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Title: Song of the Melodie
Author: Ivory Core
Chapter 7: Surprises around every corner
It had been five years since that faithful night of singing when Eliora sang for her newly found brother.
Since that time, both children had grown up. Charlie was seven years old while Eliora was twelve.
She had grown to be quite tall, almost passing Miss Perkings now. She was quite pretty, always smiling, and seemed to try to aim on the bright side of things.
Her hair and grown as well, instead of stopping at her cheeks like before, it now rest just above her waist.
She was due for a hair cut soon, as well as Charlie. His dark brown hair is just too much! But one thing is for sure, Charlie would never have to worry about being bold in the future.
Eliora was doing well in her studies. She never gained any points, but that didn't bother her. The good thing was that she never again entered the sweat box since the first time.
Now Elioras newly found brother was quite different. Even at the age of seven, Charlie was quite smart for his age.
He loved to read. Give him anything and he would read it. Of course he would ask Eliora on what a word meant or how to pronounce it, but he was a fast learner.
Eliora had asked Mrs. Stone if they could go to the library. Charlie had read almost every book possible for him to get his hands on in the orphanage. Eliora thought that it might be good for Charlie to see a library.
But the young children were not allowed to leave the orphanage until they are of age to go out. The older children (twelve to eighteen), accompanied by a supervisor, were able to leave the orphanage for simple trips.
Like to get a haircut, dental work, and sometimes to the library; but that depended on which supervisor you went out with.
But Mrs. Stone had rejected the idea. So Eliora had to find another way to keep Charlie entertained.
Eliora would smuggle books from the study hall and bring them up to Charlie. Books like "The red badge of courage" or "20,000 leagues under the sea". Even if Charlie didn't understood half of what he was reading, it still gave him a challenge to accomplish.
The older Eliora got, the more she began to understand that the strange things that happened around her…as well as around Charlie, was actually a form of magic.
She had tried to get information on magic from the library. She found some interesting books on the history of magic, but nothing on where it came from or on other people who had it.
Till this day, whenever Charlie got angry or frustrated, things would start to fly around the room. Eliora tried her best to hide this from the other students, but Charlie seemed to be a very gifted boy.
Eliora too was gifted, in much more ways than Charlie could ever be.
But Charlie knew about the small things that Eliora could do. Like to disappear at will, having a medallion that was a great nightlight and flashlight at times (not to mention warm to the touch), and to top it off; she had a shape shifting dragon.
Oh yes, Charlie found out about Tal. Tal, around Charlie, had always taken the shape of a white mouse.
But when Charlie was having one of his little tantrums, and Eliora wasn't there, he accidentally started to lift Tal by magic.
Scared out of her wits in thinking that Charlie was going to drop her, Tal transformed herself into a dove.
But no harm was done. Charlie seemed to like Tal even more after that. So now it was their secret, Eliora and Charlie's.
There was also another thing that both Eliora and Charlie shared in the magical abilities. They both had a telepathic connection.
Since Charlie was seven years old now, Eliora was forbidden by Mrs. Stone to see Charlie again. Because he had passed babyhood and had entered boyhood, he was to sleep with boys his own age.
But Charlie never got along with the other boys. Actually, Charlie never talked to anyone but Eliora.
To the orphanage, Charlie had an invisible dumb hat on his head. He never talked in class, or participated in the games.
You see, Charlie did talk before. But he stopped talking to anyone; expect Eliora, the day he got a perfect grade in his academic chart.
Mrs. Stone was furious. She kept on rambling that Charlie had cheated. Poor Charlie was sent to the sweat box that day. He was only six years old at the time.
A whole year had passed since that day, and Charlie never spoke a word since. He told Eliora that he preferred that everyone think he's dumb then think that he is a cheater.
So now that they were separated, thanks to Mrs. Hippo, Eliora would telepathically talk to Charlie who would talk back the same way.
He would even talk to Eliora during their classes, meal hours, and long into the night.
But there were some nights that Charlie didn't speak to Eliora. On these nights he was probably sleep walking.
Apart from being a little genius, Charlie had two problems. He was terribly scared of heights and sometimes he would sleep walk.
Now there was something else that Eliora had, another one of her abilities, but she never told Charlie though.
This ability was to sense Charlie. If she concentrated hard enough, she could actually feel Charlie's feelings or sometimes they came on their own. Like if Charlie was feeling sad, but wasn't talking to Eliora, she would feel his sadness.
Just like the day when Charlie came to the orphanage that Eliora had heard him crying and even felt his fear of the storm, to this day it was the same way.
This one ability was what probably saved Charlie's life on one stormy night.
