Characters United

Chapter 10

Liv POV

Elsie, Hattie and I sat on top of my fandoms rug. We were silent, for the first time ever. They were thinking about Lacey, Hannah and Emily. I was thinking of them too, but something else as well... I don't need to go into that. 2 weeks ago, Emily and Hannah disappeared. 4 weeks ago, Lacey vanished. We were the only people on earth who remembered them. Oh. And Lacey's brother, Robert and a few of his friends, I know what your thinking,

'Hang on. Didn't Hannah go and talk to Lacey's parents and Robert didn't remember her?'

Well, yes your right.

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So one night, after Emily and Hannah had gone, we crept into Robert's room and wrote their names in permanent marker on his wrist. He awoke and sat up immediately.

"Where are they? Lacey, Clarissa and Isabelle?" he asked. He didn't know that 'Clarissa and Isabelle' were just pretend names for them, and that their real names were Hannah and Emily.

"We don't know. But we need your help to find out." Said Hattie.

"How can I help?!" he asked.

"You'll see. Soon enough." said Elsie.

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We're not really sure how Robert's friends remembered them but oh well.

So now we were waiting for Robert. It was exactly two weeks since Emily and Hannah had gone. So we were having a sleepover so that we would all get taken together.

Someone knocked at the door.

"Come in!" I said.

The door opened slightly and a glove puppet poked his head round the door. Elsie and I looked at each other in almost terror.

"Please say this is the right room!" said a voice.

"Dude! You said this was the right room!" said another voice.

"Can we just hurry up were gonna be late! Dude! Can you stop reading!" said a third.

"No!" said a fourth, who must be the one reading.

"Will you all move!" said a fifth.

"Guys! Shut up! I'll check if it's the right room!" said a familiar voice.

Robert stuck his head round the door.

"Guys. It's the right room. You can come in!" he said.

Elsie screamed and whacked him round the face. "Are you crazy! Look at what I'm wearing. First of all, get out. Second of all, stop staring. And third of all, Liv decides when you come in!" she shouted.

"Els! Calm down! They're not gonna rape us! Think of the unicorns. Okay? Now sit down. Okay. I'm gonna give you this blanket and you can cover up with it." Said Hattie. She covered Elsie in the blanket and we shoved our clothes back on.

"Come in!" I said.

5 boys and Robert walked in.

"Sorry"he said. "My friends insisted that they come." He said glaring at them. They looked to the floor.

"It's okay!" I said. "I've got more sleeping bags in the cupboard!"

"Thank you." Said Robert.

I looked at the faces of the boys in front of me. I began to recognise them. I remember names.

"Umm. Leo is the guy with the puppet. Will is the guy who never stops reading. James is the one who said you were gonna be late and then told Will off for reading.

Joe is the guy who said 'Dude! you said this was the right room!' and Peter is the guy who asked if you'd all move!" I said.

Peter blinked. The others jaws dropped. They seemed to snap out of it pretty quickly.

I opened the cupboard. They peered inside.

"Whoa. Dudes lets go!" said Joe.

We walked inside.

Ok let me explain. My cupboard is actually just a box that when you go inside, extends into the next room. It's huge though. There is a sleeping area, a drawing area. An electronics area. A plug area. A dance area. A design area. A massive library area. And in the middle is a huge pile of sleeping bags.

I ran forwards pushed off the ground in the trampoline area and grabbed the sleeping bag off the top. As I was coming down, James shouted "Your gonna die! There is no cushioning!" I smiled to my self and said aloud "Cupboard activate jelly floor at 0.67 east 78.9 north!"

"Activating jelly floor." said the voice of the cupboard. Just as I was about to hit the floor. It turned into jelly and I canon-balled into it.

"Whoa!" I heard James say.

I climbed out and shook the jelly off my clothes. "Cupboard release the dryer."

"Releasing dryer." it said. A giant box appeared above my head. A massive gust of heat dried me off. Then 5 hands appeared and redid my hair.

I turned round to see all the boys staring at me. I turned red. I hated attention. I walked off with my sleeping bag and put it down in the sleeping area. I threw an old one and watched it land. It landed right in the centre of the library. Exactly where Emily put hers every time she came round.

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Robert POV

Liv threw an old sleeping bag and watched it land. It landed in the centre of the library. Her eyes widened and she screamed. She backed up against the wall, shaking.

Elsie and Hattie looked up. They looked to where the sleeping bag had landed.

Hattie sank to her knees.

Elsie walked up to a door, slammed her fist into a button and walked inside. The door closed behind her and a sign appeared, saying do not disturb. Moments later, glass and china could be heard smashing. Frustrated screams next. Finally, silence. Then sobbing. Lots of sobbing.

I looked over to Liv and Hattie but they seemed to caught up in themselves. Peter walked forward. He pressed the button and walked in. I looked at Leo out of the corner of my eye. What was going on?