Yea!!! Misty turns 16 in this chapter!

TURTLE! TURTLE! (Sorry, I just watched The Master of Disguise while eating Pixie Stix! Yea for Pixie Stix!)

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Chapter 11 Bad Dream

 That night Misty went to sleep thinking about what Stanley had said.

'Maybe the treasure buried out in the desert the Warden had told me about was Stanley's great-grandfather's treasure.' She thought.

 "Misty." Whispered Squid.

 She turned over. Squid was lying on his stomach holding himself up with his elbows.

 "Is something wrong?" He asked.

 "No," She lied, "Why do you ask?"

 "Well, you seem troubled about something." He said.

 "No, nothings wrong." She said turning back over and falling asleep.

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 Misty awoke. Armpit was snoring loud. She looked at her watch. It was 11:59 P.M. A few seconds later it ticked to midnight.

 "Happy Birthday." She said to herself.

 Zero was watching her, she just didn't know it. He thought it was sad that she had to spend her sixteenth birthday, probably the most important birthday she'll have, at Camp Greenlake.

 "Happy Birthday, Misty." Said Zero.

 Misty heard something. She turned around to see Zero lying in his bed watching her. She realized he had said 'happy birthday' and she smiled at him. He smiled back and Misty went back to sleep.

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 It was four in the morning and Misty was tossing and turning. She was having a bad dream. Squid woke up and saw her. She was sweating and wincing.

 "No, please stop. . . I'm sorry, Eric. Ouch. . . don't. . . I'm sorry." She kept saying.

 Squid got out of his bed and gently shook her.

 "Misty." He said.

 He shook her a little harder.

 "Misty."

 She gasped and sat up quickly, breathing very heavily.

 "What. . ." She started to say. Squid put a finger to her lips.

 "You were having a bad dream." He said softly.

 A tear ran down her cheek. Squid noticed and Misty wiped it away quickly. She didn't want him to see her cry.

 "Stepdad?" He asked.

 She nodded her head and looked at him.

 "It's okay, Misty. You're safe here." He said.

 "But when I go home I'm the exact opposite of safe. I'm not only worried about my stepdad. What about Matt? I don't want to go back. I wish I could stay with you. Where do you live anyways?"

 "In New York. In a little house in Brooklyn." He said.

 "Really? I live in Queens." She replied.

 "I wonder why I've never seen you around before." He said.

 "I. . .  Uh, don't get out much. The only reason I did go out was school. I went to Forney High School, in lower Queens. I didn't like to go out too much because I was afraid people would see the bruises."

 "Oh. I'm sorry." He said.

 "It's okay." She replied.

 "Magnet's teaching me Spanish." Said Squid.

 "Really?"

 "Yeah. I can already say a few things."

 She smiled. "G'night."

 "Buenas noches, te quiero, Misty." He said kissing her gently on the cheek and lying back on his cot.

 It took Misty a few seconds to realize what he had said; Goodnight, I love you, Misty."

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Aww, how cute! Squidly can speak Español.

Squid: No I can't.

Monkey: Yes you can. You're in my story! I can make you speak any language I want.

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