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Hey my lovely readers. Sorry it's taken me so long to update, but here you go. Yet another lovely chapter for you to read.

Chapter Eight –Behind Enemy Lines

Alanna grimaced and covered her eyes as Roger got out of bed and headed for the bathroom. She didn't even know why she covered her eyes; he couldn't see her, and she had no reason not to see him, except for her utter hate and disgust in the man.

She sighed trying to throw ideas like that out of her brain, as Roger came out of the bathroom, and left the room, into the bustling hall.

'At least there are some good parts of being a ghost.' She thought, as she walked through the wall, and through numerous pages and squires to follow Roger.

She hated it, following him, she decided after about two hours. It wasn't just because of her personal hate for him either. It was also because she found it to be a total, boring waste of freaking time. To put it nicely.

"Why the hell do I have to follow him home." She said aloud, knowing that no one could hear her unless she wished for them to do so. So far, all she'd done was follow Roger to breakfast, then follow him to a classroom, feeling sick with his innocent and cheery greetings to various people on his way through the halls. She did, however, find pleasure in seeing so many evil looks and glares that were thrown his way. It turns out everyone liked her more than they liked him. OR maybe it had something to do with who Jonathon, the future king liked more. She preferred the other option personally, but knew it was most likely the latter.

And now, Alanna was standing in the middle of the classroom, watching Roger's lesson take place. It was, very annoying hearing him talk about magic. After all, if he didn't have it, there's no way he would have beaten her. Absolutely no way.

Instead of listening to his lessons, Alanna tuned out, instead images of Roger being murdered by her friends filled her head. She smiled a sadistic smile, and yelled. "You wait, Roger, you just wait."

"I quit!"

Jon jumped as Alanna appeared three inches from him, and yelled out. "God, could you warn someone before you just appear, and yell?"

"I said, I quit!" Alanna repeated, ignoring Jon's question.

"Why?" Raoul asked, and Alanna almost began to laugh.

"Because, I can do this." She replied, rather huffily. "Not only is it boring, but it's maddening. I just can't do it!"

"Well then, what do we do?" Gary who was also in Jon's room with him and Raoul, asked.

"We have a meeting with everyone and discuss it." Jon replied calmly, knowing Alanna wouldn't let him force her to do anything she didn't want to do. As a person it was difficult to do so, as a ghost it would be impossible.

"Well the solution is simple." George said, when the whole group had met together the next day.

"It is?" Almost everyone else asked at the same time.

"Yeah. We go back to the alley and knife plan." George replied grinning widely.

Everyone else groaned, except for Thom, who sat up straight, thinking.

"No, that could work."

"What!" Jon exclaimed. "You were the one who opposed this plan the most."

"I know. But that was before."

"Before what?" Raoul asked.

"Before Alanna came." Thom replied simply, as though it should have been obvious.

"What?" Alanna asked, slightly annoyed at being confused.

"You said you could touch items if you concentrated long enough, right?" Thom said, and Alanna felt her stomach creep. "Well, do you think you can hold a knife long enough to kill him?"

Alanna stopped to consider it. "I might, but I'll need time to practice, to build up my strength."

"Well, take all the time yo need." Thom replied. "Because Jon needs to make up with Roger, and get close to him again, for our plan to work. That will take time." Thom looked over at Jon, who nodded.

"I can do it." Jon stated to an unasked question.

"That meets that alley and knife plan is on?" George asked, grinning widely, yet again.

"Yes." Alanna replied, and began to grin herself. "It's on."

Okay, there you go. Please review, darlings.
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