Rosie: Sorry for leaving you all off on such a cliffhanger. I promise it will be explained.
Izzy: Just be happy that Mouse is safe for the time being.
Roger: You mean my Henrietta.
Kimberly: It's Mouse. She's always been called Mouse.
Mouse(Henrietta): I don't mind either name.
Jack: Anyway, in this wonderful installment we get to learn more about Izzy and her sister Charlie who up until this chapter has been irrelevant to the plot line.
Charlie: Hey, I am too relevant.
Maurice: Trust me, we're secondary characters at best. At least we aren't part of the nameless group.
Simon: Can we please get on with the story.
Ralph: Yeah, I want to know what's wrong with Izzy.
Piggy: Rosie doesn't own the boys but she does own the girls.
Alex: Please don't cry.
Sam'n'Eric: It's a very sad chapter.
Izzy POV
I didn't want to think about it, but some how I knew. I knew something bad was going to happen. When I told Simon about it he sighed and hugged me, saying that things would be alright. Still I had such a feeling of dread that I didn't know what to do. As we crawled out of the shelter that we had been in I spotted Mouse. Before I could think I was running to her. No, she was with Roger. I couldn't tell her in front of him. I put on a smile as I stopped in front of her. Hugging her briefly I backed up and silently sighed.
"Hey Mouse. Sorry Roger but I have to borrow her for a bit" I said grabbing her free hand and tugging lightly. Finally Roger let go of her other hand and I was off in the other direction. After we were far enough away, I stopped and turned back to Mouse. She instantly stopped and stared, her hands moving to her mouth.
"How?" Was all she could manage. I shrugged and looked down at my feet. I knew what she meant. We all knew what she meant. All of us knew it because all of us knew her. Kellie was her name, she had been the last lead of the choir and a great one at that. She had the voice of an angel with artistic skills that could rival the great artists and a skill for poetry so deep that she could rhyme just about any word. She truly was an angel, sent to us by god. One day though she came in with that look on her face, in her eyes. A look so depressing and hopeless that it made all the girls worry. Only Kimberly had the courage to ask her what was wrong. Kellie said only one sentence which made all of us gasp.
"I'm going to die" Just those words, scared all of us. We all protested it but somehow, she knew. More to the point, she did. Charlie and I had been crossing a street, when Charlie's foot got stuck in a pot hole. A truck had been coming right at us. Kellie pushed both of us out of the way and smiled at us one last time, moments before she got hit. The worst part was, Kellie was my older sister.
That's right everyone, Kellie, the girl who died saving my twin and I, was my older sister. It's an experience Charlie and I don't speak of at all. Considering the fact that through out our entire lives Kellie was more of a mother to us than our real mother was. It just, didn't seem fair for god to take her away from us so soon. Of course he needed her, but couldn't he see that we needed her more?
"I don't know. Something is going to happen, someone is going to die. But it, it doesn't know who" I managed. Mouse looked slightly confused but walked closer.
"Izzy, what do you mean? You need to tell Kimberly about this. Or at least Charlie" Mouse muttered getting quieter as she talked. My eyes widened as I shook my head furiously, fighting back tears.
"No, I can't let Charlie go through something like that again. She can't know that someone else will be taken from us. She wouldn't be able to handle it. Not after Ke, well you know" I said sitting down. I looked away and brought my knees up to my chest. Mouse sat down next to me, but instead of pressuring me to talk she just sat there quietly. I on the other hand let my mind wander back through my memories until I had found Kellie.
"Iz, listen to me. This is a very important lesson" Kellie scolded. I turned around but hid what I had behind my back. It was a surprise for my big sister.
"Oh come on, just a little longer, I'm nearly finished Kellie" I whined in a typical five year old way. Kellie laughed and shook her head, her wavy black hair shaking with her. I always loved Kellie's hair. It was so much prettier than mine. I went back to what I was making. After a few minutes I turned around finding my project behind my back. Kellie chuckled and stood up.
"And what exactly do you have there?" She said smiling her motherly smile. I always loved it when she smiled like that. it always made me feel happy inside. I shook my head like the child I was and backed up slightly.
"It's a secret. You gotta close your eyes" I said softly. Kellie made a silent 'oh' before closing her eyes. I walked over and placed the flower crown on her head before running back and laughing. She opened her eyes and gasped. She then began crying which, at the time, confused me. I thought that I had disappointed her and began feeling bad. When she noticed this though she pulled me into a hug and shushed me.
"Iz, I'm so happy. This is the nicest gift anyone has ever given me" She said quietly. I'm sure it confused me even more, Since she had been crying. Until she got on with her lesson.
"Iz, you have to learn how to read people and listen to the world around you. The spirits of the world will tell you many things. All you have to do is listen closely. Their words are important and should always be heeded. Never ignore their words, or it could end in catastrophe" Kellie said. I nodded, being sure that I understood what she was saying. The world could tell us many things, as long as we were wise enough to actually pay enough attention. That was why I was in a panic now. The forest had spoken, and I had listened.
The pure evil that I heard, had terrified me. it's message though, had traumatized me. "It doesn't matter what you do Isabella, one of you will die. You just have to decide, who will it be?" That was what it had told me. It made me scared, because I knew it was true. There was nothing I could do to stop it. One of us was as good as dead.
Chapter seven. We learn more about Izzy and her family. We also get to see Kellie. But unfortunately we find out something bad. Yes, someone will die. If you guys have an opinion on who it should be, just tell me. I need reviews. It's what keeps me writing. if you have questions about all the charracters, I have the entire list written down that i can put down on my profile upon request.
