Eliah Brandon Johnson's Story

Brad, slowly sunk into the comfort of a arm chair in his Earth home. He let out a small chuckle as he recalled having an almost exact copy of this arm chair back in Reedria. He ran his hands over the arm rests, feeling the cool leather sooth his skin after being in the scorching African sun. It was a fact he loved the hot weather, but the cool humid Reedria called out to him. He let out a long sigh after a long day of school, just at that moment Brad's mother walked in the lounge he was relaxing in.

"You going to be out for the week end?" She asked, her usual happy, soft voice now more sad and depressed.

Brad nodded, for him Reedria was his real home. He winked at him mother, before getting up from the arm chair and giving her a loving hug.

"Just be careful in there Eliah, you never know what might happen." His mother said as she parted from the hug.

Brad cocked his head to the side, an unimpressed look on his face.

"Your name is Eliah! That's the way it is! Now shoo, off with you."

Brad merely shook his head while he smiled at his mother. Quickly he made his way to his room and closed the door softly behind him. His room was rather bare, but this was because most of his possessions stayed at his home in Reedria. He slowly got down onto his hands and knees. His strong arms searching under his low bed for a treasure he held dear. A backpack, filled with everything a tamer might need. Finally a finger hooked a strap and was able to drag the heavy backpack out from the dark depths of the bed as if it were nothing but a mere down filled pillow. Smiling as he pulled the backpack on his back, he turned and reached for a draw in the bedside table. In one smooth movement he pulled out a MP3 player with headphones wrapped around them. He plugged them in and quickly unwrapped the headphones before sticking them in his ears and playing his melody. His smile only broadened as he closed his eyes, letting the music wash over him, before reaching for his bedroom door. He'd done this a thousand times but he never grew tired of the feeling of falling as he opened the door. The sound of air rushing past his ears, the feeling of weightlessness. It was as if he was flying and then, it all stopped. A warm wind washed over his face, sounds unlike that heard on Earth echoed around him. He opened his eyes and saw he stood in his back yard. His real back yard, which in truth wasn't a back yard at all. His hand holding an imaginary door handle that only seconds ago was real. He pulled out his headphones and wrapped them around his MP3 player before sticking them in the backpack's many pockets.

He took a deep breath, breathing in the crisp wonderful air that flowed through Reedria and then laughed. He laughed a deep, belly laugh that caused different bird like myths to scatter from near by trees. His home, a tree house, stood proudly in the sun. It reminded him of when he helped one of the Tamers build a barn for her horse like myths. He didn't get the chance to see if it was still standing or not. So he decided he'll go past Ever's place, but first he needed the help of a close friend.

"Sasha! I need your assistance!" he called out. To him it was as if he was still speaking English, but to others it would have sounded more of a roar than anything else. With in moments a great manticore came swooping down from the sky. Her soft fur rippling in the wind as her scaly wings beat in time with her legs that groped the air she pulled herself through. Gracefully she came in to land next to Brad. She wrapped her scorpion tail around his waist in an iron grip and pulled him close to her, demanding attention. Brad smiled and complied by scratching up her back, over her neck and behind her ears. Once she deemed Brad had done enough she released him from her grip, then sat down.

"You called?" Sasha's voice was like that of woman in her mid thirties. An elegant voice that traveled far, but to others it was more like that of a cat's purr.

"I'd like to get to a fellow Tamers home, Ever, if you recall we helped to build a barn there for housing her myth."

"Ah, I do remember the place. Hop on."

Sasha said while nodding her head. Something which Brad mimicked in order to show thanks as he climbed on the Common manticore's back. But to Brad, she was anything but common. She was his best friend. Moments later they were high over the forest area of Reedria. Brad could see two Tamers standing near the barn. A black pegasus stood with one of the Tamers which caused Brad to assume that it was Ever. Brad tugged lightly on Sasha's ear, before pointing towards the ground. Sasha nodded before swooping down and coming into land near the other Tamers. She stood tall and proud in front of the other Tamers.

"Oh, stop showing off." Brad chuckled as he gave Sasha a hug. He then took a step back and bowed. Sasha bowed in return. It was customary in the manticore culture to bow to those who are important to you. It was a sign of faith and trust. For when you bow, you take your eyes off any potential enemy and thus could take you by surprise.

