Chapter 8

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Arthur declared. "Yes, we'll just keep it a secret for now," Orthel reassured. "Your Majesties, Duty calls." A knight kneeled. "All right then, we'll continue our search tomorrow," Ariel advised as the crowd disbanded. The boys hid as their parents went back to their places. "Hey, Robin!" Elijah whispered. "What?" "Do you know why Ophelia is coming out of the meeting room?" Robin looked up and saw Ophelia coming out. "I have no idea!" Robin whispered. "Anyway, we should probably head back to Sparks. We'll act like we just came back from horseback riding." Robin said as he stood up. "Again?" Elijah asked. Robin sighed. "Fine! We'll tell them the truth." They spurred back to the palace just in time before Robin's parents had gotten there.

The search went on for six years. One day, Jazmine was sitting in her room chatting with Robin when she smelled ash. "I'll be right back, ok?" she excused herself. She rushed upstairs to find it burning with fire. Jazmine hurried back. The only thing she could think of to get out of there was through the window, which was a rectangle big enough for her to fit through. But before she got out, she took some money in her room and jumped out just in time before the mansion exploded.


Her parents were safe, but she couldn't go back. "The people..." she mumbled. It seemed as her childhood flashed back inside her head. The fire in the palace and the mansion seemed so coincidental.

She had a million with her. "I could use this to get into a school and get a place to live in." she thought. But where? Where could she go? She couldn't stay in the city people would find out undoubtedly only if she could find a place to stay. She looked back at the mansion, which was burning down. That's when it clicked to her. "Sparks, " she thought. "That's it! I could go to Sparks! " she thought excitedly. "I have the money to go there, and I could get a job, at least at a café. And that's what she did. With the money she had, she got a plane to Sparks, a high school, an apartment, and a job at a café. A perfect place, Sparks!

As soon as the plane landed, she could feel her memories flashing back. Her imagination ran wild as she thought about her life in Sparks. A life with her brother, her family. She would finally get to meet with them, Elijah, Jino, Alan, and even Matt. Not even in her wildest dreams had she thought of this moment. Jazmine's heart was beating as she entered her apartment. She settled down as soon as possible to get to her interview.  During the interview, she remained as calm as possible, and she passed! Her school was starting the next day, her first day at the café, and her first day in Sparks. "Tomorrow," she thought as she went into a deep slumber.

In the morning, she woke up at 6, got ready, and ran to the café to meet with her boss. Jazmine entered the boss's office huffing. The boss was a girl with black hair and olive green eyes. Jazmine couldn't see who she was because a newspaper was covering her face. When she kept it aside, Jazmine saw who she was. "Sarah?!" "Iris?!" they both cried from each end.

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