Vol. 10

Chapter 40

The next day, the ladies went to the beach to have a splash. Selina was sporting out her white bathing suit with silver ribbons going here and there. "Woohoo! The blue ocean!" She exclaimed. Marcella stabbed the sun umbrella in place on the sand, she was wearing a red tube top that covered her chest only with matching bikini bottoms with a black strip running down on the side and wearing a black baseball cap with her hair in a ponytail. Hermione was standing on top of a rock feeling the breeze going through her body, she was wearing a royal blue bikini top with matching swimming boy shorts with a yellow sheer shirt on top and with a touch of tortoise shell wayfarer sunglasses. Luna was sunbathing on the rocks, wearing a black one piece suit with a thick, one-shoulder strap attached to the body with a golden ring, like a toga and she wore black cat eye sunglasses. Selina ran into the water, kicking the water around. "Wow! It feels so good!" Luna watched Selina fool around.

"It makes yesterday's commotion seem like it never happened." She commented to the girls.

"I know, it feels so good." Hermione added.

"But you know..." Marcella was about to say something but Selina cut her off.

"I know. This is definitely a private beach, but...If it's because people avoid coming here...The silhouette of a ship sailing off the coast. A flock of seagulls flying. Where are the white yachts? Where are the cool guys? Who cares about the ocean?! WHO CARES ABOUT THE OCEAN!" Selina seemed depressed. "But, I'll have fun anyway!" Selina took out a beach ball and smiled on. Marcella was confused by Selina's behaviour.

"She's so happy-go-lucky." She said to Luna. Hermione was flipping through her papers and books from her business.

"Oh, that girl named Psyche didn't come out of her room this morning." Said Hermione.

"Now that you mention it..." Marcella looked over to her and was shocked to see what she was doing, business. "Hermione, you brought your work with you?!" She pointed out.

"Yes." Hermione answered back. Selina heard what they were saying and was also shock. Selina walked up to Hermione and took her papers away from her. "Hey! What the bloody hell are you doing?!"

"Hermione! Youth is a priceless thing that you only have once! Studying and working is important, but you have to play when it's time to play! I think it's important to create nice memories that way!" Selina gave her a lecture of a lifetime.

"Selina..." Hermione was about to say something. The other two were shock of how serious Selina can be sometimes.

"Selina is actually saying something reasonable." Marcella said to Luna.

"Okay, I understand. Selina, let's have lots of fun!" Hermione gave in. Selina smiled.

"Finally! That's what I want to hear!" Selina dragged everybody in the water and played with the beach ball. Selina threw the ball up in the air. "There it goes!" All but Luna went after the ball in the water, Luna continue to sunbathe. Marcella jumped up and caught the ball in mid air. She quickly turned around and threw it to Selina.

"Okay! Take this!" Selina dodge the throw and the ball end up hitting Luna's face.

"Ouch! Keep that ball in the water, would you!" She yelled out to them. She threw the ball back to them and Hermione caught it. Hermione put on a sly smile across her face, Luna didn't like what she was thinking.

"You can take it back!" Hermione threw it right back to Luna hitting her across the head causing her to fall over.

"Ouch! You guys have no respect for your elders!" Luna acted like an old woman. The other three were laughing at her. Luna got up ran after the girls and started to case each other around the water. Up on the cliff above them, Psyche watched the girls have their fun as she was holding a handful of wild flowers. Night as come as the waitress slither her way to the bell and rang it for dinnertime.

"It's night again. I'm scared." She worried. Luna was getting her bath and Selina was just outside of the bathroom to give her company.

"Selina, you're there, aren't you? Selina?!" Luna called out. Selina seemed annoyed.

"I'm here! How many times do I have to tell you?!" Selina yelled back.

"But I'm frighten!" Luna admitted. Meanwhile, Marcella used her father's holy items such as blessed candles, holy water and rosary beads.

"Begone, evil spirits!" She chanted repeatedly by the dining table. "Now, no one will disturb us at dinner! But that was no ghost. It was a stronger, more tangible power." Marcella said to herself. She then heard the chef talking from afar.

