The Life and Times of Bonnie Chance

Wolves in Sheep's Wool

"So... what happened, Carol? Are you up to talking about it yet?" Bonnie asked carefully once they were back under the sun, away from the dark that Carol had been so terrified in. She had managed to recover enough to stand on her own, but she seemed tired from the whole ordeal. "Before, you said something about being 'back'... Did you go somewhere?"

"Ah..." Carol said, sniffing. "Right, while I was alone in the darkness, I experienced something terrible and strange, let me tell you... I was in Ancient Egypt, 3000 years ago."

"Eh!" Jimmy and her friends gasped in surprise, taken aback.

'I think Bonnie's cousin might be tripping...' Jerry thought, sweat-dropping.

"What makes you say that?" Bonnie asked, furrowing her brow slightly in concern.

"There was a young pharaoh! And Isis was a queen ruling beside him! They were wearing ancient headdresses and kohl eyeliner!" Carol explained anxiously. She pointed to a bloodstain on her sweater's collar. "As you can see, this blood is from the stain of the sacrifice she made while I was there! I was about to be killed as well... It was really fortunate that you guys came when you did!" Unfortunately, it was obvious from the looks on all her friends' faces as they stared at her that they didn't believe her at all. Even Bonnie seemed to have some doubt. They all looked very worried about her.

"That doesn't make any sense coming from Carol!" Maria said. "Poor thing! You must have been scared out of your mind!"

"Maria!" Carol exclaimed incredulously. "I'm telling the truth!"

"It was probably a hallucination brought on by the darkness," Harry said logically. "If it was me, I would be frightened as well."

"I think the illusion was caused by fear," Jimmy said.

"Listen to me, you guys!" Carol said, starting to get frustrated.

"Relax, Carol. It's not like we're saying you're crazy or anything. It could've happened to anyone. You wouldn't be the first person to get carried away after being trapped alone in the dark. The mind can play really messed up tricks on itself," Bonnie said calmly.

"Yeah. You didn't take anything before going down there, did you?" Jerry asked, earning himself an elbow in the ribs from Bonnie to shut him up. Carol was a good girl.

"It's the truth!" Carol insisted stubbornly. "My hands are stained with blood! Look! There's even a stain on my clothes from when the blood dripped on me!" she exclaimed, turning pale again. "It's so freaky! Definitely not a dream!"

'... Now that she mentions it... that bloodstain on her collar does look like it dripped onto her from a high angle...' Bonnie thought, frowning slightly. And the corpses had been on the ground when they found them. None of the others who were with her at the time had any stains like that on them. So, why did Carol...? She shook her head. No way! She'd seen some pretty mysterious stuff before, but time travel? And Carol had only been alone down there for a few minutes.

"Hey, calm down, Carol! That bloodstain was from the corpse we've been in contact with," Jimmy said. "See? I got it on my hands too!"

"There's some on my hands too! It's disgusting!" Maria said, totally grossed out.

"Mine, too!" Harry realized, looking like he was going to be sick.

"No, that's different—!?" Carol began, when someone placed their hands on her shoulders from behind, startling her.

"How is it? Carol?" Isis asked as she loomed over the younger girl.

"I-I-Isis!" Carol exclaimed, trembling with fear.