A week had past since the girls had seen Owen, and Rae had started to get anxious. "Cmon Violet, you told me that after a few days, we would both go and see if he's ok. Now look at things, it's been a whole week and we still haven't heard from him" Rae told Violet, panicking.
"Well I'm sorry I got detention. Besides, it's the weekend now. We can go and visit him now if your that desperate" Violet replied, rolling her eyes.
"Thankyou. Now, hurry up! We need to make sure he didn't die or something, or he became an evil dwarf, or he was zapped by a unicor—"
Violet chuckled to herself, saying "Okay Rae, we get it. You haven't seen your crush in a week and now your worrie—"
"CRUSH?" Rae interrupted, her face going bright red. " WHY on EARTH would you think I had the hots for….for…OWEN?! I mean, it's absurd…" Rae continued to rabbit on as they approached Owens house. "You know what? Fine. Let's just go in and out, okay? Will THAT keep you quiet?" Rae said, as she noticed Violet almost bursting out in laughter.
"Yea, it will for now, Rae. But not forever!" Violet called out as she ran around the last bend to Owens house.
"Violet, get back here! I'm not done with you yet!" Rae yelled, racing after Violet. The two came to an abrupt stop, as police had surrounded Owen's house, or at least, what used to be Owen's house.
The two girls stood gawking at the old house, which had been transformed into what looked like a rainforest. The windows had been smashed through with vines that looked like elephant trunks, and the floor had been resurfaced with tree roots. Leaves overflowed the gutters and birds of beautiful colours had inhabited trees the size of buses. After many minutes of silence from the two girls, Rae broke the silence with "…Well, it isn't what I thought it was…but it IS something strange…" Violet wasn't listening to Rae, but was eavesdropping on a few police.
Is there anyone still inside?" One policewomen was asking.
"Yea…we think so. Some of the firemen tried to cut their way through the vines, but as soon as a dent had been made, screaming was heard, followed by roots of the trees shooting up out of the ground to attack them. We just don't have anyone small enough to worm their way through the gaps that we can see. If we did, we could be certain for sure." The two cops suddenly turned around as the house grew a bit bigger, with more trees, vines and leaves appearing rapidly.
Violet rushed back to Rae, who was still talking to herself. "Hey, Rae, I have a bit of info. We need to get to Owen, right?" Violet said, interrupting Rae.
"Well, yea, but how will we get past all of these cops? I mean, the security will probably be pretty tight, and they wouldn't let US through" Rae said, as she started choking up.
"Well, I overheard some cops saying that they can't get in without any of their troops, mostly because of size. So, what if we convince the cops to let US try. I mean, we're small enough and we know the guy that's in there. They might give us a shot" Violet was saying, as she lead Rae over to the police tape. "Just look worried and talk about Owen, ok. They should overhear us—"
The ground suddenly shook as vines shot up, surrounding the two girls, trapping them inside. A small pod was formed around them, and the vines slowly lifted Rae and Violet off the ground. Police started to panic and Firemen tried to hack their way through the pod. But, despite their efforts, more vines came up and attacked, protecting the pod with the girls safely enclosed inside. As the vines slowly took the two towards the house, a small, almost perfect opening appeared in the side of the house. Rae and Violet, shocked at what was happening, didn't say a word as they were taken into the house and were trapped inside.
