Chapter Nineteen

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Mabel, Arthur and Violet started walking in a direction, not a known direction but a random direction hoping that they would find something in their tracks. This was a great opportunity to get to know each other a bit better, but there was no need as they knew each other quite well through reading the book

Total silence, neither one of them spoke to one another, they just kept on walking. Shy, naked and embarrassed as they now knew that all their secrets which they kept locked away was now shared amongst three of them, maybe even more

"Come here", a voice said

They all stopped

"Did you hear that?", Arthur said to the others

"Yes", Mabel responded. All three stood still, like lemurs standing on guard, waiting for something to come out. The galaxies and doors did not move, everything was normal

"Come here", the voice said again

All three knew where the voice was coming from now, they all started running in the direction of the voice, trying to find the voice, probably another book that can hopefully take them back home. They ran and ran without stopping

"Come here", it said again

"We are so close!", Violet said

They were getting nearer to the voice, so close that when they reached where the voice was coming from they immediately stopped. Arthur walked closer to the source of the voice and said, "You...", Mabel and Violet looked terrified, what was this voice?

Scales, yellow eyes, long tail, big and red. The Red Dragon was the source of the voice

"Hello Arthur, we meet again", the dragon said through mind talk

Both Violet and Mabel were scared, the dragon then turned to the two girls, "Hello Violet and Mabel", the two girls were shocked, "How... how did it do that?", Violet asked Arthur hoping for an answer

The Red Dragon responded, "I can mind talk. I can talk to you three through your minds without the need to use my mouth"

"So you are the voice who lured us all to read the book?", Mabel said

"Not just me", the dragon said. As the dragon said that, two red hooded figures appeared behind the dragon's back and stood side by side the Red Dragon. One of the hooded figures was a man wearing a red jacket, the same one who was in the library when Mabel found the book and a woman wearing a red cloak, the same one who walked by the alleyway and passed by Violet. All three red figures stood still in front of the three readers

"Oh my goodness!", Mabel said in shock

"We watched you three all along", the Red Dragon said

"But why?", Arthur asked

"That, I cannot say. But, there is someone who can tell you", the others in red moved back to the dragon's back and disappeared. All of a sudden, a bright light shone brightly between the dragon and the three adventurers, then a book appeared and the book flipped wide open with blank pages. The dragon said, "Touch the book and it will take you to the Writer". The three slowly placed their hands on the book and everything dissipated around them. The doors, the Red Dragon and the galaxies and starts all melted away. They now were in a different place

"Wow", all three of them said

"It's beautiful!", Violet said in awe

Bright red roses, sunshine flowers and pretty daises. It was as if they were in paradise

"Guys, come look at this!", Arthur said on top of a medium steeped hill

Mabel and Violet were still looking around them, all of sudden Violet could feel a hand touch her hand, as she looked down she could see Mabel's hand in hand with Violet not knowing she was doing it. Mabel then noticed and jumped

"Oh! I'm so sorry!", Mabel said embarrassed

Violet giggled and said, "It's okay, come on!", Mabel could see that Violet's cheek had brightened red as she ran up the hill. Mable couldn't understand why she did that, why her hand suddenly grasped Violet's hand. She had just experienced a new feeling that she couldn't quite begin to fathom

Mabel and Violet ran up to Arthur and saw a yellow road, a yellow road leading up to a enormous green castle. A green castle completely built of glass. The sun shining on the castle, the castle reflected the sun's rays, shining the beautiful open green land

"It's amazing!", Mabel said

"I wonder who lives inside that castle, it's huge!", Arthur said

"Come on guys!", Mabel said as she was racing down the hill

"Hey! Wait for us!", shouted Violet. They all began running and racing against each other down the hill. Tumbling over and rolling over the green, green grass. Giggling and laughing and having the time of their lives. Probably the most fun they've had in a while. Playing and having fun made them closer than ever, making them the best of friends

They rolled over onto the yellow road and all three stood up

"Come on then! Let's go see this writer!", Violet said

Violet and Arthur started walking hand in hand over the yellow road to the castle, however Mabel stopped and thought, "I know this from somewhere", seeing the yellow road, the green glassed castle and seeing Violet and Arthur walking hand in hand seemed awfully familiar, but she took no notice and joined the others towards the castle. Once they arrived towards the castle's doors which were aspiring to great heights, Arthur, the supposed 'brave' one went to go and knock on the door. Arthur knocked but no one answered, he turned round and said, "Well it seems no one is-", all of a sudden, the big green doors opened slowly, creaking ever so slightly

Arthur jumped in fright and ran behind the two girls. Mabel and Violet looked at each other and said to Arthur, "Wimp!", and began to giggle

"Hey! I'm not a wimp!", Arthur said offended

Mabel then said whilst walking with Violet into the castle, "Sure you aren't!", the two girls then giggled

All three entered the castle and the doors closed slowly behind them, there was no turning back now

It was time to see the Writer

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