Chapter 48: Out of Hand

-April 17, 2009-

Sora's POV

When the four girls sat up in their beds, Donald immediately began lecturing, "What the hell was that?! What happened?"

I grasped Kasandra's hand where I sat by her bedside, "What did you mean earlier, Sylvia? You did this?"

She growled in my direction, "Fuck you."

Kasandra lowered her head, squeezing my hand, "She went for Hazel… I jumped in the way…"

Sylvia turned her head away, "Hazel could have handled the force I used. Kassy couldn't."

"You could have killed her!" I couldn't help crying out, "Why would you even try?!"

"I pushed her too far." Hazel spoke quietly, "I think all of us are to blame."

Merlin sighed, "I suppose the aggression has been tamed for the time being."

Elena muttered, "I wouldn't count on it…"

Sylvia threw her pillow at her, only to wince afterwards and curl into a ball. Merlin smiled humorlessly, "Yes, you'll be quite sore for a few days. You may want to rest."

"Rest… Is for… The weak." Sylvia groaned.

"For god sake, idiot." Elena groaned into her hands.

Donald let out a frustrated sigh, "We need to be continuing our mission! You just cost us a couple of days!"

"Fuck off!" Sylvia hissed.

"For fuck's sake, enough!" Elena snarled.

I assisted Kasandra into a sitting position. She was glaring at Sylvia, "Look what's happening to us, guys! This is not how this is supposed to go!"

Sylvia sat up with a groan, and looked down at her hands in her lap before mumbling a small apology.

Hazel took a deep breath, "Trust me when I say we'll be fine tomorrow. We can continue in the morning. Merlin, can you heal us anymore?"

Merlin frowned at each of the girls, "The rapid regeneration of cells will be extremely painful and may disallow further healing. It is highly recommended that you just take the time to rest instead."

Sylvia snorted, "Don't care. Give it to me."

Elena swallowed thickly, "I'll have to risk it."

Hazel nodded, "It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make."

"No! You guys shouldn't do this to yourselves!" I cried, before Kasandra could speak, "You guys just need to heal properly. Get some rest."

Kasandra put her hand on top of mine with a small smile, "It's okay, Sora. We can handle it."

Sylvia snorted, "You're fragile, what are you talking about." She shrugged off the glare sent her way.

"If they say it's okay, just do what they want." Donald huffed, "We gotta get moving."

I glared at him, "How can you say that?!"

"Hey!" I frowned over at Sylvia, "You don't get to decide! It's our decision! And everyone's good. Even twig-like Kassy."

"That's not making him feel better, Syvy." Kasandra sighed, "But she's right. We've decided. Please help us, Merlin."

Merlin took in a deep breath, "Alright. I'm sending to boys down to wait."

Cloud had to force my limbs to move. Unfortunately for us, Merlin had sealed the door with both a locking and silencing spell.

Kassy's POV

The four of us sat panting heavily on the beds. That had been more painful than I had anticipated. After a few moments and with glasses of water in hand, Merlin gave a grim smile.

"I'm sure you have questions." Sylvia hadn't even let him finish the sentence.

"Yeah, we have fucking questions. Why the fuck are we here for one thing?! You know don't you?!" She jabbed an accusing finger in his direction with a glare.

"I do. But according to Cloud, you cannot tell me anything outside of what I know until the time is right." His own eyes narrowed slightly at the outstretched limb.

With a roll of her eyes, she let it drop to her side, "Yeah, we get that part, but these… Maidens and Princesses. What's the deal?"

"Merlin…" Elena hesitated, "We… We only knew of seven Princesses of Heart. We have no knowledge of Hazel's nor my title. And not the Maidens either."

"Who are the ones before us?" I added quickly, "If we knew, we might be able to get our answers!"

Merlin shook his head, "Perhaps not. I only know what was confided to me. The Maidens and Princesses wanted to hide you somewhere safe until the day you would come into your power."

Sylvia snarled, "Okay, look. I know what the specific shit that we can't talk about but we're gonna with everything else. You say they hid us? Did they stay with us? Cause if so that means they're our moms."

He shook his head once more, "They are not. Whoever you were sent to… are not your birth parents."

"Good." Sylvia huffed.

"Is that so." He frowned.

"All of our dads are out of the picture." Elena sighed, "Doesn't matter. We're over it. But are you sure? Why wouldn't they tell us? I'm already 18."

"I'm sorry, I don't have an answer to that." He frowned.

"Whatever. Next is the comas. If we were supposed to be hidden or whatever until we got our powers, why did we come here early?" Sylvia leaned forward eagerly.

"And why one by one?" I added with worried frown.

"Did you hear them in the dreams?" His tone made me uneasy.

"Yes… Why?" Hazel leaned forward as well.

"It means danger is coming sooner than I hoped. It would be wise to start training. Your powers need to be controlled." He tapped one of the bedposts with his wand, "This room can help with minor training, however you are going to need a larger environment for the nature and circumstances."

"So, what, we have to just here doing nothing?! We should be out there! Doing shit! Fighting things!" Sylvia slammed a fist against the bed post close to her head, "This is fucking stupid!"

"Knock it off!" Elena hissed, glaring at her.

"If Merlin says we need to train, we need to train." Hazel crossed her arms over her chest.

"No! We should be learning on the go! I'm not gonna just sit here and-" As she stood from the bed, screaming her protests, Merlin held his wand in the air.

Thunder boomed and lightning cracked in the room, "Enough!"

Everyone froze, staring up at the angry wizard. His eyes flashed angrily, "That is enough. You are acting like children. This goes beyond losing control of your powers. This is childish behavior." Sylvia sank back onto her bed without removing her frozen horrified gaze.

"I must say I expected more from you girls." His voice softened as he lowered his wand, "I know things are difficult right now. That you're scared, confused, and upset. But you need to keep your heads. You cannot afford to lose yourselves. The darkness is powerful and dangerous. Now I want apologies from all of you. Understood?"

A nervous mumble of agreement swept through us. It didn't look like any of the others would be the first to apologize, so I took the initiative, "I'm scared, guys. And… I'm sorry things have gotten out of hand."

Elena sighed softly, "I'm sorry too. And I'm really scared about the darkness… This… This stuff is real…"

Hazel wrapped her arms around herself, gripping her biceps, "I-I'm sorry… This is… It's getting too much…"

Everyone looked over at Sylvia. She was looking down at her hands in her lap. Tears were trailing down her cheeks, "I can't do this… I-I can't-"

I hurried over and sat beside her, taking her hands in mind, tears gathering in my own eyes, "We're… We're all in this together…"

Hazel nodded from her bed, "And we're all scared together."

Elena sat down beside hazel, "And we'll get through this together."

Merlin smiled, "That's the spirit girls. You'll make it through. Just believe in yourselves and each other. You need each other."