All of the norns looked at each other, with that same horrified expression.
"Ok...what was that?" Sparkle asked.
"You really need to ask that? It was Ruby. Come on," then I stopped dead. "Well, it would help if we knew where she was."
"Where does it sound like it's coming from?" Alex said.
"Up.." I looked up, and I heard the piercing scream again. "The tree. The Grendel tree..."
"She's getting beaten up by a grendel? Oh no," Z said with horror.
"Well, we're going to have to go up there and find out." I didn't want to do this at all, but I felt as if I had no choice. Ruby was my cousin. I had to save her!
Alex pressed the lift button, and me, Z, Sparkle, Alex and Joe all squeezed into it. The lift was very full, I can tell you.
"I'm scared," Sparkle admitted, and I was too. I didn't know what was happening to Ruby.
"Ruby!" I called. We were nearly at the the Grendel tree, but I couldn't see my cousin. "Ruby? Where are you?"
"Kiz!" I heard her shout.
"Oh well, at least she's here! Ruby!" Z called to her.
"Kiz? Z? Help me!"
We finally got to the top. Ruby, nor the grendel, could be seen.
"Uhh...where are you?" Sparkle's voice quivered.
"I'm...aggghhh!! Here! Hurry!"
"What's up? Are you in pain?" I darted around, looking for her. I could hear her very clearly, but couldn't see her.
"Kiz! The tree!" Alex had pulled across a branch and Ruby was sitting there, alone, looking very rough and beaten.
"Ruby?" I said again, taking another look around the area she had been found in. "Um, what happened?"
"Tell us everything!" Joe said, and Ruby glared at him. Instead, she looked at me.
"Kiz, it was awful. I think it's gone now..."
"The grendel?"
"What? No. The Hand."
"The Hand," I said, disbelieveingly. "The Hand beat you up?"
"Yes."
"But that's not right," Z scratched his head, confused. "We're usually the hand. This is my Albia, right? So who could be on the computer?"
"Computer?" Sparkle, Joe and Alex said simultaneously. "That's a thing that teaches words." Sparkle explained.
"No, not in our world. Your Dad could be on it." I pointed out. "Or your mum. Or..."
"Syeta," we all said. Syeta was Z and Ruby's cousin(not mine)who sometimes came round their house. She hated Creatures, so it wouldn't be a surprise that she decided to hit one of our norns...
"It had to be her," Ruby silently cried. "I don't like this any more. I want to go home."
"As do we all," I had to admit this world really didn't suit me any more.
"But how do we get out..."
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"Ok...what was that?" Sparkle asked.
"You really need to ask that? It was Ruby. Come on," then I stopped dead. "Well, it would help if we knew where she was."
"Where does it sound like it's coming from?" Alex said.
"Up.." I looked up, and I heard the piercing scream again. "The tree. The Grendel tree..."
"She's getting beaten up by a grendel? Oh no," Z said with horror.
"Well, we're going to have to go up there and find out." I didn't want to do this at all, but I felt as if I had no choice. Ruby was my cousin. I had to save her!
Alex pressed the lift button, and me, Z, Sparkle, Alex and Joe all squeezed into it. The lift was very full, I can tell you.
"I'm scared," Sparkle admitted, and I was too. I didn't know what was happening to Ruby.
"Ruby!" I called. We were nearly at the the Grendel tree, but I couldn't see my cousin. "Ruby? Where are you?"
"Kiz!" I heard her shout.
"Oh well, at least she's here! Ruby!" Z called to her.
"Kiz? Z? Help me!"
We finally got to the top. Ruby, nor the grendel, could be seen.
"Uhh...where are you?" Sparkle's voice quivered.
"I'm...aggghhh!! Here! Hurry!"
"What's up? Are you in pain?" I darted around, looking for her. I could hear her very clearly, but couldn't see her.
"Kiz! The tree!" Alex had pulled across a branch and Ruby was sitting there, alone, looking very rough and beaten.
"Ruby?" I said again, taking another look around the area she had been found in. "Um, what happened?"
"Tell us everything!" Joe said, and Ruby glared at him. Instead, she looked at me.
"Kiz, it was awful. I think it's gone now..."
"The grendel?"
"What? No. The Hand."
"The Hand," I said, disbelieveingly. "The Hand beat you up?"
"Yes."
"But that's not right," Z scratched his head, confused. "We're usually the hand. This is my Albia, right? So who could be on the computer?"
"Computer?" Sparkle, Joe and Alex said simultaneously. "That's a thing that teaches words." Sparkle explained.
"No, not in our world. Your Dad could be on it." I pointed out. "Or your mum. Or..."
"Syeta," we all said. Syeta was Z and Ruby's cousin(not mine)who sometimes came round their house. She hated Creatures, so it wouldn't be a surprise that she decided to hit one of our norns...
"It had to be her," Ruby silently cried. "I don't like this any more. I want to go home."
"As do we all," I had to admit this world really didn't suit me any more.
"But how do we get out..."
Thanks for reading! R&R please! OK, so it's not the last chapter. But the next one will be!