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This story ~ Ivy
Ivie E. Rowan ~ Ivy
Falling
November 7 2004 (two days later)
5:30 PM
Ivie cried and cried until she had no more tears in her at all. Just when she thought she might die of cold, hunger, and dehydration Manfred arrived with Dannielle and_ was that Naren? It was and didn't look like a prisoner_ in fact she had on a Shakespearian black dress with purple lace up on the front so she looked like she had either been poisoned to join them or forced_ or was it possible that it may have been her own choice. It wasn't likely, but possible.
"Naren go make sure Charlie doesn't get near here." Commanded Manfred
"Yes sir" said Naren
Ivie spoke up "Really Naren_ your letting your nephew push you around."
"I really don't mind" she said and exited the hole.
Dannielle spoke to Ivie first "Well, well our little 'princess' is still alive_ and that's good because we have more questions"
"What makes you think that I will answer them?" Ivie snapped.
"Well we could give you a little bit of food and water." Said Dannielle in a persuasive tone "But if you don't want it I suppose we could go without answers." She and Manfred turned to leave.
"NO!" cried Ivie tears running down her face (what do you know they aren't all gone yet) "I'll do it, I'll do it!" they turned around smileing triumphantly.
"First question" started Manfred "What is Una Onimous' endowment?"
"Invisibility" Dannielle nodded
"What is her fatal flaw?"
"I don't know." Dannielle nodded
"What is your fatal flaw?" Ivie froze she hadn't expected this.
"I-I-I-I-I…" she looked at her feet and her response was something like this: "mm cont toll oo thaw." Her mumbling was indistinguishable to Manfred and Dannielle.
"What was that Rowan?"
"I can't tell you that" she said through tears
"Okay then what is Charlie's fatal flaw?" Ivie felt even more desperate than ever and it was hard to control herself but she just managed. "I would sooner die than betray him." She growled
"Well that's good because either you tell me or I'm going to burn down this entire ruin with you in i_" Ivie cut into his speech "fine burn it down" she said "let me die"
"I wasn't finished miss Rowan" he said coldly "Charlie too is trapped in the ruin_ not as badly as you are but he can't leave_ even the passage into the pets café is blocked. He would die too." Sparks flew around his fingers "A completely different fire than his parents but the same fate none the less." The flames on his fingers began to grow. "But it's your choice you can betray him one way or the other."
"Love" she said softly "Me"
"What was that?"
"I'm his fatal flaw" she remembered Charlie's birthday, she had bought him a small cake and snuck it into their room at number 14 his wish had been that he would die before her so that he would have his angel his entire life.
Manfred smiled
And pushed a rope ladder that had been pulled out of the pit before to go from the edge of the pit to the upper floor but now it hung down for her to climb out
"Come on girl we haven't got all day" he sneered Ivie climbed out and Manfred grabbed her arm and dragged her into the blinding sunlight Ivie covered her eyes with one hand. Dannielle was pretty strong so she covered the hole up with a huge rock so that it was hidden.
"Naren!" Manfred called out.
"By the third arch!" she shouted back and Ivie was dragged to the third arch where Naren was talking Charlie's ear off but she stopped when Manfred dragged Ivie into the area.
"Thank you Naren" he said "go and tell your grandfather that I said you deserve reward" he handed her slip of paper out of his pocket and she ran off and climbed over the extremely high walls of the ruin.
"Ivie!" cried Charlie
"Charlie don't do anything he says even if he threatens to kill me" she pleaded
"Be quiet insolent girl" snapped Manfred who was now holding a handful of fire near her head.
"Bone if you don't join us we'll kill Ivie via fire right in front of you. It would be a tragic 'accident'_ you would have lost all of the most important things in life through fire" he cooed "Don't listen to him Charlie!" screamed Ivie but Charlie had no control over his fatal flaw
"Okay" he said weakly "you win"
"Ivie was dropped to the ground
"Ivie!" he dropped to his knees and held her in his arms despite the fact that she was half a year older than him_ at least.
"Charlie you'd better go tell Ezekiel whose side you're on" said Manfred pulling Ivie and Charlie both up.
"Charlie nodded miserably "yes sir" and Manfred let him away from Ivie and the Branko twins who were right outside of the 'wall' opened the arch and they headed up to the attics. Ivie knew that once the Bloor's got an influence on him than he wouldn't even like her at all so she cried one last time before running away she ran out of the ruin and climbed over the wall that led to the outside world_ the real world.
R&R please