The Rising Tide

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It was pretty overcast, a damp day at the beach. It was later in the afternoon, the sky darker in the autumn day.

Xavier shuffled on a beach, followed by a yawn. He would never say it because he’d feel selfish, but the past few days had been rough. He’d received his sentence only the previous day, but the rumours had already done their damage. It was why he was here actually. He wouldn’t deny that he had done it, but he stubbornly stood by the fact that he thought it was regular water and not holy water. He had never intended for it to be anymore than a prank. But that’s not what anyone else believed. Xavier didn’t have the time to talk to Angelo more but... Xavier felt too guilty to talk to him now. He remembered the message about secrets. Then there was Gabe, who was clearly avoiding Xavier. He couldn’t blame him. But, he had left a voice message for him. Pleading his case.

But here Xavier stood. He had a thicker jacket on, occasionally he glanced for the person he was waiting for. Xarrah. They hadn’t talked as well, again he couldn’t blame her. But he had managed to convince her to come talk with him. He felt relieved, yet also nervous. He couldn’t help it.

However, alongside Xavier, stood a small blonde child. Dani held Xavier’s hand as she fidgeted. She really wanted to run along the beach, or to play in the ocean. That would be even better. But Xavier kept saying no. That made her mad. She had a puffy blue jacket on with matching coloured wellingtons, and a white beanie pulled tightly over her ears. Likely overbundled by Xavier, she kind of looked like an angry puffball. She didn’t understand why Xavier hadn’t been around her recently, or why he was in trouble. All she knew was that he was in trouble. She figured he did something dumb though.

When Xarrah arrived, Xavier would smile. His usual smile, like nothing had happened. “Hey X-buddy!” He sounded enthusiastic but... it would be hard to ignore the tiredness in his voice.

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Xarrah had a dilemma. She was completely fucking done with all the non-sense her friends were getting into. She wanted to believe that there was an explanation for Xavier's actions. She wanted to believe that he couldn't commit such a horrible crime but she wasn't sure. There was a part of her that wanted to believe that everyone was good but she knew that wasn't true. She pulled on her biggest hoodie and headed to the beach. She had no idea why her friend would ask her to meet him at a big ass body of water.

She walked over to Xavier and gave a small smile. She didn't have the same excitement as she did when they used to greet each other. "You've ignore my text dude." Her voice had a small amount of edge to it. She didn't have time for shenanigans, she gave Dani a wave and a smile.

"Sooo?"

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Xavier's smiled dropped and his shoulders slumped a bit. He scratched the back of his neck as he looked away from Xarrah. He was definitely on edge, he felt like this was the last chance he would get to speak to any of his friends. To say his side of the story. He already wasn't on speaking terms with Gabe and Angelo. He stuffed his hand into his pockets. "Sorry about that. Just... things got pretty hectic." He sounded guilty, and the tired tone was prominent in his voice. "Let's walk, yeah?" He smiled weakly.

Dani waved at Xarrah, fidgeting still. "Helloooo." She sounded the exact same, with the same energy and quiet stubborness. She hadn't really been affected by the events of the past few days, nor has she paid much mind. Besides, she was here to have fun at the beach. As Xavier headed off to start walking, Dani still held onto his hand. Although she attempted to pull away a few times but it was Xavier who made sure she stayed near.

Xavier sighed. "So, Xarrah. I'm... gonna explain this as honest as I can. But I want to start with this. I... did do that prank, as you clearly know from the trial yesterday. I poured water over Chloe. But I swear on my own life that I didn't know it was holy water. I thought it was regular water. It just... went wrong." He spoke as he walked, occasionally he gestured with his free hand. At some point, he did let Dani separate from him but that was because she would be walking ahead of them. She occasionally stopped to look at whatever caught her interest, but she remained within sight of both Xavier and Xarrah.
 

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To Xarrah credit she managed to listen to his whole spiel without interrupting. After all Xavier was someone she considered a friend, friends being something she didn’t have a lot of. She just wasn’t sure what to make him. Something wasn’t right with his explaination, how do you not know what’s in a bucket if thats part of the parnk you’re pulling. She wasn’t a genius but she was far from stupid and even an idiot could see there were parts missing.

