Hey everyone I'm back!!! sorry i haven't updated in a while, to be honest i forgot i was writting this story, my memory isnt too good hehe, but when i found it again i was like holy crap i have to update!!! and so here i am with the next chapter. when i started writting this fic didnt really know where i was going with it but now i have it planned out so yay for me :)

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"Tori I'm going to kill you!"

"Why!"


"Because of the psychopath you brought into our home!"

"It isn't your home anymore, you moved out and he isn't a psychopath! He isn't going to hurt anybody" Tori defended Murtagh again.

Abby was lost for words, she stared at her sister with her mouth hanging open "I can't believe you Tori. How can you be defending him?"

"Because he's my friend and he saved my life"

"SAVED YOUR LIFE?! HE JUST TRIED TO KILL YOU!!!"

"He didn't try to kill me! He was trying to kill the TV! AND STOP SCREAMING!"

"NO! I'M ANGRY! AND I'M CALLING THE COPS!"

"NO YOU CAN'T!"

"I CAN AND I WI-"

"Shh!" Tori interrupted.

"Did you just 'shh' me?!" Abby was shocked.

"Yes now shut up" Tori whispered straining her ears. "listen"

Abby glared at her sister before she too heard it. A low growling, coming from outside.

Murtagh, who had worked out how to use the doorknob and was now standing in the doorway heard it too. He whipped around and looked out Tori's window. Abby saw that Murtagh was standing beside her sister, she began yelling again but the other two ignored her.

"Thorn" He and Tori said in unison.

Tori ignored Abby, who was still screaming at her and walked into her room and looked out her bedroom window.

"Uh-oh" Tori said when she spotted the familiar red mass approaching the house, she glanced over her shoulder and her sister "Hey Abby! You know what? It has been a long time since we've eaten icecream together! Let's go to the mall and get an icecream! What do ya say?"

Tori winced as she saw Abby's eye twitch. Abby's fists were clenched into tight balls and there was a vein in her neck that looked as if it would burst any second. She glared at Tori as she spoke through gritting teeth "Get icecream?"

"Yeah" Tori said meekly.

"Are you doing drugs? Is that what's going on Tori?"

"No I just-"

"First you call me and say you need me to lie to our parents, then you bring a lunatic into our home, THEN-"

Tori looked around the room, Murtagh was gone "Um, you didn't happen to see where said lunatic went by any chance did you?"

Abby stopped yelling for a moment and looked around warily, they both heard a sound outside. Tori was going to climb out her window when Abby grabbed her arm and pulled her out to the backdoor "Come on Tori, haven't you ever heard of a door?" she whispered angrily.

Tori gulped hard when she saw Thorn out in her backyard, tossing his head violently from side to side groaning. Murtagh was standing infront of him gently stroking his neck, speaking soft words to calm him. Tori winced and glanced up at Abby whose face suddenly went as white as a ghost. She fainted.

"People in your world seem to do that a lot" Murtagh pointed out "Is it some form of politeness?"

"No" Tori struggled to speak as she attempted to pick her sister up off the floor "it's just groan not everyday grunt that we see huff dragons and people walking a-huff-round with daggers" Tori let go of Abby's arms, giving up on trying to take her back inside.

Murtagh walked towards her "Allow me" he said picking Abby up with ease.

"Show off" Tori grumbled.

Murtagh laid Abby down on the lounge inside and then hurriedly headed back to Thorn. Thorn was now sitting down moaning softly, looking completely miserable. Murtagh walked towards him slowly and kneeled down infront of him looking completely helpless.

"I'm sorry Thorn…" Murtagh whispered looking into Thorn large sad eyes.

"What are we going to do with him?" Tori was speaking to herself more than to Murtagh "ok, he's a giant red dragon… people have seen him now… he's on the front of the paper… that could just roll off as a publicity stunt or something, probably not, unless there is a big red monster movie coming out but the chances of that are slim… we can't keep him here now that Abby's seen him…unless we get him out of sight before she wakes up and I tell her I was taking drugs and that she must have taken one too - no she wont believe that…if we move him at night and take him right away from this area…" Tori sighed.

Murtagh watched Tori pace and sighed, they had to think of something and fast. Murtagh's head shot up when he heard some thing moving around the side of the house.

"Tori" he whispered.

She wasn't listening, too busy in her own thoughts of what to do with Thorn "…Portugal and then…"

"Tori" Murtagh said a little louder.

"…rainforest! He could hide in the trees, wont really camouflage but that doesn't matter-"

"Tori!"

"Huh?" she said suddenly brought back from her thoughts.

"Someone's coming" he whispered. Tori looked over her shoulder towards the house, she heard movement to.

Turning quickly back to Murtagh and Thorn she said "stay here" and ran around the side of the house where she found Jay. "Uh, hi" she said.

"Hi" he answered looking guilty.

"…What are you doing?" Tori asked.

"Me? What am I doing?"

"Yeah"

"I- uh… ok I heard Abby screaming about calling the cops and so I thought you guys must have been in trouble and I came over here to, you know, save the day" Jay looked away trying to hide the fact he was blushing.

