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ixie pixie: Please keep reviewing! I think I'm in act three of Homestuck now, but I'm not sure.
Rotten Eggs is actually called Freaky Factory, but I prefer Rotten Eggs.
YOU SHOULD PROBABLY READ MY FIRST FIC: Trapped! IN ORDER TO GET THE GIST OF THE END OF THIS CHAPTER
Oh yeah, I FOUND MORE CHALLENGES! WOOHOO! Hemhem...let's get on...
Coco, Nico and Edith remaining.
Coco POV
The final three...I could actually win this! Oh wow, imagine what it'd be like to just win and walk in home saying "Hi mum, I got taken to this weird, gothic tower where I was forced to fight for freedom against seven other people, but don't worry I survived." That would be AMAZING!
But I have to win first. Focus, Coco.
Nico and Edith are leaning against the purple wall, so I copy them.
The room suddenly changes and we are face to face with three HUGE wardrobes. I mean, I could stand quite comfortably in one...unless it's like the choky in Matilda, but I doubt that. There are random lamps scattered about and they are all turned off. Ivy trails between them...
Ooh, look at me getting all descriptive! That's usually Cherry's job, seeing as she's the writer of the family. She wrote me a story about a horse once and- Never mind, I need to focus.
"Floor Three: Wicked Wardrobes."
That sounds strange.
"To pass, at the end of ninety seconds, all the lamps must be on. You will turn them all on and when they are all shining, you must climb into your wardrobes. The Saboteur will then have five seconds to switch off as many lamps as they can. When the gramophone begins to play, you will all come out and turn on any lights."
She goes silent and I'm honestly surprised that she isn't buzzing in my ear. I'm the only one who hasn't been the Saboteur yet, after all...
Suddenly the world tilts and I am in a wardrobe.
"Let the challenge begin...Now!"
I fumble for the door handle and stagger out. Nico and Edith are already switching on lights, so I run and help. When they are all on, we retreat to the dark, wooden prisons.
I hear footsteps, but can't pinpoint exactly whose they are. Then, I almost jump out of my skin as a gramophone begins to play. It sounds AWFUL.
I get out, ready to turn on more lights, but they are all in front of my wardrobe. I stand for a couple of seconds in shock, before snapping to it and turning them off. Nico raises an eyebrow at me, but I shake my head firmly and he nods.
We creep back into the wardrobes, and this time I notice a keyhole. Heart hammering, I crouch down to it...and the person is in my blind spot. Hissing in frustration, I try to move...and tumble out of my cupboard in the process, just as the gramophone starts to play.
Edith gives me a hard look, but Nico is staring at the lights around his wardrobe. They're all off. I help him turn them on and sneak back into my wardrobe, this time not even bothering with the keyhole.
The gramophone screeches - sorry, plays and we sneak out. I help turn them on and just as we are about to get back in our wardrobes, the Voice says: "Your time is up. You have failed miserably." Old bat.
"Please vote for who you think the Saboteur was and why."
"Edith"
"Nico, because lights were on around his wardrobe." Hang on, there were some on around mine too...
"Nico."
"Edith, because I think she's lying." She glares at him and he takes a step back. Little girls can be annoying AND lethal.
"Coco. Who do you think the Saboteur was?"
"I-" I look from Edith to Nico. I am deciding their fate, literally. But I know that Edith was the Saboteur. "I think it was Edith."
"You have voted for Edith. I can now reveal that the Saboteur was in fact...Edith."
Wow. Big shocker.
Edith POV
Thanks guys.
The trapdoor slams shut behind them. Neither of them would look me in the eye as they said goodbye.
"Well, it looks like I have a friend." I spin round and throw a punch at the voice, only to be doused in water. Gasping, I look up to see a boy, maybe a couple of years older than me.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Tag. Son of Poseidon. You?"
"Edith." Who was my dad again? Nico did say... "I'm Edith. Daughter of Ares."
The Son of Poseidon and Daughter of Ares have met! Let's hope that they get on better than Percy and Clarisse...
Thanks for reading! Please R&R!
