Chapter Twenty-Three: Looking to the Heavens
"If you ever get lost, look to the stars, they will always lead you to where you need to be. Just remember that sometimes where you need to be, is not where you are expecting to go." –Rachel Murray
The trio walked back into class just in time to hear Patricia saying, "KT's not lying Mr. Carter. Fabian and Nina went off and we sent Eddie to get them when the time got late." She put on her best pouty face, hoping that the teacher would believe her. He was about to say something when he saw the three come in.
"Nice of you three to finally show up. I'm sorry if I interrupted something important," Mr. Carter said with sarcasm oozing from every word.
"Sorry, Mr. Carter," the three mumbled while Fabian and Nina sat at an empty desk behind Patricia and Eddie sat next to her.
Patricia looked at Eddie expecting the news and he nodded his head. She gave a small smile and considered kissing him if they weren't in class.
"Detention, you three!" Mr. Carter snapped. "And Miss Williamson," he added and Patricia turned from Eddie to face him, "feel free to join them." She waited until he turned around and then she rolled her eyes and Mr. Carter said, "I'm going to pretend that you didn't just roll your eyes at me, Patricia." She gave a gasp of disbelief but went right back to her notes that she was taking before KT came up with that ridiculous lie.
Detention wasn't so bad. Nina and Fabian had to catalog some of Mr. Carter's books. It only took an hour, and they got to talk while they were doing it. Patricia and Eddie's detention wasn't so nice. They had to clap board erasers for an hour. By the time they were done, they were covered in white, and had breathed in enough chalk dust where they started having coughing fits.
It wasn't until after detention that Sibuna got to sit down and talk about what Nina, Fabian, and Eddie had found.
"What do you think it means?" KT asked. She was like a curious child when it came to this kind of stuff.
Nina looked at her and shrugged. They sat there for a while and Aflie got bored so he took a pen with a light attached to the end and was flickering it on and off. Soon enough he was swinging it around like a sword and pretending to stab people with it.
He got KT and she gave a little laugh. He then poked Fabian and he shook his head jokingly. He went in to get Patricia when she said, "Try that and you will never see your little toy again." He pulled in back and instead poked Eddie. He then continued to flicker it and he accidently shined it right in Patricia's eyes.
She took the toy from him and said, "I told you so." As she was trying to turn it off, she flashed the light over the paper and Nina saw writing appear.
"Wait, Patricia, can I see that?" Patricia handed the light over. "Alfie, what kind of light is this?" she asked holding it over the paper.
"It helps you see invisible ink," he responded with confusion in his voice.
"Look," Nina said, putting the paper down in the middle of the group.
A message appeared at the bottom beneath the clue. "The heavens will guide thee," it said.
They all pondered for a minute then Fabian said, "I think I've got it. 'Where night meets light'. That's it: the moon! The moon's light is just a reflection of the sun's light. That also explains the part about Ra. But we're still missing something." Nina flashed the light over the rest of the page.
"Look," she said, "there's one more thing. 'The sun and moon must be equal.' What does it mean?"
"Maybe we have to go back to where you found it where the sun symbol was when the sun and moon are equal in the sky and you can see them both," KT said a little unsure.
"KT you're a genius," Alfie said.
She took a little bow and said, "Thanks."
Fabian got on his phone, "It looks like it'll be about noon tomorrow."
They all were a little upset because they had five (four once they could actually get to the tunnels) days left until the Knowledgeable One was meant to be revealed and they still had no idea of what they were supposed to do. They would just have to wait.
*You may have missed my change, but previously it was said that the date of the ceremony was May 19, but I have since changed that. I decided that it wasn't going to be that long since my date was late January. It is now January 25 and the ceremony is supposed to happen on January 30.*
*Also I have planned out the rest of my chapters. It looks like we are ending at chapter 35. We still have twelve left and if you guys want I have an idea for a sequel. If five people want a sequel then I will do it (to be honest, I'd probably do it anyway, but it does take quite a bit of time, and I need to know that I can do it).*