Chapter 19

Tell The Truth, Karen!

I sat in my room and cried while clutching onto my big house half of Tickly. I thought again, about how I had no friends left and my entire family hated me. I felt gigundoly horrible. I did not know what I was going to do now. I could never face my family again. I would end up in jail for sure. I cried harder and wiped my eyes on the corner of Tickly.

All of a sudden, the ceiling of my room opened up just like the sunroof on a car opens up. I could see bright blue skies and clouds above me. I had thought the sun was setting when I had come up here but maybe I was wrong. I felt a little nervous so I squeezed Tickly a little bit tighter. I also did not know how there could be sky through the ceiling of my room if it was missing since I do not live in the attic but I was not going to question what I was seeing right before my very eyes.

I heard a strange whooshing sound like a helicopter coming from outside. I quickly got up and hurried to the window. Andrew and I just love to see helicopters and airplanes fly by the house. We like to imagine where we would go if we were on them.

I peered out the window and was very disappointed. I did not see anything outside but the whooshing sounds continued to come from somewhere outside. I did not see anything though and there was not much of a breeze so it was not the wind.

Then I heard a strange sound. It sounded like a laugh. In fact, it sounded just like an evil witch laugh. "Morbidda Destiny?" I whispered to Emily Junior and Tickly. Neither responded to me.

"Hehehe! Yes Karen! It is I, Morbidda Destiny!" The cackle came again and this time Morbidda came with it. She swooped through the hole in the ceiling on her broomstick. She was wearing hideous witch clothing and a pointy hat.

"DADDY! DADDY!" I wailed at the sight of her.

Morbidda Destiny laughed at me, "Oh I do not think that will do you any good, missy."

I noticed then that the whooshing noises were still happening from somewhere outside my room. They had not stopped even though Morbidda was standing still in the middle of my room. Just as I realized that the funny noises were not coming from Morbidda, I saw something else coming through my ceiling.

The newcomer was a strange creature. It had an unnatural orangish skin color, which reminded me of a brand new penny. It had hair that was slightly darker and feathered wings, which were slightly lighter in shade. It was wearing a yellow loincloth around its private parts. The creature's wings were what were making the whooshing noises. I noticed that it had a human face and then with horror I realized it was my daddy!

I screamed, "Elizabeth! Kristy! Nannie! Sam! Charlie! David Michael! Emily Michelle! Andrew! Daddy turned into a monster!"

"So have we." Elizabeth's voice came from above me and in she flew followed by the rest of my big house family.

"We are also monsters." Another voice said. It was my Mommy. She flew in followed by Seth. Right behind them came Hannie and Nancy. All of them were monsters. It was the most gigundoly horrible thing in the world to see. The boy monsters were all wearing loincloths of yellow leather and the girls were wearing short dresses of the same material. They had no shoes or socks on.

Morbidda cackled maniacally as all of the monsters began to chant, "Tell the truth! Tell the truth! Tell the truth!"

I grabbed a baton out of my closet and waved it like a sword at the monsters, "It's not your business where I got any of this. You are all just freaks! Get out of my room and leave me alone!"

Monster-Andrew hissed in my face and Monster-Emily spit at me. I cried and covered my face with my hands but this only angered the monsters more and I was slapped by Monster-Hannie.

"Tell us Karen! Tell us!" The monsters wailed in unison.

I shrieked, "No! No! I will never ever tell anyone. I do not have to tell you. I deserve my Club G items more than anyone else in the world. I waited forever to have them and I got them so they are mine. MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!"

Monster-David Michael snickered, "Oh no Karen! You see, now all of this is ours. Let us go guys!"

Then right before my very eyes the monsters began spewing fire from their mouths at everything in my room. Morbidda pulled a magic wand from her pocket and waved it. Mini tornadoes came out of the tip of the want and began destroying everything in sight.

I screamed at the sight of my room being destroyed by Morbidda and my monster family. I kept screaming as loud as I could. Then I felt someone shaking my shoulder and my eyes flew open.

"Karen? Karen? Are you alright?" Kristy was shaking my shoulder. She was no longer a monster. I looked up at my ceiling and it was no longer missing. "Um what happened?" I demanded. I was not sure I could trust Kristy since she had just come in here as a monster.

Kristy looked worried, "Karen, you were screaming at the top of your lungs in your sleep. I think you must have been having a bad dream."

A nightmare? Was that all it was? I was very relieved that the monsters were not real. I hugged Kristy tightly.

"Are you alright?" Kristy asked me again.

I took a deep breath, "I will be alright once I confess the truth to everyone."

Kristy looked skeptical, "Really Karen? I hope it is the truth this time. We are all tired of your lies."

"Yes, Kristy. I swear it is the truth. I cannot bear the guilt anymore. I am scared that you will all turn into monsters just like in my dream." I was still very scared that the dream might come true.

"Alright, Karen. We will go downstairs and you will tell everyone what you told me about it being the truth this time." Kristy led my out of my room.

Daddy was not happy to see me again. I do not think he trusted me yet but he called in the rest of the family. Hannie had gone home for supper.

Daddy pointed to the chair I had sat in before, "Sit Karen."

I sat and immediately began talking without an introduction or any small talk. I needed to get the guilt off my chest as soon as possible, "I stole everything. When Claudia was babysitting me, I snuck out of the house using the fire escape. Then I caught the bus to the mall. I went to Club G and I put the stolen clothes on under my own clothes in the dressing room. I stuffed the other stuff in my backpack. Then I came home before you all did without being caught. I am sorry. Please do not hate me."

No one said anything for a while but then Daddy spoke up, "No I do not hate you Karen but it will be a long time before I trust you again and am not angry at you. Get your coat and shoes on. Grab everything from Club G. You and I are making a special trip to the mall so you can try and make things right."

Return to Club G? My tummy felt very sick but I knew Daddy was right. I ran off to do what he said and soon we were in the car on our way.