The Brown Book

Chapter 9: Ships and Portals 2

Emmett and Phemie reach out to the button that gets to the Deck. Their thought brought them to choose Box 4. They feel each other's warm hands by accident as they tried it at the same time. Emmett takes his hands back and says "You should click it..."

Her eyes crinkle just when she lets out a smile and she clicks it. She was never used to falling in love because all the rest were crushes. It wasn't like that now...The metallic door was very intricate with a big golden "M" in the middle dividing as it breaks open and they enter...

It was really little though but not enough to cause claustrophobia. The walls were of fluffy velvet blue except the right wall, which was made of glass to see Elevator box 3 which is going the same pace but was curiously unoccupied. Phemie's eyes go left to see Emmett's looking back and they hold hands. The ride goes slower quickly. It goes to a stop but they are safe... "Emmett... What is this?" She asks.

"I think it's love Phemie... Our love." The elevator box twists and turns bigger. It was like an Illusion from a magician's scene. Their faces go closer each other and they go really close. The whole thing suddenly stops as they hear someone letting out a puke.

They look at each other curiously and then to the right. "OH, LUCAS! YOU USELESS MAN!!! THEY CAN'T SEE BUT THEY CAN HEAR!!!" The fire appears in Elevator box 3 and reveals Miranda and Lucas! Lucas looks at them and laugh. She slaps him to stop him from furthering his horrible giggle galore.

Emmett's face was filled with confusion and Phemie's was ready to let out a giggle herself. But then Emmett went closer and recognizes Miranda but they quickly disappear in flame before he could utter a single word. "Emmett, Lucas is here with his accomplice..." With Miranda he thought. This was not the Miranda he knew. His memories of a girl who was really timid, who liked to be with fireflies and which brought him to Phemie by destiny ... were slowly fading.

"She's... Familiar..." He looks down. His eyes were full of disappointment and inside he felt like he lost a friend. "Emmett, she was someone you knew huh..." She wasn't jealous. She understood somehow... "... You're not alone in this world..." She leans in closer and dries a tear on his cheek. But this time the elevator stops for good and in such a sudden manner that it startled them.

"What's Happening?" It get's bit hot in the elevator room. "Oh no... NOOOO!!!"
The room filled with fire and...
They were no longer there.

Darkness... Nothing but black...
Solemn somber solitude...
And a voice.

"Emmett... Do you remember when they all made fun of you and I dragged them away from you?" That voice... It was familiar to his ears..."Emmett..." And candles appear everywhere lighting up! And he saw her. He saw her in her black dress she always wore. It was Miranda. "Hello."

Emmett fully regains consciousness and looks around. Boilers and engines, this must be the ship's motor vessel. He was tied to a chair. "Look at you taking Phemie's place, hehehe..." She starts to giggle more crackingly... With more coldness and anger... And LOUDER AND LOUDER!!! All the candles surrounded her! And she became a She-demon of Destructive hellfire and one thing was for sure in his mind...

This was no Miranda he knew of...