Hello Y'all! We just wanted to say again that it might be some time before Chapter 10 is up….But it will be up!! Please, please, please review!! Or Anthea will sic Basta on you…Just kidding…but really…review… Now back to the shenanigans……
Dustfinger eyed Ceridwen and Eidel. "You're back?"
Anthea looked behind her at the two girls. "What's up? I've had an awful time trying to convince Basta to not want to be my stalker."
"Sing Gaston to him! Kidding. We got lost. We WERE with Shyama but she found Mo and was love at first sight and Eidel and I turned invisible. So we went to look for Meggie but found you."
"Oh. Well…I'm not much more interesting. Except for a random person hiding in the bushes behind me not doing a great job of hiding!" Anthea yelled behind her.
"Basta!" Eidel shrieked.
"None other." Anthea muttered.
"I'm great at hiding!" Basta contradicted.
"GO HOME!" They all shouted.
"Please." Anthea added sweetly. "What are you trying to accomplish here, darling?" She asked just as sweetly.
He shrugged. "It's no fun at my house. No one else interesting is there."
Anthea pondered. "That's because no one likes you, so you live all alone. I mean I could possibly like you, if you weren't so socially inept. Or you didn't treat me like your singing rabbit's foot."
"Singing rabbit's foot?" Basta repeated, sounding amused.
"Well…" Anthea frowned. "You want me to sing and be your good luck charm….So yeah…Unless you have a cleverer term for it."
"No. I like it." he grinned. "And you already are my good luck charm."
Anthea flatted at him. She does that a lot. "Oh really now…."
Dustfinger rolled his eyes. "Would you like me to leave you two to have a private conversation for yourselves? You seem to get along very well."
Basta took this comment very seriously. "Oh, of course. Go on, Dustfinger. We'll take care of ourselves."
Anthea went white. "Don't leave me…..Not with him…..."
"Don't worry." Dustfinger smiled. "I was just making a point."
Anthea frowned. "What kind of point? I've been trying to get rid of him!"
Dustfinger continued smiling sweetly. "Then maybe you shouldn't encourage him by talking to him."
Basta's grin turned smug. "Maybe she doesn't want to get rid of me."
Anthea looked at both of them for a moment, then she took off as fast as she could.
Basta took off after her, but Dustfinger shook his head. "Really Basta." he said casually. "I thought that you weren't going to make me torment you with fire."
Basta froze.
A few yards off, Anthea tripped and made an "ooowfffah" kind of sound.
Eidel and Ceridwen slowly crept away to find some help.
Basta glanced at Dustfinger to see if he was watching, and because Dustfinger's hawk like gaze hadn't let up, Basta decided not to approach.
"Are you all right?" Dustfinger inquired.
Anthea shook her head.
Dustfinger narrowed his eyes at Basta. "Don't try anything funny." he said in a rather menacing voice
Then Studfinger walked over to Anthea's side." What's wrong?"
"I have a creepy stalker." Anthea said in a small pathetic voice.
Dustfinger frowned.
But before he could say anything, Basta did try something funny.
Basta tackled Dustfinger and held a knife to his throat.
"No!" Anthea cried. "Stop!"
No." Basta smiled. "He won't be flicking anymore matches at me and burning my face."
Expression strained, Dustfinger kept as still as possible. "Basta, don't do anything
rash"
Basta laughed. "Why don't you leave me alone? Stop interfering in my business. Leave me alone with my singing rabbit's foot." He winked at Anthea as he said this.
Anthea swallowed then placed a hand on Basta's arm. "If you let him go, I'll go with you" She said in a soft voice.
Basta flashed her a grin. "Dustfinger, why don't you take all your matches out of your pockets? I don't trust you with your fire."
Dustfinger slowly began digging in his pockets, pulling out matchbox after matchbox
Anthea watched as her salvation was casted on the ground. "Promise me you won't hurt him or I won't sing a note for you."
"Of course." Basta smiled.
Anthea stood up and took a deep breath.
Dustfinger closed his eyes depressedly
Basta laughed with triumph
Anthea gazed back helplessly at Dustfinger as Basta began to drag her off to his…And now her…Home…..Duh duh DUH!!!!!!!!!!
