Hello my lovelly little readers :D :D, I am pleased to announce that due to coming home early from my club today so you guys are very lucky to get chapter 17 today :D :D

Normally I get Spanish, Science, I.C.T and English homework, but not today haha :D :D So no homework just chapter 17 :D

alicemarybrandonjones - I dunno yet, maybe I'm still thinking about it but I'm not sure yet but i'll keep it in mind :D :D

Allreader - My ideas? I get them from songs and books that I have read, I'm really proud of my characters and I can help ya if you'd like ;) Oh yh, I'm only gunna tell you in Dread so u might have to wait a while, sorry! And i'm pleased to say you might like this chapter :D :D :D

Chapter 17

Ted

There was a blood curdling scream that jolted both Collin and Ted. They both stayed in their beds afraid of what had woken them up. What had happened? Ted was the first one to move after he heard the first string of swear words that had flew from a male's mouth.

But whatever was going through the five year olds mind didn't prepare him for the sight he was about to witness.

There was blood, loads and loads of blood. It was everywhere, covering the walls and the carpet and a woman who Ted couldn't figure out who it was, until he saw the dull lifeless eyes. There in front of the five year old was his dead mother who was sprawled across the flaw with her blood sprayed all over the hall way. In front of her was his dad, he stood above his wife with a shocked expression upon his face and a pistol within his hands.

Ted looked at his father and screamed, the scream was just like his mothers, blood curdling, bone chilling and spine tingling.

Ted began to whimper as his father turned to face his 'son'. The look if pure rage didn't even begin to explain what Gary wore upon his face. His face was murderous and insane as he looked at the little child that would never be called his son, never again would they say Edward Reeves, they shall say the name of Ted's true father and that father was going to be dead, but not while Gary was a suspect, no.

Ted was desperately clawing at his bed covers, desperately trying to escape, it was December 23rd, the date that the poor victim, Helen Reeves had been brutally murdered in her own home, no one knew the truth, no one knew there was a witness and no one knew that poor Gary had killed his wife with anger.

But there was no escape for Ted, not even when Dan and Collin had came into the room to help try and wake the desperate child up, no one could wake him up. It was like he was there, but not in spirit, like he was a zombie.

Ted screamed well into the next morning where he woke clutching to Collin's sleeping form on the floor of his blue bedroom as Thomas Harbour, he wasn't Ted Reeves, he didn't know he was. All he knew was that when his mum had died his father had said 'How dare she even cheat on me and raise that little son of a, to think I thought he was my own son, my own second baby!' Over and over again to reassure that he had done the right thing.

Ted asked the same question as Zara, as Jake, as Josh and as Collin, who was he?

Only Daniel James knew, but whether he would share it was the question...

Ooohhhhh Clifie! I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Evil :D (Well not really) My friends are WAYYYY more eviler than me! I mean c'mon they get like 99 or 100% on How Evil Are You? and I get 2, so :P

Anyway, more news for you peeps, I have gone back to my book writing club today and todays discussion was: Toilets, how random? actually there's a very logical explanation, my sub-teacher is currently writing a story on 'Toilets' but its more like a non-fiction book, My friend J is writing a parody of Harry Potter which is flipping well halairius (Don't thon I spelt that right) but anyway I love what he's done 'cause it's a laugh and our mentor and my employer (I'm a librarian lol at school) is writing a fantasy which reminds me about Twilight but it's BRILLIANT!

Okay, so I'm done with chapter 17, c'ya on Friday, BTW who sent me that PM? I can't remember and i deleted it, sorry!

YOJ