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breather89 - I'm not sure about holidays... I was thinking about it... but realised I need as much time to revise for the History exam next month. : But I should be able to update on Christmas and New Year's Eve.
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It was so obvious that Elvira's story wasn't true, thought Tracy. Because Oz's sacrifice happened 26 years ago, when Daisy wasn't even born. Tracy was out of the way and the Summoners didn't see her. they were busy surrounding the other Dumping Ground residents and taking them away.
"Now we're nearly done, it's over for you lot." Mr Parker turned to Daisy. "You can't help them now."
Tracy hid in the corner of a corridor in Cranning House. Her friends were about to be sacrificed, and she wasn't there to help them. All she had was the knife, and she didn't know how to use it. Even if she did, it wouldn't help her, as she too would get captured. She could remember the shouts of the Dumping Ground kids as they'd been taken.
But how was she to stop it now? Oz. He had to know something in the last hour that had passed since he'd talked to Tracy. But she had no clue of where he was. And what about the strange voices she's heard before? Were they forgotten souls of the house?
Tracy retrieved the knife from inside her top and inspected it. There had to be some sort of clue to what to do with it. But it just looked like the same enigmatic tool as before.
She crept out of the shadows which were spooking her.
"Hey Tracy!" Tracy quickly jerked her head to the right when she heard the voice. It was Daisy's.
"Daisy? I thought you were with the others when Mr Parker took you!"
"He didn't take me," Daisy said. "He said he didn't care about me and he didn't need me for the sacrifice. So I was let go. I didn't know that you escaped."
"Well I knew Elvira's story was not true, all the stuff she was saying. But Daisy, we need to get a move on. They're serious about this sacrifice now and they could all be dead before this is over."
"You're right. We're gonna have to think really hard now. I'll try out my bestest spells to get them out."
The two girls sped down the corridor, searching for a means to get the others out.
Mr Parker's partner stood where he was, looking through the Seeing Eyes. "It is time. They should all be ready for me. I'm going to make such an entrance. Say it's time they met me, but, wow, does it take an effort to travel to Cranning House from here." He looked through the portal. "Cranning House, the Summon King will return to you."
The Summon Room
A group of Summoners were preparing the congregation. They had tied all the kids to their assigned table. They tried not to react when they saw what they were labelled as.
"Carmit?" thought Carmen. "It must be a Tracy plan."
All of the kids had their eyes facing the ceiling; they were chained the same way that Tracy had been. None of them struggled to break free, not even Gus, who calmly shut his eyes trying to concentrate.
The adults, Mike and Cam, were with Mr Parker. However, Mr Parker had given them specific instructions.
"We're waiting for the Summon King. You must greet him when he appears. Haha, you've met him before, don't worry. But he had to disappear, to reach the portal."
Cam and Mike were thinking really desperately. Would they need to know who the king was? If they did, how would they inform Tracy?
Mr Parker led them to the other Summoners. "We're going to confer now. The sacrifice must begin as soon as the King arrives..."
I admit, this chapter is a bit of average length. But don't worry, the story should finish soon.
