Okay, there are a couple of things I want to say. First: I'm really sorry that I haven't updated like I always do, but I had tests, homework, BF issues, and a LOT of stress =/ So, forgive me, please!
Second: There are a couple of things that I think you would like if you like my story. To watch on TV: Sonny with a Chance(of course!)-on the Disney Channel, 10 Things I Hate about You-on ABC Family, and The Vampire Diaries-on the CW. To read: there are things already out like-The Vampire Diaries books by L. J. Smith(which, btw, the new one is awesome! Shadow Souls. I finished it a while back and I LOVED it =)!), The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead, The House of Night series by P. C. Cast & Kristin Cast, the Airhead series by Meg Cabot, the Beautiful Dead series by Eden Maguire, and Witch and Wizard by James Patterson.
Third: Look out for new books that I am totally DYING for! April 20th-Runaway(the 3rd book to the Airhead series), April 27th-Burned(the 7th book in the House of Night series), May 18th-Spirit Bound(the 5th book in the Vampire Academy series), No exact date but coming out sometime soon-Beautiful Dead: Summer(the 3rd book in the Beautiful Dead series), and July 1st-The Return: Midnight(the 5th book in the Vampire Diaries).
Oh, and also I'm starting to drive! I am so excited! I'm doing really well-in other words, I haven't killed anyone yet. Lol. Hope you like this chapter. It's a little different. Keep on rockin!
~Oblivious~
Ben
I couldn't believe that Jewel had forgotten to tell Chad and Sonny about me. It was just too perfect. I'd always imagined myself with someone like Sonny. Part of that had to do with Jasmine.
A lot of the fairy community had no idea why the younger fairies in families became rogue. Well, it wasn't just because the oldest sibling got all the attention; it was also because no one wanted to be with the younger siblings. People wanted to start families with successful fairies who were going to be someone. The younger fairies weren't successful.
Let me explain something really quick. I adapted the way I am a long time ago. I'd always knew that I wanted to be a rogue, partly because of my uncle. My problem wasn't that I didn't get attention, it was that I wanted to be bad. My parents always gave me all the attention I needed. They didn't want their children turning rogue. The thing is, us younger children liked the idea of being rogue. It was exciting.
I'd started dressing in all black. I sealed up all of my emotions. It wasn't until I met Jasmine that things changed. She was a rogue like me. We met one day when we traveled to the exact same spot. It wasn't often that you end up in the same spot as another fairy, and even more so a rogue. We instantly clicked.
We'd started dating, and I fell in love with her. I'd started to change. It wasn't that I didn't want to be bad, it was that I started feeling the happiest I'd ever been before, and it changed me. It made me dream of a life with her. I could get anything I wanted because of my status, but I wanted us to have something better.
Back then I never did any of the actual rogue jobs. Rogues were known for destroying fate's plans. I wasn't doing that at all. I was just doing my own thing. When she came along, I went to the fairy council. I did the unthinkable. When I remember that day, I think of how stupid I was.
I asked them to let me go through fairy training and become an actual working fairy. They allowed me, and it really surprised me. My mentor, Jake, said that I was a natural. They couldn't believe how easily I'd been taking this up. I started talking to my family again, and my sister and I became close. She was so excited that she was going to have a brother who worked, too.
I hadn't told Jasmine yet. I was afraid of what she would think. I decided that I would tell her on my birthday. I was going to tell her before then; it actually started out as my expiration date. I lost my nerve every time I was going to tell her and I eventually told her on my birthday. I didn't get the reaction I thought I was going to get.
When she learned, she dumped me. She said that I'd become something that I wasn't when we met. She said that she'd been seeing this all along, but never told me. She thought that I would just work this out. Unfortunately, what she did ruined my life.
What's funny is that she looked a little bit like Sonny. Not quite though. Where Sonny had brown hair, Jasmine had black with red streaks through it. She also had smaller lips. They were a pale color. Where Sonny was always colorful and bouncy, Jasmine was gloomy and mysterious. I guess that's what attracted me to Sonny in the first place. She's the opposite of Jasmine, with the same facial features and body type.
I cut off all contact with my family. From what I heard, it crushed Jewel. She'd really thought that I'd turned around, and when I went back to my old ways-actually, worse-she took a long vacation. I also decided to be a true rogue. I had the powers, and I had the fairy training to know exactly what to do to lure someone. I could look like a real fairy if I wanted to. I knew all of their magic tricks, so I could do things that a working fairy could do.
