10/31/12…
"Having fun, you?" Seth asked as he spun Amanda around, her dressed as Harley Quinn and him dressed as The Joker.
"Yes but I'm probably gonna end up throwing up on you if we don't stop soon." Amanda answered, Seth setting her back on her feet and the two chuckling before her left arm absentmindedly linked into his right one and he grabbed his phone.
"Smile, Mandy." Seth said, aiming the camera app at them when it was facing towards them and both smiling as he took the picture. He slipped his arm around her shoulders and kissed her on her forehead, Amanda smiling and laughing softly as Seth took the photo.
"You two having fun over there?" Dean asked drunkenly, Roman nudging him.
"You need to ease off the alcohol, Dean." Roman muttered as he fixed his Batman costume.
"What? They look so cute together." Dean responded as he readjusted part of his Robin costume. "Hey Joker, Harley! We've gotta get on going!" He shouted.
"You two go on ahead, we'll meet up with you tomorrow!" Seth responded, Roman dragging Dean with him.
"Why does he always drink the most on Halloween?" Amanda asked.
"Dean's never really been one to slow down. He'll be alright, just hungover like there's no tomorrow." Seth answered as he and Amanda hugged.
Amanda knew he was right… but she still worried…
Present time…
The look on her face was a startled one at first when she stumbled across TMZ on Fox 35 and saw the photos of Zahra… and immediately flipped channels, considering the photos to be racist.
"Something like that is gonna cost someone their job, doesn't matter how long ago they were taken. It explains why both were so angry that night." Amanda said after Finn sat back down next to her and lightly rubbed the back of her neck and right shoulder… before both jumped back as the unusually strong wind threw a trash can into the side of the building.
"The hell was that?!" Finn questioned as the wind settled and a few stones hit the side of the building, putting chips and cracks in many of the windows.
"Someone went and pissed Mother Nature off." Amanda responded as she stood up when she heard a knock at the door and opened it, nearly screaming when Sami had multiple cuts on him from glass. She helped him into the room as Finn found the first aid kit.
"A tree branch just went flying through the damn window." Sami said as Amanda patched him up.
"This is strange weather, even for hurricane season." Amanda responded, attempting to head outside but Finn stopped her.
"We don't know what could be going on. For all we know, it could've been a tiny tornado that's still gliding around the block." Finn said.
"He's got a point, kiddo." Sami replied, Amanda sitting back down. "Why do you have bruises on the back of your shoulder?" He asked.
"Zahra started a fight." Amanda answered before all three heard a scream in the hallway. "Dean?!" She called out, running into the hallway and finding him with his nose bleeding.
"Don't go outside until this calms down, I just got hit by a driver's side mirror that was taken clean off the car!" Dean said after resetting his nose, Amanda helping him into the room and closing the door.
Amanda picked up her Samsung Galaxy s6, dialing Hunter's number.
"I was just about to call you, don't go to the arena until whatever's going on outside calms down." Hunter said.
"Was just about to say that, Sami nearly got hit by a flying tree branch and Dean got hit by a car mirror… this ain't typical Florida weather, something ain't right." Amanda responded.
"Neither is a tornado in Spain and snowstorms in northern Australia, check the news out. It's happening all over the place, weather going nuts." Hunter said, Finn hearing that and looking on the news app of his phone.
"He's right… also the sea level lowered by 14 feet in Asia and a volcano dormant for thousands of years is showing activity signs out of the blue in the UK." Finn replied.
"This is getting crazy." Dean said as the wind had calmed down enough outside.
Amanda looked closer outside, seeing what looked like a small dove before the dove flew off.
But it was later at the American Airlines Arena for the SmackDown taping that Amanda, now in her ring attire, a crisscrossed halter style grey and teal cropped top and grey and teal shorts, her shoulder taped up after she put her kneepads on and tied her ring boots that she had seen the dove again… this time, the dove was on Paige's right shoulder.
"Poor thing nearly got caught in the wind storm outside." Paige said.
"Something's thrown the balance off… your family okay in Norwich, they didn't get caught up in this?" Amanda replied.
"They're alright…" Paige answered before the dove flew to the ground… and a bright light surrounded her, the two women closing their eyes to avoid being blinded.
When they opened their eyes, a young girl was standing where the dove used to be.
"Did I just… ouch…" The girl hissed quietly, crouching down and picking up a feather that had come from her, looking over her shoulder as she moved one of two shining white wings forward, her left hand reaching over her right shoulder where the wing was and lightly brushing through it's feathers until she found a small hole where the dropped one had been pulled out of.
"Here, sit down." Amanda said, helping the girl sit down on the couch and the girl seeing the jade toned green polish on Amanda's nails and smiling because it reminded her of the sea.
"I've always loved that colour… shallow ocean over mossy rocks or trees on a clear and bright day." The girl said, glancing up at Amanda as she carefully placed one hand's fingers around the edge of the wing, lightly feeling it's feathers, naturally like half of her couldn't quite believe what was in front of her.
"So soft… like a cloud." Amanda said. "What's your name kiddo?" She asked.
"Ariel… for short. My true name is… well, it's a song. They all are." The girl replied, clenching her right eye shut for a moment as Amanda's careful fingers found the small hole, which was bleeding a little bit.
Amanda lightly pressed some gauze that Paige handed to her to Ariel's wing, Ariel seeing the tape on the back of Amanda's shoulder.
"Someone hurt you worse than this." Ariel said quietly.
"Things got a bit crazy last night…" Amanda responded, glancing at her phone when it rang and letting it ring as she could hear the dial tone in the hallway. "Stay here… Paige, cover her ears if yelling starts." She said before heading into the hallway, Seth turning startled when he saw blood on her fingers.
"What the hell happened?!" Seth asked.
"It's not mine." Amanda answered, turning back around but she hissed as Seth touched her bruised shoulder and turned back, Seth lowering his hand.
"Mandy-" Seth started to say.
"We'll talk when we're both cooled down, I know that you're still angry…" Amanda said.
"I… I know I am, I just wanted to make sure you were alright and then you've come out with bloody fingers, what's happening?" Seth responded.
Amanda opened the door and both walked in, Seth's eyes widening in shock when he saw Ariel's wing bleeding.
"I think I caught it in the carpet when I changed, behind the light I form into a fetal position with the wings wrapped…" Ariel was midway through explaining to Paige before stopped as she saw Seth, staring at him for a moment… before she used her wings for a quick downthrust and launched herself backwards towards the table, which she landed behind and tried to shield herself with.
"Hey, it's alright, Ariel. It's okay." Amanda said as she crouched down, Ariel lowering her wings.
"Paige… is she a…" Seth tried to ask, Paige nodding.
"You're not seeing things, Seth." Paige answered.
