Finding The Keys

Chapter 39(*)

I walk into the living room to see the scene almost the same as I had left it, everyone chatting with each other. The only difference was that Demterius and Alexander where now inside.
'Hey Puppet,' I say inside my head.
'Yeah?' She responds 'Whatcha need?'
'Can you come out and talk to them like you did in my room that night?'
'Yeah I can try, There's also something I want to give you but I have to be a figure to do this so I guess it works for both of us.'
'Alright! Thanks! '
'Your welcome'
"Hey guys I have a question I want to ask all of you," I say catching everyone's attention, "but I have to bring someone out to help explain so no getting angry at her."
"Alright," Dem says, "who is it?"
I pauses as the others ask similar questions, "Puppet" I say with a hint of worry in my voice.
"Okay," Guti says looking at me, "are you sure?"
"Yeah, we have already talked and this time she's not speaking threw me."
The others looked at me in confusion, not fully understanding what I said.
'You can come out now'
'Alright here I come.'
Next thing I know Puppet is standing beside me with her towering 6'4 frame.
"Sorry for intruding..." She say awkwardly adjusting her tie, "but Maki has asked me to help explain about what she has come up with." She bowed slightly before standing up again.
The room fell slient as they looked her over, never actually seeing the personality, that took over on occasion, in person before.
I spoke up, breaking the slience, "So everyone besides Alexander and Smoke knows that this place is getting quite small for all of us. So I am proposing us moving, Puppet here knows of a magic friendly town up in Maine to where we can practice our magic with having to worry about people... What do you guys think?" I look around the room, my face changing as I see there faces. They talked about themselves for a second before nods and mummers of agreement fill the room. I smiles as there faces come back to look at me and Puppet, who was taking a shy stance behind me, not used to so many male faces.
"Puppet its okay, they won't hurt you."
"Okay mistress I trust you..." She whispers, taking a carefully half-step out from behind me, "The town is located in the mountains of Maine, it's name is Solaris, I have been there before, before I became one of Maki's personalities, which I have just recently regained memories of..."
"Thank you Puppet, you may go if you like now"
"Mistress I have something I want to give you before I leave," she dug into her pocket and pulled out a key, "it's my key, call me when you need me, the others are creating theirs as we speak, even Myssol"
I take the key in my hand, "Thank you Puppet, tell the others for me."
"I will, goodbye mistress."
Then she was gone, I glance down at the key, thinking nothing of teh words puppet spoke. It's a beautiful sliver color with a simple, yet complicated design on the top at the handle.
"So I say we take it to a vote" I hear a voice say from in the crowd of people packed into the living room. It turns out it be the voice of Thomas be we all agree to take it to a vote, which would happen tomorrow so people had time to look into the town and see if there was any good permeant jobs near by instead of constantly having to do online jobs.
I head up to our room and sit down at the desk under my bed. Resting my head on the desk, a headache started to form just above my eyes. It was getting close to dinner, so tonight's cookers went to the kitchen while the other dispered back to their afternoon activities.
There's a light knock at my door.
"Yes?"
"May I enter?"
I lift my head up not recognizing the voice right away.
"Yeah..."
The door opens revealing Dem, he leaves the door open and places his hand on my shoulder as he pulls up a chair to sit in.
"Hey, what's wrong?" He says as I lower my head back down onto the desk.
"Nothing, I am just not sure about this move..."
"Hey I know a lot has happened here, but maybe it's time for a fresh start in a new place" he places two of his fingers on the back of my neck, rubbing it slightly so release some of the building pressure in my head, which by know he has figured out is there.
"Dem I know, but at the same time what if Cha-"
He cut me off, "Maki, get it in your head already, Chante is not coming back! It's been 4 years!" He ends with his voice risen, almost yelling.
I close my hand tightly, heat building to the point of almost ignition.
"What do you think kept me alive after you died! The burning hope that I would be able to see Chante again!" As I say the word burning my fist ingintes, fire dancing around my finger tips.
He gets up, back off raising his hands up as he does so, "Maki calm down, you don't need to switch now..." His voice is shakey as I bearly register it, I was loosing control again, I reach out to Puppet for mental strength only to find none. Just an absence of her, I begin to get scared, reaching out to others but no responses came. To my knowledge, Dem notices this, and calls downstairs to Icicle.
I come back to normal and fall to my knees noticing that most of the voices in my head where gone.
"ki....aki....Maki!" I hear as I am snapped out of the panicked zoned-out state, I see Dem standing by the door, Icicle is infront of me along with Li.
I mumble out two words as tears come to my eyes, "Th-They're gone..."