This One Has No Title Yet, Also - Chapter 3
I began that night, stealthily moving through the lightless halls, peeking into suspicious closets. Several times I nearly met up with a youma, but I made myself imperceptible by shrinking into the shadows.
My luck was less than I had wished it to be.
The next night I followed my same plan. I snuck down the hallways, seeking something, anything, that would relieve me of this terrible affliction.
Nephrite was walking down the hall towards me. I became frantic. There was no where to hide in the dimly lit hallway, no side rooms to step into.
In my agitation I had forgotten the best tool at my disposal. Magic.
I cast a simple invisibility spell just as Nephrite came within viewing distance of me.
I let out a tremendous sigh. Now there was no chance of Nephrite spotting me and exposing my mission.
The rest of my hunt had just as much success as the previous night. It seemed I had been everywhere in the Dark Kingdom with no results. There was still the Alpha Wing, but I didn’t expect much from it, mostly classrooms there. I was starting to suppose that Kunzite was right. There probably wasn’t an antidote.
Defeated, I surreptitiously returned to my quarters.
I was beginning to believe Kunzite. Maybe there was no remedy. Why, then, was I so sure that it wasn’t an irrevocable elixir? True, I didn’t have the Seventh Sense nearly as much as Nephrite or even Kunzite, but I somehow felt that I would find something the next night.
I flopped backwards onto my bed. Perhaps it is only hope. Maybe I will never be able to tolerate being around my teacher until the next two moon cycles are over.
I began my next night of searching with a heavy heart. Fearing failure, I cautiously looked in every crevice of the Alpha Wing. I left no drawer unopened, no desk unsearched. One classroom was fully explored, then the next, and my probing continued uninterrupted.
The Storage Room door stood in front of me. I was trying to decide whether or not I was too tired to keep going. Finally, my curiosity triumphed, and I turned the old brass knob, trying my hardest not to make excessive noise. My efforts were to no aid. The door opened with a gut wrenching moan, and a late night professor popped his head out of one of the classrooms, almost catching me. But he was too late, I was already inside.
I heaved a gigantic sigh of relief. My close encounter had been too much for my fatigued mind. Silently I cursed the janitors of the Alpha Wing. Couldn’t they have fixed that squeaky door?
I wished for built-in lights in the room. I didn’t want to create any noise with my magic. I toed my way away from the door. A sharp clanging noise was made as a bottle rolled across the bare floor. I created a small starlight with which to see by. Picking the flask up, I read the label. “Antidote for Compound 3604”. I couldn’t believe my luck. I had found it!
Slowly I poured the liquid down my throat and savored the tart taste of freedom.
Queen Beryl smiled at the vision in her crystal ball. Zoisite always believed he was so clever. But he had passed her test. Yes, his perserverance in the face of defeat was even greater than she'd expected. She would keep him in her ranks a while longer...
The End
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