Heeeey!!!! Here's Chapter 9 of Starlight!!! Before you read farther I'd like to say that there was a typing error on here that may have caused some confusion. Bella is telekinetic (she can move objects with her mind) not telepathic (meaning to communicate without words) This mistake was caught thanks to ForeverTwilighter2325!!! Thank you for pointing that out, I owe you!!! I have changed it to telekinetic on Chapter Eight!!! Thanks again for all your awesome reviews!!!! Hope you like it!!!

Chapter 9: The Wine Cellar

"Chris, please! You have to help us! It could get Freeman fired and thrown in jail!"

Bella and Edward sat in the boys' dormitory surrounded by the guys. All of them had been eager for the danger and adventure, all except Chris. He was skeptical. He didn't believe anything Bella dreamt was real.

"Bella, you expect me to believe that you're physic and can move objects without touching them? Bells, you're like sister to me, but that is the worst lie I've ever heard. Anyone here who believes that is insane. There are no bodies down there and if Freeman catches you, you're dead." Chris' accusations hurt Bella deeply. More then she'd be willing to admit, but she pressed on.

"Chris, you don't have to do it. I'm sorry I came here and bothered you with my "lies" Bella's tone was cold and unfriendly. "Does anyone here want to help us?"

"I'll go!" Devon leapt of his rafter, landing in front of Edward and Bella. "I'd always wanted to go on an adventure."

"I'll come too." Dan walked over to stand by Devon. Soon they had about fifteen of the guys all huddled around.

"Kay! This is all we need!" Bella said merrily. "Bye you all."

"Okay," Edward began, "the guys who are coming follow me."

Edward and Bella led the way to the wine cellar. Jack, who went around Ridgeway singing loudly and randomly to himself, was going to keep lookout. He would sing his favorite song if he saw either Freeman, Miss Lucille, or the maid Desiree coming. That way he wouldn't look out of place. Devon offered to jump in the trapdoor first. That way they'd be aware of any booby traps. Dan was the only one with a cell phone that could get bars anywhere, so as soon as he got the signal, he would call the police. The rest of the boys were in charge of finding every single body.

"Remember there are about thirteen, try to find them all. When you find one yell over to Edward and he'll make note of where it is, for the police." reminded Bella.

The group arrived in the dark, narrow hallway. It had one door at the very end, the entrance to the wine cellar. Cobwebs hung from the ceiling, some draping all the way across the hallway. The cellar door's handle was dusty, and the wood of the door was rotten and damp smelling. Bella nodded at Jack who went back to the very edge of the hallway, the closest to the wine cellar the orphans were allowed to go. He stood there looking like a careless wanderer. Bella smiled, Jack was a good actor. Edward reached out and touched the doorknob. He turned it slowly. The door creaked, dully in protest as Edward pressed in on it. The door opened and the musty, dead smell of the cellar wafted out into the hallway. Edward looked behind him at the other kids and nodded once before disappearing behind the door. Bella, Devon, and Dan followed close behind with the other boys. The wine cellar was so shrouded in darkness that no one could see. Someone's arms wrapped around Bella, she almost screamed, but Edward's hand appeared over her mouth preventing her from doing so.

"Calm down it's just me." whispered Edward in Bella's ear. Then the room was filled with a bright light.

"What the…" began Bella.

"I thought we might need this lantern." Dan said grinning.

"I love you Dan." laughed Bella with relief. Edward shifted uncomfortably by her side. Dan laughed.

"Okay, we have a mission to complete." Dan said. He got down on his hands and knees with his lantern, searching along the ground for the trapdoor. They heard him catch his breath.

"I found it." Dan pulled on the handle. "No, it's locked!"

"Oh no, Edward! We didn't consider this!" Bella rushed to Dan's side frantically and yanked on the handle. In the midst of all the confusion of the trap door, no one heard Jack singing his song as loud as he could as Freeman walked up the deserted hallway toward him.

"What are you doing here Jack?" His tone was harsh, but had a panicked edge.

"Oh just wandering and singing. You know how I am." Jack looked around with fake lack of interest. "You really should clean up this hallway Mr. Freeman."

"Get out of my way Jack!" Freeman pushed past Jack and headed toward to wine cellar. Jack tried to show no emotion, no fear. He continued singing his song. Freeman opened the door. Screams echoed from inside the cellar.

"What the devil is going on in here?" Freeman looked so angry, so scared Bella couldn't find her voice.

"Mr. Freeman, we heard there was a trapdoor down here and we know you told us not to come in here, but we weren't going to drink anything, so we figured it'd be cool to see where the trapdoor leads. This building's so old; it could've been an old prison or a safe place to hide runaway slaves." Dan prattled on.

Freeman tried to compose himself. "That's very interesting; if that was the case you could've asked me. I'll tell you kids, behind that trapdoor is nothing. It was a trick to throw of slave catchers back during the Civil War. All that's behind there is wood."

He looked at Bella. She read the accusations in his eyes. He knew this was her plan.

"Bella, if you could come to my office, I'd like to have a word?" Freeman asked in a carefully polite voice.

"NO!" yelled Edward. Everyone stared at him. "I-I mean she can't! She uh… promised to teach me how to read."

"Yup." said Bella nodding her head. "Yeah, Edward's an idiot. It's really too bad. I'll catch you later Mr. Freeman."

Dan turned away trying to repress laughter. Mr. Freeman raised an eyebrow.

"Maybe another time then, eh?" he said.

"Oh sure, once Edward learns to read." Bella retorted almost sarcastically.

"Okay, everyone out. NOW!" Mr. Freeman directed everyone to the exit of the cellar. The walked past Jack, who did a mental count of heads, making sure everyone was still there. "Except for you Jack, can I see you alone for a second?"

"Actually, I'm teaching Jack how to read too." Bella pointed out.

"Fine." Freeman snapped. "Everyone out of my sight this instant!"

The kids all ran back to the boys' dorm, they had a lot to discuss.