Chapter Seven:

Sherlock Archer's First Investigation

Rosalyn hugged me tightly as soon as I walked into the front gate on Monday morning.

"Who is he?" she demanded to know, pulling back from her hug to look at me sternly in the eye.

"You'll have to find out later" I answered simply and she gave me a playful glare.

"But is he a vampire?"

"Yes"

She squealed in delight, he cheeks rosy red. "A vampire and a witch, god you are the best for bringing this girl to life!"

I laughed as Iris, Melody and Violet rushed up and demanded the same things as Rosalyn. I answered what I could without giving too much away and I could tell they were excited for the next chapter.

"The first book is finished" I told them. "I'm taking two weeks off to relax before starting the second"

They looked at me shocked before breaking out into huge grins.

"Then we better take advantage of that" Melody smiled and Rosalyn squealed in delight.

"Sleep over at Adrianne's house!" she declared, jumping into the air and we all laughed.

"I'm not working tonight so sure. My Aunt Abbey will be out of town for the weekend anyway" I smiled at the thought of relaxing and just hanging out with the girls.

"Then it's settled then" Iris said and we walked inside the building. Almost immediately, screaming was heard from the student council room.

Melody frowned deeply with a worried expression on her face as I walked over. Just before I could even get close to the door, the principal stormed out, a furious look on her face.

Her eyes glared at me. "Get out of my sight!" she yelled before storming down the hallway, towards the teacher's lounge and slamming the door shut. It was echoed throughout the entire hall and everyone fell silent before resuming their conversations.

Melody ran in and I followed after her with the others trailing behind.

"Nathaniel! Is everything alright?" Melody asked as Nathaniel leaned on a desk, a hand to his face in shame.

"The keys to the teacher's lounge are missing" he answered quietly and I frowned.

"How can they be missing? You practically play Mommy with them" I pointed out and Nathaniel shot me a look. I shrugged my shoulders and looked away from Melody's mothering.

"Is there anything we can do to help?" Violet asked quietly and I thought about it.

"Yeah, I mean like, a way to clear Nathaniel's name?" Rosalyn asked and then squealed at me. "You could totally use this as part of the next book"

I shot her a look at how it wasn't the right time to discuss this and watched Nathaniel. His face was crestfallen, his eyes losing their golden shine that was always filled with warmth.

"We'll split up and look for it" I said finally, catching everyone's full attention.

Nathaniel began to protest but I held up a hand.

"Two groups, those who will search for the keys and the other will interrogate everyone. Someone has to have taken them from you when you weren't looking" I told Nathaniel and the girls smiled at me.

"I'll stay here" Melody offered, a pleading smile at me and I nodded.

"Rosalyn and I will interrogate while Violet and Iris can look for the keys" I instructed and Rosalyn squealed, high-fiving Iris.

"I am so Watson!" Rosalyn called and winked at me. "You can be Sherlock Archer"

I rolled my eyes as we left. She took the northern end of the school while I took the south.

I have an idea on who would do something like this but there has to be another reason. It must have something to do what was in the teacher's lounge. I don't think the principal would freak out as much as she did if something valuable wasn't stolen I thought deeply and went to the courtyard.

Castiel and Lysander were there, an acoustic guitar in Castiel's arms while a notepad in Lysander's. Both looked up when they heard me approaching.

Lysander beamed. "I must say, I am looking forward to the next book. Have you decided what you will call it?"

I shook my head and placed a hand on my hip. "Not yet"

"Watch out, she's got the hand on the hip" Castiel warned, looking at the said body part. "That means something's up"

I raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, have either of you seen the key to the teacher's lounge?" I asked, glancing between the two and they shook their heads. Castiel gave me a deadly look.

"You thought I'd steal them?" he snapped and I rolled my eyes.

"Calm your tits, Red" I warned and he flipped me off for the name. "I have an idea who but I'm just asking everyone in case I get it wrong"

Lysander nodded. "There is something else worrying"

I didn't know how Lysander could read me like a book, but I confirmed his suspicion with a firm nod.

"The principal freaked out so I'm thinking there is something else stolen other than the keys" I replied and told them my theory.

"We'll keep an eye out" Lysander smiled and Castiel smirked.

"Hop along, Little Bunny. Just put your nose to the ground and you'll sniff them out" he snickered and I flipped him off before interrogating the rest of the school.


Rosalyn found me as I finished asking and we compared notes.

"No one seems to know where they are" she sighed tiredly, running her fingers through her hair.

"Nat hasn't told us the full story" I muttered and walked to the student council room. "Have you?"

Nathaniel looked up and by the look I was giving him, he knew what I was referring to and sighed tiredly.

"The up-coming exams were stolen" he answered and Rosalyn grinned.

"So we won't have to worry about them anymore, right?" she asked and I elbowed her in the ribs before looking at Melody. A look of devastation was on her face.

"Mel, we'll find the keys and the exams" I told her firmly and she nodded but the look didn't disappear.


"We didn't find the keys" Violet said, appearing behind Rosalyn while an annoyed Iris.

"We've searched the whole damn place and nothing!" Iris groaned and I saw a certain blonde walk into the classroom across from the council room.

"Nat, come with me" I said, grabbing his hand and dragging him from the room. I told him to keep quiet as he leaned against the wall while I entered the classroom.

