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Chapter 6

"Rise and shine!" Virginia said as I groggily woke up. Beside her were Gemma, Felicity, Ann, and Pippa. They were staring at me in confusion; as if I were a deranged animal of some sort.

"How did you get here?" Pippa and Felicity spoke at the same time.

"I-I'm not quite sure." I said putting my hand towards my head, it was throbbing and I had a suspicion I landed on a rock.

"Are you okay?" Virginia said, but was quickly cut off by Gemma.

Gemma turns to face me, "Did you follow us?" Gemma's voice sounded angry for some reason, "Well, I'm waiting for an answer."

"No, of course I didn't! I'm not even sure why I am here, nonetheless, how I got here." I responded, but my headache only got worse.

"Gemma, darling, calm down," Virginia spoke to her daughter. "Renee is one of us, she is gifted."

"But Mother, you can't be serious? You said I was the only one." Gemma said to her mother. By now, I could feel small drops of blood dripping down my forehead and the pain rippling through my body.

"Well, how else would you explain this? She entered through a door of light." Virginia returned to her daughter's question.

"She could be Circe!" Gemma looked as if she had discovered warm water in a frozen wasteland; self-applauded and on the pedestal of greatness.

"Gemma, you're not using logic. Circe would be my age, and clearly Miss Harrington is a young lady." Virginia said, blowing out Gemma's triumphant expression with a voice as soft as the wind itself.

Gemma's face showed her defeat, "I'm sorry Mother." She walked away leaving Virginia and me alone.

"Sorry about that, are you okay?" Virginia's face lit up with a hospitable smile, "You took a hit to the head I'm afraid, you hit the rock when you hit the floor. Let's get that cleaned up for you then."

"I think I'm f-fine." I said in barely a whisper, but Virginia would not take no for answer. She found a piece of cloth then went to dip it in the river.

"It's the best I could do for now, when you get home go see the nurse." She said dabbing the cloth on my head.

There was a strange silence between us; neither of us wanted to say anything.

"Thank you for everything," I finally spoke, "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure what do you want to know?" She said gladly. I assumed she was also happy the silence was gone.

"How do I get back to Spence? I know I'm probably not wanted here, and I'd better not intrude on their fun." I said looking at the girls huddled together on the other side of the garden.

"Well, that's the simple part; you summon the Door of Light by focusing on it. When it appears, just walk through it and you'll be right where you left. Anything else I can help you with?" She answered as if it were as easy as saying Open Sesame!

"Yes actually, I'd like to know about your daughter and her friends. They seem interesting, and maybe I'll get along with them someday."

"Well, Gemma has always been a peculiar and headstrong girl. She very nice if you get to know her though, as for the others, I don't know much about them, only that they also attend Spence." Not very helpful, but anything can be helpful in making friends right?

"Thank you so much! I must be off now, goodbye!" I said in an attempt to leave quickly.

"Goodbye! Come back soon!" Virginia said as I opened the Door of Light and left.

Back at Spence, I was in my room ready to go to bed, when someone was knocking on my door.

"Hello Miss Harrington," Mrs. Nightwing said when I opened my door.

"Why, hello Mrs. Nightwing! What brings you here so late?" I said trying to cover myself up as much as possible.

"Please forgive me for putting you in this room; we've prepared you your own room next door. If you'd please allow Brigid to take your things, you can probably sleep there tonight." Mrs. Nightwing said.

"Thank you Mrs. Nightwing, I'm sure I'll like my new room." Anywhere is better than in the same room as Gemma and Ann.

"Well, have a good night, and don't let the bed bugs bite!" She said leaving the doorway.

"Hello there! Let me just take these trunk for you and we'll be done in a jiffy." Brigid said starting to take out my trunks to my new room.

"Thank you so much!" I said while stuffing my bow into the trunk while she was occupied and really thinking, oh that is just wonderful! My own cold, lonely room with not even another soul in the room to keep me from going insane at night! Thank you so much!

"These are some mighty heavy trunks you got, what are you keeping in them?"

"Well, I like to keep malice, two pistols, six daggers, and plenty of arrows around at all times," I said with a large toothy smile and the MOST sarcastic voice possible. Brigid, however, did not get the joke, so I explained it to her that I was just kidding. "I was only kidding Brigid, no need to worry of a murderer within the walls of Spence."

"Oh, you had me on that one Miss!" she said putting the last trunk down. "Why miss, are you okay? You are bleeding from your forehead."

"Oh, yes I am. I just fell out of bed when Mrs. Nightwing knocked on the door. No worries, I'm sure I'll be fine." Closing the door quickly so she could not have the chance to "Take a closer look at it," like all adults say when a child is hurt.

I began unpacking my trunk, dress after dress, until I finally got to the bow and arrows. I felt the memories rush through me, when I first hit the target, my first secret hunt, and George teaching me how to aim better, the sweet memories of the past. I hid my bow and arrows under my bed and into the furthest corner.

"Hello," a voice said startling me and causing me to hit my head with the bed, "careful there, we don't want you fainting again." It was Gemma, and with snickers following her comment, her friends were there too.

"W-we d-didn't mean t-to scare you back in the realms," Ann's voice followed Gemma's.

"We only wanted to know how and why you were there." Felicity chimed in.

"Did you see anything you shouldn't have?" Pippa asked nervously.

"Of course she didn't Pip, there's no way she could've," Felicity reassured Pippa.

"H-hello and I s-swear I d-didn't s-see anything," I wish I could stop the stammering.

"Hey Ann, I think we've found your twin! She stammers just like you!" Pippa exclaimed.

"Now, let's see what you were hiding under your bed," Felicity sounded determined as she stepped closer to my bed.

"I was just sliding one of my trunks underneath," I felt as though they were picking me on. "It's nothing, seriously," but that did not stop Felicity's determination. I could tell she was most likely the head of the pack.

"A bow and arrows? Are they yours?" She spoke.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, they are," I was a goner if they chose to tell Mrs. Nightwing.

"That is interesting. Bring them to the realms next time." She smiled and her entire face lit up, "Welcome to the club. Let's go girls, good night Renee." She said this in a mysterious voice, and I was slightly scared of what she meant by it.

"Thank you," I replied shutting the door after them. Then I climbed into bed and slowly drifted into sleep.

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