Brad turned to the other Tamers and recognized Ever with her pegasus, but there was another with her that he wasn't to sure about. He knew of a pixie Tamer who fitted her description, but was still unsure. He walked closer to the two and waved when he was sure they had seen him. Brad pointed at the barn behind Ever before giving her a thumbs up with a questioning look on his face, after which he waved at the other Tamer a smile on his face.

Utter surprise and pure panic filled Brad's mind as he felt his head being tugged back. His first though was that a worrier Manticor had been stalking him and Sasha and was now striking as he turned his back. But after a few moments he realized that there was an absence of pain and roars. Suddenly the was a flash of colour that passed by his eyes. Brad recognized the bright ball of colour. It was a pixie, surrounded by its legend glow. Brad breathed a massive sigh of relief. His panic must have been extremely obvious to the other Tamers and Brad hoped that the other Tamers would not make much of it.

Unfortunately it didn't end there. The pixies continued to play with Brad's hair and he was incredibly unequipped to deal them. His black t-shirt, cargo pants and old boots would do nothing to stop the pestering pixies. Just as Brad was about to call upon Sash again he heard a shout.

"mooka and ye all get over here now!"

Her thick Irish accent broke the squadron that was assaulting Brad's hair and soon they stood to attention around their Tamer. Brad sighed a thankful sigh, before looking up to the Pixie Tamer who was now talking to him.

"Sorry about that they took a liking to your hair"

Brad shared a chuckle with the Tamer as he sheepishly rubbed his skull.

For such small things they really have quite some strength. Brad thought.

"I don't think we have met I am Pippa but most call me Pip"

"Brad" Brad said, his South African accent, a mix between the English and the American accents, coming through.

He stuck his hand out to shake the Tamers hand. He felt it was required to show some gentlemanly manner, especially with those that you've met officially for the first time.

"nice to meet ye Brad, I always look forward to meeting tamers I haven't met yet"

Brad revived a firm hand sake from Pip, all while he smiled and nodded in agreement with her, but it was to be expected. She needed to be strong with her pixies. Just then Ever said something that made Brad smiled wider than ever.

“It’s getting late maybe we can just hang out here, I’ll make some dinner or something?”

Brad quickly turned around to face Ever, a massive smile on his face and got onto his knees while he jokingly worshiped Ever. Company with a close friend, as well as a new one, and the promise of food was just another great reason to have come home to Reedria today.

“Come lets go inside.” Quickly Brad stood back up, dusting of his knees as he followed Ever to her home.

“Haven’t seen you in a while Brad...where have you been hiding?”

Ever teased. Brad could feel blood slowing making its way to his cheeks. It was true, he hadn't been able to chat with Ever for quite some time. He'd spent quite some time away from Ever's company, dealing with different manticore issues that had arisen. Brad made a mental note to come by Ever's place more often. She was after all one of the few tamers who would listen to what he'd have to say, if he said anything at all.

Brad cocked his head to one side and rubbed the back up his head. A sheepish smile now taking its place of his face.

"Its manticore mating season soon and the females have been fighting over territory. I've been dealing with a few of the wounded and helped to find them new territories. But its hard work, especially when the females are too proud to admit they are hurt."

Brad gave a soft chuckle.

"Sorry I haven't visited lately, I'll make sure I come by more often. Even more so if you offer me food."

Brad added, his eyes glinting in the sun as they spoke of food. Softly Brad put a hand on Ever's shoulder to signal to her she should wait. Behind them Brad saw that Pip might be having a few problems with her Pixies. Brad looked at Ever and nodded towards Pip, just so that Ever knew why it was he was stopping her.

Midna was sitting on her bed, listening to her ipod, when she could hear her dad in the hallway calling her.
"Midnaaaaa, come heeeere, there's a surprise for youuuuuu". Midna turned her ipod to sleep, left her bedroom and entered her kitchen.
"You got accepted, little girl!" her dad said in an excited tone. Midna was obviously excited, but she wasn't surprised. She had been accepted to many performing arts colleges already, and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts was no exception. Still, Midna couldn't help but feel a little excited. She would get to explore nyc, (so different from Juneau) meet people like her, and most importantly, she would be near her crush, Alex.

After hugging her dad and having some "celebration tea", (as her dad called it) Midna shut her bedroom door, locked it, and grabbed her violin. She knew that her dad wouldn't mind if she was out for a little while. She played the four notes, also known as "the portal song" and a bright blue light appeared in her room. She stepped inside the light, and could feel the cold rush of the Reendrian snow.

