Lily Robertson's Adventures as she grows up
Chapter one
She was now ten years of age, and both her dad who she knew really wasn't her real dad, and also her mum who she knew for a fact really wasn't her real mum had managed to give her what she herself refers to as the best childhood ever. Lily knew that she was actually very fortunate with the childhood that both her parents Ryan and Mackenzie Robertson had given to her.
Lily Robertson was now going to the same children's primary school that her dad Ryan teaches at in Living village. She is now in his year six class, and she is a little disappointed now to witness that he isn't giving her any special treatment from the other little boys and girls in the class, but however she really expects him to give her special treatment, because he is her so called dad after all.
Lily has formed quite a good strong friendship now with the other girls who are in her class at school, and it is quite good for her that they also live in the same area as her in Living village. Lily's best friend is a girl called Jess, and this is because they more or less share the exact same interests as one another, for example they both enjoy both hair and makeup, and they also admire some of the same boy's in the class to one another.
Lily still sees both of her Granddad Steve Kettle and her god mother Tracy Beaker from time to time, and she loves them both sincerely deep down in her heart.
Both Ryan and Mackenzie have managed to believe that they have fooled their little girl Lily all of these long years by making her think that they're her real parents, but however Lily is tired of this false game that they are tricking her with, and she is starting to wish more than anything else that the two of them will just give her the whole truth about just who her parents were. The reason to why Ryan has never ever told Lily about who her real parents were, is because he knows that Lily would be completely heartbroken if she were to learn just the devastating tragedy that involves just how her mum departed from this world that they are all living in, that should really be full of both gracefulness and light, but is instead is corrupted in both darkness and coldness.
Both Ryan and Mackenzie have been married for a good strong nine years now, and Ryan has come to have feelings of love much more for Mackenzie over those nine long years while they have been raising little Lily up together. Little Lily sincerely loves both Ryan and Mackenzie don't get her wrong, but however she only knows that she is way to different from the two of them to possibly be their daughter.
Right now Lily is sitting down by a table in her dad's year 6 class in the village primary school along with her friend Jess. The two girls are currently working together in a little pair to work on a 1960's project. They are both working very hard inside their exercise books. The two girls have learned already throughout learning about this topic together that the 1960's, in the beginning quite a lot of American citizens had the belief that they were stood at the dawn of a golden age, and this was because that in the year of 1961 Kennedy became president of the USA. However the two girls have also learned that by the end of the 1960's it seemed that the nation was falling apart.
The two girls' have also been learning about just what went on in Britain in the 1960's, for example they have studied together that in the year of 1961 the first man in Britain went up into space. Also they have learned that in the year 1966 England successfully managed to win the world cup, and also in the year 1969 the very first human's arrived on the moon, and the first man to step foot on the moon was off course Neil Armstrong.
Lily has discovered that within the 1960's the overall population of Britain had the number of a total of fifty three million people. Lily has also discovered much to her own interest that the programme Doctor who very first aired on TV in the 1960's.
Lily has learned while her dad has been teaching her this topic that music was very good in the 1960's. With the help of her dad Ryan Lily has come to rather enjoy being a child at Living primary school. Ryan remembers that Lily Kevins the lady who he loved very much before she sadly was killed, once mentioned to him that she herself loved being at school, and so Ryan isn't totally surprised that Lily's daughter Lily also being at school.
Chapter two
A couple of years pass and Lily Robertson starts dating her first boyfriend at the age of fifteen years. Still Ryan hasn't seen fit to explain to Lily all about just who her parents were over the course of these five years. Doesn't he owe her a great big explanation? Ryan approves of the young teenage lad however who Lily is starting to date now, and this is because he believes him to be a genuine good boy. The boy who Lily is starting to go out for little meals and trips out with is called Toby Danielson. Toby treats Lily well, and that's all both Ryan and his wife Mackenzie can ask of him. Ryan finds himself bumping into Emily Rachels in a little gift shop in the village one day. All he came in here for was to collect a carton of milk, and this was because the supermarket down the road was being closed due to some building work that was going on there, but however he really didn't except to come across Emily inside Sally's gift shop.
Their eyes quickly met! Emily Rachels didn't seem at all to have changed since the last time Ryan had seen her fifteen years ago. Both Ryan himself and Emily are now in their twenties. Ryan suddenly feels really rather frightened right now, because he just doesn't know how to handle this woman anymore. Emily seems to be really rather angry. She seems to be raging with anger. She seems to be trembling with anger even. Oh my dear Aunt she doesn't seem to be a woman worth either crossing or getting on the wrong side of, and so that means that Ryan's off course in danger right now.
Ryan Robertson can't help but backing away from Emily Rachels with fear inside Sally's gift shop. Ryan tries to smile across happily at his old friend, but however his smile is more of a terrified face rather than a grinning face.
"H e y, Emily-it is, should I say good to see you again? But however since you're probably much more than likely going to kill me it really is not good to see you again!" Ryan cries out in terror at his old friend.
Emily decides simply just to forget what Ryan has just cried out at her about, and she takes to rounding in bloodthirsty anger on him. There's a moment of terrifying awkward silence now, and Ryan can see angry bloodshot red coloured eyes staring snarling right back at his own two brown coloured eyes. Emily shakes her head quickly over at Ryan.
"I've been living rough out on the streets all because of you breaking my heart did you know this? Also as if that wasn't bad enough for your two uncaring little ears what caused that to happen was that my mum passed away, and that was with her dying of suffering as a result of her having a stroke with the stress of worrying that I wouldn't be able to cope, with living without you in my life, did you of know this? You weren't there for me when I needed you to be there for me Ryan! You broke my heart, and now because of how you did that there's absolutely nothing at all that's going to stop me from killing you know!" Emily can hear herself screaming angrily out at her old friend, as she stands before him, facing him, with hatred in her heart that is focussed towards him off course.
Ryan gets the impression now more than ever before that Emily no longer wants to be his friend. However Ryan is sincerely sorry for the severe pain that he knows that he caused towards Emily. He wonders whether she really is right to blame him. Ryan smiles in sadness over at Emily.
"I really honestly didn't know that you were suffering like that, and Em you're right off course to blame me for everything that had happened to you! I realise now more than ever that I really should have made a lot more time to see you back that day in Living primary school!" He explains to her.
Ryan knows however that Emily really doesn't care about anything at all that he needs to tell her about. She really does look rough. There's filthy mud shown clearly in her blonde hair that used be rather clean and shiny, but now however is both dirty and trampy. Ryan knows that it is dangerous for him to offer this out to Emily, but however he is going to do so anyway.
"Come back to my place if you want at least it'll be warmer for you than the streets!" He says to her trying to offer out some form of comfort to her.
Emily snarls coldly out at Ryan.
"Oh look at just who's suddenly decided to play nice! Good old Ryan I knew that he would never ever let me down, but wait a minute he did! He really, really, did! He broke my heart! He destroyed my life! Now he's going to pay or rather little sweet Lily is going to pay for him!" She snaps coldly out at him.
That's how she's going to make him pay for what he did to her! That's just how Emily's going to cause pain for Ryan, she's going to go for the young lady who is more or less like a daughter to him who is Lily. Ryan now can't control himself, and he now no longer wishes to try to be there for Emily who he believes is in desperate need of his helping her. Ryan knows that he's got to protect his little girl who is Lily from Emily now, and so he is going to at any cost whatsoever. If Emily wants to get her hands on Lily then she's just going to have to go through Ryan first.
Chapter three
Ryan Robertson just can't quite believe right now that Emily Rachels wishes to get her two hands upon his beloved little girl Lily. Both Ryan and Emily continue to stand inside the village shop angrily facing one another there. There confrontation is kicking off right here right now. Emily is really angry at Ryan for ruining her life, and also for him causing her mother's death, so she blames him for it, and Ryan is pissed off knowing that Emily wishes to get her hands on his little girl. Ryan shakes his head in alarm at Emily.
"None of this is my Lily's fault is it? Just know that will you please my old friend! Now because I have just reminded you about that how about you take your anger which you are right to experience out on me instead of her?" He tells her throughout a tone of sharp anger.
The shop keeper has now rushed over to where both Ryan and Emily are stood facing one another inside the village shop, and Ryan is really surprised now to find out that this shop keeper who is stood currently facing him is actually the mysterious medical Doctor. Ryan is alarmed now much more by seeing him then anything Emily has brought him up to date on today. The mysterious stranger to Ryan nods his head over at him.
"Hello there my old friend!" He snaps sharply out at him.
Ryan sprints out of the village shop now just as fast as he possibly can. Emily makes to go after him surprisingly, because she herself now personally believes that she just hasn't quite finished with him yet, but however the dark shop keeper grabs her firmly by the arm to stop her from leaving his shop. Emily is left appalled by how the shop keeper has just prevented her from leaving his store like this.
"Although I really wanted to do so I didn't steal anything at all from you sir, and so now let me go if you please!" Emily hisses out sharply at the storekeeper.
The man pushes the young lady hard into a corner in his shop. He then closes in on her there. The man leans forward to face Emily.
"Stealing is a crime that you are not responsible for today my girl I know that, but however that young man leaving my shop when I had only just found him again is a fault that is entirely on your blame! Do you know just how long I've been searching for that man? Longer then you could ever possibly know! Now don't dare run away from me my girl, because you're my only chance of seeing my son again after all!" He yells out at her showing her that he isn't a man worth messing with throughout words that he is passing onto her.
NO! NO! HE CAN'T BE! HE REALLY CAN'T BE! THE MYSTERIOUS MEDICAL DOCTOR CAN'T BE RYAN'S DAD, BUT HE IS!
Chapter four
Just how long will it take Ryan Robertson to learn that the mysterious medical Doctor is actually his dad? Well that remains to be seen until further notice doesn't it?
He now has her! Ryan's dad now has Emily Rachels in his hands! Both Ryan and Emily are now heading down a street together in Liverpool city. They are near to the docks in the city together. They are walking side by side.
