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"Biggest mystery of the world is how you got Spring Fling King"
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I like to think the whole Jim situation didn't hurt me too much. Of course I realised this was wrong when all I did was watch the movies we watched together, listen to the songs we sung together and stared at the photo that Jim and I took during one of our movie nights all the time.

It was starting to become a problem I realised so I sought out Blinky and decided to help him with finding Jim, it was better than moping around the house all day.

It's where I found myself currently, Blinky and I each sitting at a table with books in our hands, papers and books surrounded us.

Usually I would be searching up ways to find Jim but right now I had a problem I needed fixing.

It was only last night when I was in the kitchen grabbing some water, I leaned against the wall only to fall through it, my glass not being able to and shattering on the ground as I found myself outside.

Of course I realised Amora the Enchantress had the ability to walk through walls but I never thought I did.

It's horrible timing as well to get new powers since my current powers having been going haywire recently.

I tried to light a candle with my fire and instead burnt the whole candle and the table it was sitting on, I tried to throw a F/c energy blast at a training dummy and it barely got a meter before the blast just went saggy and hit the ground.

I haven't told anyone about it because it's honestly just embarrassing. I don't understand why everything is going wrong lately but I'm going to find out.

This is why I currently sat with 'Enchantress's of the world: An Autobiography' because I assumed it would have other Enchantress's day to day problems and maybe the solutions.

Of course this book currently had nothing and was just stories about slaying dragons and being burned at the stake, not a comforting thought for a fellow enchantress.

I groan as I bang my forehead against the table harshly, clearly surprising Blinky who jumped out of his seat.

"Are you alright Ms Y/n?" Blinky asks, clearly noticing my frustration.

"Fine" I say simply, reopening my book and flicking through the pages.

"Is it about Master Jim?" Blinky asks with a worried expression.

"No...yes...maybe? I don't know" I groan as I rub my eyes.

"Whatever is bothering you, I assure you that talking to someone will help" Blinky says wisely as I look at him with a conflicted face.

"Fine...my powers...they aren't working" I whisper carefully, staring at my hands that sit on the table.

"Not working?" Blinky asks confused.

"Not working! I cant control my fireballs, my energy blasts just go saggy and I fell through a wall!" I exclaim with wide eyes, staring at a stunned Blinky.

"I've never heard of this happening" Blinky says confused.

"Even better" I groan as I move my book away and instead look through some of the scrolls I found.

"Don't stress yourself out too much Ms Y/n, I assure you that everything will work out" Blinky says as I nod my head.

"Thanks Blinky" I sigh as I continue to look through the scrolls.

Suddenly Toby comes waddling in with a book, Blinky immediately jumping out of his chair and waking towards him.

"Did you bring what I asked?" Blinky asks quickly.

"Never told me the storage tombs were infested with scorch beetles" Toby says angrily, gasping as some bugs crawl around the book.

The beetles fall out of the book and Toby huffs and starts randomly hitting the book, attempting to squish them.

"Y/n! Fireball please!" Toby asks as I freeze my movements.

"Uhhh, I think you got it" I say quickly as I watch Blinky take the book from Toby's hands, Toby instead squashing the last beetle with his foot.

Blinky quickly moves to sit at the table, Toby walking over before stopping in front of Aaarrrgghh as he stares sadly.

"Why would a book about the thing that killed Aaarrrgghh help us now?" Toby asks with a confused face, walking over and taking a seat next to me.

"Because Tobias, if we can uncover who created the poison-" Blinky starts before I cut him off.

"-Than we might be able to find who holds the antidote" I finish with a smirk in Blinky direction.

Blinky had been muttering the same sentence over and over and it was slowly driving me mad, but I was better here than at my house so I dealt with it.

"Aha!" Blinky yells, Toby and me jumping from our seats.

"What?" Toby asks excitedly.

"Oh no, grumbly gruesome" Blinky says sadly as we stare at him confused.

"Is that good?" I ask with a hopeful look.

"Or is it bad?" Toby asks with a nervous smile.

"It was created by the ancient guild of changeling spies, as old as they are mysterious" Blinky explains.

"Mysterious" I say in ghost voice, wiggling my hands in front of Toby's face as he laughs and hits them away.

