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Chapter 18

Daphne's P.O.V

The week passed by peacefully. Knowing my girls, they were probably worried to death, yet they understood the importance of no-contact whatsoever, so they continued with their lives. At least, I think so. I finished packing up my suitcases, preparing to make my way back to the school. I zipped it up then headed to my bathroom that I shared with the others. It was kinda weird using the same bathroom with a boy, Aaron, but more weird to be the third-wheeler here. Why didn't I just let Dylan come with me?

I checked my outfit out in the mirror. Since we were 'skipping' school, I had so much more time to go shopping. I was wearing my new red-pleaded skirt with a loose white blouse. I had a large black belt across my waist, for the new fashion. Black and red leggings came up to my knees and I wore new black flats. My midnight black hair hung delicately down my back, my bangs clipped back casually.

"Ready?" came Aaron's voice from the door. "I've already gotten your bags, Daphne!"

"Ok! I'm coming! Where's Brie?" I called, coming out of the washroom. He stood at the door, checking his watch. Loose jeans hung off of his waist, while he wore a blue t-shirt over a white long-sleeved undershirt. Not really caring for his looks, his hair didn't even look brushed.

"I don't know." He sighed. "She left this morning, really early. I thought she was just getting some breakfast. Anyway, it's almost lunch. Should we wait for her, or go looking?"

I sighed with him. "Let's go look. But first, let's just drop off our things at the school."

He nodded. "Ok." And he took our bags downstairs.

"I'll start looking. Just take those back and leave ours at our dormitory. Ok?" I instructed, shoving him into the cab.

"Yeah, yeah. See you in a few." With that, the cab drove away.

I watched for a few minutes before heading down the familiar streets. It was still cold, but not enough. Winter ended really really early here in Ivylonia, as you can see. There was just a small layer of snow on the ground, and frosting on the buildings. I looked around at the different people who were walking by, trying to pick out Brie.

Then, I found myself in front of a cafe. There, sitting at a table inside, was Brie! I walked in, grateful for the warmth.

"Brie!" I called. She looked up at me and smiled, motioning to the seat across from her. I walked over and sat down, taking a mini-menu from the nearby table.

A waitress came by and smiled down at me. "What can I get you, Dear?"

I skimmed down the list, even though I knew what I wanted. "A cappuchino please, with whipped cream."

She nodded and then looked up at the counter. Slowly, a filled to the brim cup came over, floating easily in the air. She was a telepathic! Kool. As it landed on the table, she said, "There you go, Hun." and left.

I took a sip and sighed happily. It was delicious. Then, I looked at Brie and realized she was reading the paper. "What are you reading?" I asked patiently.

She glanced up and shrugged. "Just...stuff."

Confusion rocketed through my body and mind. She never acted this way...this...seriously. My face went slack as I realized Gabriella Bautista was being...serious. How strange. "Brie, are you alright?"

She nodded once before reading again. Really, what was so interesting?

I took another sip of my coffee, letting a comfortable silence fall between us, like a thin blanket covering us. My mind drifted to what Vampiria looked like, and why they wanted us back so soon. Then, my mind went farther and I saw a dark, dark room.

Nine teenagers sat all against the four walls, bound and tied. Four were girls, and the rest were boys. Gags were stuffed delicately into their mouths, while tight, thick ropes tied their legs and arms. Sweat poured down their foreheads and some were actually still unconscious. My mind stopped, wondering just what I was imagining. One certain boy, with light brownish blonde hair and deep golden eyes struggled, trying to get closer to the group of girls. His hair was plastered to his head, and blood slightly dripped from his mouth, from where he attempted to take off the gag that kept him from shouting for help. My heart thudded faster and faster as I realized just who that boy was...Before him was another guy, dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. This one also battled his way over to the girls but first waking the other guys. They knew that together they could help each other escape from their captors. He made his way over to two girls, both dear to him. One had brown hair, a similar colour to his, and her eyes were closed. Her face was scrunched, as if having a bad nightmare. Which she probably was. The other had golden brown hair, and her liquid gold eyes were frantically searching around the room, analyzing and saving the information she gained into her mind. With help from a black-haired boy, the first (with the brownish-blonde hair and gold eyes) had his gag out. He began to mutter some words and soon four pixies appeared in the room, still sleepy. I watched in horror, not knowing why this was in my head...as if I wanted this to happen. "Go! Free them, hurry!" the boy ordered, before going around taking gags out of his friends' mouths and getting his hands freed. Then he freed his legs and went around helping. The pixies were slow, for they were fairly small, but eventually they were all freed....at least, until the soldier came in and knocked them all out.

The 'dream' stopped, just like that, and I was once again in the cafe. But Brie was no longer reading. Instead she sat beside me, a worried expression on her face. "Daph! Daph! Thank God! I thought something was wrong, for a second."

"Something...is..." I murmured. "That was no daydream. I...I saw the others and they were all trapped and bound or something. Brie, Brie, what's wrong with me?"

Just then, Aaron entered. "There you are! We've got trouble!"

Brie stood up, going over to him. "What kind of trouble?"

"The...the others! They've...They've been kidnapped!" he cried, angrily. "We've got to do something!"

"By who?" Brie gasped.

"Alex." He growled. "But, just where could we find them?"

