AN- Well just a few more chapters to go until the end, so I'll just let you read on!

HTFan- Well quick thinking can come pretty easily when you are panicing, as you tend to do before you realise what has happened, and a friend may appear to help near the end...

ashdash2417- Flaky has most of her memories back, obviously when she meets her real family, they will all gradually return.

Chapter 25

Flaky tried to twist away, but Lammy got both hands around her neck. Lammy jerked her head up and banged it back on the ground.

"I'm sick of you being such an ungrateful sister." Lammy hissed her words through her teeth, sounding like an angry snake. "If you want to get away from me so badly, I'll fix it so you'll get away for good."

Lammy began squeezing Flay's throat, her strong fingers digging into the flesh of her neck. Fighting for air, Flaky twisted her head to one side. It relieved some of the pressure on her neck in an instant. At the same time, she bent her knees and then kicked out with both feet, catching Lammy in the stomach.

"Gah!" Lammy croaked as the air was knocked out of her. When she fell backward, a look of shocked surprise on her face, Flaky scrambled to her feet and began to run.

She didn't get very far before Lammy was upon her again. Flaky felt the hands around her neck again, tightening. "I'm going to kill you." She growled the words into Flaky's ear.

Flaky struggled to pull away, but she was choking. Blackness was closing in from the edges of her vision. She felt as if she were falling, falling into a deep dark hole.

Behind Flaky, Lammy's eyes bulged with effort as she squeezed tighter and tighter. She began shaking Flaky like a rag doll.

In a desperate attempt, Flaky stopped struggling and let herself go limp. Her knees buckled and she fell forward, bracing herself as she hit the ground with outstretched hands.

Caught off guard, Lammy lost her balance and collapsed on the ground beside Flaky with a cry of surprise. Before Flaky could get to her feet, Lammy reached out and grabbed her ankle with a vice-like grip.

Putting all her strength behind it, Flaky drew back her right foot and kicked out as hard as she could. There was a sharp 'thwack' followed by a scream of rage and pain as she truck Lammy in the knee.

While Lammy lay on the ground with her hands clutching her knee. Flaky managed to scramble to her feet. She propelled herself over the ground in short strides. Lammy yelled after her, and Flaky knew that Lammy would be up again in no time, driven by the maniacal desire to kill.

The carousel loomed before her. Afraid that if she tried to run around it, Lammy would catch her, Flaky kept running straight on through the open gate and onto the carousel.

As soon as she had taken a few steps on the wooden boards her heart sank. Her footsteps sounded much louder than when she was running through the grass. it would be easy for Lammy to know where she was.

Her throat was hot and dry. She ducked behind one of the horses and took several large gulps of air. She knew that she had to keep moving, but she also knew she was exhausted and couldn't go on for much longer.

Flaky's eyes darted this way and that in the darkness. Where was Lammy? Was constantly ringing in her mind.

In the split second that she had last thought the question, Flaky felt a hand on her arm. She heard the hiss of angry breathing, and pulled away as if a iron had burned her.

Flaky ran, again dodging the horses. She ran with both her hands feeling the air in front of her, trying to keep from running into what she couldn't see. Behind her came the sound of Lammy's footsteps and her labored breathing.

Then there was an explosion of light and sound. Suddenly the carousel was ablaze with light, and it moved to the eerie sound of an organs melody.

For an instant Flaky's eyes were blinded by the lights. When she could make out the forms around her, she gasped at what she saw.

What she thought were the carousel horses of her childhood, had in fact been replaced by strange grotesque animals. Gargoyles.

The gargoyles danced to the music, up and down, up and down, their dark eyes staring into the night. But the most frightening expression didn't belong to the gargoyles. It was on Lammy's face.

For an instant the two girls looked at each other. Then Lammy lunged at Flaky, her features twisted into a grimace, her hands reaching out like claws.

Just as Lammy was about to catch her, Flaky twisted to one side. Lammy struck her hip on one of the gargoyles, and she shrieked in pain.

At the sound of Lammy's scream, Flaky stiffened. Acting blindly, she turned and lashed out at Lammy and hit her hard across the shoulders.

Still reeling from the shock of hitting her hip, Lammy went down. Flaky heard a dull thud as Lammy's head hit the boards of the carousel. Blinded by rage, Flaky prepared to hit her. She knelt over Lammy, her right hand curling in a fist, her teeth clenched together. She pulled back her arm, ready to strike. Then she realised that Lammy wasn't moving.

Through the sound of blood rushing through her head, Flaky heard people running towards the carousel. The lights on the Ferris wheel and several others rides blazed on one after another. The entire fairground was flooded with light in the middle of the darkened town. the effect was frightening and weirdly festive.

Flaky stood still, stunned by what was happening. Then she heard a voice that she knew was Cuddles'.

"Flaky are you alright?"

The voice came form the direction of the Ferris wheel. Flaky ran towards it. Cuddles walked towards her. He was surrounded by police. "Where's Lammy?" one of them asked, urgently.

"She's over there," Flaky said breathlessly, indicating the carousel. "Be careful. She's crazy."

"You're shivering," Cuddles said, embracing Flaky in his arms.

"She's crazy," Flaky repeated, leaning into him. "She's crazy."

"Don't worry Cuddles said, holding her. "The police will make sure she can't get at you."