9. A question of honour
No half an hour later Alicia woke up at first of the friends. Her glance fell right now at the empty mattress of Hannah beside hers. She got up and looked around searching in the cabin but she didn't find her.
"Hey, Sarah, Catherine, Michelle, wake up! Hannah is away!" "Huh, what... what's the matter? Alicia? Hannah is away? What do you mean with 'away'?" Catherine asked and rubbed sleepily through her eyes and yawned. "Well, just away!" "I don't understand..." Catherine said still sleepily.
Michelle, who was more awaken in the meantime than Catherine and also got up, found the letter. "Look, here's a letter!" she said, opened it and read out aloud, "Hey Catherine, Alicia, Michelle and Sarah! When you find this letter I won't be here in the cabin any longer. I'm on the way to the house of the Sorcerer! I went through this plan so often today during the whole day and finally decided then: I'll go there and get the curse to turn us back into humans again! I'll explain it: I'll do it as well to repay the thing with Evelyn again. I exposed you to danger with that and hurt you. By the way, I think I'm to blame for this! Because of me we passed by this house on the everything decisive day, because of me we walked to the tree, were chased away by the man and were turned as revenge into this, what we are now or will be if nothing will happen! That's why I want to set this to an end now! It's not fair that the Slayer turns into this, what she actually hunts! See you soon, your faithful friend Hannah! By the way: I hope when you read my letter, I will be back again with the formula or at least I'm well on the way to become human finally again! If I'm not back again till then please don't follow me - if possible! I'll make it alone!"
"That can't be true! She really went to the Sorcerer..." Michelle said surprised. "Uh, we shouldn't have talked about it yesterday!" "Don't reproach yourself with that, Catherine!" Sarah tried to comfort her friend. "But I started this subject..." "Anyway! Maybe we should have gone to sleep sooner, and then we wouldn't have slept so long and could have talked Hannah out of doing it or accompanied her at least! Because I think her plan is quite courageous and understandable." Alicia meant now as well. "Courageous and understandable?" Sarah snorted contemptuous. "I only hope the Sorcerer doesn't discover Hannah..." Catherine murmured. "Yeah, and let's hope he also doesn't know how to kill a vampire... otherwise she has got an enormous problem!" Michelle said and swallowed. "I guess the Sorcerer already knows that! Otherwise, how should he turn us into vampires if he has no idea about it?" "Unfortunately, you're probably right, Alicia." Sarah said. "Uh and the thought to go behind her didn't come to you mind yet?" Catherine asked. "Um, no, I don't think so that we should go behind her! That's her expressed request!" Alicia meant. "I don't care, request more or less. She's in danger if she doesn't know that she could be killed when the Sorcerer discovers her..." "It's all right, Catherine. We'll go behind her, but just not now! Let's give her just a little time! She isn't too long away yet!" Alicia replied. "What? We're still waiting? And what is if the Sorcerer will find her then?" Catherine asked unbelieving...