Now then. Before we all start screaming and yelling around, I DID NOT PLAGIARIZE THIS! I AM MoonWillow333, I made this account so I could safely post Keeper without getting into any trouble with some people. Please don't ask. But I really want to write this story, so I'm going to finish it.
So, without further adieu, here is chapter 29.
EDIT
I got a review stating that I 'stupidly' forgot to post chapters 1-28. Guess what? I didn't. As stated in the above IF YOU READ THIS I am MoonWillow333 writing keeper here so I don't get in trouble with some people. If you want to read chapters 1-28, go to my other profile. Don't know how? Just type 'Keeper by Moonwillow333 fanfiction' on Google and my account pops up. Is it really that hard? So no, I didn't not 'stupidly' forget to post chapters 1-28.
Slender stood outside of the ruins, waiting on Jack's order. It was his plan, after all, and if they messed up one tiny detail, it would cost Miranda, Jeff, Ben, and Bailey's lives.
Slendy. Slender hissed at the nickname, but slowly he was getting used to it.
Jack. Is your plan in effect? There was a pause.
Yes. It is. Just a few more seconds… Slender could feel his anger beginning to boil. Patience. He steeled himself. In good time. In good time…
Damn it! Miranda yelled in her head. Instead of just standing here, she knew they should've got out of this hell hole.
Chris walked in very slowly, knowing that they were trapped. Miranda unconsciously grabbed Jeff's sleeve for some kind of support. Jeff moved his hand and grasped Miranda's tightly.
" My little angel has saved Casper and his friends yet again." He tsked. " Now I guess I just have to get rid of them."
" No!" Bailey yelled. " Don't you dare hurt my friends!"
" You consider one of them more than a friend though." Chris smiled. " And that'll just be complicated." Bailey glared at her cousin with so much hate, it looked lethal.
" There's no way I'm letting you get away with this." She growled.
" Don't you remember our little agreement?"
" You were going to kill them anyways!" Chris scoffed.
" Of course I was! They would only be a hassle later on." Miranda gritted her teeth. Chris was really beginning to piss her off now. Suddenly, the castle began to shake violently and the Nether Jewel glowed brightly. Miranda grabbed onto Jeff to prevent herself from falling over. The earthquake stopped and somehow Chris managed to get Bailey over to his side. She struggled violently against him, but it was like he was made of steel.
" Now it's time to get rid of you." Chris laughed. Bailey glared at him before biting his arm. Chris screeched in pain and let her go only to be kicked in the spot where the sun don't shine. Bailey grabbed his staff and ran back over to Ben. Chris looked up and saw the staff in Bailey's hand and hissed.
" You think you've won?" Chris asked quietly as he stumbled back to his feet. Bailey clutched the staff tightly to herself. " You're far from it, Keeper." Chris held out his hand and the staff wrenched itself free from Bailey and flew back to Chris. Miranda growled at the black haired boy. He had really flipped his lid.
Chris held the staff tightly and Miranda, Jeff, and Ben all went flying into the walls, Bailey looked back and tried to run over to Ben. Chris darted over to her and put her into a headlock, pulling her back from the ghost. Jeff crawled over to Miranda.
" Are you okay?" He asked. Miranda glared.
" Pissed off, but fine." She grumbled.
" Now then," Chris said as Bailey struggled in his grip. " You three, are—" There was a crash sound down the hall and Chris snapped his head towards it. Taking the opportunity, Jeff darted over to Chris and stabbed him in the shoulder. Chris shrieked in pain, letting Bailey go as Jeff kicked him in the stomach, taking his knife back. Chris growled in frustration and glared at the killer before the four of them suddenly vanished into thin air.
I took a few deep breaths before looking around. We were back at the house, Slender and Jack stood at the doorway.
" How…?" I questioned.
" I'm sorry that we're late." Slender apologized. " But if we came any sooner, then we probably would've been kept there also." I sighed and looked at myself.
" Yeah, can I get a change of clothes?" I asked. As if he was standing in the room, Trender man popped into the room.
