Chapter Seventeen

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Terry POV

(FYI: Phoenix's voice sounds like Nari's. I'll leave a link to how she sounds in comments.)

I was sitting in a large bed. It was probably queen sized. The walls and floor or a dark blue with a falling snow look on the walls. The carpet felt like I was stepping on snow, however it didn't melt. Most things in the room are made of white ice and the bed is a dark blue like the walls.

I looked around the room. I wasn't wearing the hoodie anymore, but I was wearing long drapery feathers that gave the appearance of a dress. They started at my waistline and ended at my knees in a bit of an asymmetrical skirt fashion. The feathers also curve into an upright collar that reached my cheeks. All of the feathers are white up until the feathers by my waist and sleeves were blue.

"What is this?" I said, looking at myself in the mirror.

"You have questions, I can tell," Skrael said, before teleporting in front of me.

	I narrowed my eyes and turned away from him

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I narrowed my eyes and turned away from him. He sat on the side of the bed.

"Listen, I'm sorry about what happened at your school. But I had no other way of getting your attention."

I turned towards him. "It has been eight years. I said this over and over again. How do you not get it?" I said, beginning to choke up. "Do you have any idea what's happened in those ten years?"

Skrael simply stared at me.

"I prayed and wished every night that you would show up at my window or at the door with open arms. I stayed up till three thinking that I'd see you. I learned to skate because of you. And where were you Skrael? My only friend. Gone."

"Terry—Phoenix, I had other things to do. It hasn't been easy for me either." 

I looked at Skrael and didn't respond. Finally I spoke. "And after five years of disappointment, bullying, and tears, I gave up and forgot, because that's what mortals taught me to do. When your dreams are crushed, you give up and forget...but I still missed you."

I hugged him tightly. He rubbed my back and caressed me. Skrael probably knew what I was feeling. Maybe he didn't. I didn't know. I was just glad to have him back.

"Skrael, I've been thinking. I want to earn your trust back. And I want you to earn my trust back. Let's start over. Friends?" I held out my hand.

Skrael nodded and shook it.

"We were always friends," he said.

I smiled and hugged him again.

"Skrael!" someone said from the kitchen. That voice...I felt like I had heard it before. It shifted between male and female.

Skrael took my hand, "Come on, Phoenix. Let's meet the Order."

I followed him down the hall and into the main room. A little green being sat on one of the couches. She looked a lot like me. She gasped and smiled when she saw me and ran up to hug me.

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