House of Anubis: Hope

Chapter 29 - The Second Battle: Never Ending Voices

Nina: It feels like we’ve been walking forever.

Emily: The cabin wasn’t this far, how is it possible?

Nina stopped for a moment. She looked back at Fabian.

Nina: Fabian, remember when you told us the story, better said situation, about you getting lost in the woods and the girl coming out of the cabin near you?

Fabian: Yes, but what does that has to do with this?

Nina: Remember you said that, when Emily found you, the cabin was gone?

Fabian nodded slowly, without fully understanding where was Nina going to with that.

Nina: And you Eddie, you said that the cabin probably moved places, and that was why he didn’t see it when Emily found him to take him home.

Eddie: Aren’t you suggesting that…

Fabian: … the cabin, after all, actually moves places?

Nina nodded with a smile on her face. It wasn’t a smile of happiness, that’s for sure, but for finding that information at the right time. She was a good listener.

Emily: How are we ever going to find it if it moves, then?

Everyone was in silence trying to think of a plan.

Joy: Wait. Do you remember what happened to the ashes?

Amber: Ashes?

Joy: Of Willow and Alfie, some hours ago. They blew away with the wind, but in what direction exactly?

Eddie: What are you thinking , Joy?

Joy: I’m actually thinking that where the ashes went to, is where we need to go.

Eddie: You’re saying that probably those ashes went directly into the cabin?

Joy: Not only that, but I believe the whole ashes scene was just a trick, to take Willow away from us. They needed her, for some reason.

Amber: Willow did tell me back in the house she felt something really bad was going on, not only in here, but in the house. I thought she meant Maddy.

Patricia: Maybe they had to take her away because she was closer to finding out what was going on than us, somehow.

Eddie: Or they are simply beating us, one by one. Until… we’re finished. It would be easier for them… to destroy us…

The thought gave Nina chills. She knew she needed to keep calmed, not only for her but for everyone. For anything that could happen.

Nina: It might be possible, but for now, we do what Joy said. We follow the trace the ashes did.

Emily: They went west from where we were standing.

Nina: That’s our way.

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Willow woke up, adjusting her eyes to the sudden light. A bright light hit her face, making it impossible to see. She stood up, weak and pale, and looked around. She was in the middle of nowhere.

Willow: Where am I?

She started walking, without having any clue, to where she thought she saw something. It was a tree. Sand got into her shoe as she reached the tree.

Willow: A tree in the middle of nowhere?

It was a big tree, with green leaves and white flowers. She sat down to take the sand out of her shoe. With the new shadow, she was able to see well. She was in the middle of a desert.