American Dragon: Haley Long (Season Two)
Chapter/Episode Fourteen: Forest of Mothers
The door to the library opened, and Haley, Leah and Destiny all walked inside. In Haley's hand was a piece of paper, and the three made their way over to the computer tables. As the three sat down, Destiny sighed. "Another project..." She said. "...And we just finished another one, only we only have until Wednesday to do this one..."
"Welcome to college..." Haley told her as she logged in to the old computer. "...And at least this one is pretty easy. All we have to do is write a page long paper about our ancestry and as a group, we put it on a poster. It's not hard. It won't take us until Wednesday."
"Yeah..." Leah agreed. "...I mean, I already know that both of my have ancestry coming from England..."
"My mother and my grandfather came from China..." Haley added. "...What about you, Destiny?"
"What?" Destiny was snapped out of her thoughts, and she looked up to see her two friends looking at her. "Oh! Uh, I..."
"You do know, right?" Leah asked. "You do know where your family comes from, right?"
"I..." Destiny started, but she stopped, and sighed as she lowered her head again. "...I don't..."
"How can you not know?" Haley asked. "My grandfather always wanted my brother and I to be proud of our heritage..."
"Well, that's your family..." Destiny answered. "...My father never mentioned anything, and I never knew my mother; I don't even know what happened to her. My father never talks about her..."
"Never?" Leah asked.
"Never." Destiny repeated. "It's like he wants to completely forget about her..."
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"Dad..." Destiny poked her head into her father's room. Mr. Morgan was making his bed, and when he heard his daughter's voice, he turned around to face her.
"Oh, hello Destiny..." He smiled. "...How were your classes today?"
"I have a project to do..." Destiny answered, slipping her bag off of her shoulder and onto the floor. "...About ancestry."
"Aw, that should be interesting, shouldn't it..." Mr. Morgan finished making the bed, and he moved away from it. "...You should probably get started on it..."
Destiny watched as her father started to walk toward her and out the door, and that was when she decided to ask the million dollar question: "What happened to my mother? I want to know about her..."
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As Destiny had expected, her father stopped in his tracks. Looking at his daughter, Mr. Morgan could feel his heart rate increasing, and his breaths became quicker than normal. "Wh...Why would you want to know about your mother for this project?" He asked. "I can just tell you where some of your ancestors come from..."
"I've been wondering about my mother for a long time..." Destiny explained. "...And now that I'm older, I'd like to know what happened to her..."
Mr. Morgan just stared at his daughter before he finally spoke: "Alright...Come here..." Destiny then watched as her father turned and walked back over to his bed. Mr. Morgan then turned around and put his back to his bed, pushing it back to reveal a small hole in the floor. Turning around, Mr. Morgan kneeled down and reached down into the hole. Then, he grunted as he pulled up a trunk, setting it down on the floor.
Interested, Destiny slowly made her way over to her father, and she reached him just as he put a key into the lock, turned it, and opened the trunk. Destiny watched as her father reached into the trunk, and her eyes widened as he pulled out a red, small book.
"This was one of your mother's diaries, Destiny..." Mr. Morgan told her, holding it out for her to take. "...Your mother was a very depressed person, Destiny. She loved to write, and when we lived in California, there was always a forest that she would love to go down to and spend a few hours there..."
"So, what happened to her?"
Mr. Morgan sighed sadly, like he didn't want to tell her, but nonetheless, he spoke: "It's not something I like reliving...but...she disappeared..."
Destiny asked. "What do you mean she disappeared?"
"...She went into the forest..." Mr. Morgan continued. "...And...she never came out. It's been eighteen years, and she still hasn't been found."
Destiny listened to what her father was saying, and when he was finished, her eyes were wide, and her hands were shaking. "I want you to take this book..." Mr. Morgan told his daughter. "...I think you'll learn a lot about your mother..."