Midna walked through the forest for a little while until she found her cottage.


The cottage, also known as the "Williams Rescidence", was the cottage that was owned by the 4 tamers of the Williams family. It was a tradition to pass it down to the next tamer of the family, so they would have it as a place to stay. Around the room there were dozens upon dozens of paintings, instruments, sculptures, and even origami. The Williams family had always been very creative, and each tamer of the family had some sort of talent. The dozens of instruments in the corner of the cottage were used to teleport to the different regions of Reendria. It was best to choose a small instrument so one wouldn't have to walk all the way back to the cottage after they teleported. Although, you could always ride by Peryton.

Midna walked into the bedroom, opened the closet, and swapped her sweater, sweatpants and moccasins for a short dusty orchard dress and beaded sandals. She fixed her hair, tying it into two neat braids that hung along her shoulders. Then, when she was ready, she looked at herself in the mirror. She wanted to look nice when she met with Alex. Midna thought that since she made it into ADAA, she would actually have an excuse to talk to the werewolf boy. Midna then grabbed her belt, which contained her two flasks of water. (one for drinking, and one used for her water abilities)
She put her violin on a backstrap that was attatched to the belt, and her bow on a strap that was directly on the belt.
When she had everything, Midna entered the main room, looked at the map of Reendria hanging on the wall, and started to play the four notes that would teleport her to the desert. She closed her eyes and expected to feel the warm rush of the sands....

.....But she didn't. Instead, she could feel a cool breeze. Midna opened her eyes. She mustve played the wrong notes, because she was in a forest. Midna started to reach for her violin, but she thought about it, and realized that she never explored the forest, and it would be a shame not to do so.
It only took Midna a few steps before she could see the giant house that stood in front of her. Surprisingly, the house didn't trigger anything in Midna's memory. Who could live inside the large mansion like house? Midna had to know, because she could hear people inside.

Before she could make herself stop, Midna went up to the house, and knocked on the front door. After she had done this, she wished she had at least looked through a window first, because knowing Midna's luck, it would probably be a cranky old man who wanted her to leave.

MAgnus was about to enter the house of the Tamer, when he hear the loud hollow roar of a dragon in pain. Without thought he took off from the house at a full out sprint. "Just my luck." he muttered as he ran, all the while praying to the his patron god Loki. Please, aide me in the task you set for my life. His breath coming a litlte heavier Magnus looked up at the sky relived, to see Artur swooping low enough to give Magnus a chance to grab on to his claws and take off.

As he gained altitude Magnus saw where all the other tamers were,ansd more importantly, he saw were Ever was. I'll vist her after I'm done.. He thought as Artur soared over them. A few minutes later he came across a young green dragon. " Shh," he says when his feet were on the ground. " It's okay.." When he placed his hand on her side he found that she was trying to get out her first egg, but she wasn't quite ready. " Artur." he says taking control of his fear. " Go get Ever, Give her this note." he scribbled down that he needed her help, or a dragon would die. Putting it on a low spike Magnus says " Fly fas old friend."

Artur took off and left Magnus behind in a matter of seconds, when he saw Ever and the other tamers he landed, not caring if he scared their charges. He held out his tail that had the bright white note on it, everything in his body language was screaming of the urgency of this. As he waited for Ever to take the note he glanced at the two other tamers. One smelt like fairies, and the other like manticores.

“You better sure as hell stop by and see me more often. You know you’re the only Tamer the lives remotely close to me.”

Brad's face contorted as he thought on the different distances that each Tamer lived from each other then nodded in agreement with Ever. Yes, some Tamers were closer to others and in this case Brad was the closest to Ever, but they did after all share the forest areas, with Brad being on the outskirts of the forest.

“And if you really need new territories, you can use some of my land, I’m sure the Unicorns wouldn’t mind all that much and well the Pegasus there is no changing their minds.”

Brad sighed a heavy sigh of relief. Ever offering up some of her land would make finding new territories much easier and in turn meant spending more time with his friend.

"That would be amazing, if you have some land in mountainous areas the manticores will be set for an incredibly long time. No more fights, no more injuries." Brad replied

Suddenly a dragon came swooping down to where Ever stood, a note stabbed on a spiky scale. Ever scanned over it before calling a high breed and jumping on its back. Brad recognized this sort of response. One of three things had happened, A tamer was injured, a myth was injured or someone wanted her attention and was faking a story to get her there.

