The Second Master of Wind

Eye of Secrets

3rd Person POV

"I think Aeria's experiencing some kind of dual personality output." Nya told the guys her theory.

"Uh, translation?" Ronin asked from his corner of the room.

"She's been acting weird since she got here, but I think that it's because of her dark element giving her a split personality." Nya explained.

"Well, that would explain why she's tolerable one second and the next she's completely icing people out." Cole observed and Nya and Xia looked over to him.

"What? I heard her talking to you two through the walls. You can't exactly keep secrets from a ghost, you know."

"Somehow I keep forgetting that." Nya admitted with a sigh.

"Well I say we just ask her head-on." Kai declared a bit harshly.

"Yeah, and why don't you just ask her to cut you down a couple inches while you're at it." Ronin spoke in a sarcastic voice.

"Uh uh uh you don't get to talk after everything you put her through." Jay pointed at Ronin.

"Me?"

"OK everyone just calm down!" Lloyd yelled out and got everyone's attention just as Aeria entered the room.

"What's going on in here?"

"Just a little disagreement, what's up?" Lloyd quickly covered up and Aeria still wasn't falling for it, but continued to play along.

"Alright, well, lunch is ready if you guys are hungry." Aeria informed us and we followed.

"That was fast..." Nya murmured as they all sat down at the table and Aeria set out some bowls of noodle soup that had some vegetables in it and a bowl without broth in it for Cole, him looking at her in question before she answered his unspoken question,

"Ghosts are only able to travel through straight lines and water isn't, I do paranormal research every so often."

"Ok?" Cole responded a bit uncertain.

"Finally, I get to use an actual, working stove and oven." Aeria joked as we all started to eat, even Ronin. The ninja, except Cole, just to be safe around the soup, all sat in awkward silence until Aeria broke it with,

"Alright, out with it, what do you guys want to know?"

"What's with your evil side?!" Jay blurted out before getting a hard kick under the table from Kai.

"What Jay meant was-"

"You don't have to sugarcoat it, I get the whole 'being nice one-second and the next I'm a total jerk' can be confusing."

"Well, when you put it like that... it sounds kind of mean." Lloyd pointed out unsure.

"It's true though. I guess since I'm gonna be stuck with you guys for the next two weeks, you might as well know..." Aeria reached for the bangs hanging over her eye and pulled them aside to reveal her hidden eye. It was lined in black with a red pupil surrounded by dark purple and casted a faint red light onto her face.

"Woah! That's not what I was expecting!" Jay pushed back on his chair so hard and fast he toppled backward.

"Yeah, that looks rough even by my standards." Ronin admitted with a straight face.

"Got this little beauty mark the same night I got my powers over the dark." Aeria told the ninja as she covered her eye back up with her bangs.

"When?" Cole asked as he stood off to the side.