Author's Note: Sorry about Billy's attitude, but I hadn't read Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy then. I know it took me a loooooooooooong time to update, but I was on vacation in Canada. Here's Chapter Two!
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"I can't believe it!" Gabriel cried as he and Charlie were making their way to the King's Room. "It's so unfair! Cleaning up the Drama Cafeteria for four weeks?"
"That's unheard of," Charlie agreed as his expression turned from frustrated to grim. "And they took Kristy. It's been likeâhow many hours already? They have to let her go sometime."
Gabriel frowned. "They might not, Charlie. You know the Bloors. Remember the time when they took Emma? They planned to keep her locked up forever." The two stepped in the room and were surprised to see a slim girl with perfectly straight auburn hair and pine green eyes.
"Kristy?" they said in unison, their mouths agape. Kristy looked quizzically at them. Charlie recognized the dreamy look in her eyes. The same one Emma had had when she had been hypnotized
"Gabriel," Charlie squeaked out solemnly. "She'sâManfred's done it." Gabriel stared at Kristy in horror.
"What's wrong, Gabe? Charlie?" Tancred Torsson asked them, waving. His yellow hair crackled, and his bright blue eyes were smiling. His best friend Lysander Sage was sitting next to him, his black hair flat and his brown eyes filled with warmth.
Gabriel's terrified gaze was fixed upon Kristy, so Charlie whispered to them, "Meet us in the sculpture room at midnight. We'll explain everything there." Tancred and Lysander nodded. They were used to strange things happening at Bloor's, as were the other students, and even the town.
Manfred stood up and cleared his throat. "Bone, Silk, sit down," he commanded. Charlie gritted his teeth and pulled Gabriel to their seats, right across from Kristy.
"We have a new student today," Manfred continued, smirking. His horrible coal-black eyes glittered. "Kristina Twirl, stand up!" Kristy stood up, her face expressionless. "She'll be with us for a very long time, so don't treat her very well." Asa and Zelda snickered. Charlie and Gabriel glared at the three. "Twirl, sit down." Kristy did as she was told. Charlie felt sorry for her. Now there were two people he needed to save: Kristy, and his father.
Charlie sighed. He knew how to get his father back, but would it work for Kristy? He looked at his friend's pine green eyes. The spark of life in them was gone.
"Back to your work, Bone!" Manfred said in a frosty voice. But he was smirking. Charlie grimaced, then opened his English book. He pretended to be writing, but he was actually making plans. I should ask Uncle Paton about this, he thought. He'll know what to do, hopefully. He was the same for the next hour, but began on his homework on the second.
Gabriel, however, couldn't stop worrying. It's all my fault, he thought. I should have stopped her from going into the garden. And nowâshe's like this. She's only thirteen! He, himself, was fourteen, like Tancred and Lysander. I hope Charlie hatches a plan.
Meanwhile, in the French classroom, Fidelio was blaming himself for all the events: Kristy's capture; he, Charlie, and Gabriel's punishment, and the glee of Manfred and Asa. (Remember, he doesn't know about Kristy getting hypnotized yet!) You dragged her into the garden, you great ugly git, he told himself, scowling. And the others had to pay the price, too.
In the Boys' Dormitories, about 11:45
"I'm sorry, Charlie, Gabriel. It's all my fault! Kristy getting hypnotized, and you guys getting in trouble. I want to come with you," Fidelio whispered to his two friends.
"All right, Fido. But it wasn't your fault," Charlie whispered back. "And we'll solve this problem together, and get Kris back."
"C'mon, you guys. Let's go!" Gabriel said quietly, rising from his bed. "Tanc and Sander like to be early for things."
"Okay, Gabe," Charlie said, nodding. He stood up at the same time as Fidelio, and followed Gabriel out of the dormitory. They tiptoed quietly to the sculpture room to find that Tancred and Lysander, in their warm green capes, were there already.
"Hey," Lysander whispered. "What did you want to talk to us about?" Tancred nodded eagerly.
"You know that new girl, Kristy Twirl?" Gabriel asked them.
"That pretty girl with auburn hair and green eyes?" Tancred asked. Charlie nodded, not noticing that Tancred had called her 'pretty'. He told them all about the incident in the garden, and what they suspected Manfred had done to her.
"I knew there was something strange about her," Lysander whispered. "She has that dreamy look in her eyes, the look Emma had when she was hypnotized."
"Poor Kristy," Tancred said sympathetically. "Manfred almost hypnotized me once, and it was horrible." His yellow hair crackled as he shivered. Gabriel and Fidelio nodded.
"We have to save her," Charlie said suddenly. "I don't know why, since I only got to know her for a little while, but I have this feeling that I have to."
"You always have that feeling, Charlie," Fidelio said, speaking up. "Like with Emma and Henry." His best friend shot him an inquisitive look. "It's a good thing," he added quickly.
"How are we going to save her?" Tancred asked.
"Well, Olivia helped us with Emma," Charlie said, starting to grin.
"Maybe she'll help with Kristy!" Lysander said excitedly.
"But what will we do after that?" Gabriel asked. "I mean, with Emma you had Tolly Twelve Bells, but obviously, you don't know how to reverse it with Kristy."
"We need a plan," Fidelio said calmly.
"And I've got one," Charlie replied simply. "Uncle Paton."
I'm sorry I didn't write as much as the last chapter, but I was running out of ideas! Hopefully, the next chapter will be better!