Crossover

Chapter 15 The Truth About Aria

Chapter 15

The Truth About Aria

    “Ms. Fleming! Ms. Fleming, wake up!” Aria viciously shook her body and stammered her name, her breath and heartbeat racing one another.

    “Aria,” Adora opened her eyes and beamed at the princess kneeling above her. “You’re okay!”

    “Yeah, I am but Vanessa isn’t.” Aria thrashed the note in front of her neighbor’s eyes.

    “Oh dear,” Adora gasped, her hand flying to her mouth. “We will have to go get help from Galatia. There’s no way you can go alone as the note demands. Myrtle is just too dangerous.”

    “But the note says if I want to save Vanessa, then I have to come alone,” Aria protested, frantically running her fingers through her hair. “What if Ms. Malone, I mean Myrtle does something to hurt her? I cannot even…”

    As she rose to her feet, Adora held up her hand and stated firmly, “If you go by yourself, you would have fallen right into Myrtle’s trap. Who knows what she will do to you then. We must go to the kingdom to get help. That’s Vanessa’s only chance now.

    Aria’s mind was too occupied with playing scenes of what to possibly happen to her best friend while with Myrtle to even listen to Adora. “We don not have time for that! Something could happen even before we get to Gal… whatever its called!”

    “What if I went with her for backup?” Derek suggested. “I can hide so Myrtle doesn’t see me and then take her by surprise or something like that.”

    Adora shook her head and sighed. “No. You both are just teenagers. I will not allow for you to go up against the most dangerous witch in Galatia alone.”

    “We did just slay a dragon,” Derek reminded her.

    “Trust me. That’s nothing compared to what fighting Myrtle will be like,” Adora cautioned. “No more debate. As long as Aria is in my care, I will not allow for her to put her life in danger. Now, I want you two to follow me.” The fairy’s eyes then fell upon Aria’s concerned face. “Don’t worry. I promise you we will save Vanessa. All we need is a strong enough force to take on Myrtle. Once I find my sister fairies, we will find a way.”

    Aria groaned, but realized she had no choice but to follow, as she had no idea how to even find Myrtle’s lair. She still found it difficult to wrap her mind around this mysterious world she awoke in, yet somehow, by the way she could feel her body being wide awake, Aria knew this was not a dream.

    As she and Derek followed Adora, Aria looked on to her old neighbor in a whole new feature. A vast number of questions ran through her mind. Aria had no idea where to even begin.

    Aria picked up her pace so she could walk beside Adora, and started with, “Your sisters you mentioned a second ago, are they the sisters you would always visit when you went away?”

    “Yes,” Adora sighed out as she nodded. “Oh Aria, I know this must all be overwhelming to you.”

    Overwhelming seems like an understatement, Aria thought to herself.

      “I am sorry I never told you about any of this,” Adora continued. “I thought it would be better in order to protect you and let you live a relatively normal life.  I’m sure you have a lot of questions. What do you last remember before you woke up here?”

    Aria gazed down towards her feet as she reflected, “I was with Edmund at his house…” As thoughts of the one person she thought was her boyfriend once again returned, Aria could no longer bear not knowing. “Where is Edmund? Why was he not the one to rescue me?”