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Kate: Something Doesn't add up

I rubbed my head again.

"This just doesn't add up.  Nothing does." I whispered, it was late, too late and I should be in bed but I wasn't. Stormslicer was sleeping on the floor, at the sound of my words he lifted his head and looked at me. I sighed and rested my head on my paper, thinking back to earlier today.

Earlier that day

“Kate. You know I’m always here...Right?” Rita said. I nodded and she continued.

“Kate. Those jerks are trying to get into your head. You are NOT nothing. You know that’s not true. And you have us guardians to prove it. If you are facing these people, and they are trying to make you do things you don’t want to do, you need to show them your strong brave side. The side that has fought battles for her dragon, cured my dragon when I was down, and insisted helping me through every trial I went through. Kate, you can’t believe what they say. They just want to bring you down. When they tell you to move, or try to convince you your nothing. You stand strongly in front of them, ignore their comments and say ‘No. You move’. Kate, you are so special to me. I hate seeing you think you are a worthless nobody. That’s not true. You help so many people. That’s not for nothing. You-you are unique Kate. There is no other Kate Olson in the world! Don’t let the world take that from you.”

I looked at her. Astonished. Then a couple tears came to my eyes and Rita hugged Me.

"Thank you Rita, but, its too true, I failed my family, my brother.  you guys, I failed to save Aud. Even though there was nothing I could do to stop you guys from going."

“Well, how sweet is this.” A man’s voice said. We broke apart and jumped as we stared at the guy, startled.

“Harn.” I growled. Rita Clenched her fists in rage

“YOU SON OF A TROLL! WHERE IS MY SISTER?!” Rita yelled in fury. He smiled, showing the most ugly teeth in the world.

“Oh don’t worry. She’s in a better place now.” Rita gasped and fought back a couple tears.

“No-no-no you didn’t. Prove it.” She snarled. He took a step forward and pulled out a bloody shirt. Aud’s bloody shirt. Rita and I both gasped, and Rita let out a quiet sob. I  grabbed Rita's hand before she could attack him.

“Oh don’t worry. Her death was quite painful if that offers any comfort.” He smuggly said. Rita fell to the floor on her knees sobbing.

“YOU EVIL PILE OF YAK DUNG!” I shouted fists shaking. Mr. Harn just laughed.

FlashBack gone

I lifted my head up, adding more detail to my scetch of Aud. I add more shadding to her weapon, drew her face in a happy grin.

"It dosn't add up." I said again,  I grabbed a book and looked at the map of the hidden world. I quickly grabbed my pencil and drew a circle around Stanly Harns old base.

"Impossible, he can't still be there, We ruined it months ago.  His family coudn't have rebuilt it that fast." I said drawing the circle lines in darker. I groaned and threw down the pencil, I rubbed my face and murmured into my hands

"It just dosn't make any sense what so ever.  This is not the way Harn works, He doesn't kill to show fear, or to make them do his bidding.  That's not him.  He likes to play with his victims, whenever he feels like he is losing he likes to touter his prisoner, feeling the satisfaction of them losing.  Aud isn't dead, not yet at least." I said as I opened my eyes. I stared hard at the map, memorizing every little detail I could manage, finally, I made up two decisions in my mind

"Stormslicer" I said calling my dragon, he perked up his head and came over to me.

"I have two disiconse,  I need to make one, I either wake up Aidan, I know he knows more about the Harns that he isn't telling me.  Or I go to the Harns old base and find out for myself? Which do I choose?" I questioned him. StormSlicers face went blank with concentration,  he sat there thinking hard, finally, he snapped back and pointed his head into the direction of Aidan's room.

"Urm? Maybe bad Idea, lets not knock on his door, Ok. Hehe, lets talk to Rita instead.  Yea better idea." I said quickly walking to Rita's room and knocking on her door. StormSlicer rolled his eyes at me and lay back down. Rita groggly came to the door.

"Kate? What in Thors name are you doing, its 12 am!" She said rubbing her eyes. I yawned at the mention of the time.

"I know, I know but come here.  Look at this map." I said leading her over to the map at the table by the roaring fire. She stared at the map

"Were was the base that you went to, the base that Aud was captured in?" I asked, Rita pointed to  a place, farther away from Harn's old base, she went past the Bewilder Best pool, clear to the other side of the map.

"Here," She said quitetly as her finger traced across the map, I grabbed my pencil and drew a circle around it, as I did so Rita's eyes shifted to my drawing of Aud. She picked it up and placed i it ontop of my circle.

"And she is... Here" she whispered tears dripping onto the paper. I let her have her moment, I watched silently, in the corner of my eye I saw Stormslicer walking towards..... AIDAN'S DOOR!

"No you do not,"  I said running over to him, tackling him to the ground, he squawked in protest

"I don't want too, it's not an option to talk to him anymore," I whispered in his ear. Stormslicer rolled over, moving me off him and headed once more towards his door.

"Stop it," I whispered a bit louder this time, I grabbed onto his horn and tried moving him away, he didn't budge, he kept walking towards the door. I placed my feet down trying to slow him down

"Please no! Ok, Ok" I said tugging on his horn. He would not stop walking, this time I went full force and wrestled him to the ground. I finally managed to triumph and make him stop, by the time I did this though I was panting.

"StormSlicer.....what in thors name has gotten into you!" I laughed, I walked back over to Rita, she smirked and said

"Soo, what was that, why did StormSlicer want to get Aidan?"

