Chapter 2: The Moon and Meet
Emily
Mike put something on the floor.
"It's an apology gift from all of us." Mike said.
I nodded, not caring about the gift.
"Hey Mike, do you want to go swimming?" I asked.
"NO!" Cleo, Emma, Lewis, Bella, Zane, Rikki, and Will shouted from my computer.
"Em, it's too late to go swimming." He said. He closed the door.
"Emily, how about you come here. We will go swimming with you." Lewis said.
"Will you?" I said excited.
"Just come to Australia. Come to Emma's house. Zane, Will, Ash, and I will go swimming with you." Lewis said. I nodded.
"And you have to get pass your friends. Pretend to be sleepwalking. Don't tell your friends where you are going. Make sure you swim here in privacy." Lewis said. I nodded.
I put my laptop on the bed. I got up and started to walk as if I am sleepwalking. I walked to the front door and opened it.
"Emily, where are you going?" I heard Jayden ask. I kept walking out the door. They got up and followed me.
Jayden
We all got up and followed her. Kevin said it's not safe to wake a sleepwalker. She walked to a cliff with water below. It was about midnight so it was hard to see. She dove into the water. Kevin dove in after her. We saw something orange swim away. I think it was orange. Kevin came back up for air.
"She isn't down here!" Kevin said.
"Where could she have gone?" I asked. We looked around then went back home. She was video chatting some people. They may know where she has gone.
Emily
I swam to Emma's dock. The boys were there.
"Come on guys. Let's go swim." I said.
"Emily, I think the girls want to join you. They want you to come inside so they can get ready to go swim with you." Zane said. I nodded and held my hands out for them to help me up. The grabbed my arms and pulled me onto the dock. The put me in a wheel chair and covered me with a blanket.
We started to wheel up to the house. We got inside and they looked at me.
"Thanks guys. Alright Emily, let's play a game first." Rikki said.
"Okay, how about…let's swim to Mako!" I said.
"How about Monopoly first?" Cleo asked.
"Fine!" I said giving up.
I woke up. I got up and went to get something to drink. I ended up in a closet. Where am I? I exited the closet and looked around.
"Hello?" I said looking around. I then saw Cleo, Emma, Bella, Lewis, Zane, Rikki, Will, and Ash on the floor asleep. I must have gotten moonstruck and was persuaded to come here. They are good!
"Emma. Rikki. Bella. Cleo!" I said trying to wake them up.
"5 more minutes." Rikki whined.
I went to wake Cleo.
"What Emily?" Cleo asked groggily.
"Did I get moonstrucked?" I asked.
"Yes. Now let us sleep." Cleo said.
"Lewis!" I said. I went over and woke him up.
"When they wake up tell them I went home. I may have to explain somethings. Get to Paranorma city by 8 pm." I said. He nodded and I left. I swam through the waters and arrived at the secluded part of the beach.
I got up and waited to dry. Moments like these I wished I had Rikki.
After waiting for a long time for my tail to dry, I got up and started to run home. I saw everyone in the common room. I wish this was how it was back in Australia. Wide awake. But sadly, no.
"Hey guys." I said. I then went to my room. They stopped me.
"Where were you?" Ji asked.
"Umm…what did you see me last do?" I asked.
"We saw you dive into the waters." Mia answers.
"Oh…I umm….I started to swim to a motel and stayed the night. I woke up, paid, then came back here, and here I am." I said.
"I find that hard to believe." Jayden said.
"Well it is. Now I am going to pack. I am going to a hotel to go sightseeing." I said. They nodded and let me go. I went to my room and saw my laptop. I started to pack my bag. Once I finished packing my bag, the gap sensor went off.
"Oh come on!" I shouted at it. I ran out to see them leaving. I shrugged and followed them. They lead me to a boardwalk.
I have to be extra careful. I may fall into the water or something and I don't know if my suit will prevent me from getting wet.
A nighlok came into view. AND HE WAS WET! He was starring directly at me with an evil grin.
"Yellow." The nighlok said stretching the word.
"Hey, nighlok! Don't you ever learn!" Mike said.
"I haven't forgotten you guys. My moogers will keep you busy." The nighlok said. Moogers emerged from gaps. They started to fight everyone but me leaving me open for the nighlok to attack me. He came running at me. I grabbed my sword and striked.
That didn't stop him. It picked me up. I screamed. He put something into my arm. It was pulled out.