" Clothes?!" He asked excitedly. " I'll make you some clothes!" Before I could answer, Trender dragged me upstairs and into his studio. He didn't really live in the house anyways and only used his room for a fashion studio. Trender sat me down on a stool and began to get all the measurements for my new clothes.
After about a half an hour, Trender came back with fresh clothes for me. He gave me a white lace half sweater jacket looking thing with a rose patterned white tank top, dark blue skinny jeans with a silver belt, and silver flats.
" Th-Thanks Trendy." I stuttered, going off to the changing room. Once I was changed, I let out a deep breath of relief. I walked out with the wedding dress in hand and went to throw it in the trash. Trender snatched it out of my hand.
" Don't throw it away, it's a good wedding dress." Trender said. I frowned and walked out of the room and back downstairs. Ben stood by the stairs, waiting, while Miranda and Jeff were on the couch, fighting over his knife. I shook my head and stood next to Ben.
" Now what?" I asked as I leaned on the wall.
" We have to get that jewel away from your cousin." Slender murmured.
" How do we do that? When I tried to take the staff from him, it returned to his hand." Slender tilted his head.
" You managed to get it from him once, you could do it again." He replied. I growled and mumbled under my breath.
" I heard that." Slender scolded. " I know you don't like the idea, but we have no choice and you're the only one who can get close enough to him."
" Only 'cause he wants to rape her." Miranda said as Jeff pinned her on the couch. I rolled my eyes.
" Yeah. Will you two knock it off!?" I hissed. Jeff and Miranda looked at me.
" She's got my knife!" Jeff complained.
" No I don't." Miranda argued. Jeff glared at her.
" Yes you do, I saw you—"
" I put it back, you baka." Miranda scoffed. Jeff raised an eyebrow before searching his pockets and indeed he found his knife. I shook my head.
" Okay, back on topic." I started. " Even if we did manage to get back into Chris's palace thing, I don't think he wants anything to do with me." Miranda laughed.
" Yeah, right." She said and growled as Jeff leaned down on her lap. Jeff shrugged and relaxed. Miranda rolled her eyes, but began playing with the killer's hair. " He's insane. I think if you walked right into his arms he'd be suspicious. But if you were caught, he'll take the bait." I folded my arms across my chest and pouted.
" I really don't want to." I sighed.
" We know that, B-Chan, but we don't really have any other choice." Miranda pointed out. I glared at the floor. I hated it when she was right. I sighed and let my arms fall.
" Whatever…" I muttered. " I still don't like this idea." I narrowed my eyes at Miranda and Jeff. The killer had fallen asleep in her lap as she played with his hair. I motioned the two of them with my hands.
" Is there something going on here that I should know about?" I asked. Miranda shrugged.
" Nah." She said as she lightly slapped Jeff's face. Jeff groaned and looked up, glaring at her. " Get off of me. You're heavy." I giggled as Jeff shook his head and laid back down.
" What, are you two dating or something?" I asked. Miranda's face flushed red.
" No…." She hesitated. I could see Jeff's face turn red also, making me laugh.
" You are so in denial…" I pointed out.
" No I'm not!" Miranda growled. " You asked if we were dating, which we're not."
" But you two like each other, no?" Silence.
Miranda sighed irritably, throwing her arms up in the air and letting them fall. Jeff growled as he was hit with one of her arms.
" Yes Bailey! We like each other!" She yelled, crossing her arms and pouting. I laughed and shook my head.
" You're so stubborn sometimes…" Miranda only shrugged and pushed Jeff off of her. He rolled off and landed on the floor.
" Ouch… Do you mind?" He hissed as he rubbed his head.
" Nope." Jeff mumbled something and stood up, stretching.
" Okay then…" I muttered. " Back on topic. We need to find out where Chris went first."
" Well, it's obvious he likes to stay hidden while he plots." Miranda pointed out. " And the freak likes dark caves and stuff…"
" Yeah. And he enjoys boasting about how he's caught us." I pitched in.
" True… That means he's plotting somewhere that we don't really know about…" We all sat in a thoughtful silence.
" What are some of the places we haven't been to?" I questioned. Silence fell upon the room as we all thought quietly.
