Chapter 9: Lost?

"Bo…" Ariella said. "Have you seen the kids this morning?" Bo looked up from the detailed rocking chair he was making and said, "No. I haven't." "What do you think happened?" Ariella asked, growing worried. Bo scratched his head. "Maybe they're with their friends…" he said. "But it's unlike Justin not to do his chores…" Ariella said, looking outside Bo's workshop window. "Not that I mind him forgetting for a day… It's just, so out of character…"

Ariella thought what might have happened and started jumping to conclusions. "What if the Komona did something with them?!" she exclaimed. Bo thought and said, "That's ridiculous…We haven't had any trouble from them in… nearly sixteen years!" "I guess you're right… I'll go call Hailey and Valerie and see if they know where they are…" Ariella said. "I hope you're right…"

Ariella came back a few minutes later, white as a sheet. "Hailey and Valerie say they haven't seen them since yesterday!" Ariella exclaimed. "And neither has Jake! Bo, what do you think-" Bo didn't listen, he ran to the workshop phone and called the police station, "It may be nothing." he said. "Just keep an eye out for them." "Roger that, Bo." the officer said. "Thanks Joe." Bo said as he hung the phone up.

He walked over to Ariella and tried to calm her down. "It's okay… Let's not stress out over this until we know for sure." he said. He gave Ariella a kiss and then said, "I promise they'll be alright." he said. Ariella nodded and began crying on Bo's shoulder. Bo comforted her and told her that everything would be alright… Wouldn't it?

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A blue haired fairy with dark eyes, elf ears, and pale skin appeared. She had on a short dark purple dress, and black and silver wings. She also had dark purple eye shadow and red lipstick. "Can I help you?" she asked in an annoyed tone. "W-Who are you?" I asked. I didn't mean to sound rude but…

"Who am I? I should be asking, who are you?!" she said. "Uhh… I'm Danni, this is Sasha, and that's my twin brother Justin." I said. "Nice to meet you." Justin said. "Hehe. Why aren't you cute?" she said. Justin blushed. No girl had ever called him "cute". "I'm Annysia." she said. "What can I do for you?"

"We were looking for the Harvest Goddess… And we thought this was her pond…" Justin said. "It is." Annysia replied. We were all shocked. "You see, the Harvest Goddess is a very busy woman. She has ponds all over the world. So she has numerous fairies that help her. If she's on call, her fairy will go to the other place she is being summoned and grant their wish. But first, let me see how you ranked on the gift." She snapped her fingers, and a wooden clipboard appeared in her other hand.

"Oooh. I rare Jasmine Crystal flower!" she said as she read the clipboard. "Nice job!" she said as she snapped her fingers again, making the clipboard disappear. "You ranked high." "How high?" Sasha asked. "High enough for you all to get one wish." she said. Really? One wish each? Wow… What should I wish for?

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Valerie put up another poster and stapled it. Hailey had printed thousands of "Lost" posters to put up. "I still think you're being over dramatic Hail…" she said. "I'M BEING OVER DRAMATIC?!?! Danni's your best friend too!!! And your boyfriend's missing too! Shouldn't you be at least a little worried?!" Hailey exclaimed as she stapled another poster. Valerie blushed bright red.

"WHAT?!?!" she exclaimed, dropping her posters and stapler. "J-Justin's not my boy friend Hailey! He's just my friend! How many times do I have to tell you that?!" Valerie exclaimed as she began picking up her stuff. "It's okay to have guy friends and not date them!" "Yeah. Yeah. Yeah…" Hailey said, ignoring Valerie.

"Why can't you just confess that you're madly in love with him and get it over with?" she asked. Valerie glared at her, still bright red. "Why can't you stop wearing make up and flaunting over boys?" Val asked. Hailey opened her mouth, but couldn't come up with a good come back. "Grrr!" she moaned. "Let's just finish putting up these posters and go to get smoothies… It's your turn to pay…" Valerie ignored Hailey's attitude and was proud that she was the winner of this argument. "Okay." she said.

Suddenly Justin's face flashed before her eyes. She felt her heart skip a beat. "WHAT THE HECK?!?!" she thought. "Man… I must be pathetic… I can't even convince myself that he's just a friend… Or is he?"

Author's Note:

DUN DUN DUUUUUN!!! Lol. I felt that we should see some of Valerie and Hailey's feelings. And OFCOARSE Ariella jumps to conclusions, and Bo saves the day by stopping Ariella's wonderful imagination! Lol.

Here are the polls so far: (still open)

Valerie: 1

Sasha: 0

Danni: 0

Justin: 0

Hailey: 0

I think I may add another character to the poll…

Annysia!

Definition of Annysia: Annysia from the black forest - 'little angel'