Choices ((Old Copy))

Part 5

"I reveal myself in the flame. . ." I repeated for about the seventeenth time. I and Ben paced back and forth between the walls of the room. We didn't understand the clue at all. Or why we needed a clue in the first place. Ben looked around, then he got out his phone. 

"This is probably not going to work, but come here." He said, I followed him to where the light switch was, he pulled up an app on his phone with a candlelight. He grabbed my arm so he'd be able to know where I'm at and gave me his phone. He turned off the light with his free hand and took his phone back. We both looked around as the light from his phone flickered. 

"Ben," I said, pointing at the corner of the room. The blank piece of paper from last night had a slight bit of glowing blue words written on it. Ben and I walked cautiously and carefully as it was dark to the corner and grabbed the paper. Ben read Aloud. 

"My Dearest Skye, 
I'm writing this while I'm pregnant with you, I just found out your gender, and I'm happy to say that I'll have the name iv always wanted for my baby girl. I knew you were special from the moment I knew you were going to happen. I love you more than anything. But I also know I'm sick. By the time you read this, I probably won't be around to join you on this adventure, but I'm sure you'll have friends (And possibly a boyfriend, watch out for your father) to help you along the way. 
I see you've already found the first clue that leads to this, you are a smart girl, but this adventure will push you in more than just one way, you'll have to be smart, strong, observant, and most importantly, you cant be alone when you do this. 
So you found my secret room, these were here before even I discovered the Lodge. The tunnels are different, this room leads to others, but I wont say anything else, I dont want to spoil it for you. 
I got pretty far on this adventure when I was your age, but then, of course, I fell into the love life and no longer found the mystery any fun. But now, for you, I have put everything back where I found it, and I'm letting you start from the beginning, so to start you off, he's the first hint I ever got.
 I grow in the sun, 
on the waterfall.
 At night I am Small, 
but in a day I stand tall. 
Love,
Mum"

Ben turned off his phone and the room plunged into darkness. There was a silence for a moment, then Ben pulled me to hug him, he knew, I had already been crying while he was reading it. My phone had buzzed many times while he was reading. Ben got my phone off the dresser, as he could somehow see, and he checked the messages and read them aloud to me. 

Hey, you ready to go into town and put out the flyers? ~ Sean 

Actually, sorry, we cant go, your dad needs me to do some stuff for the games and my dad is trying to get me to do some stupid job interview somewhere. ~ Sean 

Was wondering if I could get a little help with work today. ~ Dad 

Nevermind, texted Sean and he said he would try. ~ Dad 

Hi, did you ever make any more plans on the Lodge games? And did you decide about what we talked about last night? ~ Josh 

I grabbed my phone back from Ben, even though I was still crying and replied to the texts. 

To Sean and Dad ~ Sorry, I was doing something and totally lost track of time. ~ Skye 

To Josh ~ I didnt make any more plans that were written down, but I came up with some things to put in some backpacks since we'll be spending a few days in the woods. About the other thing, we swore what we spoke of in the room, stayed in the room. Not even texts, but I'm still thinkng about it anyway. ~ Skye 

I put my phone back in my pocket and looked back to Ben. 

Ben smiled at me in the darkness.

"What's the super secret that you can only speak of in your bedroom?" He asked with a smirk, guessing it was something about him probably. And it was, what a smart guy. I stood on my toes and leaned up against him.

"And why do I have to tell you, you nosy boy that keeps reading my texts?" I said with a smile, he narrowed his eyes.

"Because."

"Because what?"

". . . . . Just because." He said, I laughed, I pushed myself a little higher on my toes and kissed his cheek.

"Not today. Like I told him, I'm still thinking." I said, there was a rattling sound coming from the slide. My heart jumped to my throat. Ben grabbed me and pulled me to a giant stack of pillows in the back right corner of the room. Like a lightning bolt he had me completly covered in pillows. I could see through a tiny sliver in between pillows. Ben stood right under the slide exit, someone landed and turned on the light. I couldnt see who it was, the very second they turned on the light Ben grabbed them and put them against the wall. I was the only one able to open the hatch, otherwise someone would have discovered it ages ago.

"Ben!?" Whoever it was yelled.

"James!?" He responded. Ben backed away from him and glanced at me. The guy had blonde hair, and a few other features, he kind of looked like my dad but with my blonde hair. It was weird, but I saw people that looked sort of like me all the time.

"What are you doing here!? And how did you get in!? You know only me and my s-" Ben stopped him and looked at me again. Ben walked over to me and took my hand to help me up. I stood up out of the pillows and looked at the guy. Ben's grip on me was tighter than usual.

"James, you already know Skye from the TV show, Skye, this is James." Ben introduced.

"Im your brother." James blurted.