Thank you to everyone who consistently reviews for The Kids of Eternity. Remember, if you want me to upload chapters faster, then review! I'll upload immediately after I get five new reviews! Also, if you know much about the Shadow Children Series, please check out Among the Captured. It's kinda struggling. Anyway, here is Chapter Nine. Enjoy!:

Nine

"Oh my gosh!" said Dipper. "If this person is legit, we may be able to defeat Ronald. We have to show this to the others!"

"Great! I'll go get them!" said Mabel. She ran onto the diner.

As Dipper waited for his twin to return, Wendy asked, "Oh, by the way, did you want to tell me?"

Dipper's face reddened and he began to sweat. "I—uh—I was gonna say… the—you know, the standard you've been a great friend and it's been great knowing you."

"Okay," said Wendy slowly.

Mabel came out of the restaurant with Candy, Grenda, Robbie, and Pacifica.

Dipper didn't know why Pacifica was coming, but he predicted it was to make herself look good and increase her already high population.

Mabel took the note from Dipper and read it to the others.

"Uh, the address given to us is the address of Northwest Middle School," Pacifica pointed out. "Does it say where we should meet?"

Dipper turned the note over several times, hoping to find something. "No," he answered. "But I'm gonna assume that we should meet at the front of the school."

"Guys, I think that this mystery meeting could be a trap," said Candy.

"How could it be a trap?" asked Wendy.

"Well, the deliverer of the note never showed his face," replied Candy. "He says to meet at NWMS, but doesn't say where. I think Ronald may have sent some Kids of Eternity here to mess with us."

"Why would he do that?" asked Robbie. "That'd be a little overkill."

"Well, I wouldn't be surprised if he did," said Dipper. "We should all come armed with knives or something. But nothing major like guns."

The others nodded in agreement.

"Okay, so I guess we meet at the school's front entrance at 6:30?" asked Grenda.

"For the most part, yes," said Dipper. "Try to be a little early, but coming on time isn't bad either. But just don't be fashionably late."

He and Mabel went back to their house and got some rest. Around 6:15, they left and walked to the middle school.

Luckily, it wasn't too far away, so Dipper and Mabel got there at 6:24. Within the next few minutes, Candy, Grenda, Robbie, Pacifica, and Wendy arrived.

Dipper peered into the administration office. "I don't see anyone," he said.

Candy checked her watch. "It's 6:30," she said. "Will this person keep us waiting?"

Then, he saw the lights in the administration office turn on and a kid wearing a black cloak that covered its body opened the doors.

"Hello, I'm glad you could make it," said the kid. Dipper noticed the voice of the kid sounded like a girl either twelve or thirteen years old. "Follow me!"

No one else spoke as the cloaked girl led them through the administration office and out into a large courtyard.

(By the way, the following description of Northwest Middle School is based on my old middle school, Markham Woods. If you have trouble visualizing what I am describing, copy and paste this into Google maps and zoom in to the location(make sure you're in satellite mode!): Markham Woods Middle School, Markham Woods Road, Lake Mary, FL)

Dipper noticed that the administration building, what looked like a cafeteria building, and four other brick buildings surrounded the courtyard that had trees, picnic tables under an awning next to the cafeteria, and an amphitheatre next in front of one of the buildings to Dipper's right.

All six buildings had over hangs on the first floor that connected them to one another. Three of the buildings were two stories tall and had bridges connecting their second story.

The girl led Mabel, Dipper, Candy, Grenda, Robbie, Pacifica, and Wendy past the cafeteria to the only other one story building besides the one they just passed and the administration building.

The lights in the hallway were on and the girl led the eight of them past a couple of doors and a bathroom before going through a door on the right side of the hallway leading to the gym.

Luckily, the lights were on and Dipper noticed that the hoops were up and the bleachers up against the two long walls.

At center court on the school's Warrior logo, were four tables set up in a square and on those tables were chips, cookies, soda, and candy.

"Go ahead," said the girl. "Sit down and help yourself to some food!"

The others didn't hesitate, but Dipper turned to the cloaked girl.

"Okay, this looks too good to be true, do it probably is," he said. "I would really appreciate it if you tell us who you are and show us your face instead of being so shadowy.

The girl hesitated. "Okay, my name is Taylor," she said. "And please don't freak out!"

Taylor pulled back her hood and Dipper fell backwards onto his butt in shock.

Taylor was one of Ronald's associates.

Did Dipper and his friends walk into a trap set by Ronald, or does Taylor really want to help them? Find out in Chapter Ten, which is the chapter where you will find out why Ronald wouldn't take no for an answer. As said before, I'll upload it immediately once I get five new reviews. Otherwise, it will take longer.

~Jameer14