WARNING: DISCONTINUED. It was just a normal day for Kelly. She was in math class, and while the whole class reviewed how to multiply
fractions, she was daydreaming about random things, like Minecraft, and pizza...
When we got to Tiergans Ryan immediately put his hand up. He slowly turned to me and looked at me with his eyes narrowed. "What?" I asked quizzically. "Think of wind, and imagine it here," To my surprise,in about 2 minutes, I managed to make a breeze. "I'm a Guster," I breathed.
All though my excitement plummeted when I thought about Callan. Had that really been him in the void?
While I was thinking Linh came outside. "Um, can I help you?"My face brightened and we all ran over to her and explained the situation. Then we went inside and explained it to Tiergan and Wylie. Tiergan stroked his chin.
"Well, he started, your friend Callan is probably not gonna get here." We all nodded. "For your meeting with the Black Swan, I think you should take Linh will want to come with you. Your welcome to stay here as long as you need." "Thank you so much," I said as I bowed my head.
That night was restless. Everybody was on edge from the day's events and tomorrow's meeting. The next day, we woke up and ate breakfast in silence. Linh was the first to speak after we were done eating. "You said that Callan was a shade with black bangs, right?" "Yeah, just like Tam," I replied.
Silence after that. Finally, 1:00 was 10 min away. All of us stepped outside the house and levitated up, teleporting when were high enough. We took Tiergan along since he was Granite. At the cave Ryan undid the lock. Tiergan took the first step in, and we followed behind. Mr. Forkle was already waiting there.
"You kids are such trouble," he sighed. I grinned for the first time that morning. "Well, what are you up to?" He asked. So, I launched into the explanation again. "Mr. Forkle thought for a moment and then opened his mouth and he said: "Will you be wilLing... to join the Black Swan?" It took a moment to sink in and then everyone realized what he had just said. We immediately said yes.
"Ok then, you will all be coming with me back to the hideout." We all agreed and I thought it was settled. Sophie's face was lit up with nostalgia.
Then, it all happened so fast. There was a puff of black smoke. The whole cave was impossible to see in. There was yelLing and pushing. Total chaos erupted. And then I heard firecrackers, and saw a bright explosions popping in the air. There was a sweep of a brown cloak. The smoke cleared and standing in the middle of the cave were 3 figures. One of them was kneeLing and was sticking out his tongue with the peace symbol, and the other two were girls who had their hands out in front of them like gangsters. I didn't need to look to see who it was. Black smoke, dramatic entrance, brown cape. I grinned a huge smile as the figures said "We accept your invitation to join the Black Swan!"
Callan, Luisa And Sophia stood in the middle of the cave. "Wait are all 3 of you shades?" Ryan asked. "No, just Callan." Sophia responded. "Well, I guess we have 3 more recruits." Mr. Forkle said.
Callan explained how he had gotten there while we traveled to the hideout. Apparently, he had pulled Grady and Alden off the cliff and into the void. He spent about 5 hours there before they gave up and that was when Callan dropped them off at Ravagog's entrance and then left. He picked up Luisa and Sophia on the way and then came over here. The firecrackers were from Keefe. He also had the gnomes make the same black clothes and cloak for Luisa and Sophia.
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Man this is just like what Sophie did, Callan transmitted to me. I nodded. Wanna do some spying? He transmitted to me and Ryan. We both nodded. "Ok," said Callan. "Me, Kelly, and Ryan are gonna go hang out somewhere." He pulled us away and covered us in shadows so Mr. Forkle had no idea where we were going. But judging by his face, he probably knew we were up to something.
"Now, where do you think blur would be?" I asked. "Uh, I don't know. If they're relocating everyone here then he'd probably be in like a secret room or something." Ryan replied. "I'll go ask Mr. Forkle." He ran out of the shadows, and went over to Mr. Forkle. He came back a second later. "He wouldn't tell me." "Oof,"I said. "Well I guess we can find it on our own!" Said Callan confidently.
The rest of the day we spent searching for secret compartments or doors. All we found were things the Black Swan probably wanted us to find. Stuff like a hatch under our bed to store stuff. Or a door that's clearly behind some weeds that's just a storage closet. Multiple times we bumped into people while invisible so we decided to just be visible since it didn't really matter and Callan was drenched in sweat after a few hours.
In the end we found nothing. "Wait," I said. "We've been checking in places that are really obvious." I said. Callan grinned. I knew he was thinking of something. "Well," he started slowly. "There's always... the entrance!" "No one would check the entrance since that's the way they got in and they only think about what's inside." "So your saying there's a secret entrance like right next to the entrance?" Ryan asked. "No," Callan replied. "I'm saying that the entrance, is the entrance!" "You know how there is mirrors activated with shade powers?" "Oh yeah!" Ryan said. "So we activate the entrance with a special ability and voila, you got a secret room!"
We walked to the entrance. "Ok we have to check with shade powers, fire powers and Guster powers," I commented. "Callan you go first." Callan went up to one of the panels that looked different from the others, and he gathered shadows around it. Then he pulled them all into the middle and sucked them out. A door opened, but there was still another one. "Ok, Ryan you go," I said. He walked up to the panel and lit fire on it. Another door opened. Finally, one more door remained. I walked up to it and pushed the wind with all my might against the wall. The final door disappeared.
We walked into the room, and Mr. Forkle was standing there, behind him were Blur, and Granite. They were all smiLing. "Congratulations, Kelly, Ryan, and Callan. "You passed the test." I looked at Callan and Ryan. They were both grinning. "Well really it was all me," Callan boasted. I slapped him really hard this time. But to my surprise he blocked it with his hand. "All healed now," he said while smirking. I kicked him...hard.
"Well I think it's time I show you my true identity." Said Blur. We all took a step closer as Blur stopped being a blur. And... he was wearing a suit. With a mask. A full face mask. We all sighed. Blur laughed and went to a blur again. "You kids should go eat dinner and go to sleep now," Mr. Forkle suggested. "The soup will get cold."