"PUT HER DOWN!" I heard Mia shout. I looked over and saw her running towards me.
"Okay." The nighlok said. He threw me into water.
Great. Just excellent!
I quickly swam under the boardwalk so I was out of sight. I can hear my friends calling my name and the nighlok laughing evilly.
"I'm fine!" I shouted at them.
"Where are you?" Mike shouted.
I looked around and bit my lower lip.
"I am looking for my umm….shoes! Never want to leave junk in the oceans!" I said.
I am also looking for my legs to appear once I dry.
"Kevin is coming down to help you." Jayden said.
"No! I am good! Trust me on this!" I said.
"Okay, fine Em." Jayden said. I looked above and saw them starting to attack the nighlok.
I pulled myself up to the sand under the boardwalk. I waited for my tail to dry. I sighed. This is so boring! RIKKI! I NEED YOU!
"Emily!" I heard Rikki, Cleo, Emma, Bella, Zane, Lewis, Ash, and Will shout. I turned in their direction. They couldn't see me but were searching for me.
"Under here! Quick!" I shouted. They heard my voice and climbed the wall. They ran over to me. Rikki dried me. We ran back and climbed over the wall.
"Em!" I heard Jayden shout.
I turned around and saw the nighlok gone.
"Dude, how did you dry so fast!" Mike said.
"I um….I used hot sand?" I tried.
"Emily, where were you? You said you would meet us at the airport!" Cleo said.
"I got a little caught up. Plus you never said you were here or leaving." I said.
"Check your phone." Emma said.
I grabbed my phone and saw 32 new messages.
"Sorry guys." I said to them. They nodded.
"Emily, do you mind introducing us to your…friends?" Jayden said.
"Oh right….well this is Rikki. You 2 would get along Jayden. Both very stubborn. This is Cleo. She is more of the middle lady. She solves problems within our group. You and Mia would get along very well. Here is blondie named Bella. Mia and Bella would get along very well talking about singing. Emma, very loyal. She and Kevin would work great. This is Lewis. Our groups scientist. Lewis and Kevin are similar. This is Zane. He used to be the bad spoiled rich boy. But now, he spoils Rikki and is actually a good boy. This is Ash. He loves horses and I would consider him most like Mike. Very competitive and trying to make everything more fun. This is Will. He and Kevin would get along. They both love swimming. Well, Will dives. But you have to swim." I said.
"Now if you don't mind, I have to finish packing. Did you guys bring your things?" I asked. Cleo nodded in response.
"Were just going home to grab my bags. Then we are going to our hotel." I said to Jayden. He sighed. We began walking as a group. No one was speaking.
"Emily." Zane said.
"Yeah?" I said.
"I booked 4 rooms. I got one room with 3 beds. The rest just have 2 beds." Zane said.
"Okay, cool. Girls with girls, boys with boys." I said.
Jayden was eyeing them suspiciously.
"Jayden." I said. He quickly shook his head.
"Huh, what?" He said. I rolled my eyes. We arrived at the gate.
The gate doors open and we walked in. Zane was looking at Ji's motorcycle.
"Who's ride? It's awesome." Zane said enthusiastically.
"It's mine. And who are you." Ji said.
"I am Zane Bennett sir. I am a friend of Emily." Zane said holding his hand out.
"Zane." I warned.
"Zane, let's just follow Emily. That way we can get to the hotel and talk privately. There are some things Emily should know." Rikki warned.
"Have a good day sir." Zane said. We followed the others into the house. We went to my room. I quickly unlocked the door. I opened the door and I looked around. Something was off. Someone's been in here.
"Hold on." I said. I looked around. Something was missing on my end table. My photo album. No!
"Something is missing. Something important." I said.
"What?" Rikki said.
"My photo album. It served as a Diary. It had pictures and everything of us. Luckily, I used codes." I said.
'Who would have taken it?" Ash asked.
"I don't know." I said.
"Just stay here. I will be right back." I said to them.
I walked out and into the common room. Everyone was standing there. They were talking.
"Emily, they need to leave. They can't see anything." Jayden said realizing I have came into the room.
"First, I want to know who took my photo album." I snapped.
"No one has been in your room. It's been locked all day. We don't have access to your room." Ji explained.
"If I find out any of you taken it, I am quitting this team." I said.
"It's only a book of pictures!" Mike said.
"Are you admitting to taking my photo album?" I snapped.
"No. You're getting worked up over this." Mike snapped.