With trembling hands, Destiny nodded, and she reached out and took the book. As she looked down at the cover, she could see "The Diary of Celia Morgan".
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"Ugh, Haley..." Leah groaned as she and Haley sat at the computer in the darkened library. "...It's late, and I'd like to get home!"
"I'm not forcing you to stay here, Leah..." Haley turned her face from the computer and looked at Leah. "...You can go if you want to. Just...try to find out more about your family over the weekend..."
"Well, you could have told me that hours ago..." Leah replied, and she quickly got up from her chair. "...On Monday, can we please not stay in here so late?"
"Sure..." Haley answered, having already turned her attention back to the computer. Leah must have believed this, for she nodded and turned before walking out of the library. As the door closed behind Leah, Haley sighed as she closed down the window and stood up from her chair. Haley pushed in the chair and turned, and was about to walk out of the library, but she stopped when she saw that Rob was standing at the front check out desk, looking down at something.
Not able to help herself, Haley made her way over to the desk and put her hands on the surface as soon as she arrived. "Hey, Rob..." She smiled, and she could see that Rob was writing something. Rob reacted to her voice by looking up from the paper and giving her a small nod. "What are you writing?" Haley asked.
"It's private..." Rob told her, this time not looking up.
Despite Rob saying this, Haley looked at what he was writing anyway, and she soon realized the format that he was writing. "You're writing poetry?" She asked.
Rob groaned and he looked up from his paper. "Yes, I am." He told her in an annoyed tone. "You're distracting me, though. So, if you could just...go..."
Haley could feel her heart sinking, and she couldn't help but feel slightly hurt by these words. Nonetheless, she nodded, and gave him a small smile. "Sure!" She told him. "No problem! I'm sorry for being a pest...I'm just...going to go home..."
When Rob did not acknowledge her apology, Haley finally turned her head and left. Haley reached the door and pulled it open, but just as she was stepping back, Haley turned her head back and gave one last glance at Rob. As she watched him write, Haley's straight face slowly started to curve into a smile.
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Haley closed the door to the Long household and quickly walked into the kitchen. Turning on the light, Haley walked over to the kitchen table; pulling up a chair, Haley sat down as she put her bag on the table. Reaching into her bag, Haley pulled out a purple notebook and pen. Setting her bag on the floor, Haley opened up the notebook and put the point of the pen down, beginning to write...
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Destiny sat on her bed, curled up with her knees pressed to her chest as she read her mother's diary. Destiny turned her head when she suddenly heard her door creak as it slowly opened, Mr. Morgan walking in. "How do you like the diary?" He asked her as he kneeled down beside the bed.
"I never knew she loved to write..." Destiny said. "...She got all of that inspiration from that forest..."
"I would never know..." Mr. Morgan admitted. "...I never looked in her books. I...I always thought it would be an invasion of her privacy..."
"Dad..." Destiny closed the diary. "...I want to go to that forest..."
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"What?" Mr. Morgan asked his daughter, his eyes wide with shock as he stared back at his daughter. "Destiny, it's all the way in California..."
"There's a wonderful invention that's only been around for about a century, Dad..." Destiny replied. "...It's called an airplane. Dad, I'm not asking you to come with me. This is something I want to do on my own..."
"You want to go to California alone?"
"Don't you think I'm old enough?" Destiny asked. "I'm going to be nineteen, and I'm in college. Don't you think I'm old enough?"
"Well, I..."
"Come on, Dad..." Destiny pleaded. "...Please let me go. I'll find a way to pay for the ticket. I want to know about her...Please..."
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"Alright, here's your ticket..." Destiny stood next to her father in front of the gate at the airport. Mr. Morgan handed his daughter her ticket as he slowly backed away.
"Thanks, Dad..." Destiny told him, reaching down and picking up her small suitcase as the gate opened its door. "...I hope to be back Tuesday night, okay?"
"Alright, Destiny..." Mr. Morgan said silently as his daughter turned and started to walk down the hall that would lead her to the inside of the plane.
