The plane flight to LA from Boston was definitely no bed of roses, and if it weren't for the stop in Oklahoma, Dana would have gone crazy.
There were these weird people in the seats in front of them that had the most annoying voices, and all they did was talk to each other, and that got annoying almost immediately.
At the stop in Oklahoma, Dana ran as fast as she could off the plane, and spun around in the airport,
"YE-ESSSS!" Then she sat down in one of the chairs and said, "I think we should just stay here, and then have Via come here,"
"Day…" Phil started, "She said she's expecting a baby soon, which means she can't fly, so, sorry, but you have to fly the rest of the way."
"Aw, Man!" Dana whined
They all sat and talked, until the announcer said, "Flight 201 to Los Angeles is boarding, flight 201 to Los Angeles."
"That's us," Keely said, standing up.
"NO!" Dana said
"Dana…" Keely sighed
"What?"
"I may have to use your full name,"
That's all it took, Dana flew out of that chair and onto the plane faster than you could say, 'Jack Robinson,'. Thankfully, the loud talking people had gotten off in Oklahoma. So the next few hours were a little more pleasant.
Arriving in LA was a miracle for all of them, and when they saw Via, they were shocked beyond belief. Via was as big as a house, and was standing with a very tall man. When she saw them, she waved, and Keely started screaming happily, and ran to hug her.
"VIA! OHMIGOSH, it's been forever!"
"Well, a year actually, but, that is a long time!" Via said.
Phil and Dana followed slowly, and then hugged Via. Then she finally said, "Oh! Excuse me, I am so rude, this is James, my lovely husband,"
"Hi," He said
"Hey," Dana, Phil, and Keely all said in unison
All Via and Keely did was non-stop chattering, about various things, no one could keep up. Via had a snazzy car though, Dana liked it, it looked like a '99 Rolls Royce, nice. Dana could get used to this.
But arriving in front of Via's mansion was even better.
"Wow! You live….here?" Dana asked, almost in disbelief.
"Yes, we do," Via said
"Mom," Dana said, "You won't mind if I move here, right?"
Keely laughed, then she patted Dana's knee, "Yes, I would mind. I'd miss you too much."
Dana giggled, and then looked at Phil, and said, "Dad, would you miss me?"
Phil glanced quickly at Keely, then looked at Dana and said, "Of course,"
They all hopped out of the car, and proceeded into the house. If they thought casa de Via was snazzy from the outside, they were blown away by what the inside looked like.
It was almost all marble tile, and glass. Glass table, glass sculptures, glass mirrors, (is there any other kind, lol) And marble was almost everywhere also.
"Wow." Dana said in awe
About two seconds after they walked through the door, the phone rang.
"Oh, dang it, why do people have to call me? Excuse me," said Via, exiting the entry way.
Dana walked around in a circle in awe around the entry way, before Via came back with a stunned look on her face.
"Hey, are you alright?" James asked
"No, Heath and Jennifer's house burned down, only Claire survived, and she refuses to come out of the house's ruins.
"Oh no," James said, pulling Via into an embrace, as she began to cry.
"Oh, that's terrible," Keely said
"Do you even know them?" Dana asked, crossing her arms.
"Well, no, but I'm just trying to be supportive,"
Dana sighed, and asked, "Who are Heath and Jennifer?"
"Friends of ours," Via said, "And now poor Claire, she's all alone,"
"Who's Claire?" Dana asked, she was full of questions.
"Their daughter," Via answered.
"Only child?"
"Yes,"
"Man," Dana said, turning to Phil and Keely, "I don't know what I'd do if I lost you guys,"
Keely put her arm around Dana, "Us either,"
"Mom,"
"Hm,"
"What's going to happen to Claire?"
Via answered this one, "We'll probably have to look after her. Our new baby would like having an older sister,"
"How old is she?" Dana asked
"E-leven, I believe,"
Dana looked at Keely, then Phil said, "Well, are we going to see her, she won't leave the house ruins, maybe we can help…?"
