Hey guys Purrfictionist here! Here's the new chapter. I tried to come up with a chapter title and I couldn't think of anything good so excuse the boring title for this time! I'm planning to update very soon, possibly even today if, I have time because I want to bring on the chapter about Jill and Sydney's first Christmas together!

Chapter 6

Sydney Sage

A New Danger

She's asleep," Angeline confirms as she walks out of Jill's room.

Angeline plops down on the couch next to Eddie and hides her face in her hands as she stifles a yawn. Eddie sighs and runs a hand through his hair as he tilts his head up to the ceiling. I, Sydney Sage, have been sent to protect Jill's existence from the human world, and this involves playing her sister. How can I let Jill get hurt like this and call her my sister?

The news isn't only a shock for me. Everyone seems rattled by it. Jillian Mastrano is straight forward the reflection of pure innocence. It's almost impossible to picture her punching Ana in the nose. And now, we all have a new addition to our list of danger.

"I never thought that I'll have to protect Jill from this kind of danger," Eddie says breaking the silence. "It's just ridiculous. Why Jill? Why couldn't Ana pick on someone else?"

"She was jealous."

I look up at Adrian and feel the anger rush back to me from what he had said in the office right in front of the headmaster. It's as if he doesn't realize how much I was doing to protect Jill, to get her to fit in with the people. And the only way to get that to be possible is by being close to the headmaster. After tonight, I highly doubt the headmaster will even look me in the face without scowling at me.

"What do you mean?" Eddie asks.

"I saw it in her aura, she is jealous of Jillian."

"Do you think she wanted to be a model or something? Is she going to use Jill to get to Lia?" Angeline asks. "Jill did mention that Ana has the picture of her latest model session."

"I can read auras not minds," Adrian snaps leaning against the door.

"That there is another issue," Eddie says rubbing his eyes. "We need to boost up the security at all times. Sydney, we're going to need your help to now more than ever. If Ana does anything stupid, the Strigoi will find out."

I nod and shiver as Eddie brings up the blood thirsty vampires. My experience with them was short and pure horrifying.

"Of course," I say.

"I think that we need to get Jill out of here personally. Not just because of Ana, but for everything. She looks like she needs to take a vacation and tomorrow after all is December 21st, we can go to Montana. I'm pretty sure Lissa and Rose would want to join us. It'll be good for Jill to get away from all this undercover business and step into the light for once,"Adrian proposes.

Eddie looks at Adrian nodding approvingly. "Jill does need a break," Eddie agrees. "But how are we going to get a ticket to Montana now?"

"I can pull some strings with my heads and get us and the others tickets," I offer.

Eddie nods. "Could you? I'm starting to ask too much from you these days Sydney,"

I shake my head blushing. "It's my duty," I say giving him a small smile.

Adrian besides me raises his eyebrows. "A duty?" he says.

"Adrian," Eddie says narrowing his eyes at Adrian. "Not now."

Adrian closes his mouth as if he's about to say something but stops himself. I ignore his eyes and feel myself flush. Taking care of Jill is my duty, and it has been for a while now. But why is that now I feel there's another reason why, a reason that's wrong. A reason that shouldn't be there.

"Well I have to go and call the guardians back at Court now and tell them our new situation," Eddie says walking over to the door.

"I should leave to and make all the arrangements with my Head," I say joining Eddie at the door.

"I'm going to go see Jill one last time before I head off," Adrian says turning his back to us.

Eddie and I bid Angeline a good night and walk out of her dorm and into the cold Californian night. We walk down the sidewalk silently and stop at the end of the sidewalk. I meet his eyes that are already on mine and watch as he forces a smile.

"Ignore Adrian," Eddie says eventually. "I know what your beliefs are and that you have to follow them and that's ok to me as long as you don't say anything like that in front of Jill. She really likes you and it'll hurt her if you say that to her."

"I would never say anything like that in front of her or to anyone Eddie," I reassure him.

"I know Sydney, good night," he says.

"Good night Eddie," I say as I watch him walk away.

I start to take a right towards my dorm on the other side of the building when I notice that I left my bag in Angeline's room. I start to turn around when I bump into something strong and warm. I look up into a pair of amused green eyes. I flush and step away from Adrian as he dangles my purse in the air.

"Missing something?" he says.

I snatch it out of his hands. "What the heck were you thinking back in that office talking to the headmaster like that?"

"I told the truth Sage," he says. "Something you have been failing to do for quite a long time now."

I flush. "We all now Ana's a jerk, but we don't go and talk to her mom like that. How am I supposed to talk Angeline out of trouble, and pull Jill out of P.E now? The headmaster will never look me in the eye with a straight face anymore!"

"Then find someone else!" he yells. "Find some other administrator!"

"There is no other administrator here I can talk to Adrian! You messed it all up!"

"Think about this Sydney," he hisses. "Ana attacked Jill for no reason but to pull herself up higher in the academy. Remember what Keith did to your sister? Well he did that so that your sister would quite being an alchemist because she would never be able to work with him as her partner and he got himself to the highest rank and alchemist could get himself to. Your sister was forced into doing something just like Jill is now! And what did you do? You sat still because you didn't want to tell Keith's dad the truth as it would ruin your relationship!"

I stand still and look into those dark green eyes frozen. I feel myself pale and take a step back in pain.

"You're wrong," I whisper as tears rim my eyes. "You don't know why I didn't tell him. You thought I would be afraid to tell Keith's dad the truth? Well you're wrong!"

The tears I had been holding back for a long minute now run down my cheeks and feel icy cold on my cheeks as I wipe them away angrily. I look into those green eyes one last time before I run out away from Adrian and that horrible memory I had been trying to forget for so many years.