Author's Note: hi guys, very sorry for not updating yesterday, we had a black out at my house and I was stuck without electricity for some time.
Anyway, thanks to all the very nice reviews on the last chapter, IwishIcouldbeNumberFive, Guest 1, Guest 2, fire8856, The Book Queen, Samthevariablex, Guest 3 and Marina3Eight, you guys are awesome.
Chapter dedication: Leaning Leon, you have been an awesome follower, favouriter and reviewer for all my stories!
Anyway, the story must go on!
Previously on The Destiny of Ten…
Kate calls out to them and they walk over, I gasp when they come into view,
"Emily, I'd like you to meet Britney and Hessu. Or as you will know them; Number One and her Cepan"
ACTION!
Emily/Five POV
"I'm sorry what?" I blurt out a bit too fast, Britney smirks but rolls her eyes and I think Hessu scowls at me. Kate nudges my arm a bit. I'm meeting the Garde now, this is probably what's happening.
"I mean… Hi!" I say, walking up to Britney and extending my hand, she looks at me then raises her eyebrow. She stifles a laugh before shaking it, I give a small wave to Hessu who just… nods?
"So what Number are you Em?" Britney asks, putting her hands on her hips,
"Um, I'm Five. Number Five" I stutter, Kate smiles. There's a few moments of awkward silence; I feel very insecure now – Britney is a frickin Elder. Great.
"What Legacies do you have Five?" Hessu asks coming forward, she looks at me – probably visually examining me, probably to see if I'm good enough – she's quite old to be a Cepan of a 17 year old.
"Um, I just got a flying one" I say, but it comes out as a question,
"It manifested today, so we're going to work on it" Kate says, butting in and relieving me – talking to this Hessu lady is kinda scary. Hessu nods,
"On Sunday we will start both of your trainings. Hessu has kindly set up a remote area close to the borders of the city to train. We'll get there by jettrain" Kate says, Britney groans on the word training, I can't help but giggle, she grins before getting a slight whack on the shoulder from Hessu.
This is going to be something.
Joe/Eight POV
It's Saturday morning and I don't want to get up. The sun creeps in through my tinted window and onto the fresh grey carpet in front of my bed, I just want to stay here forever, I think back to last night. Wow. I got Marina home at 10:10 or so, I didn't think Adel would be happy, but she was surprisingly all good with me bringing home Marina a bit later than expected. I smile just thinking about Marina, she is the most beautiful girl in the universe, but before last night I didn't think someone as perfect as her could be more perfect. The way her hair flows down her shoulders, her thoughtful eyes, perfect face-
"JOE!" Reynolds' voice interrupts my train of thought, I jump out of bed and on to the carpet, but instead of landing I fall and face plant in the fresh grey fabric. On the bright side we just got it cleaned, so my face smells like 'lavender surprise'.
"Huh?" I grunt back loudly, I hear Reynolds running up the stairs, I groggily pick myself up from the floor and go back to bed, slowly crawling underneath my sheets. Reynolds bursts into the room,
"Eight! Eight! Wake up!" he says, drawing the blinds fully, the sunlight seeps through and even when I close my eyes I feel the brightness, I groan again,
"Rey, you know it's Saturday"
"This is serious Eight" he says, sitting on the side of my bed, putting his head in his hands, then standing up and looking down on me,
"What do you mean? Saturday's not serious" I say, smirking a bit, Reynolds grins for a second before turning serious. And that's when I know he's not joking,
"Rey, what's wrong?" I ask, sitting up and wiping the sleep from my eyes. Reynolds' face darkens and he looks to me, chills are sent up my back.
"Rey-"
"Something's happened" he says, cutting me off, I look confusingly at him and there's an uneasy pause that hangs in the air, then it hits me... Someone at the school could potentially be hostile to you, Sandor's voice rings throughout my mind, the second I rehear it, my heart drops. I swing my legs over the edge of my bed and stand up; Rey stops me from going down stairs,
"You and the others are in danger now…" he says, halting me, I look down and return to my bed, sitting on the edge,
"It was too risky, Brandon knew it… heck everyone knew it" Rey mutters, rubbing the side of his temple and pacing around my room.
"What happened?" I ask, running my hand through my curly hair, Rey stops pacing to look at me,
"Someone… has been… following the Nine" he says, worried and look of dread on his face, I nod – soaking in the information I've just been told. I shake slightly from the creeps and chills of this early morning news.
"What do we do?" I ask, looking to my Cepan, he turns, there's a pause before he answers.
"We unite"
Adam POV
I like Lorien, it's free, peaceful and it's really nice. The people here are nice, the weather is nice. Lorien is just generally nice.
