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Chapter 3

Edrear and Edaniel ran, hoping to catch Dinah before anything bad happened. They stopped at a crossroads and looked around.

"Which way?" Edrear asked, hopping from one foot to the other nervously.

"I don't know. How should I know where she lives? It's not like I stalk her or anything." Edaniel huffed, shifting into his human self.

Edrear glared at his brother. "Didn't you plant a note for Dinah's Aunt this morning?" Edaniel nodded and promptly smacked his forehead with the palm of his left hand. He pointed left and the two took off once more.

The scenery flashed by them in a woodsy, green blur. When the old St. Lyman's School for Boys came into view, the two guardians skidded to a stop at the front door. Edrear straightened up and was about to knock. "Wait!" Edaniel whispered, tugging his brother's arm down.

"What?" Edrear asked, snatching his arm back.

"Don't you think Dinah's Aunt might be freaked out to find a couple of weird dudes, one of which wearing medieval armor, knocking on her door and asking for her niece?" Edaniel said, shifting Edrear's armor to look like modern day jeans and a t-shirt. Edrear nodded affirmatively and knocked.

"One sec!" Jane yelled, rushing to the door. "Hello?" she smiled as the door swung inward. Her face fell slightly when she looked at her visitors.

"Is Miss Dinah home?" Edrear asked, trying to avoid the inevitable flirting that would issue from Edaniel were he allowed to speak.

"No, she's not. She was having trouble with her math homework last night so she went to school early this morning. School probably started already, come to think of it. Why? She didn't get into trouble did she?" Jane said, her mood swinging quickly from boredom to worry.

"No, no trouble. Thank you for your assistance." Edrear smiled, bowed, and dragged his brother off the front porch before he could open his mouth and make the visit more suspicious.

"What the heck bro?" Edaniel said once they were a considerable distance away.

"Our first priority is making sure Miss Dinah is safe." Edrear scolded.

"Uh, Chick-whipped!" Edaniel coughed.

"Very mature brother," Edrear rolled his eyes.

They continued on toward Dinah's school, getting lost sooner than expected.

***meanwhile:

Dinah's head rested in her hands. She slumped forward in her chair as the teacher droned on and on about molecular structure. Chills ran up and down her spine. She glanced around for the cause. A shape fled from view of the nearby window.

"Dinah is everything alright?" her teacher's voice rang through her troubled thoughts. Laughter emanated from her class mates. Dinah shook her head.

"It is cold in here." Said Sarah Parker, head cheerleader, "Hey Dinah there isn't a ghost in here is there?" She batted her overly mascara-ed eyelashes. Dinah flushed and looked down.

"Jerk off!" Shouted Kathryn, Dinah's (now) closest friend.

"Kathryn will you step out to the hall for a moment." As she passed Kathryn gave Dinah a thumbs up. Dinah smiled slightly and went back to day dreaming. Soon she felt her skin crawl with the feeling of being watched. Her heart beat sped up, she looked around once more. This time she saw for an instant a frightening face half way through the class room door. The bell rang. She gathered her things quickly and practically ran from the class room.

"Are you all right?" Asked Kathryn catching her by her locker. Dinah nodded. "You seem... I don't know… sort of… scared."

"No, I'm fine. Let's go get lunch." Dinah forced a smile.

They walked toward the cafeteria in silence. Dinah saw the creature at the end of the hall. It smiled a wicked grin and started walking slowly toward her. She had seen it somewhere before but couldn't place where (besides the classroom just before). It leapt for her; she ducked and screamed, covering her eyes.

"Dinah what's wrong!?" cried Kathryn kneeling beside her. Dinah shook her head as tears of fear spilled forth. She pushed Kathryn back and made a run for the exit. She didn't stop running and she didn't look back. She kept running till she reached her house and was safely in side. Or so she thought.

"Dinah, what is it?" her aunt worried. Dinah couldn't explain, not to her aunt. She might call Dr. Dorkface again. Jane sent Dinah to bed, momentarily forgetting the mysterious visitors she had earlier. She quickly dialed the school.

"She screamed and collapsed in the hall, then made a run for it. We're not sure what happened really." The principal informed her. She thanked him and hung up.

"I thought she was getting better," she whispered to herself. "She's been acting up more now that that boy is gone… Maybe he should come back," she sighed and dialed the mobile number of Vincent's father. "Hello there," she said cheerfully, "No nothing's wrong; I was just wondering if I might talk to your son. Oh I see, when he comes back can you have him call me? What do you mean what do I mean? He's been with you for a few weeks now hasn't he? Well he told Dinah he was joining you and we haven't seen him since. What? He wrote you a letter? What did it say? Wait… It said he was coming to stay with us for a while? So you wouldn't be shocked to find an empty house? Huh? Odd? By who? Who's Edaniel? Um…. Let me call you back." Jane hung up the phone and ran upstairs. He must have been kidnapped!! She thought while banging on Dinah's door frantically.

"Come in." Dinah shouted to be heard over the pounding of her aunt. Jane rushed into the room, a crazed gleam in her eye.

"How did he tell you?" She asked, grabbing Dinah by the shoulders.

"How did who tell me what?" Dinah asked confused at her aunt's sudden nonsense.

"How did Vincent tell you he was leaving?" Came Jane's psychotic reply. "How?!?!"

"He… he… he… he left me a note." Dinah stammered, coming up with the most random lie she could think of. Jane let go of her niece and began pacing.

"That settles it. I'm calling the police." She said hitting a convicted fist against the palm of her hand.

"What? Why?" Dinah said utterly shocked.

"I just talked to Vincent's father." Jane explained, "Vincent isn't with them, and they received a letter saying he was staying with us for a while. He must have been kidnapped!" She ran from the room, only to turn around. Dinah should come with me, they were best friends after all. She knocked on Dinah's now closed door. There was no answer. She pushed the door open, but the room was empty. Dinah had left. Where could she have gone?