Sorry I haven't updated in forever but I'm back with a new chapter so get excited!!!

This chap is dedicated to lithium dusk who is the reason i got my lazy butt back into gear and updated!

Thanks for reading everyone!


Tori sprinted back to her house with the others trailing behind her still crying out for her to slow down and let them catch up. As she got closer to the house she slowed to a jog in a hope that Murtagh had returned, he hadn't. Tori hated herself so much at that moment for feeling so betrayed by him. It's not his fault, she argued with herself which only made her feel worse. She hated how angry she was starting to feel about him leaving her, why didn't he trust that she could protect them? Why hadn't he left her some sign of where he'd be?

She threw open the back door and raced through the house, she picked up her phone and Abby's car keys. If Abby didn't get her ass there soon Tori had already decided she would drive there without the others, the fact she didn't have a drivers permit yet was not going to stop her.

Finally she turned around and watched the others approach her. Abby clutched the side of her car and gazed at her sister "didn't it – ever – click – in your – head – that you-you'd – have to – wait – for – us to – get here too?" she panted "Why – run – so fast – idiot?"

Tori, also panting, shrugged "Dunno – thought it'd make you – move – faster" She pulling open the passenger door and climbed in "Come on!"

The others climbed in and Abby stuck the key in the ignition, the engine roared to life, Tori prayed this car could build up some speed. She was about to find out… any second now… waiting… any second…

"Abbs why the hell are we still parked out the front of the house?! We are trying to save lives here! I should look out the window and see blur and dusk billowing behind us!"

"Luke says it's good for the engine if I let it warm up before driving" Abby explained calmly. The three teens exploded all at once.

"-WE AREN'T GOING FOR A NICE SUNDAY DRIVE AROUND THE COUNTRYSIDE HERE ABBY!!!"

"-ARE YOU MENTALLY CHALLENED?!?!?! GET THE HELL OUT I'LL DRIVE!!!"

"-WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WARM UP THE GOD DAMN ENGINE! MOVE IT!!!"

"Okay!" Abby said holding her hands up "God you all need to calm down"

"-DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!"

"-SERIOUSLY, WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?!?"

"-KISS MY ASS! JUST GO ALREADY!"

"Alright! Alright! I'm sorry!" Abby said finally pulling out onto the road and driving toward the mall.

The ride was excruciating for all for people in the car Abby looked as if her head would implode if one more instruction was shouted at her, Cat was torn between feeling indescribably excited and utterly terrified, Tori felt as if the car was slugging along at 8 miles per hour (even though they were doing 90 in 40 zones), and Jay, being the only one who hadn't actually seen the giant red dragon and its rider with his own eyes was finding the whole experience a little surreal. When he voiced his opinion to the others both Abby and Cat assured him her wasn't alone.

The traffic with a 500 meter radius of the mall was an utter nightmare. There were cars doubled parked, car horns blasting, people screaming abuse at each other, giggling girls running along through all the cars that were completely bumper to bumper.

"Let's just get out here" Cat suggested.

"I can't just leave the car here" Abby argued.

"Fine. You stay and park the car and we'll go" Jay concluded.

"I'm not letting any of you out of my sight for a second" Abby said "there's no way I'm letting you stroll off up there without me"

"But we don't have time for this, just leave the care here the traffic isn't going anywhere" Cat pleaded.

"I can't it's illegal"

Jay groaned "It was also illegal to drive all the way here 50 miles over the limit. Look there is no one even in the car in front of us lets just get out here!"

"I said no!"

"Tori will you please reason with your sister" Cat said "Tori?"

"Oh great" Abby sighed seeing that the passenger door had been left wide open, Tori was long gone. "I guess I am parking here then" Abby pulled her key out of the ignition and climbed out of the car scanning the area for her sister.

"Where do you think she's gone?" Jay asked.

"Uh, just a wild guess here but maybe she headed for the mall?" Cat answered sarcastically.

"Just listen for screams and chaos" Abby sighed walking briskly through the line of cars "I guarantee she'll be nearby and responsible"


Tori slipped and fell as she rounded the corner approaching the line up for the book signing. She started running again before she was even fully upright and collided with – or rather, headbutted – someone's stomach and fell on top of them with a huge huff.

"Ow" Tori moaned, again trying to pull herself to her feet.

"Bitch! Look what you've done to my skirt!"

Tori groaned again "Hi Ramona"

"Oh my God! I think you've broken my back"

"Well, I'm terribly sorry and I promise I'll send you a get well soon card but right now I have to go" Tori went to move passed but one of Ramona's friends punched her in the face sending her stumbling backward.