"Right, we should try." Via said
They drove down another street like Via's, and the house that must have been Heath and Jennifer's, was a black open space where an obviously huge house would have been, but Dana noticed something, it was the only thing burned in the entire area, like most fires, at least something in the surrounding area got burned, but not here, Dana had a bad feeling this wasn't a natural fire.
They got out of the car and walked up to the house's ruins, and even though most of it was burnt, there were still some walls standing, so they assumed she was hiding behind one of them.
"Claire!" Via called
"Claire! Please come out, it's not safe in there." Phil said
"Claire, sweetie, please come out!" Keely called,
There was a pause and then, "No! I'm never coming out!"
"Claire….please come out from there," Dana had to try, everyone else had.
"Mom?" Claire answered
"No…" Dana said.
"Your voice sounds like my mom's, I'll only talk to you, you can come back here, please," Claire said
Dana looked at Via, James, Phil, and Keely, and they all nodded fiercely, and she climbed onto the area where the ruins were, and went behind a wall, where she saw Claire.
Claire was a very small girl, well, maybe she wasn't, she was sitting on the ground hugging her knees. She had blonde hair, and blue eyes, and bore a striking resemblance to Skyler Samuels. (A/N: Brianna from the episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody where they have the beauty pagent, and Cody dresses up like a girl, or Ashley Blake on Drake and Josh, where she's the little diva, in the movie, that got Drake into the premiere lol) Dana crouched down next to her, and said gently, "Hey,"
"Wow, you even kinda look like my Mom," Claire said, brushing tears out of her eyes.
"Well, I'm really sorry about what happened, but I think you should come out,"
"NO!" she yelled
"O.K., sorry. So, you're Claire?"
"Yeah, and you are?"
"Dana,"
"That's pretty, you look like a Dana, it would've been really cool if your name was Jennifer, though."
"Yeah, I like the name Jennifer."
"That's the best name in the world, that's my mom's name,"
"Oh, my mom's name is Keely,"
"Keely? Wow, that's such a cool name, my name's kinda boring, but it's my mom's favorite name,"
"I have my name because the lady who saved my parent's relationship was named Dana,"
"Wow."
"Are you sure you don't want to leave here?"
"No! I'm not leaving. My Mom and Dad left, and I'm not leaving until they come back!"
"What? They left? Sweetie, are you sure? Where did they go?"
"They ran down the street when the house caught on fire, when Mom left the house she said she'd be back for me, Dad had to burn the house."
"What? Wait, he did this?"
"Yes, he burned it because they were after us, and they would have gotten us, if Dad didn't set it on fire, I knew I'd be safe in the Safe room, because the walls are made out of lead," she paused to knock on the still standing wall, and it made a loud clang, clang. "And when they were running out, Mom was crying and she said, 'We'll come back for you, Claire,'"
"So…your Dad burned the house and left you here why?"
"Because someone needed to make sure after the house burned the safe didn't get stolen, and Dad took what was important out of it, but there's other important stuff I have to guard, and I also can't leave 'cause Mom and Dad are coming back for me."
"Claire, when the people called Via, she was told they burned up,"
"Yeah, that's what they told me to say, I told you they're after them, not me, 'cause I have nothing to do with it,"
"Who's 'they', Claire?"
"I can't tell you,"
"Claire, it's very important that you do. Is it the police? The CIA?"
Claire sighed, and looked Dana in the eye, and said, "Worse."
A/N: Dun, Dun, Dun! Well, this whole Claire thing was a twist, but it ties in with having to do with the Wizard, && This was a long chapter, but I owed you guys: )
--Britannia
OH && A little irrelevant, but this has Aly in it, and it's about AJ, did anyone see her dancing on 'The totally sweet new years eve'? I was like, "Whoa, girl, I've never seen you dance like that!" lol