Ethan, George, and Welsey were the last ones to get to the meeting room and then Garrett started talking.
"Thank you for being here. As you all know, our world has faced some challenges recently and we don't know what has been causing said destruction. Until now."
I heard Adrian take a breath.
"We think it is something called the Kek."
"The Egyptian god of darkness?"
"Very good Zena, and we think Alora and your friends can stop him."
"How can we help her?" Wesley asked.
"And how am I supposed to kill a damn god!?"
"The Collective believes that having your friends there could help your strength and in answer to your other question..." Garrett looked down and then up at Jacob.
He spoke up, "We had an idea but you're not going to like it."
Everyone fell quiet while I thought. Jacob could tell when I had connected the pieces because he opened his mouth to speak but I got words out before he could.
"There is not a chance I am doing that with my friends there! Someone could die! We could all die!" I looked at Adrian's parents with a pleading eye. "I could kill Adrian! What if it doesn't even work?"
"Jacob has told us of the control you possess and we believe you have the strength to handle this mission," Nora spoke softly.
"And we saw you at the beach earlier," Jacob explained.
"Oh, so you were watching me then?"
"We just wanted to protect you. You've been here long enough that the Kek must know you are here and we wanted to make sure nothing happened."
The tears started flowing from my eyes as I realized the risks. "Fine. I'll do it, but they are not coming with me. I go alone or not at all."
"Alora-" Zena started.
"No, Z! I'm not handing you guys a death sentence. I go alone or not at all." I wiped the tears from my face, unable to look anyone in the eye, and stormed out of the room. I started walking toward Rosemore passing Berri and Areian's concerned faces along the way. I wondered if they knew what was going on. Berri must've had that same look on his face when he told us the Collective wanted the meeting.
Thoughts were pounding through my head. First, what could happen? I saw all my friends- my family. That's what they were, my family. Laying there dead with their skeletons being the only thing remaining as I stood alone in a dark room. Then there were the memories. One by one they flashed by. Adrian lying there on the ground, us having fun at the beach, Adrian kissing me, Ethan and George's reactions when we first arrived in Amberbell, Wesley and I dancing in the rain, my friends' faces' when they saw me for the first time, finding the note on my balcony, my mom's wedding... They kept coming. Everyone could die if they came with me.
Zena could die.
Adrian could die.
I could die.
I would find another way, one that didn't involve my friends. I had to.
I walked through the girls' floor to get to my room and I saw all of our stuff. What would happen if they came with me? What would the Collective tell their parents? Would they tell them anything or would the replicas become the new us? The more I thought I realized I could maybe do this alone, and if I could I would save Amberbell and all of my friends.
I didn't realize how long I'd been in my room because the next thing I knew I was waking up the following morning to Areian pouring me a cup of tea.
"How are you this morning?"
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FantezieBeing able to kill someone at the flick of my wrist is not a power I could have chosen for myself had I had the option and a dangerous trek through a mysterious elven realm is also certainly not something I would have expected to occur during my fir...