"If you believe that I'm your best chance of getting to Ryan then you're sadly wrong, because the woman who you really need in order to get to him is none other than his own daughter Lily Robertson!" Emily explains to Ryan's dad brining him up to date on some vital information.
The father of Ryan smiles coldly in response to what Miss Rachels has just explained to him about. He turns to face her, and he smiles coldly over at her.
"Just where may this little sweet heart be located my dear girl?" Ryan's papa questions Emily.
There's a moment of silence while Emily considers whether she can really do what she is just about to do, because after all she does know that she loved Ryan once a long time ago now, but however if he hadn't broken her heart then she would still be in love with him. Ryan betrayed Emily, didn't he, and therefore doesn't he deserve to be betrayed by her like this? Emily steps forward closer so that she can explain this to Ryan's dad much more clearly.
"Lily's in her home on Elmtree lane in Living village at this precise moment in time!" Emily informs the mysterious stranger who she has decided to ally herself with.
Now Ryan's dad has some of the information that he so greatly needs. He'll be able to find the girl now, and he'll stop at absolutely nothing until he does. Ryan's dad now knows that he's got to travel back to Living village, and there he needs to find Miss Robertson who is off course more or less his own Granddaughter.
Chapter five
Ryan Robertson has betrayed his old friend who is Emily Rachels, and now in revenge for just how he betrayed her she has now betrayed him. He turned against her and now she has done the exact same thing to him. Emily learned didn't she? That vengeance never solves out any hardship! The war will continue now that Emily has passed over Lily's whereabouts to her Grandfather who may not be able to be trusted. It'll be Ryan and Emily at war against each other now, just like how both Lily Kevins and Shannay Ravens were at war against one another!
Ryan Robertson bursts his way suddenly through the front door in his house that is in Living village.
"LILY IS TOBY HERE?" He bellows out in a rather loud tone, after he has grasped his hands on over his mouth to make himself be heard more clearly, throughout his house that he knows that there is some form of life in, because after all he can hear the telly on in the front room.
Ryan hears the familiar voice of Bella Cullen coming from the TV in the front room in his house, and so therefore he knows that his daughter Lily is watching her favourite Twilight saga movie again, and that movie is breaking dawn part two. Moments later however Ryan can no longer hear the TV, and so therefore he knows that Lily has put the film that she has been happily watching on pause, but however now Ryan can hear not just Lily's voice but Toby's voice too, and so therefore Ryan knows that Toby is in his house along with his daughter. They appear out of the sitting room together. They have their arms placed gently in around one another. Ryan folds his arms. He winks over at Lily.
"You're looking more and more like your mother each day!" Ryan tells his little girl.
Lily however knows that her dad really must be telling her fibs, because she herself believes that she looks nothing at all like her so called mum who is Mackenzie, but however Lily wonders whether she really looks the spitting image of who her real mum was, if she ever existed that is.
"Toby I need a quick word with you!" Ryan blurts out suddenly at the young man who is currently stood before him in the hallway of his house.
Toby nods his head in response to what Ryan has just blurted out all of a sudden to him about.
"No bother at all Mr Robertson," Ryan tells Toby in response to what he has just blurted out at him.
Ryan knows that he needs Toby's help more than ever before right now. Toby now takes to following Mr Robertson into the kitchen in the house, and there they both find Mackenzie cooking the dinner together. Ryan turns to face her.
"Leave us please!" He instructs her.
Mackenzie listens to her husband and she leaves the room rather quickly. She has got the impression that her presence in the kitchen is no longer required in response to what her husband has just instructed her about. Ryan turns desperately to face Toby.
"Please! Please! Son! I really, really, really need your help!" He shouts out at him within both an urgent and also through a rather desperate tone.
Toby is shocked to now identify the bad shape that Mr Robertson seems to be in right now. He can see the look of fear staring sharply back at him through both of his widely open eyes now. Toby fetches a cold drink of water for Ryan rather quickly from the kitchen sink, and he hands it rather sharply over to him.
"Here you look as if you could use a drink!" Toby explains to Ryan.
Mr Robertson receives the drink gratefully from Master Danielson. Ryan downs the whole glass of water quickly in one gulp, and then he coughs to clear his throat. Toby's rather troubled. He gestures Ryan towards taking a seat down on one of the chairs in the kitchen, and so Ryan does so. Toby takes a seat down beside Ryan on another chair inside the Kevins' old family home. Toby looks over at Ryan with concern shown clearly towards him in his two eyes.
"Sir what's the matter?" He questions sounding really rather concerned about him.
Ryan wipes some tears of terror away from his two brown eyes and he shakes his head over at Toby.
"There's nothing at all wrong with me mate but however there may soon be something gravely wrong with my daughter Lily!" Mr Robertson explains to Master Danielson.
Toby now realises suddenly that Lily is actually the one who is in need of his help and not Ryan. Toby is taking a look over at Ryan now with suspicion shown clearly in his two eyes.
"Why? What's up? How come there maybe something soon wrong with my girlfriend Lily?" He demands answers quickly from him.
Ryan rises up his two hands to silence Toby before he can speak again.
"Let me explain, you see Toby, there's this woman who I double crossed five or so years ago, and now I have met back up with her today only to discover that she has been living really very rough ever since I last saw her! She now blames her mother's death all on me! Emily the woman who I broke her heart has decided to place the blame on me for the way by which she is now living rough out on the streets. Emily's just really angry at me, but however she told me today that instead of wanting to take her anger out on me she wishes to take it out on Lily! Therefore I need us both to watch over Lily, and what I mean by that off course is both night and day!" Mr Robertson explains urgently to Master Danielson.
Toby jumps to his feet quickly up from the chair that he's been sitting on.
"Right I'll watch over her for you Mr Robertson whenever I can!" Toby gives Ryan his vow.
This news doesn't come as a surprise to Ryan, because he just knew that he would be able to rely on Toby. Just then Lily makes her way into the kitchen. She appears as if she is all dressed to go out into the open world that lays beyond the front door of her house. Lily smiles from Ryan to Toby.
"I'm just going to go around to the shops!" She explains to them both.
Toby quickly rounds on Lily.
"Well I'm afraid to say that you're not going anywhere love!" He snaps sharply out at her to prevent her from leaving her house.
Lily seems slightly alarmed now by what Toby has just snapped out at her. Toby shrugs his shoulders over at his girlfriend.
"Sorry Lily what I meant to say was why go alone when you could go with your very own Toby Danielson!" He questions her.
Lily smiles and nods her head in response to what her boyfriend has just questioned her about.
"Fetch your coat then babes," Lily tells Toby in response to what he has just questioned her about.
Toby nods his head in response to what Lily has just told him to do.
"Ok chick," he says to her in response to what she has just told him to do.
Toby then disappears out of the kitchen in the Robertson's family home. Lily turns back to face Ryan now.
"I wish to know who my real dad is!" She tells him unable to control herself from wishing to learn the truth any longer.
There's then an awkward moment of silence while Ryan considers telling Lily the truth about just who her parents were. Why shouldn't he tell her who her real mother was, after all she wasn't a mass murderer? And her father only killed people without fully realising that he was doing so. Not today he finally decides, because there's just too much going on in his own mind at the moment without him starting to reveal secrets to his dear loving little girl. Ryan smiles back at Lily his teenage girl.
"Why I'm your real dad off course!" He tells her firmly.
However he can see clearly that she doesn't believe what he has just told her. Lily really doesn't believe what the man who she calls her dad has just told her, but however she decides just to play along with his game.
"Yeah just testing you dad to see what you'd say if you were put on the spot like that, but really I am pleased that you are my dad!" Lily tells Ryan in response to what he himself has just told her.
Toby then returns to the kitchen in the Robertson's family home. He is all dressed to go out now with Lily. Lily smiles over at Toby.
"So off we go!" She says to him.
Off they went together out of the house after Ryan had instructed Lily to be back soon, and he had also instructed Toby to not let her out of his sight, and to watch over her like a guard dog protecting its bitch. However off course as you can quite imagine unless you're really stupid he didn't use the word bitch in his description.
Chapter 6
It was really rather cold and chilly outside, and not at all warm as both Toby Danielson and Lily Robertson made their way wandering away from Ryan Robertson's home together. They were walking side by side and also hand in hand. They were together just the way that they both wanted to be. Lily shakes her head over at Toby.
"Ryan's definitely not my dad, I just don't feel fully connected to him in the way that a daughter feels that she is connected to her father!" She explains to him as they head down the peaceful and quiet street together.
Toby really doesn't know what to say to Lily to make her feel any better. Suddenly they are sighted by them. Emily Rachels has successfully managed to lead her brand new friend who is Ryan's dad to Living village, and they have now sighted both Lily and Toby there together. Emily managed to recognise Lily as being Ryan's kid straight away, and now she is on to her like a hungry lioness circling in for its doomed prey. Toby catches a glimpse of both Emily and Vincent Charles Robertson making their way over to them together before Lily does. Toby knows straight away that these two people mean them harm. His eyes rest fixed upon them now as they hurry over to face both him and Lily. Toby quickly alerts Lily to their new acutances.
"Hey I don't think that those two mean well to us!" He quickly warns her within an urgent tone.
Lily then notices both Emily and Vincent Charles making their way towards them bristly. Lily stops and watches as they approach both her and Toby together.
"Hey are you two alright? Are you two lost at all? Can I help you on your way?" Lily calls over to both Emily and Vincent Charles.
She has no idea at all that they mean her harm, but thank goodness Toby is quite a good judge of character, and so he realises pretty much straight away that both these people mean both him and Lily harm. Toby grabs Lily both quickly and firmly by the hand.
"Get away from them now!" He warns her quickly.
Lily chooses to listen to what Toby is warning her about. Lily backs away from both Emily and Vincent Charles in fear of the two of them now. Toby knows that the lady must only be the lady who Ryan was warning him about. Toby knows that now is the time for him to protect his one true love who is Lily. He is ready to defend her. Toby rounds on both Emily and Vincent Charles.
