Chapter 11
Michelle's POV
Soon, we were standing face to face with Melvin. He and Serena were pointing their wands at each other, ready to duel, while Kiki and I were staring up at the demon, wondering how we're going to defeat it. Kiki was holding her wand, pointing it somewhere between the ground and the demon.
"This is my demon," Melvin said with an evil chuckle. "He is known as the Destroyer of Worlds, but I like to call him Carl. He will kill you all, and then as his name implies, he will destroy the world."
"What are we going to do, Kiki?" I asked nervously.
"I'm not sure," Kiki responded, before her face lit up. "Actually, I have an idea..." She turned around to face Melvin, lifting up her wand. "Imperio!" she shouted, directing the spell at the old wizard. Melvin froze in place, almost falling into a trance.
Anthony's POV
I ran as fast as I could to get to the Crossing Countryside. I was hoping the other girls didn't get into too much trouble. I could feel the ground start to shake, and I ran faster. I started thinking about Emily, knowing she was back in Meltokio. I felt terrible about her getting hurt-by my own brother-, which forced her to remain at home to recover while we were out fighting Melvin.
"They're just stitches. The others might need us. I'll be okay..."Her words from the hospital softly echoed in my mind. She said she would be fine, but I couldn't be completely convinced.
"Anthony! There you are!" I turned around to see Lucy calling out to me, with Coco on her heels.
"Emily's back home in Meltokio, and she told us to go back to the others," Coco said when they were on either side of me. "We thought you'd be there already."
"Yeah, so did I," I responded. "But I forgot that it takes forever when you have to walk." Another hour went by, before we were running through the countryside to find Michelle, Kiki, Serena, and Melvin about to duke it out. A giant demon was stomping on the ground behind them, creating a mini earthquake. We struggled to stay on our feet, as we got closer to the action.
Emily's POV
I sat on my couch watching another Ugly Betty marathon. I was bored out of my mind, then I heard a light tap on my window. I got up to see if anyone was out there. Nobody was there, but there was a banana sitting on my cabana table. Maybe one of the other neighbors left it for me...I was hungry, so without hesitating, I peeled the banana, and bit off the top. I went to take another bite, when I noticed a purple liquid running out of the part where I had bit. I gasped in horror, when I saw Ian outside my window, giving me a wicked smile. I collapsed to the floor, dropping the banana, and slipping out of consciousness. Ian watched me fall to the floor, still smiling evilly.
"Perfect," he said, chuckling, and now smirking. "One poison banana..."