Split in Three by Jessica Hemsworth (best value ebook reader txt) 📕

so young, she was such a sweet girl. So sweet that it made me pull the trigger while I was thinking." "LIAR!!" screamed Courtney, oblivious to the danger,"I know you are, you murderer, you traitor, you...you....you IDIOT!!! WHy did you kill my best friend?! I hate you, I always will!" As she was screaming her head off, she didn't see Nyla raise her pistol (which is a SIG pro semi automatic by the way) and tighten her grip on the trigger. Courtney didn't see this but another pair of sharp eyes did.

"Look out!", screamed Andrew as he dove and knocked her over, just as the pistol fired and barely missed her head. Sadly, the gleaming pink crystal had flown out of her hand and had gotten chipped. "Hmph, so I missed. Pity, you could have had it done with the easy way, just gotten hit the first time, now you'll have to suffer. No one here is going to be left alive after this. Nobody but.." she said as she turned towards Justin, "Nobody but you! You'll stay with me for the rest of your life!" said Nyla in a surprisingly caring voice, showing a side of her that was invisible to the rest of the known world. Scrambling backwards on his hands and feet, he looked somewhat like a crab. Andrew grabbed Courtney, and Alexandra and Justin piggybacked Gabrielle, who had passed out from the shock. As they ran away, they heard Nyla's evil laugh changing octaves and pitch. Courtney was the only one who dared to turn around. What she saw would scar and torment her for the rest of her life. Nyla wasn't there anymore. She had dissapeared into thin air. That was all Courtney could understand, but what about that laugh? That black mass of shadows that envelopped Nyla? I guess I won't tell anyone for now, she thought, hoping that this was the right decision. The only thing Courtney did not hear, was the near silent whisper, "You're playing right into my trap". "Courtney, are you coming? Hurry up!" came Andrew's panicked voice that shattered the silence around her. "Coming!" yelled Courtney, her long, black, silky hair flowing out behindd her as she ran into his arms.

Search

A month after the accident, they were still searching for a chosen one to bring Leia back to life, and no one seemed to care! The test had been canceled after the casualty, but Nyla had dissapeared without a trace left behind. Nobody had seen or heard from her since. Tlynal cooed softly and gazed longingly at the backpack on Courtney's back, which held the crystals. Penetrating the silence, was the loud and obnoxious whistle of a very old and wrinkled man, so wrinkled, in fact, he could be classified as the world's first living prune. "Very nice, you're so lucky, little lady, to be so pretty! You'll have a long list of suitors in no time!", said the man (who for lack of a better name, we'll call Living Prune for now). Defensively, Andrew stood in front of her. "Get away, you dirty old man!", he yelled. Completely lost in Courtney's beauty, was of course, Living Prune, who completely ignored that statement. "Now if I were only 200 years younger..." said he. Alexandra grabbbed Courtney and yelled, "PERVERT! GET AWAY FROM US!!!!" Gabrielle, happens to be a lot calmer in such situations, she said, "Let's go.", and walked calmly away.

After 3 minutes, Justin started to speed up, then went faster, and faster, and faster. "Wait up!" wheezed Andrew, "Why are you going so fast? Just say something already!" Putting a finger to his lips, he motioned for the rest to keep quiet. Nodding their heads, they agreed. All of them walked over to a brightly lit room, a library, sighing, Courtney wrote in her notebook and held it up. What's going on here? You just wanted to show us the library? Shaking his head, he wrote back, and put it on the floor so they all could see. Can't you tell? It's been half an hour, and they're still following us. The other four stared at him in disbelief. Who was tailing them? Sinside their head, they heard a voice that sounded very much like Gabrielle, calmly stating that they should get some rest for the night. Also, when she should thell them that there was a great potatoe place around here. She looked up and stared strangely at them, who just so happened to be staring strangely at her. What's wrong? she wrote. Courtney picked up the pencil. A potatoe place sounds good, anyway, is there an inn around here, Gabrielle looks exhausted. Realizing what had happned, Gabrielle went all red. Andrew smiled and asked, telepathically if something was wrong. Gabrielle told them everything. As long as she was in the vicinity, they could communicate without a problem. Giving her a thumbs up, was of course her twin, who knew everything from the start. As they headed to the potatoe place, they all could feel the same kind of prescence Leia gave off, that warm feeling of love. As soon as they finihes dinner and found a place to stay, they realised that a very important member of their group was missing. Where was Tlynal?

