Unbeaten, book 3

Adventure Twenty-Five

Anne's pov

"That bastard!" I exclaimed with a huff.

"He just... shut the door on us?" Abigale asked.

"He does that." Willa shrugged. "Anne will just open another door." She looked at me, "right?"

I crossed my arms and thought about it. "The kid seemed nervous... maybe we should wait a second..."

The three of us all looked at each other as someone knocked on the front door making us all turn and look. "Is someone supposed to come over?" Abigale asked.

"Not at the moment..." Willa whispered.

All the girls looked at each other nervously.

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El's pov

"My mother may be a bit weirded out about this..." Fig said as he stopped in front of the front door of a Professor Fig's home.

I glanced at Sara as she looked up at the house sadly. "Are you going to be okay?" I asked her making Fig turn around.

"You knew the Professor?" He asked.

I nodded, "We both did... just not this world's Fig."

Sara quickly wiped her eyes. "He helped me before my fifth year." She smiled.

"He helped my mum too!" Fig got excited. "Come on in! I'm sure they'll find it really cool to meet you!" He turned back around and opened the front door. "Muuum! You'll never guess what happened."

"You are not supposed to be here! You have classes!" A woman looked around the corner of a what looked like the doorway to a library. Her long white hair flowed over her shoulder. Her silver eyes got wide. "Sebastian?"

I smiled awkwardly, "Nope, Eleazar."

"...fig?" She asked still confused.

"No Eleazar Sallow. I don't exist here." I held my hand out. "Hi. I go by El."

"You're Sebastian's son?"

Sara leaned in and whispered. "She thinks your dad is the Sebastian of this world."

"Oh. Oh! No! Not this world's Sebastian. My mum Ava Sallow. She's the you from another world,"

"That's not helping," Sara sighed.

The woman crossed her arms and leaned her weight on to one leg. "Really not helping."

I opened my mouth to speak when the door opened again behind us. We all turned and looked as an older Ominis walked in. He looked directly at me making me uncomfortable. "Who is this?" He asked with an awkward smile.

"Holy shit are you not blind?" I whispered, feeling very seen.

"What the hell?" Sara stepped back.

The woman scoffed, "the me in your world couldn't even figure out how to fix his sight?"

I looked back at her, "So you do get it and you were being mean?" I asked.

She rolled her eyes, "I'm Merlina Wood."

"I'm El Sallow, and this is Sara Sallow. It's weird," I held my hands up quickly before anyone could talk, "I know. It's weird. Can I explain it somewhere not in a hallway."

Fig smiled, "this should be fun,"

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Anne's pov

"I... I can't be grounded right?"  I asked as my parents looked down at me. Both their arms crossed as us three girls sat on the couch.

"You haven't done anything..." mum looked at me confused.