4-A Great Discovery
"Tom, do you know you've got a small girl following you?" Scott asked his best friend.
Thomas and Jenifer were approaching the group of children who had found their way back to the fountain, their usual meeting place. This wasn't the same fountain that their parents used to meet up at, though. That old fountain was now in the old part of town, where no one was allowed to venture to. This was the new fountain, though it did look just like the old one.
They all knew Thomas wouldn't have been gone for long, he would much rather be outside with his friends than inside with his parents. And his parents would rather have him outside with his friends, rather than inside causing the next war with his sisters.
"Yeah." Thomas replied, smiling slightly. "She's my new sister, Jenifer."
"How come you get three sisters and I'm an only child?" Rosalinda asked, not happy about that.
"I'd say luck." Thomas began, jumping up on the edge of the marble fountain. "But, then again, it's not..."
Everyone laughed slightly at Thomas, knowing that he and his sisters weren't exactly 'friendly' with each other. Everyone knew that Thomas would much rather has been an only child than be stuck with two, now three, sisters.
"Are you gonna introduce us?" Abigail asked.
"Guys this is Jenifer, Jen this is Abigail, Rachel, Scott, Annalise, Rosalinda, Tiger and Carmen...CARMEN!" The small boy jumped up and hugged his cousin. "What are you doing here?"
"Indianna let me come out." Carmen laughed, hugging Thomas right back.
The Princess was now dressed in a black dress, similar to the one she had been wearing before, only this one looked scruffier, and not formal like her Princess one. She was also wearing a blue and silver checked jacket, which fitted her snuggly.
"Gotta love Indie." Thomas smiled.
"If you two are done with your little fest." Abigail interrupted. "We're going on an adventure!"
Thomas smiled even brighter than before. Adventure was what he liked to hear. Adventuring was the one thing Thomas believed he lived for. His whole life was dedicated to going on adventures, to discovering new things in life that would one day get him the recognition he believed he deserved, if it didn't get him in trouble or killed first.
"COOLIO!" Thomas yelled. "Where we going today?"
"The old part of town." Scott replied.
"B-But we're not supposed to go down there." Jenifer told Scott, sounding and looking very scared, worries and frightened.
Thomas held his hand out to his sister, and she took it with ease. The two had met many times before, so they knew and trusted each other straight off.
"Don't worry, Jenny." Thomas comforted. "It'll be fine."
"LET'S GO THEN!" Carmen shouted, jumping up with excitement.
"I-I don't like this place..." Rachel whispered, looking around.
This part of town was abandoned. All the houses were dusty and falling apart. No one had lived in them for at least ten years. That was how long this part of town had been abandoned for, ten years.
Everyone had been ordered by the Queen to move to a newer part of town for reasons no one was told about. Not even the Queen herself knew why, but she knew it was an important reason if the whole council had decided on it.
"Don't sweat it, Rach." Tiger smiled, puffing out his chest slightly to make himself look manlier. "Nothing's gonna happen to us here."
"Yeah." Rosalinda agreed, knowing how scared Rachel always seemed to get. "You just have to pretend we're grown-ups who work for some other grown-ups who want us to discover a new place in the world."
"But." Annalise piped up. "This is the old part of town, it's already been discovered."
"And abandoned." Scott muttered.
"I said pretend!" Rosalinda snapped at them both.
The group kept on walking around in circles, looking at all the different houses. It was a big place for everyone to have just gotten up and left, and everyone could see that too.
"Why do you think no one lives here anymore?" Carmen asked, turning around on the spot so she could see all of the houses.
"Whatever it is..." Scott mumbled. "We're gonna find out."
Everyone suddenly felt a cold chill of air wash over them. It scared the un-living daylights out of Rachel. And Jenifer had suddenly gone pale in the face, too.
The whole abandoned town gave off a scary glow of terror. There was something just not right about it, and everyone could sense it too. But it wasn't scaring them all enough to make them leave. Once they set their minds to it, there was no turning back. And they all wanted to know what happened to the old part of town.
"We could find a secret colony of zombies!" Thomas randomly shouted, making everyone jump at the sudden sound of his voice.
