Can you see in the Dark?

Morning Arc: Parties and Prophecies

I forgot to mention, each arch will have roughly 10 chapters, so remember that. Also, I'll be taking long breaks between each Arch ending.

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~Super rich kids with nothing, but fake friends~

It was the fifteenth of December. A cold night. Too cold to be having a party. But that never stopped the Waynes. And unfortunately, Rachel had to attend.  She was having a terrible evening, stuck at this dreary place that she didn't even want to attend for gods sake, talking with people who only knew about her from their parents. They surrounded her as if she was the sun and they the planets. To make matters worse she was in this tight dark green dress that she was forced to wear. Courtesy of her parents. Although, it wasn't a ugly dress, the opposite actually.

It was rather stunning, the gold glitter imbued on the sleves of the mid length dress sparkled everytime the light hit it. It complimented her eyes nicely as well, making them seem brighter that they actually were. The gold earrings and her trusty enchanted necklace, that was given to her from Lou Ellen for her birthday, that she matched it with, was the cherry on the fabric cake. It just tied the whole outfit together.

"Did you hear? Louis Brett got a new head chef. Apparently he was almost assassinated, luckily some maid stopped him and they investigated the situation and found out that the head chef was a spy!" Percilla, the daughter of the CEO of Marvil lottery, was currently entertaining the others. "Oh yes, I heard that afterwards he had to stay in the hospital for a month."

The chatter continued for a moment, some local news here, lavish spending tales there, excitement for the holidays here, you know nothing unusual. That's why Rachel was confused when someone directed the attention to her. "So Rachel, who was that boy that you were with, the one with the eyes." Izzy asked. "Who? Percy?"

"Yes, the one with those enchanting green eyes." The Dare could see how her face lit up while talking about him which would make you think that she had talked to the son of the sea before, but she only saw him for a minute at most when he dropped by to pick up Ella's hair clip that was left by from the last time she was here to help Rachel with reconstructing the Sibiline books.

It was rather impressive that Izzy managed to remember Percy, but then again, who wouldn't. Rachel may be the Oracle, but she could admit when someone was good looking, and her green eyed friend was exactly that. Last year in Goode he was voted as most attractive swim team member for goodeness sake.

"If you'll excuse me, I would like to speak to Miss Dare for a minute." Rachel turned her attention to speaker at the mention of her surname. The voice belonged to a tall, seemingly well toned individual dressed in a slick burgundy suit and tie that complimented his skin tone. His black hair had reminded her of Rayna's hair, healthy, neat and dark.

"And why do you request my presence Sir?" Brushing a voluminous curl from her face and tucking it away behind her right ear ever so gracefully Rachel addressed the stranger. "Wayne. Richard Wayne." At the mention of his name, the flock of people around the Oracle let out a collective gasp and began whispering amongst themselves. "I heard that you're an artist, so I'd like to propose a potential collaboration with you."

That got Rachel's attention. She had never publicly announced to society that she did painting and such activities. You had to do a decent amount of digging to find that out. It's not as if she hid it or anything, its just that she never thought it was important to mention, and no one asked.

Which means she was researched, extensively at that. This was more than a simple business proposition. Narrowing her eyes, she agreed. "Sure." Richard, motioning for her to follow him, began to walk towards the west of the gigantic ballroom.