Diana

Twenty Two - A Team Forever

Previously

"So we are playing this 6-year-old scavenger hunt game to find Diana?" Niall summed up the conversation.

"If it's worth finding her, then yes, we are," Louis said as confidence gushed down his body.

Present

Niall's POV

The last hour was just chaos. I felt stressed about this whole situation and I didn't let the lads know about it. When I looked around the room, I noticed all the lads were very disturbed. Liam is trying very hard to decode the riddle. Harry is on the verge of crying. He's been thinking that Sam hurt Diana but all we told him was to think positively. Zayn is still furious, he thinks there's no use in sticking with this riddle. But Louis said that there is nothing that can be done apart from this. Diana is captivated by Sam, if we do something else, he has a chance of hurting her, which is something we don't want to happen. Louis made a point there. This might be the only time the two of them disagreed on something. Louis played strong outside. But he was absolutely shaken from the inside, this was clear through his blue eyes.

All I needed now was just a break from this intenseness. So I headed to the door and walked out.

-

As I walked down the stairs, my gaze was pulled towards Diana's bedroom door across the hallway. It was not good manners to enter into someone's room without their presence. But I know with this way, I can heal the pain of Diana's absence.

I felt a vibe in here, the same vibe when I came here weeks ago. It was just fun to see Diana's childhood pictures and her favourite football players posters neatly stuck on a wall. Also, a framed picture of us. The first picture we ever took, back when we were on tour. It just reminded me of the fun the six of us had then, actually seven Ryan was there too.

Any person would never walk out of her room without noticing those butterfly paintings she had on the other wall. Just as beautiful as a real butterfly. I stood at the same fixed position when I came here weeks ago. I stared and admired the same blue butterfly. What I noticed now was that it had its species name on the frame. I read out 'Crowned Hairstreak'.

All of these tiny details led to me discovering something.

Diana's POV

"Why did you bring me here? Why did you lock me up in this room?" I told a guy with whom I have been conversing for the past ten minutes.

"Please don't ask questions," he said for the fifteenth time from outside the room. He definitely didn't sound like Sam. I didn't continue the conversation as I knew he was no longer there and I figured that out as I heard footsteps sound fading away.

I hope the boys are not worrying a lot. I've not been treated harshly....yet. Faith is something I always had in me. I have faith in them that they'll come and take me out of here. Yes, I don't want to be lying in a dark room. I want to get out. But I want it to happen without any loss, loss of love and life.

Zayn's POV

All of us ran down the stairs and followed the screaming voice. It came out of Diana's room and it was Niall.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked Niall, who looked as if he was struck by a lightning bolt.

"You could've just called us instead of giving us a heartache with your scream," Louis rolled his eyes and fell on the bed.

"The scream is worth it," Niall looked at us.

"Can you be any clearer?" Liam questioned him.

"Listen up. So the riddle says, Has a fixed position, Around many other possessions. So, it's referring to a thing that is among many other precious stuff. Also, Blue is beautiful to admire, Crowned to no Empire. This clearly says its blue in colour-"