Spells and Louds

Chapter 537: Hope Pertland.

( Royal Woods Middle School.)

At the middle school, the rain storm is gone and everything seems peaceful, for now.

Lincoln and Linka hop off the Vulture Bike and he parks it, then he sees Jordan arrive on her Indoraptor and the Pokèmon go over and interact with each other.

Jordan walks towards the Linck twin commanders. "So, are we all ready for what today has in store? I mean, yesterday was….."

"Unexpected?" asked Linka. "Oh yeah, I mean we did not see that one coming. The Hope Pertland is here, the one that we have seen and heard of from the other world, is actually here."

"Not just that, but the rest of the family back home is in a total cluster hearing this, which makes things a bit of a hazard if we do encounter the rest of the rich girl posse in our world" said Lincoln. "The best way to know, is to talk to the rich girl herself."

They then see the rest of their friends go towards them. "Hey guys, waiting for the new girl to come here?" asked Liam.

"She has a name Liam" said Hassan. He then asks the trio. "By the way, what the heck was with the faces of confusion and shock yesterday? You guys looked like you were afraid of something."

Lincoln, Linka and Jordan didn't know how to tell them lightly about the reason. "It's kinda complicated, we'll tell you guys when the time is right" said Jordan.

Mollie then sees something coming. "And here she comes, guys."

They all spot the limo arrive and it stops in front of them and as the door opens, coming out is none other than Hope Pertland. Wearing a green skirt, blue top and red jacket and black shoes with white socks and golden hoop earrings.

"Wow. Nice attire" replied Jordan. "Dig the earrings too, I have some as well."

"Thanks, I thought this would be a good idea and these earrings were a gift from my mom" replied Hope. "So, I'm not late this time and I am so ready for my second day here in Middle School."

"Good, because we have a lot of stuff to ask you" said Lincoln.

Hope smiles. "Sure, ask away. It's just…… So awesome that I'm here at the home town of the Royal Defenders! Can I see the other members of the team one day?"

"In time, but we need to ask you some very specific questions" said Linka. The others have no clue what this was about, but they know this looks and sounds kinda serious.

Hope is confused at this, but she understand that they wanna know more about her. "Okay then." They all begin to walk into the school, the Pokèmon watch them walk inside and are going to be on the watch for anything that goes wrong, and they all recall the stories of the other world and the rich mean girls there.

As they walk down the halls, Jordan asks first. "Okay, so we know you're from Tuscola. Were you ever a rich, mean girl?"

"Umm, no. Never was, I mean I was kinda shy when I was in Kindergarten, but it all changed when I met someone who helped me be her friend and help make new friends. Her name is Gretchen Warwick."

That name made Lincoln, Linka and Jordan even more shocked to hear.

"She was the nicest person to me and she helped me out of some issues I had, and most of those issues were involving the other rich mean girl in the school. Leslie Silver."

Now that raises more than one-hundred red flags into the three officers of the Aegis Battlecruiser.

"So, what happened as the two of you were friends?" asked Linka.

"Well, we always did so many cool stuff together. We shopped, had sleep overs, talked to our friends and we even went on an awesome family vacation on Hawaii and it was dang awesome! We're the best of friends and we would never ever wanna be apart."

"Even though, I am here and Gretchen is back home, but we still stay in touch and I hope one day we'd see each other again, but as long as she has the other friends we know at school, she'll be fine and safe from any trouble and if she needs a friend to talk to, then she can call me."

This makes them even more shocked, then Lincoln asks. "And what about Silver? Where is she now?"

Hope sighs in relief. "Not in the school back where I was born, she is long gone and not coming back. After a horrible turmoil that she caused in the school, her cousin who's a year older than her found out what she was planning and put an end to her plans and reported about it to the school."

"What was this plan she had?" asked Jenny.

Hope wasn't sure if they were going to like this. "To frame the Middle School Principal for Child abuse."

They are all shocked to hear this, and they don't know that Principal Ramirez heard this as well, and now she feels like calling the principal of that middle school to see if it was true.

"Whoa! Hold up, she tried to frame the principal of the middle school for a crime?" asked Sadie.

They make it to their lockers and luckily, Hope's locker neighbors Kat's locker. "Yeah, it is true. She had this scheme and it nearly worked, but it only ended up blowing in her face and getting her into a heap of trouble."

