Animagus

Chapter 17: Other People

  "What? There are more good guys?" Brendan asked and Ashton rolled his eyes.

  "Yes, Brendan," Ashton said with an exasperated sigh.

  "Well how would I know? Carlo told us there weren't even other Animagi!" Brendan said and all of our heads turned to Carlo who seemed unfazed by the accusation.

  "That's because I didn't think it would be healthy for you guys to go running after The Association, which I knew you three would do," Carlo said and glared at Ashton, Dana, and I.

  Will walked back into the room and slipped his phone into his pocket.

  "They'll be here shortly," Will said with a grin on his face. Dana stared at him and I swear she was almost drooling again. I nudged her and her head snapped up immediately and she was at immediate attention.

  "You're like a little puppy," I whispered to her and she shrugged.

  "I have a weakness for accents. You do too so don't accuse me of being anything. Besides, he is pretty sexy," Dana said with a smile and I rolled my eyes.

  "Yes, but no," I said and Dana was the one who nudged me this time.

  "You're only saying that cause you have the hots for Ashton," Dana pointed out and I glared at her.

  "Do you want me to talk to Will and tell him that you are madly in love with him?" I taunted and Dana pointed at me in a threatening way.

  "Do it, and you'll lose a finger," Dana said and I grinned and leaned around Dana.

  "Hey Wi-!" I started but Dana clapped a hand over my mouth.

  "You're going to lose a whole hand!" Dana threatened again.

  "Um, girls? You guys paying attention?" Ashton asked and Dana looked at him, mid-threat. Her hand still securely over my mouth.

  Dana nodded and waved her hands in the "Yeah, yeah, keep going" kind of way then dropped her hand. She put a finger over her mouth and shushed me before I could do anything.

  "Alright, so when your friends get here, it is strictly business. No friend making. Alright?" Carlo asked and Brooke rolled her eyes.

  "Seems like you're a very fun person to be around Carlo. Probably the life of the party," Will said with a quick, sarcastic laugh.

  "What you've seen? That's about as fun as Carlo has ever been," I whispered to Will and he laughed again.

  There was a loud thump from outside, "That would be them," Will said and raced downstairs. We all followed closely. When we got down to the first floor Will was letting people in through the door.

  "What the hell did you do? Run into the door?" Will asked as a boy my age with dirty blonde hair and bright orange eyes walked in.

  "Well I had to, mate. You didn't answer when I knocked!" Blondie said and Will and him started laughing. He was also, as I observed, British.

  The next one to walk in was a girl that had to be my age. Unlike Will and Blondie she had sapphire blue eyes like my own and had dark brown hair pulled into a pony tail. Five people followed Pony tail and Blondie in.

  "Okay, so these are my Association refugees. Of course there are more but these are the ones that I know and trust. This," Will said and indicated to Blondie. "is Noah, my brother. And this," he said pointing to Pony tail, "is Stella."

  Will introduced the other five people, Hugo, Fern, Delia, Xavier, and Zed, he introduced us and he made sure to put extra emphasis that I was the chosen one.

  "So, let's get down to business. We are trying to take out The Association as easily and quickly as possible. Am I correct when I assume that without The Association, Thwigs will be forced back down to the Underworld?" Carlo asked and Will nodded.

  "Yes, Thwigs are lost without us Animagi to help them. So if we can scatter The Association, we can get rid of the Thwigs. My other people that are not here are within The Association now, looking for loopholes in the security. At this rate, it won't take long for us to take over," Will said.

  "Alrighty then, where would be the best place to start in this attack?" Ashton asked and Will smiled.

  "I'm glad you asked," Will said and held up a key chain with one lonely key on it. "because we're starting right inside of The Association."