the Shapeshifters

chapter 4

5 years later ( 10 years old)

Gemma's POV
Beep beep beep
I moaned. My alarm woke me up right at 7:00 am. I got up and went to wake up Serena and Hillary. "Guys, wake up". I shook them awake. "What time is it?" They asked. "It's 7 duh" I replied sleepily. We all went to the cafeteria to eat breakfast. Btw we live in a hotel now. No one was really up at this time. So we ordered our food and ate. In silence. The only thing that was ever in my mind was our parents. "Awkward silence" Hillary whispered. Me and Serena gave a little laugh. We both knew Hillary was just trying to cheer us up.

2 hours later later
Serena's POV
Wow breakfast was really awkward. We were so quiet. "Hey, do you guys want to go to the playground?" I asked them. We always get really bored at this time. " Ok sure." Hillary answered. " Gemma, you coming?" We called. "By the way where is Gemma anyway?" I asked. " Gemma, where are you?" Hillary called. " Idk where she is!!" Oh no I thought first our parents, and now our sister!!! Where could she be?

Hillary's POV
We started to panic. Neither of us had our own phone, so we couldn't call her. We rushed to the lobby, hoping she was there. But no, the lobby was empty. Then I saw the manager and asked her if she saw Gemma. " She looks like me, but shorter". I explained. "Hmm.... Let me think..." The woman said, tapping her glasses. "Oh yes, she just went out to the playground a few minutes ago. Are you her sister? You seem very concerned." Then Serena came down into the lobby. Then the manager saw her. "Oh! Am I seeing double?" She said as she saw Serena enter the lobby. " No ma'am, were triplets, the girl we were looking for is our other triplet". Serena replied worriedly. " We're trying to find her".
" Yes, well she's in the playground". The woman said. " Thanks!" We said, rushing off to the playground.

Serena's POV
We ran to the playground as fast as we could. Then I saw Gemma, sitting at a bench, her head facing down. "Gemma!" I yelled when I saw her. We ran towards her. "Gemma, what are you doing here?" Hillary asked. Tears ran down Gemma's cheeks, down to her chin. " I want mom and dad!!!" She sobbed. " It isn't fair! Look at everyone else! They're all happy with their own parents" she said looking at a picture of us and our mom and dad. " Hey, Gemma cheer up. I know what will make you feel better." I said with a smirk on my face as I looked at everyone else in the playground. Then Gemma's face lit up with a smile.

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Gemma's POV
First we ran into the woods, so that no one would see us. " This will be so fun!!!" Hillary squealed. Then we shapeshifted into snakes, and came out from the trees. "AAAGHHHH! SNAKES!!!!!" a woman screamed. Soon enough, everyone was running around, in panic. We hissed. They screamed. We slithered. They ran. Serena was right. Scaring people as snakes, and seeing them scream, was hilarious ( Not to be mean).