All of Group A was assembled in the gym. Coach Gunnerson and President Bates stood before them with mournful expressions on their face. No movement was happening except for the coach fiddling with the tennis ball in his hand.
Finally, Gunnerson spoke, "There's been an accident . . ."
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The crowd that had appeared to be so huge before was only about a dozen people now that Sebastian looked more closely. He was walking in the middle of the crowd with Megan at his side and the little girl in her arms. Suddenly, he felt an elbow in his side.
"What?" he asked turning to Megan.
"Look," she said, pointing to some cliffs. Cliffs that were all white as though painted yet it was natural. "We're on the Isle of Wight!"
Isle of White? Must be named after the cliffs, Seb thought.
"Come inside," the lead man said. They'd arrived at a small house by the seashore and entered.
"Who are you?" was their first question.
"I'm Sebastian Dubé," Sebastian pointed at Megan. "She is Megan O'Connor and we have no idea who the little girl is."
Megan turned to the girl in her arms. "What's your name, sweetie?" she asked gently.
"Angel," came the mumbled reply.
"What kind of person names their child angel?" Sebastian asked.
His question went ignored.
The man from before spoke again, "I am Daniel, a Caulkhead."
The three snickered.
"You three are welcome to stay with us as grockels."
Sebastian was still laughing. Even Angel was giggling.
"Umm . . . Caulkhead? Grockels? Is that English?" Megan asked, confused.
"Oh, I apologize. These are just words we use on the island. A Caulkhead is someone born on the island, like me and grockels are visitors or guests. Don't worry," he said seeing the confused expressions on their faces. "It's only a few words that you might not understand. You will pick up on them soon enough though," he smiled slightly.
"We can't stay here! We came here for a tournament," Sebastian objected. "The Hampstead's are just about to start and we've been chosen to qualify for them."
"Unless you can find a way to reach that tournament, you'll be stuck here," Daniel contradicted.
"No," Megan whispered as Sebastian hung his head. They could not lose this opportunity. It was too precious. Megan wouldn't be able to go again because Sunny would be old enough to compete and some other guy might come and take over Sebastian's place at the top of Group A. And what was worse, there was nothing they could do about it.
They were stuck on the island, thought dead, and were going to miss their chance of fame.
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I actually did research for this chapter so that's why it took so long. Hope you enjoyed it.
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