The Enderlox Trilogy III: Seto's Triumph

N I N E: Torn Apart

***ASHLEY'S POV***

Why? Why did Seto have to say that?! I feel so... so... stupid. I don't even know why, I didn't do anything! Seto just came out and told everyone he kissed me, even right in front of Ty! Now Ty won't talk to me, and Seto won't talk to anyone about anything but the task at hand, and I don't even have Jerome or Mitch to talk to, because they've been doing all sorts of stuff by themselves.

What in Notch's name do I do?

My brain flashes to what Seto told me last night.

You have a gift, Ashley. It's called the Fifth Sight. You can see futures in other realities.

Yes, that's it. I'll just let the Fifth Sight do its work, and it'll solve my problems for me. Hopefully.

I walk to my tent and try to fall asleep. I can't, however, no matter how hard I try. I lay down, toss and turn, but nothing I can do will make me comfortable or tired. I just sit there for awhile, just sitting upright in my tent and willing myself to fall asleep, but nothing I do can tire me out.

Eventually, I make a decision. I exit my tent long after all of the lights are out and spread my dragon wings. I take off and with a quick flap of my wings I'm soaring, letting myself get lost in the air like I've done many times before.

The air seems to change me, waking me up to my surroundings, my problems, and even my own mind. I think about the way I feel, the way I shouldn't have spoken to Ty the way I did, how I shouldn't be mad at Seto, how all of this drama is actually my fault. A wave of guilt rushes over me and I begin to cry. I land back in our camp so I don't lose my bearings with tears clouding my eyes.

The crying tires me out. I walk to my tent and flop down onto the sleeping bag I packed, exhausted. It didn't take long to drift off to sleep, and moments later, the Fifth Sight began to do its work.

We're back in Max's house, confessing things all over again. I listen to the non interesting things, like Quentin's or Ssundee's secrets, but tune in when Ty speaks

"I-I was a Wither Worshiper."

I watch the shock on Jason's face through his helmet, able to read his emotions through the orange tinted glass of his helm. I watch Seto as a bit of... Was that satisfaction? Pride? I can't quite tell. Whatever it is, it's not what the others are feeling. I tune out again until Seto speaks: "I kissed Ashley," and sits down. I will my Sight to jump forward, and it does.

I'm in Seto's tent, talking to him. More like crying, actually. He's comforting me, telling me it's okay and then.

"I didn't know it was true, Ashley. I wish it wasn't, for your sake, but it is, and there's nothing I can do for you."

I guess Max didn't forcefully kiss me in this reality, because I have to deduce my own immortality.

"What about Ty?" I ask through tears.

"Well," Seto says. "There is a way."

"There is?" I ask, perking up.

"Yes, but it would change him unless we could reverse it in time."

"What?"

"The Stitching of the Veins,"

"What?"

"Yes. The Stitchings preformed by Ty's old cult made a person immortal, sort of. They cannot die of old age, only be killed in combat."

"But doesn't it reverse a persons aura?"

"Yes, it does. However, there is a way to reverse the aura without losing immortality."

"And that is?"

"A dual Stitching."

"Two Stitchings?"

"Yes."

"How would that work?"

"Well, the reverse Stitching has to be done by a hyper-dimensional being."

"Excuse me? Hyper-dimensional being?"

"They aren't as hard to find as they seem. In fact, one of them is a member of our team."

"Who?"

"None other than Sky himself."

"What? What does 'hyper-dimensional being' mean anyway?"

"It means to have the ability to exist in multiple dimensions."

"Why?"

"Every person exists in three dimensions. You know, like 2D is drawing and 3D is has depth. A hyper-dimensional being has the ability to exist in up to eight dimensions, on levels that are far more complex for us to understand. Our brains don't understand it, so we don't see the other dimensions they exist in."

"Why eight?"

"That's just the way it is."

"That's incredibly confusing."

"Yes, but the details aren't that important. I probably just confused you more by telling you, and I'm sorry for that. The important part is that if Sky can preform a Stitching in time, then Ty can become immortal like you, and you two can be... happy."

A pang of guilt washes over me, but I love Ty. I do, and I don't want Seto to feel bad, but I love what I love, and that's it.

I wake up and run to Sky's tent. He's sharing it with Ty and Jason again, I'll need to get him alone.

I gently push aside the tent flap and enter. A note is on the tents empty floor.

To whom it may concern,

I'm gone, don't worry about me. When I figure this out I'll be back. Hopefully. Don't wait up for me though, I might not come back at all.

Sincerely,

Ty

I burst from the tent screaming his name.

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