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Destiny looked down the aisle as she stepped into the plane. Noticing that the very first seat was not taken, Destiny quickly sat down, putting her suitcase on the seat right next to her. Silently putting on her seatbelt and put her head back as she waited for the plane to take off.
From the outside, the engines started to whir to life, and within seconds, the plane started to move down the runway.
Inside the plane, Destiny felt herself being forced deeper into her seat as the plane took off, and after about a minute, the planed leveled in the sky. Relaxing in her seat, Destiny took a deep breath as she put her head back against the seat and closed her eyes...
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There was a flash of light, and the next thing Destiny knew, she was standing a bright blue area. "Where am I?" Destiny asked, looking around. "What is this place?"
"Relax, darling..." A new, sweet voice answered, and Destiny turned her head straight ahead, gasping as she saw a woman who looked just like her, only ten to fifteen years older.
"Mom?"
"Hello, Destiny..."
"Mom, is that really you?"
"Not really..." Mrs. Morgan smiled sadly. "...I guess you could say that I'm just a figment of your imagination. Either that...or you could simply call me a ghost. And I see that you want to see what happened almost eighteen years ago..."
"I want to know what happened to you..."
"I know you do, darling..." Mrs. Morgan smiled again. "...But you shouldn't get involved. This is very dangerous. If you get involved, no good can come of it..."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean..." Mrs. Morgan sighed. "...My life was taken away from me, and if you go looking for the culprit, you just might meet my fate..."
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It was early in the morning, and Haley felt odd as she walked through the halls of her school on Saturday morning. The only students that were roaming around the halls were the ones that lived on campus, and Haley tried her best to ignore them as she made her way to the library door.
Opening the door, Haley stepped inside, immediately finding Rob standing at the counter, and as she walked closer, she could see that he was still putting his pencil to that piece of paper. "Hey, Rob..." Haley smiled as she reached the counter.
"Haley..." Rob acknowledged.
"So, about that poem you're writing..." Haley started. "...I was just wondering if you were having any problems with it..."
"So what if I am?"
"Well, I was just wondering if I could help you..." Haley explained. "...See, I have some experience in poetry..." As she spoke, Haley reached into her pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper. Unfolding it, she continued: "...You see, it's pretty easy. You shouldn't have to put so much thought into it..."
"That's nice..." Rob did not seem very interested; instead, he simply removed his pencil from the paper and stood in thought. Then, after a moment, he started to bring the pencil down, but before he could start writing again, Haley grabbed the piece of paper and brought it up to her face. "Hey, did I say you could read that?" Rob demanded, but he stopped as Haley started to read it out loud.
"Your hair is like a soft feather-Hey!"
"Did I say you could read that?" Rob demanded, snatching the paper away from her. "Haley, can you just...go?"
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Haley quickly closed the door as she stood out alone in the hallway. As she walked away from the door, Haley couldn't help but smile. Rob was writing about a girl, and he didn't want her to read it.
Could it have been for her?
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"What are you talking about?" Destiny asked. She was standing in front of her mother, whom she had never met before in her life. "What do you mean I'll meet the same fate as you? What happened?"
"Destiny, that's what I'm going to show you..." Mrs. Morgan told her daughter. "My life was taken from me, darling...Come with me..."
Before Destiny could react, Mrs. Morgan reached out and grabbed her shoulder, turning her around as the background started to morph and transform into that of a clearing in a forest. Destiny could see her mother, still alive and sitting on a rock. In her lap was a blue diary, one that Destiny didn't see in the trunk. She was writing, and she spoke as if she had an audience:
"It feels as though I am putting my entire life into this book..." She said. "...I feel like there is nothing that this book doesn't know about me. It makes me feel like I haven't done anything exciting with my life. I feel like if there was anything exciting in my life, like something dangerous, I would feel like I would want to keep it a secret. My life may be an open book, but it's a boring open book..." Mrs. Morgan sighed as she finished writing, and she closed her book and stood up. Before she turned and started to walk through the forest.
