Sorry, I haven't updated in a looooooooooooooong time. Here's chapter 9! Enjoy! Though, I think I put Stranger out of character again.

Chapter: 9

It was already morning. "That was pretty weird yesterday." Mysti thought, as she got out of bed. "And strangely, I actually enjoyed it." She got dressed and went down stairs. "Stranger! You awake!" She yelled, as she entered the kitchen, but no one answered.

"Where is he?" She thought. Then she noticed a note on the table. She read it.

It read:

"Went bounty hunting. Sorry I didn't wake you up. Thought you were still mad at me since yesterday. I'll make it up to you when I get back."

After reading the note, she just smiled evilly. "This will just give me more time to snoop around his house for information." She said to herself. She began to search the house. The last spot she didn't search in was Stranger's room.

When she entered his room, it was almost the same as her room, but there was one thing different about it. There was a bookshelf near the window. She began to look through the books. But one book caught her attention. It was titled "Journal." This made her smile again. "Interesting." She thought. "Well, what he won't know won't hurt him."

As she opened the journal, sheets of paper fell out. She picked the papers up and went through them. "Well, well, well, how delightful." She said. "These look like maps and blueprints."

She laid them separated from each other. She took out a small camera from her pocket and started taking pictures of each paper. "It's all here." She said, happily. "The map to the stronghold. The map of the stronghold. The blueprints of the stronghold. Everything, and I didn't even have to get Stranger to take me there."

After taking the pictures, she put the papers back in the book and read through the journal. "I had no idea that the Strange would even have a journal." She thought, as she flipped through the pages. She began to read the recent entries by Stranger.

It started:

"Entry 26……….

Today was the worst day ever. I may have gotten rid of Sekto, but in the process, I accidentally killed one of my own kind. The Grubbs told me he was the Olden Steef, their guardian, who had disappeared a long time ago."

Mysti sighed, as a thought traveled through her mind. "Could it be that HE killed him, instead of………NO! Don't think like that!" She thought, as she continued reading.

"Entry 30………

This is the strangest day ever. Ever since Mysti started living with me, I couldn't really think straight with her. I feel strange when she's around. I guess you could call it love, but I'm not really sure. I do weird things to her and say strange things to her. Like, 'I want to make love to you.' That is so lame. I bet she thinks I'm weird. But I should learn how to take it by steps."

She couldn't help but giggle slightly. "NOW he gets it?" She said. "He IS lame."

After that last entry, she put the journal back in the bookshelf. She looked at her watch and noticed it was already late afternoon. "Okay, looks like time flies when you're having fun. I gotta get out of here before Stranger's comes and……………."

She was interrupted when she saw Stranger already at the bedroom door, looking at her. "I'm busted, right?"

"Oh, yeah…….." He said, walking to her. He looked very annoyed, which made her worry.

"Oh, no……did he find out?" She thought.

A/N: Sorry so short! I'm very sorry! TT