"Let's just do it."

"What?" Marcella wasn't sure what she was talking about.

"I'll go crazy if things like this keep happening everyday." Hissed the waitress.

"We have no choice, but to do it."

"I agree, but we can never let those girls find out." Added the hostess.

"Of course!" The other two agreed. Marcella eaves dropped the whole conversation by hiding at the side of the door. Hermione was finished with her shower and was all dressed up and still towel drying her hair. She peeped through the window and saw Psyche standing by the edge of the cliff.

"What is she doing out there?" She asked herself. Hermione went out to retrieve the girl back inside. Psyche looked on beyond the horizon. "Psyche." Hermione called out. Psyche turned and faced her.

"Huh? Oh, Miss Hermione."

"Oh, my. And I hadn't even introduced myself yet. How did you know my name?"

"I was watching you from here all afternoon. Tough Miss Marcella, energetic Miss Selina and lazy Miss Luna." Psyche kicked a small rock over the cliff and watched fall to the bottom.

"Psyche, are you lonely?" Hermione asked her up front. Psyche shook her head in denial. "Cheer up! You remind me of how I was not so long ago. Because you're all by yourself." Psyche looked up to her. Hermione walked up to her and smiled. "I know! The best thing to do is to become friends with Selina! She'll cheer you right up!"

"But I..." Psyche was trying to say something.

"It's okay!" Hermione smiled to her. Psyche smiled back.

"Psyche!" Trivia walked up behind Hermione. "How many times have I told you not to talk to strangers?!" Trivia grabbed Psyche's arm and dragged her back to the mansion.

"Lady Trivia..." Psyche called out. Hermione felt guilty.

"Excuse me." Trivia turned to Hermione.

"You girls should get out of here quickly! That is, if you do not want to be in more frightening situations." She warned Hermione.

"What?"

"Lady Trivia! Ow! Lady Trivia, that hurts!" Psyche continue to cry as Trivia continue to drag her to the mansion. When they're finally inside, they broke out into an argument. "Lady Trivia! Hermione and her friends are nice people! I was so close to becoming friends with them!" Psyche was sitting on a chair.

"Silence!" Yelled out Trivia. Psyche was stunned by her anger. Trivia bent down to Psyche's eye level. "Psyche, you have a strong psychic power. Learn to master that power!"

"No, I can't!"

"Then just let me take care of it. Your power has improved quite a bit, thanks to my hypnosis. Or are you saying you won't listen to your master, your only guardian?!" Psyche felt ashamed.

"Lady Trivia..." Trivia dropped a golden coin on a chain in front of Psyche's face.

"Now, focus on this coin, Psyche." She swung the coin left to right. "Focus your attention on this coin! All those people laughed and said our psychic powers were fake. Now, show them your incredible power! With your psychic powers, you will become the pioneer of the spiritual community." Trivia laughed on as Hermione peeping through the key hole of the room watching the whole thing.

"Psyche..." She whispered to herself starting to get worry for the girl. Meanwhile, Luna was walking down the stairs hugging her pillow for protection.

"Damn that Selina! Leaving me all alone in this darkness and haunt! Hermione! Marcella! Where are you guys?!" Luna sat down on one of the steps and started to panic, but she then heard voice through a lit room. She walked in to see what was happening still hugging the pillow. She found the snake-like waitress and the long clawed chef praying at some shrine of lit up candles and a giant crucified Jesus hanging up on the wall. Luna felt an anxiety coming over her. "What is this?!" The hostess moved in behind Luna scaring the life out of her.

"You saw us." The hostess was holding a candelabra of lit candles. Luna ran into the room keeping her distance from the hoofed woman. The other two got frighten by her screaming. "STOP!" Yelled out the hostess. The scaredy cats gave their attention yet still shaking from the shock.

"Luna!" Marcella walked up behind her tapping her on the shoulder, Luna screamed even more the same with everybody else in the room. Luna ran into Marcella and hugged her.

