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~THE END~ (if only it were that simple)
Cassie woke up for the third time in twelve hours, but this time, it felt like a big spoonful full of thick, coiling fear had been dropped into her stomach. 'O GOD!' She thought. 'This is really happening!' Her other friends didn't look so hot either. Abbe was waiting with baited breath while Jaimie trembled in a dark corner.
Jaz noticed with a jolt that behind Knat, there were several people. One was a well dressed older gentleman who looked like he supported many local charities and sent money to poor children overseas. One was a dark skinned, muscular man with dreadlocks who looked like the sort of person who would kill a man for talking bad about his mama. Jaimie looked rather interested in this one. And the other was a young woman who was totally average, and could be one of the girls you see on the street every day. She was probably in her mid-twenties to Jaz's way of thinking and was pretty enough with long brown hair and deep blue eyes.
It was over far too quickly. There was no discussion of any kind. They just pointed at those that they wanted, and Knat went over to each of the captives, yanked them to their feet, and presented them to their masters.
"They've paid a pretty sum for you, so don't disappoint them!" he growled. Jaimie and Nicole went to the dark man, Ashley and Cassie went to the old gentleman, and Abbe and Jaz went to the young woman. They looked sorrowfully at one another before being led out the door. Who knew when they would meet again.
Cassie and Ashley walked close together as they left the hotel and went into the parking lot. Ashley was struck by a sudden thought. It made no sense, but she felt that she had to ask anyway.
"Hey excuse me...um...sir...master?" The old gentleman turned and looked at Ashley inquiringly. "Yeah, I was wondering if we could maybe take out instruments along. You know, a comfort of home. And the old country?" To her immense surprise, the old gentleman nodded.
"Yes, that would be very lovely wouldn't it? I'm a band teacher myself. I'll be helping Lord Darnoc gain her power." He then took out a baton of his very own, and pointed it at the car that Knat had driven. the trunk popped open, and Cassie ran to get their instruments.
"So, you're in league with Darnoc?" Ashley asked pleasantly.
"Why of course! Marvelous work she's doing. Been my secret ambition for years now, only she's gotten the ball rolling. She's promised to share her power with me and the other two people who bought your friends." Cassie came back carrying the cases of a flute and a clarinet. "Ahh, lovely!" the gentleman said clapping his hands. "Into the car then."
"Where's Abbe's saxophone?" Ashley asked as they got into the back seat.
"It was too big to carry all three of them, and I figured that since Abbe isn't here..." She broke off sadly. Ashley silently accepted her flute, wondering what had happened to the others.
Cassie was also wondering. She wondered whether the pretty lady who had bought Jaz would ruin all of the group's plans to get he and Ashley together(worry not FW) and then she wondered if their plans were ruined already.
"So, I heard you're in league with Darnoc," she said. "Do you have a name? Or do we just refer to you as Master?"
"You will call me master," the gentleman answered smoothly. "but you may refer to me however you choose. My name is Annod Yawnoc." There didn't seem to be much to say after that. Cassie stared out the window was the car took them far from any town. A castle-like building was coming into view. Cassie was really quite facinated, having never seen a castle anywhere except for pictures, and TV. She was even more amazed when the car slowed to a stop in front of the magnificent structure.
"Is this where we're going to be staying?" She asked. Annod nodded.
"It has been in my family for over seven-hundred years. I'm really quite fond of it." Both were intimidated and awed by the manor house, and. they approached it warily. Cassie had seen a lot on castles on TV shows about haunted things, and she wasn't all that sure she wanted to come into contact with some sort of spirity thing.
"We'll have to watch for orbs," she murmured to Ashley who looked at her like she was insane.
Jaz and Abbe didn't fare so well. At least Cassie and Ashley were very good friends and were able to talk, or at least sit in a companionable silence. But Abbe and Jaz had never spoken. The only thing they shared was the fact that they both played Saxophone.
'But not even the same kind of saxophone for God's sake!' she thought bitterly. Sure, she had tried fervently to help Jaz realise how much he and Ashley loved eachother, but she barely knew the kid! She sighed moodily and stared straight ahead. This was really going to suck.
