Chapter 04: Four Or Five Friends?

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“My name is Tiadora,” she said it for the first time to them.

And for a moment, Jason thought he had heard that name somewhere before but couldn’t recall.

“Tiadora,” Jason uttered to himself and looked down. He felt uneasy somehow.

“For a Sally-clone, you have a nice name,” Kiara commented.

“Hey your name sounds like ‘Diadora’. That shoe company,” Cornelia said, showing off her sports knowledge.

“So..uuhh..where are you from?” Jason looked back up to ask another question.

Tiadora remained quiet. She didn’t feel like telling them anything about her kingdom. She just needed information. Getting other people involve in the situation, could risk their lives. Nothing of the past should be revealed to the present. That’s what she thought. Keeping silent would be a pain but she’ll have to live with it.

“I’m sorry but where I come from, doesn’t have anything to do with why I am here,” Tiadora said quietly.

“Then, why are you here? Cause there’s a cheerleader, Sally, outside who looks just like you,” David pointed to the window.

“There is?” Tiadora stood up from the fluffed bed towards the window above the desk.

Downstairs was a group of cheerleaders, right in front of the boy’s dorm, who was doing their cheers but to Tiadora, it’s a different thing.

“Are they doing a ritual?” Tiadora randomly asked.

Everyone became puzzled with that statement. How can no one know what a cheerleader is? And to think that someone would mistake a cheer for a ritual.

“That’s a cheer,” Jason came to her side again and pointed to their movements, “And that,” he pointed to Sally, “is Sally.”

“Is she well?” Tiadora turned to face him.

“Uh I think so,” Jason replied.

“Is she aided with sufficient health and a good life?” Tiadora asked again.

“Yeah, I guess. Okay. This is weird. Someone is concerned for the cheer captain,” Jason eyed her, looking at her closely with every detail.

“Have I seen you before?” Jason narrowed his eyes.

Tiadora just stared at him. To her, first impression was that Jason was a curious guy but now she just finds him plain strange.

“What’s your name?” Tiadora asked instead, ignoring his question.

“Jason. Jason Kingston. Oh sorry we didn’t introduce ourselves. I’m Jason,” then Jason pointed to Cornelia, “That’s my lil’ sis, Cornelia Kingston and that,” he pointed to David, “is David Fields, whereas that wannabe over there..”

“HEY!” Kiara complained.

“..is Kiara Sanders,” Jason said.

“Is your name just Tiadora?” David said.

“Yes. Actually, its..” she stopped halfway.

She was already so used to people calling her ‘Princess Tiadora’ instead of just ‘Tiadora’ but she didn’t mind. It was something different. Time has since change from her time, she thought.

“Never mind,” she ended.

“Can I call you Tia, for short?” Jason asked.

“Huh?” Tiadora wasn’t sure of their short-name custom.

“Oh I see. You ask a stranger permission to call them a nickname but you never ask your friends. You just blast it off,” Kiara complained.

“What’s wrong, Kiry? Jealous that I’m being sweet?” Jason said back, then turn his gaze back to Tiadiora, “It’s a nickname. A name that only friends would call. Something different.”

Different. She’s starting to like different. Maybe this way, she can also learn the modern ways and bring it back to her kingdom when all this war is over. This could gain more trust to aid her.

“Okay, Jason Kingston,” Tiadora said.

“It’s just Jason,” he said running his hand through his blond hair.

“So you’re still not going to tell us, why you’re here?” Kiara gave a curious look.

“Yes, I’m not going to say anything,” Tiadora replied firmly.

Then the 4 friends gave one another a wink. Mission, Find Out Why This Girl Is Here, Operation.

Jason smiled cunningly and said, “Then do you know what’s a blog?”

“Um. No,” Tiadora answered.

Instantly, everyone gave the same sly smile like Jason’s.