This is the chapter you all been waiting for! Here Hidi and Barnabas meet Jessica. Does these expose Hidi? If it does, will Barnabas still let Hidi stay or make her leave? Would you?
Barnabas
October 24, 1972
"David!" Carolyn yelled, running down a hall. "Don't hog her!" "Sorry,but I got her first!" David yelled, down in the kitchen. "OOOwww!" Hidi yelled suddenly. I couldn't take it any more. I opened my coffin and got out. "Who started all these yelpings?" I said, as I walked down the stairs to the living room. Hidi, Carolyn, and David were in there. Hidi pointed at Carolyn and David. Carolyn and David pointed at Hidi. "Kids!" Elizabeth said, as she walked into the living room from the kitchen. "You can't use Hidi as your personal answer key!" "Mom!" Carolyn signed.
I sighed. Since Carolyn had a hard math problem and Hidi was the only one that answer it, David and Carolyn have used Hidi as their answer key. The school bus drove up the driveway. "Time for school!" Elizabeth said. "Well, bye Hidi!" David and Carolyn yelled as they left. "Bye," Hidi said sadly. Hidi couldn't go to school yet. When we tried to, they said there was no records of her. She'll have to take a test in about a week. Then she could go. Hidi went into the kitchen. "Barnabas?" Elizabeth asked. "Yes?" "Can I have a word with you?"
"Can you spend some time with Hidi?" Elizabeth said, getting straight to the point. "Why?" Elizabeth sighed. "She lost her father only a couple of weeks ago! She lost her mother when she was born! I just wonder how she keeps it all together!" I sighed. "Okay," Elizabeth smiled.
Hidi was eating a bowl of cereal, when I walked in. "Hi," she said as I sat down. "Hi." Hidi didn't even look up, she seemed to know where I was. "What are you planning to do today? Are you going to go to that fishing port?" Hidi asked. "No, actually. How about you?" "I'm going outside to check Nightingale. Do you want to come?"I sighed. "Okay."
"Nightingale!" Hidi yelled, her hands cupped around her mouth, as we walked down the driveway. "That's odd,"Hidi muttered. "She usually comes." That's when we heard it. "Meow." Hidi's eyes widened in surprise. Nightingale was standing in the rood, with a 18 wheeler coming. "Nightingale, move!" Hidi yelled. She started to run to the cat. I grabbed on to her. Hidi looked me in surprise. I shook me head. She nodded. There was no time. The cat was on her on. Crunch! The 18 wheeler ran over Nightingale. I let go of Hidi. She walked slowly to the dead cat. It's corpse had blood over it. I looked at the face. "Yuk," Hidi whispered. Hidi gasped. I looked at the cat's chest. It was raising and sinking. The blood went back into Nightingale. "Meow," the undead cat said, standing up. Hidi said something untellible. The cat looked at Hidi and smiled a sly smile. There it vanished. Hidi turned to me. "Did you see that, or am I going mad?" she asked. "That's why I don't like black cats," I said, turning and walking away.
Hidi
October 24, 1972
Barnabas left. "Does he know?" I thought. I was scared. If he knows, he might kick me out, or worse, send a mob! "What if he's a, Hidi HandCock calm down!" I thought. "Maybe he didn't hear me." I had whispered the one word, Jessica ,under my breath. That dang cat had just smiled that evil sly witch smile that meant that she was going to get me. Why? I don't know, but I will found out. Trust me, I will. To ease my trouble mind, I started riding the red bike David had given me. I stopped next to it. The window. It, for some strange reason, opens only at night and closes at day. I had figured out that it was on the third floor. I had even find the room!
I was looking for that very room, when I found it. I had seen every other room, except that one. But before I could go in, Elizabeth stopped me. "Well, that's not going to happen today!" I thought. Surprisingly, the third floor was empty. Usually, someone is always there. I stopped at the door and glanced around nervously. Nothing. I opened the door...
I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. A long and dark oak coffin was in the middle of the room. I gulped as I inched closer. Closer. Closer. Closer. I gently tapped the coffin. Nothing. I tapped harder. The coffin opened, surprisingly fast, and as I stepped back in shock, Barnabas rose. He yawned, revealing fangs, before noticing me. We both just stood there, shocked. "You're a vampire?" I exclaimed. "Yes. But you have nothing to fear, for I will not harm you." Barnabas reached out a hand. "Well, now it makes sense," I said, thoughtfully. ''What?" "The window. You and those weird clothes! The reason you don't sit next to the mirror!" Barnabas looked shocked. "Well, you're a pretty smart girl." I smiled my sly smile. ''Thanks. And don't worry. I trust you." Barnabas smiled kindly. "Hah!" We both spun around. Nightingale was next to the closed-door. Barnabas stepped in front of me and the cat. Nightingale laughed. I wanted to melt. "What do you want, the devil herself"s cat?" I gulped as Nightingale smiled. In a blur of fire, Nightingale turned into Jessica. "What if I told you the devil is right behind you?" Barnabas looked at me. I looked behind me. Looking back at Jessica I said," I don't see anyone." Jessica rolled her eyes. "Hidi HandCock is a level 5 witch!" she shouted. "What?" I lied. "I am not!" "Then who's this?" Jessica said, pulling out my potion book. "Not mine." "Oh really?" Jessica opened the book to reveal my name. Barnabas looked at me, fire in his eyes. I shrugged, stepping back. "Could be another Hidi HandCock. Did you knew that there is like thousands of Adams?" Barnabas walked up to me. "You are a witch?!" "I've done my job," Jessica said. She then dissapered.
"Well, I wouldn't say no,but AAAAAHHH!" I yelled as I tripped over the low window sill. I grasped onto it as quick as I could with on hand. "Help!" Barnabas looked at me, now with no kindness. "Why should I? You're a witch!" "So? You're a vampire! I think that takes some of the constation out!" That's when I slip. I closed my eyes. Suddenly I felt like I was flying. I opened my eyes and smiled. Barnabas had saved me. Turning into a huge bat, he leaped and lowered me to the ground. Jessica growled. I whipped around. "I wil get you," she said, before dissaping.
