What If

Chapter 2

(Gally's POV, 6:15 pm the next night)

I'm walking to Fry's kitchen when the alarms start blaring. Is that the Newbie Alarm?! I dash to the Box, opening the top. "Well? What's in there, Gally?"

If I answer, chaos ensues. If I don't, the exact same thing.

Kol forces his way beside me. "Just tell them, Gally..." he whispers.

"Kol, I can't. She'll cause all kinds of chaos."

"It's a girl!" I hear Newt yell. "How the bloody he-"

"Everyone shut it!" Minho roars. "That's only half of it. I think she's dead."

"Get the Med-jacks over here! If anyone touches her without my permission, I will organize a Banishing for them." Alby yells.

"She ain't dead, Minho. She's in a coma or something..." by this point, I'm not even listening, because something strange happens. I know this girl.

"Gally? You okay?" Kol asks.

"Yeah," I lie, "I'm just fine."

"No, you aren't. What's going on?"

"I'll explain later, Kol. You have to promise not to tell anyone."

"Gally, what-"

"Swear it!"

"Okay! I swear I won't tell."

"Phoenix."

I hear the voice in my head before I can do much else. "Do you not remember me, Gally?"

"I-I just thought of something I have to finish," I said before running for the forest.

The girl- Phoenix- doesn't stop there. What she says next is the beginning of the end.

"We did this to them, Gally. I bet you know what I'm talking about."