Monday, August 11, 2008
Chapter 10: J.A.T. and Nightmares
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For the rest of the Saturday, Kiara brought Tiadora on a shopping spree at the nearest mall, Deluxe Inc. It was a huge building with glass on it's surface but inside was grander. Every level contains at least about 10 to 15 different stalls, told Kiara. The escalator was located in the middle of the empty space of level 1. It formed a spiral shape all the way to the top. There were plenty of Kadic Academy students. As Kiara brought her around level by level, she kept talking about fashion and the different clothes different people wear. Whenever Kiara spotted a student, she'll go introduce her to them.
"Hey Bobby. Meet my sister, Tiadora," Kiara tugged Tiadora by the arm.Kiara had earlier told her that in order to keep a low profile about her, Tiadora will act as Kiara's younger sister. The gang had also earlier convinced her that if she were to stay at the academy, she'd enroll the school, posting as Kiara's sister.
"Hi," Tiadora gave a little wave.
The team of 5 players laughed at that sight. "Yeah right. Since when were you and Sally close till you say she's your sister," a guy named Ian said.
"Look closely, crackface!" Kiara shouted. So they stared at Tiadora carefully. For a moment, it crept her but these guys are just harmless commoners, she thought. Tiadora shifted her fringe a bit.
"Woah..you aren't Sally. What are you? Her twin?" Ian began saying.
"She's Tiadora. My sister not Sally's" Kiara made it clear.
"You have beautiful brown hair," Ian took a lock of Tiadora's hair and played with it, "...And dashing blue eyes...” Ian lifted Tiadora's hand and kissed her knuckles gently. Uncomfortable, she tried pulling her hand off but his grip was stronger than Jason's. So she kept nudging Kiara who was busy entertaining Bobby. Ian continued to smoothen her hand, at one point even smelling it.
"Please let go of me," Tiadora struggled.
Not hearing what she said, he overturned her hand and stroke her palm with his sharp nose. He held it against his lips and stared at her with his raven eyes. "I'll never let you go, your majesty," Ian hissed as he opened his mouth to reveal a pair of long sharp fangs that hang from the side of his mouth which pierced through Tiadora's palm. Blood slowly streamed out from her veins as she wobbled a bit. This can't be happening, she wished. But then halfway through Ian's devouring, he looked up at her again. This time it wasn't Ian anymore.
"Azric?" she managed to say. Suddenly, pains strike her body. Poison. As she fell, knees first, Tiadora caught a glimpse of the monster smiling. Ready for the kill.
Tiadora screamed till it woke Kiara's slumber. Puzzled by the strange experience, Kiara removed her sleeping mask. "You know, it's essential for models to get their full 8 hours of sleep" Kiara grumbled.
"My sincere apologies, my friend. I had a most horrifying nightmare," Tiadora placed her hand on her forehead as she felt feverish.
"Really? What was it about?" Kiara spoke.
"It was about Saturday's trip to that..supping mall..when we met Bobby and Ian.." Tiadora explained when Kiara interrupted, "Oo..do you have a crush on Ian? Because you totally freaked out when he said that you didn't you like Sally. You were so scared, you ran behind me like a frightened mouse."
"No. I just dreamt that he turned into one of my enemies called Azric," Tiadora felt nausea.
"Azric? Hot name. Why? Did he attack you in your dream or something?"
"Azric is a pure-blood vampire who is one of the strongest foes I've met. This time in the dream, Ian turned into Azric and bit me. I'm deeply sorry for waking you up," Tiadora apologized again.
"No biggie. Don't worry about it because it's just a nightmare. Only dreams come true, not nightmares. Well...” Kiara looked over to her bedazzled alarm clock, 2.47am, "...Better get all the sleep you have left. In less than 12 hours, we'll be cruising through the air! It's going to be so cool! Last year, he brought us to Hawaii during summer. Ooh! We had an awesome time. Okay, enough talking, more sleeping. It’s going to be some adventure since we're going with Jason. Haha. Good Night again," Kiara told while she banged her head on her silk pillow, dozing off to sleep again.
Tiadora laughed a bit softly but abruptly stopped. Somehow she felt that it was real. If magicians can do loads of stuff, this'll be one of them. She looked at her pendant which contained the 5 elements that hung around her neck. Still glowing different colours. Blue for Water. Red for Fire. Green for Earth. White for Air. Lastly, Gold for Energy. She felt very unique being the special one, the leader.