Just like that night when Eliora had sung to Charlie for the first time, a night such as that one rained over the area.
After a long day of homework hassle and papers to do, Eliora felt dead tired. She was so tired that she quickly brushed her teeth and slipped on her nightgown after she took her uniform off.
After that she just plopped unto her bed. The rain was pounding hard against the glass and the thunder rolled after a lighting striked the night sky.
To Eliora it was all quite loud but the rain was soothing. She hoped that Charlie was alright. He had come over his fear of storms and enjoyed them just as much as Eliora did.
As Eliora automatically laid down her back on the bed, she immediately winced and quickly turned to her side.
There was also something else that to Eliora was quite strange. You see, Eliora could never sleep on her back.
Whenever she tried, she would feel something poking her. But she checked the bed, and her clothes, but nothing was amiss.
She even checked the mirror to see her bare back if she had any bones sticking out. But the only thing she saw was the two light pink lines running down the sides of her back.
She had thought that it was a scar, but she was so wrong.
So as the rain pounded on the glass of the large doors from the balcony, Eliora slowly fell into a deep sleep. As she went off, she wondered how Charlie was doing. No doubt out cold on his bed while drooling over his pillow.
Eliora smirked in her sleep at that thought. But then her smirk vanished to be replaced by a deep frown.
She began to toss and turn in her bed, her sheets twisting around her legs. But the dream she was having as anything but happy.
Her dream was confusing and disturbing…
The rain pounded on the rooftops. The wind howled like an angry creature of the night.
A small figure slowly walks on the roof while balancing himself with his arms held out like an eagle.
A boy, a boy with blue pajamas and blue slippers slowly walks on the fine line of wood that spread across the rooftop. On either side of him, the roof slanted downwards.
The boy suddenly turned around to face Eliora as she was a spectator. The boy's eyes were closed, but that didn't mean that Eliora didn't recognize him.
The boy's light brown hair was soaked across his wet face. The rain seemed to pound harder on the boy.
His pajamas were soaked, and one wondered how he kept his balance with so much weight from his wet clothes.
Suddenly lightening flashed so brightly that it blinded Elioras sight; soon after the thunder roared around them.
Eliora had just enough time to open her eyes and watch in horror as the boy lost his balance when the thunder shook.
Eliora stared into the fearful dark brown eyes as they popped open. She immediately started to run towards him, but she couldn't move.
So Eliora watched in horror as the boy lost his balance and fell down on the slanted rooftop. He immediately began to slide down, unable to stop himself as he rushed downwards on his back.
Eliora reached out with her hand, hoping against hope that she could somehow reach him before he fell over the edge.
But Eliora watched as the boy screamed out as he fell over the roof.
"CHARLIE!" Eliora screamed out in her sleep as she suddenly woke up. She immediately fell over the side of her bed and crashed unto the cold wooden floor.
Luckily, she didn't really scream out Charlie's name but only gasp it out. But that didn't mean that Eliora could stop shaking in fear as she slowly calmed down her raising heart beat.
Eliora looked around the room. The storm outside was still going on.
Elioras gaze landed on the bed that was on the other side of the room. It was Angelina's bed, Elioras first friend at Coldrock.
Remembering the time that Angelina had said that she thought she had seen Eliora was but of many more times that she would be able to see things.
Now Angelina was no longer blind. Her sight was completely restored, and Eliora knew that she was the cause of it. She didn't know how, but she knew it.
Now Angelina was eighteen years old. This was her last year at this dormitory. After that she had a choice, either to stay at Coldrock and work as a staff member or leave Coldrock and live her life.
Angelina had said that she was going to stay. Because once Mrs. Stone retired, which they say would be very soon (much to Elioras relief); Angelina would be the second chief of staff.
This meant that some changes were to be installed in the orphanage thanks to her.
Eliora smiled at her friend. But then her smile left her as she seemed to go into a trance.
"Charlie…" Eliora suddenly whispered. "Something is not right."
With that, Eliora untangled herself and slowly got up. She shook slightly at the cold and started to rub her arms over her shoulders.
She quickly puts on her white slippers and starts to tiptoe towards the door. She then slowly eased it open, and while taking a quick look that the coast was clear, she walked out while slowly closing the door behind her.
Once outside, the hallway was once again pitching black. Eliora wondered why Mrs. Stone hadn't installed lights on the girl's side of the dormitories but didn't say anything because no one was suppose to know about the boy's dormitories and what they had.
Eliora waved her right hand over her medallion, which instantly sprang to life while giving off that wonderful purple glow.
