A/N :: Sorry I haven't written for so long...I was very busy and didn't get
many reviews =(, most were my friends. Thanks guys! Plus- I'm all tired
from snowboarding! Well...I'll try. The mystery starts!
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Disclaimer :: I do not own any of the characters by Lynne Ewing, yet the story is mine since I wrote it but not the series. Please don't copy =)
The Answering Machine – Chapter 4
They parked the car three blocks away from the house. They did not want what ever made The Daughters wake up last night to know that they were all together. The walk to the house was unusually dark and eerily quiet. Catty shivered. She looked up to the moon for comfort. As she searched the sky she realized that tonight was a dark moon. Or was it?
'I thought there was a dark moon 2 weeks ago.' Catty thought to herself. 'Oh, I just have a bad memory, stop worrying!' Catty scolded silently.
They walked to the house, where no lights were on.
'Hmmm...I wonder why Mom isn't home now. It's 2 o'clock,' thought Catty.
Apparently the others thought the same thing as Tianna asked, "Is Catty's mom working late tonight?
The others murmured in agreement.
"I don't know. There was probably an emergency at work." Said Catty.
Inside the house, Catty searched the kitchen counter and refrigerator for a note. There was none. She next checked the answering machine for messages. A red light was flashing from the machine, the number from her mom's office. Catty was relieved. She played it. What she had heard freaked her out. There was a pause, then a gasp, and a THUNK that was probably the phone being dropped. Then someone or something picked it up and low, wheezy, rasping, noises came from the machine utterly loud. Catty felt tremors down her spine. The machine stopped abruptly. Catty took out the cassette tape and dropped it.
"Ouch!" she cried.
The cassette had burned her. She stared in bewilderment at the floor where the cassette was withering and shrinking. It disappeared completely and the place where it laid was smoking. She gasped finally coming to her senses and tried to figure out what just happened. She rushed to her bedroom where the girls had already laid out the sleeping bags and were sleeping. She decided not to wake them up. 'Your being silly, Catty! Mom is just probably working late, like she has so many times,' Catty reassured herself. 'Just go to sleep, don't wake up the others, your together anyway.'
Catty laid down on the extra sleeping bag closest to the door and fell asleep.
A/N :: Whew! I re-wrote this chapter 3 times! It STILL didn't come out the way I wanted to. It's REALLY short. I'm sorry for those who actually READ it! I guess I'm dragging this out as much as possible, lol. It's worth it though! I have to stop writing, and I cut it short because it's dinner time! YUM =9 Plus Oscars are on soon! Please review, thanks. =)
Disclaimer :: I do not own any of the characters by Lynne Ewing, yet the story is mine since I wrote it but not the series. Please don't copy =)
The Answering Machine – Chapter 4
They parked the car three blocks away from the house. They did not want what ever made The Daughters wake up last night to know that they were all together. The walk to the house was unusually dark and eerily quiet. Catty shivered. She looked up to the moon for comfort. As she searched the sky she realized that tonight was a dark moon. Or was it?
'I thought there was a dark moon 2 weeks ago.' Catty thought to herself. 'Oh, I just have a bad memory, stop worrying!' Catty scolded silently.
They walked to the house, where no lights were on.
'Hmmm...I wonder why Mom isn't home now. It's 2 o'clock,' thought Catty.
Apparently the others thought the same thing as Tianna asked, "Is Catty's mom working late tonight?
The others murmured in agreement.
"I don't know. There was probably an emergency at work." Said Catty.
Inside the house, Catty searched the kitchen counter and refrigerator for a note. There was none. She next checked the answering machine for messages. A red light was flashing from the machine, the number from her mom's office. Catty was relieved. She played it. What she had heard freaked her out. There was a pause, then a gasp, and a THUNK that was probably the phone being dropped. Then someone or something picked it up and low, wheezy, rasping, noises came from the machine utterly loud. Catty felt tremors down her spine. The machine stopped abruptly. Catty took out the cassette tape and dropped it.
"Ouch!" she cried.
The cassette had burned her. She stared in bewilderment at the floor where the cassette was withering and shrinking. It disappeared completely and the place where it laid was smoking. She gasped finally coming to her senses and tried to figure out what just happened. She rushed to her bedroom where the girls had already laid out the sleeping bags and were sleeping. She decided not to wake them up. 'Your being silly, Catty! Mom is just probably working late, like she has so many times,' Catty reassured herself. 'Just go to sleep, don't wake up the others, your together anyway.'
Catty laid down on the extra sleeping bag closest to the door and fell asleep.
A/N :: Whew! I re-wrote this chapter 3 times! It STILL didn't come out the way I wanted to. It's REALLY short. I'm sorry for those who actually READ it! I guess I'm dragging this out as much as possible, lol. It's worth it though! I have to stop writing, and I cut it short because it's dinner time! YUM =9 Plus Oscars are on soon! Please review, thanks. =)