Destiny was about to follow her, but before she could, she felt her mother's hand on her shoulder. "What?" She asked. "You said you were going to show me what happened..."
"And that's exactly what I plan on doing, darling..." Mrs. Morgan told her. "...But for now, I need you to keep looking straight..."
"What?" Destiny asked, but nonetheless, she did as she was told, watching the memory of Mrs. Morgan walk out of the forest. Then, just as it looked like Mrs. Morgan walked passed a tree, Destiny gasped as someone stepped out from beside the tree and turned, watching Mrs. Morgan leave.
Unfortunately, Destiny could not see anything about the figure, as the being wore a black cloak that had a good that covered the back of its head...
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Destiny and the ghost of her mother walked into a room and immediately, Mrs. Morgan pointed to the end of the room, and Destiny could see both of her parents standing over a crib.
"Is my little baby excited for her very first birthday?" Mr. Morgan asked, leaning into the crib, planting a kiss on the forehead of baby Destiny. "You know that your Mommy and Daddy are going to make it a special day for you..."
Mr. Morgan then stood up straight, and he turned to face his wife. "You're not going to that forest tomorrow, are you?"
"Of course I am..." Mrs. Morgan answered. "...It's my time..."
"Can't you give it up for just one day?" Mr. Morgan asked. "It's our only daughter's very first birthday. She's not going to have another one."
"Why do you make it sound like I'm going to spend the whole day there?" Mrs. Morgan asked, putting her hands on her hips. "I never do..."
"I..." Mr. Morgan started, but he stopped, sighing. "...Can you please just give up going for just one day? I really don't think that's too much to ask. Do you?"
"And what if I think it is?" Mrs. Morgan crossed her arms. "I'll only be gone for an hour or two; I won't be all day! I need this time to get all my thoughts down."
"You can just write down your thoughts for both days after tomorrow..."
To Mr. Morgan's surprise, his wife scoffed at this. "I thought you understood how I feel about this..." She told him. "...I thought that our arguments would never spread to this topic! No! I'm going tomorrow! And there's nothing you can do to stop me!"
Destiny then watched as the memory of her mother turned and quickly walked passed her and the ghost of her former self, leaving the room. As soon as she was gone, the ghost sighed. "I wish I had listened to your father..." Mrs. Morgan sighed.
"Why?" Destiny asked.
"Because..." Mrs. Morgan sighed. "...If I had listened to him, I would have lived long enough to celebrate your first birthday..."
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Haley kept her smile on her face as she stood at the doorstep of Leah's house. Haley pulled her hand away from the door, and she put her hands behind her back, waiting for the door to open. A few seconds later, the door opened, and Haley could see Ian's face as he pulled the door open.
"She's been waiting for you..." Ian told her as Haley stepped into the house. "...She's up in her room..." Ian told her as he closed the door.
"Thanks..." Haley said, her smile still wide as she turned and made her way to the stairs.
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Haley stepped into Leah's room, and she immediately saw Leah in the corner, sitting in a chair with a small, old laptop on her lap. "Hey, Leah..." Haley greeted her, and Leah looked up from her old laptop.
"Oh, it took you long enough to get here..." Leah told her. "...I'm typing up my part of the paper. Have you started yours?"
"No..." Haley admitted quickly, still smiling.
Leah raised an eyebrow as she looked up from her keyboard, staring right at her friend. "What?" She asked. "Are you kidding me? Haley, you're usually the one who dedicates themselves to getting it done. What's changed?"
"To be perfectly honest..." Haley shrugged. "...I tried. I went to the library to find some more information, but I saw Rob..."
"So?" Leah asked. "You already went on a date with him. What more could you possibly want? I was personally hoping that by now, you would see that he's nothing but an ignorant snob..."
