A/N: I was planning on making this much longer but I literally can't be bothered to write it, so this story is kinda coming near to an end. But once I've finished it, I'm going to rewrite it (for the gazillionth time; I have a thing about rewriting because if it's not perfect, it's not working for me - some might call it competitive, but I don't know...) and update at reasonable times (er, possibly) and change quite a few things, and then maybe even write a sequel! ;D K bye.

PS. I can't remember if it was the summer holidays or not - another reason why this needs rewriting; because I keep forgetting main points - so from here on out, there's one week left until summer.

Chapter Twenty

Emily's POV

"Hey guys," I say to Mel and Becca as I arrive at school.

"Have you seen Lolly?" Mel asks anxiously.

"Not today. Why?" I ask, frowning at Mel's concern.

"It's just that I didn't see her for the whole of yesterday, and she hasn't answered any of her texts, and I knocked at her house this morning and nobody answered the door," Mel explains quickly.

My frown deepens. Something strange seems to be going on... "When was the last time you guys saw her?" I ask.

"Saturday," Becca says - the day before yesterday.

"Same for me," I say. "Do you think something... something happened to her?" I ask uneasily.

"It's probably nothing to worry about," Becca tells us. "She was acting a little strange on Saturday, and Dan told me that it was just family stuff. You know how Lolly gets; she probably just wants some alone time for now. My bet is that she's just ditching today. That's probably why she didn't answer the door earlier. She was probably still asleep."

"I guess you're right," Mel says, but there's a trace of uncertainty in her voice. And I can say that I feel the same way...

By the end of the school day, no sign of Lolly appears to have gotten even Becca worried. Eventually, I decide to look for Lolly myself. As I reach the corner of the road where I would normally turn left, to get to my house, I opt for right instead, to get to Lolly's house. When I reach her front door I ring the doorbell and wait for about ten seconds. No answer. I'm about to try again when I hear a voice beside me.

"If you're looking for Lolly, I haven't seen her all day either."

I whirl around to see Dan standing next to me.

"Dan, what's going on?" I ask straight up. "No offence, but she's been acting weird lately. And I haven't seen her since Saturday, and neither have the others."

"Honestly? You're not the only one who's worried. I haven't seen her since then either. We're lucky that Mum's away for work; if she knew that Lolly was missing, the police would be crawling all over this area by now."

I stare at Dan as if he's crazy. "You're telling me your twin sister hasn't been home for two days, and you haven't even told anyone?"

"Well I just told you, didn't I?"

"You know what I meant!"

"Look, Emily, I don't know what to do. I mean, what would you do if your sister just disappeared?"

"Tell someone?!" I suggest, exasperated. "Right, do you at least know why she was acting so strange before?"

Dan sighs. "It's our dad. You know, the one who ditched us for some random bitch he just met? Yeah, well he's here. He saw her in your moon pool, and she got all freaked, and since she told me I've only seen her once, briefly. She told me to leave, so I did, and then she disappeared. And that's all I know."

"Oh. Uh... wow," I say, speechless. "I'm... sorry?" I offer.

"Don't be."

"Well, either way, I still think we should tell someone about what's happened to Lolly. We need to find her. Anything could have happened to her. She could have been kidnapped for all we know!" I suddenly break off, realising I sound like Mel.

"Can you look for her at Mako or something first? Tell Becca or Mel, and look for her. Please. If she's not there... tell the police. Whatever. Just look for her first."

I nod, and with that, I sprint away.

Mel's POV

"She's not in here," I tell Becca and Emily as they surface in the moon pool, where I rushed to the minute I received a text from Em telling us to look for Lolly in the moon pool.

"Why did you think she'd be in here anyway?" Becca asks Emily, who sighs.

"Long story short, I spoke to Dan and he told me that no one's seen Lolly since Saturday. He asked if we could look for her, and now we're here."

"Oh. Well why didn't he tell us earlier?" I ask.

Emily shakes her head. "I honestly have no clue."

"Well, either way, don't we have more important things to worry about?" Becca points out.

"True," I say. "Should we split up or something?" I suggest.

"Okay," Emily agrees. "We'll meet back here, yeah?"

I nod, and the other two swim away without another word. I then dive back into the water and do the same.

"Lolly?" I call out for the seventy-millionth time. "Lolly?"

Mel?

I stop abruptly, wondering if I imagined that or if I actually heard someone saying my name just now. That's when I remember the mind communicating power.

Lolly? I ask in my head.

Yes! the reply comes.

Oh my God! Are you okay? Where are you? Where have you been?

I don't know where I am. It's too dark to tell.

Dark? Well it's broad daylight right here.

Guess I'm inside then.

Well, now we've established that, what happened to you?

I don't really know. I was sitting down, by some random tree, on Saturday, and I guess I fell asleep. Then when I woke up, I was… well… wherever it is that I am now.

Maybe you're in a cave?

Uh, I guess I could be… Wait, where are you?

Searching for you on Mako. So are Emily and Becca. Everyone's worried about you. At least I can tell the others you're okay. Actually, I'm going to do that right now. I'll talk to you in a minute.

I tune out of speaking to Lolly, and try to search for Becca and Emily's mind voices, or whatever you want to call it.

Bex? Em? I question.

What's going on? Emily asks.

Lolly's okay. I haven't found her but… mind speak, ya know?

Oh, right. Where is she?

She isn't sure. She said she fell asleep on Saturday then woke up somewhere dark, presumably also on Saturday.

Well, she's gotta be on the island, right? You're probably close to her, and that's why you can sense her or whatever. Wait a second… can you actually sense her? Maybe you could find out where she is. Like, you know, sense her presence…

Um… let me try.

I close my eyes and try to see if I can feel Lolly around here or something. That's when the weirdest thing happens. I have some sort of… vision. I see a blonde girl with a malicious spark in her eye, standing inside a dimly lit cave. And all of a sudden, I know exactly where to go and I exactly what I need to do to find Lolly.

A/N: Ooh.

Yeah, that's it. Ooh.

-Me Myself and I