I'm walking down the street; I get a few free hours to myself before I have to go to work. I work at the Chimaera shelter at the border of City Centre. It's nice there and Chimaera are amazing creatures – much better than Mogadore's Piken. I walk into the main supermarket – it's pretty much a giant block of warehouses, that are furnished and that have items ranging from toothbrushes to 4-D TV Cinemas. It's really cool. I go to the comic area, then the electronics area – it's really cool to just walk around and get a feel for this type of living. On Mogadore shops like these were rarely seen. I return to the comic area – a lot of people have started to come in, it's almost midday. I pick up a comic book on some superhero team – they're called the X-men. It sounds interesting, I might buy it – I've always been interested in super powers and that sort of fantasy world; I guess that's why I feel more at home on Lorien, even though I've only been here for a few days.
"Hey there Adam" I hear a voice say, I spin around and come face to face with… Britney – I feel the heat rise in my cheeks, I suppress it easily,
"Um, uh, hi" I say awkwardly, she laughs and raises an eyebrow,
"What are you doing here?" she asks, looking at what I'm reading. She probably thinks I'm a major geek now; I guess the new and mysterious guy image can be scrapped. I can't help myself but stare at her beauty, her blond hair is free, flowing down her shoulders. She wears a dark red skirt that finishes a fist above her knees and a dark grey, long sleeve sweater that hangs on her shoulders, revealing part of her bare neck and shoulders. I quickly answer her question,
"Um, uh, just looking around... how about you?" I say, trying not to make a fool out of myself, she smirks,
"I'm here with my Cepan, we gotta pick up some things for a… get-together" she says, looking down at her heels. I smile, she smiles back. We stand, both just smiling at each other, I soon realise I must look like an idiot, staring at her and break the eye contact, she does to and I think a small redness in her cheeks rises,
"Um, i-it was nice to see you again Adam" she says, giving a small wave goodbye, I grin and copy her wave,
"See you at school!" I say to her as she disappears down an isle. I still can't get the smile off my face.
Britney/One POV
Shopping with Hessu isn't fun at all, she… is very… old fashioned in the sense. She criticises what I wear and what I do and I guess my little run in with the law 2 years ago didn't really help her mind set of me. But regardless she's like a mother to me, an old mother. But still. I met Adam at the shops, he's different from anyone else I've ever met, and he's a bit awkward and insecure I guess – but that just makes him seem cute I guess. He's sweet in a way. The things Hessu and I bought from the shops were a few clothes and items for the 'get-together'. We're meeting up with the others today… the other Nine. I am a bit nervous, but I hope there are some hot guys, maybe I'll know some of them from school. Besides Emily or Five should I say. She's nice and all, pretty, but she's innocent, being the new girl in a school like City Centre can have it's ups and downs. But so far I think it's a high road for her.
"Remember you are Number One. Set a good example" Hessu lectures me, I roll my eyes,
"I could've been Number Eight! It's was a random picking-"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. No, dear One – each of you Elder's children are actually blood descendants of the original Elders. You're birth name is One; you will live it, fight it and die it" she says sternly. I nod, and look down,
"Um, what Number was Pittacus?" I ask, quite curious about our Inheritance and history; I don't listen in Loric History at school, it's boring and all we learn about is the history of the buildings and skyscrapers Lorien has built. Like I said, it sucks.
"I'm not sure, it has never been recorded what Numbers the Elders were, I guess, we'll just have to wait and see" she says and very slight smirk planted on her lips. I frown; I don't want to be Pittacus, way too much work – and plus, you have to run and take care of a frickin planet!
"We're here" Hessu's voice breaks my mental rant, I nod and get out of the car. I want to look really good for my first impression. Hessu locks the car door and walks towards a gym we've parked in front of; many other cars have parked there; I count about eight others, so I guess we're the last ones. Yay. We walk through the gym; equipment of different kinds are lined up, weights and bars of different weights and size sit around neatly on dumbbell racks and bench presses. It's pretty nice, we continue walking, through the reception and stop in front of a white wall. I look around while Hessu opens it, a hiss sound breaks my wonder and I look towards the white wall, which has now become a white door. I splits apart and opens, as we walk inside the fully white enormous room, with heaps of items and equipment, I see figures in front of me – they're laughing and talking, creating a playful environment. Before I can look at the space I'm in anymore, the people come into view and my jaw drops open,
"What the f**k"
Author's Note: hi everyone, sorry if that was a bit short, this was mainly catching you up on the other guys, since we had date night for Navrina and Devedor go on for about 3 chapters. So tell me what you thought of the Britney/One POV – should I make it a regular thing, also for the Adam POV as well.
Thanks again for reading and please review – tell me what you guys thought and also I'm going to bring Sam in really soon, I want you guys to decide if you want him to be Loric, Human or something else. By the way, Sarah is a no for now, by the time I reach Chapter 25, I will put Sarah in or out depending on your votes/choices!
Please review!
:D
Paragon 8