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Chapter 31: Back To Magicath
Cloe and Sharpay screamed as they traveled through the wormhole. They gripped each other tightly to prevent from being separated. Wherever they were going, they had a feeling it might be Magicath. As a matter of fact, they were about to find out. "Cloe, if we don't make it out of here alive," Sharpay yelled, "I want to say I'm sorry for being so mean." "It's not your fault, Sharpay." Cloe had to yell back in order to be heard over the wind, "Besides, I think we're about to land." "Okay, then." Sharpay stated, "Brace yourself!"
The other end of the wormhole opened up and the girls were spit out. They crash landed onto a hard cement floor. The girls stopped screaming and slowly got up. Still grabbing onto each other in fear, the two took in their surroundings. They seemed to be in a small, dark, cement room with a metal barred door. There was only one tine window, which had metal bars on it to prevent anyone's escape. The window showed a dark and gloomy sky. It would have looked like a normal rainy day, except there was lightening and a huge swarm of flying monkeys and pigs.
"We can't be in Magicath, can we?" Sharpay whispered. "Actually, you can be and you are." a stranger's voice stated calmly. The girls spun around instantly, only to realize that someone must have been in another part of the room. "This is a dungeon…the horrible place we're doomed to stay in until the wiccen decides what she wants to do with us." another voice called.
At that, Sharpay looked around. She knew that voice. It was the same voice that had lulled her to sleep at night. "Leave them alone, Corrine. They're just children." the other voice stated, "They're frightened, can't you tell?" "As if we aren't, Delilah." Corrine responded with a sigh. "Corrine?" Cloe whispered to herself in realization. "Mother!" Sharpay squealed excitedly, grabbing Cloe's hands in excitement. "Sharpay?" Corinne asked, "Is that really you? How did you get here?"
"It's a long story." Sharpay began slowly. "What's even longer is your story." Cloe began, "Mrs. Thomas?" "Cloe?" Delilah Thomas responded, "You're here, too?" "Yes, Mrs. Thomas." Cloe said. "Or, in my case, Aunty Delilah." Sharpay added. "You know?" Mrs. Evans asked. "We know about everything." Sharpay responded. "Then, why is Cloe here?" Mrs. Thomas questioned, "Does she know?" "Yes, I know." Cloe answered. "Then, why are you here?" Mrs. Evans asked.
"I'm psychic." Cloe answered simply. "And Ryan's girlfriend." Sharpay added reluctantly, making Cloe blush. "How come I didn't get told this?" Mrs. Evans demanded. "Ryan neglected to tell me and Rachael, at first." Sharpay explained. "Oh my gosh…Rachael!" Mrs. Thomas remembered, "Where is she? Is she okay?" "She's fine." Cloe said reassuringly, "She's with Ryan back at school." "They're alone? With the wiccen out to get them? With all this knowledge and no idea where we are?" Mrs. Thomas started to panic, "Who knows what trouble they could get into!"
"Relax, Delilah." Mrs. Evans said calmly, "Ryan's a smart boy and Rachael is very logical. They'll find us and avoid any trouble." "I suppose you're right." Mrs. Thomas agreed starting to calm down. "Right now, we need to know what the girls have figured out." Mrs. Evans said and the girls started to describe the whole situation. "I should have known the wiccen would follow you and continue if she got too corrupted." Mrs. Thomas spoke up once they were finished.
"But we have a question for you, Mrs. Evans." Cloe said, "What happened to Sharpay that made her…you know…" "You can say it! Suicidal! Depressed! It doesn't bother me. I've had to live with it ever since I can remember." Sharpay interrupted. "Calm down, pumpkin." Mrs. Evans said, "When you and Ryan were born, the wiccen had sent out to find you. The first night we spent at home in New York she found us. She tried to cast a spell on you two, but I fled. It was only a few weeks after I'd returned from Arabia where I'd met your father on his business trip. The wiccen sent her flying minions after us. They tried to steal you and your brother. It was them that I realized how powerful you two really were."