"After everyone in Tuscola saw what she tried to do, the whole town wanted her out of their homes and lives and even dubbed her the snobby ass rich devil, me and Gretchen's parents helped support that notion. The rich Silver parents were so furious that they decided to have Leslie be sent to a private school for troubled and spoiled rich girls, but deep down, they knew this was their fault."

Lincoln is angered by this. "No kidding, they weren't even there to keep her company or even teach her some good morals!"

Hope nods. "Yeah, about that. After Leslie got taken away, the cops and the FBI are running an investigation on the rich Silver family and they're possible acts of child neglect and at this point, could have them needing a lawyer to handle the issue, but the hot deal is Delilah Silver."

"Her dad is a soldier in the front lines, I don't know what he does on that one and he also owns half the company and he also plans to remove the control of the place away from Leslie's dad, which will literally ruin the guy, so this could be a major boost for the authorities to properly make the arrest without the need of a trial."

"And what of Delilah Silver?" asked Jordan.

Hope smiles. "Well, it was on November that the Mayor of the town dubbed her a hero for helping put down the rich scum of richness. She's now an icon and hero to Tuscola and she plans on a future, of being a private investigator or a detective one day."

Simon chuckles. "Nice, a cop. Now that is cool."

Stella even agrees to this. "She did single handedly take down her rich evil cousin, and I think we can all see her as the top brass detective to take down all shady criminals."

Hope then gets her phone out. "This is what Gretchen and Delilah look like."

They all go over and see what they look like. Lincoln, Linka and Jordan are shocked at what they see.

An image of Hope Pertland, and with her is her best friend Gretchen Warwick and their one year older friend, Delilah Silver at the park and taking a selfie while eating some ice cream.

They looked exactly like the ones from the dimension known as " A Sparking Relationship."

Lincoln, Linka and Jordan couldn't believe it. The Leslie Silver in their world is no longer a threat, she's been taken down early and all thanks to Delilah Silver, the not so rich cousin to the Silver family name.

Then Jordan asks. "Did Leslie have any friends?"

Hope then recalls. "Yeah. Karen, Chastity and Regina." This makes them wide eyed to hear.

"Where are they now?" asked Linka.

"Long gone, they only stayed in town till the 6th grade and they had to move because they're parents said so, when Middle School came, Leslie had no posse with her to help bully kids to doing the things she wants. So, she came up with her own schemes and saw how hard it was to do so" replied Hope.

"When she had her friends with her, she could do whatever she wanted and she would try to get away with it, thank god Leslie's friends never showed up during middle school, otherwise it'd be a total disaster."

The others are shocked, but relieved to hear that. "Dang. Glad they ain't living in town. They might end up making some trouble, and chaos."

"Yeah glad she's not here" said Jordan. This gets the attention of the others.

So, Joy asks them. "Okay, what the heck is up with you three?"

"Yeah, you guys have been acting pretty damn shady when Hope came" said Zach.

"What's the hot deal with you three anyway?" asked Jenny.

Hope then feels concerned. "Did i….. Did I do something wrong?"

This worries Linka, and she goes over and places her hands on the girl's shoulders. "What? No, no. You didn't do anything wrong, it's just….. Okay, so what we're about to tell all of you is, complicated and best to be told when we eat our lunch, because it's also a really long story."

Hope smiles. "Okay, for a minute there I thought I was doing something that offended you guys. Sorry."

Lincoln goes over as well. "Don't be, we should be the ones who are sorry. We were kinda being cautious because we kinda have met the other version of you."

Hope is confused. "What? Other version of me? I don't get it. What are you guys talking about?"

Jordan goes towards her. "And that's why Linka said it would be complicated to tell you guys, we can discuss this later. Right now, we have to get to classes."

( Skip, after lunch.)

The crew then walk out of the cafeteria and they are kinda shocked. "Whoa! Mind blown to the sky guys!" said Clyde. "This is unreal!"

"So, there is a Hope and a Gretchen in another world, the same other world with the other versions of Lincoln and Jordan, and both of them were the friends of Leslie Silver?" asked Sadie.

"Yeah, it's true, oh it's damn true" replied Linka. "And we have talked to them."

"But, they changed and now Gretchen Warwick and Hope Pertland are no longer threats or even bad girls to the other versions of ourselves" said Jordan. "And thank goodness too."

"Wow. At least Leslie Silver isn't in our school, or our town" said Rusty.