"That stupid Adrianne is asking everyone about the keys! She's even got that skank Rosalyn helping her!" Amber complained and Li gave her a concerned look.

"What if she finds the exams?" Li asked her worriedly and Amber held up a hand to silence her with a flick of her hair too.

"Don't worry, I've hidden them so well no one can find them" Amber sneered as I cleared my throat with a smirk. She spun around and had a look of outrage on her face.

"Wow, you really are the dumb type of your species" I commented and she glared. "The game's up Amber. Just return the keys and the exams and you might be dealt with nicely"

Amber's face grew redder with each word that came out of my mouth. "I don't know what you're talking about"

"Seriously?" I asked her in disbelief. "I've been here since you opened your over-glossed lips. You just admitted that you stole the exams!"

She flipped her hair and glared. "So what if I did? What are you going to do about it? No one will believe you"

"Don't you care about the trouble you've put Nathaniel through?" I exclaimed and she gave a bitter laugh.

"He should've stood up for me better instead of taking your side! He's my brother and he's getting what he deserves" she sneered and I smiled.

"I am so glad you said that" I said and poked my head to see Nathaniel. "So you heard it all right?"

I heard Amber gasp in shock as Nathaniel stepped around and in front of me, a look of anger that I have never seen before on his face.

"Amber! I can't believe you would stoop to such a childish level! How dare you pull a stunt like this!" he shouted and I saw Amber's lower lip tremble before tears sprouted into her eyes.

She glared at Nathaniel. "You deserve it! Wait til Mom and Dad hear about you picking on me in school!"

Nathaniel tensed immediately before I saw his hands clenching into fists by his sides.

"Adrianne, go and find the exams" he asked through clenched teeth and I placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry" I whispered into his ear before leaving the classroom and closing the door firmly. Melody had her mouth wide open in shock and stared at me while Iris stared at the door in disbelief. Violet's eyes were widened while Rosalyn looked like she was about to knock someone out.

"I can't believe she called me a skank!" Rosalyn fumed, stamping her foot hard on the ground.

"We still have to find the exams" I told her and she looked like finding them was the last thing she wanted to do.

"They have to be somewhere in the school" Violet and Iris groaned at the sound of searching again.

"Amber's not very smart so it has to be in plain sight" I thought out loud and heard some footsteps and looked over before grinning. "So you two have decided to help"

Castiel just threw me something shiny and I caught with ease before seeing it was the keys. "Found them in the greenhouse in the garden"

Iris growled. "The one place we didn't search very well" she grumbled, her arms crossed over her chest as I handed Melody the keys back.

I saw Lysander trying to calm a furious Rosalyn and saw they wouldn't be much help.

"I'm going to search near the staircase" I told them with my hands on my hips.

"I'll search the classrooms" Iris said.

"I'll go to the club rooms" Violet offered and I looked at Castiel who glared at me.

"Don't expect me to help out" he snapped and I rolled my eyes before starting to walk away.

"I never expected you to" I muttered under my breath and went to the staircase. I checked every inch and even tried to pick the lock on the secret area behind the staircase to no avail.

I slumped against the wall, sliding down and sitting on my butt. Biting my bottom lip, I stared at the lockers, trying to think of an idea where they could be.

Like I said, Amber's not that smart. It should be obvious! I reminded myself and frowned. Something brown is obvious…

I stood up and went to the stairs, finding a brown package lying on the top of some lockers. "Bingo"


Now, I realised the downside of not being tall enough to reach the top of the lockers. No matter how many times I jumped or stretched, it just wasn't happening.

I cursed and kicked the lockers before hearing a laugh behind me. I spun around and glared as Castiel walked over, laughing his head off.

"For a Little Bunny, you sure can't jump high" he smirked and reached over from behind me. My breathing stopped as I felt his chest against my back and my face became hot.

"There" Castiel murmured, grabbing the package and handing me it. I immediately covered my face in hopes for him not to notice. That didn't work out so well when he forced the package lower and smirked.

"Did you have images of my body against yours?" he teased. "Pervert"

I lightly punched his shoulder before running past him and far away. When I got back to the council room, my face had slowly returned to its normal colour as I handed Melody the package.

A look of relief washed over her face. "I can't tell you how much I appreciate this Adrianne"

"No problem" I replied as the bell went, and then I realised I had skipped most of my classes. "Shit! I am in so much trouble!"

"Don't worry about it, we're excused since Nathaniel explained what happened to the principal" Melody reassured me and I sighed in relief. "You just have to go to your last class"

"I'll go do that then" I nodded and attended Science.


Standing by my locker, I was placing some things into my bag when I heard a screech coming from down the hall. Glancing over, I saw a very pissed off Amber as she stormed towards me.

"You!" she screamed. "You got me expelled for three weeks!"

"You deserve it" I told her calmly as she raised her fist.

"And you deserve this!" she screamed and just as her fist was about to make contact with my face, I was pulled away and into warm arms.

"Amber, are you bothering my girlfriend?" Castiel smirked, watching as Amber's eyes widened and she glared at me before running off, clearly flustered. She wasn't the only one flustered.

I took a step back, out of his arms. "What the hell was that?!"

"Me saving you from getting pounded" he answered simply. "You're much prettier without a black eye"

I watched with my mouth wide open as he walked away and I played the last words in my head like a song.