"Hey who the hell are you and why are you intimidating me and my girlfriend like this?" He snaps out at them both trying to talk to them just so sharply that they both leave both him and Lily alone.
Emily smiles back at Toby coldly in response to what he has just snapped out at both her and Vincent Charles about. Emily rises up both of her hands to silence Toby from talking again.
"Shut up we're not wanting to either talk to you or to hurt you in any way shape or form!" Miss Rachels yells out confronting Mr Danielson.
Vincent Charles is rounding on Lily.
"Come with us!" He tells her sharply.
However she really doesn't wish to.
"Who is this man and why does he want to get his hands on me?" A little voice that is inside Lily's head is now questioning her.
Lily shakes her head back at Vincent Charles in response to what he has just told her about.
"No thanks I'm not going anywhere at all with a dirty scumbag such as yourself!" Lily tells Vincent Charles firmly in response to what he has just questioned her about.
He however doesn't believe that she has much choice at all but to come with him, because he could out strength her any day. Vincent Charles backs Lily hard against a garden wall now.
"Do you really not want to come with me? Oh that's a real shame! Isn't it! Since it very much looks like your coming with me whether you like it or not!" He explains to her in response to what she has just told him about.
Toby sneaks up behind Vincent Charles now, and he grabs him roughly from behind.
"Get off me silly little man!" Vincent Charles hisses aggressively out at Toby in order to scare him away from him.
Emily hurries up to Toby now, and she pushes him hard away from Vincent Charles. Emily punches Toby full on in the face, and she even manages to break his nose. Toby groans out in pain when Emily does this to him. Toby knows that he finally needs to break a habit of a life time and to hurt a girl. When she comes to confront him once again Toby grabs Emily firmly by the arm, and he twists her arm brutally behind her back in order to cause pain to a vileness lady such as herself. If Emily's going to be mean to Toby then he's going to be mean to her in return.
"Ryan Robertson warned me about you! He told me to protect his daughter from you, and that is just what I'm exactly going to do! Now if you don't mind I really would like it if you and your mate over there just bogged off away from both me and my friend!" Toby tells Emily sharply.
Miss Rachels actually finds it quite amusing what Mr Danielson has just told her about. Emily likes the thought now that Ryan sees her as a great big massive fret to both him and to his family. Emily enjoys the knowledge that Ryan is terrified that she is going to cause harm to his little girl Lily. Emily throws yet another punchfull on into Toby's face, and this time she actually knocks him flat out. You go Emily! They broke your heart though didn't they!
You as a reader may have a couple of different opinions flying around inside your head right now, because after all Emily did lose her mum, whether it was his fault or not, which it most certainly wasn't, some of you reader's may however disagree with me about this, but however she does blame Ryan. Now though it is wrong for Emily to want to cause some manner of harmful pain towards Lily, when she has nothing at all to do with what her so called dad did to Emily.
Lily Robertson takes a look down at her boyfriend's unconscious body with terror shown clearly in her two eyes. Lily is now standing alone while facing the two deadly people who mean harm to her. Vincent Charles shakes his head over at Lily.
"I am your Grandfather my child!" He explains to her.
Lily is left absolutely shocked by what this strange man has just explained to her about, and what he has just explained to her about suddenly makes Lily want to go with Vincent Charles in order to learn a lot more about her, but however off course Lily with her not being a silly little girl knows that both this man and this woman mean her harm, but however this man may be able to pass over the answers that she has been longing so sincerely for to learn just who her real parent's were. Toby unfortunately can no longer stop Lily from going with these people, because very sadly he had a defeat in his short little battle that he fought in against them both. Toby's down and now Lily's currently without him. Lily takes a look over at Vincent Charles with sharp suspicion shown clearly in her two eyes.
"If you're really my Grandfather then prove it and tell me something only my real Grandfather would know, is Ryan Robertson my real dad?" Miss Robertson questions Mr Robertson demanding him for an answer.
Whatever he is about to say even if he is actually family or not is Lily right to trust the word of a stranger to her? There's a long lasting moment of silence while Emily restrains Lily from behind, holding her arms tightly behind her back.
"No I can't answer that I'm sorry to say for I don't even know the answer to that question myself my girl!" Vincent Charles explains himself to Lily.
They then take to kidnapping her together; both Vincent Charles and Emily then take to kidnapping poor unfortunate Lily. They have her held tightly within their tight clutches now. She is unfortunately their prisoner now.
Chapter 7
Ryan Robertson is now completely outraged with Toby Danielson, when he finds him laying down unconscious on one of the village streets. Ryan roughly starts to shake Toby with his two hands in order to wake him up.
"Wake up! Hey Toby wake up right now and tell me just where on earth my little girl is!" He shouts out at him.
Toby struggles to open up his two eyes in response to what Ryan has just shouted out at him about. Toby's appearing to be really rather confused right now, and he is failing to make sense of his surroundings. A stranger seems to be facing him who Toby personally doesn't recall ever meeting before. Toby pulls a face of confusion over at Ryan.
"Who are you sir? Who am I sir, and just where in the land of flobby watch am I sir?" He questions him.
Ryan starts to lash out and hit Toby quickly in the face a number of different times, and this is in the hope that Ryan will just be able to get Toby's senses back to him. Ryan directly turns to face Toby now.
"You sir are Master Toby Danielson, and you have just lost me my daughter! The daughter if you recall I instructed you to look after!" He snaps sharply out at him trying to remind him within a tone of sharp strong anger.
Ryan is completely outraged with Toby for failing in his task that he set out for him to undertake. However Toby isn't making sense of anything at all that Ryan is trying to tell him about. Ryan is left off course frustrated with his failing efforts of trying to get Toby to concentrate on what has just happened to his little girl. Ryan pushes the confused Toby roughly away from him in disgust. Ryan struggles up onto his feet from his knees. He had been down bending upon his knees while he faced Toby, but now however Ryan truly knows that it's just no use at all trying to get Toby to remember just what happened to Lily, but however Ryan himself can quite imagine what happened to his little girl.
Ryan Robertson just really needs to find his daughter Lily right now. Ryan returns straight to his own home in Living village, and there he finds his wife Mackenzie talking with her friend Kim in the kitchen in their home. Ryan comes bursting straight through the kitchen door, and he faces both of the two ladies there. Ryan shakes his head desperately over at his wife Mackenzie. He can however see that she is in deep conversation with her friend Kimberley, but he is just ready to interrupt their conversation that they are sharing out together with some more pressing issues of his own.
"Lily's been kidnapped by an old friend of mine called Emily! Emily took Lily from me, because she was just really ever so broken heart when she witnessed me choosing to fall in love with you instead of loving her! Emily blames me for the life of living out on the dirty rotten trampy streets of Liverpool city that she now has, and she also blames me for her mother dying as a result of suffering from having a stroke! I just can't believe that Emily would take Lily from me like this, and I just honestly dread to possibly imagine what she has planned to do to her now that she has her in her strong hold!" Ryan blurts out to Mackenzie so fast that she struggles to take in everything that he has just told her, but however the most important thing is that Mackenzie gathers from what Ryan has just burst out to her about that their child Lily is really in some kind of both dreadful and dangerous trouble.
Kim takes a look from Ryan who she has both been looking at and listening to with great sincere interest to her best mate Mack, who right now seems to be completely lost for words to what to say in this very serious matter that is now at hand with their daughter being abducted from them like this. Kim knows that if Mackenzie is unable to think up a plan about to help Ryan then it's up to her herself to think of one. Kim turns abruptly to face Ryan.
"Give me this Emily's surname and I'll go and call the police on her!" She explains to him pushing herself forward to offer her help out to both him and Mackenzie in their little girl's time of need.
Ryan tries to manage a smile now, because he knows that he really should be quite happy that Kim is offering to get help for him, but however he knows that even if they do help him the police force may not be able to track down his daughter Lily and her kidnapper's. Ryan has fixed his attention now onto Kim.
"Yes very good thank you!" He snaps out at her not really trying to talk to her within a tone of anger, but however anger and worry is all that he's feeling right now.
Kim then disappears out of the room in order for her to go and fetch the house phone, that is rested upon the table in the hallway along with all both Ryan and Mackenzie's junky bills that they need to pay.
Chapter 8
Jess is the next person to find Toby in Living village after Ryan has made his way away from him there. Jess spots her best mate's boyfriend walking aimlessly down the street. In her own opinion when she sees him he seems to be lost in the land of dolly day dream. Jess knows at once that something can only be wrong with him, because he's quite often very much on the ball. Jess comes hurrying up to him across the peaceful and quiet street to see him. Jess stops directly before Toby, and he surprisingly comes walking straight into her, but however Jess catches Toby in her arms when he wanders straight into her as if she were a simple tree standing stood still there directly before him. Jess pats Toby gently on his back.
"Well aren't you quite lucky that I wasn't a tree my friend!" Jess giggles out at Toby, for she finds even the oddest of times the funniest thing in life.
However Jess' humour soon turns to serious when she takes a look directly at Toby, with concern shown clearly towards him in her two eyes.
"Is everything alright with you Toby mate you seem to be really rather distant at this precise moment in time? Is Lily not with you! Where is she, and would you like me to call her for you?" Jess questions Toby sounding really concerned about him.
Master Danielson then makes his way forward walking past his girlfriend's best mate in response to what she has just questioned him about. He appears not to have heard what she has just questioned him about. However Jess then takes to following Toby in his path down the street. Jess makes a grab for Toby firmly by the arm, and then he takes a look back at her.
"Hello, who are you?" Toby asks Jess as if he has only just noticed that she is in his company.
Jess shakes her head back at Toby in wonder.
"Are you drunk or something?" She snaps out at him sounding really rather annoyed with him right now.
Toby then pushes past Jess. She then chooses just simply to let him wander off on his own without her accompanying him. Jess has faith that soon Toby will come across someone who will be able to help him, with the condition that he's clearly suffering as a result from.
