Chapter 20: Unpiling the Truth

Brandon, Riven, Timmy, and Flora stared at shuffling sound coming from the bush, and a shadow approuching them, slowly. As the shadow got bigger, the shuffling got louder. The four stared at the bushes. Was it a person? animal? a member of another group? They didn't know. If it was an animal they didn't want to run away. Would you? If you did, it probably chase you and attack because they were scared at you, if you stay still, it might possibly run away from you.

The shadow got bigger, they four got more scared. Then a boy dug his way through the bush.

"Hi, what are you people doing in the woods?" He asked. It was just a little boy. They were scared of a little boy.

"Well, uh, hi there, uh kid... uh what are you doing here?" Riven asked slowly.

"Playing, you?"

" Well," Flora started, " We are looking for a friend of ours."

"Oh, by any chance is she blonde?"

"Yes, yes she is..." Timmy replied to the boy.

"Okay... is it a girl?"

"Yes, yes she is..."

"Does she-" The boy started but Brandon cut him off.

"This is her," Brandon said showing a picture of Stella.

"How do you guys know Kaylee?"

The four were confused, who on earth was Kaylee? Why on earth did that little boy think Stella was Kaylee? And most importantly how did he meet Stella? How did he know her?

"Well... uh can you tell us a little bit more about uh... Kaylee?" Timmy asked the boy, he nodded his head.

"Kaylee is on a top secret mission to save the princess of some realm, by orders of the king on that realm. I had to help her get to the palace of Sparks... She told me to go home, that the rest of the mission was too dangerous for me, how do you know Kaylee?"

"Well... this girl Kaylee is well our friend... she's in some serious trouble... and this was the last place she was until she... disappeared... What is your name?" Riven had asked.

"My name is Chase... Chase Hunter, but you can call me Chase, how about you people?"

"Uh... I'm Timmy... This is Brandon, Flora, and Riven."

"Okay... well any friend of Kaylee is a friend of mine... So what exactly happen to her?"

"We aren't exactly sure of the sweetie," Flora said, " We know that she had been running through here and was kidnapped by someone but we don't know who..."

"Can I help?"

"Sorry... We would love to have you help, but we are dealing with a huge crisis with Kaylee gone missing... it's a dangerous deal and we can't let just a little boy like you get into this mess... we don't want you to get hurt."

"Oh, well if it helps about 5 days ago, I heard screeming somewhere around here," When Chase's mouth said those words, the four couldn't do anything but stare at each other. Now they knew that Stella was being chased... but by who, and what was on the paper?

"Thanks so much Chase Hunter," Brandon said, " that information means a lot to this investagation."

"Yes, it does, and we are sorry we must be going, we have to find her, when we do find Stella we'll tell her that you said hello," Timmy spoke, the other three stared at Timmy evil.

"Who's Stella?" Chase Hunter asked.

"Nice going genious," Riven whispered in Timmy's ear, " Now get us out of this!"

Bloom, Helia, Nabu, and Musa searched through another part of the woods then the first group. They were by an area with a stream, and a lot of thorns. Bloom looked around. This place seemed very fimiler to her... but what was it?

"Hey guys I think I found something!" Nabu shouted to his group. They all looked up, and walked over to Nabu. He held a orange cloth. Same color as the outfit Stella wore to the wedding, same color as the outfit hse had on in the celler... It was Stella's favorite orange vintage dress.

"Oh my God, this is the place Stella was running... I remember the stream, and the thorns... this is the place she was taken." Bloom had said.

" Well, let's keep looking around... maybe we can find more clues, like something of the kidnapper?" Musa said.

The others had agreed with her and the kept looking in the same area. They had definatly found the crime scene. They knew that this was one of the last places Stella had been. Now just where could their friend be? What could have happened to her, and why? What's on this paper Stella was complaining about?

Group three searched in s clearing in the woods... no trees... no bushes... more like a prairie in the middle of a forest... There was obviously nothing there. Just grass and wild flowers.

"Why are we even looking somewhere where there is nothing to look for anything at?" Layla asked, picking up her feet through the tall pale dead grass.

"Well, it's somewhere to look... we need to search like every inch of this forest area... Stella can't be far behind. She just can't!" Tecna said to Layla.

" She obviously isn't here though Tecna, nothing is-" Sky said... but he stopped and looked at the person who had appeared infront of the three.

"Ah... who... are... you?" Layla said slowly... scared of the stranger who magically appeared infront of her very own eyes. The stranger smiled evil like.

"None of your buissness!" The strange person said, it push a powerful wind at the three, knocking them out as the fell to the ground. She took them and vanished into thin area, like she did when she had appeared. Leaving the scene like it was, just no Sky, Layla, and Tecna.

Back with group one...

"Well, uh..." Timmy struggled on what to say... he ruined it, even though he had no idea why Stella said he name was Kaylee. He just ruined her idea. He is smart, very smart, but he couldn't think of anything to say of the back like that, his time was ticking, tick tock, tick tock, but he couldn't think of anything! He just couldn't! Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick. Time was running out, fast... Timmy was sweating like crazy, as everyone stared at him. More pressure was placed. Tick, tock. Timmy took a deap breath.

"She goes by both of those names... she has two names!" Timmy shouted. Well it took him long enough, to come up with that idea... Riven could have thought of that faster than him.

"Oh, okay... well, good lick with finding Kaylee!" Little Chase said, and ran along.

"Nice going Timmy! That was very close!" Brandon said.

1,238 words not counting my a/n. I'm not sure if there is any spelling errors... sorry if there is, spell check didn't pick it up.

So right now every one knows something about Stella's disappearance. Group 1 knows that she was at the castle, and that this was the woods she vanished in with the screaming... Group 2 knows where she was taken at... Group three doesn't know it yet, but they were just kidnapped by Stella's kidnapper... that last part was a little spoiler for you guys... This story is coming to an end soon... the mystery is coming together...

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-Natty.B