Eliora turned towards the hallway leading towards the iron staircase. She began to walk towards it, her mind only thinking about one person…Charlie.
She was just passing by the door with no doorknob, when she suddenly felt Charlie. Eliora stopped and turned towards the door.
The door wasn't open and there was no indication that it ever was open, but Eliora strongly felt that Charlie had gone through this door.
But how could he? There's no doorknob or any other way to get in.
Eliora crouched down to her knees and started to touch the door here and there, trying to find some way in opening it.
She pushed it, shoved it, and even kicked it (which much to Elioras relief didn't wake up anyone), but still the door stayed locked.
Eliora had just about given up hope when something caught her eye. Using the medallion to shine on the spot that had caught her attention, Eliora noticed that were a doorknob should have been there was an engraved snake on the wood.
Eliora lightly touched the snake with her finger tips and instantly the snakes eyes glowed yellow.
Eliora snapped her hand back, away from the snake as its eyes seemed to sweep over her.
It looks like a real snake. But with it engraved on the wood, no one can see it unless you're right in front of it.
Eliora wondered who had engraved the snake there, or for that matter make its eyes glow like that.
Magic…
The thought entered Elioras mind, and it somehow made sense. Maybe this room belonged to that boy that she had seen in Mrs. Stone's mind.
After all, Mrs. Stone had been afraid of you since day one. Saying something that she won't have another of you in her orphanage, maybe she meant someone with magic.
As Eliora pondered over this, her heart suddenly skipped a beat when she suddenly felt herself become extremely cold.
It felt like she was getting soaked straight to the bone. And as she felt this, it suddenly hit her like a cold bucket of water.
She was feeling Charlie's feelings. He was wet and cold. That would mean that he's…OUTSIDE!
Eliora tried franticly to open the door. Now she knew that she had been actually dreaming of the future. Of what was going to happen to Charlie if she didn't get there in time.
As Eliora franticly tried to open the door she took a glance towards the snake. Its eyes were still glowing yellow and were looking all around.
"Open this door." Eliora said towards the snake. She had no idea why she was talking to an engraved snake, but then again she didn't really talk in English either.
Eliora thought she had spoken in English, but that was not what came out of her mouth. She heard the sound of a snake, hissing out but with words. But the words weren't English.
It took Eliora a minute to understand that she was the one speaking like a snake. And boy oh boy did it scare her. She was doing this without thinking about it, speaking some kind of snake language.
When she finished speaking, the snake suddenly snapped its eyes towards Eliora. It glowed once before the eyes died away in their light. A second later Eliora heard a click and watched in shocked amazement as the door opened.
"Note to self, find out what the heck I just did later." Eliora said to herself as she got up and waited for the door to completely open.
When the door was open, Eliora saw that there was a flight of stairs leading straight up to who knows where.
The tower…these stairs must lead to the tower. Eliora thought to herself as she slowly entered.
As she began to walk up the flight of stairs, the door shut behind her and with a click it was locked once again.
But Eliora didn't look back though; instead she looked straight up and started to climb the stairs two at a time. She could see another door way at the top and this one was wide open.
Maybe it was a good thing that Eliora didn't look behind her, because she would have been scared out of her wits.
Behind the door there was a huge engraved snake on the door, but this one protruding out like 3-D model of a snake.
The snake was green and looked dangerous. The snakes head was protruding out of the door and staring straight at the stairs.
The eyes though, the eyes were yellow and they followed Elioras form as she walked up the steps.
When Eliora reached the top, she could hear the rain and thunder clearly. She made it up and pushed passed the door to find herself in a large room.
The room was dark and gloomy, dust and cobwebs covered everything. On the far side of the room was an old fireplace that looked like it hadn't been used in years.
Green couches surrounded a table that held piles of books, some were even opened.
Eliora already liked this place; even if it was a little gloomy one could feel that this place was once used with great care.
"Whoever made this place took a lot of effort to make it homey." Eliora said to herself as she looked around.
The floor was covered in a green rug, once rich, but now with holes on where mice chewed it.
In the middle of the room there was a piano. An old one, but as Eliora looked at it she found it to still play music.
She was so engrossed in her surroundings that she jumped when the wind howled and entered the room.
The pages from the books rattled like a hand was skimming through them. Eliora quickly turned towards the place where the wind had come from.
It was then that she noticed that large opening on the wall. As Eliora stepped closer to it, she saw it to be not an opening but a large circular window.
Two steps led up to the window and as Eliora stepped up she saw that the window could be opened.
That was where the wind had come from, the window was already open. But to Eliora, it really didn't look like a window. It was too big. To her, it was like a door to the rooftop.