Though she was the only girl, a princess with no experience of fighting, magic or sword-handling. She felt lucky. Then for a moment, unlucky. Why did she have to take responsibility for every saving-job? Can't she just be a normal princess like any other? Being a guardian can have its ups and downs. Tiadora sighed at the thought of it and stared at her right arm. Soon, she told herself. There'll be a silver band for her and the next guardians along with its elements on its surface. There was hope, she hoped and smiled, feeling glad. Then she glances at the 'dream-bitten' palm, telling herself that was just a nightmare.
It wasn't.
Right there, smacked in the middle of her palm were 2 holes that were horizontal. Blood was coming out. Why didn't she felt that when she touched her forehead? That's when she touched her forehead with her left hand. There was blood.
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"Hey, Princess!" Jason waved at Tiadora as she, Kiara and Cornelia walked with trepidation towards the jet plane that was situated right in the middle of Kadic Academy's parade square. The jet plane was coated with white, red and blue metal sheets. At its tail were golden words 'Kingston Kingdom'. It looked slick inside and outside. At the door were the usual doorman and Jason who were discussing some safety measures.
Tiadora wore a new set of clothes. Her dark blue shirt was short sleeves and it reached until her shoulders revealing singlet strap inside. Below was a comfortable black skirt which was right above her knees. She remembered how reluctant she was on Saturday when Kiara picked out these clothes for her. The three of them moved to the mouth of the jet.
"Where's David?" Kiara asked Jason.
"He's already inside, tied up," Jason said seriously while Kiara gave a shocked face.
"Haha! Just kidding. He's reading his dark secrets book again. Beware!" Jason made ghostly sounds, "...So how was Saturday and Sunday. This girl," he pointed to Kiara, "...Said that you'll be having some girly time."
Tiadora was about to answer when the pilot yelled out to Jason that it was time to get moving. Jason rolled his eyes before saying, "You scared?" to Tiadora.She nodded. It's the first time that she's flying in an object. She’s flown before but with powers.
"JASON THEODORE KINGSTON!! HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TELL YOU NEVER TO BRING YOUR JET TO THE ACADEMY!!" Mr Galili, principal, shouted while running towards the jet. He looked furious.
"Uh-Oh. Got to go," Jason said as he shoved everyone inside. Just in time, the jet took off, leaving Mr. Galili dumbfounded. As the jet quickly rose into the skies, Jason pulled up his window and waved at him yelling, "Nice Tie!" before zooming away from the academy.
"Daddy?" Mr. Galili heard a familiar voice. It was Sally. She was clad with her cheerleader outfit also staring at the jet. There was a moment of silence between. After a while, she frowned. “DADDY! I WANNA GO WITH JASON!!" Sally whined while her father covered his ears.
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The entire trip was covered with another hour of silence though there were times where Jason would make fun until the flight attendant strapped him down. Each was seated in their own comfortable first-class chairs. Tiadora was staring at the fluffy clouds that covered whatever beauty of the Earth. Jason moved his chair (the chairs can move automatically) towards her and he positioned to sit beside her. "Enjoyed it so far?" Jason asked.
"I guess so. Why are you willing to help me?" Tiadora wanted to ask badly, "..until you chased me from that dark alley when I gave up on you guys."
"Hey I'm a helpful guy. I don't give up that easily. Plus, it'll be a good reason to go on this vacation trip," Jason smiled wittily.
"Do you know what is this called?" Jason continued.
"A jat?"
"Jet. J.E.T." Jason corrected. Tiadora just nodded her head. "Once you find the descendants, will you leave?" he continued again.
"Yes, I must. If not your time and mine will be in grave danger," Tiadora replied leaving them in silence again. Jason was hoping that she'd stay. He really wanted to be there for her. The friendship band was still with him in his left pocket of his jeans. He wanted to suggest something when a computerized female voice was sounded.
"Mr. Jason Theodore Kingston, we are exactly 1km away from desired destination, Cave Vernos of Southern Iceland. Get ready for sea expedition." With that, all of the chairs automatically moved back to another room. Tiadora looked at everyone. They showed no shock or surprise. Kiara, Cornelia and David stood up and headed towards the silver cabinets that were aligned neatly. Jason too stood up and held out his hand towards Tiadora.
"Where are we going?" Tiadora said reluctantly.
