9: The Cursed Stone

Finn and Nadia hastily make their way to Drake's dorm as they start to express their worry for Sophia. "Did Drake say anything about how Sophie was doing?" Finn asked as they walked. "Well, actually, Susan and Mike talked to her this morning." Nadia said. "They said that she was pretty shaken up and she was... paranoid." Nadia added as her brows furrowed. "Do you think it has something to do with the crystal?" Finn asked in concern. "I definitely think so." Nadia said.

They finally make it to Drake's dorm and nervously stand in front of it. "Well, we're about to find out for sure." Finn says nervously looking at Nadia. "It's gonna be fine. Whatever's going on with Sophie, we'll help her get through it." Nadia says as she takes a deep breath and knocks on the door.

As soon as she knocks, the door flies open, and Drake pulls Nadia and Finn inside. "What the heck, man?! You nearly took off my wrist!" Finn says sharply. "Where have you two been?!" Drake hissed. "Marie." Finn and Nadia replied simultaneously. "Seriously, how many times are two gonna argue today?" Drake says throwing his hands up. "Well, if I'm lucky, she'll be apologizing by our fourth round." Finn says as he rolls his eyes.

"Anyways, Sophia locked herself in the bathroom and no matter how many times I beg, plead, or attempt to bribe her, she refuses to come out." Drake utters in annoyance. "You tried to bribe her?" Finn asked as he cocked his eyebrow. "I tried money, food, and I even agreed to do her homework for a week." Drake stated. "You mean you agreed for me to do her homework for week?" Finn said with a chuckle.

"That's besides the point! We need to figure out a way to get her out of there, so that she can talk to us!" Drake explained in frustration. "Maybe she'll talk to me?" Nadia  questioned. "Wouldn't hurt to try." Finn said with a shrug.

Nadia quietly sets down her bookbag and walks to the bathroom door. She softly knocks on the door. "Sophia?" Nadia called out. "Nadia, is that you?" Sophia asks in a shaky voice. "Listen, whatever is happening to you, the same thing is happening to all of us. The crystal, its affecting all of us. We can talk about this." Nadia says as she looks at the guys who sit on the beds behind her.

"Okay. I'll talk. But, I'm only speaking to Nadia." Sophia says as she unlocks the door slowly. Nadia opens the door and steps inside. She looks at Sophia as she sits on the tiled floor. Sophia immediately runs up Nadia and hugs her tightly. "Oh my god, am I glad to see you." She says sighing in relief. Nadia hugs back. "Sophia, I need to know what's happening with you." Nadia says grabbing her by the shoulders.

Nadia can see fear in Sophia's eyes as she sits against the wall once more. Nadia sits by her, putting a hand over hers in order to comfort her. Sophia seems to calm down a little. "Last night, I had this... strange dream. Drake told me about the conversation you guys had earlier today, but there's something else that I didn't tell him." She says breathing heavily.

"What is it?" Nadia asks in concern, still holding her hand. Sophia brings her voice to a whisper. "I've been hearing things, like voices." She says as she looks around fearfully. Nadia notices and gently places a hand on her shoulder, grabbing her attention. "Hey, Soph. Look at me. What are the voices saying?" Nadia whispers. "I keep hearing them say "He's coming" and "You have to stop him". She said as her hands started to tremble in Nadia's.

"Okay, we have to go tell the boys." Nadia says to her as she gets up. "Nadia, wait." Sophia says as she reached for her hand. "There's something else that I need to tell you." She says. Nadia turns her focus to her once again. "What's wrong?" She asked in concern.

Just as she starts to speak, Finn and Drake open the bathroom door, peeking their heads inside. "Is Sophie alright?" Finn asked. "Well, she seems to be  looking a lot better from when I found her." Drake says. "You think you can come outside and talk to us?" Nadia asked softly as she held her hands in reassurance.

Sophia looks at the boys at the door and then looks at Nadia, as she comes to a decision. "Okay." She agreed as she gave a nod.

They all guide Sophia out of the bathroom, shutting the door behind them and leading her to the beds as she slowly sits down. "So, I'm guessing we all know by now what's really going on with us." Drake says as he slowly paces the room. "We all touched the crystal last night." Finn said. "And we all had the same bizarre dream." Nadia added. "Plus, Sophia keeps hearing voices." Drake says.

Sophia and Nadia look at one another with wide eyes. "Wait, were you guys eavesdropping?"! Nadia asked in annoyance. "Drake made me do it, okay?"Finn said as he immediately pointed to Drake. "Sure, blame me for your nosiness." Drake sighs as he sits down at his desk.

"Anyways, we can all agree that the crystal is messing with us, right?" Sophia asked. "Right." The others said simultaneously. There was an uncomfortable silence in the air until Sophia nervously spoke again.  "What do you think they meant by "You have to stop him"?" She said looking around at the group. "The crystal probably got into the wrong hands before we found it." Finn said as he shrugged. "I'd like to say that we shouldn't worry about it, but the crystal's definitely gives off some weird vibes." Drake stated with a shiver.

Finn looks at his watch and sighs. "Well, as much as I'd like to stay and talk about that creepy thing over here, I gotta get ready for the game tonight." He said gesturing to the crystal as it eerily sits on Drake's desk. "Do you guys planning on showing up?" He asked as he grabbed his bag. "I guess could show a little support." Drake replied with a smirk as he twisted back and forth in his desk chair. "I'm going if Nadia's going." Sophia states. They all turn to Nadia waiting for her to answer. "Okay, guys stop staring at me, it's creepy." She says with a giggle. "I guess I could swing by." She adds sending a smile to Finn.

"Alright, well, I'll see you guys tonight."

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