Okay~ Hello again! Here is chapter two! Once again I own nothin' cept my OCs and any changes to the plot, common guys you should know this by now!! This applies to all further chapters! Enjoy!~

The Skeleton Key

Omri, Patrick, Adiel, and Dara finally got to the park and Adiel was hanging out with some friends nearby, looking like he was there for some important reason.

Dara was skating circles around the other skaters and laughing wildly as she skated down a metal bar, nearly crashing into another skater, and apologizing as she sped off.

Omri and Patrick sat to the side watching the others as the other people skated and some tripped, commenting on the simplicity of the tricks they preformed. Patrick pulled out a small figure from his pocket and handed it to Omri, "I got something to celebrate your birthday," he said, "it's like an antique."

Omri held the small figure admiring the feather and dark skin of the Indian in his hand, "Yeah…" he said slowly but smiled to himself.

"I couldn't do much you know…" Patrick said, "It just reminded me of you."

Dara skated up next to them and twirled in a circle gracefully, "Yep, Omri's just a wild little Indian brave isn't he?" she giggled and skated off.

Around twenty minutes later, Omri and the others head home, and Robyn and Seras leaves. Since Dara had nowhere to stay Omri mother and father offer to let her stay in Omri's room with an inflatable mattress. Dara agrees but declines using the mattress she had brought a futon she had gotten once from New York.

Dara sat in a chair about to read her new book and drinking a Citrus Soda while Omri played with some of his action figures, his new cupboard sitting on the ground near Dara.

"Hey Dara," Omri asked looking over at his friend, "Yeah?" she asks putting a thick silver ribbon in the book as a bookmark before stretching and looking over at Omri.

"Do you think Robyn will ever be happy again?" he asked sadly. Dara stared at Omri sadly before putting on a smile, "Of course she will!' she exclaimed, "When she sees the what I made for her, she won't be able to stop smiling!"

Omri looked up with a curious frown, "What did you make?" he asked eying Dara slightly.

Dara grinned and pulled out a small object wrapped in off-white tissue paper. Omri leaned in closer as she unwrapped it, and his eyes widened and he gasped slightly.

Dara smiled as she gazed down at the small figurine, "Yeah…this is one of my greatest creations…" "It looks just like her…" Omri whispered staring at the small female figure.

Just then Omri's mother came in with a box and looks at Omri and Dara, "What are you two doing?" she asked.

Dara smiled slightly, quickly hiding the figurine, "Nothing!" she said and grinned sheepishly.

Omri's mother gives them both a look, "Mhm?" she hummed before emptying the box onto Omri's bed. The box was full of keys of all shapes and sizes. "See if one fits," she said.

"Woah!" Dara exclaimed admiring the many keys, "They're so cool!" she continued reaching over and grabbing a black key that seems to have a shiny red hue to it. The top part almost looks like a four leaf clover, and the bottom looks slightly wavy with a cross in the middle.

Omri grinned and pushed his action figure out of the way, "I love these guys!" he says starting to go through the keys. He pulls out a small key and tries it in the cupboard lock, "If one fits can I have it?" Omri asks excitedly. He pulls another key out and tries that one too.

"I'll give it to you," she says and then turns to Dara who was staring blankly at the key in her hand, "You can have that key if you want Dara, I don't mind."

Dara blinked in surprise and turned to Omri's mother, "Oh, I couldn't these are your keys…" she said with a smile.

"Nonsense," Omri's mother said with a grin, "I insist, maybe you'll become a key collector like me."

Dara's smile widened as she thanked Omri's mother, who then turned back to Omri hearing him exclaim, "It works!" and to see he had found a key that fit the cupboard's lock.

"Oh, my grandmother gave me that one," she said taking the key to check, "She was dying and she had nothing to leave me so I picked up that key and I told her I wanted it more than anything in the whole world." She explained walking over to a pile of Omri's clothes to but in the hamper.

"Hmm…" Omri hummed trying different figures inside the cupboard, "What do I put in the cupboard?" he asked.

"Here put this in." She said tossing Omri his Indian, Omri caught it and put it in the bottom shelf.

As Omri's mother turned away Dara leaned forward and handed Omri the figurine she had made and whispered, "You can put this in too. For safe keeping for the night." She winked at him before walking over to her bag and pulling out her futon and a small winged wolf action figure.

Omri glanced at his mom before quickly placing the figurine on the top shelf, and locked the cupboard, "Omri," his mother called, "Let's read," she said handing Omri the book as he and his mother lied down on his bed and Dara lied down on her blue futon and pulled her new book back out.

As Omri began to read "Stuart Little" with a little help from his mother, Dara began to read her book, "Dragoncharm".

"…Oh. Here we are," Dara said finding her spot, "Old and at peace, Welkin dozed, then woke, and then dozed again waiting: for the night dragons to fly." Dara read to herself, "A dragon many years his junior paused high an the cliff edge, momentarily confused by the puzzle of rocks laid out below him … until one of the rocks coughed. His goal located, the youngster headed down towards the shore."

Dara continued to read late into the night, far later than when Omri had gone to bed. She yawned quietly, returning the bookmark into the book, she had already gotten two thirds of the way into the book but she was too tired to continue.

She put her book on the floor next to her and her wolf on top of it, smiling slightly at her own creation before lying down to go to sleep. As she was dozing off she could've sworn she heard a thump coming from the cupboard above her head, but dismissed it as her imagination and went to sleep.

Okay, there's chapter two! I don't own "Dragoncharm" so don't sue, the next chapter may come out today but I can't be sure. Stay tuned and have an awesome day!!