The next morning Jon woke up in his own bed and tiredly rubbed his eyes. He remembered the dream meeting with Ember in clear detail. He didn't doubt that all that was real. Or as real it could get in a dream. The dream after Ember left was entirely different matter, though.
He honestly couldn't remember much from it. Just vague feelings and sensations that even now seemed to be slipping into darkest corners of his mind, leaving him with just a vague impression of something... pleasurable.
Jon shook his head, trying to get rid of the cobwebs in his mind and started to get ready for school. After brushing his teeth, dressing up and collecting his things he took the jewelry box from under his bed and thought about the stone.
He decided that taking the stone with him would just bring trouble. Leaving it here was much safer, especially because no-one besides him could open the box that protected it. It looked fool-proof to him. So Jon put the box back under the bed, sure that it will be safe. He was about to exit his room and go down to have breakfast when a voice interrupted his trail of thought.
"Good morning, Jon-boy. Had sweet dreams?" an alluring voice of Ember said in his mind. It was quite strange sensation, hearing someone's else voice in his thoughts. It actually almost made him jump and look around for the owner of the voice, before he realized that he couldn't see anyone else in the room. "Ember?" he tries thinking back. "Yep. I'm inside of you. Sorta. Can't possess or control your body, but we can share each other's thoughts and talk. Neat, huh?"
Jon nods absent-mindedly, exiting his room and going down to the kitchen, thinking back to Ember "Indeed. This is kinda neat. What else can you do? Also, what were you doing while I was sleeping?" Jon could almost feel her smirk at him "Well, I can read some of surface thoughts of people near you. It will probably be useful later on. As far as what else I can do, I'm not sure. I already told you abilities I am aware of, it might be that I will find out more later on. As for what I did last night - well, I did some scouting on some people of interest. Like your friend Karyn." she says as Jon soon finds himself sitting down in the kitchen and starting to eat breakfast his mom prepared, thinking over what Ember said.
"Wait, you spied on Karyn? Why?" he asks. "Well, she is your friend and she also knows about stone. I needed to find out if she intends to do something with it. Also, since I know pretty much everything about your life from viewing your memories, I also found out several things you wanted to know. Like her sexual orientation." she giggled in the end and Jon fought to control his blush, continuing to eat and hoping his family didn't notice anything off.
"I don't really want to know that..." he says to seductress. "Oh, c'mon, Jon. Don't lie to yourself. You know well enough that you were always curious if you had any chance with her. You sure you don't want to know?" Jon seems a bit uncomfortable with thought "It is huge breach of privacy, though." Ember sends him a mental shrug "So what? It is not like you were the one who spied on her. You just want to know if you have any chance with girl you like. If you find out for sure, you can then try to woo her or just remain friends and pursue someone else. What is so wrong with knowing just this one little thing?" she asks his. "Well... nothing, I guess..." Ember chuckles "Knew you will see my point of view. So, do you want to know?" Jon sighs inwardly "Okay, yes I want to know..."
Ember smiles inwardly "Well then, you will be interested to know that Karyn is..."
