Erika, Sarah and Jackie's Story Chapters: Twenty Three – Twenty Four
Author's Note Number One: Well, guess what? I'm back
with another 2 chapters! Aren't u just *so* happy? I know I am!
I wanna say that Bryan (TOD BACKET) has read this story! And he will be reading others. If u want him to read u'res please put it in u're review!
And just so you know – the roasted chicken in the dryer thing IS TRUE! It happened on June 7th, 2000!
None of these characters belong to me except for: Jackie Travil, Erika Banardo, Sarah Eliani, Chloe Hunter, Loletta Marcez, Cassandra Saviera, Tod Backet, Candy Dilan, Nat Sanders, Valarie Craton, Dean Chang, Cypress, Priestess Lilac, Madame Anistasia, Madame Grandebas, Starbust Isles, Queen Clarissa, Sire Kingslond, Quinn Grandebas, Jeff C., the Venus, our pets, our tarot card reading names – Lovely, Keeper, Queen, Protectress, Serenity, the Serenitarians, Silver, Butterfly, Slice, Anne, Andrew, Bekka, Brad, Crystal, Chad, Dina, Dan, Elizabeth, Ed, Freddie, Queen Jade, Kelpsy Marina, Dani, the Deas, Alysson, Professor Lark, Professor Deliano, Professor White, and anybody else that's mine that I forgot to mention!
~Chapter Twenty Three: Separated~
The boat thudded against the dock.
"We're here!" Cypress called out. She quickly tied the ropes to the dock and put a plank of wood down for us to walk on. Once we had crossed, Cypress's ship, the Venus, left for Kelpsy Marina.
"See ya!" The eleven of us called out to her, and then she was gone, and we were left on a bleak isle.
Starburst Isles must have been very beautiful once, but now it was scorched, faded and older. Probably from Sire Kingslond's use.
We walked quietly toward the middle of the island, carefully side-stepping pot holes, and jumping over ditches. Once we were closer we saw a giant garden maze. It was huge and looked as if it would take a few days to cross. But beyond that there was a castle. A castle of black. It was very dark, and very scary. That had to be the Sire's lodgings. The place where he was holding Cassie.
"What do we do now?" Peter asked.
"Well, we could split up and try to find the way to the castle. What do you say?" Nat asked.
"I guess so," I said.
"Yeah," Loly agreed.
"Why not?" Lily asked.
"Um, okay," James said.
"Sure," Remus voiced.
"Y-yes," Peter agreed.
"Anything for Cassie!" Sirius said.
"Yes, anything for Cassie," Tod said.
"Yeah!" Val agreed.
"We can do it!" Candy said.
"Then, Loly and me should go together. I mean, we're the ones that he will most likely try to attack, and well, we have the power to save each other," I said to them.
"Okay. Then Sirius, Remus and me will go together," Nat said.
"Then it's Candy and me," Val said.
"Peter and me," Tod said dejectedly.
"Okay. Once you get there send red sparks into the air," Loly told them.
"Okay! Cya, amigos! Good luck!" I screamed to the people leaving us. Soon it was just me and Loly. We hurried to the maze and found our way inside. We started walking, and walking, and soon we had made so many turns that we couldn't have found our way back if we had wanted to.
While we were walking Loly and me reminised about our past; before we were known as Chloe, Loletta, and Cassandra.
"Oh! Chloe, do you remember the time that you dropped a roasted chicken in the dryer?!?! And you're mom wasn't home?!?! That was SO funny!" Loly asked me, laughing.
"Ack! I know! But it was NOT funny at the time!" I said laughing with Loly.
"I know! But you're grandma just HAD to put the chicken on the dryer and then bump you into it when she was leaving!" she said, doubling over with laugher.
"HEY! It wasn't her fault that the container fell off!" I said back to her.
"Yeah! I know! But you have to admit it was funny when the chicken got stuck in it!" Loly said, still laughing.
"I know, but it wasn't funny when my mom came home, was it?" I asked her.
"How should I know? I mean, you only told me about it FIFTEEN TIMES! I mean, really!" Loly said. And that was when we saw red sparks.
By now it had been a few hours and we were expecting the signal any moment.
We decided to change into our animals to get there faster.
"Snow Lepord!" I screamed and then I was a snow lepord and was speeding toward the signal.
I heard a distant "Horse!" and then I was accompanied by a horse. And then we were running faster and faster. And soon we were at the castle. We walked into the front yard.
And then all we saw were bodies.
~Chapter Twenty Four: Revenge is Near~
"Back!" We said changing to our human forms.
"OMG! What the heck happened?!?!" I screamed, running towards Nat's body. I checked his pulse. There was one. A faint one. Not much, but he might, just might, live.
Loly was doing the same. She was looking very sad. She looked toward me and shook her head. Nat was the only one left. Our only hope of finding out what had happened.
"What the heck happened here?!?!" I asked no one. But thankfully Nat opened eyes.
"Val, Tod, Peter, James, Lily, Candy, us… all met here… did the signal… Sire came… did spell… all went black… and then you came… must defeat the Sire… can save us all… be strong…" and that was when Nat died.
"NO!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN'T GO NAT!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN'T!!!!!!! THIS ISN'T HAPPEING!!!!!!!!!! SIRE, YOU ARE SO GONNA PAY!!!!!!!" I screamed into the night air, tears streaming down my face. The Sire was gonna go down. Even if I went down with him.
"And it's nice to see you too, Miss. Travil," a voice behind me said.
Author's Note Number Two: Okay, this is a lot sadder than I planned – BUT DO NOT WORRY! IT WILL ALL WORK OUT IN THE END! TRUST ME! Laura Nolan – 'member the e-mail? Surnise – u'll get it soon – don't worry! And YES! It DOES get better! Delphi – chicken? Kristiana – we'll gab later, right? Moxie – it's SO kewl that u live near my cousin! Katie S. – do ya like? And to everybody else – u're kewl! Smiles from Jaxx ps. If u wanna have Bryan (Tod) review u're stories write that in u're reviews! J