Total Drama Island
Chapter 8
Meghan's POV:
As Izzy explained to us as simple as possible about the magic and how it worked I felt my hope dimming and brightening at the same time. At least Jake was with me, that's what kept the candle of hope still bright enough to not burn out inside me. Finally we were given our assignments to get what we needed. To make the magic work, we'd need something of the person; a jacket, some hair, jewelry, etc. I was trusted to find something of Amy's and luckily it was Mike who suggested that I go to the firepit and ask Courtney for Amy's necklace. Rose insisted that if Kelly was dead her necklace would be returned to their mother so Kayla, who had to find something of Kelly's, would come with me to the firepit.
Kayla who usually looked like the more sensible one looked hysterical beyond belief and I felt so sorry for her.
"I'll keep a look out while you get the necklaces," I said and Kayla nodded, but then I looked up and nearly shrieked, but managed to stay silent and wrenched Kayla into the shelter of the nearby bathrooms for the time being. In front of us strode Ezekiel and Eva who were quietly talking to themselves theirs knives glinting at their sides. They walked slowly and something about the way they walked slowly and without any hint of regret or something holding them back made both Kayla and I shudder. When they had left towards the beach Kayla and I snuck out and raced towards the firepit. Kayla sent me a glance as we reached the entrance and I nodded and we walked inside together.
"Kayla! Meghan!" The voices of the adults all crowded around us asking questions and many looked fearful as if wanting to know if it was true and some of their children we actually dead. Somehow Kayla and I fought through and I spotted Courtney and went over to her.
"I need to borrow Amy's necklace," I said and confusion glistened in Courtney's eyes, but without any questions asked she gave me the locket. Kayla had retrieved Kelly's necklace and we left a few seconds later. However don't think that we're getting away with all of this so easily. As we left suddenly someone wrenched us backwards and at first I thought it was maybe one of our parents going to demand for answers, but then I face to face to face with someone I didn't want to see. Ezekiel. He turned both Kayla and I around to face him and he dangled his knife in front of our faces.
"You know girls, it's very mean of you all to be sneaking around without even saying hi to us," Ezekiel said and nodded to behind us where I assumed Eva was watching on.
"Can you please just answer one thing?" Kayla said and I looked at her.
"Why not? I'll just end up killing you brats anyway," Ezekiel shrugged and Kayla took a deep breath.
"Why are you killing us?" Kayla asked and I was shocked and so was Ezekiel.
"Well…we wanted revenge on your parents and what better way then killing off the most cherished things in their lives?" Ezekiel hissed and then chuckled to himself as if it was a very sick inside joke.
"You have no regrets or inner doubts about killing kids?" I hissed angrily and Ezekiel smiled.
"None whatsoever," Ezekiel replied. I kicked his shin and his knife dropped to the ground and I was about to grab it, but suddenly Kayla beat me there and without even a hint of doubt she reached forward and stabbed Ezekiel right in the chest. Ezekiel gasped and make a choking sound before Kayla pulled the knife out of his chest. He fell to the ground his blood slowly soaking his shirt and then Kayla turned and she stabbed someone else, and as I turned Eva fell to the ground a stab wound in her stomach.
"You…little…brat," Eva whispered harshly before her head lolled to one side and she was silent.
"Kayla," I whispered and glanced at her. She was staring at Eva her eyes blazing with fury and the first couple tears were forming in her eyes. The knife, now covered with the killers blood, dropped onto the ground with a thud and Kayla covered her face with her hands and I pulled her into a hug.
"I'm sorry," Kayla murmured, but I shook her until she was staring at me.
"Kayla, you killed them, they won't kill again," I said nodding to Eva and Ezekiel.
"That's just it, Ikilled them, not our parents, me, I'm 13 Meghan, 13!" Kayla wailed quietly so our parents wouldn't hear.
"Kayla so am I! I was going to do the exact same thing you were, but you've got a lot more to be mad about than I do, you watched your friends die, but don't worry we'll get them back, we will," I whispered and Kayla wiped her eyes and then looked at the knife on the ground.
"I killed them Meghan, that's going to haunt me for the rest of my life," Kayla glanced back at the firepit. "What about my parents?" Kayla said and I grabbed her shoulders and shook her a few times.
"Quite frankly I think your parents would be pretty dang proud," I said and Kayla smiled and we both stood there and laughed like idiots.
"Come on we'd better go and give them the items," I whispered. "It is time we brought our friends back."
Sasha's POV:
I crouched over Amber trying my best not to let any tears roll down my cheeks. I shakily removed the ring I had given her for our birthday only a year ago. She had never taken it off, even when she showered which was utterly disgusting and sweet at the same time. I held the ring and stood up and waited calmly beside Amber before I finally crept towards where Ellie had been stabbed. I stumbled upon Zack just sitting there and I was about to say something, but stopped myself.
"Ellie," Zack whispered not even realizing I was there. He reached over and stroked her cheek gently. I sighed quietly as I realized that Zack was actually crying, for his love. It was sweet and I didn't want to interrupt, but we were wasting precious time to bring her and Amber back.
