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I had it. The plan. The future that I was going to create.
"I got it" I hissed out loud.
Meggie jumped up. Now that she knew her mother was still in that prison she was more determined than ever "What? What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to write" I pulled out the Odessy and my pin and set it against the paper. "Don't say a word. I'll work faster that way."
Meggie nodded and sat obediantly down on her bed as I began to write. I was going to write my own ending to this story and there was nothing the black jackets could do about it:
Night fell on the village that night like a cruel blanket of darkness. Capricorn's men, some eager, some a little nervous, began to gather in the square awaiting the execution that was to take place. The executer was the Shadow, the most terrifying creature to walk the Ink world. He was Capricorn's servant, like a black hound of darkness. Yet, he was still trapped in the pages of Inkheart.
This cruel night, Meggie was to call him forth from his prison of words and to the real word where Capricorn awaited and master and servant would be reunited. His target were Meggie's loved ones and he would kill them without a word.
Before Meggie began to read the passage that threatened to destroy everyone she loved a bright rblue bird flew across the square. Like a sighn of hope and she suddenly wasn't afraid anymore. She knew something good was abound.
That night when Meggie began to read and her voice echoed in the ears of everyone who heard her, an enchanting, dark melody. Her voice called the Shadow from the pages and to the real world with ease. But then something peculier happened. The Shadow did not seem to here his master but the voice of the young girl who had freed him from the Inkworld. Her fear and sadness was suddenly his as was her will.
And so he lunged, not twoards the prisoners in the cages but to Capricorn's men who served him ruthlessly and without pity. It swept upon those evil doers and killed them and they blew away like ashes in the wind no more than a memory. Then the Shadow, overcome with all of the grief he had caused dissapeared and blew away. The nightmare was ended and friends reunited with friends once more.
Dawn broke upon them and washed away those troublesome times and brought on the hope that they had waited for so long.
It took me two hours and alot of erasing and scratch outs to finally complete this but when I did I was satisfied. I handed it to Meggie to read. Her eyes scanned the page several times before she handed it back to me "You are a really good writer."
"I hope you're right." I muttered "Cause if this doesn't work we're done for. And just in case I think we'll need a little back up."
I reached for the Walki Talki. "Kat, you there?"
A few seconds passed then "I'm here. What's up?"
"Ok, I'm giving you a job." I said "Here's what you need to do..."
Kat went to where Mo and Farid sat. Elinor wasn't here. When they had been out scouting the crazy old woman thought they got shot and went for the police. For all they knew she was a prisoner now too.
"Ok, I just got a call from Callypso. Yes Meggie's fine" she sighed when Mo opened his mouth to ask.
"And now we have a job. Farid, you and Mo are going to go through with the fire setting plan. I'll be watching the execution. The fire should give a little distraction and draw some black jackets out. You two should be able to get over here after that.
"Callypso has a final test to see if this senario will work. If I don't see a red bird fly across the square then I'm going to jump in there and try to stop the reading."
Farid and Mo both nodded to show that they understood.
"If I see the blue bird that means that Callypso's plan is going to work ao then I'll run over and help you two with the fire. Got it?"
"We can still win this" Mo said "We can save Meggie and Resa and Elinor and Callypso."
"And Dustfinger" Farid put in.
"And Dustfinger." Kat nodded "I want to throw more pinecones at him." she looked off into the distance where the village sat un aware that it would soon be under attack.
Time to show those bastards just what they got their selves into when they kidnapped Callypso.
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