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A/N: YES! I know the chapters are extremely short so this is why this chapter is long. Hope you enjoy it!
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Chapter 9- The Halloween Rescue
"The Ghostly Plane." Lyndsay breathed.
"That must be where Anita is" Carlie declared.
"How do you figure that?" Jess asked.
Carlie and Lyndsay rolled their eyes. "Hello? It says that people on the ghostly plane can see people in our realm but we can't see them" Lyndsay retorted.
"And the book flicked open on this page by itself" Carlie added.
"Well what do we have to do to get to the Ghostly Plane?" Nathan asked.
"It's difficult" All four jumped and turned to see Marcus standing at the top of the stairs.
"Damn! Don't you know how to knock?" Carlie demanded.
"It's his house!" Lyndsay laughed.
"You were saying about the Ghostly Plane?" Jess reminded him.
"Yes. You see the Ghostly Plane isn't a realm as such; it's more of a dimension. It is like a one-way mirror. If you are in the Ghostly Plane, you can see everyone and everything but they can't see you. So you can't just orb there. You have to open a portal to get there." Marcus explained.
"It says here how to all we need is some sage and some chicken blood" Nathan announced.
"Gross! I ain't touching any chicken blood!" Lyndsay yelled.
"Well Marcus can get them for us right?" Carlie asked.
He shook his head. "I only came here to warn you all that you're all about to be busted if you don't get back"
"Damn! What are we going to do?" Lyndsay asked.
"It's Halloween. We can sneak out during the Halloween feast" Jess said.
"And you guys can say you're going to a Halloween party!" Carlie said excitedly.
"What about the chicken blood and sage?" Nathan asked.
"There's that room upstairs with everything" Carlie said.
"Chicken Blood?" Lyndsay asked.
"You can get that from the butchers if you ask" Carlie informed them.
"And you know that how?" Lyndsay asked.
"A little prank me and Jax did a long time ago involved a little blood" Carlie winked.
"I can take care of the chicken blood" Nathan volunteered.
"Marcus how about—"Jess trailed off as he saw Marcus was gone.
"That guy is so helpful." Jess murmured.
"We can't do it here" Lyndsay was reading the book.
"Why?" The other three asked.
"It says that you can't orb within the plane. So you have to walk everywhere" Lyndsay read.
"So we need somewhere near Pete's place" Nathan said.
There was a moment of silence before Carlie sighed and said "I guess I better talk to my mum"
"Mum? Hello?" Carlie asked as she orbed into the house.
"Carlie!" Miranda jumped out of her chair.
"Hey mum how would you like to help us recuse Anita" Carlie asked.
"What does it involve?" Miranda asked.
"Just us splating a little pig blood on the wall no biggie" Carlie smiled.
"Do it in the attic and when is this happening?" Miranda asked, still a little shocked by her daughters arrival.
"Tonight. Nathan's gonna show up here with the blood." Carlie explained.
"Why can't I have a normal child?" Miranda murmured.
"I'll see you soon" Carlie waved as she disappeared into a number of blue particles.
When Nathan asked for chicken blood at the butchers, they smiled and asked if he was going trick or treating. He told them they were trying to summon spirits. They laughed and gave him a bucket of blood for a small fee.
It was interesting walking into The Green Leaf with a bucket of blood. Sara had joked about who he'd murdered and Pete gave him a weary smile. Nathan told him that Anita would turn up soon.
"Very soon" Nathan silently added.
They say on Halloween strange things often happen to people. That night at the Hogwarts Halloween feast was no exception.
"Carlie are still sick? You've been really quiet" Lee asked as he helped himself to some food.
Carlie didn't answer. She was trying to think of a way to distract Lee, Fred and George from noticing her disappearance. The whole 'I'm feeling sick' thing was getting old.
"And then I stabbed him with a knife and we all ate some pizza" Lee said in Carlie's ear.
"What?" Carlie turned to Lee who was snickering.
"You've obviously got something on your mind" George said.
"Is it your dad?" Fred asked.
"Yeah it's him" Carlie answered. It was amazing how Sirius was a great excuse to get out of anything.
"TROLL!" Professor Quirrel ran up between the tables. "I thought youought to know" He passed out on the ground.
"Hello distraction" Carlie smiled as the whole great hall went wild.
Nathan and Lyndsay were already at the house when Carlie and Jess arrived. They had set up in the attic the portal which was a door shaped figure made with blood.
