I woke up as the screaming of my alarm clock ringed in my ears. I groaned as I searched the night stand next to my bed for the annoying clock. I found it, and not feeling awake enough, gently pressed the snooze button. I sighed and snuggled into my feathery pillow. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! I growled as I once again pressed the snooze button, and dug my face deeper into my pillow. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! That alarm clock was getting on my last nerve. And sat up, roughly grabbed the alarm clock, and through it off the balcony in my room. "You should have shut up!" I yelled at it. The alarm clock I threw wizzed past a young lady's head, and crashed into a tree not too far away from her. I could hear it's beeping die. The lady that the alarm clock passed look up at me. She gave me a strange look, then quickly walked away. I scowled at the broken alarm clock that lay under a tree across the street from my mansion, then walked back to my bed and set my head on the pillow. I sighed as comfort filled me, and my mind started to drift back to sleep, when..."ALEXANDRA MARIE HARGREAVES!" I heard. I moaned in displeasure. "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT!" I shouted back at my brother. He made a surprised look. "Watch your mouth, young lady!" he shouted back.
Update: My brother is THE Earl Cain Hargreaves. He thinks he's SO bad. Just because he's some kind of hunk, and he solves mysteries, and he's smart, and cool, and--WAIT! I'm giving him credit! Hehehe...I'm so nice. But yeah, that's my brother. And I HATE him! He's always trying to protect me. After I came to live with him two months ago, and after his step sister Mary Weather died from illness, he's always been telling me what to do. It's SO annoying! And just because I'm twelve doesn't mean I can't cuss.Uh, I got off topic, didn't I? Oopsy! Hehehehe...Oh, the story. Right!
As I dropped my head back into my pillow, he walked over and grabbed my arm. "Get up, now! You're going to make me late!" I lifted my head and gave him a death glare. "You better let go of my arm before I beat the shit out of you!" I screamed at him. "I SAID STOP CUSSING! NOW GET UP BEFORE I MAKE YOU!" he seemed to be getting mad...hehehe...I'm good at that. I grinned evily. "You can't make me do anything." I said plainly. "Oh, yeah? We'll see about that." he grabbed me around the waist, picked me up, and through me over his shouder. "PUT ME DOWN, YOU JACKASS!" He pinched my leg really hard. "THAT HURT, IDIOT!" He laughed. "I told you to watch your mouth! Keep cussing, and it'll hurt worse." I struggled to make him let go of me, but it didn't work. "LET ME GO!" I whined like a puppy. He dropped me into his arms where he was holding me bridal style. I started to cry when he looked at me, but it was just a fake cry. I'm good at acting. He twisted his face up, like he was thinking of doing something about the crying, and I put my arms around his neck. "Lemme down!" I cried. He just grabbed something out of my droors and walked out of my room, still carrying me.
I started crying like a baby, my tears becoming real. "I want down! Lemme down!" I whined like a child. "Hush up!" he snapped. I quieted down, because I knew he had something to say. "If I don't get you dressed and bathed now, we'll be late for that important meeting at the Cortette's mansion!" I sniffed up my tears. "But why do I have to go?" I wiped my face. "Because, they specifically ordered I bring you!" I twisted my face up. "WHY?" I blurted. "I don't know. But if they want you to come, then you're coming!" he set me into the bathtub in the master bathroom of the mansion. "Now, take a bath. I'll go and get you some towels, alright? Just please, wash up GOOD this time, and try to make it quick. I'll be back in a minute with your towels." he turned to leave. "Oh, and use SOAP this time!" I groaned. "Okay." I rolled my eyes. He walked out of the bathroom, and I stripped from my clothes, and ran the bath water.
Geez, why does he have to be so protective and forceful? I mean, I can take care of myself! I thought angrily to myself.
