A New Beginning

Trade

We woke up the next morning and sat down in the kitchen table to talk about our situation. "So how are we gonna plan to get Charlie back? " Tyler said. Everyone stayed quiet thinking and Jak said, "What if we sneak in and take him?" I shook my head and said, "No, we don't even know what his world even looks like."

"What if I go back there again and look around?" I shook my head again and said, "No, yesterday you said that he saw you so he will definitely- wait HOW did you do that anyway?" We all looked at each other and looked back at him when Mr.Judo said, "He has a new power, it's called Astral Projection." I looked at him and said, "How? I never knew you can develop new abilities." Mr.Judo nodded his head and said. "Yes you can, just like how I can do the same."

I looked at him curious and waited for him to explain, "I am an Elder who only starts off with the powers of wisdom and super strength. I can use my strength in combat and enhance my strength to increase speed, my power, wisdom, is more like an adapting ability where with training I can develop psychic abilities."

"What? Why didn't I know this?!" He looks and answers sarcastically and says, "Well, because you never asked." I nod because he had a point. "Is there a way that we can get Charlie back and I'm able to stay?" Janice asked. "He's too cunning. He'd know if we tried to trick him." Janice's dad said. "Yeah, he's not stupid." I said.

"I'm starting to get a headache. I'm going to go to my room." I heard Janice say and I decided to follow her. "I'll go and talk to her." Everyone nodded at me. I started to follow Janice and I saw her walk into my room and then the balcony. "Hey." She said while I was walking up to her. "I'll do it. For Charlie," She said looking in my direction. "It's not his fault and he doesn't deserve to be in that scumbag's dimension."

I quickly say, "No! You can't let him use you, nor let him have his way." She looked back outside and said, "That's not your choice to make."

I grapped her shoulders and faced her towards me, "Janice everyone here loves you including me, please just for once don't do what ever you want." She didn't want to look straight at me for a few moments until she said, "Alright then, we'll figure out a plan."

I gave her a big hug, "Thank You, c'mon lets go downstairs and figure this out." As I let her go I looked straight into her eyes and I felt uneasy of her answer. Is she planning something else, nah she wouldn't lie to me I'm probably just worried. We joined everyone and kept thinking of ways to trick Daemontrias into trading Charlie without letting him take Janice.

After about 12:00 in the afternoon we decided to put the whole planning thing aside since we we're at the point where we were just throwing out anything that just popped into their heads.

*Janice's p.o.v
I had to lie I can't just let this whole thing slide. I was going back and forth inside my head thinking of what should I plan to get Charlie. After all the planning we couldn't figure out anything that could trick Daemontrias. After my training I decided to go outside to the forest to get some air.

I walked until I found a hill that went above all the trees and I could see everything, even the road we take heading to town which is a good two miles away from the house. After taking in the view I decided to make my way back to the house when I heard footsteps slowly heading towards my direction. I luckily had my bow and was ready to fight. "Who's there!?" I stayed quiet waiting for a response, I listened for the footsteps when it kept changing it's location appearing behind me or next to me until it disapeared completely.

I stayed quiet when I heard behind me say, "You've grown up to be quite the lady Janice..." I froze in horror from the very voice. I slowly turned and I saw Daemontrias standing there with a huge grin on his face. I aimed my bow at him and pulled back the string making the arrow appear and shot straight at him when he vanished the second I fired.