How many more times do I have to say this? I do not own the The Suite Life of Zack and Cody or Lilo and Stitch the Series. Okay, now for the next chap.

Chapter 4- Chamber of Spiders

Maddie saw London twisting around to catch a glance of something, or someone. Then, as if almost spellbound, London cautiously crept toward the object.

All of a sudden, Maddie felt a sudden rush of fear sweep over her, like an ocean wave. She didn't know who, or what was hidden in the shadows, but she knew one thing. It wasn't friendly.

"London, don't go over there!"

But it was too late, London was being pulled into the shadows, like something had all of a sudden grabbed her.

By now, everyone had noticed that London was acting strangely. They ran toward her, but almost instantly backed away. A huge spider crept slowly out of the shadows, with London on its back.

The way the spider looked was oddly familiar to Maddie. Almost like.. No, it couldn't be. But yet, it looked like the same spider she had seen on that faithful day 10 years ago.

Flashback

6 year-old Maddie Fitzpatrick was moving uncomfortably in her new bed. She hated moving from California to Boston for her father's new job. But, he had said that this was going to be his big break. Maddie would do almost anything to help her father to achieve his dream. That's when she felt something move in her bed. Was it her little 4 year-old sister, Chelesa, wanting to sleep with her again? With a sigh, Maddie pulled back her cover, and screamed.

There, right next to her in the middle of her rose colored bedsheets, was a humongous spider. It was about as big as her thigh, and had deep, intense black eyes. There were markings, red circles, a single one wrapped around each of its legs.

"Mommy! Mommy! Help me!"

"Maddie, sweetie, what is i- Oh my gosh! Get out of there quick baby! Come here!"

Maddie's mom had wrapped her arms around Maddie and took her into the kitchen, sitting her on a chair. "Stay there baby."

The next thing Maddie knew, her mom was dragging her father out of bed, and into Maddie's room.

"What do you intend to do about this?" Maddie's mom roared at her father. "I will not have my daughter living in a farm."

"I'm trying!" Her father had roared back, sounding close to completely losing his head. "I'm trying to support us, but it isn't easy you know! Maybe if you helped out more..."

"Do not talk to me about not helping! I am raising 6 kids, you think that isn't helping!"

By this time, Maddie brothers and sisters had come out of their bedrooms and stared at her with furious looks on their faces.

"Nice going, Maddie, they're fighting. They never fight! Something must be really wrong! Why are you such a pain?" This comment came from Maddie's roomate and older sister, Nicole, who was not a happy camper, haven been woken up by her parents screaming 5 inches from her bed.

Maddie felt the tears well up in her eyes again, and she felt like she wanted to just cry and never stop. From that day on, whenever she heard her parnets fight or saw a spider, she always remebered that she was the cause of her parent's troubles. It was all her fault. She had started her parents' first fight. She had ruined her family. All her fault, all her fault, all her fault...

End of flashback

Maddie was fighting off tears as she looked at spider. If it was the same one, it had had some changes. It was now even huger than it was before, if that was possible. It looked to the height and width of about three of her. The markings had become an even darker red, the only thing that hadn't changed were the eyes, black and harsh, looking as though the spider wanted nothing more than to make a tasty meal out of her.

"Maddie!"

Maddie wiped her tears in time to see the spider grab London by the leg with its pinchers and dangle her 7 feet from the floor. London was fighting back, punching and kicking the pinchers with fierceness that Maddie never knew she had. Finally, the spider flung London into a door and picked up Zack instead, who was dashing foward to help London.

That's when Maddie lost it. Nobody, NOBODY hurted her friends, especally a small 13 year old boy who was just trying to help. She picked up a piece of wood that had fallen from a door when London had rocketed into it. Flinging it at the spider, Maddie hit the menace on the pinchers, and it dropped Zack so suddenly, it came as a surprise to everybody.

Maddie took a larger piece of wood and advanced toward the spider, who was standing motionless in front of Zack, who Maddie strongly suspected was in too much pain to move. Keeping one eye on the spider, she picked up Zack and moved him off onto the side of the small hallway. He didn't look too good, his head was hanging to the side and Maddie saw a cut on his right leg. Suddenly, Zack shook his head, as if to clear the pain and screamed "Maddie, look out!"

Suddenly, Maddie found herself being picked up by the huge pinchers and being swung around in the air. At first she tried to hit the pinchers like London had, but failed, hitting only air. Concentrate, Maddie, concentrate, she thought to herself. She looked around her and saw what she could hit. She drew back her arm, and waited for the right moment. She only had one shot. Then, she threw the wood she was still clinging to right into the spider's leg. She heard an inhuman cry of pain, and then she felt herself being dropped. She felt a horrible pain in her head, and then everything went black.

Okay, what do you guys think of that? Tell me if you totally hate it, or totally like it? By the way, my new story, Shadow of Hannah, is in the Hannah Montana section. Look for it! Sorry if I haven't updated in a while, I'll try not to let that happen again. Until the next chapter, WhiteIce