My Way To You

Ariana couldn"t sleep, the first page of her grandmother"s letter spooked her . It was a message she wasn"t expecting and wondered if that was why her mother had a sudden urge to show her a picture of her father . There was also the plan to have her roommates leave the school grounds . Ariana had her own mission to accomplish and was on a tight deadline . She tried to close her eyes again but her mind was racing with thoughts . She opened her eyes and wanted to cry out in frustration, she couldn"t separate her thoughts to even start to make sense of any of them .

Ariana tossed and turned in her bed . Then she was back to staring at her letters . She desperately wanted to grab her letters and run off somewhere to read them all . Ariana rolled onto her back and stared up at the ceiling . She had no idea what time it was but it felt like a life time had already pa.s.sed by . Ariana sat up and looked at her Lumas . "Duko, how are you feeling . " Ariana asked . Duko sat up and looked at Ariana . "I"m all better but why haven"t you fallen asleep yet?" 
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"I can ask you the same thing . Everyone else is asleep . " Ariana said with a small chuckle . "Would you like to take me for a walk?" Duko asked as he jumped down from his bed . Ariana caught Duko and inspected him carefully . "Ya, let"s go for a walk . " Ariana agreed when she saw that Duko"s wounds had indeed healed up . Ariana grabbed her letters and a hoodie . She then quietly walked out of the room .  

"What"s keeping you up?" Duko asked as Ariana pulled on her hoodie when they stepped out in to the corridor . She then bent over and picked up her letters before walking towards the stairs . "Do you think if I left the barrier around the dorms Lobo would suddenly appear?" Ariana asked as she walked down the stairs . "Do you want to see him?" Duko asked curiously . "No, not really . I"m just scared and it would be nice to talk to someone . " Ariana said with a weary smile . "The Danbeys are available . " Duko said as they walked out the front door . "But they have a baby . I can"t run to them for every little thing . " Ariana explained .

"Do you want to talk to me?" Duko asked as they walked side by side towards the boundary of the dorms . "Will you actually give me advice? Can you tell me that everything will be okay? I just want to know that all these bad things will pa.s.s . That what"s happening isn"t meant to push me towards the darkness?" Ariana asked desperately but Duko remained quiet . "I didn"t think so . " Ariana said as she spotted a bench under a light post . It was just a few feet from the boundary, so if anything happened Ariana could safely run to the dorms .

Ariana took a deep breath after she sat down . She then looked through her letters and found her grandmother"s . Her hands were shaking as she pulled out the letter and unfolded it . "It"s going to be okay . " Duko whispered, shocking Ariana to tears . "Thank you . " Ariana whispered before she went back to her letter . Ariana read the letter slowly . She couldn"t believe what had happened and what her grandmother had learned . Ariana brought her hand up and covered her mouth as she tried to m.u.f.fle her cries . Tears spilled and hit the pages of the letter .  

"You okay?" A gentle voice called out . Ariana looked up and caught sight of Lobo . She shook her head no and held her arms open . Lobo scooped Ariana up and hugged her tightly . "Talk to me . " He coaxed gently . Ariana started to suffocate with her sobs . She couldn"t bring herself to say out loud the words written on a few pieces of paper . "Tell me . Is Cayden okay?" Lobo asked as he tightened his embrace . "No . " Ariana gasped .

Lobo felt his blood run cold . His heart practically stopped . All he could do to stop himself from transforming and going on a rampage was to hold on to Ariana . He locked away his rage to be there for Ariana . "You need to tell me what happened . " Lobo urged as his breathing became erratic . "Letter, read the letter . " Ariana cried . Lobo sat down on the bench as Ariana leaned on his shoulder, completely lifeless as tears continued to spill out . Lobo carefully read the contents of the letter and was ready to rip apart the pages .  

"It"s going to be okay . . . Don"t shut down . He"s still alive . I"m sure of it . " Lobo said in a shaky voice but he wasn"t sure of it himself . The contents were too shocking . "They have him now . They have him and my dad . I don"t even know if they killed him . Lobo if he died because of me . . . It"s Owen all over again! It"s always my fault!" Ariana yelled as she completely broke down .  

"No! Those jewel b.a.l.l.s they sent your family has to belong to someone else or maybe it"s a ruse . I mean silver grey eyes are very common . " Lobo said as his own body started to tremble . "The red one that they sent . Would have been my grandfather"s . Zachary is safe . My mom has two more siblings but they didn"t have red eyes . " Ariana said with a shaky voice . She was mortified . Not only was her grandmother tormented on the Grand Council but also at home . No normal person could calmly receive presents from those evil people . In her mind it was her fault because it all started after Monday night"s miracle .

"I can"t even remember what I did! This is my battle not my family"s! They aren"t even blood related why can"t the church leave them alone!" Ariana shouted as more tears spilled out . "Calm down for now . We can always try to rescue Cayden, I mean your grandmother is looking into it . . . What do the other letters say?" Lobo asked . "I haven"t read them . " Ariana said as she looked at the stack . "See if anyone else has more information . " Lobo said as he clutched the letter in his hand . "Help me?" Ariana asked helplessly . "Be ready for another sleepless night . " Lobo said as he nodded his head . Ariana opened another letter as Lobo grabbed another .