After I gathered the toiletries I wanted to use, and the stuff my brother was making me use, the water had filled the tub three fourths of the way up. I let my long black hair fall to my thighs, so I could wash it. Then I turned the water off, set the toiletries next to the tub, and got in. The water was so relaxing, and as soon as I felt complete bliss, guess who walked in? Just guess? Yep. My brother. I don't mind him coming into the bathroom while I'm taking a bath, it's just the fact he's rude enough not to knock! I could have been standing there naked, for all he knows! "You could knock once in awhile, you know." I said to him, keeping my eyes closed to keep the pleasure of the relaxing bath in. "There's no time! Hurry and wash yourself right now. We need to get you dried off." I looked at him and sighed. He stood there while I quickly washed my hair and myself. I rinsed myself off, and opened the drain so the water could drain out. Cain handed me a towel and I stood up and rapped it around me. He immediately grabbed me and took me to his room, where he had a beautiful poofy dress set out for me. I'm not the poofy dress kind of person, but it would make me look nice, and if I tried one of my 'escape-in-my-towel' tactics, gaurds would be waiting for my escape. Beleive me, I would know. I sighed and put on some underwear and slipped on my dress under the watchful eye of my brother.
He quickly brushed my hair, and dragged me to a coach. He opened the door and motioned for me to get in. I rolled my eyes and SLOWLY got in. He pushed me in and got in himself. He PUSHED me! How rude! That's just like him. He wants to protect me, but acts all rude! He is SO mean! I never did ANYTHING to him to deserve this! Well, there was this one time I put glue in his shampoo when I was five...but I was getting him back for something! Okay, so he didn't do anything to deserve that...oopsy! My bad! hehehe...Oh, the story.
We rode for about thirty minutes when we came across a mansion a little smaller than my own. It had a beautiful garden with many flowers and a couple of trees, and a fountain in the middle at the front. The coach rode up the curved driveway and stopped right in front of the large double doors that led inside. I opened the door, and Cain shoved me out. I made a disgusted growl as I picked up the front of my dress and stomped up to the door.
God, he's so rude! I thought.
Earl strode up beside me and knocked on the door. It immediatly opened and a butler motioned us in. He politely asked us to follow him to the dining room for the meeting. We went down a hall to the left of the entrance room, and about halfway down the hall, we took a right, then a left, and another right. We finally came to a large room with a big table that could seat thirty guests. There was a man, who was obviously Mr. Cortette. "Ah, welcome." he smiled. Please, come sit down." and motioned for us to go sit down next to him, and so we did.
"I bet you're wondering why I asked you two here today." he said heartily. We both nodded. "Well, as you know, I have been working on an experiment that can send people through time and space. I have finally perfected it, and I need a test subject. A person to go and then come back and tell me what they saw." Cain jumped in. "And you want us to help find a test subject. Right?" laughed. He motioned for us to follow him, and we did. We folloed him for less than thirty seconds when we walked into a room with a great machine. It had a large door, that led into a room half the size of an elavator. In other words, it was about my size. Or big enough to fit me inside. There were many tables that had alot of nobs and buttons, and tubes ran from the main compartment of the machine, to another compartment above it. He grabbed both mine and Cain's arm and pulled us forward to the open compartment. "Not exactly." Mr. Cortette said, meaning to continue the conversation we started in the dining room.
He left us standing there ads he went to one of the panels and turned some nobs and pressed some buttons. The machine came to life, making terrible noises and sounds, and putting off a show of lights. He walked back over to us as a timer popped up above the door of the compartment. 20 second and counting.
"It was more along the lines of having my trusted friend's little sister going for me." he said with an evil grin.
15 seconds.
He put a hand on Cain's shoulder, while I stared at the timer.
10 seconds.
"I hope you don't mind, Cain." he said laughing.
5 seconds.
He roughly grabbed my collar and shoved me into the small compartment. "Cain, help!" I cried. "ALEXANDRA!"
0 seconds.
I screamed from inside the compartment as a purple light filled it and my mind went blank.
