FranceXReader Mermaid in my Dreams

Chapter 19

Everyone in the room was frozen and staring in shock at (Name) until Allistor finally mustered up the strength to say something. “What did you just say?”

“I s-saw Arthur…” (Name) said with a shaky voice. “He’ll die if we don’t go back for him...” More sobs escaped her as she clung onto Francis for dear life.

“Calm down, (Name),” Allistor said. “I’ll call my brother, Dylan. He might be able to help Arthur.” He said he’d call Dylan if things went wrong in the first place, Allistor said as he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket. He dialed Dylan’s number and waited for him to pick up on the other line. He finally got an answer after the fourth ring from a very irritated Dylan.

“What the hell do you want, Allistor?” Dylan grumbled. “Do you have any idea what time it is right now? I don’t mean to sound rude, but I’m trying to get some sleep.”

“Forget about that right now, Dylan,” Allistor said. “I need your help. Well actually, Arthur needs your help. Have you gotten a call from him yet?"

"W-Well no, but why?"

Allistor ignored his question and kept speaking. "Do you mind getting up and going over to his house real quick? Oh and bring your wand and spell book with you.”

“What for? Is something wrong?”

“Just do it, ya bloke. Thing is, Arthur might be in a bit of trouble and it’s scaring the hell out of a certain friend of mine.”

“Who?”

“Never mind that right now, just head on over there and call me back when you get there. Just make sure Arthur stays alive alright?”

“Whatever you say, bro,” Dylan said, sounding more wide awake than before. Allistor could hear him getting out of bed and rushing to get changed. “What exactly is it that Arthur is in danger of?”

“I’ll tell you later. Just get to Arthur’s house as fast as you can. I’ll fill you in later.”

“Alright alright, I’ll talk to you later.”

“See ya.” Allistor hung up the phone and started to dial Arthur’s number. He tried calling both his home and cell phone numbers three times each, but he didn’t get an answer out of either one of them. “Just fucking great…” Allistor mumbled under his breath. He turned to (Name) and Francis, trying to look calm for (Name)’s sake but he didn’t think that was working out too well. “Don’t worry anymore, (Name). Dylan’s on his way to Arthur’s house as we speak.”

(Name) didn’t seem to be getting any calmer. Whatever kind of vision she had must have scared her to death. Francis was still holding her and trying to reassure her that everything would be alright. Nothing he was doing seemed to be working though.

Allistor sighed and massaged his temples. He definitely needed a drink, or a smoke; anything to help him calm his nerves.  By the looks of it, this was going to be one hell of a long day.

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Allistor sat at the table across from (Name) in the kitchen as Francis had finished making breakfast for everyone who had already woken up. It was obvious that (Name) was still worried out of her mind about Arthur and the vision she had of him dying, and that she was waiting for Dylan to call back just as anxiously as Allistor was. It actually took all the willpower he had not to go pacing around the house, or to raid Lukas’s refrigerator for beer. He was almost as high strung as (Name) was by this point, even though he tried not to show it.

By the time they were all finished with their breakfast, Allistor’s phone finally started to ring. Dylan’s caller ID showed up on his phone before he answered on the first ring. “Hey, hope you have good news,” Allistor said.

“Act- *bzz* think you need to *bzz* now!” Dylan said on the other line, his voice breaking up and being replaced by static noises.

“What was that? I can hardly hear what you’re saying.” Allistor tried to focus on what Dylan was saying, but all he could hear was static on the other line. “Dylan? Can you hear me? Dylan!”

“Get over here!” Dylan said in a rush so what he was saying would transfer. “Hurry before *bzz*” Dylan’s voice had been completely replaced with static and the call had been disconnected shortly after.

“Dylan! Dylan!” Allistor was shouting into the phone in vain. “God dammit…” He mumbled to himself, slamming his fist down on the table. The sudden action made everyone flinch and stop what they were doing to look at him.

“What happened?” (Name) asked quietly, fear and concern showing clear through her voice.

Allistor stuffed his phone back in his pocket and stood up from the table. “You were right, (Name). We need to go right now.”

“W-what happened?” (Name) repeated.  She felt a rush of anxiety and fear shoot through her and her body started trembling again. “What happened? WHAT HAPPENED?!”

(Name) was about to shoot up from her seat before Francis laid a hand on her shoulder. “Relax, chérie. Just relax.”

(Name) sat back down in her seat, still worrying about what had happened during the call. “We need to leave,” Allistor repeated. “They’ve probably gotten themselves into loads of trouble by now. Allistor headed out of the kitchen, grabbing Arthur’s car keys and his wand before heading outside. He took a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket and lit one before he got to the car. Francis followed him outside with (Name) beside him. Allistor exhaled smoke before he started the car. Lukas came outside with Gilbert and Antonio soon afterwards, both of which had just received a rude awakening from Lukas.

“What the shit happened?” Gilbert said as he trudged along outside.

“Is it an emergency?” Antonio said.

“Just get in the car,” Allistor said as he discarded his cigarette on the ground. “All of you, now.”

Antonio and Gilbert seemed confused, but they didn’t really feel like arguing with Allistor with his nerves messed up like this. All of them had gotten into the car as fast as they could. Once everyone had gotten settled in, Allistor took no extra time heading off at top speed to Arthur’s house. Hell knows what would await them there.