Aubrey entered the room with her sister right behind her. "Mona,
are you okay? And do you have something to do with that ass in the hall by some chance?" She asked with a grin.
Mona started to open her mouth but stopped, realizing it would do no good. She turned towards Mary, who was still standing a bit behind her with one small hand covering Mona's on the wand, Mona's face clearly showed the frustration she was feeling.
"Mona can't talk," Mary said as she edged around her friend and looked over at the other girls with a slightly guarded expression on her face. They had drove Paul away but the way they had done it, what Mona had done.... Paul was the only one Mary had seen who had been able to do things like that before, Paul and the bad doctor. Mary glanced towards the far wall wishing Antubis was there.
"Mary?" Breanna whisped, her eyes widening as she caught sight of the girl standing by Mona. She hurried across the room to the girls,
reaching out and pulling Mary forward a bit so she could get a better look at her. "Little Mary Jensen, it is you! Aubrey!" She called for her sister as she wrapped her arms around Mary, almost lifting her off the floor in a hug.
"Mary?" Aubrey moved over to join her sister, looking at Mary in silence for a moment before joining her sister in hugging the girl tightly.
"There's the bell and everything," she murmured as they released Mary for a moment, both girls now staring at her in a kind of wondrous shock.
"Where in the world have you been? Your brother's been looking everywhere for you for over a hundred years!"
"You know her?" Sally asked suddenly, causing the two older girls to recall that there were actually other people in the room besides themselves, Mary and Mona.
"And can everyone in here see her?" Hook added, looking over at Christine and Natalie for some sort of confirmation that they were seeing what he was before fixing his eyes on Mary again. The girl had just appeared there at Mona's side when whatever had happened was happening.
"Of course we know her. Everyone at school knows who Mary is,"
Breanna said, looking at the adults in puzzlement for a moment, confused that they didn't know something that was an everyday fact.
"They aren't like us, Bree. They wouldn't know," Aubrey said with a chuckle as she looked over at her sister before turning to address the others. "We're witches," she repeated, "well, sort of witches in training. Mary's brother teaches advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts at our school. He had a portrait done of Mary about a hundred years ago.
EVERYONE knows who she is and how she disappeared."
"My brother?" Mary whispered as she looked up at the two older girls. It had been so long since she had thought about her life before the fire, since she had remembered her family. Being trapped here was pain enough but to remember that while she was trapped here everyone she had known and loved had gone on.... She closed her eyes for a moment, tears slipping past her lashes as she struggled to recall her siblings. It had been so long.... "Michael?" A small face finally came to her, a small boy who had clung to her on her last day with her family as if he had sensed what was about to happen.
Breanna nodded. "He misses you, Mary. He's tried to find you for years. "Will you come with us?" She ignored the adults looking at them,
obviously wanting an explanation for what was going on, the memory of their teacher's sad face at the thought of his lost sister her only focus. He'd waited over a hundred years to get Mary back. They could just wait a few minutes for their explanation. "Professor Jensen's right downstairs. Will you let us take you to him?"
Mary looked up at the girls, clearly torn. The chance to be with a member of her family again tugged at her but at the same time if she left what would happen to the hospital and everyone inside when the earthquake hit? She couldn't abandon them but....
'Mary, will it change things if you're not here?' Peter looked over at the girls, seeing the expression on Mary's face. 'If you're not here when the earthquake hits to ring your bell...."
"Earthquake? What do you mean, an earthquake is going to hit?"
Aubrey looked toward Peter with a puzzled expression. What in the world was he talking about, well not really talking since it didn't seem like anyone else but the girls could hear him but....
"There's going to be an earthquake, a big one this time." Mary said slowly, a tear slipping down her face. She couldn't leave, no matter how much she wanted to go to her brother. "When I ring my bell, hundreds will die."
"The bell?" Aubrey and Breanna looked at each other, both of their brows furrowed in an almost identical expression of confusion.
"Mary can't help it," Sally said, laying a comforting hand on the girl's shoulder as she spoke. "Mr. Rickman here has been helping us try to find a way to stop the earthquake."
"We need the special dreamers." Mary said as she looked at the names Peter had written on the drawing of the séance. "Christa, Abel and Elmer."
Mona moved closer to the bed, peering at the drawing for a moment.
This must be the artist that Aubrey and Breanna had mentioned to her earlier. She wondered if her mother would pay for her to have lessons.
And maybe witch lessons too? How much could they cost anyway? She reached out with a finger and touched Elmer's figure for a moment before turning and looking critically at the bell around Mary's neck. If the bell was the problem....
"I think we need Professor Jensen too." Aubrey said slowly as she looked down at Mary's bell for a moment before turning to look at her sister in confusion again. "I don't think Mary's bell can do what you think it's going to." She hesitated for a moment, trying to recall what she had heard mentioned about the bell. "At least I don't think the bell could do that on its own. There would have to be something else going on for there to be destruction on the scale you're talking about."
Mona reached out, tugging on Bree's sleeve, pointing towards the bell as she did so. Maybe the girls weren't sure that the bell was the real problem but just in case it was, it wasn't going to be ringing now!
