Chapter 6: I share a dorm with 3 girls I don't know
"...and he didn't recover after that incident". I heard as I woke up. Another voice spoke, one so angelic I began to drool. "Don't be so hard on him" the angel spoke, "he was just very nervous". There was a loud snort. "Nervous, oh please, he was literally wetting his pants"! I sat up, gasping with laughter, and was faced by two girls. One of them was the one I saw last night, but I didn't really pay attention to her. Next to her was the angel, with soft brown eyes, dark hair and a beautiful smile. I didn't realise I was staring, until the girl next to her snorted with laughter.
"Oh dear, Autumn, another person who will follow you around for the next week", she said, rolling her eyes. I glared at her, stung. Then the angel, who I then knew was Autumn, spoke up. "Don't be so mean, Jess, it's happened to you". I smiled a thanks' at Autumn, but it probably looked like a mad grin. Just then, another girl woke up, and gave a tired groan. "Keep it down over there, I'm trying to sleep", she grumbled. Jess laughed, and yelled back, "Okay Morgan, but we are just welcoming the new girl". Morgan literally rushed over to my bed with inhuman speed, her blonde hair sticking up like it had been electrocuted. When she grinned at me, her blue eyes sparkled.
"Have no fear; I am here to save you from this boring conversation" she announced, grabbing a towel from the bathroom and holding it behind her like a cape, "Captain Morgan to the rescue"! She grabbed my hand, and pulled me up, but we both fell over. Then everyone started laughing.
Suddenly, there was a knock at our door, and I walked over to open it. It was one of the teenagers I had seen near the lake earlier that morning. She had long blonde hair, blue eyes and was fashionably dressed. She looked like she had just walked out of an advert for a beauty product.
"What's all the racket about, I was trying to sleep" she growled. I was just about to answer, when she suddenly whipped her head round, and glared down the corridor at something I couldn't see. "But it's not if I COULD with the racket YOURE MAKING" she yelled. Then she sighed, shaking her head.
I stared at her, confused. What made her hate me so much? She must have noticed my face, because then she said; "It's not you, it's this OVERGROWN potato farmer who is trying to warn me about losing a coca cola, LIKE I CARE" she started to yell again at the empty corridor. I stared. Then she saw my face and sighed. "I'm a Medium, which means I can talk to the dead, and various other things. Believe me, it may sound cool but it isn't, they don't EVER leave you alone". I just stood there, shocked at her words. It sounded like a hard life. She turned and sighed at the corridor, then said; "Okay, okay, I'll tell them". She looked at me, and repeated:
"Something about losing a Cola drink, I think. Then there's something about the autumn coming to help, and the cold of ice, and burning, terrible burning" she yawned, starting to walk away. But just before she walked round the bend, she added; "I think it was just something about a burnt hot dog", then she stormed off, still cursing the poor spirit.
I turned around to my Dorm mates, and then shrugged. "Don't know what that was, think she's got it pretty hard though", I said, smiling. Just then, a bell rang, and Autumn told me that it meant breakfast was in 10 minutes. I felt quite ashamed at the lack of stylish clothes I possessed, when looking at the others. Morgan was wearing brown and white clothes, with a brown sleeveless jacket, that was all fluffy inside and on the hood, brown jeans, and woolly ugg boots. Jess was wearing jeans and a black shirt, and Autumn was wearing a purple dress. I wore my old Brighton T-shirt and grey sweats.
On the way down to breakfast, Morgan popped the question I could tell she'd been wondering since she met me. "So, ermm... So what do you do Georgia"? She asked. I sighed. "I'll show you" I replied. I looked around for something for me to lift, and then spotted the waste paper bin. I lifted it up with my mind, imagining my power as a glittering purple ribbon, and then made it do cartwheels, and all the rubbish started to do the waltz on the floor. My friends gasped, and Autumn looked like she was about to faint. "Wow, a telekinetic, awesome" exclaimed Morgan. I looked at her, and then asked her, "Well, what's your power, is it the same as mine"?