Jason replied with a playful smile, "Scuba-diving."
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For the rest of the Saturday, Kiara brought Tiadora on a shopping spree at the nearest mall, Deluxe Inc. It was a huge building with glass on it's surface but inside was grander. Every level contains at least about 10 to 15 different stalls, told Kiara. The escalator was located in the middle of the empty space of level 1. It formed a spiral shape all the way to the top. There were plenty of Kadic Academy students. As Kiara brought her around level by level, she kept talking about fashion and the different clothes different people wear. Whenever Kiara spotted a student, she'll go introduce her to them.
"Hey Bobby. Meet my sister, Tiadora," Kiara tugged Tiadora by the arm.Kiara had earlier told her that in order to keep a low profile about her, Tiadora will act as Kiara's younger sister. The gang had also earlier convinced her that if she were to stay at the academy, she'd enroll the school, posting as Kiara's sister.
"Hi," Tiadora gave a little wave.
The team of 5 players laughed at that sight. "Yeah right. Since when were you and Sally close till you say she's your sister," a guy named Ian said.
"Look closely, crackface!" Kiara shouted. So they stared at Tiadora carefully. For a moment, it crept her but these guys are just harmless commoners, she thought. Tiadora shifted her fringe a bit.
"Woah..you aren't Sally. What are you? Her twin?" Ian began saying.
"She's Tiadora. My sister not Sally's" Kiara made it clear.
"You have beautiful brown hair," Ian took a lock of Tiadora's hair and played with it, "...And dashing blue eyes...” Ian lifted Tiadora's hand and kissed her knuckles gently. Uncomfortable, she tried pulling her hand off but his grip was stronger than Jason's. So she kept nudging Kiara who was busy entertaining Bobby. Ian continued to smoothen her hand, at one point even smelling it.
"Please let go of me," Tiadora struggled.
Not hearing what she said, he overturned her hand and stroke her palm with his sharp nose. He held it against his lips and stared at her with his raven eyes. "I'll never let you go, your majesty," Ian hissed as he opened his mouth to reveal a pair of long sharp fangs that hang from the side of his mouth which pierced through Tiadora's palm. Blood slowly streamed out from her veins as she wobbled a bit. This can't be happening, she wished. But then halfway through Ian's devouring, he looked up at her again. This time it wasn't Ian anymore.
"Azric?" she managed to say. Suddenly, pains strike her body. Poison. As she fell, knees first, Tiadora caught a glimpse of the monster smiling. Ready for the kill.
Tiadora screamed till it woke Kiara's slumber. Puzzled by the strange experience, Kiara removed her sleeping mask. "You know, it's essential for models to get their full 8 hours of sleep" Kiara grumbled.
"My sincere apologies, my friend. I had a most horrifying nightmare," Tiadora placed her hand on her forehead as she felt feverish.
"Really? What was it about?" Kiara spoke.
"It was about Saturday's trip to that..supping mall..when we met Bobby and Ian.." Tiadora explained when Kiara interrupted, "Oo..do you have a crush on Ian? Because you totally freaked out when he said that you didn't you like Sally. You were so scared, you ran behind me like a frightened mouse."
"No. I just dreamt that he turned into one of my enemies called Azric," Tiadora felt nausea.
"Azric? Hot name. Why? Did he attack you in your dream or something?"
"Azric is a pure-blood vampire who is one of the strongest foes I've met. This time in the dream, Ian turned into Azric and bit me. I'm deeply sorry for waking you up," Tiadora apologized again.
"No biggie. Don't worry about it because it's just a nightmare. Only dreams come true, not nightmares. Well...” Kiara looked over to her bedazzled alarm clock, 2.47am, "...Better get all the sleep you have left. In less than 12 hours, we'll be cruising through the air! It's going to be so cool! Last year, he brought us to Hawaii during summer. Ooh! We had an awesome time. Okay, enough talking, more sleeping. It’s going to be some adventure since we're going with Jason. Haha. Good Night again," Kiara told while she banged her head on her silk pillow, dozing off to sleep again.
Tiadora laughed a bit softly but abruptly stopped. Somehow she felt that it was real. If magicians can do loads of stuff, this'll be one of them. She looked at her pendant which contained the 5 elements that hung around her neck. Still glowing different colours. Blue for Water. Red for Fire. Green for Earth. White for Air. Lastly, Gold for Energy. She felt very unique being the special one, the leader.
