Everlasting Curse

Chapter Four- Only for a Day

  Nixson pulls a note out of his pocket, and begins reading it to himself. "Okay, we have to share something about ourselves." Nixson announced.

  "Ohhh, ohhh, I know!" Hazel screams. "What would be the name of your children, and what gender would it be?"

  "I'll go first." Leo blurts out, causing everyone to jump in shock. "If I could choose the gender, it would be a girl. Then her name would be Lia."

  "That's a cool name." Thea responds.

  "Me next!" Hazel yells. "A boy, and his name would be Hayden."

  "A girl and Weslyn." Wes mumbles.

  "How original." Hale sarcastically said aloud.

  "Yeah, well what's yours Hale!" Wes yells.

  "If I had to have a kid, then a girl named Harmony."

  "Oh. Named after mom, huh." Wes looks down.

  "Yeah." Hale mutters.

   "Wow, this is depressing." Thea says bluntly. "Mine would be a son, Toby."

  "I would want one of each gender, Navi and Nico." Nixson announces.

  "I guess that leaves me, huh. I would want a boy, and his name would be Jay." Juliette said.

  "We all know what happens now." Hazel says.

  "Yeah, so you don't have to scream every time." Hale remarks towards Hazel, ignoring the glare she sends his way.

  As they all expected, a portal appeared and they began to fall into it. This time no one screams, and everyone just falls in silence. Thea, who was reading, didn't mind at all. But everyone else felt awkward, even Hale. What was five minutes of falling, felt like an eternity to them all. Finally they appeared in their third scenario. They all went into a group and looked to see if someone had a hint.

  "Anyone have a note?" Wes asked.

  "I do." Hazel and Juliette said in unison.

  "Which one should we read first?" Leo questions.

  "Mine says two." Hazel announces.

  "Mine says... three." Juliette says.

  "Who has one?" Hazel asks.

  "I- I do." Hale mumbles.

  "Hale, why are you shaking." Juliette asks, concerned for Hale.

  "Look at my finger!" Everyone looked to Hale's finger to find a ring. "I thought we already did the worst fears thing."

  "Hm... it looks like we all have a ring on, but some of us have different colors." Thea points out.

  "Okay, Hale what does your note say?" Wes rushes.

  "It says: you each have a partner, based on your ring color. You are to find your partner and your personal CHILD!!! No! No! No! Not this again!" Hale screams.

  "Calm down," Juliette tells Hale.

  "What a wimp." Thea mumbles. Hale glares at her.

  "What does the next note say?" Leo changes the subject.

  "Oh... um... After you find your partner and child, you are to work as a team with your partner to take care of the children. You only have to take care of them for one day." Hazel reads.

  "Now, the last one." Juliette announces. "You are bound to your child. If they get hurt, you get hurt. If they die, you die."

  "Well, it just got worse." Hale comments.