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Missing

When I opened my eyes, I was lying in a hospital bed. Was this another dream, or was it real life? A small heart-rate monitor was beside my bed, beeping at a regular pace. A whole bunch of medical equipment was surrounding me.

My eyes felt heavy and tired. My limbs felt like they hadn't been used in years, and my mouth was extremely dry. I looked around for some water, but found none.

I looked around some more and found a small button beside my pillow. The words NURSE were printed above it in big red letters. I pulled my arm out from under the blankets and pushed the button.

"Natalie? Is that you?" a voice sounded from the speaker above the button. "I told you to stop messing with the buttons! Why are you in Chelsea's room anyway? When you stopped by the front desk, you said you were going to visit Julia."

"What?" I asked, my voice extremely hoarse. "What are you talking about? Natalie's not in here. It's Chelsea."

"Oh my God..." the voice, who I assumed to be a nurse, whispered. "Oh my God! Chelsea, you're awake!"

"Yeah..." I said, confused. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"I'm sending the doctor in there right away!" the nurse squealed.

Minutes later, the door swung open and a doctor and two nurses walked in.

"See? She is awake!" one said. I recognized her voice as being the one from the speaker.

"Oh my Lord..." the doctor whispered. He rushed over to my bedside and began showering me with questions. "How do you feel? Are you groggy, tired, sleepy? Does you head hurt? Do any of your limbs hurt?"

"I feel fine," I said, a little annoyed at him. "Yes, I'm sleepy. No, my head doesn't hurt. And my limbs feel like they're in braces and haven't been used in years!"

One nurse cleared her throat. "That's because they haven't..."

"What?" I gasped. Wait... is she saying I've been asleep for years?

"Chelsea," the doctor said. "You've been asleep for almost two years."

"What?" I repeated. "How? Nothing extremely serious happened! Except that I was trapped in a chicken, which fell down on top of me, during a blizzard! But it couldn't caused me to go in a coma for two years!"

The doctor looked warily at the nurses. "Nothing like that happened," he said. "You were found unconscious leaning over your friend, Julia, after a house collapsed on top of you. You haven't woken up since."

"What?" I said again. This was unbelievable. If I fell unconscious when I closed my eyes leaning over Julia, that means I never found Vaughn, never saved his life, never went to Julia's house for supper that one night, and was never kissed... It was all a dream. A stupid dream.

Tears sprung to my eyes. "J-Julia..." I whispered. "Where's Julia? I she ok?"

"She's fine," a nurse said. "She's in the room next door to you. She woke up from her coma two days ago."

"She's not dead?" I breathed. "What about Vaughn? Is he ok?"

"What?" the other nurse asked. "Who's Vaughn?"

"He was in the house when it collapsed," I said.

"There was no one else in that house," the nurse said.

"Yes there was!" I screamed. "He was in there! I know it!"

"You probably DREAMT he was there," he doctor said. "Because I assure you, someone named Vaughn was never found in that house."

"I need to talk to Julia," I said, and began to get out of bed.

"No, you can't!" the doctor screamed, trying to get me back in. "You just woke up from a coma! You're too weak!"

"I need to talk to Julia," I screamed through gritted teeth. I barged past the doctor and nurses and marched through the door to the room beside mine.

I had trouble walking since I hadn't used my legs in two years, but I still managed to make it to Julia's room. I barged through the door and saw Natalie chatting with Julia without a care in the world.

"Chelsea!" Julia screamed when she saw me.

Natalie turned and screamed as well. "What are you doing here!" she asked. "I thought you were in a coma!"

"Was," I said to Natalie, and marched to Julia. Mind you, I didn't march particularly well. "Julia, where's Vaughn?" I demanded.

Julia stared at me with sad eyes. "Julia, where's Vaughn?" I said again. "Tell me! I need to know!

"He... He's missing..." Julia whispered, tears welling in her eyes.

"He never came back to the island," Natalie said. "No one knows where he is."

"Oh my God..." I muttered, and stumbled to the ground. "He was in that house! He was in his mother's house when it collapsed!" I screamed. "He could be dead and nobody cares!" I broke down into hysterical tears, curled up on the floor of Julia's hospital room.

The doctor and nurses rushed into the room and grabbed me to take me back to my room.

I must have fallen asleep, because when I opened my eyes it was dark and the doctor and nurses were gone. All that was running through my mind was Vaughn... he was probably dead, blown away by the wind and erased from our minds.

I needed to get out of this hospital NOW. I looked around frantically and found the light switch. I flipped it on and found a suitcase full of my clothes. I threw them on and peeked out of the door into the hallway. Nobody was there, so I crept out and ran as fast as I could onto the elevator and out of the hospital.

I hailed a cab to take me to the docks where a ferry would be at 6am to take me to Sunny Island.

I paid the cab driver with the cash I found in my suitcase, and bought a ticket with the leftover money. It was 4am, so I had two hours left.

I played what I was going to say to the islanders when they saw me get off the boat. Maybe I should try to stay unseen... What if one of them calls the hospital?

I decided to try and stay unseen, and go to where Bella Wilkens's house was and see if it was still there.

When the boat got to the dock, I gave the guy at the gate my ticket and sat down on a chair. I fell asleep quickly, and didn't wake up until the captain announced we were docking at Sunny Island.

The beach was empty, so I scrambled off the beach and into town. It was still early in the morning, so I somehow managed to go unseen by any villagers. I made it into East Town, but instead of seeing a pile of rubble where Bella's house was, a saw a purple-roofed building with a fork and a knife in the form of an X across the door.

I ran quietly to the house and peeked through the rounded windows. There was a little kid in the house, cooking. He had curly blonde hair and was wearing a purple suit and top hat.

So, if Bella's house was gone, what happened to Vaughn? I ran across the bridge into the meadow and sat down on the dewy grass to think.

What if he really disappeared? But what if he really was in Bella's house and got burned to ashes and no one even knew?

Ok, Chelsea. Stop thinking negatively.

I sat thinking for a while. I eventually got up and wandered around the meadow. When I glanced across the river, I noticed the other bridge was fixed. I ran through East Town to the bridge, and raced across it.

I found myself surrounded by palm trees and exotic plants. It WAS a jungle!

I only took a few steps when a huge net fell down and engulfed me.

Me: Hello, and welcome to Ruins Talk Show! Our guest today is Pierre!

Pierre: Do I really look like a kid?

Me: Yes. As some of you might have guessed, Pierre was that "kid" cooking in the purple house where Bella's used to be!

Pierre: I am not a kid!

Me: But you look like one! XD

Pierre: I do not! So what if I'm short?

Me: Yeah, you do! Now, what do you think is happening to Chelsea?

Pierre: *shrugs* She's still asleep?

Me: Maybe, maybe not... *does evil look* Well, I'm gonna end the show early 'cause Pierre's boring... BLAH!

Pierre: I am not boring!

Me: Yeah, you are. Don't forget to review!