A Cold Day in November

By: lightening816

Rated: PG-13 (for language, violence, and bloody sequences)

Genres: Angst/Hurt/Comfort

Synopsis: In the 5th story in the Arden Saga, four months have gone by since the 4th story and now in November 1899, Arden is digging for buried treasure, but what she and a colleague find is more than they had expected it to be.

CHAPTER 1: Digging in the Ground

The day was November 24, 1899, the time was 10:02 A.M and Arden Diane Takamashi Pattison Flaversham was digging a huge whole. She had been digging since the crack of dawn (or at least since 7:00 in the morning).

Four months before, Arden had gone on an unforgettable journey with none other than Basil of Baker Street. The two had gone to find a powerful artifact called "The Crystal of Everlasting". On the way, Arden found her former home, where she carved writing on the walls. She had a nervous breakdown, met Bill, learned about her ancestor and the crystal and books, and about Basil being a witness to its powers. When she and Basil reunited, they went home. Arden came home only to find her sister making out with her boyfriend, and learning that Olivia had gone from sweet little girl to a whorish slut. Arden lost two friends, but gained a new one. One of her friends, Nathan, had accompanied her in sight-seeing, and it was that moment when Arden had found something good in little perverted Nathan, who had been trying to stop being lik that, thinking that if he did, he would stop fighting with his sister, Erin so much. That part was where the story left off. Now it's time to continue the Arden's story.

A month after this took place; Hiram found out that Olivia was pregnant. Olivia was punished not only for having sex with a boy before marriage, but also for not telling anyone. Since Hunter had threatened Arden to not tell anyone about their affair, Arden was also punished for not telling an adult as soon as possible. Unlike Olivia, Arden's punishment did not last as long as Olivia's. Arden's punishment only lasted a week while Olivia's punishment was a month. Hunter is no longer allowed to see Olivia. Also, Arden has not talked to Hunter ever since the day he found Hunter lip-locking with Olivia. Olivia does not say much to Arden anymore. When they do look at each other, Olivia does not smile or say anything at all. The two have grown distant from each other ever since Olivia was punished for becoming pregnant. As the months went by, her stomach started growing, and as it grew, so did Hiram's fear of losing the daughter he thought he, Arden, and everyone else knew. As for Arden, when her punishment was over, she started spending more time with Nathan more than anyone else (in late October, she cut her extremely long cherry red hair, up until her hair was a couple inches off her shoulder). She has been helping Nathan with his pervert problem. For the first few days, Nathan had not done so well, but as the days, the weeks, and the months had progressed, he had been doing so much better.

Now after four months, Arden had finally found the opportunity to do something she has always wanted to do:

DIG FOR BURIED TREASURE!!!

So she did. She woke up bright and early on November 24, 1899 to start digging. Arden put on blue ankle length pants, a black turtle-neck shirt had a small breakfast, and off she went. She hoped to find something special like gold, or hidden diamonds, or something ordinary like a chain, or a key, or, heck, anything would be okay with her.

As Arden dug deep into the ground with a shovel, Nathan walked by, wondering what she was doing. He walked up to the giant hole Arden had created. He ducked his head in and saw Arden digging. At first he did not want to know, but he could not help but wonder.

"Arden, what are you doing?" he asked. Arden looked up from her giant hole and saw her best friend's there. Nathan gasped when he saw Arden's face covered with dirt, mud and soot. Arden shrugged her shoulders.

"What's the matter?" she asked. Nathan pointed at her face.

"What happened to you?" he asked. Arden nodded her head.

"Oh, you mean this? I've been digging since 7 in the morning," she explained pointing at her face. "But don't worry, 'cause I'll be washing my face big time when I'm done here."

"Well, what exactly are you looking for? I hope it's not that crystal again!" replied Nathan. Arden shook her head.

"Nah, ever since seeing my backstabbin' sister make out with my crazy ex-boyfriend, I haven't been interested in the crystal," she replied. Nathan folded his arms.

"That was four months ago, don't tell me you're still thinking about that!" he said. Arden nodded curtly. She picked up another shovel (she had brought two shovels just in case something happened).

"Would you like to join me in searching for buried treasure?" asked Arden. Nathan's eyes widened.

"Buried treasure?" he asked. Arden nodded.

"Yes, Nathan, buried treasure because I've wanted to look for buried treasure ever since I was little, but I've never really had the perfect opportunity for it! Would you please join me?" she asked. Nathan thought about for a minute and finally agreed. Arden handed him the extra shovel, and two shoveled together. There they shoveled more and moe until Nathan felt something through his shovel. He became worried, so he started tapping on Arden's shoulder.

"Hey, Arden, I think shovel found a deep hole under...NEATH!!!..." he said as he fell through the ground. Arden gasped and fell down with him. The two mice fell through wondering where they will be led to. Arden and Nathan held onto each other, both hoping they would still be alive after the free-fall.