Chapter 4: Down Below

One morning at the boarding house, the kids were having breakfast in the dining room. "So what are you kids up to today?" asked Giselle. "We were wondering if we could go into the city today." said Luke.

"Yeah, that way we can see what the big city is like." said Fern. "Well, I don't know, I'm not sure if we'll be able to go with you. We're all pretty busy today." said Farrah. "But Mom, we've gone into the city by ourselves before." said Fred.

"Yeah, they'll just be more of us." added Jazz. "Hmm, let us discuss this." said Giselle. She lead the adults out of the dining room. "I hope they'll let us go." said Cameron. "Yeah, I'd love to see Enchanted City up close." said Rain.

Then the adults came back in. "Well kids, we've talked about it, and we decided you can go into the city." said Giselle. All the kids cheered. "But there are a few rules." said Justine. "You won't talk to, take anything, or go with any strangers." said Farrah.

"You'll take your cell phones." said Melody. "You'll stay out of trouble." said Meeshell. "And be back before the street lights come on." said Ramona. "We'll do that." said Rock. "Good, so when you finish breakfast, you can catch the bus into the city." said Giselle.

The kids quickly finished breakfast, and went upstairs, and got their backpacks. They filled them with their cell phones, cameras, bottles of water, and small snacks. Downstairs each of them kids were given twenty dollars for souvenirs and lunch.

"Have fun kids, and stay out of trouble." said Justine. They boarded the city bus, and rode into the city. "This is going to be amazing." said Maria. "You guys are going to love sight seeing in the city." said Coral.

"Yeah, we've been there lots of times, and there's lots of stores, a great movie theater, a park, and tons of other stuff." said Fred. When the bus came to a stop, they were in downtown Enchanted City.


"Whoa, the city looks so much different from a distance." said Kit. "Come on guys, time explore." said Luke. All the kids walked down the street, and began their adventure. First they went to the city's arcade and played video games.

At the Enchanted City Mall they walked and looked at all the stores. They visited the candy emporium, and each bought their favorite candy, in little boutiques and antique stores they saw things from the olden days.

They caught a movie at the movie theater, and afterwards for lunch they got pizza for lunch in a pizza parlor. Then they explored a bookstore. By the time it was 5:30, the kids backpacks were full of souvenirs, trinkets, and candy they had bought at the stores.

"Whew, that was fun." said Maria, as the kids were leaving the playground at the park. "So what do you guys want to do now?" asked Luke. "Hey guys, look at the sky." said Rain. They saw that the sun was starting to set, and the sky was turning golden.

"We better get back, they told us to be back before the street lights come on." said Jake. So the kids walked to the bus stop, but just as they arrived the bus was already leaving. "Great, we missed the bus back to the house." said Jazz.

"Maybe we should take a taxi?" suggested Gabriel. "How much do taxis cost?" asked Winter. "Depending on how far your destination is and how many of us there are, between $15-$25." said Fred. They all checked their pockets, but they didn't have enough to pay.

"I have an idea." said Coral. "What?" asked Griffin. "We'll take the subway." said Coral, pointing to a subway opening. "Great idea, Coral. It's not expensive and we can all fit." said Rock. So they all walked downstairs and into the tunnel.

As they looked to see which tunnel they should take, Luke's cell phone rang. "Hello?" he asked. "Luke are you and your friends on your way home?" asked Ramona. "Don't worry, Mom. We're taking the subway, and we should be home soon." he said.

"Okay, well dinner will be waiting when you get back." said Ramona. "Okay, Mom bye." said Luke, and he hung up. "Okay, so according to the map, the route to the closet station to the house is tunnel #65, and train 36 is taking it." said Luna.

"And there it is." said Deven, pointing to train 36, which had just arrived. When the doors opened and passengers got off, the kids boarded. They all found a seat, and the train drove off. "This was a great idea, Coral." said Fern.

"Thanks, we should be back home in no time." said Coral. Suddenly the train stopped and the lights went out. "What's going on?" asked Cameron. "I don't know." said Owen. Then, the conductor's voice came on the intercom.

"Don't worry folks, we're just having some technical difficulties. We should be back up and running shortly." he said. "Great, the train broke." said Rose. "Don't worry guys, he said we should be up and running shortly." said Luke.

After twenty minutes, they were still sitting in the same spot. "How long is this going to take?" asked Sequoia. "Apparently forever." answered Ash. "Well, we better call, and tell the adults that's we're going to be late." said Rock.

They all took out their cell phones, but underground there was no reception. The conductor's voice then came back on the intercom. "Hello everyone, this is your conductor again. The problem is just taking a little longer than we thought to fix, but we will be moving again soon."

"First it was shortly, now it's soon, but yet we're still stuck." said Jazz. "Hmm, I'm gonna see what this is all about." said Kit. He took off his backpack, and disappeared. He re-appeared outside the train car, and walked along the side of the train.

Then he saw some workers up on the roof, he stood on the side of the train, so they wouldn't see him. "All the wires up here are fine, let's check a different part." said one of them. Kit disappeared, and then re-appeared back in the train car.

"So what's up, Kit?" asked Maisie. "They say it's a wire that's the problem." he said. "If only they knew where the broken wire was." said Coral. "I've got an idea. Luna, Luke can you guys use your wolf ears to hear for a broken wire?" asked Maria.

"We can try." said Luna, as she pulled down her hood. They got on the ground and listened. "Hey, I think I hear something, something's lose." said Luke. "Where is it?" asked Owen. "It's under our car." said Luna.

"Well we know where it is, we just have to get those repair guys to come over here." said Maria. "I've got that covered." said Rain. She opened the door, stepped out, and used her magic to create purple lightening.

"You think that got their attention?" she asked, when she got back in. "I think so, they're coming this way." said Rock. Soon, the wire was fixed, and the train was back and running. When they got to their destination, they got off the train, and walked up to the surface.

When they reached the opening, the adults were there. "There you kids are." said Giselle. "What are you guys doing here?" asked Cameron. "We saw that a subway train broke down, so we came down here to meet you just in case your train was the one." explained Justine.

"Our train was the one that broke, but they fixed it." said Jazz. "Well, that's good. Now we can head back and have dinner." said Ramona. "Great, cause I'm starving." said Luke. And everyone agreed, as they boarded the van, and went back.

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