The Dangers of Pomegranate Salad

Chapter 23

Chapter 23 Green Eggs and Ham

The next morning I turn on the TV, I want to see mom. After a couple of seconds it a figure comes on the screen. She is sitting on the couch in the living room with Henri and Jen. Jen and Mom look like they’ve been crying.  Henri just looks confused. “The worst part, I that I saw her, and she told us what happened, about them, and we didn’t believe her. And then they came and took them, her and Haden. From a police station! How do you kidnap someone in a police station!? B-but they did. And now she’s gone again.” Says mom, crying. “Where did they take her?” Jen asks, knowing there won’t be an answer. Mom hugs Jen, “I don’t know” I turn it off; I don’t want to see my mom crying. After a few seconds, I turn it on and immediately tell it to move so that I could have lily put the note in my room. Lily is sitting on my bookshelf, looking much better than last night. She zips over to me with her humming bird wings, landing on my shoulder. I hand her the note and she nods. She is a flash of green as she darts at the TV. She lands in my room and places the note inside one of my books. My mom will find it when they start going through my things. Lily gives a thumbs up and flies back through the TV screen. I then tell it to show me Jackie. Jackie is sitting in her room, reading a book. I hand Jackie’s note to Lily. She flies in, dimming her glow to remain unnoticed. She slips it into one of Jackie’s many journals. She then flies back into my room. Jackie’s Note tells her what has Happened to me, why I had to leave and a short explanation of the Elementalist thing. After that I watch Jackie for a bit, she stands up and paces her room. She goes over and picks up a picture. She collapses on the bed staring at the picture. It’s of us together in my garden; smiling, dirt coated eleven year olds.  I remember that day. Jackie had wanted to plant something in my garden. I said she could, and we went and found Jackie’s favorite flower, Laurels, and tried to plant them. It didn’t work very well. She ended up killing two of the four we had. I planted one of them, and she finally planted the last one. We had just finished planting them when mom snapped the picture. She printed it and gave one copy to Jackie and one to me. The part of the Garden with the laurels we dubbed Jackie’s Corner. It only had two small laurels that quickly grew with my help.  Jackie’s Corner has been one of our favorite places to do homework and hang out. I feel sad thinking about it. I turn of the TV and go through my wardrobe again. I see that everything has changed. I’m guessing it’s a magic wardrobe. I wonder if I climb into it if it will take me away from here. I doubt it. I change into a blue gothic dress, longer than yesterdays; this one comes down to mid shins instead of my knees. I don’t bother with shoes. I leave my room, Lily still sitting on my shoulder. I wander to the dining room, hoping that it’s breakfast time. I honestly have no Idea what time it is. There are no clocks down here, but it feels around eight-ish. I arrive at the dining room (can I call it a room? or is it a dinning cave?) to find that food has been set out for me. This time some eggs that looks sort of greenish, and some sort of meat that almost resembles bacon. I give a half laugh half snort at my Suesical breakfast, and then sit down to eat a little. It’s not half bad, a little mushroom-y but pretty good. When I’m done, I pick up my mostly full plate and silverware, and look for a kitchen. A blue fay comes and takes it from me; they are amazingly strong for such small things, probably due to magic. I decide to wonder around and explore my new home/prison.