Chapter 9
Lily Robertson struggles to open up her two eyes. After a couple of moments she realises that both that strange man and that rather strange lady could only have knocked her own. Lily is shocked when she realises that she has been roughly tied to a wooden chair, in what appears to be a smelly underground tunnel. She then sees them. The two of them are just standing directly facing her. Emily Rachels is directly facing Lily with Vincent Charles Robertson stood right by her side. Lily shakes her head in absolute great disgust over at Vincent Charles.
"BEST BLOODY GRANDDAD IN THE WORLD AREN'T YOU?" She screams out at her allowing her anger to release itself out.
Great big thick rope is tied firmly around her connecting her to the chair that she is sitting down on. Vincent Charles shrugs his shoulders back at his Granddaughter in response to what she has just screamed out at him about.
"Well my dear little Lily I sincerely hope so, but however I hopefully shall not be keeping you for very long, because once my lousy excuse for a son shows himself up then I'll let you be on your way, but until Ryan the hero comes bravely into my hideout to rescue his poor defenceless child then you've got no chance of escape from me, and so how about we pass the time with me revealing the truth to you my girl, and the truth is that I really am not your Granddad!" Vincent Charles explains himself to Lily.
So what does this mean then? Can it just mean that Vincent Charles is no relation to Lily, or can it actually mean that Ryan her so called dad is no relation to her? Lily tries to puzzle what this can mean to her out. All what she knows now is that Vincent Charles lied to her before, and that he has just admitted to her that he's been lying to her now. Lily tries to struggle her way away from the chair in order to confront Vincent Charles, but the rope that is bounded firmly around her is just way too tight in order for her to do so. Lily shakes her head up in great anger at Vincent Charles.
"What kind of a man lies about being someone else's Granddad? Actually I just knew that the two of us were way too different from one another to possibly be related, and I can tell you this quite frantically that I'm really pleased not to be your Granddaughter, but however now I'm puzzled to know whether it's just you who isn't a real relation to me!" Lily tells Vincent Charles.
Just then Ryan Robertson makes his way bursting into the tunnel. He's alone, and he's found his girl. Ryan takes a look directly over at Lily.
"I'm really sorry I should have told you before I'm not your dad! I have never ever been your dad, but trust me before he died you really wouldn't have wanted to know who your real dad was, because he would have been a great big danger to you if he was still alive today! Your mum on the other hand was the bravest person who I have ever met in all of my life so far, and you would have loved her very much! Your mum's name was Lily too, and she just like you was a true bringer of both joy and happiness!" He explains to her.
Kim had managed to get in touch with the police for her friend Ryan, and now because she had done so the police managed to track down the single on Lily's mobile phone for Ryan, and the single brought him straight here to this tunnel, but however Ryan decided to come alone to the tunnel, because he just wanted to confront his daemons who took his little darling girl from him all alone. Lily seems to be completely lost for words right now. She seems to be coming to terms with the knowledge that what she thought was true has just turned out to be completely true. Ryan rounds on both Vincent Charles and Emily, and he snaps his fingers pointing towards the direction that Lily is sitting in.
"Let her go! You want me don't you? So now take me alive here and now where I stand and leave her be!" Mr Robertson commands both of his two enemies.
Luckily they then take to listening to him, and Emily gets down to work immediately on untying the currently tied up Lily from where she is sat down in her chair. Both Ryan and Lily stand there for a couple of moments facing one another. He smiles at her but however she doesn't smile at him in return.
"Toby's lost his memory of his true self and so look after him my girl, and believe me when I tell you I really didn't mean for you to learn the truth in this way. Really I meant for you to learn the truth when you were eighteen years old, and I wanted you to know the truth from me at our home in Elmtree lane. I had this great big speech planned out about what I really was going to tell you about your mother. I was going to tell you that all that you really needed to know was that your mother, was without any doubt in what I say the bravest person that I have ever met in my life so far, and that she truly was like a great gift from God, and she really did take to changing my life round for the absolute better. Lily my little girl I miss your mother more and more as each day passes by, but however I very much like to remember her and to respect her by raising you up as my own daughter!" Ryan explains to his little girl as he tries to pull her into a loving little hug, but however in response to this she simply just struggles away from him.
Lily shakes her head over in anger at Ryan.
"So you lied to me basically, and Mackenzie did, both of you did! Both of you successfully managed to break my heart with the truth about my life that you have just revealed to me here and now! I just don't know how I'll ever be able to trust you again Ryan, and the reason to why I call you that is because that is your real title to me now, because you are after all not my dad!" She snaps out sharply at him feeling really rather annoyed right now.
Ryan has the ability to pick up on now and to recognise right now the pain that he has just caused to his little girl, who he loves very much like his own daughter. Vincent Charles has now taken to roughly restrain Ryan. Lily then took to running. She ran right out of the tunnel, and far away from it deep into the dark cold bleak wintered woods that lay just beyond it.
Chapter 10
A mixture of emotions were now buzzing throughout Lily Robertson's heart. She was off course feeling just so incredibly angry as she raced on into the dark misty frosty woods, but however the anger that she was now experiencing wasn't just directed at both Ryan and Mackenzie anymore. No she was now feeling quite annoyed with herself, and that was with coming to terms with the fact that she had just abandoned her friend Ryan in grave danger, that he'll now be encountering. It was just within the very heat of the moment with Lily saying what she has only just said to Ryan, by telling him off and also by shouting her head off at him, because after all Lily really knows that Ryan has been much more than a dad to her.
"STUPID ME! STUPID LILY!" She is thundering out at herself now.
Tone of anger is in her voice now, and it surrounds the peaceful and quiet wood that surrounds her. Lily collapses falling down from where she was standing on her feet down onto the hard ground cold sleet of snow of the wood. Suddenly a group of children coming passing by along with a man who could only have been their guide, and luckily they spot Lily laying down on the ground of the forest.
"MR POPPY THERE'S A GIRL OVER THERE WHO APPEARS TO BE QUITE ILL!" A girl calls out to her teacher making him be aware of Lily's presence.
The teacher who is called Mr Desmond Poppy then takes to noticing Lily laying down before him on the frosty ground of the wood. The children in his class then also take to noticing her presence before them in the thick deep snow.
"Hey are you ok over there?" Desmond cries out to the teenage girl.
However Mr Poppy and the children in his class can clearly see that this girl who is laying down before them all in the snow is really not alright. Mr Poppy then turns to face the girl who pointed Lily out to him just before.
"Cleo go and see if she's alright!" He instructs her.
Cleo however pulls a face back at her teacher in response to what he has just instructed her to do.
"But Mr Poppy please we really need to get to the Christmas choir competition!" She reminds him within a moaning tone.
The competition however isn't taking place until tomorrow morning, but they do after all still have quite a way to travel to it. Mr Poppy nods his head in response to what Cleo has just reminded him about.
"Yeah actually fair point we do, but however we can't just leave an innocent person laying out here in the cold, and anyway besides if we help her then maybe she'll then decide to travel to London with us and sing yes we can with us! Cleo we can help this girl if we all work together, and so you must work with me, so therefore you must listen to me and go over there and see if that girl is alright!" Desmond explains to the little girl in his class.
Cleo then understands what her teaching assistant has just explained to her about. Don't get her wrong Cleo would put absolutely anyone normally before herself, but right now however she is just so excited to go to attend the Christmas choir competition along with her school that she is a part of Saint Bernadette's. Cleo rushes over making her way across the snow to where Lily is laying down deep in it. Cleo bends down just beside where Lily is laying down, and she gently reaches out and touches her.
"Are you alright?" Cleo whispers out within a gentle tone to Lily who has now fallen asleep.
Cleo then realises that Lily has fallen asleep, and so she turns back to face her teaching assistant.
"She's fallen asleep Mr Poppy!" She explains to him.
Mr Poppy then performs a hand gesture that looks a lot like he is shaking something.
"Well then give her a little shake to wake her up!" Mr Poppy commands Cleo.
She then takes to doing what he has just told her to do. Cleo starts to use her two hands to shake Lily in order to wake her up. Lily struggles to open up her two eyes. She is appearing to be really rather confused right now. Lily takes a look up at Cleo with confusion shown clearly by the facial expression that she has on her face right now.
"Who are you?" Lily questions Cleo sounding really confused as she faces her in the snow.
Desmond then takes to clapping his two hands excitedly together.
"Oh well-done Cleo! You did it! You woke her up!" He cries out excitedly.
Cleo smiles from Mr Poppy who she has looked up to see when he cried out at her to Lily, who is the stranger who she is currently facing in the snow. Cleo grins when Mr Poppy cries this out to her, because she does know after all that it isn't rocket science by waking someone up.
"I'm Cleo! Pleasure to meet you now up, come on, get up onto your feet, because we really need you!" Cleo explains to Lily.
She then takes to helping her up onto her feet from the ground. Everyone now rushes over to see Cleo, and they all congratulate her for successfully managing to wake this strange girl up from her sleep. Lily is looking really rather confused right now.
"Who are you all?" She asks both Mr Poppy and the children who he has been escorting through this chilly wood that they are all in.
All the children from Saint Bernadette's now step to one side of this clearing in the wood, and this is for them to allow their teaching assistant to be directly face to face with this strange girl. Desmond smiles over at Lily delightfully.
"Desmond is my name but you can just call me Mr Poppy like all the rest of them little Miss teenage lost girl! These children who I'm with are my children, and we're all travellers from Saint Bernadette's primary school! We're all on our way up to attend a Christmas choir competition, that is being held in the very heart of London, and I'm currently wondering whether you little Miss teenage lost girl would like to join us all on our adventurous journey?" He takes to questioning her.
Cleo and the other members of the class that she's in who are her friend's Bob, Oli, Beth, Madeline, Carol and Daisy al take to listening interestingly to every single word that Mr Poppy tells this strange girl about. They are not really very sure whether they want this girl joining them in their journey to London or not. Lily after a few moments takes to laughing her head off in response to what Desmond has just questioned her about.
"Oh great! Really this is just what I need right now a bunch of idiot freaks asking me to join them in their adventure to go off and do something so completely stupid!" Lily grits her teeth out in frustration at Mr Poppy.
