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"Crystal, Sibella, Tanis, can 1 of you hear me?"
Tanis and Crystal snapped their heads toward the closet door at the sound of Debra's voice. As Crystal moved to open the door, Sibella stirred and opened her eyes. She jumped to her feet, banging her head on the ceiling.
"Oh! What hit me?"
Tanis rushed over to Sibella and pulled her into a hug. "We were so worried about you."
Sibella hugged the mummy back. "Where is everyone else?"
"Crystal is out in the hallway finding Debra. We haven't had a chance to find Shaggy and the others yet. What happened to you Bella?"
"I was keeping an eye on Crystal while she searched for you in that room with lockers." As Sibella spoke she looked around the room they were in. "I saw someone trying to sneak up on Crystal, so I tried to catch them. However before I could do more than grab a note that was in their hand, they stabbed me with a rose hidden in their hand. That's the last thing I remember."
At this point Crystal came back in with Debra following her. Both girls smiled in relief at seeing Sibella up and moving on her own. Sibella accepted a hug from both girls before asking, "How are Shaggy and Thorn?"
Debra frowned. "They're currently trapped in a room the last clue lead us into."
Tanis stood straighter. "Do we know what is needed to get them out?"
"No, but I suspect we will need to solve the current clue to release them."
"Why is that Debra?"
"The door isn't locked, and no matter what we did the door wouldn't budge. Elsa couldn't even rip the door off its hinges."
Sibella looked worried as she asked, "Do you know the current clue?"
For an answer Debra pulled out the sheet of paper Shaggy and them and found. The girls all gathered around and studied the lines. Sibella looked over the paper, then pulled the other girls out into the hallway. While the girls walked back toward the first floor Debra told the other 3 about the hallway of door with pictures on them.
"I think I know what this clue means."
The others looked at Tanis in surprise. "You do Tanis?"
"Yes, it makes me think of a mermaid. "Why a mermaid?"
Tanis nodded. "Because it makes it seem like whatever we are looking for will know about humans."
"Where do you get that out of this clue?"
Tanis smiled at Debra. "The line about dice. Only humans are willing to gamble away their resources."
Everyone else groaned at Tanis's words.
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Sibella followed the others into the picture hall as they had taken to calling it. Debra and Tanis had told her and Crystal about Debra's talk with Shaggy where she had told him about monster castles. Sibella was over the moon at this news. The only thing they didn't know was if Shaggy would go for it, but they could all hope. For Sibella it didn't matter what Shaggy decided. She would stick with him even if he decided to tie his life to someone else. In her mind there was no better place for her except at Shaggy's side. Besides it wasn't like she had anywhere else to go. As she was promising herself to remain by Shaggy's side forever, she noticed a door with a picture of a woman swimming in a pool.
"Crystal Debra Tanis" she called. "What do you think of this" she asked while pointing to the door.
Crystal stopped and walked back to Sibella. As Debra turned her eyes widened in surprise. "That wasn't here when Shaggy and the rest of us passed here earlier."
Upon hearing that Sibella reached for the door knob and turned it opening the door. Inside was a room similar to the one Shaggy Thorn and Elsa were trapped in. The main difference Debra could see was that the mural was of people carrying key shaped blades. At the desk sat another young woman. She was dressed in a strapless ball gown that flowed from her shoulders to her feet. Her legs were incased in leggings that showed heads of a female mouse wearing a crown. On her chest she wore a sash in a royal blue color. On her head was a crown made of leaves. In her right hand he held what looked like a paint brush, and on the desk was a picture of a girl who looked like the woman in front of them.
"Welcome treasure seekers. My name is Kairi. I was asked to guard the last clue you will need to find the last treasure."
Before any of them could react Kairi placed a piece of paper on the desk, then flung her right hand out summoning a blade that looked like the ones in the mural. Pointing the glade at the back wall Kairi turned the blade as if it were a key, and walked through a door that appeared. As soon as the door closed it disappeared.
"What just happened?"
Sibella walked over to the desk. "That Tanis was a keyblade wielder."
Debra and Tanis both started at that news.
"How do you know about them Bella?"
Sibella smiled. "It simple Debra. I've met them before."
As Sibella picked up the paper, the door to the room slammed shut.
Tanis blinked. "Is this what happened to Shaggy?"
Debra looked thoughtful. "I would say so Tanis."
Both Tanis and Debra were now leaning over Sibella as she read the clue.
"Your journey can be finished with a hiss.
Just the treasure to find.
Your final clue is this.
Travel the seasons from spring to winter and back to spring again to find the resting place of the ice gem mind."
Sibella shrugged. "With us trapped in here it's going to be hard to follow this clue."
Too everyone's surprise a door appeared along 1 wall. Tanis stepped over to it, and pulled it open. Looking through they could see a hallway that lead to a circular room with 4 doors.
Sibella walked over, looked through, and turned to Debra. "Do you think you can find Shaggy, Elsa, and Thorn?"
Debra nodded. "Not a problem."
With that Debra turn intangible, and flew through the sealed door.
Sibella turned to Tanis. "Come on Tanis. Let's see what's so important about that room."
With that Sibella and Tanis walked through the door, and down the hallway. They never noticed the door disappearing behind them.
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An: I swear when I write without Shaggy in the group my chapters get shorter and shorter. Only 3 chapters left. Hopefully I can make those longer than this.