It was almost six when she reached the house, after stopping
to wrap her arm up and rest for a few minutes. She used the key Rayna had given
her to let herself into the house. She was greeted by a stern but concerned
Rayna.
"Where
have you been all night? The girls and I have been world sick about you!"
she demanded.
"I
fought the Dark Fairy, but she over powered me. And it took me all night to
escape," Elina fibbed.
"And
what is this?" Rayna said, pointing to the bandaged arm.
"A
sprain, I fell while I was skateboarding," she lied again, sticking to the
story she came up with on her way back. "If you'd me excuse me, I'm very
tired." Elina moved to leave but didn’t leave yet.
"Um,
okay. But I want to let you know that I have made plans for today’s training. I
planned for us leave at eight, but I'll push it back to nine to let you sleep a
little longer. If you don't feel rested enough, I won’t make you join us. Go
get some sleep," Rayna finished.
Elina took
off, up the stairs. In her room she put on PJ pants and a gray PJ shirt. She was
about to get in bed when Midge came in the room to get dressed to go for a run.
"Elina!"
Midge squealed, as she walked to her dresser. "Where have you been all
night? Rayna said she’d push our training back an hour."
“I was
headed home last night, but I found the Dark Fairy was causing trouble. So I
tried to stop her, but she beat me to the punch and kidnapped me. It took me
all night to escape."
"Oh,
okay,” Midge doubted, “I'm gonna change, then go for a quick run," Midge
pulled on athletic tank top and shorts from her dresser. Elina laid back,
grabbed the blanket with both hands, and winced. Despite the pain she was
asleep in minutes.
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