Desmond shrugs his shoulders, and he grins in response to what Lily has just told him in response to what he himself has just questioned her about.
"Well really I did expect you to say something among those lines that you have just said to me, and so I thought that maybe the boys and girls could show you some of their fantastic singing voices! Pupils from class eight at Saint Bernadette's on the count of four! ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!" Mr Poppy calls out at his children.
Cleo and the others then take to dancing before Lily in the snowy wood.
Christmas tinsel and jingle bells!
Presents beneath the tree!
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Father Christmas and his little elves making stuff for you and stuff for me!
Christmas magic it wouldn't exist! No reindeer in the snow!
No! No! No!
If Angel Gabriel hadn't tried to insist, on something only he could know!
You want your big Christmas day! You want your Santa and sleigh! Well don't forget about the baby, who was born in the hay! He was born in the hay!
Danger! Danger in the manger!
Don't give baby to a stranger! Nasty Herod on his way! Hide the baby in the hay! Don't be a sheep just be a King!
You want your big Christmas day! You want your Santa and sleigh!
Well don't forget about the baby who was born in the hay! Who was born in the hay! He was born in the hay!
He was born in the... He was born in the hay!
Lily did actually find the song that the children from Saint Bernadette's school sang to her rather interesting, and she was clapping along while they were busy singing and dancing to her, but however Lily knew that as much as she wanted to unfortunately she just couldn't go to London with them, and that was because after all she felt that her place was here along with Ryan, who she knew greatly needed her, and also Toby who she knew that without her he would be far worse than alright.
"Lily they'll all be through to the next round that will be held at the Christmas choir competition down in London if you'll join them! You see Lily we need a total of nine people to be in our party if we are going to participate in the competition, and right now however we only have eight people, and so please will you accompany us?" Mr Poppy questions Lily begging her through words to join their little group.
Lily knows that a breakaway down to London may just be the very best thing for her at the moment, and this thought off course makes its way into her head as a second thought. Lily has faith that she'll be able to journey back from London down here to Living village. Lily smiles at Mr Poppy through happiness, and she nods her head over at him in a manner of great excitement.
"Off to the Christmas choir at London we go!" Lily sings out with a burst of joy in her heart.
Mr Poppy then throws his hands up into the air with excitement.
Chapter 11
They shot forward like a jolt of severe wind together out of the wood with Mr Poppy at the front. He is leading the crowd of children, because he is after all their leader. Lily is walking side by side with Cleo. Cleo is the oldest in the class, and she's eleven years of age. So that means that Cleo is only a total of five years younger than what Lily herself is.
"CHILDREN FROM CLASS EIGHT AND LILY CAN WE POSSIBLY HAVE A ROUND OF, YES WE CAN CLIMB MOUNTAIN IF WE ALL SHARE THE LOAD!" Desmond calls out as he takes a skip in his step down the road that is leading away from the frosty snowy wood.
Lily herself however doesn't have a single clue in the world to what this insane village idiot of a teaching assistant is referring to.
"Used to be afraid of my own shadow!" Desmond himself sings out introducing the song.
Daisy then takes to joining in on the song that is being sung.
"Used to think I'd never make the grade!" She cries out being the very first to join Mr Poppy in singing the song.
Cleo then takes to singing her own verse of the Christmas song, and it is the exact same verse of the song that she sang while being with the school, Saint B's, at the song for Christmas event last year.
"Too scared to even dream the dream!"
Carol then follows on from Lily in singing the song.
"Unsure of everything it means!"
It's Bob's turn to sing the song now.
"But now my hopes are high my life has changed!"
Everyone then starts to sing out together as one.
"So bring on all your distant horizons! Make your climb just as steep as the skies! Yes we can climb the mountain! If we all share the load! Yes we can reach the summit, at the end of the road!"
They actually had reached the end of the road now. The choir competition takes place tomorrow, and so that means that they all need to find a way of getting from Liverpool city to London by tomorrow. Yes they can do it though if they were to all work together as one group of loved ones.
"Right children and Lily to the bus stop in this loony village!" Mr Poppy cries out.
He for one is really determined to reach the city of London by at very least tomorrow morning. There they went skipping off along down the path with Mr Poppy at the helm. However unfortunately they found when they arrived at the bus stop that they had missed the bus, and that was the last bus that was coming for the day, but things were dull and gloomy for very long luckily, because soon a minivan pulled up on the road that they were all gathered on directly before them. Both Mr Poppy and the children from Saint Bernadette's were really very surprised to find just who the driver of the van was. It was there former primary school teacher Mr Peterson. Mr Peterson departed from the van directly before Mr Poppy, and he stood facing him there. Donald Peterson smiled over at Desmond Poppy.
"Finally! Finally I have managed to track you and the kids down! I returned to Saint Bernadette's, and I asked Miss Bevan there if I could possibly have my old job back, and she agreed on the condition that I found you all and brought you right back to school, because apparently you've all entered yourselves into yet another competition that you're not supposed to attend, because the headmistress has said N O NO DESMOND!" He shouts out at him telling him off in a tone of sharp anger.
The children have already started to make their way excitedly onto the van led by Cleo. Mr Poppy pulls Mr Peterson into a happy hug.
"Oh Mr Peterson you have rescued us all once again so it would seem! Right in the nick of time you have decided to return to us my old friend! Right Mr Peterson we have no time at all to waste we've got to get down to London before tomorrow morning!" He cries out at him.
Donald rounds angrily on Desmond.
"No Mr Poppy we are all going right back to school together! Now get into the bus, and I'll drive us all right back to school! You're in great big trouble with your Aunty Pat when we get back to school!" He snaps out at him.
Desmond then takes a stern look at Donald.
"Can you not remember last time you refused to come with us to the competition Mr Peterson? Can you not remember that I got all the children onto you making you have no choice but to come with us to Whales for the song for Christmas? While I'm talking about the song for Christmas last year, can I now take this opportunity to remind you Mr Peterson that you actually fully enjoyed the event!" He tells him.
Mr Peterson snaps his fingers angrily at the bus.
"Yes I did enjoy that competition Desmond, but I hated looking back over it when I remembered that it was the reason why I lost my job because of it, and that I've been unemployed for months since leaving the school, and that I've had to struggle to look after a newly born baby without having a paid job!" He angrily shouts out at Mr Poppy.
Mr Poppy shrugs his shoulders over at Mr Peterson.
"Well Mr Peterson I'm afraid to say that you've given me no choice but to do this!" He tells him.
Mr Poppy takes a look up at a window in the bus, and he finds Bob holding a bucket full of cold water out of the window. Mr Poppy smiles up at Bob.
"Do it now!" He instructs him.
Bob then tucks the bucket of freezing ice cold water out of the window in the bus, and directly onto Mr Peterson's head. Donald off course receives a great massive shock when the sharp cold water splashes out at him, and it makes him really quite annoyed. Donald then goes storming angrily up and onto the bus, and he faces all of the children in anger while standing before them on the bus.
"Right who on earth threw that? I'm not pleased to say that whoever threw that is now in great big trouble! Now would the troublemaker be as kind as to show either his or her face to me?" Mr Peterson yells out in anger at his former pupils.
It is clear that Mr Peterson has no idea at all that it was Bob who threw the bucket of water out at him. Mr Poppy now takes to appearing before them all on the bus.
"Restrain him kids!" Desmond commands the children.
What Mr Poppy has just commanded the children about has just reminded Lily about Ryan being as Vincent Charles' prisoner at the moment. Lily is sat down beside Cleo on the van at the moment. The children from Saint B's now take to rounding on Mr Peterson, and they all take to restraining him together. Mr Poppy now jumps into the driver's seat in the van, and off the van goes down to busy London.
Chapter 12
Mr Donald Peterson was really not happy at all that he was now heading down to attend the competition in London. He had simply failed in trying to put a stop to Mr Desmond Poppy's ridiculous plans as per usual. Donald was now tied up to yet another chair onboard this van. He had been tied to a chair more or less this time the previous year when the school had attended the song for Christmas competition, and again that was Mr Poppy's idea to attend the competition.
Mr Poppy was driving the van really rather rapidly down the motorway, and this was really rather frustrating Mr Peterson quite a lot.
"MR POPPY REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN WITH US ABOARD THIS VECHILE! NOW SLOW DOWN RIGHT NOW!" Donald rages out in anger at Desmond making the bus go quiet from all the children from talking to one another.
He is driving extremely dangerously, but the children are however just finding this even more enjoyable to witness. The children and Mr Poppy were all singing Christmas songs together.
"Jingle bells! Jingle bells! Jingle all the way!" Oli sings out.
Lily is sitting near to the back of the van along with her friend Cleo. Cleo has been explaining to Lily about all the adventures that she's had while being at Saint Bernadette's primary school. Cleo has already told Lily that Hollywood came to attend their Christmas nativity play a couple of years ago, because their class teacher at the time who was Mr Maddens had a girlfriend in America. Cleo then explained to Lily all about their adventure going both to and from the song for Christmas competition last year. Lily also shared out her own life story with Cleo while she sat beside her chatting to her on the van. Lily told Cleo that the man who she has called dad all of her life so far has just turned out not to be her dad.
"Oh Lily that's absolutely terrible news for you to learn about, I'm so sorry that you've been lied to by that awful man of yours all of your life!" Cleo says to Lily.
Miss Robertson however knows that the man who has raised her up has raised her up as his very own little girl. Ryan loves Lily very much, she does really know that, but however she also knows that the news that he has only just revealed to her has come of a massive great big shock to her, and Lily is just so looking forward to confronting Mackenzie about the dreadful news that she has learned. Lily knows that she's got to try and ring Mackenzie, and tell her all about how Ryan has been taken prisoner by both Vincent Charles and his quite annoying side kick Emily.
Chapter 13
Finally at long last they arrive in London, and they pull up on a road outside a B and B there, and they all take to departing from the minivan together. Before departing his way off the couch Mr Poppy takes to untying Mr Peterson from his chair. Desmond smiles over happily at Donald.