"Zack," I said making it look like I had just come up. Zack immediately straightened up and any sign of tears had been wiped away.
"Okay, I'm ready," Zack said and I saw that he was holding Ellie's charm bracelet in his hand tightly. We walked back towards the mess hall in silence, but not before meeting up with Meghan and Kayla.
"We don't have to worry anymore about Eva and Ezekiel," Kayla cheered and I glanced at them puzzled.
"Why not?" I asked and Meghan laughed.
"I killed them," Kayla said brightly and Zack and I both gaped at her in shock.
"You what?" Zack and I said, but Kayla and Meghan just brushed past us and went into the mess hall. We quickly followed keeping silent and so did they. Izzy was explaining to the others about the whole process and as we got closer I realized there was a large circle in the middle of the floor with a large black dot in the middle. Candles were situated around the circle ready to be lit at any moment. The book lay just on the outside of the circle with Izzy flipping back and forth while talking quickly.
"I'm warning all of you now, it may or may not work, but we're all praying," Izzy said and looked at all of the collected items.
"Who are we starting with?" Carrie asked doubt lingering in her voice.
"Who died first?" Izzy asked. "We should go in the order everyone died."
"It was Amy," Kayla said softly and Izzy nodded and Meghan grabbed Amy's necklace from the floor and handed it to Izzy. She placed it on the black dot and then sat back and motioned for everyone to stand back.
"Wait, how long does it take for the people to you know come back," I asked quickly while Izzy lit the candles. Nick turned off the lights and for a second everything went dark and then my eyes adjusted. The candle light didn't go very far and I assumed that since only the circle was basically a living light itself that it was meant to be that way.
"Everyone, you must step back and be completely and utterly silent, also someone will have to wait outside to see if Amy awakens, it'll take, if it works, about 30 minutes," Izzy explained and I nodded solemnly and we all took a few steps back. Izzy nodded that we were far enough away and then flipped through the book and stopped on a page with weird curly writing on it. Suddenly Izzy started to whisper something and I leaned in closer trying to hear what she was saying, but even then I couldn't hear, or at least understand. Her words were a mix of weird sounds and noises to completely disoriented words.
"Sasha look," Zack pointed to the candles and I noticed that the flames had grown brighter and fuller. Sudden a swift wind blew through the dining hall despite the doors and windows being shut and bolted and covered with something to keep out the light.
"This is just completely freaky," I heard Meghan whisper to Kayla who nodded solemnly. Suddenly everything just stopped; the swift wind, the fierce candles, Izzy's strange words and noises, even everyone around me was silent.
"Where is Amy's body?" Izzy asked hoarsely.
"Close to the beach," Meghan said and Izzy nodded to Tom who silently left, probably to go wait by Amy. It was no secret the two had had an interest in each other, like Meghan and Jake, Amber and Mike, Kayla and Justin, and Kelly and Max.
"Who died next?" Izzy asked again once the door was bolted again.
"Kelly," Kayla announced and she leaned over and gave Izzy, Kelly's necklace. Izzy removed Amy's necklace delicately and placed Kelly's necklace in its place. After that everything started all over again and it went on like that for at least another 30 minutes.
"It's been half an hour now," Mike said impatiently.
"Amy would be waking up right now," Rose added hope brimming in her eyes. Kelly was her little sister, I just realized. I had been fingering Amber's ring and I guess I never realized how hurt others must feel. We had just finished with Bryce's ceremony which left only Ellie and Amber, if it worked.
"Sarah and Clarisse, wait out by your siblings," Izzy ordered ignoring the murmurs that were spreading like wildfire throughout the room. Despite her order Clarisse and Sarah did not move from where they sat.
"I will not go unless I know it actually works," Sarah explained glancing at Clarisse who nodded in agreement.
"IT WORKED!" The scream made us all jumped as Rose quickly unbolted the door and Tom raced in followed by Amy. Those who had been on a wild goose chase all over the island and had seen Amy dead all stared in completely and utter shock. She looked completely lost and confused.
"Mom it worked," Carrie yelled her eyes wide in shock.
"What worked?" Amy asked quietly. It was like she had just been asleep and she looked at us in complete puzzlement.
"We'll have to explain later," Tom whispered as Amy sunk into a chair slowly.
"Whatever," Amy said regaining her fierce attitude. I turned towards Kayla and Meghan who were smiling also.
"Amy, do you remember anything?" I asked quietly and Amy looked at me.
"Not really," Amy replied softly and I nodded.
"Ellie next, right?" Izzy asked interrupting us.
"Yes," Zack said handing her Ellie's bracelet. The same process started up and then slowly Izzy nodded to the ring that I was holding on too firmly. I handed it to her cautiously and she smiled encouragingly at me and then she started the little ceremony and when it was over Zack and I were sent out once more, but not before nearly ramming into Kelly and Max who were talking quietly with each other.
"Kelly," I squealed throwing my arms around her neck and hugging her tightly.