"If your fortunate enough to find a member, you'll unfortunately find death" Blinky explains as Toby gasps.

"Where they walk, footsteps disappear. They are the Janus order" Blinky says as he holds up the book for us to see.

Toby and I stare at the page with wide eyes as I read the words.

"A secret society of changelings dedicated to freeing Gunmar and his horde from the Darklands so they can conquer the world" I read quietly as we all sit in silence.

The silence being broken by a scorch beetle walking up Toby's shirt as we both yell, Toby hitting it away as I grab a scroll of the table and starts whacking him over and over, the beetle falling to the ground as Toby steps on it, both of us sighing in relief.

"If the cure for Aaarrrgghh lies with the Janus order, it may as well lie with your...Easter bunny" Blinky sighs in defeat.

"Hey, what was all that talk about finding hope when things are hopeless?" Toby asks with an encouraging smile.

"Find some optimism Blinky, we'll find a way" I say as I pat his shoulder.

"Find a way to what, exactly?" I hear a voice say from behind us as we all jump and turn around to see Vendel.

"We were just tidying up!" Blinky yells as he stands infront of the table "This place is a disaster, per usual"

I quickly start stacking the books and scrolls, giving a nervous smile to Vendel as he simply stairs at me with an annoyed look.

"Need I remind you, after yesterdays incident-" Vendel starts, me cutting him off.

"Their fault not ours!" I say with a grumpy expression, Vendel glaring at me making me quickly shut my mouth.

"The Tribunal has you three on my strict probation. Out with it!" Vendel finishes as he stomps his staff.

"Just...looking for a miracle to save my wingman" Toby says sadly as we all look towards Aaarrrgghh's statue, the amulet on his chest ticking.

"So, you aren't meddling with the Tribunals edict to bury Killahead Beidge where no troll not mortal can ever find?" Vendel says with a confused look.

"They're what!" I yell with wide eyes.

"They're moving the bridge?" Blinky yells with a worried look.

"No, but we need-" Toby starts before a voice cuts him off.

"-To move on without Jim. Don't worry, Vendel, we've accepted the Tribunals decision" Claire says as she stands next to me.

"We have?" Toby and I ask, Claire elbowing me as Blinky elbows Toby.

"We have" Toby and I say with nervous smiles.

"I wish it were different, but to go against the Elder word, is to court treason, war" Vendel explains.

"Jim put more than himself in danger though, by going into the Darklands" I say.

"Exactly, we all have to live with the consequences" Claire agrees.

"Very well. Tidy away" Vendel says as he walks off.

"Great Gizmodius, they're taking the bridge!" Blinky exclaims.

"How are we supposed to rescue Jim now?" I ask.

"Don't worry, I saw this coming. I had NotEnrique stow away in one of the crates when the pieces were shipped. That way, I'll have an emotional anchor" Claire explains as I smile at her.

"Claire, you are a genius" I say as I throw my arm around her shoulder and squeeze her into my side as she laughs.

"An emotional anchor for us to shadow jump in to get the pieces back!" Toby says with wide eyes.

"So we're gonna steal a bridge?" I asked with a wide smile.

"Magic bridge heist!" Toby says excitedly as he jumps around.

"Come on T.P, we gotta get to class" Claire laughs as she grabs my bag from the floor and gives it to me.

"T.P?" Toby asks confused as we start to walk.

"Stands for Toby pie" I say with a teasing smile.

"I don't like it. Mm-mm" Toby says with a shake of his head.

"Don't fight it" Claire says as we all laugh.

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I stand at my locker as I look for my books, a daily reminder that I really need to clean my locker, before the PC system starts talking.

"Attention, students and faculty. The 'Save Jim' bake sale was a massive success. Together, we will find a cure for this rare and sudden disease. That is all, thank you" The PC system says before it turns off and I smile in success.

Claire and I came up with the whole disease and excuse and I'm honestly surprised with how well it worked, almost everyone believes it, everyone except Steve.

I turn around and my eyes widen as I see Steve with Toby pinned at a locker, I sigh and quickly make my way over.

"-He's just faking this because I won Spring Fling, and he's just trying to steal my thunder" I hear Steve say as I stand behind them.

"Biggest mystery of the world is how you got Spring Fling King" I say catching Steve and Toby's attention as they turn to me.