"She stuffed it with tissue." Hook chuckled as he walked around to the other side of the bed, bending down slightly to inspect Mona's handywork. He still couldn't quite believe that this elusive child was right there in front of them with what appeared to be every intention of staying right there. "Will that stop the bell from...."
'Why don't you ask Snout Boy?' Peter thought as Antubis came through the wall. He noticed with a slight amusement that the anteater stopped, puzzled, and stared at the three other girls before moving towards Mary.
"Whoa! Are you a familiar?" Bree said as she caught sight of Antubis. "I don't think I've ever seen an anteater familiar before!"
"In a way," Antubis replied as Mary reached out and scratched him behind the ears, followed a second later by Mona. "And what are you?" He took a testing sniff of Mona as he spoke. Scent was definitely familiar.
"We're witches. I'm Aubrey and this is my sister, Breanna." She give a little half smile as she suddenly recalled that they hadn't even bothered to introduce themselves to the grownups.
"Witches. Haven't seen your kind in awhile." Antubis adjusted his head slightly so Mona could get to a particularly itchy spot behind one ear. "Well, you might want to be getting out of here fast. Think you girls made Paul mad."
"Paul being mad isn't good." Mary said as she looked up at them.
"Maybe you better leave before...."
"What we need to do is get Professor Jensen." Breanna said with a determined look. "Vampy Boy has Dark written all over him and if anyone knows how to deal with dark stuff it's Professor Jensen."
"Not to mention he knows more about that bell than anyone else,"
Aubrey said as she reached out and took Mona's hand, motioning for her sister to take Mary.
"Wait, Mr. Rickman has to come with us. He can help too." Mary said as she looked at Peter.
Mona smiled, tugging her hand free and hurrying over to the door, A minute later she dragged the Stegman-ass inside and rapidly gestured to Mary.
"Where did she get an ass?" Christine asked Hook as she stared at the girl, who it seemed was trying to fasten the ass to the foot of the bed somehow as she tried to communicate with the others. She was totally clueless about what was going on here but she could handle certain things;
odd little Mary, the two girls saying they were witches, the giant anteater strolling through a solid wall, Mona, who was supposed to basically be a vegetable suddenly seeming normal, well normal for the hospital's standards. For some reason, though, the ass was throwing her.
"It's Doctor Stegman." Mary said with a smile as she took Bree's hand and started towards the door, Antubis slipping behind Peter's bed to push as the ass, now tied with a sheet to the foot of the bed, pulled.
"Mona says that if he helps pull it will be the only good thing he's done in this hospital. Are you coming?"
are you okay? And do you have something to do with that ass in the hall by some chance?" She asked with a grin.
Mona started to open her mouth but stopped, realizing it would do no good. She turned towards Mary, who was still standing a bit behind her with one small hand covering Mona's on the wand, Mona's face clearly showed the frustration she was feeling.
"Mona can't talk," Mary said as she edged around her friend and looked over at the other girls with a slightly guarded expression on her face. They had drove Paul away but the way they had done it, what Mona had done.... Paul was the only one Mary had seen who had been able to do things like that before, Paul and the bad doctor. Mary glanced towards the far wall wishing Antubis was there.
"Mary?" Breanna whisped, her eyes widening as she caught sight of the girl standing by Mona. She hurried across the room to the girls,
reaching out and pulling Mary forward a bit so she could get a better look at her. "Little Mary Jensen, it is you! Aubrey!" She called for her sister as she wrapped her arms around Mary, almost lifting her off the floor in a hug.
"Mary?" Aubrey moved over to join her sister, looking at Mary in silence for a moment before joining her sister in hugging the girl tightly.
"There's the bell and everything," she murmured as they released Mary for a moment, both girls now staring at her in a kind of wondrous shock.
"Where in the world have you been? Your brother's been looking everywhere for you for over a hundred years!"
"You know her?" Sally asked suddenly, causing the two older girls to recall that there were actually other people in the room besides themselves, Mary and Mona.
"And can everyone in here see her?" Hook added, looking over at Christine and Natalie for some sort of confirmation that they were seeing what he was before fixing his eyes on Mary again. The girl had just appeared there at Mona's side when whatever had happened was happening.
"Of course we know her. Everyone at school knows who Mary is,"
Breanna said, looking at the adults in puzzlement for a moment, confused that they didn't know something that was an everyday fact.
"They aren't like us, Bree. They wouldn't know," Aubrey said with a chuckle as she looked over at her sister before turning to address the others. "We're witches," she repeated, "well, sort of witches in training. Mary's brother teaches advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts at our school. He had a portrait done of Mary about a hundred years ago.
EVERYONE knows who she is and how she disappeared."
"My brother?" Mary whispered as she looked up at the two older girls. It had been so long since she had thought about her life before the fire, since she had remembered her family. Being trapped here was pain enough but to remember that while she was trapped here everyone she had known and loved had gone on.... She closed her eyes for a moment, tears slipping past her lashes as she struggled to recall her siblings. It had been so long.... "Michael?" A small face finally came to her, a small boy who had clung to her on her last day with her family as if he had sensed what was about to happen.
