CHAPTER EIGHT

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       Joe's dinner is a simple and classy place to dine, Laila was waiting outside for her new friends to arrive, she never really liked meeting people or making new friends, but she was determined to bring the other crystals to Freya and Yelena, so she can finally be free from the crystals.

        Delilah, Dylan, Chloe and Bryan soon arrived at the dinner, they were expecting to go in and talk about the crystals, but Laila gestured for them to follow her into the dark dirty alley beside Joe's dinner.

       They all followed her quietly,they were equally curious and quiet until they reached the dead end

     “soooo, i missed basketball practice just to walk in to a dead end ”chloe asked and the rest murmured in support.
    
Laila ignored them and just walked through the wall, they stood there staring at the wall, shocked to silence

“did she just....” Bryan asked
“........walked through that wall ” Delilah answered

    “what are you waiting for,come on in ” Laila said,poking half her body out the wall

    Chole placed her hand on the wall and it passed through,then she walked through, Bryan and Delilah followed,but Dylan stood there trying to find a scientific explanation,but Laila pulled him through.

         “well,i found the crystals and brought them here,”said Laila

“well done child,” said Yelena as she walked towards them “hold out your crystals,”she said and they obeyed

“there all here,except one, the red crystal, you must know where it is??” Yelena noted

     “no i don't know where it is okay. I got you five crystals out of six ”Laila said rather angrily, she didn't want to be reminded about Jordan,
     “but you have to find it, all six crystal have to be here,”Freya said

    “well let someone else do it ” Laila suggested, she knows the red crystal's with Jordan but she can't be the one to bring him here

“you're the only one who can find it” Yelena said passionately

“well I'm sorry,i got you five crystals and now i'm leaving,”laila said and made to leave

“wait where're you going ”Freya asked

“this is where the crystals are meant to be right? So i brought them here and now i'm leaving” Laila answered

“ho child,the crystal belongs to you, it's supposed to be here,and so are you ” Yelena explained

“well i don't want the crystals,i don't even want to think about it okay, just keep it” Laila said

“but the crystal chose you for a reason,you can't just reject it,what are you,a werewolf rejecting her mate” Freya said

“I DON'T WANT THAT STUPID CRYSTAL OKAY, the crystal chose me,and i'm rejecting it i don't care what anyone has to say ” Laila said and left

“YOU CAN'T JUST—”Freya yelled after Laila but Yelena cuts in
“calm down child,we can't force her to accept the crystal, and there's no reason to lose your temper,” Yelena cautioned

  “I'm sorry ”Freya apologized

“its okay dear, you must be tired, go inside and rest, i'll give this four a tour” Yelena said referring to Delilah, Bryan, Chole, and Dylan

“someone finally notices us ” Bryan said and they all followed Yelena.

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Laila walked slowly through a different alley, she didn't know where she was going and it was a dark night, but she bumped Into two huge muscular men

“give me the bag........and nobody gets hurt ” the man said, Laila smiled, she knows she can take both of them down, she threw her bag aside, ready for the fight.

But they didn't move, they were frozen

“are you okay?” Freya said as she ran towards laila in alarm

“you followed me?”laila asked

“you could have gotten hurt good thing i remembered the freezing spell” Freya answered

“you froze them?” Laila asked in surprise

“the spell wears off after a few minutes, follow me,I know a quiet place we can talk” Freya said and Laila followed her.

They sat together on the roof top of an old building, it was an excellent view, and was almost impossible for anyone to see them.

“so you wanna tell me why you don't want the crystal ”Freya asked softly

“no” Laila answered in the same tone

“there must be a reason,I promise not to tell anyone, apprentice honor ”said Freya

“what's an apprentice honor?”Laila asked

“oh, you see witches and wizards only pick the most trustworthy persons as their apprentice, so 9 out of ten witch apprentice are very trustworthy, magic comes with a lot of secrets you know” Freya said

Laila sighed “i don't want that crystal cause it only brings bad memories ”

“you can get a lot of good memories with it you know,”for a minute they sat in silence “Laila i know its hard to push away bad memories,but you have to **a dramatic pause** this is the mystic Zanalian crystal where talking about,you'll use it to save lives restore peace and happiness **another dramatic pause**how long  before the dark forces rise and start enslaving people......HOW LONG BEFORE THEY KILL US ALL......how long before they destroy the world as we know it.....you Laila Anderson have been chosen to protect us all,and there's nothing you or anyone else can do to change that” Freya said, Laila didn't say anything

“so what's it gonna be, run away from your destiny and let us all suffer, or stand up and be the hero you were born to be, it's all up to you” Freya said and left. Laila sat there quietly thinking to herself.

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