“I’ll be right back, feel free to go inside and chill out.”

Brad held his head to one side, an expression on his face that showed "chilling out" wouldn't be easy while someone or something was hurt.

“Don’t you dare leave. You owe me some serious catching up.”

Brad laughed heartily.

"Where else would I go? Plus I'd hate for you to sic Ares on me."

He said joking, then suddenly changed to a much more serious tone.

"Be safe out there."

He waved as Ever took off on her High breed then waved at Pip to follow him. Ever might not be around to cook a luxurious meal, but at least he could try start things up so long. Brad began walking to Ever's home and was soon at the front door, turning the door knob he let himself into Ever's home. He held the door open for Pip before closing it behind her. A small globe of colour could be seen hovering near her ear. Suddenly Brad heard the light slam of another door closing, he turned to see if he had closed the front door properly, but was sure he had when he closed it behind Pip. Quickly, but silently Brad moved close to Pip, putting a hand on her shoulder and holding a finger to his lips to signal she should be silent. Slowly he began moving through the house listening for other sounds then, he heard a voice coming from the near the back door. Its harsh tone instantly enlightening Brad to who it was. Ares the god of war. He never took well to anyone or thing. He was there for Ever and ever alone. But today, Brad had the upper hand on the god and he was going to use every opportunity he had.

Quickly Brad turned around to face Pip, his finger again on his lips, but a smile now on his face. He hopped Pip would play along. Slowly and silently Brad moved towards the living room. Once inside he pressed him self flat against the wall that was near the back door. Foot steps could be heard approaching the living room and Brad struggled to stifle a chuckle. Today would be the day that he surprised a god. Suddenly there was a flash of colour, skin and hair as a body entered the living room and with that Brad charged forward from his hiding place against the wall, letting out a menacing roar that meant "Have at you!" in manticore.

“Bring it on kid.” Came the dark, harsh voice of Ares. A sword in his glowing hand.

Brad immediately saw it as a challenge. Reaching into his backpack, he wrapped his fingers around the hilt of a blade hidden inside the deep pockets of the back pack. With one smooth movement he drew his blade and faced Ares and began to laugh. He was up for a fight with a god, that was until he looked at his blade. It was a small engraved dagger that was comparable to that of a kitchen knife. Brad stared at his knife while he automatically began to pout slightly.

"This used to be a lot bigger when I was younger."

Brad said while he shook the small dagger in his hand, his mind racing back to the days of when he was five and was given the engraved dagger from his grand father. Ah, that might be the reason. He thought.

“You fucked with the wrong god kid!”

Bellowed Ares as he thrust his sword forward, barely leaving enough time for Brad to dodge out the way. After Brad jumped back in order to escape a blow from Ares he, charged forward. Hoping to catch the god off his footing. He raised the dagger above his head and brought it down with all the might he could muster. A large "Clang" echoed through out the home as Brad's dagger made contact with Ares sword, as he held it above his head. Brad bounced of Ares's sword like rain off a roof. Brad stumbled backwards, attempting to recover from the defensive block, but was stopped suddenly as a voice rang out.

“Ares! Stop it before someone gets hurt.”

Brad wasn't sure to be relived or disappointed that Ever had come to his rescue. Brads mind raced through all the possible things that he could say, but settled on not saying anything at all. He waved at Ever with a smile on his face as she stood in the door way, her arms crossed. She looked rather cute with her arms crossed and attempting to be serious. It made Brad smile even more as he sheathed his dagger in his back pack.

Rolling his eyes Magnus turns to the new guy. " Anyone who can get Ares that upset that fast, is good with me." he hold out his hand for the guy to shake. " Magnus Thorne, dragon tamer." he smiles. Looking at this guy was like looking in a mirror, it would take him some time to get used to it.

“Sorry about that he tends to get a little upset when it comes to things involving me.” Ever says when she returns to the room. " that's an understatement." he says looking at her. " do you remember the first time Ares met me? It turned in to an all out brawl." he pulls up the side of his shirt. " I got stabbed," the removal of his shirt showed a large scar. " right there." he was showing off a little, but then again, he was a teenage boy he figured.

