The Tale of Xenosa

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Xenosa's POV:

After we talked we both headed inside the castle and went to our separate rooms. Though I was tired and this really strong urge to just lay in to my bed directly and not bother in taking a shower anymore, but the foul body odor I could smell from myself is way worse than expected. I literally had to drag my self to the showers. After I successfully bathed myself, I brushed my teeth laid on my bed. Finally rest! I was about to close my eyes but then a knock suddenly came from outside my door, I opened it expecting it to be Emma but it was Cresia instead. She had this mischievous glint on her eyes that told I wasn't going to get any sleep at the moment. She literally bounced all the way to my bed, at least one of us was energetic. "So to what do I owe this blissful pleasure of your visit to my quarters?" I know I sounded super grumpy and sarcastic but I couldn't help it. I was way beyond exhausted for today. Physically, mentally, and emotionally. A literal rollercoaster of emotions. "Oh c'mon Xen don't be such a party pooper. I think you know what I'm here for," she even moved her eyebrows suggestively. Ah right Gavin. Though I understood and got her point already I kept the poker face I had going on. Maybe if I pretended that I didn't know what she was talking about she'd leave me alone and let me sleep before dinner? Okay that's a bit of a long shot. This is Lacresia we're talking about. Talkative, loud and annoyingly curious. "Oh puh-lease don't even start with the whole, ' I don't know what you're talking about thing', we both know that won't work," She even did air quotation marks with her fingers to emphasize what she was trying to say. Though tired and a bit irritated, I walked over to my bed. And rolled my eyes, "If this is about Gavin, then there's nothing to talk about," I said to her. Being as direct to the point as possible. She immediately did this kid like imitation of being mad or angry. You know the thing spoiled kids do when they don't get what they want? The whole pout and puppy dog eyes that actually works on adults most of the time. No surprise there. "Spill the tea bestie, c'mon I know you two talked after training this afternoon. I saw you both under the tree," she said. I exhaled dramatically trying to match how her over reactions on simple things. I then even tried to explain my self, "We just talked really. He helped me calm my nerved about the whole Sitan situation and he even helped me sort out my thoughts. He says I should stop being a pessimist most of the time. Try to look at thing in a different perspectives, a worth wile advice don't you think?" Sad to say Cresia didn't reply to my question. Instead she started to hyperventilate or at least tried to act like someone who was. "Wow so you actually listened to him huh? Knowing how you're a very hard headed and hard to convince person," her tone teasing. I think I knew where this was going but I wasn't going to go with it. This is not the kind of things we should be prioritize at the moment. There were far more important things than my love life. I think Cresia knew about that, she just wanted something to distract her. And what else to use as a distraction than to gossip about your friends latest crushes. She even started to hum the tune of "so this is love hummmmmunhm". I'd hate for her to become so invested in this and becomes disappointed at the end. "I guess I have my very own OTP now, Gavin and Xenosa. #GavEso hahaha," she even started to laugh after. Oh she really found this whole thing amusing, huh. I just rolled my eyes at her knowing how ridiculous she's acting. "C'mon Cres, we both know we have no time for that sort of things. Why don't you ship Justin and Jazz? They seem to be pretty close with each other," I suggested. Attempting to shift the topic to other matters or maybe to other people. "Nah I'm not feeling it. But there's definitely something going on about those too, I'm sure of it." she says. Now that's the spirit! I quietly cheered in my head now that we're heading on to different topics. "Gavin and I barely know each other. Much less like one another," I said. I'm starting to sound unsure about what I'm saying. It shouldn't be like this, I hope Cresia didn't catch that. "Plus, I think he's just a really kind guy with good looking features on her face," I added. Okay so maybe I shouldn't have said the last part. This just caused the smile on her face to become even wider. "Oh please, don't get started with me again. You know what I mean," I said trying to dismiss whatever conclusions she was starting to form inside that little head of hers. I then remembered about the vision. "On a more serious note Cres, there's something I need to tell you," the tone of my voice now serious and final. This even caused Cresia to drop the smile she had on her face, She nodded her head, understanding that it was now time for serious talk. The atmosphere of the room suddenly changed. The playfulness in the air was no longer there. It was now replaced with the vibe of responsibility and a bit of horrors. "Okay what is it?" she said. I could tell by the way she asked that question that she was trying to ready herself for the bad news I had. If how she assumed that it was bad, I don't have a clue. But I guess she sensed it by the way I opened this talk we're currently having. I guess we had this bond already, we're able to tell what kind of news the other has based on the tones of their voice. I don't know if