They then look towards Hope. This makes them concerned. "Hope, are you doing okay?" asked Jordan.

Hope sighs. "Wow. I just….. Wow. I never thought there would be another version of me, who became best friends with that stupid rich mean girl, and then helped her cause so much trouble, and all it took was some good friendly talk and advice from the other versions of yourselves in another world."

"I feel bad for her, but I guess it can't be stopped. I mean, there could be other versions of me where I don't have friends, or one where I'm not rich, or one where I am rich and mean and possibly the next Leslie Silver."

Hearing her say that was making them freak out, mostly Lincoln, Linka and Jordan. The very thought of a vile and unruly rich version of Hope Pertland is something they don't wanna see, it makes that version sound like the new Leslie Silver.

"Let's ease on the brakes and slow it down there, Hope" said Tabby. "You're freaking us out here, mate."

Hope chuckles nervously. "Sorry guys, it's just so much to go through right now, I can't believe it."

Lincoln goes over to her. "We find it hard to believe too. But, don't let it get to ya. Letting something like that will make things hard to look forward to what you have now, and what you have now is a whole new different kind of life. Be grateful you're you and not like any other version of Hope Pertland."

"He's right" said Jordan. "We're all grateful you exist and not in the dark path from any other kind of Hope, and hearing the things you have been through, we can totally trust you."

"As a friend" said Linka.

Hope smiles hearing this and she wipes away some tears. "Thanks guys. That means a lot. I guess I should be happy with who I am and what I can do for the future and I can't wait to see more of it."

"You're part of the group now Hope, we're all your friends" said Simon.

Hope smiles hearing this, she now has some friends she can trust and three of them are members of the Royal Defenders.

Then Jordan has an idea. "How about soon, you can come over and hang out with us at the Spellman Estate?"

Hope is shocked to hear this. "Wait what? Really?!"

Lincoln and Linka nod. "I think the time has come, maybe soon to come and see some of the team, they need to know about what you've been through and maybe you can gain their trust as well."

Hope smiles hearing this, soon she'll get to see the heroes she has heard of. Then Chloe asks. "Hope, have you ever thought of getting a Pokèmon companion yet?"

Hope thinks about this. "It would be cool and all, I mean the Pokèmon are awesome and I have been thinking of having one, but then I thought….. Not yet, not now and not tomorrow. Maybe soon, I'll think about having one as a companion."

"Maybe when you finally got the time and made the choice, we can help you with that" said Trent.

Lincoln, Linka and Jordan all have the same idea. ' If she picks Rockruff, then we got ourselves a close match to the Hope in the other world.'

They all continue to walk to their lockers, before the next class begins.

( Karazhan.)

Gyro is busy with the mysterious doll that ended up in the other world, and he's confused by it. "What does this mean?"

Then a portal opens, one made of fire and he sees who comes out. "Sorcerer, glad you showed up."

Shang Tsung walks through. "I was told about…" He then sees the little rag doll with the button eyes, but no other features. "Witchcraft, that doll is of witchcraft origin and I can smell it right now."

"That's what I thought too" said Gyro, they both walk towards the doll on the table. "A witch may have left this in the other world, but what could it mean?"

"Target" replied Shang Tsung. "This witch is targeting someone, but the identity remains a mystery."

"You got any idea on what we do with this crisis?" asked Gyro.

Shang Tsung thinks. "This witch is trying to be cunning and devious, and is not from this world and possibilities this could mean we're inbound for another world. We must be prepared, I suggest keeping an eye on the doll."

"Should it begin to bear features, then that is the first sign that we know who she might be targeting and then we can strike before she begins her assault. We're going to need to also figure out where she came from and what she wants."

Gyro nods. "Then I shall inform the guys at FutureTech, later. But right now, how about you and me have some tea?"

Shang Tsung smirks. "Very well." They both walk out of Gyro's study. "Also, this tower of yours is quite the fortress, I am intrigued."

"Thank you" replied Gyro.

As they walk off, the doll emits a small witch snicker, one that many of us know from a movie.

To be continued…..

A/N: Well, now we know what Hope has been through and we're damn lucky she did not meet Leslie as her best friend, but what happens when Lincoln and Jordan tell this to the other versions of themselves in " A Sparking Relationship"? Only a matter of time, before they do go to that world again. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.

Date made: 12/15/20.