“You mean to tell me that you set up a prank with a bucket of holy water and didn’t know it was holy water? Xavier...how could you not know what was in the bucket?” She tried to keep her tone netural, and she managed it somewhat shakily. She needed the whole truth, she couldn’t just take his word for it. Yes it was Manta Carlos and weird shit happened, but buckets of holly water did magically replace regular buckets of water in childish pranks.

She played with the edge of her sleeves, the hoodie not giving her the comfort she had hoped it would. Why did having friends and caring about people have to be so complicated? She understood that this dimension was different from his and he was probably having a hard time, but this just wasn’t okay.

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Xavier exhaled sharply. He remembered his conversation with Angelo on Thursday and grimaced. He didn't want to tell the entire truth. He told everyone the same thing: he had done the prank, but believed it to be just that. A prank. He believed the bucket contained regular water. The entire time, he never lied once. Except he never revealed how he acquired the bucket of water. He couldn't blame anyone who wanted to know. He would've been desperate. But it was because he didn't want to reveal who gave him the bucket. He knew it would bring trouble to Michael... he didn't want to do that.

Xavier looked down at the sand, still he kept a steady pace. "I... hate lying. I've never been a good liar, just never felt right." He spoke, a little quieter and mellower than he usually ever did. Xavier couldn't know if revealing the full prank would be a good idea. But... he decided he would reveal one part. Angelo was right. He decided after he finished this outing, he'd give Angelo and Gabe another call. Another shot. "Xarrah, the prank... wasn't my idea." He spoke slowly and carefully. He would say this much, but he wouldn't reveal who.

He scratched the back of his head. "It wasn't my idea. Someone else gave me the bucket." He sounded honest, guilty even. Xavier hadn't told anyone this information yet, so he felt a bit nervous.

Meanwhile, Dani had slowed down. She walked quite obviously behind them, but Xavier was distracted. While Xarrah was also distracted, Dani would slip away. She hadn't done it intentionally or anything, just... slipped during a moment.
 

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Xarrah blinked he just agreed to do a prank without knowing everything? What kind of fucking bullshit was that? She didn’t care how long you knew someone it was never a good idea to just go in guns ablaze with no information. She scratched the back of her neck being on the beach, this conversation... it was all uncomfortable for her. She couldn’t swear because Dani was close by, it was just awful.

“Y-you just agreed to help someone with a prank? Just like that? That’s...what about Dani? Don’t you wanna set a good example? This is serious Xavier. This isn’t your old home... this is complicated.” She wasn’t sure if she felt relieved or more angry. Did he not understand what he was doing to the people that cared for him? What impact this could have on Dani or could’ve had if he hadn’t gotten off so lightly. Why were all her friends doing stupid shit?

“Did you even stop to think about anyone besides yourself?” Xarrah’s face was slowly getting red with anger and geniune hurt at Xavier’s actions. Part of her would’ve preferred him to have some lind of regilous fuelled hatred for demons, she could understand how beliefs could cloud judgement. She even believed foolheartedly that she could’ve tried to change his lind about that. However this...this was something that she didn’t know how to deal with. Xavier’s reckless behavior had caused so many people so much hurt and as far as she knew he had no good reason.

“I’m always going to be here for you, I consider you a close friend. Im just..upset with you.”
 

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Xavier grimaced and flinched pretty much everytime Xarrah spoke. All he could really tell himself was that he most certainly deserved this. His desire to just be in a spotlight lead to this, and he really didn't consider the outcome. Deep down, there was a part of him that had no regret. Pleased with the attention he had been promised. But the majority of himself thankfully regretted it deeply. It was unfair on Dani, on his friends, on Chloe. Every word of hate directed at him he wholly deserved, and he believed that. Eventually he sighed. "I know. I understand why, and I don't blame you for it." He weakly smiled at Xarrah.

He was about to ask if Xarrah wanted to try to hug it out but Xavier froze and he felt his blood go cold. He stopped where he was. Xavier frantically looked around for Dani. He hadn't realised she slipped away, didn't know when he stopped hearing her clumsy humming. "Dani?!" He called out, he immediately started backtracking. "Where's Dani???!" He sounded incredibly panicked, his eyes wide. "DANIELLE????" He cupped his hands around his mouth as he shouted.

