The Strange Life Of Felix Grant

Chapter 19: Visitor

We all turn to see a tall person standing in my dining room, but his form flickers in certain places. He is around six feet, probably a bit taller. His face is friendly, but also betrays a deep sadness. The most peculiar thing about him is his skin which appears to be a light shade of green.

"Hello, I-"

"How the hell did you get in my house?" I ask angrily.

"Calm down Felix, yes Felix is there, oh fine you do it then." He says looking back at nothing. For a moment his form disappears, but it is replaced by the raven haired girl from my dream. My jaw hits the floor, and she smiles at me warmly, causing Sierra to clear her throat.

"Hey there Felix, and friends of Felix's, I would address you by names, but I don't know them." She says turning away from me to look at them, and then looking back to me. "The guy you saw before, his name is Zeke, and I am Silica."

"How did you get in here?" Josh asks looking bewildered.

"I'm not "in" here, I am using a device that allows me to project an image over extreme distances. I hope we have called at the right time, but we can't really keep up with what's happening there. I assume you guys have the letters?"

"When you say extreme distances?" Josh asks looking lost.

"That can wait, do you lot have the letters?" She asks looking at him firmly.

"Yes." I say quickly.

"I was wondering if you'd talk to me, you left quite an impression on my father you know."

"I thought it was a dream, I had no idea it was real, wait it can't be. This is real life, stuff like that doesn't happen." I say shaking my head.

"You've met her before?" Sierra asks defensively.

"In a dream, Felix here was flirting pretty heavily." Silica says giving me a half smile that just screams trouble.

"Really now, Fang I didn't take you for the type." Alex says laughing.

"It was a dream damn it." I say turning on him.

"Obviously not." Sierra says looking away from me.

"Oh, don't give me that, do you know how many guys I've had to stomach you parading around with, I thought I was dreaming cut me some slack." I say after she looks at me again. She narrows her eyes but doesn't say anything.

"Fang?" Silica asks looking confused.

"It's his nickname." Sierra says curtly.

"Felix, don't tell me you started dating someone. I thought we had something." Silica pouts looking at me, and pulling her eyebrows together.

"Please stop making my life more difficult. I assume you came here for more than that." I say trying to change the topic.

"You don't want to make your life difficult huh? Then don't follow the letter's advice." She says looking away angrily.

"This is asinine, I understand it was a dream, and I'm not going to hold that against you." Sierra says rolling her eyes. "I don't blame you, I mean look at her."

"Was that a compliment?" Silica asks looking bewildered as if the concept were alien to her.

"Yes, it was, now can you please explain why you "called" us?"

"Right, well anyway. I just want to impress on you how important this is, I know it seems like a foolish prank, but this is paramount. This is the biggest decision you eight will ever make." She says after smiling at Sierra.

"Why not tell us what's going to happen?" I ask confused.

"No dice, you have to make the decision yourselves, without the knowledge of what's going to happen, if you knew the- er things won't happen as they're supposed to."

"Oh yay it has rules." I say sarcastically, and Silica scoffs a laugh.

"You have no idea how good it is to hear sarcasm, it's completely lost on Zeke." She says smiling brightly.

"It's here twenty four seven." Claire says laughing.

"I don't have a lot of time left, so I'll say this, please just do as the letter says, and Felix, I'll enjoy meeting you in person, I hope you feel the same." She says as she disappears.

"Looks like someone is after your guy Sierra." Miranda says walking up beside her.

"I don't know.. I.. May-..." Sierra keeps muttering to herself for a few minutes, before turning to me, and then sitting down on the couch. "I don't have any words for what I just experienced, so Fang let's forget about it." She says looking back at me.

"Agreed." I say quickly. "We are all agreed that we're going this evening right?"

Everyone nods and starts looking around uncomfortably.