"That book was my life. It had all my secrets. All my life. All my memories." I snapped at him. I turned around and went back to my room. This was important. If they crack the code, they will know everything.
"What now?" Lewis said.
"I think I scared my friends enough today. Let's just get out of here. Where are your bags?" I asked.
"Already at the hotel. You're rooming with Bella and Rikki." Cleo said.
"Were going to have lots of fun Bells and Rikki." I said. They smiled.
"We are a good combo." Bella agreed.
"Are we planning on going to a water park?" I said. Everyone looked at me like I was stupid.
"I'm just kidding guys." I said.
"Okay, well let's get going." I said. I grabbed my bag and faced them.
"By the way, thanks so much about bringing me to Australia!" I said.
"What are friends for?" Rikki said.
"To poke each other with straws? To keep Secrets?" I asked.
"Alright. Well let's just get going." Cleo said.
"Okay. But how about we swim, boys boat?" I suggested.
"Sounds good to me. Are you sure you can make that?" Emma asked.
"I think so. It will probably be about 5 minutes but if Cleo can keep it in shape so I can concentrate the rest of my energy onto making it metal I should be fine." I said. They sighed and nodded. We went to the beach. We found a secluded hidden spot. Cleo morphed the water to form a boat. I concentrated on metal. The bottom started to turn into metal. I kept concentrating harder. Almost there. I was now trying to make seats. A few minutes later they appeared.
"That is awesome!" Will said.
"Hop in." I said. The girls and I dived into the water and started to race to the port that that is near the hotel but abandoned. The others were winning, far up ahead. I started to feel weak. My world started to become dark.
Cleo
We arrived at the port. We couldn't find Emily. We looked at each other and dived under looking around desperately for Emily. We swam back up with no sign of Emily. Where was she?
The boys pulled up in the boat.
"I thought we were meeting at the port." Lewis said.
"We are but we can't find Emily." Emma said.
"She's not with you guys?" Zane asked.
"No." I replied.
"We will help you find her." Will says.
"No. You don't have scuba gear and it's deep here." Bella said.
"Just wait here. If something happened I want you here." Rikki said. We then dived into the water and followed the way we came.
We saw her out cold on the sandy floor. We speeded towards her and brought her to the surface.
"Zane! Lewis! Will! Ash!" We shouted.
"What?" They asked boating closer to us.
"Help us get her into your boat. She was knocked out." Rikki said.
They pulled her up into the boat. They used a towel to dry her. She moaned.
"Let's get her to the hotel then let her grandfather know she is sick or something." Emma said. I nodded. We swam back to the shore, the boys following closely, but gently, behind. Rikki dried us off. Emily wouldn't dry off!
"Please be okay Emily!" I begged.
"She should be fine. Using that much of her power may have drained her." Lewis said.
"But why won't her tail disappear?" Bella asked.
"Maybe something happened so it won't go away?" Will said.
"What could have possibly happened?" Rikki said.
Emily
I felt a huge headache. Where was I?
I looked around. I was in a room. I sat up and looked around.
I saw Rikki and Bella in beds near mine.
"Rikkkki. Belllllla." I moaned.
"go away." Rikki moaned.
"Rikkkkki!" I said again.
"Wait, Emily?" They asked in unison.
"Why does my head hurt? What happened?" I asked.
"We found you out cold. You were underwater." Rikki explained while Bella ran out of the room.
"Why?" I asked.
"I don't know….Lewis tried to test to figure out why but we had no luck. He doesn't have an answer…." Rikki said.
"Call my friends please. I need to let them know." I said. They grabbed my phone and started to dial.
"Hi, this is Rikki. Emily said to let you know she is sick…." Rikki said.
"No, no fever. She has the symptoms but no fever. Like what? Oh, her skin is hot but her temperature is normal. She hasn't eaten yet. Her eyes are dilated and her skin is pale." Rikki said.
She hung up and turned to me.
"They're on their way over. Meanwhile, they said to get you to eat and drink something. Is there anything you would like?" Rikki said. Cleo, Bella, Emma, Will, Ash, Lewis and Zayne entered.
"I don't want to eat. My stomach feels strange. I'd rather not." I said.
"Can we get you something to make you more comfy?" Cleo asked.
"No, I'm fine, I promise. It's just…..I feel strange." I said.
Then there was a knock at the door.
So I think 16 pages should be enough. I won't update for a little bit because this story isn't on my top list. It may be short but what's wrong with Emily?