Morgan looked at me, and then grinned. Jessica moaned. "Don't encourage her, she goes on for ages", she grumbled. "I do not" insisted Morgan. She took a deep breath, and then stared at a point next to my arm. Suddenly, a parrot was there, making rude noises and flapping its wings at me. I looked over at Morgan, who was now starting to sweat a bit. "Wow" I exclaimed.
Morgan smiled, and the parrot disappeared. "Cool, huh" she said, looking at me hopefully. I gave her a high five, and we talked about what she was, which is an 'Illusionist', in the line of glamour. I asked her what the others did. "Well", Morgan began, "Autumn is a healer, which means she can heal and take away your pain" I gaped at Autumn, who turned away, embarrassed. "And Jess, over here, she can read your mind" said Morgan, wiggling her fingers and making ghost noises. Jessica shoved her, but then had to laugh.
"So, are there other Telle's, like me"? I asked hopefully. Jess patted me on the shoulder. "Oh yes, oh yes" she spoke like an advert for a soon- to- be released action blockbuster. Just then we turned the corner, and I could see a hall filled with children. As we walked into the dining hall, my nose was greeted by about a thousand different smells; egg, bacon, sausages, baked beans, cereals, toast and even chocolate milk. My mouth started watering.
Morgan beamed. "Ahhh, meal times, the best part of the day" she announced, already heading for the food carts. Jess rolled her eyes. "We haven't even found a space yet, Morgan, how can you be so hungry" she asked. But Morgan was already pilling food onto her plate.
I grinned. "Why don't we join her"? I asked, grabbing a plate and looking hopefully at the others. Jess sighed, but agreed with me. I ran over to the full English cart and literally spooned five of everything onto my plate. I guess all this clean, natural air had given me a massive appetite.
I turned round to Autumn, and offered her the sausage tray. She shook her head. "No thanks" she replied, "I don't eat meat" I shrugged and spooned more sausages onto my plate. Morgan ran over, her face literally shadowed by her mountain of food. I stared. "How can you eat all that" I asked in awe. Morgan tapped the side of her nose, raising her eyebrow. "It's a trade secret" she replied mysteriously. I sat down on our table, and Morgan sat next to me. I looked around, and noticed that group of teenagers again. "Who are they"? I whispered to Jess, who was sitting opposite us with Autumn. She turned to see who I was looking at, then replied; "Oh, they are the 'true eleven' of the older COLA'S, when all the other COLA'S lost their powers, they were all that's left". I gulped. "Did the other COLA'S get their powers back"? I asked. Jess nodded. "It took a couple of years though, in fact, some are coming back just this week" she told me, with a serious face.
After breakfast, Morgan gave me an exclusive tour of the lodge. "Over here is where sports matches are held" she announced, sweeping her hand across a lush green field. I nodded, making a note of that in my head. "And here" she continued, gesturing towards a huge hall "is where the Friday night youth club and disco is held" I grinned to myself. I loved youth clubs, they always had air hockey, my favourite game. This place was awesome!
As the morning turned into afternoon, we came to the end of our tour, and Morgan suggested we go into the games room. I agreed, picturing a room full of Xbox's, Wii's, and TV's. But as I entered the games room, there were no video games; they were all games like a Poole table, snooker, and air hockey, which was actually pretty good. "Where are the TVs, and the Xbox's, and the video games" I asked Morgan. She smiled at me. "With all the 'supernatural' activity going on, it messes' up the signals, so they took all the cool stuff out, but they left the T.V" she beckoned towards a big T.V; where lots of children were huddled round watching it. I spent the rest of the day in there, talking to some of the other COLA'S. Only then did it hit me how amazing these children were.
There was a group of girls hovering in the air about a foot, and next to them some teenagers were doing a strobe lighting effect, by flashing in and out of view. Some Telle's were making forks have a swordfight, and Morgan was showing off her Illusions. There was even that shapeshifting boy I saw by the lake teaching a couple of younger COLA'S how to shapeshift really quickly.
I smiled to myself. This was where I belonged...