Chapter Three: Enemies

Alexia paced back and forth while Emily, a.k.a. Emilee, her best friend, stared at the ground. "Of all the people, it HAS to be Sophie," Alexia grumbled, continuously. Emilee sighed," C'mon! Why can't you just try to get along with her? What do you even have against her?" Alexia whipped around on her heel and glared at Emilee. "You KNOW why I can't get "along" with her."

Emilee raised an eyebrow. "She never liked me! Ever since we met, SHE has hated my guts! You were there!" Alexia yelled, very frusterated. "You're just over-exaggerating. She doesn't HATE you," Emilee said.

Alexia growled," She looked at me like I was a piece of trash when we met..." Alexia looked around the room they were assigned. Kara invited them to stay over so that they could be taught what the Mages knew. Emilee convinced Sophie to meet up with them, too. The room was huge. It had long, velvet curtains draped across the windows, a large bed in the center, a big bathroom, and a wardrobe.

Alexia made a pouty face. "I don't really like where this is going." Emilee sighed and gave her anannoyed look," You need to set the past aside. We're a team now. We're all friends, right?" "If we we're friends...how come you didn't tell me you were a Mage?" Alexia asked, softly yet angrily.

The doors flew open as Kara entered. She seemed to think of herself as a princess. Alexia was slightly disgusted but she had to admit that the blonde girl had a nice taste in clothes. When Adriane walked in Alexia's eyes widened and her mouth dropped in awe. She admired how strong the Warrior was and her amazing wolf stone. The girl always wore black but she looked awesome! Emily walked in the room with another brunette at her side. Alexia's mouth shut instantly. A girl Alexia could never forget.

Sophie.

Sophie walked in and for a split second, she glared at Alexia. Alexia growled and Adriane looked at her. She realized that Alexia had some beef with Sophie. Sophie focused her eyes on Emilee and smiled. "hey! You're a Mage, too?" she asked as she ran up to Emilee. Alexia stood up and walked away until she was next to the wall. "um, do you guys know each other?" Emily finally asked. Alexia nodded. Sophie smiled," yeah. Emilee is my best friend." Emilee stared at the ground sheepishly.

"I, uh...Sophie and Alexia are both my best friends." Alexia growled a bit and Sophie scowled. Alexia suddenly saw something very strange. Sophie's aura was a purple. Her own was a hazel. Animals formed and rose from the auras. Sophie's was a cat. Alexia's was a wolf. The wolf snarled at Sophie's growling cat. Adriane seemed impressed. Kara's eyes sparkled. Emily and Emilee sighed. Alexia suddenly burst into laughter. Everyone stared at her in confusion.

"I-I'm so sorry! It-it's just...bah-hahaha! Emily and Emilee...!" everyone looked at them and realized why Alexia was laughing. The Emily's weren't so different from each other. They went through the same thing all the time. Emilee gave Alexia a look. "really? Well...that's Alexia for you," Emilee said with an irritated look. Alexia immediately stopped laughing. She stomped over to Emilee, then jumped on her. She wrestled her into a weird hug. "what's that supposed to mean, McNeill?" Alexia laughed. "stop touching me!" Emilee yelled. Alexia let her go, laughing. Adriane laughed. Kara had an eyebrow raised. Emily couldn't resist giggling. Kara, who seemed irritated, yelled," okay!"

Everyone stopped and Alexia jerk up to attention. Adriane sighed, rolled her eyes, then patted Kara's shoulder. "okay. So, Emilee is the Tamer Mage, Alexia is the Sealer Mage, and Sophie, over there, is the Oracle Mage. Exactly, how much do you know about magic?" Kara asked. All the girls stayed quiet. Alexia looked around. She bit her lip. "um, well, I had strange dreams? But I seriously doubt they are important." "then, why bring it up?" Kara snapped.