"What makes you say that?" Haley asked, her smiling fading.
"Well, maybe I was the only one who noticed this..." Leah continued. "...But he looked completely uninterested in you! I think he was pressured to be there..."
"Oh, yeah?" Haley asked, and once again, she started to grin. "Well, for your information, I just happened to see that he was writing a poem..."
"So?"
"...For me..." Haley said with triumph, but then, once again, her grin faded. "...Well, I think it was for me. I didn't get to read much of it, and then he told me to leave him alone..."
"Aw, that's so sweet..." Leah rolled her eyes, her tone one of mockery. "...Haley, I think it's really foolish of you to just assume that he likes you. To me, it seems like he's not interested..."
"Well..." Haley crossed her arms. "...We'll just see, won't we? When he gives me that poem, I hope I have permission to rub it in your face..."
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Destiny and the ghost of Mrs. Morgan once again found themselves in the forest. "Where are you?" Destiny asked, turning to face the ghost. "And what did you mean back there?"
"I'm on my way, darling..." Mrs. Morgan answered. "...And as for the answer to your second question, you will find out soon enough. Now, here I come..."
Hearing her mother say this, Destiny turned her head, watching as her living mother walked into sight. "Now, Destiny..." Mrs. Morgan told her. "...Now you will find out everything you want to know..."
Mrs. Morgan held her journal in front of her as she sat down on her same rock; opening her book, Mrs. Morgan reached into the pocket of her jacket and pulled out her pen. Mrs. Morgan then put the pen to her paper and started writing.
"December 3rd 2000..." Mrs. Morgan spoke her words that she was writing in her journal. "...Today is Destiny's very first birthday. I never imagined that my husband and I would get into an argument over my own daughter's birthday. I know I should help him set up the decorations, but he knows that I need this time to myself..."
As she continued to write, the wind started to pick up, blowing Mrs. Morgan's hair. Still, she kept writing. "...I love my family, but I feel like I haven't done anything important with my life. When I was a little girl, I always wanted to see the world, but I feel like that will never happen. That's why, in most of my stories, my characters see the world...because I can't..."
By this point, the strength of the wind became too much, and the book went flying from Mrs. Morgan's grip. The book hit the ground and continued to roll across the ground in the wind. Gasping, Mrs. Morgan jumped from her rock and ran after the book as it continued to be blown away, however, suddenly, a black boot came down on the book, stopping it its tracks.
Destiny gasped as she looked at the figure, who wore black boots and a black cloak, which was being blown by the wind, revealing all black clothing, including a leather black face mask, covering everything except for his eyes, mouth and nose. It was the figure that was watching her mother as she left.
"Behold, Destiny..." the ghost of Mrs. Morgan said sadly. "...My killer..."
"What?" Destiny asked, and she watched carefully as the memory of her mother walked over to the new arrival.
"You might want to be careful, young lady..." The new arrival said as he removed his boot from the journal. His voice alone seemed to say dangerous evil-doer. Mrs. Morgan watched as the new arrival bent over and picked up the book. The new arrival then straightened and handed the book back to Mrs. Morgan. "...In weather like this, you shouldn't be out here..."
"What weather?" Mrs. Morgan asked. "It's just wind..." She said this just as another gust of wind hit her back, making her lose her footing. Mrs. Morgan gasped as she fell forward, only stopping when the new arrival reached out and grabbed her.
Watching this, Destiny gasped as she realized just how long the man's fingernails were; they were sharp enough to run someone through.
"Aw, it may only be wind now..." The new arrival told her he helped her find her balance. "...But I promise you that a storm is coming. You do not want to be out here when that happens. I always find that the weather is worse in this forest..."
"Really?"
"Oh, yes..." The new arrival smiled at her, a smile that any person with any common sense should know means trouble. "...Why don't you come with me? I can take you to my cave..."
"That would be great..." Mrs. Morgan told him.
