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Chapter Three

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I shouldn't walked. I shouldn't of... WHY MUST I BE SO CURIOUS? They say curiousity killed the cat. Well I think it's gonna kill Ferb and I.

We walked right through the invisble shield, right into an depressing, post-apocalyptic place. It looked like Danville, if Danville was a raining pit of ruin and despair.

Even Isabella looked different. Her hair was longer, more ragged and messy. It hung over shoulders like torn black curtains. Her blue eyes looked sad and tired. She had dark circles around her eyes. She wore a ragged dress. It was dark brown and grey. And covered in dirt and she was barefoot.

"Where the bloody hell are we?"Ferb asked, looking around in slight panic.

I felt my chest constrict, like something was pulling it either in or apart. It got really hard to breathe. And soon my breathing became heavy pants and gasps. I think I'm having a panic attack.

Isabella walked towards us. She held up a small canister. I sat on the ground, freaking out. I looked up at her. She had opened it and dumped it contents over my head.

Water? I shook my head and stared up at her in shock, which turned quickly into annoyance and anger."What was that for?"

"I had to calm you down in some way. Come now. Let's get inside before someone notices you! You don't exactly blend in here in your clothes. I'm sure Alexander has something you can wear that will fit you."She said,helping me stand.

I finally had a chance to look around. Half-destroyed huts with roofs of hay stood. The ground was muddy from what seemed like a recent rain shower. People walked, no, they dragged their feet in the mud, carry either heavy items or directing animals by reins or ropes. Children sat on the ground, looking sad or bored. One thing that stood out to me was that there was no smiles. Even the sun seemed sad. It was barely shinging through grey clouds.

Ferb and I followed Isabella inside her house, or hut, whatever you want to call it. The ground was dirt and their was no furniture. Just small blankets laying over hay and a small fire pit in the middle. In one corner of the hut was a stack of pots, plates, and wooden eating utensils and there was a couple buckets filled with dirty water.

"Welcome to what I call the 'Era of the Dark'."Isabella said, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Era of Dark?"I asked.

"Ever read about the witches that were burned at the stake in history class? Well here you are. You are basically in my past and missing from your present."She explained.

"Don't make it sound so dramatic,Isa. They will be satisifying for the Great One."-Shapiro said.

"Woman, be silent. You have already tested my patience. Hold your words or you might lose something of a finger or so."Isabella threatened.

"Witch,speak to someone else with such a tongue. I am your mother."

"A disgrace of one. Be gone already. I wish to be alone with the humans."

-Shapiro kind of hissed/growled at us then left.

"Forgive her. She has very much every right to hate humans."Isabella said,sitting down on one of the hay beds.

"What the hell are you really? First you were a ghost then a Guardian Angel and now you're a witch?"I asked."Who are you really?"

"I am Isabella Garcia-Shapiro. I am the only person to ever escape from the bondage of the In-Between. That is who I am and will always will be. The Run Away."

"Let me re-pharse my question then: What the hell are you?"

She smirked."I'm more than one but less than three."

Ferb frowned."How about you stop speaking in such riddles. It's starting to get on my damn nerves."

She laughed lightly. "Forgive me then. Let me try to make it more clear. I was once a witch turned into a ghost by death then saved by someone who could of been Kindness itself which turned me into a Guardian Angel. I was given life once again but with a curse as well. And as you see me now is who I currently am, a Demonic Witch."

I sighed."I do not want to be the one in charge of paperwork in the afterlife."

She laughed again.