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Chapter Ten:

}{Faith}{

It was two days after Falcon has sung, and so far as Faith could tell, nothing had happened. That could only mean two things: for once, nothing was going to happen, or chaos was slowly forming in the clouds, waiting to rain done.

Normally, Faith would've dismissed the fact that there was no reaction to Falcon's curse by day one, but for some reason, Faith couldn't stop thinking about it. And she knew why.

Five days ago, or, three days before Falcon had sung, an upcoming school dance was announced to celebrate the 113 year anniversary of the founding of the school. Usually, Faith wouldn't be able to stop talking about it, but something kept telling get something would happen, and she believed it was because of her sister's singing. However, the voice in the back of her head wasn't the part that bugged her most about the dance. Instead, it was the timing.

The dance was scheduled to start in about an hour, and it thoroughly annoyed Faith that the teachers could not have announced it earlier in the school year.

Sure, this year has been... busy, she thought to herself as she slipped on her dress. But couldn't they at least have managed to tell us sooner? Shaking her head, she stepped in front of the bathroom mirror to take a look.

Her thick blond hair was down, but she had decided to give it a few extra curls. They bounced cheerily a she gave a half spin, making her knee-length dress twirl.

The bright blue fabric made Faith's warm green eyes pop, and the light pink and soft orange flowers looked as though they were just beginning to cascade down her shoulders. Smiling, she flattened the slight poof before stepping back into the main part of her dorm.

“Oh, good, you're out!” Ocean exclaimed, dashing past Faith with her dress and shoes in hand. She stopped for a moment to look back at her roommate and smiled. “You look great, Faith!” Not waiting any longer, she stepped inside the bathroom and closed the door.

“Thank you!” Faith called back, then turning to her closet go fund the shoes she wanted.

“Tell me if I miss anything important,” Faith heard Shadowed's voice say from behind her. “And by important, I don't mean anything fluffy. Just let me know if, for example, someone were to flip over a table because someone broke up with them.”

“Ok,” Faith agreed, sitting down in the desk's chair to put in get ankle-high, heeled brown boots. “You're not going?”

Shadowed shrugged from her spot of leaning against a wall. “I don't have a reason to go, plus I can't stand dances “

“Oh,” Faith said, quickly tying up the laces on her shoes. “Well, sleep well then.”

Shadowed didn't answer, seeing as she had found interest in looking at her nails. Frowning, Faith tugged at the three-quarter sleeves if her attire.

Almost as though she had sensed a lack of excitement, Ocean stepped out into the open, grinning from ear to ear.

Ocean worry a gray blue Maxi dress that reached her ankles. The white flats she had been talking shout for the last few days were indeed on her feet. Her brown hair was kept down. Mascara was the only makeup Ocean was wearing.

“You look amazing, Ocean!” Faith announced, standing up and clapping excitedly. “Tonight's going to be great!” I hope.

“I know!” Ocean replied, glancing over at the digital clock in the desk. “Oh! We should go now!”

Faith too glanced over at the clock and saw its bright red numbers read 6:50. “Oh yeah! Let's go!”

After telling Shadowed goodbye, they charged out the door and make their way to the gym.

}{Travis}{

It was only about twenty minutes into the dance and Travis was beginning to wonder what exactly he was doing here. That is, until he spotted Rune.

She was halfway across the gym, reading something from a spiral notebook. Her hair was waved, and she wore a dark green dress with thick shoulder straps. Travis felt his face heat up, and he quickly looked away. ''Should I? No, I almost killed her. She would never say yes. But, she has been talking to me lately.''

“Are you planning in asking her to dance?” Imagine, dressed in a dark blue suit, inquired, suddenly appearing next time Travis. “Rune, I mean.”

Travis nearly jumped when he heard Imagine, and struggled to find a response.

Imagine grinned, though his smile faltered when he turned to look at someone who had caught his attention. Travis followed his gaze, then spotting Julius, who was wearing a black suit and a red bowtie, heading over to Rune.

“Well if you're going to ask her, you'd better do it now. I think Julius ask her, plus, the first slow dance starts soon,” Imagine advised, craning his neck as he searched for someone. “I've got to fund someone. I'll see you later.” Imagine left, leaving Travis alone.

Blowing out a puff of air, Travis fixed his tie and stood a little straighter before striding over to Rune. I can't believe I'm doing this…

As he walked, he side glanced over st Julius, grateful to notice how his own stride was longer than the other's. Reaching Rune first, he looked down at her and cleared his throat. He gave her s second to look up before beginning. “Erm, would you... there's a slow dance soon and I… Will you dance with me?”

Rune's face went bright red, and it took her an antagonizingly long moment to answer. “O-oh! Um, yeah, sure.”

Travis felt a wave of relief crash over him. “R-really?”

She nodded, looking away slightly. “Y-yeah. I'd like to dance with you.”

Suddenly, the song switched to a slower one, and Travis realized it was time to dance. Holding back a blush, he told grabbed and head her to the dance floor. Travis slowed to a stop and turned back to face Rune, placing his hands in her hips as she put hers on his shoulders. Soon, they were dancing.

}{Fallon}{

Fallon was both elated and terrified when Imagine asked her to dance; however, she agreed and they were both now swaying in awkward silence on the dance floor. Fallon kept her eyes on her arms, which she now found very interesting, until Imaging spoke up.

“Um, Fallon, I was wondering if you maybe wanted to hang out sometime? You don't have to say yes,” he added hurriedly.

Startled, Fallon blinked a couple times. “Su--”

Out of nowhere appeared a red headed girl dressed in a letter jacket, purple shirt and black pants. She put a hand on both on their shoulders, panting. “I...I need your...your help. Come with me and I'll explain, but I don't have much time.”