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"Calm down, everyone! Quiet!" Shawn was shouting. He was standing on a flat, mini plateau-like stone and waving his arms in the air. The entire Glade had gathered inside the larger abode. Calum was confused, he didn't know what the hell the big commotion was about.

It was just a snake. Bloody hell.

The crowd of Gladers were buzzing frantically about Calum's encounter with the Goldenhood, but Calum was quiet in his seat (which was really just a tree stump. All the 'seats' in this 'abode' were tree stumps. The roof of this one was also a bunch of bamboo shoots tied together with dirty string.) Luke wasn't anywhere in the crowd and neither was Michael. His fiery red hair was able to be seen from pretty far away, and that was the problem - He couldn't be seen anywhere currently.

"SHUT UP!" Shawn suddenly shouted, cupping his hands over his mouth to project his voice louder, his articulation thick and clear. The entire gathered group fell into blissful silence.
"Thank you," Shawn said in exasperation, clasping his hands together.

"We're gathered right now to discuss the growing problem of this Goldenhood, who not only struck for the first time in two and a half years, but also interacted and even bonded with one of our newest additions," His brown gaze shifted to Calum. "Calum Hood."

The crowd of Gladers buzzed once more and Shawn hushed them before speaking again.

"This is news to us, mostly because the last time this snake bit someone and let them live was two and a half years ago, and that someone happens to be-" Shawn was cut off by someone in the crowd piping up.

"But what if it's a bad sign? Karma?" The boy had a more nasal voice and curly red hair and freckles, green eyes. He was pale-skinned and wore a maroon T-shirt with black (basketball) shorts and black (Nike) shoes.

That sent the crowd into another frenzy and that's when Vinny spoke up, running a distressed hand through his dark hair, combing his fingers through the lighter streaks in the front.

"Listen, I don't know if this kid," He pointed at Calum, who shifted uncomfortably. "Is some special kid with some great-ass destiny or whatever, but his existence is drawing the attention of this lethal snake and we can't just sit around until something worse happens." Vinny finished, standing beside the flat boulder Shawn stood on and crossing his arms over his chest.

Calum mumbled something under his breath until Shawn's voice rang out to him.
"Calum, what do you recall feeling after the Goldenhood touched you?"

Calum thought for a moment before staring at his feet. After a moment, he looked up and shuffled his shoes on the murky ground. The rain was beginning to dribble through the cracks between the bamboo shoots of the roof, making it uncomfortably moist in the area.

"At first, I was fucking scared. Like I basically have a mini goddamn dragon touching its head to me like a cat, or some shit," That caused a few amused snickers from the boys. "But I remember feeling adrenaline. So much adrenaline and pure... Like, pure electricity in me, like I could do anything. I felt the snake's heartbeat with my own," Calum inhaled s breath and glanced at the hand he had felt the golden snake's scales. "I felt connected with it."

The entire area was hushed except for a few curious murmurs rippling through the boys. That's when there were gushing footsteps ears outside the protection of the abode and the wooden slab used as a door was shoved aside.

It was Luke.

Luke was alone, so he couldn't have been with Michael or else they would've come back together. Calum had this weird uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach.