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"This is weird. I mean, even for your dad, this is weird."

Callie looked at Jimmy with a soulful expression in her eyes. "Tell me about it."

"Your dad actually hired you a bodyguard. And it's Barek?"

"I know, I know. I don't understand either. And to make it worse, he's staying with us. He's following my every move."

Jimmy paused for a second. "I can't believe I'm up this early."

The two were sitting on a bench over looking the cliffs. Above them the sky was still black in color, with hints of red slowly tinting the eastern view.

"Sorry. I thought that maybe if I snuck out this morning I could get away from Barek."

Jimmy glanced behind them. "I don't think it worked."

Callie rolled her eyes. "Really, Einstein. I don't think I could have figured that out by myself." Callie couldn't help but to take a peak behind them. Barek sat on the ground no more than 100 feet away watching the couple closely. "He's really giving me the heebie-jeebies."

"So who does your dad think that Barek is going to protect you from? I mean, as far as we know, Barek is a bad guy himself. He might even be involved in the Great Mumba-Jumba."

Callie took a deep breath. She pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around her legs. "I don't know, Jimmy. I really don't. I mean, now that I think about it, every few years, right around this time, we've moved. I've never really thought about it too much, because we were always moving. But it was right around this time that we would just leave, sometimes in the middle of the night with no warning. All the other times we would plan it out for weeks ahead of time." She turned to look at Jimmy. It's weird, isn't it?"

"Yeah, defiantly weird." Jimmy looked out over the cliffs. "Wow. Look at the sky. I've never seen one like that before."

Callie smiled at Jimmy. "I've seen all kinds of sunrises." She turned her attention to the one in question, and froze.

Jimmy looked over at Callie. "What is it?"

"There's an old adage that sailors use. 'Red sky at night—sailor's delight. Red sky at morn-Sailor be warned.'"

Else where in the town of Swans Crossing, the citizens were just beginning to wake up.

Sydney Rutledge, for once, was awake before her alarm clock went off. When it finally did, she leisurely stretched her arms out and slowly swung her body off of her queen-sized (how appropriate) poster bed. She slipped her feet into her warmest slippers and headed into her bathroom to get ready for her big day.

Mila Rosnovsky hadn't been able to sleep either. She was so excited to make her singing debut at the concert. She glanced at her clock…it was only 3 hours away!

Sandy Swan groaned as the alarm clock went off next to her ear, practically deafening her. "Too bad it didn't." she muttered. "At least if it did, I wouldn't have to hear Mila sing."

Saja DeCastro woke up with an immediate sense of dread. His heart was beating far to fast, and he knew the spirits were communing with him. Then suddenly their message was spoken to his mind. "The great Mumba-Jumba will be revealed today."

In a small room on the outskirt of town, three bald men were sitting around a table. They looked at each other slowly, and then one checked his watch. "It is almost time."

Back in the park where Jimmy and Callie sat stoically on the bench, two tall men watched them from a safe distance.

"We must take her today."

Ok boys and girls, here is chapter two. I am a total attention junkie so do me a favor and give me some feedback.