How we became Cursed
Chapter 6- Searching for Ginger
This is a story of love and betrayal, of loyalty until death, or things that are even worse. This is the tale of a family torn apart, bringing them even closer than before. This is the tale of how I died, and lived again, and again, and again...
I lead Basil on foot towards our house (it was to hard for me to carry Basil and Kye). We ran down many streets, and I was getting confused. "Which way is it?" Asked Basil. "Umm, I… don't know, not from the ground." I replied. "But I do!" Kye squeaked, "this way!" She took us down a dark alley, and before we knew it, someone grabbed Kye and put a knife to her throat. "Give me all your money or the girl…um…Fidget?" He asked. It was Dread, a mouse in the gang. "You idiot!" I screamed. "Let her go now!" I screeched. He immediately released Kye. "Um, Fidget, I'm sorry, please don't tell Ginger, she'd have my throat." He begged. "Whatever, now move! Were in a hurry!" I squeaked, then ran past him, followed by Kye, and Basil. Finally, after what seemed to be a hundred feet, we reached our house. I was panting heavily, but Kye and Basil seemed all right. "Next time we fly" I thought.
"Now, where did Ginger exit the tree?" Basil asked. "Umm, she went out the front door, so up there!" I replied. "Take me to the door" he replied. I flew up to the door, first with Kye hanging on to me, then Basil. I then showed him the door. "Now Fidget, think carefully, which way was she headed, and at what time did she leave?" I thought. "She was headed, um, that way, I believe, at about 10:15 tonight." I pointed in the direction she had gone (west). "She must be headed towards the palace!" Basil exclaimed. "But how do you know that Mr. Basil?" asked Kye. "Elementary my dear Kye, today the wind was blowing hard to the east, to hard to fly threw, so she wouldn't have been able to go that way without being forced to crash, which Ginger would have known because she reads the newspaper." "Wait a second! How do you know that?" I asked. "Simple, how else would you have known about the lady in white and her dog, which you believe to be a werewolf, am I correct?" I nodded my head in astonishment. He smiled, and without waiting to be asked he replied "silver collar on your neck, and knife on your leg, I noticed it when we were running. It slowed one of your legs down. Anyway, she has to have gone to the palace because if she was planning to be back in less than three hours, she couldn't have gone to Big Ben, or any other landmark because the fog and rain to the west would have slowed her down to about a four-hour flight. The last place she could have made it to on time, with enough time to run her errand is the palace!" Kye and me were astonished. We were soon on our way to the palace, this time, hopping a ride on a human buggy.
"Oh God Gypsie! That thing is still outside! I need to get home, or the kids will freak!" I squeaked out. "It is not to late! The curse may be prevented, if only you are not bitten, we must stay here!" She replied. I sighed and nodded my head, then flew to the roof and flipped upside down, deciding to take a short nap. As I slept, I dreamed of a family. There was a mother bat, a father bat, and a little white red headed bat, which I recognized to be me. I watched happily as they sat down for a picnic, the mother lying on her blanket, and the father tossing the little girl in the air. I then heard a horrible scream, and everything went black.
"Oh my God!" I screamed as I came out of my dream. "Ginger, are you all right?" Asked Gypsie. "Yes, I'm fine, it was just a nightmare." She nodded, and rested her head back on the ground, where she had been sleeping. I viewed my watch. Two A.M. It had been four hours, and the kids would diffidently be worried, but there was nothing I could do. I sighed, then flew back to the ground, and walked down the cave, studying my surroundings. Any mouse would be lost in such a dark place, but luckily for me, I was just at home with this place due to my echolocation, echo for short. I squeaked out, letting my sounds hit the walls and come back to me. I studied the architecture. I almost made it to the back of the cave, when I saw a small table with an open book on it. I picked up the book, and studied it as best I could, but without light, I could not read it. I then held it to my chest, and began walking back towards Gypsie.
Finally, we had reached the palace, but Ginger was nowhere to be seen. "Dang it, she's not here." I said. "We'll never find her Fidj." Replied Kye. "Ah but children, the game has only began!" Squeaked Basil, and upon pulling out a magnifying glass, he began to study the ground. He marched around as Kye and I watched. Suddenly he burst out "footprints! These are Ginger's, I recognize her hand made boot imprints. She must be with a small mouse, a female, hers are next to Gingers. They are headed towards the park. Tally Ho kids!" He then squeaked, and we were off again.
I had finally reached the end of the cave where Gypsie was. She was fast asleep. I sat underneath a lit torch so as to see better, and began to read. "There are things in this world that are not as they seem, things that are ancient, and evil." Then a small poem began.
"Even a good boy whose says his prayers at night
May become a wolf, when the wolf bane blooms
Or crave another's blood, and take to flight."
I continued to read on. "Once there was an evil ruler, who pierced men with stakes, and vanquished and killed all in his path. His name was Dracula, and spirit force, and man alike hate him. He ruled for many years, claiming life after life, until God finally had had enough. He sent an angel with many silver chains, and bound up this evil creature, and buried him deep in the earth. While he was encaged, Lucifer came to him, and gave him a bride, a demon girl, his prodigy, Lucy. Because Dracula could not escape his chains, he sent his mate to do his evil. She ruled for many years, until she came upon a hunter named Van Helsing. Lucy had taken a new husband, and was plotting to kill him, and give Dracula his soul, but Helsing stopped her. He had her heart pierced with a stake, the very thing her husband had used in his many murders, and she was sent to her mate. This time, Satan gave his daughter a mighty hound to protect her, a once good soul, who was kidnapped and changed into the beast. He then sent her back to earth, but since her mortal body was destroyed, she was ordered to find a new one. She did, and she rooms the earth, awaiting a perfect match for her husband."
Wow, this was a real shocker, I thought. Gypsie then put her hand on my shoulder. "Ginger, you must not let her get your boy. His body is a match, and she will take him. You must remember her Ginger, you were seven when it happened." I began to think, concentrating on my dream.
Authors Note: Ginger, Gypsie, Kye, Dread and Lucy's personality belong to me. Dracula, Van Helsing, and Lucy's name belong to Bram Stoker. Fidget and Basil Belong to Disney. God belongs to no one. Anybody else in this story is mine.