Chapter 6: The First To Fall

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Elena's POV

My stomach dropped as Hazel fell forward. Kassy screamed bloody murder. Sylvia bolted down the hall for the closest authority figure. When the ambulance arrived, neither I, nor Sylvia, nor Kassy were allowed to ride with them. You can imagine the seething look on Sylvia's face as well as the kicked puppy one on Kassy's.

Sylvia punched the wall closest to her head, not doing much damage, before storming down the hall. Kassy sniffled and clutched her sketchbook in her hand, her voice wavering, "I-Is she gonna be okay, 'Lena?"

I swallowed thickly, "I-I don't know... I don't know... L-Let's g-go back to c-class... W-We'll visit her after s-school..."

She nodded after a long few minutes and dragged her feet down the hall. Later that day, Kasandra, Sylvia, and I found ourselves standing at Hazel's bedside in her hospital room.

Kassy was sniffling on a chair clutching one of Hazel's hands, tears streaming down her cheeks with no intention of stopping. Sylvia paced an irregularly shaped circle into the floor. I sat on the other side of our fallen friend, rubbing her other hand gently with a solemn frown.

"What the fuck happened? God fucking damnit. Why would she do this to us?" Sylvia muttered to herself, stopping at the foot of the bed.

Kassy took a shaky breath, "I-Is s-she g-gon-na b-be o-ok-kay...?"

Sylvia gripped the bed railing until her knuckles turned white, "Who the fuck knows."

I glared at her immediately, "You're really not helping."

"Yes, well, when one's friend is-" She took a deep breath, "I'm... I'm just worried okay. Fuck you."

I nodded with an empty smile before turning to Kassy, "Everything is going to work out fine, okay, Kass? Trust me. I have this feeling things will turn out right."

She sniffled and turned her gaze back to Hazel's form once more, "O-Okay..."

Sylvia banged her head against the railing before shooting her head up, "Wait, what?"

I blinked, "What do you mean what?"

She shoved me out of the way and yanked down the blanket. Kassy protested loudly and slightly physically, although both of them knew Sylvia was the stronger of the two. Both Kassy and I froze at the sight of the downturned blanket. On her stomach was a glowing heart. The left side made of swirling colors of yellows, oranges, pinks, whites, and silvers. The right side of blacks, dark violets, and navies.

"What the fuck is this supposed to mean?" Sylvia poked the heart, only to screech and put her finger in her mouth, "Ow!" Both Kassy and I looked at her alarmed. She touched the right side of the heart and frowned, "Um... what?" She just barely brushed against the left side before hissing again and putting her finger in her mouth once more, her word muffled, "Oay... No'... gool..."

Kassy cautiously touched the light side and screeched, pulling her finger away, "W-What is that?!"

I looked between each of my friends, gulped, and barely touched the light side, and pulled my hand away quickly, "Okay why is it hurting us?"

Sylvia smirked, "Miss I'm the most kind of us all."

Despite my efforts not to, I could feel my lips curl into a pout, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Exactly what you think it does." She snickered.

Kassy smiled ever-so-slightly, "Okay, okay guys. Let's focus on the issue here."

Sylvia rolled her eyes, "Yeah yeah. But what IS the issue?"

"I would think that the glowing heart on her stomach would be pretty obvious, Evans. Losing your touch?" I smirked.

She began protesting loudly with which I argued back until the nurses kicked us out.

The three of us separated after an incredibly reluctant goodbye to head to our extracurricular classes. Archery class for Kassy, karate for Sylvia, and I to fencing. My class was filled with distractions, rips in my fencing attire, and a tuned out lecture from my instructor.

Something strange happened close to the end of the class however. I could start to feel the room spinning as I finally decided to tune into my instructor's lecture, "-And I know things aren't going well with your hospitalized friend but paying attention is crucial in dangerous situ... things...to go... heed..." It wasn't until the man screamed my name that I realized the darkness had begun creeping into my senses. Try as I might, it was an inevitable struggle as I fell to the floor.