Another thing I might mention is that when I turned my back on everything, I became wanted in the fairy world. The fairy council thought that my training made me the worst threat they had, and they were right. I can't go back there without being arrested. I had to close off all connections with my old life. For a long time I stayed in the human world, just walking around. I picked up a few cute girls, of course, but mostly I just thought.
I found a world that belonged to an old man. It was the smallest I'd ever seen. It only had five or six different scenes, one of them being a cabin. What I didn't know about the place when I went there, was that you could change the scenes to be whatever you wanted. The old man didn't know who I was and he really didn't care as long as I left him alone. He let me stay there until he died.
I took everything after that. I eventually got bored with the place, though, and went back to the human world. When I did, I ran into my sister. She never saw me, but I saw her, and I saw who she was talking to. She had finally started her job, and she was talking to her current clients. I knew that this was no coincidence. I started following her around and going to her clients. They always rejected me because Jewel would tell them about me.
She was always so careful…until it came to Sonny and Chad. Oh, you don't know how badly I wanted Sonny for myself. It wasn't just because I got to take her away from Chad, even though that was satisfactory enough as it was. It was also because of how Sonny acted.
I walked into the cabin late one night, and Sonny was on the couch, as usual. Her face perked up as soon as she saw me. I knew that there was always this little part in her mind that would never forget her old life, but I'd pushed it so far back that she wouldn't remember it again anytime soon.
"Ben! Where have you been?" Sonny said, jumping off the couch.
"I had to…work." I replied. So, I lied just a little bit. I was working on my own somewhat. I had to spy on Chad to see how close he was getting. The bad part was that the council was shielding him. That meant that they were up to something and I needed to find out what it was.
"Are you going to actually spend the night tonight?" she asked.
"Are you implying something?" I replied with a raised eyebrow. She slapped me on the arm.
"You pervert. No, I didn't mean anything like that. I mean, we can hang out all night. I want to go do something. I'm so bored." she told me.
The best thing about being rogue is that you don't have to travel through water. You, on your own time-which you don't have when you're a working fairy-have to master the power of teleportation. I knew where to take Sonny, I was just going to have to find something for her to wear.
"I know you're bored. How about I bring you back some things for you to all primped up with and we'll go somewhere special?" I asked.
"You mean I get to go out somewhere with other people?" I knew she was about to jump up and down on the couch. She seemed a little too enthusiastic, though.
"And why are you so excited?" I asked. She looked at me as though I'd just chastised her. She gave me those big brown puppy dog eyes of hers. "Oh, I didn't mean it. I know you want to talk to some other people. You wouldn't be normal if you didn't."
Her face instantly perked up again. "I'm going to go take a shower. When you get back with the clothes, will you put them on the table outside the bathroom?"
"Why can't I just go in the bathroom and give you your clothes?" I asked.
She pretended to laugh. "You're horrible. Just put them outside the door."
I watched her until she closed the bathroom door. Boy, was I going to have fun with this job.
***
Chad
There was so much going around here that I didn't know what to do. It was so busy around there that people were just running over me. I was getting spun around in circles. Most of the time I was sitting around watching Jewel do her thing-I had no idea what this was-and Amy trying not to hyperventilate. I grabbed Amy's shoulders.
"Hey. Listen to me. It's going to be okay. I told you everything that was happening. Nothing is going to harm you here. These people are good. Well…except for the rogues. I imagine we have to stay away from them." I told her.
She looked thoughtful for a minute, too engulfed in what I was saying to pay attention to what was going on around her. I thought she was going to be okay, until she suddenly latched on to me and wouldn't let go. She started saying, "PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE FOR EVEN A MINUTE!"
I was trying to pull her off me, but it wasn't working too well. I'd tried every possible way to get her off without anyone else's help before finally just letting her squeeze me to death. She loosened her grip when I stopped pushing her away. "Amy, I know this is different, but you really need to let me go so that we can go find Sonny."
This snapped her out of her state and she let go of me. Her cheeks were reddening as she dusted her clothes off, as if I was made of dirt. She pulled her hair down out of the ponytail and shook it so that it would cover her cheeks. Finally, she looked up at me. "I'm sorry. I kind of lost my nerve right then. This is just a little freaky to me."
"You can only imagine how this was on Sonny and me. We didn't believe her at first, but we recognized signs that proved she was telling the truth. Plus, her water trick was really impressive. By the way, you handled your first water-travel well." I said.
Her cheeks had gone back to their normal color. "Yeah. I guess. I kind of felt like I was going to throw up, but it went away after a minute of looking at this place." She stopped for a minute and looked around. "So, where are we going?"