Though she was the only girl, a princess with no experience of fighting, magic or sword-handling. She felt lucky. Then for a moment, unlucky. Why did she have to take responsibility for every saving-job? Can't she just be a normal princess like any other? Being a guardian can have its ups and downs. Tiadora sighed at the thought of it and stared at her right arm. Soon, she told herself. There'll be a silver band for her and the next guardians along with its elements on its surface. There was hope, she hoped and smiled, feeling glad. Then she glances at the 'dream-bitten' palm, telling herself that was just a nightmare.
It wasn't.
Right there, smacked in the middle of her palm were 2 holes that were horizontal. Blood was coming out. Why didn't she felt that when she touched her forehead? That's when she touched her forehead with her left hand. There was blood.
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"Hey, Princess!" Jason waved at Tiadora as she, Kiara and Cornelia walked with trepidation towards the jet plane that was situated right in the middle of Kadic Academy's parade square. The jet plane was coated with white, red and blue metal sheets. At its tail were golden words 'Kingston Kingdom'. It looked slick inside and outside. At the door were the usual doorman and Jason who were discussing some safety measures.
Tiadora wore a new set of clothes. Her dark blue shirt was short sleeves and it reached until her shoulders revealing singlet strap inside. Below was a comfortable black skirt which was right above her knees. She remembered how reluctant she was on Saturday when Kiara picked out these clothes for her. The three of them moved to the mouth of the jet.
"Where's David?" Kiara asked Jason.
"He's already inside, tied up," Jason said seriously while Kiara gave a shocked face.
"Haha! Just kidding. He's reading his dark secrets book again. Beware!" Jason made ghostly sounds, "...So how was Saturday and Sunday. This girl," he pointed to Kiara, "...Said that you'll be having some girly time."
Tiadora was about to answer when the pilot yelled out to Jason that it was time to get moving. Jason rolled his eyes before saying, "You scared?" to Tiadora.She nodded. It's the first time that she's flying in an object. She’s flown before but with powers.
"JASON THEODORE KINGSTON!! HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TELL YOU NEVER TO BRING YOUR JET TO THE ACADEMY!!" Mr Galili, principal, shouted while running towards the jet. He looked furious.
"Uh-Oh. Got to go," Jason said as he shoved everyone inside. Just in time, the jet took off, leaving Mr. Galili dumbfounded. As the jet quickly rose into the skies, Jason pulled up his window and waved at him yelling, "Nice Tie!" before zooming away from the academy.
"Daddy?" Mr. Galili heard a familiar voice. It was Sally. She was clad with her cheerleader outfit also staring at the jet. There was a moment of silence between. After a while, she frowned. “DADDY! I WANNA GO WITH JASON!!" Sally whined while her father covered his ears.
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The entire trip was covered with another hour of silence though there were times where Jason would make fun until the flight attendant strapped him down. Each was seated in their own comfortable first-class chairs. Tiadora was staring at the fluffy clouds that covered whatever beauty of the Earth. Jason moved his chair (the chairs can move automatically) towards her and he positioned to sit beside her. "Enjoyed it so far?" Jason asked.
"I guess so. Why are you willing to help me?" Tiadora wanted to ask badly, "..until you chased me from that dark alley when I gave up on you guys."
"Hey I'm a helpful guy. I don't give up that easily. Plus, it'll be a good reason to go on this vacation trip," Jason smiled wittily.
"Do you know what is this called?" Jason continued.
"A jat?"
"Jet. J.E.T." Jason corrected. Tiadora just nodded her head. "Once you find the descendants, will you leave?" he continued again.
"Yes, I must. If not your time and mine will be in grave danger," Tiadora replied leaving them in silence again. Jason was hoping that she'd stay. He really wanted to be there for her. The friendship band was still with him in his left pocket of his jeans. He wanted to suggest something when a computerized female voice was sounded.
"Mr. Jason Theodore Kingston, we are exactly 1km away from desired destination, Cave Vernos of Southern Iceland. Get ready for sea expedition." With that, all of the chairs automatically moved back to another room. Tiadora looked at everyone. They showed no shock or surprise. Kiara, Cornelia and David stood up and headed towards the silver cabinets that were aligned neatly. Jason too stood up and held out his hand towards Tiadora.
"Where are we going?" Tiadora said reluctantly.
Jason replied with a playful smile, "Scuba-diving."
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