Lights flashed and music pumped into Elyon's ears, her smile increasing when she spotted her new beau; Brian. He wasn't generally her type, but she was glad to have someone like him, she liked the way he listened to everything she had to say, and that he didn't laugh at her if it was something silly. "Twenty tickets. I think that should be good for an hour, don't you think? Race you to the roller coaster!"

He grabbed her hand, lacing his fingers between hers and pulling her gently as she giggled, it was nice to have someone that didn't seem to have any worries.

...

Caleb could hear the echo of the portal's buzz as Will closed the swirl of electric blue. Cornelia and Blunk peered over the hillside in search of the boy, taking a long look at him, "Hm.. Boy looks shifty."

Cornelia grunted, "Look who's talking."

Caleb himself peered over to the couple, standing in a heavy line, waiting for a coaster. The boy looked fine to him; laughing and joking with Elyon, swinging their joint hands. It was an odd picture, but not one he dispised. He swallowed as Will walked to join them at his side. "Can't you just get it over with and touch him with the crystal already?"

Will tucked the pendant into her jacket between the zip and barely glanced at Cornelia. Good. If she didn't reveal weakness she should be fine. Caleb felt all too aware of Vathek, slightly between him and Will, yet standing just behind. "Because. I can't just reveal a beast in front of a thousand people!"

He stared ahead, Vathek's gaze bore into his back, while Irma snorted, "If he's a beast he sure is a puny one!"

"When they morph, they're not always the same size." He took a step forward to take leadership. Giving leash to Will would only hurt his reputation with Vathek here. "Two groups. One with them, one behind. Keep alternating. You two: stay here." He nodded to Blunk and Vathek.

"Cornelia, you and me with Caleb, the rest of you; Taranee's in charge if something goes wrong." Caleb frowned. Will and Cornelia were never a good mix. Time heals all though and at least she'd left Taranee in charge.

...

"Will? Cornelia? Caleb?" Elyon's hand tugged out of his and Brian glanced over to two girls and a boy who stood before Elyon. He ducked under the railings and Elyon grinned happily. "This is Brian."

Brian stepped forward to greet the redhead, but the much taller boy stepped between them overprotectively. The boy, 'Caleb', smiled fakely. "Pleased to meet you."

"Y-you too." He felt himself quiver slightly, daunted by the big guy's rudeness, not to mention his heavily built frame which indicated Brian ought to be a little more than afraid of bumping heads.

Brian felt a little of the tension slip away as Elyon's hand returned to his, but she was focussed on the shy blonde; not that she had anything to be shy about. She was stunning. "Cornelia, you okay?"

"Yeah.. I'm fine."

...

"What the hell was that for?" Will hissed at his side as they joined the que. He knew he'd been too obvious, but evil didn't care as much about inconspicuity and Will was an easy target. There was always the chance that Vathek had heard wrong. That he had been set up. He'd had to step forward.

Caleb handed the man at the booth enough tickets for the pair of them and Cornelia, who seemed to be lagging behind. "Look, stick with me okay."

"Oh, okay.." Will's tone was hard, and he could see her checking on Elyon every few seconds, but the sarcasm was not lost. She raised a playful eyebrow and he looked down at th girl, "What about Cornelia? Don't you want to play with her?"

"Cornelia'll be fine." He grabbed her arm and pulled her forward to the nearest cart, Elyon and her beau in front. As she reluctantly got into her seat he met eyes with their 'boy', his own eyes in a dark glare, and muttered; mostly to himself, "Besides, it's you I'm worried about."

"Excuse me?" Will glared up at him. He slid into the next chair, glad she'd popped the instant lock bar and smiled charmingly.

"Pós paírnete mia kókkini kefáli na ypostirízoun me sas?" She scowled and sank into her seat; no pain could be inflicted while she was locked up. She couldn't do anything. "Péste káti."

"Oh, go fuck yourself."

...

A good date was quickly going sour. Where ever Elyon turned, one of the girls seemed to be standing there. And Cornelia was acting.. She wasn't even talking to her properly!

"Gotcha!" Elyon giggled as warm hands came from behind, wrapping her in a tight hug and a oddly shaped image of Brian joined her own on the 'magic mirrors' of the room. "Hey, do you wann-"

"Hey, Elyon!" Laughs echoed around the halls of mirrors, and Irma and Taranee's scewed images coated half the room. Couldn't she get a minute with Brian?

...

"I have to be closer than this in case something happens!" Vathek paced the hilltop while the passling Blunk sucked on a sticky candy-wrapper. Something had happened. His eyes tried to zero in on the usually unlikely red, but lights flashed too brightly and the colour was reoccuring over tables and rides alike. If Caleb's focus was burdened, all could be lost.

"Big blue thing hard to hide." Blunk reasoned. Vathek scanned over the game section where images and models of ghouls masked the grounds.

"Not in there."

Blunk glanced over to where Vathek was pointing. It would work. It should work. Blunk seemed to think so too, "Blunk come too!"

Q)Pós paírnete mia kókkini kefáli na ypostirízoun me sas? A)Péste káti - Q)How do you get a redhead to argue with you? A) Say something. (- I just thought some blatant humor was needed - Meridians ought to have the ability to make bad jokes too :L)