The Battle Across The Universe

Chapter 15: Never Too Weak

The four girls were all silent, still kind of in awe of what Lilly just said.

"Wait, hold up, hold up," Fawn said. "Did you say...did you say that Joseph thinks I'm too weak to be on his side?!"

"Yep," Lilly said. "Because you're a Hufflepuff."

Fawn clenched her jaw a little tighter than usual before softening it again. "Just because I'm a Hufflepuff doesn't mean I'm weak. So I'm loyal. That's a good thing! You know? At least when I betray you you won't see it coming! Or I won't betray you at all! Like – Isabella." Fawn turned to face Isabella. "Loyalty doesn't just mean with friends. It also means with romantic relationships. I am loyal to anyone that I date. And I won't give up on you. And if you..." Fawn started to cry a little. "If you ever want to just get rid of me just say so. I'm used to getting dumped."

Isabella's jaw dropped a little. "F...Fawn, I...I was never going to break up with you. And I knew that you were the loyal type. You don't need to tell me! I know you wouldn't do that. But...what do you mean that you're used to getting dumped?"

Fawn sniffled. "I... My ex-girlfriend when I was a lot younger. She dumped me for another girl. She thought it wouldn't be fair that we were dating but she loved somebody else. And my ex-boyfriend...well...he dumped me because I wouldn't sleep with him."

"What a dick," Lan said. "He should respect your decision as a human being."

"Amen, sister," Anna-Marie said. Anna-Marie and Lan high-fived.

"Look," Isabella said, "I'm not planning on dumping you anytime soon..." Isabella quickly looked at Anna-Marie and Lan, then looked back to Fawn just as quick. "I mean, it's possible it could happen, but not...not anytime soon. It's not very likely that it's going to happen at all, quite frankly. Now, I'd love to continue chatting about this, but we've got a compass to steal."

"Woah woah woah," Lilly said. "Woah. We're not gonna steal the compass! We have no idea where it is!"

Isabella smirked. "Ladies! Gather 'round! Little Miss Slytherin has a little plan."

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"Worst. Fucking. Plan. Ever, Belle!" Fawn said. "What are you thinking?! You might as well hold up a sign that says 'Oh, look at me! I'm a dumb blonde from one of those old horror movies!'" Fawn did a high-pitched 'tee-hee'. "I mean, what the fuck?!"

Isabella just stared at Fawn. "Oh, yeah? Like you've never had a bad idea, either. That book idea about a guy who likes pies? That's fucking stupid! I mean, is that the whole story? He likes pies?"

Fawn was silent for a second. "I'm not sure yet. I didn't get very far into it. I lost interest in it."

"So if you lost interest it's a bad idea!" Isabella yelled. "And that's fine. We don't need to steal the compass. We could just go to the planet."

"Yeah, but seriously, Iz," Lan said. "This plan has the most holes in it. I know I have a 'baby brain' because I'm pregnant, but come on. How are we supposed to find this planet without the compass? The planet could be anywhere."

Isabella thought for a second. "Lilly. You said the Free Runners from the Planet of the Free made the compass, right?"

"Yeah?" Lilly said. "But Free Runners are extinct."

"Hm. Not quite. Remember...um...Achaana and Alsoomse, the twins? The Native Americans? They're part Free Runner! We can ask them to use the magic that they have to find the planet. It's entirely possible that they could find it! This could work!"

The four other women stared at Isabella.

"You're fucking kidding me, right?" Anna-Marie asked. "The other part of your plan is that we go to the Planet of the Free. You know what they have there? Anybody remember?"

"Nicki. Minaj. Dragons," Lan said slowly. "Mother. Fucking. Dragons. I'm not going back to that planet with dragons. I'm pregnant. I want my baby to live. I want to live. I want to see my husband and daughter again. I want to live. I'm not going back."

Isabella sighed. "Well...I...I don't know what we're supposed to do."

Anna-Marie suddenly got an idea. "You're never too weak. You can do anything. You can even do something you never planned on doing."

"Okay, what the fuck?" Fawn asked. "I like your attitude about this, but seriously, what the fuck?"

Anna-Marie smiled, her green eyes twinkling. "I just had a little idea to save the God damn universe."