"You certainly won't regret finally coming with us Mr Peterson because just wait and see it'll be just like old times for us both!" He explains to him.
Donald nods his head in agreement in response to what Desmond has just told him about.
"Yeah your absolutely right Mr Poppy it is just going to be like old times when I suddenly find that I still don't have a job tomorrow, because of the village idiot of a man who made me lose my job that I had last year!" Mr Peterson snaps out angrily at the man who he once admitted had for one day been like a brother to him.
Mr Peterson then makes his way storming off in anger off the couch. Mr Poppy rushes to catch up with him. Desmond walks side by side with Donald into the bed and breakfast, and this is very much to Mr Peterson's disgust.
"It'll be alright Mr Peterson trust me when I tell you that, because I'll talk to Aunty Pat for you and make sure that you still have a job to go to tomorrow morning!" Mr Poppy explains to Mr Peterson sounding quite promising, but however Donald knows that Desmond will probably most likely mess up on talking to his Aunty for him.
Both Mr Poppy and Mr Peterson find both Lily and all the children from Saint B's gathered in the reception area inside the B and B together. Donald knows that they're all here now, and so they're just going to have to spend the night here, because after all it is quite a late hour of the night now. Mr Peterson knows that it's just going to have to be up to him to book them all into the B and B, because he knows that Mr Poppy being Mr Poppy wouldn't have thought it through about how they're going to pay to spend the night here. The receptionist smiles from both Mr Poppy to Mr Peterson.
"I'm really very sorry guys but unfortunately for a party of ten there are not enough rooms for you all here!" She informs them both sounding disappointed that because she just doesn't have enough rooms she won't be able to get good business.
Mr Peterson shrugs his shoulders at the children who are stood before him, and he uses a gesture with his head to make them all go disappearing out of the door of the B and B. They get turned away that night from every single hotel that they come into, and also every single premier inn that they visit, because every where's just so busy this time of year with people either going to see family relatives or going here to London on holiday for the Christmas period, and so in the end they end up settling down for the night in a rusty old barn in the middle of London. Mr Poppy lashes out his guitar in the barn, and the children in his class settle down together falling asleep while laying on top of a heap load of hay. Mr Poppy takes a seat down beside Mr Peterson in the barn.
"I'm sorry I keep doing stupid things like bringing us all here for example, and you must think I'm awful and the worst excuse for a teaching assistant in the world! I just honestly thought we'd all arrive here in London, and be able to find somewhere rather quickly to spend the night in!" He tells him.
Mr Peterson shakes his head in anger over at Mr Poppy.
"Do you know what your problem is Desmond? It is that you refuse to listen to what other people tell you take Miss Bevan for example you need to start listening to her, and you also as much as you won't like it start listening to me! Stop listening to what your own head tells you and start listening to what other people tell you to do!" He lectures him.
Donald suddenly realises that Desmond has drifted off to sleep on the hay.
Chapter 14
The next morning the children, Lily and Mr Peterson all awaken to find Mr Poppy playing his guitar merrily while standing before them all in the barn.
"This is the day! Hey! This is the day! HEY! THIS IS DAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE CHRISTMAS CHOIR COMPETITION! COME ON RISE AND SHINE CHILDREN OF SAINT BERNADETTE'S! COME ON UP ONTO YOUR FEET! WE NEED TO BE IN THE CITY HALL BY NINE OF CLOCK THIS MORNING!" Desmond explains to all the others.
Cleo and the other children from Saint B's then all cheer out in great excitement in response to what Mr Poppy has just explained to them all about. Lily is also feeling really rather excited right now, because she knows that this is exactly what she needs right now to take her mind off things. Mr Poppy then turns to face Bob.
"Lead the way Bob out of the barn!" He tells him.
Bob nods his head in response to what Mr Poppy has just told him to do. Bob then makes his way out of the barn, and all of his fellow class mates take to following him out of the rusty old barn. A owl is hooting somewhere in the barn as they all make their way away from it together.
"I didn't realise that Christmas was fast approaching!" Lily explains to her new friend Cleo as she makes her way away from the barn with her.
Lily has no idea in the world that Mackenzie will be going out of her head with worry about both she herself and Ryan right now. Lily knows however that just as far as Mackenzie knows she'll still be with both Vincent Charles and Emily, suffering at their cruel hands.
"It does seem to come round much quicker every single year!" Cleo says in response to what Lily has just explained to her about.
It is really winter weather as they make their way throughout the streets of London together. It is snowing heavily around them and there is Gail force winds bellowing all around them. They themselves take to hurrying like the wind to where they parked the minivan last night near to the barn. The children all climb aboard the minivan. Mr Peterson smiles over at Mr Poppy before he makes his way onto the van.
"Fear not Desmond for you shall be receiving no trouble at all from me!" He explains to him in a promise.
Mr Poppy shakes his head back at Mr Peterson in response to what he has just explained to him about.
"I'm sorry but I'm still not letting you drive the van!" Desmond tells Donald firmly in response to what he has just explained to him about.
Mr Peterson however has just accepted that it might just be worth them going to the competition after all, because they are all here now aren't they, and the van that he has hired has cost him quite a lot of money to get down here for petrol, and Donald just doesn't wish to see that presses load of money of his go to waste in anyway. Mr Peterson just can't really be bothered to challenge Mr Poppy, and to assure him that even if he did take to driving the van they most certainly would be able to get to that presses competition of his. Mr Poppy is the driver of the van once again on this finale trip to the city hall in London, and Mr Peterson takes a seat down beside him in the front passengers seat in the bus.
Chapter 15
It really doesn't help the situation that Mr Desmond Poppy gets lost on his way driving the minivan to the city hall, and this is because he stupidly being him takes the wrong turn. As you can imagine this takes to driving Mr Donald Peterson completely crazy.
"FOR GOD'S SHAKE MR POPPY! SHOULD I TAKE OVER DRIVING THE VAN FROM YOU AFTER ALL IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GET US ALL LOST IN OUR TRAVELS?" Donald bellows angrily out at Desmond.
Mr Poppy smiles beside him while driving the van over at Mr Peterson just for a moment.
"Just chill out Donald I may have gotten slightly lost in my way for a couple of seconds, but however I'm focussed now, and once your lovely little Mr Poppy gets focussed on doing something he really gets it done to a great standard!" He explains to him promising him that everything's going to be alright.
Mr Poppy then takes them to the city hall. From the outside the city hall looks really wonderful. The grounds of the hall stretches on for quite some distance leading up to the actual hall itself. There are many different types of Christmas trees lined up in the grounds of this hall. Some are big in their size and others are small in their size. All the wonderful looking Christmas trees have lots and lots of bright shiny coloured bulbils on them, and they all have bright shiny flashing sparkly fairy lights on them.
"Wow!" Both Lily and all the children from Saint Bernadette's cry out excitedly together as Mr Poppy pulls his minivan into the grounds of the hall.
There are people escorting the cars into a car park, and so with a little help from a man wearing a Santa costume Mr Poppy's minivan is guided into the city hall's car park, and Desmond quickly finds a good little spot to park his van there. Mr Peterson is the first to depart from the van. He actually seems to be rather more settled with the company that he has today. Lily makes her way off the van. Mr Peterson turns to face her.
"I'm sorry I don't think that we've been introduced yet I'm Mr Peterson who will hopefully soon once again be these children's teacher, and who are you may I ask?" Donald questions Lily.
Miss Robertson then takes to explaining her own name to Mr Peterson. Donald nods his head happily over at Lily in response to how she has just given him her name.
"Pleasure to meet you so how did you fall into the ramble then?" Donald asks Lily.
Miss Robertson then takes to telling Mr Peterson her tale about how she met both Mr Poppy and the children from Saint Bernadette's.
"So he abducted you basically! For goodness sake that Mr Poppy is quite ridiculous!" Donald snaps out sharply in a tone of anger realising that this Lily girl may have a family that is really rather concerned about where on earth she is right now.
Mr Poppy and the children from Saint B's both Mr Peterson and Lily notice now have already made their way past them, and they are now near to the front entrance of the hall now. Mr Peterson smiles back at Lily.
"Come on now we better go after them, because we really can't let them get separated from us, that's the last thing I need letting Mr Poppy disappear out of my sight along with all the children!" He tells her.
Lily nods her head in agreement to what Mr Peterson has just told her about. Lily can identify that Mr Poppy does appear to be really rather ill minded, and not at all focussed on the simple things in life like his own behaviour for example, and the fact that he's got to set a good appropriate example to the children. Lily takes to hurrying into the hall along with Mr Peterson.
"Please don't be too upset with Mr Poppy, because he did ask me if I wanted to go with him, and I did say yes, because I thought that it would be a good idea at the time when he asked, and it really was Mr Peterson, because after all I am having a really great time!" She explains to him.
Mr Peterson and his new friend Lily find Mr Poppy and all the girls and boys stood by the reception area inside the city hall together. They seem to be checking in. Mr Poppy smiles at the receptionist.
"Hello there the name's Desmond Poppy I phoned you up yesterday asking whether it would be possible for Saint Bernadette's primary school to attend the Christmas choir competition, and you said yes that it would be!" He reminds him.
The receptionist nods his head in remembrance to what Mr Poppy has just reminded him about.
"Oh yes welcome! You are quite welcome here to attend the Christmas choir competition!" He tells him in response to what he has just reminded him about.
The receptionist then takes to handing both a piece of paper that appears to have a little list of names on it, and a pen over to Mr Poppy.
"I just need you to tick the box next to your school and to jot down your signature onto this piece of paper!" The receptionist that Mr Poppy learns is called Tony from reading his name badge informs him.
Desmond does what Tony has just told him to do before turning to face Donald.
"I'll take the children into the hall now!" He explains to him.
Tony shakes his head from Mr Poppy to Mr Peterson.
"No gentlemen I'm afraid I can't let you enter into the hall not until the children who you are with get changed into their school uniforms!" He tells them both.