As soon as the fight started, Midna hid herself in one of the rooms. She silently stared down at the floor, until all the noises were gone.

So apparently, it was Ares, the god of war, who had escorted her into ever's house. That made sense. He was extremely angry and war-like. Midna wondered what posiedon thought of Ares.

Midna looked through the tiny creak of the door, hoping nobody would see her. All she could see was a girl (most likely Ever) and two other guys talking. Midna tried opening the door silently, but instead, it made a noticeable creaking sound. Midna knew she would have to explain herself sooner or later.

"Anyone who can get Ares that upset that fast, is good with me."

Brad shook with a firm grasp on the hand of the Tamer. Something was off, well off as in falling off a cliff off. This Tamer shared near exact features, in body face and even hair. It was extremely confusing for Brad, but he put it off. The world is a strange place after all.

"Magnus Thorne, dragon tamer."

Brad smiled at Magnus's introduction. It was straight forward and to the point. Much like how Brad was his whole life.

"Brad, Manticore Tamer"

Brad smiled at Magnus again, before dropping the handshake.

“Sorry about that he tends to get a little upset when it comes to things involving me.” Brad heard Ever say. A sly smile now working its way across his mouth.

"Will you mind if I call you Mag?" Brad asked, as he observed Magnus's scar, which Magnus bragged about as large, but was in essence the same size of Brad's small finger. Brad decided to say nothing and let Mag revel in his slight ego boost.

“You boys want to come help me?”

Brad's sly smile grew even wider as he walked into the kitchen, close behind Ever as she began to talk with Pip and a new Tamer.

"Ever, seeing as Ares isn't here to get in the way..." Brad's sly smile was now reaching bursting point as he reached forward and gently grabbed Ever's arm bringing her close to him and began to mock kiss her all while running his hand over her head in an attempt to mess up her hair.

"There." Brad sighed as he stepped back to observe his master piece.

"When Ares gets back start breathing really heavily. Lets see which guy he goes for first." Brad let out a hearty laugh, twice today he's gotten the upper hand on a god.

"Hey Mag! You hear the plan?" Brad began walking back towards the kitchen, leaving a flustered Ever in his wake.

Magnus smiled warmly at his doppelgänger he nodded, "I don't really mind if you call me Mag," he says trying to maintain his calm, if only for Ever and the other girls in the house.

“You boys want to come help me?” Ever asked, and a few seconds after Brad, Magnus entered the kitchen. What he saw when he entered mad Whis heart stop. Ever was kissing Brad, it was like a punch in the stomach to see that. Now he knew why she hadn't wanted to come to dinner with him, she already had somone else. Closing his eyes he took a deep breath, there was a small voice in the back of his mind that suggested that he was mistaken. And in a moment of weakness and hopefulness he prayed that it was right.

"Hey Mag! You hear the plan?" Brad said loudly, breaking him out of his thoughts. " what plan?" he asked his voice a little harder than friendly. " I got a little side tracked by ever so I missed what ever you said." he nodded as of to say he was now listening, " but please tell me what I'm sure is a brilliant plan." he had to hold back an eye roll. Who was he to act so upset over a girl he had no claim on? Magnus decided to really try and make obvious his feelings for Ever to Ever.

"but please tell me what I'm sure is a brilliant plan."

Brad laughed, his usual quite demeanor, now being thrown out the window with his joyous pranks.

"It as actually! I've flustered Ever up a bit and she's going to call Ares back. Lets see which one of us he goes for first shall we? Brad explained to Mag, a smile on his face. Brad lightly punched his mirror image on the shoulder.

"So, you think you're up to it?"

(ooc, airedeiagrace, soooo sorry i didn't see your post from before!! i put it in, so i guess it's okay now. sorrrryyyyy :'[)
Suddenly, a blonde haired girl walked up to Midna
"who are ye mate, dont think I seen a pretty girl like ye before around these neck of the woods? ye spying or ye want to comes in yah?" she said. Midna could tell she was Irish.
Before midna could say anything, the girl named Ever walked up to her.
“Midnight…right?” Ever asked Midna. She didn't seem surprised she was there. This made Midna less nervous, and she nodded.
“Gus Gus, told me about you, you’re a newer tamer right?” Once again, Midna nodded. She wondered who this Gus was...
“Gus, says the Perytons are a lot calmer than they were, you must be doing a really go job.” Ever said in a warm tone. This made Midna's day, and she smiled brightly.
“Why don’t you take her inside Pippa, make yourself comfortable, I’ll be right back.” Ever said, as she smiled and left. Midna didn't wait for Pippa, but instead, opened the door and sat on the sofa. She did this so she wouldn't be a bother to the girl. Midna was used to everyone ignoring her in school, so she figured other people would do the same. She sat and listened to everyone's conversations.