"Shut it L/n! You had your chance to get with this, but you blew it" Steve says with a cocky smirk as I roll my eyes.

"Oh no, whatever shall I do?" I say sarcastically as I grab his hand that's on Toby's shoulder and twist it back as Steve yells.

"Leave Toby alone" I say with narrowed eyes as I release his hand, Steve backing away with narrowed eyes.

"Whatever, protect that wuss, I don't care" Steve says as Claire makes our way to us.

"Steve, get back to the 80's where bullies belong. Besides, no one cares about your stupid dance crown" Claire says with her arms crossed.

"What? Everybody bows to the king!" Steve exclaims as I roll my eyes.

This guy really thinks he's Elvis or something.

"No, we don't. And your hats dumb" A random girl yells as Steve growls and turns around.

"Shut up! Who said that? Listen, I 'interneted' some things, and there's never been a single case of Jim Lake disease, like ever!" Steve says before he walks over to Claire and I "Explain that?"

"It's a new disease dumbass, have you listened to a word anyone has said, looks like your brain is smaller then I thought" I say with a smirk as Steve glares at me.

"You three plebes can only cover for Jim for so long. I'm onto you!" Steve says with a finger pointed at us before he mockingly walks away.

"You okay?" I ask as Claire helps Toby stand up.

"I hate that guy. I wish I could punch him in his perfectly-chiseled face" Toby says as I pat his back.

"I know how you feel" I sigh.

"He's not worth it guys" Claire says as Toby's face deflates.

"Did you bring Jim's homework?" I ask Toby as he nods his head.

"Yeah, it's right here" Toby says as he opens his backpack only for scorch beetles to crawl out of it, Toby and I screaming as we start to stomp our feet everywhere as Claire cringes away.

"Guess we missed a scorch beetle" Toby says as we share a nervous look.

"Okay here's Jim's assignment. Might want to double-check the work there" Toby says as he gets out a smoking, crumpled piece of paper.

Claire's phone suddenly dings as she quickly grabs her phone and gasps as she sees who it is.

"It's NotEnrique! The bridge pieces! Where are you?" Claire asks into the phone as Toby and I lean in so we can hear.

"I got no clue where on Earth I am, but come and get me!" We hear him yell.

"Hold tight. We have to find a secluded spot" Claire says as we nod and grab our bags, running off as the school bell rings.

"What about school?" Toby asks as I shrug my shoulders.

"It was boring anyway and Jims more important" I say as we run.

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We drop our bikes on the side of the road as we grab out our torches and walk into the forest, Toby's face in the fetch.

"Still no sign of Jim?" I ask, Toby pulling his face out with a sigh.

"Nothing but barren Darklands. And I'm running out of Nougat Nummies" Toby says as he throws some more in.

"You think this is secluded enough?" Claire asks as I look around, the forest quiet and hidden with trees.

"For a magic bridge?" Toby asks.

"This far out we could hide a few dead bodies" I comment as I look around.

Toby and Claire suddenly bump into me as we all gasp, laughing nervously as we look around the dark area.

"All right, let's do this quick" I say as Claire nods and gets out her staff.

"Making portals is exhausting, and I don't know how many I've got in me" Clare sighs as she points her staff and a dark portal appears.

"Damn Claire" I comment, usually she takes awhile to make a portal.

"Your getting good with that magic shadow stick" Toby agrees.

"Well, it's powered by emotions. My friend in the Darklands? Plenty of emotion" Claire says as I laugh.

Toby starts to walk forward as me and Claire's eyes widen, Claire stopping him from walking with her staff.

"What are you doing?" Claire asks with wide eyes.

"What's it look like? Helping" Toby says as I shake my head.

"Sorry Toby, we need you here" I say as I pat his shoulder.

"What, why?" Toby asks confused.

"I have no idea where we are. I need you here to be my emotional anchor" Claire says as she starts to walk towards the portal, me right behind her.

"What am I supposed to do?" Toby asks.

"Get ready to catch" Claire says as she walks in.

"Don't worry Toby, you'll be fine" I say as I look at his worried expression before I walk in after Claire.

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Authors note:

I finished reading 'It ends with us' and it was pretty shit. Shocker

Hope you enjoyed this chapter!