"Jethro, you have to come home!" Vanessa shouted into the cell phone.
"You don't understand! Erin just…." Vanessa said but was interrupted again.
"I can't help you right now, I'm going to a work meeting, it's very important." Jethro whined.
"Just never mind, go to your meeting, goodnight!" Vanessa said in a huff. Jethro sighed then hung up.
"What did he say?" Brittany asked anxiously.
"He doesn't know because he thinks a work meeting is more important than his foster child completely disappearing!" Vanessa yelled. This was not just some girl in the news that went missing, this was Vanessa's little puppy dog that followed her around and took her orders, now she was just apart of the air.
"So what are we supposed to do now?" Milo butted in.
"What do you think?" Brittany hissed, back to old self. Milo backed up. Alec picked up a stick and threw it in the lake.
"I just can't believe it!" Alec muttered. I ran to the sand, Alec followed.
"Where do you think she is?" Alec whispered.
"You think she's still alive?" She whispered back questioningly.
"What makes you think she's not?" Alec said quietly. Vanessa shuddered.
"What?" Alec asked.
"This might sound crazy, but y'know how I knew something was wrong when Erin bounded up to the shack?"
"Yes, but it's all just in a matter of intuition." He whispered.
"No, I saw what would happen to her! She was in a whirlpool of dark clouds! Fighting for her life to, see our world again!" Vanessa whispered, breathing heavily. Alec looked at her wide eyed and shook his head.
"That's not true! She can't go to another world! I read that in fairy tales!" Alec whisper shouted.
"But she can control how to move in and out of this world!" Vanessa said dazzled. Alec looked at her wide-eyed again.
"No, Vanessa, you're just making things up again." Alec said losing his gaze on her.
"What do you mean, again?" She hissed.
"You always do this to me! You pull me in then drown me!" Alec yelled not caring who was listening. He ran to his cabin and left Vanessa staring at him, hurt. Vanessa turned and ran towards her cabin confused.
*****
Vanessa's dream was of Erin, but this time she wasn't in a haze. Erin bounded up to her and held her hand, rushing towards Jethro and pulling Vanessa along. Vanessa struggled but she was zapped by an extreme force. They went up their old hill and she saw Jethro smiling pleasantly, but when they got closer Jethro turned into a dark Jethro. And his smile turned into a grimace. Vanessa struggled once more, but then Erin dropped her with a wicked smile and she fell down an endless cliff, finally dropping on a sharp rock.
"Wake up, and you will know!" Is all Vanessa could make out of Erin, miles away from her?
"Wake up!" Tiffany yelled into Vanessa's ear. She moaned and turned around, falling out of bed.
"NOOOOO!" Vanessa screamed while sitting up.
"Oh my gosh! It was so funny watching you while you slept!" Tiffany giggled.
"Yeah, well it wasn't all that pretty of a dream." Vanessa muttered.
"Tell me, Vanessa, what it was about."
"It's complicated." Vanessa replied to Tiffany, but it wasn't Tiffany speaking.
"I want to know." Erin said appearing out of no where.