Lost

After searching frantically the next day, they retraced their steps and found the golden griffon sitting on a ledge. When he swooped down to them, they noticed a note around his leg. It read, You are all invited to my 506th birthday party! "What, are they crazy? You can't be 506?!", exclaimed Courtney. "Just keep reading" said Alexandra impatiently. It is located at the shrine of Noclotl on the road of holiness. There will be a surprise greater than anything you can imagine! Please come, Almazun the greatest worrior ever! Not impressed, they heard Gabrielle say that it was probably supposed to say warrior. P.S. I can ecplain more about something you seek. Check your bags. After sharing a worried glance, they looked in their bags, the crystals were gone! Quickly, they walked around the whole marketplace in search of the life they sought, while Tlynal perched carefully on Andrew's shoulder. "Should we trust this letter?" questioned Andrew, "I mean, nobody can live to be 506! This must be a joke!" "Joke or not, it's the only lead we have. We have to try to trust this 'great warrior', at least for now." countered Courtney. Following the directions to the letter was key in finding the answer. The only one who noticed these subtle hints was Justin. Leading the group, he realised after a while that it was a test to see if they are worthy enough to succeed. Slowly, the others caught on. The tests were strange, but at that point, strange had become a regularity in their lives, so it didn't affect them much. Once they had to tunnel through some rich guys basement (bravery), another, to lie to the police, yet another, to carry 45 bone china teacups stacked inside one another on top of a 5' stack of plates while riding a llama up a set of stairs into the temple. They had no clue what that one was supposed to test. 

When they finally arrived at the temple, it was glowing, as if it was a gift from Noclotl. It was simply amazing. As soon as they opened the door, there was strange reactions from everybody, Courtney fainted, Alexandra dove to catch her, Gabrielle was paralyzed from shock, Andrew just stood there and laughed. Justin didn't say a word, but was silently cursing his bad luck. Standing before them was Almazun, the greatest worrior/warrior ever, but what surprised them most was the fact that he was holding a hammer and was about to smash the crystal of life. He looked up. "Long time no see pretty girl!" he said directing a whistle towards Courtney. It was no other than Living Prune!

The Temple of Resurrection

As Almazun swung down the hammer, none of them could look away. After a loud bang, they realised that he had hit a hand of some sort. "We can't have you disturbing us, little missie. You weren't invited to my birthday party were you? Now go away, or I'll have to kill you." Surplrisingly, Almazun was completely calm the whole time. "You dirty old man", said the voice, seething with anger, "how dare you, you're ruining my plan!" As this was said, a strange black mist slowly floated into the room. Is it just me or are those shadows? Beats me! Could it be a shadow being? The questions were being thrown around in their heads, all of them taking turns asking. All of them had the same question, however. What in Noclotl's name was this mist? After about 5 minutes of this, Gabrielle was getting annoyed. SHUT UP!!!!!!! Can't you guys be quiet for once? All at once, they shut up, just in time for the mist to start to take shape. They saw a figure of a girl start to emerge from the mist. They all gasped, it was Nyla! Almazun, who knew nothing, immediately scolded her about her manners. "Don't be so rude! If you're going to come in, at least knock first! Also, don't take so long. It was like watching grass grow!" All red, Nyla punched him in the face. As he fell over, she said, "1. I can't knock when I'm in mist form. 2. I can't go any faster than that! At least I'm faster than you, you old grouchy snail!" Snickering, Almazun froze in midair. "Little lady, I thought you tried to steal the crystals while in mist form." he said, "This doesn't add up." Realising her mistake, Nyla retreated. 

It took all 4 of them to keep Courtney from going over and punching her, or worse, killing her. Andrew thought about quickly running