Welcome to My World

Chapter 46 Ellis' POV {Beanstalker}

Author's Note: Hi guys! From now on, I'm going to give chapters names :) AND also, this fanart is made by me :) enjoy!

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I was just laughing with Ezran. Derek had already gone home, and the elves and Queens. In the kitchen, Ez's Otherworld mom was making beans for dinner. King Harrow was playing video games with Rayla's dads, Genelyn was fixing her makeup, while Rayla and Callum were off being teeeeeeeennnnnnaaaaaaaaggggggeeeeeerrrrrsss. 😉 😏

I wasn't sure if I was looking forward to being a real teenager after all. They're weird. Like the way Rayla kept glancing over at Callum and Callum kept dropping subtle, really hidden compliments. I mean, either they're in love and don't want to admit it, or this is some stupid teenager's fanfic. Ha, yeah write. See what I did there?

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Not too far away, but across the vast ocean, a girl spun around in her desk chair, her black Mickey Mouse pajamas flaring as her short brown hair flew around her face, the braid she always wore on one side of her face nearly putting her eye out. "Huh." She said. "I didn't know Ellis could be so snarky."

She quickly turned off her iPad and dove into bed as her mother opened the door to look in on her. Darn moms and their supersonic hearing.

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Anyways, what was I talking about? Oh, yeah!

When it was just me and Ez, a shadow flew by the window. I started up, dashing to the window. "Ellis?!" He asked in confusion. "Elle, what's wrong?"

I was opening the window, despite the flakes of snow gently drifting through the sky. "I saw something. A shadow. Someone's spying on us. I just know it."

Ez looked outside, at the cold, damp snow outside. "Elle, there's nothing here. Look, there's no footprints. Nothing passed by."

I look down and see he's right. There's nothing there but smooth, white snow.

But I saw something, I know it. Every fiber in my body is telling me my suspicions are right, and that someone was spying on us from the window. But what do they want to see?

"Hah, you're probably right." I say, letting my gaze sweep the living room. Hmmmm, what is worth watching in here? The couch, the rug, the floor, the Christmas tree, the table... Wait, the Christmas tree?! I dive towards it, digging through the gifts until a round, sky blue box is in hand. It's tied securely with a orange ribbon, which Ethari told Ez and I are Rayla's favorite colors. He said he suspected that it was because of the eye color of her parents and Rayla remembering colors very well. I dunno, he started getting into psychology and I have a pretty short attention span.

What was I talking about?

Oh yeah. Inside the box was Rayla's Christmas gift from her dads. It was a moon opal, just like Ez asked Ethari. Not only would it produce enough power to take us all back to Xadia in case Claudia's magic didn't, it would hopefully trigger some of their memories.

Man, all this magic mumbo-jumbo is complicated. Next time, I'll leave it to Ez.

But who knew what her gift was and would want to spy on it? Unless he wanted the colored pencil deluxe set Callum was getting, or the sketchbook to match, and I doubted he wanted the other gift of a Swiss Army knife to Rayla.

Or would he?

How do I know it's a he? It's like that wild girl Callum's reading about, the one who's intuition can tell which hand a coin is in. I'm going to need more than intuition to find him, though.

"Ellis? HEllo? Are you ok?" Ez asked again. Dang, I forgot he was there.

I get to my feet, brushing lint off my pants. "Yep. I'm fine. Just..."

At this point, the Teenagers™ walk into the room, Rayla noting the scattered presents. "Wow, Ellis, I never knew you were the kind of person who shakes gifts to see what's in them."

"I- I wasn't- It was-" I stutter, trying to validate my claim.

Rayla just laughs. "Don't worry, I'm also that sort of person. I can tell what people give me based on sound. Been doing it since it could pick up a box."

Out of the corner of my eye, I see the shadow again, this time clearer. Messy hair or a hat, and a flash of red and white.

Fortunately, Ez's mom is cooking bean stew. Just what I need to catch our stalker.