Tori studied his face for a moment then smirked "You've been watching James Bond again haven't you?"

Jay sighed "Yeah… but she did sound angry"

"When doesn't she? It's ok though, she's gone now"

"And I heard you just then talking to someone around the corner, who was that?" Jay raised his eyebrow.

"Oh" Tori said glancing side ways "That was- that was- I'll tell you exactly who that was. It was- uh, my… my… my imaginary friend, Albert! See? Here he is now" she told him motioning to the empty space next to her. "You see, Albert here is allergic to um, oxygen so I was just telling him not to breathe to much and that's why Abby was yelling cause I don't look after Albert properly. See I can't even imagine right in her opinion! But it's ok now Albert is alive and well, Abby is no longer angry, the police have not been called, everyone is safe and you have made sure all is well in the world, well not in the world but here in this uh- vicinity at least. So thankyou so much I will be sure to alert Charlie that his angel is doing a wonderful job! Bye" Tori ushered him out the front and waved at him, indicating it was time for him to leave.

Jay took a step backwards looking shocked, confused and curious all at once. He studied Tori's face then slowly folded his arms and said "I don't believe you"

Tori looked genuinely shocked "Why not?"

"I think that you've got a guy over your place" Jay said "the same guy you needed my clothes for"

"Albert is a guy…"

Jay ignored that comment and continued "He must be dodgy too because you wont tell me who he is and Abby threatened to call the cops"

"I don't know what you mean" Tori lied.

Jay stared at her before bolting passed her and around to the back of her house.

"Jay stop!" she yelled running after him, planning to crash tackle him to the ground. She got around the back and saw him standing there looking around. Murtagh and Thorn were gone. "Uh… see?" she said putting her hands on her hips "No one's here"

"Tori!" Jay and Tori spun around and saw Cat running towards them with a newspaper in her hand. "Tori! Thorn's been spotted, his picture is everywhere! He-" Cat didn't get to say anything else as Tori ran up and covered her mouth with her hand.

"Who's Thorn?" Jay said.

Without hesitating Tori punched Jay in the jaw "OW!" the both screamed, Jay stumbled back a few steps holding his face looking at Tori in disbelief while she cradled her now throbbing hand.

"What the hell?!" Jay yelled.

"I was hoping I would knock you out so I could tell you this was all a dream" she said rubbing her red knuckles.

"He doesn't know does he?" Cat said.

"Know wha-?" Wincing as he experimented with moving his jaw to see what hurt.

"Where is it!" Tori felt as if she could cry when she heard this, she turned around to see Abby now standing behind Cat.

"Where's what?" asked Jay.

"This!" she said holding up her newspaper with Thorn, Murtagh and Tori on the front cover. Jay took it and inspected the picture.

"Tori, is that you?" He asked.

"No" she said innocently.

"Who else has hair like that?" he said.

Tori sighed "I knew I should have dyed it back to normal" she mumbled to herself then said "Ok you win, Jay, Abby, you are so not gunna believe this but it's the truth ok? I got sucked into another dimension…" Tori saw both Abby and Jay roll their eyes but she continued to retell the story again. She sat down on the ground when she had finished. "And that's what happened"

"Tor, why do you keep lying? Why can't you just tell us the truth?"

"I did tell the truth! That actually did happen which is exactly why I lied about it! Do you honestly think I could make something like that up?" Tori demanded.

"Yes" the other three said.

"Gee thanks Cat" Tori grumbled.

"Listen I know it sounds ridiculous but she's telling the truth, I've seen Murtagh and Thorn with my own eyes" Cat said.

"Well where are they then?" Jay asked.

"I don't know, they ran off when they heard you coming" Tori answered.

"I don't believe this!" Abby said "You're all clinically insane! I have to sit down" Abby turned around and went inside, the rest of them followed suit.

Abby tried to make herself a cup of coffee but she was shaking so bad she dropped her cup before she even filled it.

"Here, let me do it" Tori said gently, she sat Abby down and quickly poured her a coffee. "Be careful" she handed her the cup, not letting go until Abby had taken a sip and placed the cup on her lap. The four of them sat in silence while Abby drank, Tori looking over at the newspaper again sadly.

"Where do you think they've gone?" Cat asked

Tori shrugged sadly "Hopefully back to the clearing, but I can't say for sure"

"Let's start there then" Abby said.

Tori looked at her sister in disbelief "Huh?"

"Well if you are, God forbid, telling the truth we have to find them and have the police-"

"Have them what? Cage them up? Kill them?" Tori asked angrily.

Abby sighed and said softly "Tori you don't understand"

"No, I understand perfectly! It's you who doesn't understand, Abby they're my friends and they're in trouble! Now they need my help and I will find them with or without you I don't care! I'm a big girl I can wipe my own ass and everything!" she said proudly "Now if you want to help me I'd love you to but I will not let you hand them over to the police"

Abby stared at her sister thoughtfully for almost a whole minute, no one spoke until "Ok" Abby said.

"Ok?" Tori said unfolding her arms "Ok what?"

"Ok I'll help you" Abby said "Let's go"


Well there we go! how you liked it! let me know, see ya!