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Jack found himself once again in the long, dim hallway. It was as cold as ever. Shivering, Jack wished he was wearing a coat. He strode down the hallway quickly, hoping to find a way into another room. A billowing curtain caught his attention. If it was moving, Jack figured, it must lead to another place. So he pulled it back, and to his surprise found, not a room, but a knight. Or rather, a suit of armor belonging to a knight. This suit of armor seemed oddly familiar to Jack. He took a step closer to get a better look at it...
Jack woke up, once again, panting and sweating in the middle of the night. This was the fifth night in a row that he had this strange dream, although each night the dream slightly changed. By now, Jack had learned to pay little attention to something as trivial as a dream, so he rolled over and went back to, thankfully, a dreamless sleep.
Fiona awoke the next morning to the sound of Clu singing along to some obnoxious song that was blasting on the radio. Fi quickly showered and went into the kitchen.
Jack was sitting at the kitchen table, holding a pen and looking down at a piece of paper. Fi peered over his shoulder and discovered a grocery shopping list.
"If you want me to buy anything else, add it to the list now. I'm leaving in five minutes," Jack told her. His voice was icy and he looked exhausted.
"Jack, are you okay?" Fi asked, worried. Jack sighed, "I'm fine, I just haven't had much sleep the past few days."
"How come?"
"Just this weird dream," Jack said, regretting saying it immediately afterward.
"Weird dream? About what? Was it another little kid with a monster?" Fi asked, interested, remembering the last time Jack had a nightmare.
"No," Jack firmly told her, "If you insist on knowing, my dream was about a castle. Well, a hallway in a castle. It's all cold and dim and I'm searching for something, but each time I dream about it I find something different. There are all these pictures and family heirlooms from mom's side of the family…"
Fi's eyes widened. "I know that place," she whispered. That was the place the banshee had taken her when she fought for her grandfather's life. How did it get into Jack's head?
Jack noticed the look on his sister's face. "Oh no," he told her, "Don't you go making some kind of case that this has something to do with the paranormal. It was just a dream!"
Fi was about to argue, but thought better of it. She shrugged her shoulders and nonchalantly replied, "Whatever you say, Jack."
Fi went to her room and logged onto her So Weird Web Page using her laptop. She posted a comment concerning visions within dreams, confident that she would soon get a reply.
While waiting for that reply, Fi decided to do a little more research on the mission she hoped to accomplish. About a week ago, somebody had anonymously sent her an e-mail, linking her to a website. The website contained information on space warps that connected to other dimensions. Although they are most commonly found in black holes in outer space, space warps could be found anywhere. In theory, one would be able to leave their dimension and enter another, where their lives would be different. This would be very risky as you could kill your dimension self or other-dimension self.
Fiona knew that there was an abandoned warehouse in town that was rumored to close after one-by-one workers kept mysteriously disappearing. Fi was willing to bet anything that there was a space warp to another dimension somewhere in that warehouse.
Fi's plan was to break into the warehouse, find the space warp, enter another dimension where her father exists, convince him to come with her, and bring him back into her dimension. She knew it wasn't the perfect plan and that there were many things that could go wrong, but Fi didn't care. She needed her father and she was willing to do anything to get him back.
When Jack came home, he asked Fi to help in carry in the bags of groceries. She complied and went outside to the car when something caught her eye. The newspaper was still lying outside, but that wasn't what bothered Fiona. What bothered Fi was an article entitled: Abandoned Warehouse to be Torn Down. Fi picked up the paper and began to read the article:
"The warehouse on Old Mill Road that has been abandoned for nearly fifteen years will soon be torn down to make room for a new real estate development. Construction will begin on September 8.…"
Fi stopped reading. September eighth… that was only a few days away. Fi knew that she would have to put her plan into action soon, before it was too late.
That night, Fi decided, would be the night. She would go through with her plan while she still had the courage. She waited patiently inside her room, listening carefully to see when her brother would go to sleep. She knew Jack would never in a million years approve of what she was about to do. But that wouldn't stop her.
The house was very quiet, so Fi naturally assumed that Jack and Clu were both asleep. She crept into the dark living room as quietly as she could. Clu was snoring rather loudly on the couch. Fi whispered his name as she shook his shoulder. Clu screamed as he woke up.
"Ah! Fi, what're you doing?" he yelled.
"Shhh! Clu, you said you wanted in on the paranormal adventure, well, the adventure starts now. Now shut up and come on!" Fi quietly told him.
"Uhh, Fi, when I said that, I kinda meant I'm in a paranormal adventure when I'm actually awake…"
"Good thing I woke you, then," Fi joked.
"Where we goin'?" Clu asked as he sat up and pulled his shoes on.
"We're sneaking into an abandoned warehouse to find a warp into a different dimension. I'll explain everything else later whe-"
"You're not going anywhere!" Jack interrupted. Apparently he was woken up by Clu's scream. "It's three in the morning and this town has a curfew. You want to break that curfew to trespass on privet property to enter a dangerous warehouse? There's no way I'm letting you do that."
"Right, like you can actually stop me!" Fi bitterly spat.
"Actually, I can stop you. Before I went food shopping today, I ran into that social worker. She had the papers for me to become your legal guardian and I signed them. By law you have to do as I say" Jack informed her.
"A piece of paper doesn't prove anything! It doesn't make you dad!" Fi yelled.
Clu looked between the two feuding siblings. Fi looked angry and resentful. Jack appeared to be frustrated and hurt by his sister's comment.
"What, you think I don't know that? I'm not trying to be like dad!" Jack exclaimed, his voice slightly cracking, "I'm just trying to look out for you. Why is it so hard for you to just trust me for once in your life?"
Fi ignored her brother and turned to Clu, "Come on, we're going".
Jack was shocked. "Fi, you can't be serious. This is illegal. If you two get caught, Clu , you could go to jail. And Fi… I'm legally responsible for you. I could be fined and you could be sent to some sort of orphanage!" Jack said.
Fi knew that this was something she had to do. She wasn't about to let her big brother stop her. She walked to the door and motioned for Clu to follow.
After seeing his little sister and his best friend leave, Jack knew he would once again have to follow them and make sure Fi didn't get hurt. Jack changed into fresh clothes and ran outside to catch up with the other two. He knew that this would be a highly eventful night.
Author's Note: Sorry it took me so long to update; I've been sick and I've had a lot of school work recently. Anyway, this was so far my favorite chapter to write, so I hope you've enjoyed it!