[published July 30th 2017]

Someone asked me what my name was and I wrote "Caitlin", I think I've been writing too much Zodiac High XD Then I wrote Kaitlin, and I kept thinking I had spelled my name wrong because I'm so used to writing Caitlin XD

This book is making me forget how to spell my own name lmao

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"I'm disappointed, darling."

Sullivan looked down at Olivia, shaking his head slowly in disappointment. Owen stood beside him, a sad expression spread across his face; he didn't like being separated from his twin. Olivia was in the same cell that Caitlin hazard been in, sitting up against the brick wall as she ignored her father's gaze, who sighed in response.

"I'll leave you here overnight to think about what you've done," Sullivan said, turning around and heading towards the door. "Consider this as your punishment." He then left, closing the door behind him and leaving the twins alone.

Once the sound of his footsteps disappeared, Owen walked closer to Olivia's cell and crouched down to her level.

"I'm sorry, sis..." He apologized. The sight of his sister in a filthy cell saddened him; he should be in there with her.

"It's not your fault," Olivia replied, looking over at her brother.

"What were you trying to accomplish?" Owen asked, genuinely confused about the whole situation. Olivia crawled over to the rusty bars as to get closer to Owen.

"I was trying to escape," she explained. "I want to get out of here, see the world!" A smile spread across her face as her eyes seemed to sparkle, she was genuinely excited over the idea.

"I'll get out of here one way or another, with or without you," she continued. Owen slid his hand between the bars, grabbing Olivia's hand gently and holding onto it as he smiled at her softly.

"Anywhere you go, I go."

(Everyone needs an Owen in their life tbh)

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"I'm tireeeed...!"

"If you had stayed in the plane, you could've taken all the naps you wanted," Penny explained a little harshly.

"Why don't you want me here?" Connor asked, puffing his cheeks cutely at the small brunette.

"I don't want you to get hurt," Penny mumbled, a light shade of pink dusting her cheeks as she kept her gaze on the ground in front of her. Connor giggled, poking Penny's pink cheek, causing her blush to darken.

"Aww, you care!" Connor exclaimed, letting out another cute giggle. He stood up straight from his position, having bent over to Penny's level. "But there's no need to worry, I can take care of myself."

Penny, Emilia and Connor was walking through the woods, following a dirt path that seemed to lead to the school. Emilia lead the way, Penny and Connor following close behind. They had only been walking for thirty minutes, so the sun was still shining bright.

"So, do either of you even know anything about this forest?" Emilia asked, keeping her eyes locked in front of her.

"Nope," Penny replied.

"None of the teachers ever talked about the forest," Connor jumped in.

"Hmm," Emilia replied. "There's probably something here."

"Like what?" Connor asked, looking over at white haired girl, who shrugged in response.

"People or creatures guarding it," she suggested. "I'm willing to bet there's plenty of creatures guarding it now that Sullivan's taken over, he sure is good at conjuring creatures."

"I'm pretty much doomed if anything appears now," Connor sweatdropped, laughing nervously. "I can only manipulate already existing water, plus, what can you even do with water??"

"Drown?" Emilia asked, raising an eyebrow at the small boy.

"Doesn't help much if whatever we're up against is immune to drowning or water in general," Penny added. "At least Connor's healing ability is useful, even if it can't heal big injuries like Caitlin."

"Your clairvoyance is useful too," Connor pointed out, looking over at Penny.

"Yeah, but it doesn't really do much," Penny replied disappointingly. "I can only see a few seconds into the future if I can even get it to work. I'm really intuitive, but that's really it..."

"What about fighting?" Emilia asked. "You guys had combat training, right?"

Both Connor and Penny shook their heads.

"Never?" Emilia aske'd in awe, averting her gaze to both Water Signs, who both shook their heads. "Does your teachers not want you guys to reach your full potential?? Imagine the twenty four Zodiac Signs with both magic and combat abilities, you'd be unstoppable!"

Penny averted her gaze to the ground in front of her. Emilia was right; if they were to go up against Sullivan, combat skills would definitely be needed. You'd think that there'd be combat training at a school training students to beat someone who's taken over an entire planet.

"But hey," Emilia started, catching Penny and Connor's attention. "If something happens, at least I have fighting abilities." Connor and Penny breathed out in relief.

"Good..." Penny mumbled. Penny let out a small gasp, stopping in her tracks.

"Penny?" Connor asked worriedly, looking over at the brunette. Her navy blue eyes turned to a pale blue, almost white, before turning back to her usual cover.

"There!" She exclaimed, pointing to the left. Emilia turned to face it, instantly having a spear thrown at her face. She ducked to the side, catching it with her hand in time. She threw it at a nearby tree, jumping on it and bouncing up to a branch, where a guy was hiding. She thew a punch at his face before he could even blink, knocking him off the branch and to the ground, knocking him out.

Several others her appeared, surrounding them. Emilia fought two at the same time, throwing punches left and right. One appeared behind Connor and Penny as Penny's eyes turned pale blue again, turning back to navy blue almost instantly. She turned around to see him swinging their knife at Connor, who had his back to the attacker.

Penny instinctively put her hands up, using her water powers on the guy. The impact threw him back a few meters, knocking the breath out of him as his back hit a tree. He groaned as he fell to the ground, looking up at the brunette angrily.

"Oh now I'm angry," he growled, standing up and charging at Penny. Penny stood frozen in fear, not able to do anything as the guy neared. Connor managed to punch the guy before he could hurt Penny, before manipulating the water Penny created and trapping the guy in it.

"Emilia!" Connor yelled, holding his hands up to continue using his water abilities. Emilia had just managed to knock the two guys out, breathing out in relief as they fell to the ground unconscious.

"I've got it," Emilia insisted, walking up to Connor as he let the water fall to the ground and disappear. The guy fell to the ground, coughing up water. Emilia took advantage of his position, landing a kick to the side of his head, knocking him out.

Connor watched as Emilia took rope out of her book bag, tying up each of the guys that had attacked them to trees. Penny still stood in shock, looking down at her hands.

"Are you ok?" Connor asked, placing a hand on Penny's shoulder out of concern.

"I'm fine," Penny replied a little louder than planned, pushing off Connor's hand and turning around slightly to hide her face. She felt tears prickle her eyes as she balled her fists, Connor watching worriedly.

"We should keep going," Emilia said, throwing her book bag over her shoulder and walking past Penny and Connor. "They were some of Sullivan's soldiers. I can't promise there won't be more."

Connor nodded even though Emilia wasn't looking, before looking back at Penny. Penny swallowed the lump in her throat, blinking away her tears before following Emilia. Connor wanted to say something to Penny, but figured she was at an unstable and vulnerable state. Connor followed after the two quietly, and Penny clenched her teeth together.

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Fun fact: Both Caitlin and Connor seem like the sweet and bubbly type, but they have a side you never wanna see. They're low-key psychopaths, having tendencies of losing control while fighting (especially later on in the book, when there's actual fights)

All the water signs are psychopaths though tbh--

- Kate ⭐️