"Now we'll have none of that," the pretty lady scolded sharply. The key to getting on well with me is to never, EVER complain in any way.
"Who are you?" Jaz asked suddenly. The pretty lady glared at him through her rearview mirror.
"I am nobody to mess with Mister," she snapped. "But if you must know, My name is Julia N. You may call me Miss N.
'What a weirdo,' Jaz thought sulkily. The least that could have been done would have been to have he and Ashley together. Now his life would be a living hell, and he would be forced to share it with a girl he didn't even know, and a woman who referred to herself with a single letter. Where was the justice!? He had been planning to ask Ashley out on his trip, and pray she said yes. Yeah, life had reached an all time low for Jaz. He didn't even have his saxophone to ease his pain. He was an excellent saxophone player, even if he did say so himself. He was going to ask whether she had any at the place where they were going, but he was unable to talk. Miss N was staring daggers at him, and holding a baton aloft in one hand.
"Rule one you two," she sneered. "Try to speak as little as possible in my presence." Abbe was going to retort, but her voice had stopped working again too. 'Damn' she thought. 'This will be one long life.'
The car soon slowed to a stop, and turned onto a narrow dirt road with trees guarding it on either side. In several seconds, the house was visible. It was small and modest, but Abbe noticed with a horrible sinking feeling that way off in the distance there were several tiny little structures. 'Damn,' Jaz thought. 'This will be one long life.'
Annod had evoked a feeling of cautious relief in his slaves. Julia N had made her slaves feel for her a deep hatred. The other master, Ping- Pong made Jaime and Nicole feel something quite different................................................................... ........................................................
AN: THIS TOOK ME FOREVER! Not the best chapter, but I thought it was important that you know what everyone is thinking, but I didn't want you to get too bored, to I left Jaimie and Nicole out for now. Anyway, enjoy!!!! And I already know that you will review, so I need not bother asking you two to do it.
~THE END~ (if only it were that simple)
Cassie woke up for the third time in twelve hours, but this time, it felt like a big spoonful full of thick, coiling fear had been dropped into her stomach. 'O GOD!' She thought. 'This is really happening!' Her other friends didn't look so hot either. Abbe was waiting with baited breath while Jaimie trembled in a dark corner.
Jaz noticed with a jolt that behind Knat, there were several people. One was a well dressed older gentleman who looked like he supported many local charities and sent money to poor children overseas. One was a dark skinned, muscular man with dreadlocks who looked like the sort of person who would kill a man for talking bad about his mama. Jaimie looked rather interested in this one. And the other was a young woman who was totally average, and could be one of the girls you see on the street every day. She was probably in her mid-twenties to Jaz's way of thinking and was pretty enough with long brown hair and deep blue eyes.
It was over far too quickly. There was no discussion of any kind. They just pointed at those that they wanted, and Knat went over to each of the captives, yanked them to their feet, and presented them to their masters.
"They've paid a pretty sum for you, so don't disappoint them!" he growled. Jaimie and Nicole went to the dark man, Ashley and Cassie went to the old gentleman, and Abbe and Jaz went to the young woman. They looked sorrowfully at one another before being led out the door. Who knew when they would meet again.
Cassie and Ashley walked close together as they left the hotel and went into the parking lot. Ashley was struck by a sudden thought. It made no sense, but she felt that she had to ask anyway.
"Hey excuse me...um...sir...master?" The old gentleman turned and looked at Ashley inquiringly. "Yeah, I was wondering if we could maybe take out instruments along. You know, a comfort of home. And the old country?" To her immense surprise, the old gentleman nodded.
"Yes, that would be very lovely wouldn't it? I'm a band teacher myself. I'll be helping Lord Darnoc gain her power." He then took out a baton of his very own, and pointed it at the car that Knat had driven. the trunk popped open, and Cassie ran to get their instruments.
"So, you're in league with Darnoc?" Ashley asked pleasantly.
