Powerless

opposing forces

Ch.5

opposing forces

[Leahs POV]

I watch the red head as she walks over to Eric, using her long legs to her advantage. Ugh, this girl is definitely going to be trouble. 

I am suddenly  pulled back to reality by Eric's voice.

"fine. Leah, Ariel here will be giving you your punishment. You better learn to control your mouth, outspokenness is not tolerated here." 

What the? I jerk my head up, glaring at the woman... She gives me a warm-hearted smile and a quick wink. A few more words are exchanged and then Eric and Selina leave. I watch as she walks into the middle of our small group, her hands in some pockets on the side of her dress. She looks down the line, eye brows furrowed in... Anger? Pain? I don't know, all I know is that this chick probably needs some help. But I'm Leah! I can handle whatever she throws at me. 

"hey you guys, my name is Ariel. I have been here for about four months, and I am nineteen years old...just a heads up, i uh, I can read minds so if I seem mad, it might just be because I have a massive migraine. Does anyone have any questions?" my heart pounds in my chest as she says those words. 'I can read minds.' what makes it ten times worse was the depressed look she gave me before she continued. At the end she flashed a brilliant smile and I'm pretty sure some of the guys in line were actually drooling.... I wonder if she can teach me how to get a date?... 

All of a sudden she looks over at me before bursting out into fits of laughter. She soon controls herself though, speaking through only giggles. 

"yes I can, Leah." that's all she says before loving on. 

"oh and by the way; if you guys don't ask the questions, I'll just read your minds and answer them anyways, so you might as well just ask." wow, maybe I pegged her wrong, she seems like she might be tolerable. 

"is dating allowed here?" asked a boy, his name is Logan. 

"as a matter of fact, it is. Eric really doesn't care what we do as long as when orders are given, we follow them." 

"well, in that case, are you single?" asked Blade, a seriously hot guy, but way too bad boy for me. I saw both of the other guys glare at him as he asked this. 

"well, that is something that really is none of your concern." she says with a slight smile. "okay, so I'm going to show you guys to your rooms where you can shower or whatever and meet me back here at ten. You will have to share, but that may be only temporary. Think of them as your roommate. You can pick your own if you like." we quickly pick room mates and I end up with Jasmine. Shes pretty cool, we have a lot in common, like the fact that we were changed on the same day. Ariel give each person a key to a room... Well, let's see how much Hospitality this old mansion really has. 

[Ariels POV]

I show each person to there rooms and remind them of the time they need to be back. I walk to my room but am stopped by a piercing scream that explodes it's way into my brain. Suddenly i can hear everyones thoughts, all at once and I was about to scream when everything went eerily silent. I get up off of the wall that I had slid down and noticed a pair of eyes watching me. 

"are you ok?" asked Blade, as he watched me pull back my hair from my sweat glistened forehead. 

"yes, just a side affect..." I pant out. "did you need something?" 

"oh... I was just wondering when our powers would come? I mean when did yours come?" he says quietly. 

"right when I woke up... It really depends on you and your power. Like my power started immediately but maybe a dream manipulator might take a couple weeks, even maybe a month or maybe more. That one is rare though, and so is hurting someone with your mind." 

"do you know anyone who is a dream manipulator? It sounds pretty cool."

"oh, only..." I suddenly stop. Eric. Maybe the dream Tristan had wasn't his after all. I mean, what reason would Tristan possibly have for having a dream that I tried to kill him? "only Eric." and with that I smile before turning and walking to my room. 

My blood boils as I walk into my room, hearing the shower running. I sit at the foot of the bed thinking. This has been the most stressful couple of days I have had in a while. Tristan walks out of the bathroom with only his dark jeans on, I hadn't even heard the water turn off. I look at his six pack and then up to his face, grinning down at me. 

"what?" I ask getting up. He grabs my arm and gently tugs me closer to him, I wrap my arms around his waist and look into his sky blue eyes. A small water droplet fall from his black hair and onto the corner of my lip.

"let me get that for you." he grins as he pecks the corner of my lip and I grin before pecking him on the lips. Whatever hell was about to break loose in my life, at least I have Tristan with me now, even though I have to pretend to have just met him.