"Marcella, they really are blood suckers and lemures!" Luna panicked squeezing Marcella tight as ever.

"It's okay! They're just normal human beings." Marcella explain trying to clam Luna down.

"But..." Luna tried to also explain what she knows but Marcella cut her off.

"But right now, there's a tremendous power being brought into existence somewhere in this mansion." Marcella explained her findings. Everybody flipped.

"What?!"

"Something is coming." Marcella was sure of it. They then heard the breaking of the rosary beads falling to the ground from the dining room. The grand table and chairs started to shake, everyone got nervous. Every chair slid to the wall and flew to the air in circles above the table. The employees turn back to the shrine and started to pray desperately.

"Now, create the figure of a lemure! That should be easy for you by now. Scare all those noisy girls!" Trivia was still controlling over Psyche's conscious.

"Stop!" Hermione barged into the room. Trivia turned to see who it was.

"You are..." Before she could finish her sentence, the light bulbs in the room all exploded. Psyche opened her eyes only revealing white glowing eyes. A formation of a lemure came out of her floating above all. "Good, Psyche! You've done a splendid job! Now, scare all those girls! We'll get back at everyone who called us fakes!" Trivia approved. The lemure raised its hand and brought out a tremendous force against Hermione blowing her out of the mansion and into the bushes. Trivia continue to laugh. "Good! It's perfect!" She turned to the apparition but the lemure was getting dangerously close for Trivia, she worried for her own being. "What? What's wrong?" The lemure took charge at the witch, Hermione watched as she recover from the blast she encountered. In the dining hall, the chairs were flying out the window, through the walls and dropping themselves to the floor like dead weights. Selina ran into the hall saw the mess that happen. Luna was still frighten.

"What is this?!" Selina asked, hoping that someone would know the answer. The three heard a crash outside of the broken windows, they ran to it to see. Trivia was flung to the ground lying there helplessly as the lemure floated to her slowly. Trivia yelled for help. Luna flipped out again behind Selina. The employees panicked screaming out,

"IT'S HERE!" The lemure raised its hand and threw another blast of energy to the witch, pushing her across the ground like a beat up dog. Trivia tried to get up with little strength she has.

"Psyche..." She called out lightly. Psyche was still sitting in the chair not moving a muscle.

"Marcella, you idiot! You just had to book this guest house!" Luna yelled out while hiding behind Selina.

"This isn't the time for that right now!" Marcella said back. Hermione finally got up and ran to her colleagues.

"Selina! Marcella, and you too, Luna! Transform now! Help him!" She begged. Trivia was trapped in the corner having no place to run.

"Psyche!" Trivia called out again.

"No, I don't want to!" Luna refused.

"Okay. We're all going to become possessed if we don't do anything!" Marcella reasoned with her, Luna's skin has gone paper white.

"What?! Oh, fine then!" Luna gave in. "Guardians Transform! NOW!"

"Upon the Rule of Diana, Lend Me Your Light!"

"Upon the Rule of Mercury, Lend Me Your Speed!"

"Upon the Rule of Mars, Lend Me Your Rage!" They all transformed including the wolf.

"I'm the warrior of Hunt and Moon, I'm Guardian Moon!"

"I'm the warrior of Commerce and Thieves, I'm Guardian Mercury!"

"I'm the warrior of War and Rage, I'm Guardian Mars!"

"Mean ghost, ruining the vacation of these helpless young ladies! In the name of the name of Olympus, we will defeat you!" Selina said their pride in behalf of all the Guardians. Luna had her tail in between her legs.

"I'm still scared!" Luna cried out or I should say howled out.

"Psyche, stop! Stop it! Can't you hear me?!" Trivia yelled out.

"Psyche! Psyche! Wake up! Psyche!" Hermione ran up to the sleeping Psyche and shook her body to wake her up.

"I don't want to. I don't want to anymore." said Psyche softly as if talking in her sleep. The lemure ravage towards the guardians. Selina took out her discus and set to fly.