"Very well..." The new arrival told her. "...We should get going now if we are to get there before the big storm hits. Come on..."
Watching this, Destiny couldn't help but groan as she watched the memory of her mother walk off with the man. "Why did you go with him?" Destiny groaned. "What were you thinking?"
"I thought I could trust him..." the ghost answered. "...I didn't realize until too late that it was a big mistake..."
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Leah peeked into the library as she pushed opened the door. She could see that Rob was leaning over the counter, writing. Leah slowly pushed the door open more and stepped in, and just as she closed the door behind her, she could hear a ringing coming from the counter.
As Leah stood right where she was, Rob reached into his pocket and pulled out his ringing communication device. Leah watched as Rob walked away from the counter and walked behind one of the shelves.
Leah quickly walked over to the counter, and she looked down at the paper, as she grabbed it and turned hit over so she wouldn't have to read it upside down. Leah's eyes read through the paper for a few seconds before they widened and she gasped.
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Destiny looked around with wide eyes as she and the ghost of her mother stepped into a dark cave. "I will be arriving here soon, darling..." Mrs. Morgan said sadly.
"Dang..." Destiny muttered as she looked around the cave. "...This place screams trouble. You should have gotten out of here as quickly as your feet could carry you..."
"Well, as you will soon see, Destiny..." Mrs. Morgan replied. "...I did not. Look! Here we come!"
Destiny turned and looked at the entrance of the cave, just in time to see the memory of her mother and her killer enter the cave, just as the rain started to commence with a crack of lightening.
"Well, here we are..." The killer said. "...Please...make yourself comfortable. I have a feeling that you could be here for a while..."
"Thank you..." Mrs. Morgan replied, and she started to take off her coat, which she set down on the cold, rocky ground; she then put her journal down on her coat.
"Please, sit down..." The killer offered.
"I think I'll stand, but thank you..." Mrs. Morgan said as she turned to face her future killer. "...So..." She changed the subject. "...You live here?"
"Yes..." The killer replied. "...Personally, I hope to be able to leave this cave very soon. For now, though...it's not bad..."
"I don't see how you could live like this..." Mrs. Morgan stated.
"Well, perhaps if you look around..." There was no denying the cruel and devious smile that the man had on his face. "...Then maybe you would see how this kind of habitat is survivable...Please, have a look around. I would be offended if you didn't..."
"Oh, alright..." Mrs. Morgan said as she stood up, a small and unsure smile on her face. "...If you say so..."
Mrs. Morgan slowly turned around and looked at the cave wall. As she got closer to it, Mrs. Morgan could see that there were a bunch of ID cards and driver's licenses put up on the wall. "What in the world...?" Mrs. Morgan asked with awe as she walked closer to the wall.
Just as she reached the wall, her eyes wide with disbelief and confusion, she heard something crack underneath her shoe. Looking down at the ground, Mrs. Morgan's eyes widened even more as she made out the outline of a human skull submerged in the gravel.
Gasping, Mrs. Morgan fell to her knees, looking at the skull. Unbeknownst to Mrs. Morgan, the man who the cave belonged to grinned cruelly as he reached to the side with both of his arms and slowly picked up a large boulder.
Getting to his feet, the killer raised the boulder over his head as he made his way over to the woman on her hands and knees. Then, once he was right behind her...
Destiny gasped in horror and she squeezed her eyes shut, turning her head away, just as she heard a sickening thud, followed by the sound of a body hitting the ground.
"Destiny, you can open your eyes now..." Mrs. Morgan told her daughter.
Not knowing if she could believe this, Destiny slowly opened her eyes and turned her head toward the sight happening before her.
Mrs. Morgan was on the ground, face down and unmoving; dead. Her killer dropped the boulder right beside her head and sank to his knees. "Let's see what we've got here..." The killer said, rolling the body over and reaching into her pockets.
