Chapter 3
It had been several weeks since the new pair had met. Xavier often came over to Destiny's and hung out withe both her an McKell.
It was June 10, three days before Destiny's birthday. She was turning 17. Her brother was already planning the whole day.
"Okay," he said, "This is how the day will go. First, I will bring you breakfast in bed. Then after a spectacular lunch of your choosing, I will give you your fabulous present that I got you. Then, Laura is coming over, because she has a present for you too. "
Laura Riley is McKell's girlfriend. They have been together four years, and she and Destiny have gotten really close. They were practically sister's. Destiny looked down to check her phone, incase her parents had called or text. She did have a text message, but it was from Xavier. It read:
Come 2 the big oak tree in the woods.
I have something 4 u.
I also need to show you something very important.
Destiny left to head to the woods. She got there before Xavier, so she took a seat on a nearby stump to wait for him. When she sat on the stump, the oak tree that she was to meet Xavier by opened. It startled Destiny, because there were no obvious signs of a door in the tree, so she had no idea what was happening. She was hesitant, but decided to go in and see what was inside the tree.
The place looked like a dark dungeon. there was what looked to be a jail cell, many sticks just like the one Xavier was holding the day she saw him in the woods, and a glass ball that was on a table in the front of the room. To the left of the ball there was a wall of shelves, full of bottles of all shapes and sizes, filled with different colored liquids. To the right, there was another wall of shelves. On these shelves there was what seemed to be thousands of books. There was a dry-erase board behind the ball. Desks, like the ones at Destiny's high school, were set in three short rows headed towards the back of the room. There were four desks to a row, and at the back of the room, there was a glass door that when opened, smoke came out of it.
Destiny found the large room to be far too big to be inside a tree. However, she was still in shock as to even finding a room in a tree. She also was confused about all of the things in the room. She was just about to find a way out, when she heard whistling. Someone was coming down the stairs that led to her was out. She hid underneath the table with the ball. She peeked out from underneath the table, just in time to see Xavier take one of the sticks and one of the books from the shelves, say something, and jump into a giant hole that he made appear. When he was gone, Destiny came out from hiding. She looked around the room.
"What the heck is this place?" she asked aloud. "What are you Xavier?"