fandomhigh | Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2008, Saturday Afternoon (Part II)

After the last diploma had been handed out, the graduates were sent back to their seats, and Principal Washburn returned to the podium, to give her final speech and end the ceremony.

It was then that the rumbling started.

Odds were, if you asked the average citizen of Fandom to describe the town, they would tell you about the school, and the shops, and the beach and preserve, and all the areas of the island that existed above ground. But what they wouldn't describe was the island's biggest secret - beneath the ground, hidden from all of the town's inhabitants, was a city of ancient machines, designed to keep Fandom connected to every dimension it has ever touched, allowing people to continue to come from all over to live and grow on the island.

Although the existence of the underground city has always been hidden from Fandom's citizens - a safety measure, to ensure that none of Fandom's more power-hungry students or teachers try to use the machines for harmful purposes - it has not been a secret to everyone. During the night, fae and faeries of all sizes and power had come to make their way underground, and seize control of Fandom's machines, determined to have the unparalleled dimensional access for themselves. Although they were followed, the Wild Hunt had never caught its prey, and while the people of the town were occupied with graduation, the faeries struck, beginning to activate the machines.

But what the faeries didn't realize was that not all of the machines controlled access to dimensions. One machine in particular, one of the first to be activated, controlled the access to the city from above ground. As the machine chugged along, a section of the island lowered a few feet underground, allowing access to the city, the machines, and the faeries.

Of course, it just so happened that this section of land was where the platforms had been laid before graduation, and where the graduates had all been seated. As the platforms sank, a clear bubble covered the area where they'd been, allowing the audience to watch, but preventing them from being able to interfere or help. It was up to the graduates to defend themselves, and get rid of the fae.

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Once Shawn had dealt with faerie he looked around to see if everyone else was doing okay. When he saw Lana, and saw blood, he made the assumption that she probably wasn't, and ran over.

"Lana?" He immediately went check on her. "Let me take a look?"

"Hey," she said with a smile. "Shawn. I'm afraid I'm not much to look at at the moment. Wrecked my robe and everything. That faerie thing ripped it up and then I got blood all over it."

"But I killed it."

"Yeah, blood which I'm gonna assume is yours?" Shawn pressed, crouching to her level and reaching out to the hands which were pressed over her wound.

Lana nodded. "Yeah, I didn't get out of the way quickly enough." She moved her hands away, wincing a little

Shawn sucked in a breath, and nodded. "But you got it in the end," he said offering her a smile. "And I can fix this up for you, easy. That's the important part."

"That's right," she said, smiling at him. "You can heal things. That is so cool. Do I need to get the robe out of the way?"

Shawn quirked a smile at her slightly dazed demeanor. Well, it was kinda cute. He shook his head, carefully laying his hands on her near the wound.

"You shouldn't feel a thing," he told her before turning his concentration towards healing the wound. It shouldn't take more than a few moments.

She smiled up at him as it healed and the pain went away. "Thank you," she said with a sigh of relief. "That feels so much better. Hey, are you okay?"

He checked her shoulder again, just to make sure he'd done a good job.

"I'm just fine," he assured her. "I got a dumbass faerie. He wasn't too tough to get rid of."

"Dumbass faerie," she said with a grin. "I like that."

She looked down at her shoulder. "Wow. All gone. You're amazing, Shawn. Boy, could I have used a friend like you at home."

Shawn smiled, "Better than a first aid kit," he said.

"You ever get sick, you know who to call."

"Don't be so nice to me," she said with a teasing smile. "You know where that ends up. Thank you."

"No problem," Shawn said with a chuckle. "S'all better when you're all in one piece."

"You're the best," Lana said. "I'd hug you, but I'd get blood all over you."

"You can hug me for it later," he told her with a chuckle.

"Right now, I... should probably go find my brother. I may not have warned him well enough about what to expect here. Mom'll kill me if I traumatize him too much."

"Definitely, yes, go find him," Lana said. "I'll hug you another time when I'm clean again. Hey, and congratulations."

"Congrats to you too," Shawn told her. "We made it through graduation!"

"We did," Lana said with a smile. "And mostly in one piece too. Go, find your brother and celebrate."

Shawn nodded. "You celebrate too," he said. "I'll see you later."

"I will," she said with a smile. Though her celebration was going to be more along the lines of take-out, a hot bath, and a good book alone in her room.

"You take care."

Fandom High Graduation Ceremony, Class of 2008, Saturday Afternoon (Part II)

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