Hannah: NONONO! We won't do it!
Elizabeth: We have to. (Sigh) Ok, ok. Grabs pen and scribbles something down on it, then signs her name in elvish
Hannah: (Sniffle) I will sign it... signs her name in elvish and thrusts the paper at the readers There! You have your stupid confession.
On a different note:
Elvin BlueEyes: We're glad you approve. :)
crapoholics: (sniffle) someone really excited about our story...so touching...(breaks down crying)
Lady Alionae: Oh, you're so nice! So glad you like our spelling and grammar :) and the spastic spatulas...
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Chapter Four: Enter the friend
Hannah's POV:
We rushed out the door and ran two houses down to where one of our best friends lived. I hoped that her obnoxious brother (nicknamed Donker) would not open the door.
No such luck.
We waited patiently while he hollered for Liz, and when she arrived we did our ritual handshake. I'd describe it but it's too long. Anyway, after we were done she ushered us into her room and sat down on the bed.
"Liz, we must tell you something very serious," said Elizabeth and I, with vain attempts to look solemn. It did not work.
"What?" asked Liz, looking from one of us to the other.
I had just started to speak when Liz's younger sister came rushing into the room. I clamped my mouth shut.
"Liz, please remove the Small Vermin Child," Elizabeth said quietly.
Liz and her sister struggled for a while until finally the SVC was evicted.
I locked the door and looked from Elizabeth to Liz.
"Liz, can you come to the woods with us? There's something we'd like to show you."
"And bring food, if you can," Elizabeth added.
"Um...okay," said Liz. "Is it a good something?
"Yes," Elizabeth and I said together.
"Did you find my spatula handle? Or maybe Sayna's skeleton?"
(A/N Sayna was a rabbit we buried in the woods by Fort S.S. His grave was dug up slightly and he may have been carried off by wild animals.)
"Maybe," Elizabeth said.
"Please tell me? Please, please, please?" Liz begged,her natural inquisitiveness taking over.
"It would be much better to show you," I said decisively. "Just grab some food and come with us."
Liz ran from the room to ask her parents, and Elizabeth and I sat on opposite sides of her bed staring at each other.
"I suppose we'll probably have to convince Liz like they convinced us," Elizabeth said.
"No doubt," I answered.
"We'll have to find a new target... that'll be tricky."
"Not necessarily," I shrugged. "We could just do the dog test."
"Too twue, too twue," Elizabeth said, nodding her head sagely.
We both cracked up.
Liz came back into the room, holding three bananas and two bagels.
"That'll work, thanks Liz," Elizabeth said. "What about drink?"
"I'll get some sprite. How much do you want?"
"Do you want any?" I asked.
Liz shrugged, then nodded.
"Get five," Elizabeth decided.
"Five cans of sprite for three people?" Liz asked incredulously.
"Well, you see...oh whatever, I'll tell you later. But we'll show you why we need five," I said elusively.
Liz looked at us rather quizzically, then grinned. "I think I'll bring my cross-stitch."
"Good idea," said Elizabeth. "We might also take any old cushions or blankets. Also a tarp. It's time Fort S.S. got a mini-makeover."
Liz "borrowed" an old tarp from the garage, and we headed down the road.
"They're probably waiting for us," Elizabeth reminded me in a whisper.
"They'll understand," I whispered back.
"Guys, quite whispering," Liz warned.
We raided our house for unused sheets and pillows, then started down the path into the woods.
Suddenly Liz stiffened.
"What's the matter, Liz?" Elizabeth asked anxiously.
"I hear Donker following us," Liz whispered.
I groaned inwardly. "I wish Janene was here. Then he'd be too scared to follow us," I muttered.
Liz giggled and said loudly, "Janene, Donker's following us. Go pull on his nose, will you?"
We heard the sound of footsteps running away hurriedly, and collapsed in giggles.
As Fort S.S. came into view, Liz began her questioning again.
"Is it something alive?"
"Yes," replied Elizabeth.
"A mammal?"
"Yes," I sighed.
"Human?"
"No. Definitely not."
"So it's an animal. Is it something cute?"
Poor Liz had no clue why Elizabeth and I burst into giggles.
"You might find it cute," I said. Elizabeth snorted.
We walked into the middle of the clearing, and set the pillows and blankets on the ground.
Liz set the food on a stump, while Elizabeth climbed into a tree and began making the tarp into a roof.
"So, where's the surprise?" Liz asked.
Just then, Elladan and Elrohir walked into the fort.
"I see you brought breakfast," Elladan said.
Liz's jaw dropped.