"How are you?" Rianna asked the next time we went to visit Iris. "Better. But...but I can't help but wonder how they turned red," She b!t her lip. "Don't worry. We'll find out," Chloe said, determinedly. We nodded in agreement and went off to the library. We rifled through a bunch of books on unusual illn3sses. "You need some help there?" It was Leo. "Actually-" Rianna cut me off. I was about to bust the living lights out of him. He could be the real Leo, or not. "Buzz off Stowell, we don't need your help," Rianna snapped and gl4red at him. He looked hvrt but walked off. "Hey-I think I found one!" Chloe held up a book triumphantly. We all read it over her shoulder. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ᴡʜᴇɴ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ᴀ ᴘʀᴏᴘʜᴇᴄʏ, ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇʏᴇs ᴍᴀʏ ᴛᴜʀɴ ʀᴇᴅ ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴅ4ɴɢᴇʀ ᴏʀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ ᴏғ ʜ4ʀᴍ. ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ɪᴛ ᴍᴀʏ ᴀʟsᴏ ʙᴇ ɪғ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ʜᴀs ʜᴇx3ᴅ, ᴊɪɴx3ᴅ ᴏʀ ᴄᴜʀs3ᴅ ʏᴏᴜ. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- We looked at each other. "I don't think she was in d4nger," Rianna said. "Me neither. Otherwise, we'd also been in d4nger," I said. "So she must have been jinx3d or hex3d. But...by who? And, also, how?" Chloe finished for us. December arrived. It had been a few weeks since we had told the others about what we had found out. Life seemed almost normal again. "Winter ball is coming up! I'm going with Adrien again," Chloe sighed happily. "I have to go. It's Jayden's last year so..." I sighed and bit my lip. "I'm not going," Rianna said quickly and went back to revising. * * * "Okay, see ya Ri," I went off to the Ball with Chloe behind me. Everyone else in our dorm had gone so It was just her alone. I felt kinda sorry for her. "You know," I said to the others. "Don't you think Sophie, and maybe Vineyeard and Tromvel are into this? I mean, if Sophie and her brothers are involved, then Vineyeard is. If Vineyeard is friends with Tromvel-" It was like a rubiks cube. The pieces were swirling around my mind. It couldn't be Vineyeard and Tromvel, they were locked up. It could be Sophie and her brothers, but there was one thing left. "That's it." I said. "Jade and Paris!" "I truly have no doubts about their intentions but...they're likely to do it. Remember Poppy?" Chloe mumbled. The others nodded in agreement. I started to walk off to where Jade and Paris were. "Hey, where are you going?" Jayden asked. "Them." Iris finished for me. "It's worth a try, so I'll come too." "Jade, Paris, are you hiding something from us?" Selene asked. "No, we've never bothered you since." Jade replied lazily. "Are you doing something with Leo?" I asked. "Not that I know of." Paris replied for Jade. "Look, you told us to keep away, we did, and what do you want now?" I took a deep breath. "If you don't tell us, I'll have no hesitation problem to hexing you-" "Okay, okay!" Jade said. "I think Sophie is on something with this." "Sophie?" I asked. "Yes. Sophie and her brothers." "What did they do?" "They took Leo and apparated somewhere. We didn't really think much about it. We thought it was a prank. Earlier, the eldest brother was carrying a mini fountain dugged out of some hole in here." "We'll check it later." I told the others, and we ran off. The next morning, when we went downstairs, the fountain was gone! "Oh no, oh no, oh no!" Chloe panicked. Michelle went to wake Rianna.
