Aelita? William led himself round in circles; he typed quickly, 'Is princess Aelita?'
The reply came 'Silver is needed if Princess is to survive, the prophecy is written in stone but the paths leading to it are not. The alternative is not acceptable. Silver must protect Princess for the prophecy to come to pass. I warn you, the prophecy stone has already begun to crack Silver.'
So Silver is a name, or a nickname? Like Princess. The prophecy stone, what kind of prophecy? Already cracking, how? William was thinking furiously as he watched the screen.
'Good luck Silver, others are coming to break the prophecy unknowingly, you must protect Princess and keep her on the right path.'
And with that the anonymous riddle writer was gone.
"I must be Silver." William whispered, "I must protect Aelita, but why? What is this prophecy and why is it so powerful?"
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Aelita was going towards the dorm building, thinking that the silver lining was William, a light in the darkness, and the silver letters on his computer screen, it had to be him. She never made it to the dorm building though, for as she walked through the courtyard a familiar figure was standing in the gateway.
"Yumi?" Aelita asked in disbelief, "What are you doing here?"
"Hello Aelita," Yumi replied, "Nice to see you too."
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A little short but I had to leave you there, with that nice cliffhanger. I'm thoughtful no? Anyway, the silver riddle is over! Were you right? Review please!