Oh dear none of the children have brought their school uniforms here with them today, and so unfortunately none of them are going to be able to wear their blue coloured school jumpers.
Chapter 16
Mr Peterson drags Mr Poppy firmly by the arm into a quiet corner in order to talk to him inside the city hall, that is really quite big in its indoor size as well as it being quite large in its outdoor area. Donald shakes his head in disbelief over at Desmond.
"You take the children on a road trip to attend a Christmas choir competition, and never once did you realise that they would have to wear their school uniforms since they are representing the school! I just don't believe you! Oh great this trip's all been for nothing!" He complains to him.
Mr Poppy seems to be lost for words about what to say right now. He just doesn't know what to do right now. Suddenly the teaching assistant and the teacher who he works with can hear the sound of giggling coming from a short way away from them.
"I don't believe it! I just don't believe it Mr Peterson Mr Poppy how lovely it is to see the two of you fine fellows again me men!" The voice of Gordon Shakespeare rings out coming from a short way down the corridor.
Mr Poppy is feeling quite annoyed right now.
"Oh great it's you! Do you really have to attend every single bobbling competition that we attend?" He complains to Mr Shakespeare.
Gordon comes to stand by Donald's side facing Desmond now. Mr Shakespeare shrugs his shoulders in the direction of Mr Poppy.
"Well let's just face it that anything that Saint Bernadette's can do Oakmore can do ten times better! Every single idea that Saint Bernadette's believes that they have just come up with Oakmore has already thought of it a million times already before they have!" He tells him expressing what he believes to be right.
Mr Peterson rounds on Mr Shakespeare.
"This is not a competition because the children from both schools in my own personal opinion have the exact same qualities as one another!" He snaps sharply out at him.
Gordon pulls a look of disgust over at Donald.
"And what opinion do you have Mr P, because the last time I checked you didn't work at Saint B's anymore?" He reminds him.
Mr Poppy rounds on Mr Shakespeare.
"He has as much right as I do to express his opinion about the school that I personally believe is well better than yours!" He tells him.
Gordon smiles from Donald to Desmond.
"Well I suppose that I should really thank the two of you, because after all the last time that we met you won the song for Christmas competition for Oakmore, and that was because you got up in our place!" He explains to them both.
Mr Poppy then makes ready to hit Mr Shakespeare.
"Just to be clear Saint Bernadette's never intended to win anything at all for Oakmore, because we personally believe that silver trophy that you received in our place last year deserves to be placed along with all the other trophy's that we have rightfully received in our trophy cabinet at Saint Bernadette's." He tells him.
Donald pulls Desmond back now from hitting Gordon. Bob now appears on the corridor directly before the three teachers'. He takes a look directly up the corridor at both Mr Poppy and Mr Peterson.
"Hey Oakmore's here should we steal their school uniforms?" He questions them both.
Now there's a rather splendid idea that Bob has only just passed onto Mr Poppy. Desmond rolls his eyes over at Gordon.
"A little word of warning to you Mr Shakespeare, for it only seems right that I should pass one onto you, you should not have wound me up the blessed wall before!" He tells him.
Mr Shakespeare makes to protest realising what Mr Poppy and the children of Saint Bernadette's are just about to do. Desmond takes a look back over at Bob.
"Do it! Tell the other pupils from Saint Bernadette's to steal Oakmore's school uniforms, before they have a chance to put them on Bob!" He issues him out a little simple command to follow out.
Gordon is rather outraged now, and he makes to storm angrily off after Bob down the corridor, but however Donald grabs him firmly by the arm to hold him back from doing so. Mr Peterson shakes his head over at Mr Shakespeare.
"No tar mate this is ours for the winning!" He tells him.
Desmond then takes to clapping his two hands loudly together in excitement.
Chapter 17
Bob makes his way up to Lily, Cleo and the others where they are standing on a corridor near to the changing rooms in the city hall. Bob looks really rather pleased with himself.
"Mr Poppy's just instructed me to pass the message onto all of you to steal Oakmore's school uniforms!" He explains to the other children.
They all seem to be really excited about this. This is going to be great. Bob, Cleo, Daisy and Oli lead the others into the changing room that they know that all the children from Oakmore School have dropped their things off in. Luckily they find that the changing room is completely deserted. Cleo smiles happily at the others.
"Just gone off for a last minute choir practice I would imagine!" Cleo passes this information onto her friends.
They cite the Oakmore children's school uniforms, and they all take to snatching them quickly up from where they are placed on both the pegs and also on the benches. Mr Gordon Shakespeare then comes bursting his way into the changing room. Both Mr Donald Peterson and Mr Desmond Poppy then quickly take to changing after him into the changing room.
"Stop right there where you are boys and girls!" Mr Shakespeare instructs the pupils of Saint Bernadette's.
The children from Saint Bernadette's however have learned from their teaching assistant who is Mr Poppy to just simply ignore Mr Shakespeare when he tries to talk to them. Mr Shakespeare is frustrated by the face that none of the children from what he believes to be this failing school is listening to a single word that he is telling them. Gordon then claps his two hands loudly together, and that then makes all the children from Saint Bernadette's stop and look over at him. Mr Shakespeare shakes his head angrily at all the girls and boys who are gathered before him.
"Please just for a couple of moments I would like to invite you all to think carefully about what it is that you are doing! Is this really the way forward for what could be promising kids such as yourselves to listen to two silly men who would have you all steal from others? Look at the example that the two lousy excuses for teachers are telling you to do! They're encouraging you to steal, and I'm very sorry to tell you all that they're only doing that, because they are jealous of the school that I myself teach in which off course as you all know is Oakmore! Your two teacher's are upset that their school that they teach in is a drastically failing school, but however it is only failing because the rubbish excuse for a headmistress that it has employs village idiots to help teach her pupils like your Mr Poppy for instance!" He explains to them all.
Little Bob then goes angrily up to face Mr Shakespeare. It's clear that he's more than ready to finally show him just who's boss.
"Saint Bernadette's rules bro!" Bob says to Gordon.
Cleo nods her head in agreement to what Bob has just told Mr Shakespeare.
"Yeah man!" Cleo agrees with her friend Bob showing Mr Shakespeare who really owns the stage.
Mr Shakespeare shakes his head sadly at all the girls and boys from Saint Bernadette's who are facing him.
"I just can't help but feel really rather sorry for you all! How dreadful it really must be to be all you little sad lonely lost cases of absolute junk!" Gordon says simply to the children.
Mr Poppy then stands directly before Mr Shakespeare and he pulls a face at him.
"Nighty night Mr Shakespeare!" Mr Poppy tells Gordon.
He then takes to nutting him with his head in order to knock him out. Mr Poppy smiles back at the children who he tresses very sincerely in his heart.
"Well don't just stand there my little pieces of star dust get changed into Oakmore's school uniforms!" He instructs them all.
Lily takes to joining all the children from Saint Bernadette's school in getting changed into the Oakmore school uniforms.
"Quickly! Quickly! Just be as quick as you can my little band of mischiefs, because we really need to be in that hall soon!" Mr Poppy explains to the children in his class.
It doesn't take any of them very long to get themselves changed into their school uniforms. They are all absolutely bursting with great excitement right now. They all have absolute faith in themselves that they will be the ones to win the competition. In their eyes the prize is theirs for the winning. This will be there moment.
Chapter 18
Mr Donald Peterson, Mr Desmond Poppy, Lily Robertson and the pupils of Saint Bernadette's are now making their way excitedly into the rather overcrowded city hall. This won't be the first time that the children in this class have performed on stage, but however it will actually be the very first time that Lily herself has, and she is trembling with great nerves that are acting out like little goose bumps throughout her body now. Mr Poppy places his arm gently around Lily as they make their way through the hall together.
"Listen carefully me girl, and really believe me when I tell you that you never ever forget your first ever time performing on stage!" Desmond tells Lily understanding that this must be her very first time acting out up on stage.
Lily is just so nervous right now that when she makes her way up onto stage she is going to suffer as a result of stage freight. Lily smiles back happily at Mr Poppy in response to what he has just told her about. Don't get her wrong, because Lily is feeling happiness in her heart right now along with a mixture of lots of different kinds of emotions that she experiencing, for example excitement and the fear of suffering as a result of stage freight.
"Mr Poppy we could go and sit down by the front! I can see a couple of rows of chairs that we could take up our positions at over there in the hall!" Mr Peterson explains to his teaching assistant.
He then points out the direction that the rows of chairs are in to his friend Mr Poppy. Desmond smiles back at Donald.
"Well let's go over there then Mr Peterson!" He tells him in response to what he has just explained to him about.
Lily is currently standing side by side with her new friend Cleo in the hall. They are watching together a little group of children who are currently singing up on stage at the moment. These children appear to be from a school down in the North East of England called Cloud of the Earth RC Primary school, and they are singing a song called love shone down along with both of their teacher's Mr Daniel Darton and Mrs Catherine Bix.
I had a dream that I was standing on a hillside, and all the lights of town were shining far below. When up in the air beautiful voices. Sing a new song, let everyone know.
Oh, and love shone down, over the hills and over the valleys. Oh and love shone down over the world.
Somebody spoke to me; I knew it was an angel. He said, there's something that I think you ought to know. Then he just smiled said don't be afraid now, sing a new song let everyone know.
Oh and love shone down, over the hills and over the valleys. Oh, and love shone down over the world.
And then he told me all about the baby Jesus, how to find him, where exactly I should go. Then he was joined by millions of others. Sing a new song, let everyone know.
Oh, and love shone down, over the hills and over the valleys. Oh, and love shone down, over the world.
Well, did I dream him or was I really on that hillside, on that Christmas night so very long ago, when he was born, Jesus our saviour? Sing and new song, let everyone know.
Oh, and love shone down, over the hills and over the valleys. Oh and love shone down, over the world.
While the children from the school sang their two teachers merrily played their guitars. At the end of the song the teacher called Mr Darton announced to the crowds in the hall that they played their final song for the morning, which was the song that they have just sung, in memory of a very dear friend of theirs called Matthew Seed who sadly died fifteen years ago in an exploding house.