"Holy shit you hit like a dude!" Tori said clutching her face "I've always thought you might've had a testosterone problem but, damn!"

"Shut up" she snarled.

"Okay, look you got me" Tori said pointing to her already bruising cheek "Now I've gotta go."

"I said shut up" She shouted and shoved Tori hard it the chest.

"Ow! Listen Shrek I really don't have-"

"What did you call me?!"

Shit"I didn't-"

"Tori" she spun around as she heard her name called "Is everything alright?"

"Luke!" Tori smiled and rushed towards him "I've never been so utterly thrilled to see you in my life!"

"…Thank you?" he said "Are you ok? What the hell did she do to you?"

"Listen, that's not important right now. I need your help. It's really important"

"With what?"

"I need to get to that Paolini dude, now"

"If you want his autograph the line starts over th-"

"No, I don't want his autograph, I just need to talk to him, I can't explain and I can't express how important it is Luke and this is going to sound ridiculous but you have to believe me when I tell you that people might actually die if I do talk to him right now!"

Luke looked down at Tori's face, she looked as desperate as she sounded.

"What do you need me to do?" He asked slowly.

"I need you to cause a scene and distract to security guards" Tori explained "They'll just kick me out if I do anything while they're looking"

"What do you mean 'cause a scene'?"

"I don't know but you have to do something"

Luke furrowed his eyebrows. They stood there for a few minutes in silence "Ok" he said at last "I have an idea. You don't have any bright red lipstick on you by any chance do you?"

"No" Tori said sounding completely disgusted.

Luke groaned "Stay here, I'm gunna ask for hers" he said pointing to a woman about twenty meters away who looked as if her lips were bleeding.

"Excuse me miss?" Luke said tapping her on the shoulder.

"Yes"

"This is gunna sound weird, but can I please have your lipstick?"

The woman lifted her eyebrows "I don't think so"

"Please, I really need it, please"

"Why would you need woman's lipstick?"

"That's not important I just really need you to do me this favour, I'm begging you"

"I'm sorry but I'm rather attached to this shade so-"

"Look, I'll give you 50 buck for the lipstick"


Luke walked back over looking rather grumpy "Nothing can just be easy huh? Listen Tori, I'll be in the bathroom, I'll only be a minute. Don't. Move."

"Aye, Aye" Tori answered.


Luke returned exactly 3 minutes and 12 seconds later (Tori had timed him).

"Ok look, here's what's gunna happen" Luke bend closer whispering in here ear "We're gunna push through the crowd ok? No matter what stay close to me, do not fall behind, when we get up there I'll distract the security guards, you duck under the table and talk to the guy about whatever it is you need to talk about. If I get thrown into jail you are paying my bail and even if I don't you owe me big time"

Tori smiled "I know"

"Come on"

"Hey Luke, why did you agree to help me so easily?"

"Because I'd do anything for Abby and you're her sister which means I'd do anything for you too"

"Oh"

"Let's go" The started forward.

"Hey Luke, you totally have permission to marry my sister"

Luke smiled and began to push through the crowd. Tori gripped onto the back of Luke's shirt so that she didn't get lost as he 'subtly' squeezed through the crowd. Tori had to admit he had some finesse about him, there weren't even half as many 'hey, watch it asshole's or 'what do you think you doing buddy?'s as she'd suspected.

Finally there was only one line of people left between then and Paolini.

"Are you really?" Luke muttered.

"Are you?" Tori asked sounding concerned.

"Now" he whispered, when suddenly he ripped his shirt open and screamed in a hysteric voice "Oh My GOD!!! HEY!... CHRISTOPHER!!!... I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!" his chest was exposed, across it he had written in bright red lipstick 'I heart C. Paolini'. The people around him backed right away, unknowingly giving Tori her clear passage.

Tori glanced at the security guards, their eyes were focused completely on Luke. Tori snuck forward, lifted up the poster hanging from the front of the desk where Christopher Paolini was signing autographs (he too was stunned), she dashed under the desk, and let the poster fall back into place leaving her hidden right beside Paolini's legs. She let out a sigh of relief.

"Chris, you're my hero!" Luke screamed "Will you sign my chest?!" Finally, security took action, they grabbed Luke and dragged him away. Luke continued the act fabulously as he cried out from Chris until he was dragged completely out of sight.

Tori sucked in a deep breath, now or never, she thought.

She tugged on his trousers "Mr Paolin?" she whispered.

She saw him jump, his face appearing as he peeked under the table "What are you doing under there? How did you get there?"

"I need your help" Tori whispered.


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