"THAT WOULD BE SO COOL!" Rosie smiled.
"NO IT WOULDN'T!" Jenifer shouted back at Rosie.
"Keep your voice down." Tiger whispered, making everyone stop and stare at him. "You might wake the zombies..."
"SHUT UP, TIGER!" Annalise yelled at her brother.
"Coolio, what's that?" Carmen asked, running away from the group.
Everyone chased after her. Carmen had found what seemed to be a statue. It was completely dirty, not gleaming or shining at all, like statues should do. It was also overgrown with weeds and vines.
"What is it?" Abigail asked, looking up at it in awe.
"Whatever it is, it's scary looking!" Rachel said. She was holding onto her twin sisters' hand and following close behind her as Abigail circled the statue.
"Here."
Scott jumped up onto the base of the statue, wiping away some of the dirt with his hands. He picked at the vines and threw them away. Nothing jumped out at him, but now the statue was a bit clearer to see.
"HEY!" Carmen shouted out, taking a few steps backwards so she could see the whole thing in her view. "It looks like Aunt Courtney..."
"What?" Thomas asked, but when he moved to stand beside his cousin, even he couldn't deny it. "Wow...It does."
Everyone was now staring up at the statue with gawping mouths. It did look a lot like Courtney Hudson, who they all knew as someone who was not someone who would have a statue who looked just like her.
"Why would Aunt Courtney have her own statue?" Rosalinda asked.
"Y-Yeah..." Thomas agreed. "She's never done anything in her life that she deserves a statue for."
"That's what you know..." Jenifer mumbled. "Mommy could have had a whole other life before..."
"Doing what?" Thomas asked.
To Thomas, his mother had always been the sweet and caring mother. To him, Courtney was not someone who had ever done anything big and exciting in her whole life. But that still didn't explain the statue.
"HEY!" Tiger called, crouching down on the floor by the front of the statue. "There's writing down here."
"What does it say?" Carmen asked, eager to know what it read.
"I CAN'T READ YET!" Tiger shouted back at her.
Rosie rolled her eyes, pushing Tiger out of the way. She could definitely read.
"It says; Courtney black; Aged 17; A great sorcerer; Daughter of Nigel Black and one true love of Duncan Hudson."
"Th-That means that's her grave..." Abigail stated.
Everyone gasped, taking two steps backwards.
"She's not dead!" Thomas yelled.
"A-And she's Courtney Hudson, not Courtney Black..." Rachel chocked.
"Yeah." Carmen nodded her head, agreeing with everything that was said. "This isn't right..."
"Only way to find out is to ask Aunt Courtney..."
A/N: =O!
Poor, poor kids...Have no idea what they've just thrown themselves into...LOL!
I've had a bad day today...It's only 1:41 PM and my day sucks...
I've watched Sorcerer's apprentice...Mulan 2...And now Wizards of Waverly place...Whilst writing this and watching TV all I have wanted to do is fall asleep...Sooo tired!
I'm gonna quickly make myself some food because I am STARVING!
Thank you to;
i'mSOhighIcanHEARheaven: Yep...You would be right...me and Chloeiam3 are good friends and she wanted me to write all her seasons up ;) LOL! Thank you :)
Clarissa: Jen is Duncan and Courtney's adopted daughter :) LOL! haha! Thanks :)
pomtdwt: haha! Uh...Okay? LOL! I understand what you mean...Guess we'll just have to see...LOL! Thank you :)
XxPurpleChickxX: hehe! YES! Courtney and Duncan just adopted Jenifer :) LOL! Thanks :)
Mo: Jenny was just adopted by Courtney and Duncan :) Thank you :)
Aaron'sInAMineField: Ah...You'll find out soon enough ;) LOL! Thanks :)
CyD12Inklover: hehe! It's okay :) LOL! Thank you :)
Destanaa: hehe! Jen was just adopted by Duncan and Courtney :) LOL! hehe! Thanks :)
MUST DASH!
Still haven't eaten yet...Stupid parents on phones so I can't use the microwave...GRR!
Thanks for reading, please review :)
Love, ChloeRhiannonX
