HHHIIII! Its Ajluv! I really love updating this (I've said it a MILLION times) But anyway, heres a new chapter of WIC! TO THE STORY!
Unfortunately, Sibuna and Natalie weren't able to go to the library right away. First, Natalie had to be given band-aids for her various scratches, then Eddie, Nina, Fabian, and Natalie herself needed to eat breakfast , then Alfie needed to finish his third helping of raspberry cream cheese coffee cake, then everyone needed to get dressed, and of course just to annoy Natalie, Patricia and Eddie had to kiss for about five minutes. Ugh. Teenagers.
Finally, finally when Natalie skidded down the steps wearing her favorite outfit, everyone was ready to go off and do research on a crazy, overprotective connection between two seventeen year olds and a tiny thirteen year old.
Natalie skipped along the gravel path in the longish train of teens until they reached an old building with a sign naming the pile o' bricks "The Frobisher Research Library". According to Patricia, this place was like the Google search engine for weird ancient mysteries that no one understood. The seven teens hurried in, and nodding to the oldish librarian started grabbing books.
Natalie smirked, as all of the teens abandoned her. Sure, leave the newbie alone to figure out stuff alone. Forget she was here. Whatever. She strode over to a bookshelf where no one else was, enjoying the feel of her ruffly, blue dress on her knees. "Serket, Serket, Serket" she mumbled, looking for the name on the title or covers on the old, musty books. "Yay!" she smiled, when she found an old green and gold book half shoved behind the other books. "You're going to have to come up with more than that to stop Natalie Winters." She squealed, heaving the book toward the table where Fabian sat, half researching, half staring at Nina and Eddie on the second floor.
"Hey Fabes!" she said, cheerfully. He leaned in closer toward the book Natalie found. "What's this?" "This" she gestured dramatically toward the book, "Is a book on Serket, the spirit that keeps popping up in my head. Fabian? Fabian! Focus!" Fabian had been staring at Nina, she reached over to snap her fingers in his face, when suddenly her shoulders tensed up and her wrists tingled. She looked up to see a carelessly neglected book, teetering on the shelf above Nina. "Nina! Watch out!" She called, breaking Fabian from his stupor.
Nina looked up and jumped out of the way just in time, as the book plummeted, bouncing through the railing and into the rows of bookshelves behind Fabian and Natalie. "I got it!" she called up to Nina as Eddie rushed over to her, and Fabian stood up in concern.
She casually strolled over to the book, when she heard Patricia's voice complaining to Alfie. "I mean seriously? A thirteen year old?" Natalie stopped, the blood pounding in her ears. She slowly moved closer, despite the small gnarled place inside of her that told her to run away. "It seems every new student that comes is more annoying than the last. And the worst part is with her, comes a new quest that always ends with one of us almost dying. I just want a normal year! Is that too much to ask for? " Natalie backed away very slowly, but nothing could prepare her for what would come next. "But no, that annoying little sass mouth that takes the attention of my boyfriend has to come in and ruin everything, claiming that she is the descendant of a god! Big ego much?"
Natalie felt like she had been punched in the stomach, she couldn't breath, she couldn't think. Tears were running down her face. She knew, that right now, Nina and Eddie were stiffening up, like she had when that book had almost hit Nina. But that only made it worse. She burst through the door leading into the foyer of the library and ran into the woods beyond the musty building. She tripped and stumbled on a path until she found a quiet place to think. But as soon as she stopped, the sun above turned dark and a something so unlike anything even remotely human appeared. Natalie screamed.
SSSSSOOOOOOOO, sorry if that was kind of dark, but everything is resolved in the next few chapters, DON'T WORRY! Anyway, I understand if you don't review, if you didn't like this chapter, but if you did, please review! Anyway, that's it for now!
Ajluv out! Peace!