She paused a moment to sigh. "You see, your brother saved you that night. Ryan destroyed them all with a flick of his hand when one tried to hurt you." Mrs. Evans explained, "After that, I knew he'd stick around you and protect you, so I didn't expect what came next. The wiccen trapped me in an alley. The next thing I knew, she was spitting out magic left and right. I had to put you two down to protect you, but the wiccen knocked me aside and the next thing I knew she was hovering over you two."
She paused and sobbed before continuing. "By then, there was nothing I could do. She grabbed you and attempted to run away, but Ryan – I don't know how he did it – but somehow he managed to blast the wiccen onto the ground. As she realized there was nothing more she could do, she cast her spell, dropped you, and ran." Mrs. Evans gasped through her tears, "It wasn't until I got up and gathered you two together that I realized your powers were giving you away. So, I bound them and we moved to Albuquerque."
There was no noise from the other side of the wall besides the sobs coming from Sharpay's mother. It stayed like that for a while as Sharpay suddenly felt a pang of guilt for all the times she'd hurt her brother. Then, a waved of gratitude for his help washed over her. That didn't last long before fear for her brother's life filled her thoughts. "Mother, what's going to happen next?" Sharpay asked weakly. "Only the wiccen knows what will happen to us and to Ryan and Rachael." Mrs. Evans sobbed. "We'll get out of this…soon." Cloe reassured. Even if she had to use every ounce of power and strength she had, she would get through to Ryan somehow. "All we'll need is a little time…and plenty of patience." Cloe explained, and then proceeded to sit down and meditate.
Meanwhile, back at school…
"I can't believe I just let go." Ryan was saying. Rachael crawled up behind him and put a hand on his uneasy shoulder, but he pulled away. "Don't blame yourself." Rachael stated pulling her hand back. "The only one with the ability to get back here and avoid danger is Sharpay." Ryan told her, "Who knows where they are and what's happening right now?" "That's just my point, Ryan. You can't blame yourself. There are more important things to worry about." Rachael explained as she stood up and walked down the steps. "Where are you going?" Ryan asked quietly. Without turning around, Rachael simply replied, "Somewhere." At that, Ryan sighed, got up, and followed.
Suddenly, Cloe opened her eyes. She stood up and noticed Sharpay sitting in a corner of the room staring at her. "Well, I know what Ryan and Rachael are up to." she told the others, "They're going to work out a plan to find us." "Really?" Sharpay asked, her eyes lighting up. Maybe there was help on the way, after all. "Yes, but for now the only person who can get us out of here is you." Cloe explained, then realized what that meant and added, "We're doomed."
She sat down on the ground desperately wracking her mind for an alternate solution. Sharpay stood and scowled as she curtly said, "Don't assume." At that moment, the cell door opened and Cloe turned to face it. Sharpay had her arms crossed and a smug smile on her face. "Very classy." Cloe explained, "Now, let's get out of here." "We can't forget my mother and apparently my aunt." Sharpay reminded her flatly with a grimace. Cloe stood up, ushered Sharpay out of the cell, then stopped t take in the rest of their surroundings.
They were in a huge cement room with a bunch of smaller jail cells like the one they'd just come out of. They walked over to the one next to their and saw two figures inside. "Mom?" Sharpay whispered, "Delilah?" A hiss came from inside the cell. The girls jumped back. "Leave." a high pitched voice hissed, "Now." The two figures walked over to the cell door. Then, the girls saw it. "Sharpay…lets go." Cloe squeaked in a hoarse whisper, "They've been turned into the monkeys." "But…we can't just leave them!" Sharpay pointed out in a fear-filled voice. "We'll just have to come back for them." Cloe reassured before grabbing Sharpay's arm, and dragging her through the door saying, "Right now, we have to go, Sharpay. Come on!"
(A/N) Okay, just to clear one thing up. No offense meant to the wiccens. I just thought it fit appropriately here. Sorry if I offended, but it's not what I believe and I didn't want to poke fun at it. I hope you understand what I'm trying to say because I won't tell you to worship the monkey if you don't want to (inside joke meaning I won't try to convert anyone) so long as you don't tell me to. K? If I offended in any way, plz let me know and it was not intentional. So sry if I did. BTW, what did you think of my false ending? And of this new chappie. Amazing, huh? Or just blah…which one? Plz let me know and I hope many new and old questions were answered though many more to come. Smiles brightly. =D