Then he looked at the ocean. His face dropped into horror. He saw Dani, being pulled into the ocean. He could see her desperately attempt to keep to the surface. "DANI!" He screamed and immediately sprinted to the water. His head was spinning. Dani must have slipped away to play in the water, then got pulled out deeper. Even now she was being pulled out further. Xavier promptly removed his jacket, leaving him with the hoodie he wore beneath it. He threw the jacket onto the ground, and investigating it would find his phone and wallet.

Xarrah couldn't swim, her abilities meant she'd shock the water. She'd likely kill Dani. Xavier looked only for a moment to see if he could place his portals anywhere, but he couldn't. He hated himself at the moment, for losing Dani for a second. But his powers were useless, if only he could've placed them in the air. If he could have placed his portals in the air, he would've gotten to Dani faster.

He wouldn't wait for Xarrah before he waded into the water and started swimming. Xavier could swim, but he wasn't a super strong swimmer. He just could swim and that was it. The water was freezing, the moment he started to swim more he felt chilled to his bones. But all he felt was that Dani likely felt worst. I have to save her. His muscles ached as he pushed forward. But Dani seemed to drift further, so Xavier could barely see her.

Eventually, he managed to get to her. He was terrified when he saw that she seemed to be unconscious, unmoving. He grabbed her and started to swim back but... he couldn't. No matter how much he tried, he felt that he drifted even further. He could barely see Xarrah. Waves kept crashing over his head and he coughed as he tried to keep his head above the surface. He kicked furiously, Dani clutched close to him. Although he tried, he kept getting submerged and taking in water. He already felt so much more tired. All the while, he had managed to keep Dani above the water. He held her as high as he could, which resulted in his own head to be submerged a lot. But it did mean she was in submerged less.

Xavier felt terrified. It had gone so wrong in minutes, maybe even seconds. I'm going to die. He was going to die. He could feel it. He wasn't a strong enough swimmer to make his way back to the shore. Not with Dani anyway. But that was the real reason he felt true fear, complete fear. Please, save my sister. She's all that I have. Don't let Dani die, please. Although imminent death ran through his head, the fear of his sister's death scared him more. He had lost his entire family, and all of his friends from Halcyon. He came to the island alone, and through a miracle found Dani once again. But now he was going to lose her. Lose the very last he had. His fears were replaced with desperate hope. Please, I'd do anything to save her. That was the last he thought, as his vision blurred and darkened. He could feel his arms loosen around Dani, a sinking sensation as he lost consciousness. Save her.

After what must have been 5 minutes, at most... Dani's own body washed ashore. She had been drowning for a minute at most. She would survive if she received treatment quickly. She was alive, although she barely breathed. But... there was no sign of Xavier. Dani had washed ashore, almost mysteriously, on her own. Xarrah would have to act fast...
 

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Xarrah waited for answer and she accept this. She just wanted to hug him and be done with this whole fucking nonsense. She froze as soon as Xavier mentioned Dani, she hadn’t recalled seeing the girl since she started on her rant. Considering how small she was that’s all it took. Xarrah followed quickly behind her friend, unable to find her voice in the panic to find the small blonde. How could they have been so fucking stupid?

Xarrah froze at the sight of Dani being pulled into the ocean. She could’ve handled anything else....anything else besides water. She tried to follow Xavier but she had to stop eventually. Getting wet would do more harm then good for everyone. She wasn’t very religious but she prayed to whatever diety was watching this they would both be okay. Her hands shook as she watched them struggle, she should call the police right? She couldn’t feel her limbs, she knew she should move but she couldn’t...would this be the first time someone she cared about perished. Why was she so useless, for the first time she couldn’t find one thing amazing about being a dragon. What good was she if she couldn’t be of help to her friends what good was anything?

When Dani washed up to shore Xarrah sprung into action, this was something she could do. The stupid Cpr classes she had to take to be certified to babysit had to mean something. Quickly checking to see if Dani was breathing and finding that she was not she started the process of CPR. Completely forgetting that Xavier had washed away trying to save her.
She could only focus on one thing at time.

Once she heard Dani breathe, she quickly took her hoodie off, and set it on the ground. She needed to mark this spot she just wasn’t sure why. She sprouted her wings and carefully picked Dani Up intent on getting her to the hospital as quick as possible. She would come back for her hoodie, Xavier would be fine, Dani would be fine. She took flight getting to the hospital in what had to be record time for her.

She quickly explained what had happened and as they took Dani away to be helped her blood ran cold for the second time that day. She had never seen Xavier resurface.

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