Frost (EDITING)

THAW

After Red dropped Hazel home , her mother insisted on thanking her by offering her a cup of hot chocolate .Obviously , no one could resist that and Red gave in .

Hazel picked up the mugs of hot chocolate from the kitchen table .

" Give one to Red , Haze ." , said her mother , " She's with gran in the library .They seem to be getting along like a house on fire !"

"Wow.", said Hazel , raising an eyebrow.

As she reached the library , she noticed that the door had been left ajar . She peeped in and saw gran and Red chatting so enthusiastically that one might think they were old friends reunited .

" And remember the time we soiled Mrs Tattletale's laundry ?", asked Red .

" Wouldn't forget it even if I got amnesia !",Gran said , laughing heartily.

Red sighed , "Bad days La , bad days .Nothing like those merry old times ."

Gran nodded gravely .

" Look at you now , La .So calm , so quiet . The old age has gotten to you , eh ?"

"One has to age gracefully , after all .", said Gran with a light shrug .

" A virtue I will never have !", joked Red and they burst into loud laughter .

One could well imagine Hazel's confusion on hearing them talk . What would a twenty year old know about ageing gracefully ? Why the hell was Red talking like she might be some seventy year old woman ?

"Those days really were the spring of our lives . And now , well there's war .", said Red , " Evil is taking a hold on both the worlds ."

Worlds ? What ?! Maybe Red was an alien . That would explain her superhuman fighting skills .

" What happened with Hazel , is not just a mere coincidence . It is a warning .",Red said . " Evil found a means to channel itself in those scoundrels to attack her . You know , because of her being the saviour ."

" Evil has already seen her as its enemy , then ." , said Gran Luella and for the first time Hazel saw a bit of fear in her eyes .

"All good is evil's enemy , La .But this gives us more the reason to be done with our job fast . If we do not vanquish it , it will have us ."

Gran nodded in agreement .

Hazel was confused to no end . She could not make head and tail of the conversation . All the things that Red was talking about , seemed to be so normal to gran but perplexed Hazel , immensely . 

And what did they mean by calling her a saviour ? Whose saviour was she ?And what did they mean by evil being her enemy ? Maybe they meant it metaphorically .

However that conclusion did not seem to be satisfactory .

But all of this was not what bothered her . It was the nagging thought at the back of her mind which told her that she knew the answer to it all .

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" Hathel !", said Kate flapping her hands , " Look , I am a bird ."

" And I am lion .",said Kendrick , trying to imitate a lion's roar , after  which he ran after Kate .

Hazel sighed . Somehow her gran and mom always fished out ways to make her get out of the house .

" Let the fresh air get into your lungs.", they said .

That , she could do by opening a window .

She unwrapped her chocolate bar (which she had snuck out of the fridge with the talent and precision of the stealthiest thief ) , as she commenced scaling the lengths of the park .