Chapter 3-It's Going to be Okay
"She's a what?" Serena calmly inquired.
"Messenger of Selene."
"Whoa," Jimena whispered. "How do you know?"
"I don't know," Catty replied, "and I think we'd better hear her story."
"Thank you." said the girl. "My name is.my name is.well, actually, I don't have a name. My mistress is Selene, as Catty said."
Catty cut in. "How do you know my-''
She just plowed on. "I was sent here to help you find Vanessa, and get a grip on your new powers."
"What new powers?" asked Serena.
"Powers that will only be given to the Daughters of the Moon on the occasion of losing your virginity."
Jimena gasped.
"That is the only way your new powers will develop. The Daughters before you believed that to remain a virgin was to remain pure, and that Selene did not wish for them to lose their virginity. Their powers were greatly weakened. Believe me, Selene will look upon you in favor if you obey me."
"Why should we believe you if you are lying?" Jimena asked.
"Excellent, Selene told me you would ask that question. Here is my token."
She pulled forth a glowing, blood-stained amulet.
"Vanessa's amulet." Serena whispered.
"Yes. The Lady instructed me to show it to you if you doubted me. I shall give it to Vanessa upon her return. Do you trust me?"
"What?" asked Catty.
"Do you trust me?"
Catty was the first to speak. "Yes."
Serena whispered, "Yes."
Jimena then said, "Yes."
"Good, all is well then. All that remains is for you to rescue Vanessa."
"How?"
"Catty, she is at your house, last Wednesday, at promptly four o' clock. Serena, Jimena, you two may go home. Meet me here tomorrow."
"Wait!" called Serena as Catty was about to go into the tunnel. "What should we call you, you know, when we're talking about you?"
The girl thought for a while. "Call me Abby."
Serena nodded her head, Jimena turned to leave, and Catty zoomed into the tunnel.
~Meanwhile~
Vanessa was suspended in the tunnel, and the Lady said, "Catty will pick you up soon." Then, Vanessa fell back into time.
She was outside Catty's house, on a blustery day. She figured that it was about the Wednesday before Toby kidnapped her.
Then, she saw a flash of light, and she knew that it was Catty.
"Oh, Vanessa," she said. Vanessa broke down crying, and Catty ran to comfort her. "It's going to be okay, Vanessa," she said, comforting her through her tears.
"It's going to be okay."
"She's a what?" Serena calmly inquired.
"Messenger of Selene."
"Whoa," Jimena whispered. "How do you know?"
"I don't know," Catty replied, "and I think we'd better hear her story."
"Thank you." said the girl. "My name is.my name is.well, actually, I don't have a name. My mistress is Selene, as Catty said."
Catty cut in. "How do you know my-''
She just plowed on. "I was sent here to help you find Vanessa, and get a grip on your new powers."
"What new powers?" asked Serena.
"Powers that will only be given to the Daughters of the Moon on the occasion of losing your virginity."
Jimena gasped.
"That is the only way your new powers will develop. The Daughters before you believed that to remain a virgin was to remain pure, and that Selene did not wish for them to lose their virginity. Their powers were greatly weakened. Believe me, Selene will look upon you in favor if you obey me."
"Why should we believe you if you are lying?" Jimena asked.
"Excellent, Selene told me you would ask that question. Here is my token."
She pulled forth a glowing, blood-stained amulet.
"Vanessa's amulet." Serena whispered.
"Yes. The Lady instructed me to show it to you if you doubted me. I shall give it to Vanessa upon her return. Do you trust me?"
"What?" asked Catty.
"Do you trust me?"
Catty was the first to speak. "Yes."
Serena whispered, "Yes."
Jimena then said, "Yes."
"Good, all is well then. All that remains is for you to rescue Vanessa."
"How?"
"Catty, she is at your house, last Wednesday, at promptly four o' clock. Serena, Jimena, you two may go home. Meet me here tomorrow."
"Wait!" called Serena as Catty was about to go into the tunnel. "What should we call you, you know, when we're talking about you?"
The girl thought for a while. "Call me Abby."
Serena nodded her head, Jimena turned to leave, and Catty zoomed into the tunnel.
~Meanwhile~
Vanessa was suspended in the tunnel, and the Lady said, "Catty will pick you up soon." Then, Vanessa fell back into time.
She was outside Catty's house, on a blustery day. She figured that it was about the Wednesday before Toby kidnapped her.
Then, she saw a flash of light, and she knew that it was Catty.
"Oh, Vanessa," she said. Vanessa broke down crying, and Catty ran to comfort her. "It's going to be okay, Vanessa," she said, comforting her through her tears.
"It's going to be okay."