The Best Of The Worst

The Real Key

"Haha! Such immature pupils, won't even be able to impact my soul without the key. They think it's the auditorium, what a shame!"

"Cass! The underground drama set is so cool! It's a perfect mansion!" Emily exuberantly said as she skipped over to Cassandra. 'The girl doesn't have a hint, well, it's better to keep it that way..' she believed as she clasped her bag and went to her relief spot, the school front garden.

" 'Suddenly the door opened and the girl said, "The key doesn't necessarily have to be a place or a thing. It can be a mode of speech, a certain emotion; to an extent, it can be a person or something attached to it. I think that will help in unlocking the safe. Try thinking what uncle liked, any word?" This story is my favourite! The mystery only one can solve dun, dun dun!" Cassandra giggled at herself. Sitting alone in the garden helped her to calm down and relax her mind. Mark was just passing by but stopped when he caught sight of Cassandra by a tree, holding a storybook. "Hey, Cass! What's the book about?" Mark came running and sat by Cassandra. "It's a book called The Only Soul. It's about a household who is trying to acquire their uncle's wealth." Cassandra replied. Mark liked the sound of it and hence, read the page opened in the book. "CASS!" Mark shrieked as he held the book in passion. "Oh my gosh! What!" Cassandra retorted, putting her hands on her alarmed heart. "You may have deciphered the key mystery! Come with me!"

Without any further notice, Mark grabbed the book and Cassandra's hand; ran to where he thought Kat and Lily may be. "K-Ka-Kat~~~ I'm tired." Mark shoved the open book into Kat's hands and made him read it. Lily on the other hand went to Cassandra to see if she was alright from all that running. "The key isn't the auditorium! We were entirely wrong, the key is some kind of emotion or a word that opens the portal to the other world WHEN we say or do it!" As Mark finished Kat instantly knew what the key might be...

"NO, NO NO NO! I need to shut them in the drama world before they go ahead and reveal my identity as well, to those filthy humans!"
"Yes, sir? What may I do for you?"
"My loyal servant, go and make sure the next time all those pests come into the drama world, they get locked in for good."
"I shall fulfil your wish sire, I'll take my leave for now."
"HAHAHA! Those kids don't know what's in store for them!"

"Kat! What's the key?" Lily asked while leaving Cassandra. "Come with me," Kat's voice sounded utterly cold as if he had known it all along but never told the group. "The key is an action or actions I should say. It's the console to go in and out of the world." With this Kat entered the auditorium and picked up the clapperboard. "Are you kidding me?" Lily's mouth dropped. "Yes, but the clapperboard is just the item. It's the director who controls our actions. The director's demands are the key." Kat said as he gave it to Lily and went to the stage. In seconds Cassandra and Mark also appeared. "Direct the first scene. Mark come on!" Kat asked Mark to come to the stage. "Remember, '3,2,1 Action!' is how it starts. To rewind the scene say, 'Flag on the play'. I think those are important and maybe they'll work." Kat wrapped up on instructions and went to his respective spot.

Lily sat on the director's seat and immediately felt immense pressure on her."Get ready! 3, 2, 1 Action!" Lily announced as she clapped the board. The scene had started. They were just about halfway there when Cassandra asked Lily, "Say flag on the play, now!" Lily bobbed and said flag on the play. Just then Mark nodded and went back to his position in the start but strangely Kat started walking back to his position and gave no response to Lily's call. Just as the scene ended Kat fell to the floor clenching his head.

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