Finding The Keys

Chapter 38(*)

*none*

They all stood dumbfounded, it has be almost 9 years since these two had seen each other. Demterius carefully hugged the boy, his hair hiding a crying face. Alexander was crying as well, but a smile slipped on to his face as he hugged Demterius back.
'I missed you Glavenshade,' He says threw their heads, as he pats the head of the boy crying on his shoulder.
"You too Dogwood..." A mumble was heard, it coming from Demterius as he wiped his eyes and stood back up.
"Let's in side, we have a lot to catch up on," Maki says with a smile, "Smoke, Alexander, you two won't mind staying here will you? Just until your better?"
"It's alright, me and Ashfinder don't have a place to go to anyways" Smoke say petting his birds head, who promptly sat on his shoulder.
The group funnled inside talking and laughing as they went, after they were inside Maki quickly excused herself and rushed up stairs and a few marks started to glow on her arms, Icicle followed.

*Maki*

'No no no' I thought to myself as the went into the bathroom, taking off my jacket I looked at the glowing marks that where shining all over my arms.
"Maki?" I hear a voice say coming down the hall, I go for the door but before I could Icicle is standing in the doorway.
"Maki what happened?" She asked coming in, shutting and locking the door behind her.
I begin to shake as the marks apper over the rest of my body including one that covered most of the right side of my face, "the mission I went on was to find and capture a witch and rescue a wizard, Smoke, who she was holding captive. We went there there was no one there. Suddenly Alexander was attacked by a fire potion putting him in the state he is in now. She then put me in a bubble full of hot water, hotter than I ever felt before even with my fire magic...." I pause and sit down on the floor, pulling my knees close to my chest as the marks continued to glow.
Icicle sat next to me, "What happened next?"
"The rest is mainly a blur I passed out at one point... Next thing I knew Raven was watching over me waiting for me to wake up"
Icicle placed her hand on my shoulder, "Maki just calm down, the marks, do you know what they mean?"
"No I don't... When I was at the town hospital watching over Alexander and Smoke, Smoke woke up and saw them before I did, h-he has them too," I stumble over my words, "Icicle I am scared"

*Icicle*

Maki hasn't been this scared in awhile, she was shaking and the marks light pulsed with color.
"Hey it's alright," I say softly, crouching down next to her, "just calm down"
With that Maki took a deep breath and the marks begun to fade their orange glow dissapering from her skin. "Just pretend it's like the personalities... Slip it into a raindrop and keep it there until you need them..."
I watched as she closed her eyes and the marks dissapered from her skin besides one on the back of her shoulder, which turned into what looked similar to a tattoo.
"Better?" I ask, rubbing her head slightly.
Maki smiled, nodded, and then hugged me quickly. She stood, made herself look presentable by fixing her ponytail and wiping her eyes, "let's go".
She unlocked the bathroom door and heads downstairs me not to far behind her. The chatter of the people downstairs fills my ears as I come to see everyone in the living room but Alexander and Demterius.
"Where's Alexander and Dem" Maki asked looking around the room.
"They went outside to catch up and talk about something" Li says after sipping the glass of water and setting it beside her.

*Maki*

I looked outside the window to see the boys sitting outside the mouths moving but me not being able to hear anything guessed they where just catching up without the loud chatter of the room.
Aqua, Thomas, Oliver, and Guti were chatting with Smoke as he rewrapped his injured leg.
Ashfinder, Shadow, and Raven relaxed by the front window, all three animals lying in the afternoon sun.
Icicle took a seat beside Li and they started talking. I look around the room the house that we lived in wasn't really fit for all of us, when I healed up we all started livinghere, sharing profits from jobs as we went, Icicle, Li, Raven, and I share a room that is filled with two bunkbeds, a desk being placed under one of the beds in place of the lower bunk. Raven slept on the floor on a dog bed we had got at the store. A dresser sat up against on wall and a small walk-in closet, with a curtain in place of a door, was against the other. The boys shared a room downstairs, so Aqua wouldn't be alone. Alexander and Smoke would be sleeping in the office space for now, the only thing we have put in there in a cabinet and printer, so the air mattress would easily fit with room for Alexanders current wheelchair until his leg is healed. Upstairs there is another room that we use as the book room, it was originally my room when it was just Thomas, Icicle and I but when Li and the others moved in we put all our book shelves into old room to save space in the bunk rooms.
'I'll bring up the topic later.' I tell myself as I wander into the kitchen.
'If you move, I know a good place.' I hear Puppet say in my head.
'Oh yeah?' I ask, she mentally nods in response.
'Yeah pull out a map and let me take control of you arm and I'll show you' she says as I see a black and white band apper around my wrist.
I smiled, pulling a map out of the cupboard, I lay it out on the table. I touch the band on my wrist, 'Your turn puppet, show me.'
'

Okay! This is gonna feel weird at first, me moving your arm with you knowing so just don't freak out!'
'Alright.'
I watched my hand move and point to a small town in a northern state.
'Solaris, Maine?'
'Yeah, it's a magic friendly town nessled up in the northern most Appalachian Mountains so most outsider don't show up there. But I know how to get there.'
'Well I'll talk to the others. Thank you.'
'You are welcome, talk to you later Maki.'
I put the map away after circling the town with a pencil.