"All we have to do" Lyndsay told them. "Is throw the sage at it and say Abra o portal ao reino dos ghosts"
"What does that mean?" Jess asked.
"Open the portal of the realm of the ghosts in Portuguese" Nathan explained.
"Cool. So do you think Nathan should say it since his gift is weird languages?" Jess said.
"Yeah he should" Carlie agreed.
Nathan grabbed a handful of the sage and threw it at the bloody wall. As the herb just sat in amongst the blood Nathan said very clearly in a Portuguese accent.
"Abra o portal ao reino dos ghosts"
The blood began to glow and soon it was like a window looking into somewhere dark.
"So who's going first?" Nathan asked.
"Me" Lyndsay stepped forward.
"Wait!" Jess held up his hands. "What happens if you have a fit in there?"
"Yeah Lyndsay it might be dangerous" Carlie said.
"No way! Our first real adventure and I have to sit out!" Lyndsay cried.
"I'll sit out with you Lyndsay" Nathan offered.
"Really?" Lyndsay looked at him.
"If there's any demons in there who's going to heal us?" Carlie asked.
"You'll be fine. You guys are great at fighting the demons" Nathan assured.
"Okay so how are we going to find Anita?" Carlie asked.
"Just go through and we'll give you instructions" Lyndsay told them.
"Er...okay" Jess looked at Carlie with a sceptical look.
"I'll go first" Carlie said and stepped towards the doorway.
"Okay, wait for Jess" Lyndsay said.
Carlie walked through the door and into the darkness, when she came out it was out of the same doorway again and Lyndsay, Nathan and Jess were there and it was her attic but it was all grey and transparent, like they were ghosts.
"Carlie you've made it through!" Lyndsay cheered looking straight at her.
"I thought you said no one could hear or see you here?" Carlie asked.
"You can't but Lyndsay can see you since she's got enhanced eyesight but she can't hear you though I can" Nathan explained.
Carlie walked over to them and stretched her hand out. She wanted to see whether she could touch them. Her hand went straight through Lyndsay who jumped and said "Don't put your hands through me!"
Carlie laughed and then she heard from somewhere behind her. "Shit this place is creepy"
Carlie turned around to see Jess who was looking around with a face full of awe.
"You have to walk to Pete's place and then find Anita and bring her back here" Lyndsay instructed.
Walking to Pete's place was the most interesting experience ever. They could walk through people and cars but yet could walk through buildings.
"Is this Pete's house?" Jess asked as both of them stood in front of a large house with a small front garden.
Carlie took out the piece of paper that she'd written down Pete's address on.
"Yup this is 340" Carlie confirmed.
"She's in there somewhere" Jess breathed.
"Well no use standing out here is it?" Carlie laughed.
"Carlie how are we going to get her to trust us?" Jess asked as the walked towards the front door.
"She's seen me a few times plus I think she'll be happy when I tell her we're taking her home" Carlie opened the door and they both walked in. Pete soon came into the hall and walked straight through Jess and Carlie to close the door.
"Bloody wind" He murmured. Carlie and Jess followed him into the lounge where they saw Anita sitting on the couch watching everyone with wary eyes.
"Anita?" Carlie asked.
Her head turned to Carlie and Jess. "You can see me?" she whispered.
"Yes we can. We're going to take you home" Carlie announced confidently.
"I am home" She whispered.
"Yeah but I'm going to take you home and everyone will see you" Carlie explained.
"Really?" Her eyes were very wide and looked glassy.
"Yup, just come with Jess and me and we'll get you home" Carlie held out her hand.
Anita looked sceptically at it then grabbed it and grabbed Jess's and swung between them.
"They should be back soon" Lyndsay reassured Miranda who was worried.
"Yeah they have to walk to Pete's place remember" Nathan reminded her.
The three of them heard the door blow open from downstairs and Nathan heard Carlie announce their arrival.
"They're here"
Anita was laughing. "I can't wait to see Pete and Dad and Mum!" She sang.
Jess was rolling his eyes whilst Carlie laughed. As they walked through the doorway the darkness engulfed them and Anita screamed.
When they came out everything was normal. No one was transparent.
"Can you see me?" Anita asked excitedly.
"What are you going to do with her?" Miranda asked.
Lyndsay smiled. "She disappeared at the park and that's where they'll find her"
You may be thinking that it wasn't very exciting. This is only the beginning of the adventure.