"You all act like I died or something?" Kelly said and I nervously laughed and then Kelly faintly smiled.
"Max told me everything, I hope," Kelly said and then Zack and I said goodbye and hurried off into the forest. We both walked silently before parting ways and I stopped and sat down quietly beside Amber. I kept my gaze focused firmly on something in the distance (which happened to be the water) and actually fell asleep.
"SASHA!" I sat upright frightened briefly for the slight darkness around me and then my eyes adjusted and I turned to face my exact image, like looking in a mirror.
"Are Eva and Ezekiel gone?" Amber asked me quietly her gaze looking around madly.
"You remember them?" I said and Amber nodded and then a sudden though struck me.
"Maybe, because we're twins, we sent the same like mind thought to each other," Amber said stealing the words out of my mouth.
"Y-yeah," I said and then I jumped up as footsteps approached. Amber stood up beside me and then a bright light blinded me briefly.
"Dude, turn off the light," amber hissed angrily and then an excited squeal returned as a reply. Kayla jumped suddenly out of the darkness and hugged us both and I laughed.
"Come on, we still have to find Zack and Ellie," Justin appeared beside Kayla and we all trekked through the forest until we found Ellie and Zack sitting on the ground, Ellie fast asleep with her head resting on Zack's shoulder.
"Hey guys," Zack whispered and shook Ellie who woke up and shook her head. Zack helped her up and he put his arm around her shoulders as Justin and Kelly led the way back down towards the camp. Finally when we came back into the mess hall, we found that Izzy had left.
"She said she was going to explain things to our parents, but hell they all will think she's gone crazy," Carrie muttered angrily rolling her eyes.
"Um…we all think she's crazy too, or at least I do," Amy snapped and Carrie shrugged.
"Whether you want to believe you were killed and brought back to life through some weird voodoo magic is completely your choice," Kelly jumped in and Amy glared at her.
"Can't you just stop fighting for once?" Rose snapped angrily.
"Whatever," Amy muttered. Tom and Max shot each other uncertain glances, boys were so stupid.
"You go for Kelly, I'll talk to Amy," Amber whispered to me and I nodded and moved over and sat down next to Kelly.
"Can I speak to you for a moment?" I mouthed quietly to Kelly who nodded. We both snuck out through the kitchen door and I turned to face her.
"What is up with you and Amy?" I asked and Kelly sighed.
"I guess it's because I stole her spot on the cheerleading squad. I had just moved to her town and was registered in her school and I went to cheerleading tryouts because, well at my old school I had been on the squad. Of course Amy was the best out of the rest of the girls and I asked to give it a try. They gave me a routine and I did it, perfectly I assumed from their stunned looks. I had completely blown Amy right out of the water and right out of the cheerleading squad," Kelly explained quickly.
"She got jealous and that's when she broke your arm?" I asked and Kelly nodded solemnly.
"Luckily it wasn't that bad and my cheerleading coach had taught me one handed moves from when I had sprained my arm at my old school when I had been on the cheerleading squad, so I was still a useful member of the squad. She's wasn't any too happy about that," Kelly added and I sighed and grabbed Kelly's sweatshirt when we heard footsteps. It was Amy and Amber and Amy instantly glared at Kelly who returned it instantly.
"Let's walk," amber said. "And talk," Amber added tugging Amy along with her. We all walked silently for awhile and Amy turned to yell at Kelly or something, but tripped over something. I instantly realized it was Eva and Ezekiel's bodies and quickly covered Amy's mouth muffling the scream that she had let out. Her eyes were wide with horror as if memories were flooding her mind, and one look at Kelly and Amber, I knew they were.
"Guys?" I asked quietly rising up to my feet. Amber and Kelly sunk slowly onto their knees and I grabbed Amber's hand, it was cold and her skin was pale. I glanced at Kelly just as she fell onto her side unconscious. Amy dropped next and then Amber. I was frightened and I couldn't tell which was closer, the firepit or the mess hall. I decided the mess hall was better and hurried up and came panting through the door.
"What's wrong?" Kayla asked worriedly.
"It's Amy, Amber, and Kelly," I mustered. I led Tom, Mike, Max, Jake, Meghan, and Kayla down to where the three of them still lay.
"Wow," Jake said stopping his gaze on Eva and Ezekiel.
"I guess we should have told you," Meghan whispered.
"We kind of took matters into our own hands," Kayla whispered and no one pressed any further. Max was crouching beside Kelly, Tom beside Amy, and Mike beside Amber.
"What exactly happened?" Jake asked me.
"Amy tripped over one of them and fell and they all like were just staring at them as if they'd seen a ghost and then they just fainted," I said and Kayla bit her lower lip.
"Oh my god," Ellie, Zack, Justin, and Nick came up and nodded to Jake and we both watched Ellie quietly. Her gaze went from shock to horror within seconds and soon she was shaking and then all of a sudden she just collapsed.
"Ellie," Zack said crouching beside her.
"It's happened to them all," Meghan said and I nodded.
"But, why?" Nick asked quietly.
"That's what we have to figure out and fast."