by Keya Jay
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“Hey Sid the Kid’s back,” Nate announced.
“Hey,” Sidney said as she climbed their tree and sat on the lowest branch.
“Ryder was supposed to be here,” he said as she made herself as comfortable as one can be on a stubby little tree.
“Why?” she questioned.
“Well I told him about our plans.”
“Why?” she asked again her voice laced in shock.
“He might be able to help,” he explained.
“Help is one thing Ryder doesn’t know how to do, well that among many other things. What happened to being on the lookout, not trusting anyone?”
“We can trust Ryder and you know it.”
“Oh really? ‘Cause just last week me and you both witnessed him possess a young wisp’s body, drain him of his powers and leave him to die.”
“Yea but there could have been a reason, you were just too scared to ask.”
“I’ve never seen anything like that in my life!” she yelled.
“Come on Sid do you really think we can’t trust him?” Nate asked.
“I don’t know who to trust anymore,” Sidney admitted.
“Why what happened?” he asked curiously.
“I heard my mom talking yesterday…and I don’t know who it was she was talking to but I heard her say something about a location and then she mentioned dad’s name.”
“So what do you think it means? You don’t think she meant he was still alive do you?”
“But why would he fake his death he was and still is the greatest wisp to ever live, who would just give that up?”
“How’d he die in the first place?” Nate asked cautiously.
“No one knows but rumor has it he was fighting to reclaim his tittle.”
“Reclaim? Who tried to take it from him in the first place?”
“Well see that’s the thing no one knows really who he was and then when people went in search for him he just disappeared.”
“Why would he run off scared after winning the most respected title fair and square? He killed the greatest wisp and claimed the tittle why would he run from that?”
“What if it wasn’t fair and square?”
“What do you mean?” Nate asked.
“I don’t know, I’m just saying he could have tried a sneak attack in order to kill the greatest wisp.”
“But it’s really hard to kill him, everyone knows that.”
“That’s just it, what if he never died? My mother said something about a location what if it’s where he’s hiding?”
“Do you think it’s possible?”
“If it is I can’t risk it,” Sidney said.
“Why not?” Nate asked confused.
“Because there are still other things to worry about like the wisps being kidnapped and killed, we need to know who’s doing it and why. And then there’s Hank, I wasn’t suspicious before, I hated all of the wild chases Ryder sent me on concerning Hank but now I think Ryder was on to something. He suspected Hank for something and we need to find out what it was. This is no longer the fun little pranks we used to play on people when we were little Nate this is real.”
“Yea I know Sid,” he agreed.