"What? Aidan? PFFTTT, no way, something has gotten into StormSlicer.  It was just a random door that he was choosing." I said as I shot a glare at Stormslicer, he made a dragon smile and went to sleep. I resumed looking at the map,  ignoring Rita's yea-right-smirks. I looked at were his old base was, and now his new base.

"Why would he move over here?" I said drawing a line across the map.

"This just doesn't make any logical sense, how can he know where I am, pretty much every time I go out.  OR how on earth did he know who Aud and Rita were? He has only met me and Aidan, nobody else.  How does he know them?  Nothing lines up" I said banging my head on the table.

"Kate, you need sleep," Rita said placing a hand on my shoulder

"No, I am fine, I am so close, I can feel it if I just can connect one dot, I think I may find a way to rescue Aud," I said picking my head back up

"Listen, Kate, I want to find Aud just as much as you do.  Even more, then you do actually, but I can't do it without sleep, and you need sleep.  You're still injured and not 100% healed.  Rest Kate."

"I can't Rita, I can't.  This will prove I am not the nothing child.  If I can finddddddddd......." Something hit me, Roel.

"My grandfather Roel and Thalia, they tell Harn everything, that's how they know every single move because that old man, that old man told them that he knows me because I am that nothing Child.  Oh, thor why! This will be so hard, so hard. When this so-called battle comes we are up against this new kind of leaders. And one of those leaders is......."

"What? Kate? What's happing." Rita questioned

"My brother, when this "war" comes between us.  It's a test to see our strength, to see who is really protector and ruler of the Hidden world.  In order to stop this war, we have to kill the leaders.  The leaders are the brains behind them all, which means Harn is one of them.  How many more are there? Are they hiding?" I grasped my head in confusion, then I gasped

"We have to kill the leaders.  My brother, the old man.  He is training him to be one of those leaders.  Which means..."

"you might have to kill your brother in battle," Rita said finishing for me from behind

"Yes," I said solemnly.

Later the next day

I yawned walking out of my room. I was going on patrol and I regretted staying up late to make plans. I hopped on Stormslicer, rubbing his back as I climbed on. I whistled and Sniper came and landed on my shoulder. He took off flying towards the Bewilder Hot pools as I now like to call them. I looked over down at the pool,

"Big white blob at the bottom. Also known as a Bewilder Beast. Check" I said, Stormslicer flew off again to check on some nests that were full of eggs. We landed and I looked around,

"Ok, One(fish), two(fish, Red Fish, bluefish), three, fourrrr," I said as I saw one start to crack, just then a Nightmare popped his little claw out of his egg and crawled out,

"Aw hey, little guy! you remind me of a little baby I know." I said as an image of Devil popped into my head. He growled at me

"It's ok, I will stay away just here for a head count," I said, I heard a thump behind me, I turned around slowly

"Oh heyyyy Momma Nightmare, You know I was just leaving, not with your baby of course," I said as I started to walk backward with StormSlicer. She didn't by it, she charged at me with flames of fury coming of her back and out of her mouth.

"OK OK, MOMMA NOT LIKE ME. GUESS THAT MEANS NO COMING BACK SNOGGLETOG DINNER WITH YOU THEN." I yelled as I jumped off the nest, opening my wings just as the flames licked my foot. StormSlicer came up from underneath me and I sat on his back once more. We checked a few more nests and  dragons sites before heading home.

"I can't go home yet, no I need to save my brother," I asked Stormslicer to take me to the Olson Clan camp. As we neared, Stormslicer landed and we walked the rest of the way there. I snuck into the camp as quiet as I could. I saw somebody training in the area

"Kill the enemy, Destroy houses, take power.  Destroy nothing Child.  Become Olson." Andrew said as he sliced the wooden figures, I gaped

"''He is sent, to-to-to kill me! The elder wants to Kill me! And he is gonna make my brother do it. Drew drew has no idea that the nothing child is me!" ''I thought rapidly, I made a split decision to show my self to him. I walked into the arena

"ARGH who interrupts the rightful heir, tell me," Andrew said turning around

"Goodness they have spoiled him. " I thought

"It's me, Kate," I said, a stupid move of course

"Nothing Child," Andrew graveled

"Please don't kill me, Drew Drew..." I didn't mean to call him that but I was so used to it it slipped out. He lowered his weapon

"Drew Drew? How do you know this?? Only my family called me that.  Only my loved ones.  Did you kill them, I will slay you for doing this" He said hopping onto his dragon

"He remembers. Oh, thor he remembers, and now he is charging at me. Wow, what has my life become" I thought as I ran away from the dragon. I was not going to fight him. I sprinted to the fence and hoped it with ease. I ran but, the Triple Stryke landed on top of me.

"Finish her Dagger," Andrew commanded his dragon. His dragon sliced at my body with his claws on his feet. He grabbed me with his tail and squeezed me

"Andrew" I gasped my face turning red

"I did not kill your family." I managed to get out. Just then Stormslicer charged and knocked Andrew and his dragon to the ground. They fought.

"NO BOY PLEASE HE IS MY BROTHER" I yelled. StormSlicer looked back at me and left Andrew alone. I yelled too loudly and the other Olsons would be on my trail if I didn't go now. I had to get out so I hopped on Stormslicer and we flew back to the Clubhouse. When we got there the crew was eating breakfast as I walked in, beat up ...again

"Hi, Guys!" I said trying to make them not look at my wounds, didn't work

"Kate, what happened?" Kat asked

"I can't kill him." I burst out

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