Elements Rising

Chapter Nine

Thursday morning came early, as most mornings did, and the girls got up and completed their morning routines before meeting in the kitchen to eat something before going off to classes. Each girl hoped that school would now be easier without their tormentors around. The girls finished their breakfast and headed off to History of Elements. The walk to class was pretty uneventful, although there were occasional crowds of students heading to classes. The girls walked into the History of Elements classroom and took their seats, getting their books, notebooks, and pens out, getting prepared for class to begin. Ms. Lilith walked into the room and sat her things on her desk, getting herself prepared. She began with a lecture and then began reviewing everything they've already learned up until this point and announced that the first test would be soon. Aurora looked a bit unsettled, but otherwise she didn't look any different from usual. Finn noticed, but wisely chose not to say anything about it while in class. She would wait until later to talk to her about it. Class continued like normal and then it was time to head off to the next class. On the way to their next class, the girls hoped everything would turn out alright.

Lunch time rolled around and everything seemed normal again for the four girls. The boys met them at their lunch table and sat, ate, and talked about anything and everything. Finn and Reed were somewhat open with their displays of affection, while Emily and Jake were not. Emily and Jake were like they always were, snarking back and forth, the couple's way of flirting with each other. The others just rolled their eyes, playfully, at the couple's exchanges and made their way through their meals. Once lunch was over, everyone cleaned up their plates and areas and went to their last class of the day. For Finn and Emily, it was a bit harder because they were in classes that were very active and they had full stomachs, but they soldiered through until the very end.

After everyone's classes were over, the girls, Jake, and Reed all met in the girls' living room.

"Well, today sure was better than any other day we've had!" Finn said, excitedly.

"Yeah, especially since those other three are gone now," Aurora replied.

"I just can't believe that other guy is still around though," Grey told the group.

"I saw him myself, he was a follower and was only doing what Brooke told him to do. I don't think he would've done anything like this on his own," Emily put her two cents into the conversation.

"Emily's right, you guys. We were there, we saw it. He was very hesitant when Brooke told him to go after me. He didn't want to do it," Jake agreed with Emily.

"Can we all just agree that we're all happier without them here?" Finn asked.

"I agree with Finn," Reed said.

"I, for one, am happier that Kari is not here, and Brooke, and Dunstan. Not to mention, what happened to me back in the forest was just weird," Emily said.

"Me too," Grey said, agreeing with Emily.

"What exactly happened?" Aurora asked, confused.

Finn wanted to know too, seeing as how she was worried about Emily while she was incapacitated back in the forest during the fight with Dunstan.

"Well, you know how this story is going to begin, with us searching for Grey after we discovered she was missing, so Jake and I began searching the forest for clues as to where she was. As we were searching, I began getting a headache and this feeling that something was inside my head, trying to communicate. Suddenly, we heard a voice, which belonged to Dunstan, as we later figured out, and he confronted us. He creeped me out, then started spouting off about the 'perfect set.' I wasn't sure what he was talking about, since I had never heard of such a thing or came across anything about that in my studies and we never learned anything like that. After that, I got another headache, but it was worse than before. I passed out, landed in this weird dimension, came out with a weird scythe, a weird animal, and I was feeling stronger than I was before that. Also, the weird animal said I had to name it and name the weird weapon too. I have no idea what that was about or why I need a weapon, but anyway...." She trailed off, feeling that everybody got the message.