Chapter 19
Mr Poppy and the others have now found a couple of chairs to sit down together in the church hall. The next school to get up and sing just one single song up on stage was Mr Peterson's twin brother Roderick's school. Mr Roderick Peterson and his boys sang the song o holy night together as representatives of their school.
O holy night! The stars are brightly shining; it is the night of our dear saviour's birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pining. Till he appeared and the spirit fell its worth. A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn. Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, the night when Christ was born. O night, o holy night, o night divine! O night, o holy night, o night divine!
Led by the light of faith serenely beaming, with glowing hearts by his cradle we stand. O'er the world a star is sweetly gleaming. Now come to the wise men from out of orient land. The King of Kings lay thus lowly manger, in all our trails born to be our friends. He knows our need, our weakness is no stranger, behold your King! Before him lowly bend! Behold your King! Before him lowly bend!
Truly he taught us to love one another, his law is love and his gospel is peace. Chains he shall break, for the slave is our brother. And in his name all oppression shall cease. Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we, with all our hearts we praise his holy name. Christ is the lord! Then ever, ever praise we, his power and glory ever more proclaim! His power and glory ever more proclaim!
When Mr Peterson and his boys had finished singing their song he nodded his head over at his brother Donald. Roderick had been discussing with his brother Don entering into the competition along with his boys. There were judges at the front of the hall giving scores out and results out to the schools that were entering into the competition.
"Now it's the children from Saint Bernadette's! They're singing a song that I believe that I've heard from Angel Matthews will have the ability to get you all up onto your feet dancing!" The hosts of the evening who were both Aunt and Deck announced to the people in the hall.
Mr Poppy jumped quickly up onto his feet from the chair that he had been sitting on in the hall. Desmond then grins out in great rejoice at Donald, and he gave him a friendly thumbs up.
"This is it Mr Peterson! This is our great moment to succeed!" He tells him in a tone of great excitement.
Lily took to joining the boys and girls in Mr Poppy's class skip rejoice fully up onto stage, and she stood among them facing the crowds and crowds of people that were all in the hall. Mr Poppy and Mr Peterson both also got up and stood among the boys and girl while they were standing on the stage together, facing the many crowds.
This is our last Christmas together! We're going to make it last forever, but don't forget about the baby who was born in the hay! He was born in the hay! You want your big Christmas day! You want your Santa and sleigh, but don't forget about the baby who was born in the hay! He was born in the hay!
The boys and girls all sung out together introducing the song.
"ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!" Mr Poppy screams out bellowing out throughout the hall.
Christmas tinsel and jingle bells!
Presents beneath the tree!
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Father Christmas and his little elves making stuff for you and stuff for me!
Christmas magic it wouldn't exist! No reindeer in the snow!
No! No! No!
If Angel Gabriel hadn't tried to insist, on something only he could know!
You want your big Christmas day! You want your Santa and sleigh! Well don't forget about the baby, who was born in the hay! He was born in the hay!
Danger! Danger in the manger!
Don't give baby to a stranger! Nasty Herod on his way! Hide the baby in the hay! Don't be a sheep just be a King!
You want your big Christmas day! You want your Santa and sleigh!
Well don't forget about the baby who was born in the hay! Who was born in the hay! He was born in the hay!
He was born in the... He was born in the hay!
Lily, Mr Peterson, Mr Poppy and the children from Saint Bernadette's school danced and sang their little hearts together up on stage, and they managed to get everyone in the hall up and dancing on their feet. However with it being a Christmas choir competition that wasn't the only song that they wished to sing. They sang many different songs together including yes we can climb the mountain, an old favourite of Mr Poppy's called sparkle and shine and a song called Nazareth.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!
Aah!
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
Ok everyone clap your hands! I'm a superstar and I'm coming out tonight!
I've had a little makeover and I'm all dressed up tonight! A cheeky drink a naughty wink we'll loosen up alright!
Stand up and put your shades on, cause I'm about to shine! My blinding eye will thrill you cause there's no starlight like mine!
Ooh! Ooh!
Sparkle and shine!
Planets gather round!
Sparkle and shine!
Let's all make a dazzling sound!
Here's something you won't believe it's the first time ever Christmas eve!
I've got my light within me and it's coming out for you!
I'm dizzy with self confidence; I hope you can feel it too!
I'm lighting up the skies tonight, so come on join the party!
Make the moment last all night and keep the skies all starry!
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
Sparkle and shine!
Planets gather round!
Sparkle and shine!
Let's all make a dazzling sound.
Here's something you won't believe it's the first time ever Christmas eve!
"YEAH!" Everyone sat in the hall started to cheer the children on more and more.
Both Mr Daniel Darton from Star of the Sea, and Mr Roderick Peterson from Saint Cuthbert's, were really worried right now that they weren't going to be the ones to win the competition.
Things are really cool in Nazareth!
Our city is full of joy, cause this is where girl meets boy!
Barely had a school in Nazareth!
There they join hand in hand!
This is no one night stand!
The wedding is being planned here in Nazareth!
Nazareth our place to live! Always willing to forgive! Nazareth will bring us well!
We can hear those wedding bells! Feeling in a fix in Nazareth! Rules are to be obeyed! Arrangements are being made! Got to get your kicks in Nazareth!
Baby you'll run away start of a brand new day!
Still we cannot betray good old Nazareth!
They were off course the winners of the competition without any doubt at all. Good old Saint Bernadette's were truly the champions of the event! The judges claimed that Star of the Sea came second place in the competition, and that Saint Cuthbert's came third place in the event. Aunt handed the trophy over to Desmond who held it high and proud in his hands.
Chapter 20
The children from class eight were all bursting with endless amounts of great happiness now. They knew that this was there moment that they really shone and showed people their talent. Mr Peterson shared out a hug of friendship with Mr Poppy while standing up in stage with him.
"Right now Mr Poppy that we have received our well deserved winning prize please may we just go straight back to school now?" Donald questions Desmond.
Mr Poppy nods his head in response to what Mr Peterson has just questioned him about.
"Absolutely yes because I really want to tell Aunty Pat the good news!" Desmond explains to Donald in response to what he has just explained to him about.
Mr Poppy then threw his hands up into the air in excitement. Cleo who is standing beside Lily up on stage is shocked to find just how sad she is appearing to be. Cleo places her hand gently upon Lily's shoulder.
"Hey what's wrong? What's the matter? We won didn't we? You should be happy that we won!" She questions her sounding concerned about her.
Lily wipes some tears of sadness away from her two wet tearful eyes.
"It's not the competition! No don't get me wrong I'm over the moon that we won, but however I've got a life back home that I really need to return to right now, and I really need some help with getting back home! Cleo I wouldn't normally ask, but would you mind joining me in my adventurous journey which involves me travelling back home?" She asks her new friend.
Cleo's got school to consider, but however she wonders what her teaching assistant Mr Poppy would do if he was placed in this situation. Cleo knows that Mr Poppy would always go searching for the next great big adventure to enter into, but however he would also never abandon the school like how she herself is considering doing so. Cleo knows however that she just isn't Mr Poppy, and so therefore she just doesn't really need to be thinking like how he would think if he was placed in this situation. This is your last year at school anyway Cleo! You're going to leave it sometime soon anyway, and so it wouldn't be the end of the world if you did decide not to return to school with the others. Mr Poppy then makes his way over to stand by the two girls who are both Lily and Cleo. Cleo turns to face him.
"Lily's in need of my help, and so I'm considering not making my way back to Saint Bernadette's along with you and the others tonight, but making my way back to Liverpool along with Lily, and helping her to sort out her mess that she's landed herself in there!" She explains to him.
Mr Poppy listens carefully to everything that Cleo explains to him about. Desmond pulls a face at Lily.
"Look after her or even better she'll end up looking after you! She's a gift from Santa little Miss Saint Bernadette's Cleo is, but however she really isn't my procession to keep forever!" He tells her.
Mr Poppy then takes to taking hold of Cleo's hand, and he place it gently down into Lily's hand. Desmond winks at Miss Robertson.
"I'm now passing on this Christmas gift to you Lily," he says to her.
Mr Poppy and Cleo then pull one another into a warm Christmas hug of friendship.
"Saint B's will always be in my heart just like you will be Mr Poppy!" Cleo explains to her teaching assistant.
Mr Poppy then waves goodbye to Lily.
"So long! Farewell! I need to say goodbye!" He tells her.
Cleo then makes her way off the stage, following her new friend Lily jumping down from it.
Chapter 21
Cleo makes her way out of the city hall along with her new mate Lily. She is still wearing an Oakmore school uniform. Cleo wipes some tears of sadness away from her two wet tearful eyes now.
"I can't believe that I might have just lost Mr Poppy forever Lily!" She complains to her friend.
Cleo is just really upset that she has lost a man who has been like a second father to her. Lily really doesn't know what to say right now to make her friend feel any better, but however she knows that in time Cleo will hopefully believe that she has made the right decision with moving on from the school, because after all everyone has their time at school, and then everyone needs to leave school. It was painful for Lily when she needed to leave Living primary school. Suddenly an idea makes its way into Lily's head. Lily knows that both her and Cleo can get help with helping Toby to get his memory back when they get home, and also with saving Ryan from both Vincent Charles and his in her own personal opinion rather annoying side kick Emily.
"Come on Cleo we need to get back to Liverpool!" Lily insists to her new mate.
Cleo takes a look over at Lily, and she knows that she now has a sister through her, because unfortunately Cleo didn't get on very well with her parents, and now she has sadly made her way away from Saint Bernadette's. Cleo links arms friendly with Lily, and they disappear away from the city hall together. While they make their way away from the hall they can hear Mr Poppy singing from inside the hall.
It's cold outside but Hawaii in my heart this Christmas!
Right now this is going to get slightly confusing, because excitedly twenty fourteen is now basically over since that it's now the twenty second of December, and the New Year begins next week! The next story that I'm going to write will be an introduction to the twenty fifteen set of stories.