The killer fished around in Mrs. Morgan's pockets for about a minute, but finally, he pulled his hand out, with nothing to show for his search. Getting up and walking over to the jacket, the killer grabbed the journal and tossed it across the cave before he started to fish around in the pockets of the coat. Finally, the killer pulled his hand out of the pocket, holding Mrs. Morgan's driver's license.
Destiny watched as the killer walked over to the wall, placing the license on the wall, next to another woman's. Horrified, Destiny turned her head and looked at the ghost of her mother. "I'm sorry, darling..." She said. "...This is the truth. This is what happened..."
"You should have gotten out of there..."
To Destiny's surprise, the ghost shook her head. "No, darling..." She said. "...I couldn't. That's not what I wanted you to get out of this. What I wanted you to get out of this is to not look for him, because if you do, you will be in great danger. Now, it's time for you to wake up...and go home..."
"But wait..." Destiny started. "...Where is he?"
"Don't look for him, darling..." Mrs. Morgan ordered softly. "...It's time for you to go home..."
"No, tell me where he is!" Destiny shouted, tears starting to form in her eyes, but to her horror, the ghost of her mother was starting to fade away. "No! Please tell me!" Destiny begged, but it was too late. Her mother had completely faded away, and Destiny was left in the cave.
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Destiny gasped as her eyes snapped open. Sitting up, Destiny looked around and saw that she was sitting in her seat on the airplane. Destiny was just about to get up when she heard a voice over the intercom: "Attention, this is your captain speaking. We are preparing to land in California..."
Hearing this, Destiny's eyes widened and she quickly unlocked her seatbelt before jumping up from her seat. "Can I help you, Miss?" Destiny turned her head around to see a stewardess standing next to her seat in the aisle.
"Tell the captain..." Destiny told her. "...To turn this plane around..."
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On Wednesday morning, it was pouring rain. Inside the halls, both Haley and Leah had unhappy looks on their faces as they exited the classroom. "We failed..." Haley growled. "...Thanks a lot, Destiny..."
"It's not like her to not be here..." Leah added.
"Yeah..." Haley continued. "...But what she's telling me now is that I wasted my entire time typing up my part of the paper last night..."
"Maybe something happened in her family..."
"Maybe you could go see her and find out..." Haley retorted.
"Fine..." Leah frowned, crossing her arms. "...I will!"
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Leah's rain coat did not save her from the downpour as she ran down the hill that led to the camp that Destiny's lived at. Leah's hair was completely dampened, and her clothes were soaked. As she continued running down the hill, Leah grunted as she came to an abrupt stop when her foot sank into the mud.
Leah stopped, and with one yank, she managed to pull her foot free. However, in the process, she lost her balance and rolled all of the way down the hill.
Groaning, Leah slowly got to her feet and walked into the camp, immediately seeing Destiny's back as the girl sat alone on the log bench. "Destiny..." Leah said as she approached her. Despite the weather, Destiny was only wearing a T-shirt and jeans, which were soaking wet and sticking to her body. "Destiny..." Leah repeated, sitting down beside her.
This time, Destiny responded to Leah's voice, and she just stared at Leah. "Destiny..." Leah continued. "...Today was our presentation, and you missed it. We failed because you weren't there. Where were you?"
Just as Leah finished speaking, Destiny reacted wrapping her arms around Leah, shocking her. "Leah..." Destiny's voice was broken. "...I did my homework..."
"I'm not mad at you..." Leah tried to explain, but Destiny continued.
"...I found out what happened to my mother..." Destiny was now crying. "...My dad told me that she went missing, and then I had a very vivid dream. Leah, my mom was murdered..."
"What?" Leah asked, but Destiny did not answer. Instead, Destiny only tightened her grip on her friend. Through the shock, Leah just sat there in the rain with her, allowing her to hug her. Then, gently, Leah put her hand on Destiny's head and ran it down her hair, comforting her.
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A/N: So, what did you think? Please review.