Elizabeth: Guardian of Water

Chapter 8: Alone

Brooke was just standing there, she must have overheard our conversation. She was going on her toes up and down with her hands held behind her back. She wanted to know something that wasn't already heard before. You can tell because she goes on her toes to see what the papers say and hands behind her back to hind moving them around with anticipation.

"Hey, girls, and boy I've never seen before. Two questions; who are you? And what are guys up to? Oh wait one more thing, why wasn't I invited?" Brooke is nice, but she won't give up on wanting to know things. Especially when she wasn't told about it before we were.

"Hi Brooke. We're just talking about Elizabeth because she going through a 'special' problem. Sorry we didn't tell you it was.... really important so we formed up fast."

"So, you're telling me you had the time to go to get Kelsey, go to Connecticut, and pickup whoever this person is..."

"Um, my name is Laszlo."

"I don't care, before you could get me? I even live in this STATE!" Brooke was getting mad. Her hands were in fists and she was breathing harder from her rage. Then she calmed herself down or at least tried to.

"So sorry about that, I just don't want you guys keeping secrets from me. I mean I tell you everything! So can I see what you guys are doing NOW?" Brooke repeated. She was really persistent, she normally is. You need guts to be a shape-shiftier. Daring that anyone can find you at any minute.

"Ummmm, I guess if you want to you can." Kelsey said. We all gave her a look. She gave us the 'what was I supposed to do' look. I can't argue it. Brooke can really push us. She's like a slave-master, but less harsh and nicer..... like a really friendly slave-master. Well maybe not a slave-master... yeah.

Brooke can over looked at our papers and work. Her smile vanished almost instantly. We carried on with our normal conversations ignoring the fact that Brooke was looking around almost in a panicking type of way. She smiled, definitely fake, you can tell by her eyes. The eyes that never blink. They're a little scary.

"So you're just saying the world just happened to freeze?! You expect me to believe that I mean come on!" Brooke looked away when she said that. Either because she knows something or she's looking at Joe the neighborhood kid clown. She continued, "I mean your hero smashing something that means so much to you? I mean seriously people this is crazy!" She noticed something else me and Laszlo.

"Haha so  you, your both in on this whole secret. Well it looks like you can be on to something. Together you can find new things. But what if you didn't have each other?" Me and Laszlo looked at each other with weird looks of curious curiosity, both confused on what it meant. "In fact why don't I separate you all, you'll be in this time FOREVER!"

The ground became to rumble and we all fell. I called everyone into the driveway and they followed. Then the ground cracked separating us.

"Elizabeth!" Laszlo called

"Yeah!" I shouted back.

"I have a feeling this isn't going to end well, so bye!"

I nodded and mumbled "goodbye." Seconds later the ground broke, but I could still hear Brooke mumble in a deep dark voice, "Goodbye, and don't come back!"

I was Alice in Wonderland falling down the hole, but I don't know if it was bottomless, where it lead, or where the other 3 lead. This definitely didn't happen in regular time. I can't believe it's been only 2 days since I went back in time! I couldn't do anything, so I just closed my eyes- and waited.

I remember waking up listening to the sound of bus and car sounds. Also people were talking, but I didn't understand. Some people spoke English, but it was minimal. I woke up and looked around. There were many building and several people. I din't get it until Over a few building  saw the Eiffel Tower standing tall and still. Out of all things, I was in Paris the City of love all alone!

Walking around I was like a fish out water. Except I was a girl out of country. I was so different, I couldn't even communicate with them. I wanted to not exist. Nothing was going right. I wish I never used that stupid necklace in the first place. I wouldn't have been here, but always I probably would be in prison. So I have 3 years. Then maybe I'll turn in the other Elizabeth. If I get back to the country. First I needed money, hope, and a French to English dictionary.

I tried to get around, maybe look for money of the streets a little bit, but then I remembered why I was here. I went back in time, I can do that stuff! I started performing, then explaining people who I was, soon the money hat was filled (I found a hat on some guy's head). I was smiling again. I did something awesome. I made 82 bucks in PARIS. I'd never thought I do that!

I was sitting on the bench thinking about what has happened. I thought about Kelsey, Aurora, Brooke, and a lot about Laszlo. Where was he? Would I ever see him before I have to go to jail? I was kind of worrying now. I tried not to but I did. It was like jabbing myself in the side. Painful memories, painful feelings.

A mime came over and performed it's amazing how then cane make everything look like they're in a box. But their not and sometimes they creep me out. This one was good, I left him $5. He smiled at me and gave me a rose.

"Thank you," I said. He waved and went back to work. I sat down with that rose for a while. Then I stated thinking what if Laszlo were here. Would he have gotten me a rose. I chocked on my own words. Then I cried, a tear fell and landed in the flower. Then I silently cried a little more. Because that's what you do when your heartbroken, you cry. And I had a lot of feeling to left out. Because like i said before- I'm in the city of Love alone, all alone.