The spirit of Devfronds

33. Put your seatbelts on

I have finally worked out the details of the story. Unfortunately, the story is going to end soon. Fortunately, it's going to be a bumpy, adventure filled ride. So, put your seat belt's on people.

When Calvin had went missing a year ago, Braedon had freaked. He'd sent millions of messages, phone calls, went to his address, he asked the teachers why he was absent only to be told he had dropped out.

And then, three days later, when he was getting ready for school next day (the elemental one) he got a message. An apology. It seemed confusing, at that time, but he didn't connect the dots. He had been crushing on his best friend for a few months now.

Maybe, he thought, it's only for the best. I'm in a one sided love.

So, he sent a message. Saying that it's ok, when his heart shattered in hundreds of pieces. That night, he shapeshifted into a small child (something kids his age never do) and escaped the house of the noble they were supposed to be guarding. 

One year later, when he heard the name of his best friend, his crush, being spoken in the mike for a competition he was forbidden to participate in, he didn't know how to react. He was glad, yes. But his general experience with nobles was not...pleasant, for the lack of better wording. 

And to think that Calvin had hidden it from him...hurt.

And then he talked to Calvin, and maybe, his views had been barred by his prejudice against nobles.

Calvin's looks had been altered a lot. Before, he was a lean, surprisingly resilient, nerdy boy whose hairs fell in his eyes. Now, his hairs had been cut and pulled back, his body though still lean, was built and ripped. Braedon tried not to stare.

And now, when he saw Calvin walk out of his fort, he couldn't help but stare. He looked wild. Even in the tiny six inch size, he could see his eyes dance with adrenalin, his body shaking not with the cold of the water soaking him to the bone, but with excitement. If, a year ago, someone told him that nerdy, quiet Calvin McKay could look like this, he wouldn't believe it.

It was only after all three of them ate their meal, that the wild look dispelled significantly. Kiara still looked like a madwoman, but she always looked like that.

After they had breakfast (it were a whole 24 hours they lasted without food, it's impressive) they went to their respective rooms. Once in their room, Calvin collapsed on the bed facedown and Braedon's lips curled. His guard stance was long since gone.

"Braedon," Calvin's muffled voice came from his general direction, "I'm going to sleep for a few years. Wake me up at ice age."

Braedon's lips curled, "You have an interview tonight. I'm sure it will not be postponed to ice age."

"Then I'll ditch."

Braedon fake gasped, "Who are you and what have you done with my best friend."

Calvin groaned into the bed, and went to sleep.

-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

Susan waited as Calvin, Ria and Kiara came out of their fort, and then gotten larger. She smirked to Braedon, and he nodded, indicating that he had gotten what she had asked for. When Lily, and the other two people whose name she didn't know came of their fort looking betrayed and angry, she knew what they were going to say. 

"But our stone is not found, how can they win?" Lily protested.

"Miss Lily, all three of the raiders of their team were either unconscious or rendered fight-less, which makes them the winner, because they are in no situation to find any stone."