"I don't know yet. I think Jewel knows that. I just know that I have to get Sonny soon or I will never have her again. That jerk Ben is gonna get it when I get my hands on him." I replied.
"I don't think so." Jewel said, walking up behind me. She was in her fairy outfit, but it was now a pink color. She kind of reminded me of a troll doll, but I wasn't going to say that out loud. For a minute I thought she could read my thoughts, because she gave me a look that made me want to crawl under a rock.
"Why don't you think he can take Ben? I think he can." Amy replied, smiling at me. I smiled back at her, and her cheeks got red again. Oh no. I knew that look. Someone was getting a crush, and I didn't want to make her feel bad, but I couldn't be with her, either. Sonny was the only one for me.
"Well, I know he can't. Ben has power on his side. I can't even beat him. That's why this is going to be hard. We're going to have to come up with a plan while we're going. We have to find some place to stay once we get to the dimension. That's where we will make our first-"
"Jewel!" someone yelled. I had no idea where this person was because it sounded like they were everywhere. Jewel tensed and then ran toward a door on the opposite side of the room. My heart was starting to ache from being away from Sonny. I thought about the fact that if I didn't get to her by tomorrow's sunset, then I would lose her forever.
I heard a cell phone going off. It took me a minute to realize that it was mine. There was signal here? Seriously?
"Hello?" I said.
"Hey, Chad. Where are you?" Trevor, one of the guys from MackFalls, said.
"I am…why?" I replied.
"We just got back from the tour. We want to film in two hours. You coming?" he told me.
"No. I can't be there. I'm sorry. I'm out of the country. You're just going to have to wait a little while. It won't be longer than two days, I hope." I said.
"Okay. I have to go. By the way, Portlyn needs to speak to you. She needs to know why you didn't go. Call you later, man. Peace." The line went dead. I hated Trevor when he did that.
I put my phone in my pocket and looked around. Jewel was standing three feet behind me with Amy. Amy was rocking back and forth. I was looking at her back, so I walked around to the front of her. She looked horrible. How could someone be so scared of a place that wasn't going to hurt them? She was so pale, I was looking for cuts. I thought that she might be bleeding to death.
"Amy, are you okay?" I asked. I gripped her arm, helping steady her. She was warm, so no dying was going on. Her eyes searched mine. That's when I noticed the real change in her. Her eyes were no longer the light green with dark green that sparkled when she looked into light. They were…well, black. It was like her pupil had engulfed her entire iris.
"Are you actually going to stay the night?" she said.
"Excuse me?" I asked. She was bobbing left and right again, even worse than before. She closed her eyes, and she went even paler. When she opened her eyes again, they were red.
"Are you implying something?"
"Jewel, what is she talking about?" I asked. Jewel looked at me and shook her head. "You have to know what this is."
"I do, I do. It's just that…I was hoping this wouldn't happen. She has some Wicca in her. Usually humans who have a little Wicca in them start having visions or out of body experiences. The thing is, I have never seen anyone do this before. It's really scaring me. I hope she's going to be okay." she said.
By now, Jewel's eyes were black again. "You…" She stopped and started breathing really hard. Then she finished, "I'm so bored."
"Still, what is going on?" I asked while Amy was getting her breath for the next part.
"She's speaking about Ben and Sonny. She's probably been thinking about saving Sonny so much to get her mind off of all of this, and she accidentally channeled them." Jewel explained.
With red eyes, Amy said, "I know you're bored." This time the change was quicker than the rest. She closed and opened her eyes and they'd already changed. She said instantly, "I'm going to go take a shower."
"Oh no." I whispered. I was not liking where this conversation was going. I didn't know who was who.
She stumbled with the first few words while her eyes were red again, but wound up saying, "I just go in the bathroom and give you your clothes."
"Excuse me!?"
***
Amy
I couldn't breathe. I couldn't think. I could just sit here and endure what my brain was picking up. I could hear words just before they came out of my mouth. I wasn't making any sense of any of it. All I knew was that every now and again I saw nothing, and then I saw everything red-tinted. It was starting to freak me out.
I could hear Chad talking to Jewel as it was happening, but I couldn't make any words out of it. I closed my eyes again, knowing that next I would see nothing when I opened them. This time the words came out faster than any of the rest. I didn't know why. There was another pause before the words came again. I knew that this was Sonny and Ben talking. I didn't know how since I'd never met either of them before, but I just knew.
I saw Chad all red again, and this time I could see the sentence before I said it. I fought it, trying to make it not come out, because I knew there was something else attached to it. I was only getting a part of this sentence and if I said it Chad would burst. The sentence went something like:
…I just go in the bathroom and give you your clothes?
