The New Light of Hope: Books I to VI.

Chapter XV: Talking with Friends, Family, and Laurel.

Amethyst:

Date: July 15th, 2019.

The next day came quicker than expected and this with the addition of yet another person receiving an injury during their dreams--and this time, it was none other than Summer herself. She received very huge and deep claw marks on her back that even her own boyfriend had to help her out with stopping tending to the wound and stopping the bleeding as well. "Lord have mercy, Summer!" I exclaimed. "A fox did this to you your dream last night?!" Summer nodded her head "Yes" in response to my question. "This looks more like bear clawmarks than fox clawmarks!"

Summer: "It may look like that, but it was actually a fox that did this to me."

Amethyst: "I've seen clawmarks worse than that of a sentinel, but this looks like it came from some other animal than just one simple little ol' fox. Surely that would be that case, right?"

Summer: "No, it was an actual fox that did this to my back."

Amethyst: "I mean, if you say so."

Summer: "You experienced the same thing yourself. So did Aurora, Sadie, Jemma, Abigail, and Bellatrix."

Amethyst: "I know. But it's strange that Milly hasn't experienced this yet. Or has she?"

Summer: "That's a good question that you should probably ask her."

Amethyst: "You're right on that one. I'll be sure to ask her when we get to the Shade Hunters Division once she has the time to talk. But I'm not going to force her, she'll tell me the truth when she's ready to tell me."

Summer: "You're very sagacious for your age just like Milly and the rest of our friends."

Amethyst: "Sagacious? What does that mean?"

Summer: "It's another word for wise; intelligent; cunning; clever; smart and a lot more that refers to knowledge. Despite being young, you're very smart and wise in your own ways and you should always remember that."

Amethyst: "I will, Summer; I promise."

Summer: "We'll talk more about this on the way to and back from the Northeast Forest, all right?"

Amethyst: "Okay."

I then went ahead and walked in the front of the group along with Aurora, who looked at me during our trip and said: "It's good to see you and Summer finally getting along with one another. I knew you would give her a chance at some point."

"Ah, don't mention it." I replied back.
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When I had finished with the Nursery, I decided to if Milly was still busy or not so I could talk to her—luckily for me, she was alone and minding her own business. "Excuse me, Milly." I began, "But do you have the time to talk for a moment? I need to ask you something important."

"Yeah." She replied. We then went to the side to speak. "So, what did you want to talk to me about, Amethyst?" Milly asked me. Without hesitating, I began by asking her: "Milly, have you by any chance experienced any weird dreams where you'd wake up in bed bleeding in the middle of the night?"

"No, not that I know of." Milly replied back akwardly, "Surely, you must be making that up. That never happened."

Amethyst: "Are you gaslighting me?"

Milly: "Why are you accusing me of gaslighting?! I never did that! All I'm saying is that you make up a lot of stuff and it just doesn't making sense to me."

Amethyst: "You just did! First it was Abby and now you too? I thought you were my best friend!"

Milly: "You know what? To hell with it! I'm not going to put up with this, meaning I'm not going to give you an answer to your question 'cause it ain't none of your business as to what goes on in my life. You're just overreacting too much."