At the thought of rooftop, Eliora pushed the glass window a little out so that she could see out.
Rain was pouring hard, and the wind howled loudly. It was hard to see anything since it was so dark outside.
But when Eliora shined her medallion in front of her, her heart plummeted. Charlie was walking on the roof! He was balancing himself as he slowly inched closer and closer towards edge of the roof.
Eliora was about to scream out his name, but stopped herself. Charlie was sleepwalking. If she yelled out his name, he would wake up and loose his balance.
Then the truth sank into Eliora. She had to go out there and save him.
Eliora took a swallowed hard as she slowly swung her legs over the opening. She held on to the handle on the glass window and balanced herself as she placed weight on her legs.
Immediately the rain pounded on Eliora, that in only a couple of seconds later, she was completely soaked to the bone.
With her arms held out on either side of her, Eliora slowly inched her way towards Charlie
She knew she was crazy to be walking out on the roof with rain pounding down on her and not to mention one false step and it was a six story drop.
Instead of keeping her eyes on her feet, Eliora kept her gaze on Charlie. Her heart was pounding so hard that she thought it would burst out of her chest.
Eliora tried to keep herself calm as she made her way across the thin wood that was separating the two slanted rooftops; but as Charlie got closer and closer to the edge, her fears kept on building up.
Eliora watched as Charlie suddenly stopped and started to slowly turn towards Eliora. She was right; Charlie was sleepwalking because his eyes were closed.
Eliora didn't stop walking towards Charlie though. She had a sudden fear that something wasn't right.
Well of course nothing is right! You're on a rooftop, balancing over certain death!
But that wasn't what was making Eliora hurry towards Charlie. It was the feeling that all this was controlled.
The rain, the wind, even the lightening; the storm itself was all controlled by a powerful force that sent shivers of fear up Elioras spine.
Eliora was so very close to Charlie. All she had to reach out her hand and she could place it against Charlie's cheek.
Then the lightening flashed. It blinded Eliora that she had to squeeze her eyes shut.
My dream!
When the lighting was gone, the thunder roared. Eliora opened her eyes and watched as Charlie snapped his eyes open.
It was like she was back in the dream. Charlie's eyes widened in fear as he woke up and understood where he was.
Like in slow motion, Charlie began to flap his arms as he began to tip towards the edge of the catwalk.
But this time, Eliora wasn't stuck like a stature in her dream. As Charlie fell over, Eliora jumped forward and grabbed Charlie's hand.
But Eliora lost her balance too and went falling right with Charlie. Elioras shoulder crashed unto the shingles from the roof, but she made sure that Charlie had landed on top of her.
Now Eliora was on her back, while Charlie had landed on his back onto Elioras stomach.
"Hold on Charlie!" Eliora screamed out as they immediately began to slide down the slanted roof.
They began to pick up speed and there was nothing that Eliora could do to stop it.
She suddenly turned to her side and wrapped her arms around Charlie's waist. Something was happening.
As they reached the edge, both Charlie and Eliora flew straight off and immediately started to fall.
But when they were in mid air, something extraordinary happened. When Eliora had turned to her side as they were sliding down, she felt something on her back.
She felt something moving, no not moving but trembling. When they literally lunched off the roof, Eliora suddenly felt like something on her back was opening.
Charlie screamed as they launched off the roof and started to descend towards the ground below. But Charlie screaming was cut short by the loud sound of something popping open and spreading.
It sounded like the sails from ships when they are opened and the wind pushes against them.
At first the ground came up fast, but then it began to slow down.
Eliora suddenly felt herself as light as a feather. It was like gravity didn't exist and it was exhilarating!
She also felt something flap behind her; she felt her muscles on her shoulder blade contract and release; like they were being used for something.
"Eli! We're flying!" Charlie called out as the ground no longer was coming close, but actually moving away.
And then Eliora was able to see their shadow on the side wall of the orphanage. She saw herself, Charlie waving his hand so that it reflected on the wall (since she was holding onto him), and then something amazing was beating behind her.
Wings, she had wings! Large dragonfly wings flapped as fast as her heart beat could count. It was like music, like a humming bird would.
Eliora watched in shock and amazement as she watched her wings flap ever so gracefully.
Eliora was breathing heavily, but that didn't stop the smile that spread across her face. Ever since the age of seven, she could remember having dreams about flying.
And now, now she could fly. At first Eliora wondered if this was all a dream. But Charlie read her mind and pinched her arm to tell Eliora that it was not a dream.
This was all very real…all of this was real.
And to Eliora, she hoped that it really was, because if all of this was a dream, well she wouldn't want to wake up again.
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