"Silver Moon, Watch My Aim!" Selina threw the discus to the lemure but it went right through it. "No way! Well that's not good!" the lemure open it's mouth and roar out a huge blast of energy to the guardians blowing the girls into the bushes. Hermioe was still trying to wake Psyche up.

"Psyche! Wake up! Please!" She begged and Psyche slowly opened her eyes. "Psyche!"

"Oh, I..." Psyche wasn't sure what's going on. The lemure blast out again to Trivia blowing her away back to the ground. Hermione and Psyche ran to her. "Lady Trivia!"

"Psyche, can't you erase that ghost somehow?!" Hermione asked.

"It should have disappeared once I woke up! Why is it still here?!" Psyche explain quickly. The lemure charge to the girl and Hermione pushed her out of the way. Luna ran into the bushes like a lost cat.

"I'm scared to even watch!" She cried out.

"You good for nothing wolf!" Selina yelled out as she tried to get out of the bush.

"Mercury!" Marcella got worried for Hermione's safety as she too tried to get out of the bush. Psyche ran to Trivia who is on the ground being all worried.

"Lady Trivia!"

"Psyche, run! You cannot control that lemure anymore!" Trivia said to her. The lemure flew around the tops of the mansion.

"Can someone please explain to me what is going on?!" Selina had no clue what is happening.

"Psyche didn't want to listen to Ms. Trivia anymore, and that feeling was magnified, making it uncontrollable!" Hermione explain it in one breathe. The lemure roared another blast of energy to Hermione throwing her into the bushes with the other two.

"Are you all right?" Marcella asked hoping Hermione is not badly injured. Trivia held on to Psyche's hand for support.

"Run, Psyche!" She told her.

"Lady Trivia!"

"I am sorry. I knew you just wanted to live like a normal girl, but I..."

"Lady Trivia!" Psyche hugged Trivia with all her might. The lemure charged after Psyche and the Guardians just got themselves out of the bushes.

"Psyche!" Hermione yelled out. Psyche turned around quickly and raised both of her hands.

"STOP IT! THAT IS ENOUGH!" Psyche blasted out a huge energy force against the lemure. The Guardians were amazed by her power and the same with Trivia. With all her strength, the lemure disappeared. Psyche collapsed in exhaustion as Trivia caught her in her arms.

"Psyche!" Trivia held on to her.

"Psyche!" Hermione called out. Psyche opened her eyes looking tired in Trivia's arms.

"Lady Trivia!" She said softly.

"It's okay, Psyche!" She said back smiling down to her. "Everyone, I just wanted everyone to acknowledge that Psyche possessed truly strong powers, and though I knew that she hated her powers, I continued training her. And I used the guests who happened to come to this guest house to conduct experiments." She admitted.

"then, what about those other people?" Luna asked as she came out of her hiding spot.

"They were probably just scared of the ghost and tried to conduct an exorcism." Marcella responded.

"Oh, okay." Luna felt dumb for asking. The next day, they were all back playing at the beach.

"Here!" Selina threw the ball in the air, Marcella grabbed in mid air and threw it to Hermione, she missed her catch but the ball ended up hitting Luna's face as she was sunbathing.

"Ouch!" Luna threw the ball back to the girls. As the ball was coming, Selina jumped up and did a bicycle kick to the ball bringing it right back to Luna.

"Back at ya!" Selina yelled out. The ball hit Luna in the exact same spot as before.

"Ouch! Why do you guys keep torturing me?!" Luna threw a fuss as the three heroes and their new psychic friend Psyche laughed at her silliness. Luna took the ball looking very creepy. "Hey, Psyche, you laughed at me, didn't you?" Luna asked. Psyche turned around and started running away from the grouchy wolf-woman. Luna ran after her. "Wait! Come back here!" everybody else chased each other like crazy squirrels in the park. Trivia and the three employees were sitting by the rocks watching the girls play in the water.

"Will there really be no more lemures?" asked the waitress.

"We're such scaredy cats, we just can't deal with larvae and lemures!" mentioned the hostess.

"Don't worry. It will never show up again. Not ever." Trivia was sure of it.