that's cool or weird but yeah that's how things are with us. A best friend telepathy link. I don't about you but it's cool for me. I find it cute as well."So uh remember when we talked about the vision you had before?" I asked. She then nodded her head. Okay that's good she still remembers that would be something to start with. "Well, duh how I could forget, that was one of the scariest things I saw in my entire life, and we've both been inside the maze so that's saying a lot," she answered. I could hear the slight tremble she had on her voice hut tried to cover it right away with light enthusiasm. "Last night when I fell asleep, when everyone left my room already, I had the vision is as well. Only this time I saw Gavin there too. He's one of the four stone statues there. He was the guy behind me. I only realized it this morning," I started to explain. Her eyes widened at what she heard. "So did you tell him thtat? Did you say anything about your dream when you two talked? Or did you even try to warn him?," she asked one question after the other. "Geez, slow down woman. I told him about the dream but I left out the part where I saw him there too. I really don't know why but there as this gut feeling that I knew I shouldn't tell him about this yet. Well at least not yet. If there's something I learned about following this entire prophecy thing that's to follow our guts," I answered her. I then propped a pillow and laid on it. Cresia was still seated on the other side of the bed. I have no idea if she found this to be disrespectful or what but I really didn't care. We used to talk while laying down anyway. This isn't anything new to us. She bobbed her head up and slowly, hesitant to agree with what I just said. It took a few seconds for her to speak up again. "Yeah, I think you did the right decision on that one. There's this ugly feeling at the pit of my stomach that says we shouldn't say anything about that vision to the others," she finally said. Yeah I could agree on that one. "So to continue with the vision, I saw Bathala there too. Only he couldn't see me. In that dream or vision I didn't have any voice it was like I was meant to be there," I continued to say. She just nodded her head at me. I took that as a signal to continue, "I'm not sure if who I saw was really him but I just had this feeling that I should just know. Sitan was there with his agents. Remember when we both thought that place was the heart? I don't think that's the case anymore" I asked. "Yep, there were four people. Four statues. In the prophecy it says only four will make it to the heart, " she replied. "Yes, but if you count Sitan, his agents, and Bathala, I'd say there's about eight plus people there. And that's just on that perspective," I explained. Her eyebrows came together, I don't think she was following what I was trying to say. "I'm trying to say that we're wrong Cres. That place isn't the heart." She then made this "I'm thinking of an awesome idea don't disturb me just yet" face. "Yeah I guess that would make sense. It's possible," she says. "But you know there are infinite possibilities to interpret the prophecy and the visions. We'll just have to go with it," she added further. I nodded my head at her. Agreeing with what she was saying. "Good point. So tell me about your training Cres, how's it going so far?" I asked as an attempt to divert the topic. I think the topic about the dream I just had and Gavin wasn't a good mood lifter. Just something to further stress ourselves out. Before answering my question Cresia made herself at home by also laying down on my bed beside me. "Well, actually I think it's going good. Good in the sense that I'm getting the hang of the techniques my instructor's teaching me to do. Though it's tiring and well just overly hard at times, I really think things are going quite well for me," she said. Huh, why do I feel disappointed again? I mean not only was I told by my teacher that I wasn't able to do the basics for my power but for this day already I really wasn't able to accomplish anything mind blowing. Two out of four techniques and what makes it suck more is that I tried to do the exact same skill for two days already and I wasn't getting any kind of improvement. I don't want to feel envious of Cresia abut I couldn't help but think I had my power longer than her but she's better at using her powers now than I am. I couldn't help but wonder on the others too. Gavin also said the same thing, I think. I guess all the other demigods have improved over the course of two days of training. That's everyone except me, great even more pressure. That's a great way to cheer yourself up, Xen. I mentally gave myself a face palm for that. And to top it off these are the kind of thought's Davin had told me to avoid. To keep the peace flowing try to turn the negative into positives. Right now I'm silently hoping for a kind of situation from algebraic rules in mathematics. Like two negatives multiplied together is a positive. The negatives in my life had multiplied already yet there were no signs of any positives that should come way way. "By the way Xen you should re-" Cresia was caught off by a rustling sound from the ceiling. And footsteps from outside my door. The two of us immediately stood up from the bed and raised our guards. Preparing to fight who or what it might be. Okay just what was that all about? A couple of seconds later a knock came on the door. "Who is it?" I called out a bit frightened about who it is. "It's Emma dear, time for dinner!" the voice answered.