"Vampiria." I answered quietly. "It was a trap. And we fell for it. So now, we have to go find them. They've been gagged and bound, and now...now they're unconscious. Those things I saw...it really is happening!" I jumped up, my heart pounding loudly in my chest. "Guys...guys...it's time. We've gotta go NOW!"

Brie and Aaron nodded, then we took off, heading towards the school.

"ARE YOU SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THIS THING?!?!??" I screamed, terrified. In all my life, I never thought I'd be here. I sat in the back seat of a four-seat spaceship. That's right; a spaceship. It doesn't look like the ones on television, but it's close. It looked small from the outside but inside, it was really roomy. I mean, really, reallyroom. Let's just say, I can watch all the movies I want on the 56" T.V while eating out of the mini-fridge and placing my feet up on a feet-holder-thingy. I stared outside, placing what I could only guess were planets. But this wasn't just it. Being a magical being, I saw more then the nine planets. I saw all the hidden ones as well. As we went, Aaron gave us a tour. Soon, we had past more then five. Faeries, Ice, witches/wizards, and ectera, ectera, along with the normal planets; Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, etc. Then, the number of planets and homes died down and soon we were in complete darkness. The only light came from the Sun, that was far, far, far behind us.

"We're almost there." Aaron informed as I was about to ask, "Are you sure we're going the right way?" But, of course. Vampires are dark creatures, or so I think, and always perfer to be far away from civilazation. I gulped as I saw a dark, blood red planet come into view. It was very large, and ...red. Akuka, akuka, akuka, I remembered from one of my favourite songs. My heart quickened as we landed in a very deserted parking lot.

"How come there's no other ca-I mean, spaceships?" Brie asked, thinking exactly what I was. Actually, I think she was reading my mind. But you know, since I can see the future-slash-present-slash-far away places, being a telepath isn't that weird to see her reading my mind.

Aaron looked at her, a glint in his eyes. "That's because this is the royal parking lot, Princess Gabriella." He smirked as she cringed away from the name. "Ewwwwwwwwwww!" She remarked, making a nasty face. "That's weird."

We got out, and I was surprised to find myself still breathing. But, really, what was I expecting? To die because of loss-of-oxygen? Pfft.

Using a secret passageway, he brought us into his own castle, his home. He knew where the dungeons were, and so we hurried there. I was terrified and I tried to not look around as I was crossing. Aaron had already warned us that it would be scary and that we should not look, if we could help it. I was trying to obey, being a scaredy-cat.

Soon, we found our way to more appropriate cells and I gasped. Each of my friends were divided up into their own cells, nine in total. They were all unconscious, and hanging from the walls. How dare they treat my friends that way! Most of them were even royalty themselves! That pissed me off.

Trying to be quick but quiet, we made our way to the first ones and tried to pick the lock. I ended up in front of Dylan's. Sweat and blood poured down his face as he tried to breathe properly, being in that position. He was strapped in more carefully, seeing he was the one who almost freed the others. The cuffs and chains were tight against his wrists and ankles, making his skin raw and red. His clothes were torn from the picks close by. It looked like he had a lot to struggle with. I gasped and almost cried out as through is fabric I could see bloody red lines across his body, as if he was whipped. Not if, actually, from when he was whipped.

I got through the cell, then ran to him, throwing my arms around him. "Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan..." I whispered, silent tears falling from my face. He opened his eyes weakly at me, which surprised me(again). "I'm so sorry." I continued to whisper. "So so so so so so so so soooo very sorry."

He smiled at me and then cringed in pain. "No, don't be." He replied, his voice hoarse. I sobbed, feeling pain...but not anywhere close to the one he was feeling. But, then, I thought...if I could see what was going on with my friends far, far away, what rules say that I can't heal his injuries?

"Pynki...I need you." I murmured. She came out quietly from my locket, yawning. I shushed her before she could say a word, and motioned to our surroundings. She understood immediately and quickly we transformed. I placed my hands over his chest and closed my eyes, urging all my power to go to him, to help him heal...

A warm feeling came through my body, starting from my toes to the top of my head. It felt hot against my skin and it was burning at my hands, where my palms were faced out towards Dyl. I squeezed my eyes tighter, ignoring the burns and concentrating on healing Dylan. I prayed silently that no one else was injured as badly.

"Stop...stop, Daph...don't waste your energy..." he whispered. "DAPH!"

My eyes flew opened and I looked at him curiously. The burning feeling and heat was gone, leaving me slightly cold and light-headed. I noticed that the whipped lines on his chest were faint now and I let out a sigh of relief to see colour in his face and emotions in his eyes. Too bad they were angry emotions.

"Why, Daph? Why would you go that?" he asked angrily. I whimpered, knowing I did the right thing, even if he didn't realize it now. "Come on, Dylan, let's get you off of there." I snapped of the chains easily with my super strength and let him fall-slash-lean on me. He tried to stand upright, but was still feeling too much pain to do so.

Slowly we walked out of the cell, only to realize that the rest of the gang was already free and waiting. Luckily no one else was injured as much as Dylan. They probably figured that he was the 'leader' or something.

"Let's go." Aaron whispered. "We have to ta--" He stared ahead.

I looked up and gasped.

"Well, well, well. Trying to escape again, are we? But ahh, this time the three amigos are with you...excellent." Alex smirked.

I glanced behind him...only to see a whole group of soldiers.

Oh boy, were we in trouble.

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