Chapter 14: The Failed Plan

                                    

                                          
Fairy Godmother had called a meeting with Mal, Ben, Evie, Doug, Jay, Lonnie, Carlos, and Jane. They needed to discuss the current events that were happening and what to do about them.
                          
"What do you expect us to do mom?" Jane asked. "Like Mal said, it will be very difficult to get those bracelets away from the girls. The gems have control over their brains. They'll be defensive if we asked about the gems. There's no way we can just ask them to give us the bracelets."
                          
"And it's not like we can take the bracelets by force," Evie added.
                          
"I mean, we could," Mal replied as she looked towards the ceiling. Evie gave her a concerned look. "What? I wasn't suggesting we do that. I was just saying that if we really wanted to, we could take the bracelets by force."
                          
"Anyway," Ben said, "the point is, we have to find a way to get the bracelets away from the girls without them finding out that there's some sort of dangerous magic in them."
                          
"There's also something else we need to discuss," Fairy Godmother added. Everybody in the room drew their attention to her. "I'm sure you all have noticed that the girls have been getting a lack of sleep that has been caused by nightmares."
                          
Doug and Lonnie both nodded as both of them have noticed it. "Elaina hasn't been paying attention as much in class," Doug mentioned. "She still does great, but she just looks like she hasn't gotten any sleep in like three days."
                          
"I bet she hasn't really slept for three days," Jane added. "I've seen Cayla around campus, and she looks like that as well."
                          
"Jacey looks like she hasn't slept either," Lonnie added. "She's not running as fast, and she's losing her breath a lot faster than usual."
                          
Fairy Godmother added, "And Brelyn has fallen asleep in my Magical History class a couple of times."
                          
"What if we just talk to them," Evie mentioned. "Maybe if we try and get to know them a bit, then we can maybe get the bracelets with the gems away from them."
                          
"I mean," Carlos said, "I guess that might work. I would really like to spend time with Cayla."
                          
"Same with Jacey," Jay stated.
                          
"Then it's settled," Ben said. "Spend time with the girls, and maybe they will give us the bracelets. Just remember, no mention of being their parents. We still don't know if it's safe enough to do so." The others nodded as they hung their heads low.
                          


                          
The next day was no different for the four girls. They still were getting barely any sleep because of the nightmares. Elaina sat in her chemistry class once more. Of all the classes she had, chemistry was probably her favorite. She was able to stay awake in this class at least.
                          
Evie had decided to sit in during this class. She watched Elaina as she worked hard in class. Doug had told her about how much more advanced Elaina was compared to the other kids who were two to four years older than her. It reminded Evie of when she was in high school, and chemistry had taught her that she could be much more than a pretty face. She was glad her daughter was embracing her intelligence. 
                          
"Just how smart is she?" Evie asked Doug.
                          
"Just watch," Doug told her with a grin. "Elaina," he called out, getting her attention, "how do you find the atomic weight of silver?" Evie smiled as she knew what her husband was referring to.
                          
Elaina walked up to the board to write the answer. "That would be (106.905 x .5200)   (108.905 x .4800) which, Doug, would give us 107.9 a.m.u."
                          
Doug gave Evie a grin. "And she did that without a magic mirror," he whispered to Evie. Evie chuckled at Doug's remark. "And she pronounced a.m.u correctly as well." Evie smacked his arm lightly. "Amu?" he said once more as he teased his wife.