Charlie Bone Woke up Saturday morning in the school hospital room alone. The nurse looked over to him and hurried over. "Oh, my, you're up! I thought it would take all term! That's a good thing, because if you woke up after a whole term, you'd wake up in a normal hospital! And we don't want that now, don't we? They'd ask questions, now, wouldn't they? And we don't want that!"

Charlie was quite confused, but thinking hurt his head. "What…..what… happened?" The nurse smiled. "After that nasty fall, I'm just glad you can speak! You broke your neck darling. Snapped it in half. You did a very good job at it, too. Clean in half, no splinters. I'll be surprised if you can walk again, it was so close to the spine! I'm sorry, Hun. But nothing can be done about it. If only I knew where that girl lives…"

Charlie had a hard time taking this in, so he stuck to asking questions. Maybe this was all a dream? And why did this Nurse look so familiar? "What do you mean, that girl? You mean Eboni…"

The Nurse laughed. "No, Hun, It was that horrible endowed beast, Zelda Dobinski. I just happened to be walking out to gat some more Hepatitis B Vaccinations. We were terribly low in stock… Anyways, by the look of it, she was Hypnotized, and very well, if you ask me. She would have looked in excellent health with an untrained eye. You see, Darling, I can tell when someone is Hypnotized. I've lived with the Bloors ever since Manfred was born…. I know these things….."

"Is that your endowment? Knowing things? I mean, if you are endowed. Are you?" he asked. He would be healed… even if it did take all term…

The nurse laughed. "No, Hun. I am endowed, but with a slightly different gift. I got lucky, if you know what you mean." She winked. He understood.

"Is your name, by chance, Pearl?" he asked. If it was, than she was Cook's sister. But didn't Cook Say that they went they're separate ways? Not too far away, it seemed. The Nurse looked surprised, then nodded. "You know Aqua, don't you? The Cook. She's my sister. She thinks I am still in Germany, but when I heard of this school, I had to come. It was only when I caught a glimpse of her in the kitchens that I knew I had made a terrible mistake. She will not know, ok?"

As he nodded, a very tall man entered, reading a book. Nurse hurried to turn the lights off. Uncle Paton had obviously visited before. He looked up to see Charlie awake and smiled, but, whether or not it was clearly written on his face or because of the extents his Talent could go on reading people's faces, Charlie Knew that grave expression on his face.

"What's wrong, Uncle P? I just broke my neck. Nothing to worry about. Or is there something more?" Paton looked down. "Charlie, There's been a terrible fire. The whole of Filbert Street was reduced to chars within minutes. Your mother…Maisie… Even Grandma Bone…" he trailed off, but Charlie understood. He felt hot tears roll down his face. The worst thing is, there was no doubt who did it (Eboni Yewbeam, for those who aren't 'the brightest bulb in the box'). His heart filled with loss and hatred that made his fractured neck hurt. "I know who did it." Charlie plainly said. He couldn't think. "I do too." Paton answered. "Will she be punished?"

This time, His uncle sighed. "No. Who would believe us? 'The girl set fire to a whole street just by looking at it!' No one would, Charlie. There's nothing we can do. You promise you won't do anything, right?"

Charlie didn't do anything. He tried to nod, but it gave him such pain, he couldn't even breath. He talked to Paton A few minutes more. There was much to tell. He had discovered that Early Monday Morning, Paton had not gone to INGLEDEW'S book shop to read. He had given Miss. Ingledew a ring (we all know what that means) and she had joyfully accepted. The fire happened on Tuesday, and he had gone to INGELDEW'S, this time to research, bringing the Yewbeam family history with him. That was Charlie's only relief, that the fire did not burn his Uncle's life work. Paton soon left, leaving him alone for a few hours.

Charlie was visited by many people. Fidelio, Gabriel, Olivia, Tancred, Lysander, Billy, Emma (and Ben, but he was nowhere to be seen; He and Charlie had made a secret- if you can call it that after Charlie had explained it to all of his friends- way of showing he was there. The curtains on one window, and one only, would blow outside, as if there were a fan in the room)had came to visit, but the seeable ones were ushered out due to missing classes. After Charlie had eaten and even ban had left, A tall girl With Brown hair came in, her backpack floating behind her. Charlie glared at her.

"Zelda, Why are you here? If you break someone's neck, you usually don't visit them." She looked at him, and Charlie wished he could take all that back- she looked as though she had never been happy in her life. Her eyes were soft and hurt, distant almost, though her face was not as pale. "Hello, Charlie. I need to explain- before Manfred finds me." If he could sit up, he would- this was to be a long explanation.

"When I first went to Bloor's I was the only one with Telekinesis- though that is not the reason I came. I was a very talented artist. Drawing was my one hobby, my very soul. I loved it. When I discovered my talent, your aunts- Along with the Bloors- took an interest to me. Suppose my talent was useful? They told Manfred to hypnotize me, just to make sure that I was on their side, no mater what. He was very good at it then, too. He could make people do anything he wanted to, even if it was impossible, and no one would ever suspect they were hypnotized. Rumor has it that he told someone to fly to the nearest store to get him some candy when he was three, and they sprouted wings and flew there. I doubt he's that strong, though. Three years after, I think, and the Hypnotism was wearing off. I started resisting. I was getting too strong. The longer you fight under hypnotism, the weaker it gets. So that horrible Ezekiel Bloor soaked my hands in oil, and I was never able to draw anything- at all. I couldn't even draw a stupid circle! So I let go. I let them take over my life. But after the stair incident happened, they were angry at me. They wanted me to kill you, Charlie! I hope you will never experience the thing I did, Charlie Bone. Imagine watching your life through a video camera."

At that moment, Manfred stormed in, And Zelda Ducked under the food tray with a cry and a whimper. Manfred grabbed her by the cape and dragged her out. Charlie was given a few minutes before a short girl with black hair came in. "who are you?" Charlie said. She couldn't be visiting anyone else- he was the only one in the hospital room. She looked up, unsmiling.

"I'm Rowan Yewbeam."

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So, how'd you think? A LOT bigger than last chapter!