From the looks of it, it seemed as if the two boys were having some sort of competition over Ever. From the one guy's face after the other guy kissed her, it was most likely a competition over who Ever's boyfriend would be, or something like that. This made Midna think of Alex a little bit, how he mustve had a BUNCH of girls on his arms....and Midna would never be one of them...

After Ever did the chant, all Magnus had time to do was get a sinking feeling in his stomach. Then he was thrown up against the wall with Ares hand on his throat, and if that wasn't enough he got slammed in to the wall with God strenght. Magnus figured it was his turn to take the blame, and he already knew how to answer when Ares glared at him “Which one of you dare touch her!” he yelled in a dark voice that scared Magnus the guy who faced down dragons. “Or was it both of you bastards!” he hissed “ANSWER ME!” he yelled.

Magnus stared him down, knowing of it got too bad either Ever or Loki would intervene. " I thought she would be a strawberry lipgloss girl, looks like I was wrong.." he licks his lips. " mm, cherry."

Brad grunted as he was thrown up against the wall, his back making a heavy impact.

“ANSWER ME!”

"I thought she would be a strawberry lipgloss girl, looks like I was wrong.." he licks his lips. " mm, cherry."

Brad chuckled as Mag shot the first witty comment.

"I have to say, that its the way she pulls your hair when she really gets turned on. She actually had bubblegum, guess she wanted me to have it.

Brad said, a smug look on his face while he mocked chewing gum.

Midna/Poseidon

Midna's jaw dropped at the sight of the two boys getting pummeled by Ares. She was unaware that the two boys were planning a prank, and she thought that they getting choked to death. Midna stood up, and opened her canteen, but then closed it again. She remembered that you couldn't hurt a god. They were invincible. Then, Midna grabbed her violin and started to play
song of storms. It was poseidon's favorite song, and it was also how Midna summoned him.

Suddenly, a flash of light appeared, and poseidon, the god of the sea, was standing next to Midna. At first, he was unaware of Ares, and said to Midna,
"Why, good day to you Midna! what is the matter?" Midna pointed to the ruckus, and Poseidon's eyes widened in shock.

"ARES!" he shouted.

"ARES!" A moment of panic struck its way through Brad as he saw another God standing in the kitchen, shouting at Ares.

"Time's up dude." Brad said as he turned to look at Mag. A nervous smile on his face. He gave him a thumbs up before turning back to the other in the kitchen God. A fight in a Tamers home is the last thing he wanted. If the two battled, Ever would have to come live with Brad once they'd finished.

To say that Areses threat didn't scare Brad slightly would be lieing. In fact it scared him quite a bit. Brad felt a sudden prang of guilt and regret for messing around with the god as much as he did.

“It can’t be.”

"Ooof!" Brad exclaimed as he fell to the floor, not expecting the sudden drop. Brad then looked around and spotted Mag next to him, also on the floor. He pointed to his face as if to ask if there was something on it that was scaring poor Ares. With Ares storming out Brad herd Ever call out;

“Well is everyone ready for dinner?”

Never in the history of Brad's life had he got up so quickly and made his way to the kitchen, after he helped Mag from the floor. He passed the second god hearing Ever call him Poseidon. Brad turned and faced the God, a smile on his face as he nodded towards the god, as a sign of thank you. Behind the God was another Tamer, she had seemed to evade Brad in the past and this was the first time he met her, he waved at her with a smile on his face, before pointing at a seat. Indicating he wanted her to sit there in hopes of getting to know her better. He then turned to Ever who was laying the table, He gently took a bowl from her hands and helped her to set the table. It was after all not the first time he had had dinner with Ever and he knew how she liked to set the table, or at least that was what he thought. While he helped set the table, Brad suddenly stood up straight and held his hand high in the air, awaiting a high-five from Ever. She had played her role perfectly and deserved some sort of appreciation. After waiting for a bit longer than usual, Brad eyed Ever with a look that said 'Don't leave me hanging'.