"Why of course! Marvelous work she's doing. Been my secret ambition for years now, only she's gotten the ball rolling. She's promised to share her power with me and the other two people who bought your friends." Cassie came back carrying the cases of a flute and a clarinet. "Ahh, lovely!" the gentleman said clapping his hands. "Into the car then."
"Where's Abbe's saxophone?" Ashley asked as they got into the back seat.
"It was too big to carry all three of them, and I figured that since Abbe isn't here..." She broke off sadly. Ashley silently accepted her flute, wondering what had happened to the others.
Cassie was also wondering. She wondered whether the pretty lady who had bought Jaz would ruin all of the group's plans to get he and Ashley together(worry not FW) and then she wondered if their plans were ruined already.
"So, I heard you're in league with Darnoc," she said. "Do you have a name? Or do we just refer to you as Master?"
"You will call me master," the gentleman answered smoothly. "but you may refer to me however you choose. My name is Annod Yawnoc." There didn't seem to be much to say after that. Cassie stared out the window was the car took them far from any town. A castle-like building was coming into view. Cassie was really quite facinated, having never seen a castle anywhere except for pictures, and TV. She was even more amazed when the car slowed to a stop in front of the magnificent structure.
"Is this where we're going to be staying?" She asked. Annod nodded.
"It has been in my family for over seven-hundred years. I'm really quite fond of it." Both were intimidated and awed by the manor house, and. they approached it warily. Cassie had seen a lot on castles on TV shows about haunted things, and she wasn't all that sure she wanted to come into contact with some sort of spirity thing.
"We'll have to watch for orbs," she murmured to Ashley who looked at her like she was insane.
Jaz and Abbe didn't fare so well. At least Cassie and Ashley were very good friends and were able to talk, or at least sit in a companionable silence. But Abbe and Jaz had never spoken. The only thing they shared was the fact that they both played Saxophone.
'But not even the same kind of saxophone for God's sake!' she thought bitterly. Sure, she had tried fervently to help Jaz realise how much he and Ashley loved eachother, but she barely knew the kid! She sighed moodily and stared straight ahead. This was really going to suck.
"Now we'll have none of that," the pretty lady scolded sharply. The key to getting on well with me is to never, EVER complain in any way.
"Who are you?" Jaz asked suddenly. The pretty lady glared at him through her rearview mirror.
"I am nobody to mess with Mister," she snapped. "But if you must know, My name is Julia N. You may call me Miss N.
'What a weirdo,' Jaz thought sulkily. The least that could have been done would have been to have he and Ashley together. Now his life would be a living hell, and he would be forced to share it with a girl he didn't even know, and a woman who referred to herself with a single letter. Where was the justice!? He had been planning to ask Ashley out on his trip, and pray she said yes. Yeah, life had reached an all time low for Jaz. He didn't even have his saxophone to ease his pain. He was an excellent saxophone player, even if he did say so himself. He was going to ask whether she had any at the place where they were going, but he was unable to talk. Miss N was staring daggers at him, and holding a baton aloft in one hand.
"Rule one you two," she sneered. "Try to speak as little as possible in my presence." Abbe was going to retort, but her voice had stopped working again too. 'Damn' she thought. 'This will be one long life.'
The car soon slowed to a stop, and turned onto a narrow dirt road with trees guarding it on either side. In several seconds, the house was visible. It was small and modest, but Abbe noticed with a horrible sinking feeling that way off in the distance there were several tiny little structures. 'Damn,' Jaz thought. 'This will be one long life.'
Annod had evoked a feeling of cautious relief in his slaves. Julia N had made her slaves feel for her a deep hatred. The other master, Ping- Pong made Jaime and Nicole feel something quite different................................................................... ........................................................
AN: THIS TOOK ME FOREVER! Not the best chapter, but I thought it was important that you know what everyone is thinking, but I didn't want you to get too bored, to I left Jaimie and Nicole out for now. Anyway, enjoy!!!! And I already know that you will review, so I need not bother asking you two to do it.