" What about the Swamplands?" Slender suggested. " It's one of the places we haven't been to yet, and it has a couple abandoned temples." Jeff and Ben both groaned.
" I'm liking the sound of it." Miranda smirked upon hearing the two groan.
" Seems legit." I agreed before raising an eyebrow at Jeff and Ben. " What's up with you two?"
" I hate the Swamplands…" Jeff seethed.
" Yeah. It's where the Swamp Monster lives…" Ben muttered. " He enjoys scaring the crap out of anybody." I giggled at the two myths reactions. They were acting like a couple of little kids who didn't want to go to the dentist or whatever.
" Swamplands it is." I decided. " We'll start our search tomorrow."
" Great," Miranda stretched. " I could use a goodnights sleep." I nodded in agreement, felling my eyes droop a little. Yawning, I took out my skeleton keys and unlocked the door back to my house.
I furrowed my brows as I slowly awoke. I just knew that it was morning, but I was so comfortable I didn't want to move. Not to mention that we had to go journeying into the Swamplands today. I dug myself further into my blankets, trying to block out the thoughts.
I froze when I heard someone chuckle and my eyes flew open, looking into green fabric. I gritted my teeth and glared up at the red and black eyes looking down at me.
" Ben," I started. " How many times do I have to tell you that YOU CAN'T SLEEP HERE!" I screeched as I began whacking him with my pillow. This only caused him to laugh.
" I can't help it." He defended, grabbing the pillow. " I can't sleep at night and you talk in your sleep." I froze again and looked at him.
" I talk in my sleep?" I wondered. What do I talk about? Another thought came into my head. I hope it's nothing embarrassing… Ben laughed again and pulled me into a hug.
" Yeah, mostly about your dog." He sighed. " And someone named Rin." I couldn't help but smile at that. I hugged him back before slapping him in the back of the head. Ben whined a little while I got up and scanned my closet for clothes.
" What are you doing here, anyways?" I asked, grabbing a dark blue shirt with little chibi ninja's on it before putting it back, shaking my head.
" I told you," Ben started. " I couldn't sleep, so I came here." I rolled my eyes and grabbed a lacy white shirt with rose patterns. What is with me and roses? I held onto the shirt and grabbed a lavender undershirt and a dark pair of jeans.
" Right." I muttered. " If my brother sees you he's gonna—"
" I'm gonna kill you."
Ben and I snapped our attention towards Dylan who leaned against the door frame, eyes narrowed at Ben with intent to kill.
" Uh. Hi?" Ben offered, waving his hand. I face palmed and shook my head.
" What the hell are you doing in my sister's bedroom?" Dylan spat, still glaring daggers at Ben. Ah, gotta love older, overprotective brothers.
" He wasn't doing anything." I sighed. " Just being his normal, dorky self." Dylan turned to me and raised a brow.
" In your bedroom." I looked from side to side before looking back at my brother.
" Yes…?" I confirmed, thought it sounded like more of a question. Dylan glared again, this time at me.
" Is that a question or an answer?" He pressed. I opened my mouth to say something, only to have Dylan hold up his hand, silencing me. Dylan pointed at Ben.
" Behave yourself." Then he pointed to me. " Anything happens, tell me." Ben and I both nodded as Dylan left the room. Ben whistled.
" Wow." He sighed. " Overprotective much?" I shrugged.
" At least everyone else wasn't here." I smirked, thinking of how my insanely huge family would feel about me dating.
" Wait, what? Everyone else? How many people do you know?" Ben seemed a bit tensed by my statement, but I just laughed.
" I don't really know them, my brother does. And I thought I told you this before. My brother has a lot of friends who call me their little sister." I explained. " We're like one big family." Ben sighed dramatically and flopped down on my bed.
" What have I gotten myself into…?" He groaned.
There you go. Chapter 29.
Aaaannnddd I just realized that I left everyone on a cliffhanger. Sorry everyone. :/ Hope you like it. I'll try to post chappy 30 as soon as I can. Thank you for reading.
And if you're new to Keeper, here's a link so you can read the first chapter: s/8787159/1/Keeper