Alexia shrunk in fear. Adriane smirked," Kara, maybe you should cool off a bit. Anyway, Alexia, what were they about? I can tell they're very important." Kara gave Adriane a mystified glance then walked off to stand next to Emily. Alexia took a deep breath. "I, uh, had a dream about wolves that turned into fog. Then, a figure appeared. I could tell it was female but she was invisible. All I could feel was the warm breeze she brought with her. She told me that I'm destined to do something great but that I be careful because it would be easy for me to end up falling in the wrong path. She only told me to trust in the Warrior Mage and her bonded," Alexia said, quietly.

Emilee gave her a weird look. "why didn't you tell me?" "because I just thought it was another dream! And anyway, even if I thought it was special, you wouldn't have believed me!" Alexia said. Emilee frowned. "Alexia, were there anymore dreams like this one?" Emily asked. Alexia shook her head. She hesitated for a minute then nodded," yeah. Well, kind of. I was running with the wolves that disappeared. A little red dragon sat on my shoulder while I spoke to a boy through it. A cat flew over head. I was also talking to another boy and girl with my head. Like, I heard them clearly in my head." Adriane stared at her. Alexia blushed. EVERYONE stared at her.

"Fairimentals? d-flies? Flying cats? Mist wolves? What's next? Unicorns and a hot guy?" Kara spluttered. Alexia shrank back again. "so...somehow...you're connected with the mistwolves?" Emily asked. Adriane stayed silent. Alexia began to worry. "m-mistwolves? And what are all those other things she said? I mean, I know what unicorns and hot guys are, of course, but I've never seen a flying cat before." "maybe a flying cat is just a cat with wings," Sophie sneered.

Alexia flushed. "y'know, I've always wondered what you have against me!" Alexia's jewels began to glow brightly. Sophie growled as she crouched down. Her jewel glowed a bright red. Dark blue swirled around Alexia's arm. Before she could make a move, Adriane and Kara intercepted. Adriane grabbed Alexia's wrist and another bright explosion happened. Alexia and Adriane groggily stood up. They both broke the walls they hit. Now there were deep indentions in them.

"what was that?" Emily asked. "Alexia, are you okay?" Emilee asked, walking over to help her friend. Kara and Sophie stared, wide-eyed. "I thought only I could make our jewels explode with power!" Kara wailed. "apparently not," Emily said, moving a hand through her auburn hair. "so, what's up with all these explosions?" Alexia asked. Suddenly, the doors opened. In walked a little figure with a bunch of colorful creatures and a giant bag of Cool Ranch Doritos. Alexia realized it was a ferret but the other ones looked like little dragons. "What's goin on in here?" The ferret asked.

"KAAARAAA!" a golden mini dragon shouted and flew at Kara. It nuzzled her neck. "hi, Goldie," Kara said. A blue one flew to Adriane. "hey, Fred!" a red one landed on Emily's shoulder. "EMI!" it said. "hello, Fiona. It's good to see you!" Emily said and scratched the mini dragon's head. An hovered in front of Emilee. "WHo aRe YoOOou?" it asked. "I, uh, I'm Emilee," Emilee said in disbelief. "OOOoo! LiKe EMI," it said and pointed to Emily. Emilee nodded. The little orange dragon perched on Emilee's shoulder and hid behind her hair.

"that's Blaze," Kara said to Emilee. A purple mini dragon flew around Sophie. "and that's Barney," Kara said as Barney landed on Sophie's head. Sophie smiled,"hi there, Barney." Alexia smiled at the dragons. She felt left out. She wished she had one. Her opal jewel began to glow brightly. "So, these are the new Mages?" The ferret asked. Emily nodded. "I guess the rest of the d-flies found a new favorite person," it said. Emily giggled as they attacked the furry animal. A smaller red one popped out of nowhere and fluttered around. It changed colors to black, then blue, then purple, back to red.

"ooh! That one's cool!" Alexia exclaimed, reaching a hand out for it to perch on. "wait, I don't recognize that one," Kara said. As soon as it landed on Alexia's hand, it began to grow bigger until it sat on top of Alexia, crushing her under its weight.