But I knew that when I said it, it wouldn't have an question mark and it would sound like a normal sentence instead of a fragment of a sentence. This was so frustrating. One more moment of fighting it, but then I knew that the quicker I got it out, the quicker I could go back to myself. The blood in my body was making it's way to my feet. Everything was going cold now, and I needed to get back to myself.
"I just go in the bathroom and give you the clothes."
My eyes closed and there were stars everywhere. I knew that when I opened my eyes that the stars would follow, and I wouldn't be able to see anyone clearly. I wasn't going to think about Sonny and Ben like that for a long time. How it had happened was weird. I'd been about to put my arm on Chad's shoulder when I started getting dizzy.
I saw my vision getting fuzzy and then I heard a door open and close. I couldn't hear any words yet, but I could hear the background noises in the room that Sonny and Ben were in, and it sounded to me like Sonny wasn't putting up much of a fight. I knew Chad cared about her; it was obvious. But it was also obvious that he didn't want to be with her.
He'd been talking to himself the day I met him. He didn't think I was listening, or he didn't know he was saying his thoughts, but it was clear that he didn't want to be with Sonny like that. He just wanted to get her back so they could fix their problem, right? I hoped so. When he came to me for help-or rather, I came to him-it made my heart swell.
"Excuse me!?" Chad yelled.
I opened my eyes and looked at him. He was looking at me intently, and he didn't look upset at first. His mouth was the same as always; no frown there. The only way you could see that he was mad in his appearance was his eyes. They were narrowed at me and they were "daggers".
"Are you okay?" I automatically asked.
He realized that I was back to normal, and he turned around. He took a deep breath and turned around. His eyes were red, like he'd been about to cry. "The question is: are you okay?"
Oh yeah, that's right. I just had a really weird experience. Was that tingling in my legs just my imagination? I looked down. No, I was not okay whatsoever. My head hurts, and when I looked down I felt like I was going to fall.
I take that back. I didn't feel like I was falling; I was falling. Two strong arms caught me just before I hit the ground. I thought it was Chad at first, and inside I was rejoicing. But I looked up to my hero, and saw that it was a fairy.
He was amazingly handsome. He had short-cut blonde hair and brown eyes. He wasn't smiling, but he wasn't grimacing, either. I could see from here that he had a dark blue shirt on. I couldn't see his pants, but I didn't care. I was just glad that he saved me. I was slowly picked back up.
"Th-thanks." I said.
"It's no problem. Are you okay?" he replied.
"I think so." I put a hand on my head. I felt a lot better now that I took in my surroundings again. I held my hand out to him. "I'm Amy."
He smiled and took my hand. He didn't shake it; instead, he bowed and kissed it. "My name is Hayden. What is a beautiful human girl like yourself doing here? Surely, you aren't here because fate has to lead you to your mate."
Whoa. Mate. That was a weird word. But right then, I could care less. This guy was hot, and he talked like he was from a book. Too good to be true, but maybe not. "No. Actually, I'm here helping…" I trailed off because I was looking for Chad and couldn't find him.
"You're friend went over there. What are you doing here, lovely?"
Okay, seriously, he was going to have to stop before I had a heart attack. I'm not like a lot of girls. I don't show that I'm completely boy crazy. I try to hide it, but sometimes it doesn't work. This guy was definitely getting some of my attention. He was like…ten times hotter than Joe Jonas, which I thought was impossible.
"I have to help him get Sonny back. She was taken by a rogue." I explained.
He thought for a minute. Oh, wow. I took this moment to take in his body. He was built. He had on blue jean shorts to go with his shirt, and I could see the muscles in his legs. Wow. Plus, he had lifted me with one arm earlier, so I knew he was built up top, too. I wonder what he would say if I asked if I could feel his muscles…? What if I could bring him with me?
"Could you wait here for just a second?" I asked. He nodded and I ran over to Chad. "Hey, can we bring Hayden along?"
"You look better-wait, what?" he replied.
"Hayden. He's right there. You saw him pick me up, right? Well, I want him to come with. He could probably help with the battle with Ben." I suggested.
He sighed and looked at me with deep blue eyes. "Okay, but we have to go now."
I clapped and got Hayden. He agreed to go. Jewel took us to the council, and they sprayed something on us that smelt like vanilla first, then coffee, and then honey. Everything started spinning until I couldn't see anything anymore. I clung to Chad. He was clinging to me, too, and I was smiling besides the spinning. I didn't know when we stopped, but when I could see, I noticed that we weren't in fairyland anymore.