Crossover II Evalius

Chapter 14 Trying to Solve the Mystery

Chapter 14

Trying to Solve the Mystery

    Aria sat down across from Vanessa with her tray of mashed potatoes in one hand and her fairy tale books in the other. For the rest of the week she had been forced to divide her time with Walter and Vanessa since she did not want to lose either of them as a friend. Today just happened to be Vanessa’s turn.

    “Why did you bring those?” Vanessa asked, nodding her head towards the books.

    “Remember what I told you about Evalius?” Aria opened the book. “Well, I going to try and figure out which fairy tale might be taking place there and more about its ruler so I can find a way to stop him.”

    “Do you have to do that now? People are going to wonder what you are doing with a bunch of fairy tale books.”

    “I don’t care what people think right now,” Aria replied annoyed.

    Vanessa only shrugged. “I guess you can tell them you are doing an extra credit project for Ms. Malone. They might believe that.”

    Aria merely let out an indifferent ‘hmm’ as she scrutinized through the pages.

    “You said Edmund and his new master are not coming after you, right?” Vanessa asked.

    Aria shook her head. “No, Edmund said Kendal was the one his master had chosen for something.” Aria paused to ponder this. “It must be someone who knows her or has at least met her. I just wonder who it could be and if they’re still here.”

    “It could be one of the coaches,” Vanessa suggested in an indifferent tone as she took a bite of her potatoes.

    Aria, who has still not touched her food, ignored her friend’s apathy and continued, “I just need to figure out which story this is and how Kendal ties in with it.”

    Vanessa just continued to stir her food, uninterested. “I’d imagine if Kendal were apart of a fairy tale she would be an evil witch or something like that.”

    In frustration, Aria slammed her book shut. “Vanessa, this is serious! Kendal could be in real trouble!”

    Vanessa just rolled her eyes. “Can you blame me for not caring. It’s only Kendal. It’s not like she’s our friend anymore.”

    “I can’t just do nothing when I know Edmund has something terrible planned for her,” Aria protested reminded of the same annoyance she felt with Derek the other day.

    Vanessa remained apathetic. “So if you need to get it off your conscious just tell Kendal that Edmund is bad news. Whether she chooses to listen to you or not is her business.”

    Aria leaned her forehead on both hands in frustration. “I’m sure if I try to warn her she’ll just assume I’m trying to steal Edmund back from her. Especially now that somehow the whole school already knows that Derek and I are having problems.”

    “Speaking of Derek,” Vanessa interjected attempting to distract Aria from this topic. “Don’t you think you should focus more on fixing your relationship with him, someone who actually cares about you, rather than someone who’s only made your high school life miserable?”

    Aria lifted her head up to look at her. “So I’m supposed to just let Kendal die because I decided I’d rather work on my own relationship?”

    “How you even know she’s going to die?” Vanessa asked exasperated.

    Aria sighed thinking back. “It’s just the way Edmund said ‘she will always be remembered.’ Does that sound like anything good to you?”