Breanna nodded. "He misses you, Mary. He's tried to find you for years. "Will you come with us?" She ignored the adults looking at them,
obviously wanting an explanation for what was going on, the memory of their teacher's sad face at the thought of his lost sister her only focus. He'd waited over a hundred years to get Mary back. They could just wait a few minutes for their explanation. "Professor Jensen's right downstairs. Will you let us take you to him?"
Mary looked up at the girls, clearly torn. The chance to be with a member of her family again tugged at her but at the same time if she left what would happen to the hospital and everyone inside when the earthquake hit? She couldn't abandon them but....
'Mary, will it change things if you're not here?' Peter looked over at the girls, seeing the expression on Mary's face. 'If you're not here when the earthquake hits to ring your bell...."
"Earthquake? What do you mean, an earthquake is going to hit?"
Aubrey looked toward Peter with a puzzled expression. What in the world was he talking about, well not really talking since it didn't seem like anyone else but the girls could hear him but....
"There's going to be an earthquake, a big one this time." Mary said slowly, a tear slipping down her face. She couldn't leave, no matter how much she wanted to go to her brother. "When I ring my bell, hundreds will die."
"The bell?" Aubrey and Breanna looked at each other, both of their brows furrowed in an almost identical expression of confusion.
"Mary can't help it," Sally said, laying a comforting hand on the girl's shoulder as she spoke. "Mr. Rickman here has been helping us try to find a way to stop the earthquake."
"We need the special dreamers." Mary said as she looked at the names Peter had written on the drawing of the séance. "Christa, Abel and Elmer."
Mona moved closer to the bed, peering at the drawing for a moment.
This must be the artist that Aubrey and Breanna had mentioned to her earlier. She wondered if her mother would pay for her to have lessons.
And maybe witch lessons too? How much could they cost anyway? She reached out with a finger and touched Elmer's figure for a moment before turning and looking critically at the bell around Mary's neck. If the bell was the problem....
"I think we need Professor Jensen too." Aubrey said slowly as she looked down at Mary's bell for a moment before turning to look at her sister in confusion again. "I don't think Mary's bell can do what you think it's going to." She hesitated for a moment, trying to recall what she had heard mentioned about the bell. "At least I don't think the bell could do that on its own. There would have to be something else going on for there to be destruction on the scale you're talking about."
Mona reached out, tugging on Bree's sleeve, pointing towards the bell as she did so. Maybe the girls weren't sure that the bell was the real problem but just in case it was, it wasn't going to be ringing now!
"She stuffed it with tissue." Hook chuckled as he walked around to the other side of the bed, bending down slightly to inspect Mona's handywork. He still couldn't quite believe that this elusive child was right there in front of them with what appeared to be every intention of staying right there. "Will that stop the bell from...."
'Why don't you ask Snout Boy?' Peter thought as Antubis came through the wall. He noticed with a slight amusement that the anteater stopped, puzzled, and stared at the three other girls before moving towards Mary.
"Whoa! Are you a familiar?" Bree said as she caught sight of Antubis. "I don't think I've ever seen an anteater familiar before!"
"In a way," Antubis replied as Mary reached out and scratched him behind the ears, followed a second later by Mona. "And what are you?" He took a testing sniff of Mona as he spoke. Scent was definitely familiar.
"We're witches. I'm Aubrey and this is my sister, Breanna." She give a little half smile as she suddenly recalled that they hadn't even bothered to introduce themselves to the grownups.
"Witches. Haven't seen your kind in awhile." Antubis adjusted his head slightly so Mona could get to a particularly itchy spot behind one ear. "Well, you might want to be getting out of here fast. Think you girls made Paul mad."
"Paul being mad isn't good." Mary said as she looked up at them.
"Maybe you better leave before...."
"What we need to do is get Professor Jensen." Breanna said with a determined look. "Vampy Boy has Dark written all over him and if anyone knows how to deal with dark stuff it's Professor Jensen."
"Not to mention he knows more about that bell than anyone else,"
Aubrey said as she reached out and took Mona's hand, motioning for her sister to take Mary.
"Wait, Mr. Rickman has to come with us. He can help too." Mary said as she looked at Peter.
Mona smiled, tugging her hand free and hurrying over to the door, A minute later she dragged the Stegman-ass inside and rapidly gestured to Mary.
"Where did she get an ass?" Christine asked Hook as she stared at the girl, who it seemed was trying to fasten the ass to the foot of the bed somehow as she tried to communicate with the others. She was totally clueless about what was going on here but she could handle certain things;
odd little Mary, the two girls saying they were witches, the giant anteater strolling through a solid wall, Mona, who was supposed to basically be a vegetable suddenly seeming normal, well normal for the hospital's standards. For some reason, though, the ass was throwing her.
"It's Doctor Stegman." Mary said with a smile as she took Bree's hand and started towards the door, Antubis slipping behind Peter's bed to push as the ass, now tied with a sheet to the foot of the bed, pulled.
"Mona says that if he helps pull it will be the only good thing he's done in this hospital. Are you coming?"