Dark Mystery

Chapter 8

CASEY'S P.O.V.

Ring Ring Ring went the phone it was a Saturday morning the day of Sasha's birthday, I had been trying to call her all morning but there was no answer, so I called the house phone twice and still no answer I figured she must still be sleeping considering it was only 8:30 am, so I thought that I'd call her at 10:00 am.

I jumped in the shower feeling the hot water rain down on my body it was so relaxing I loved long hot showers in the morning.

Once I got out the shower I dried my hair and body and put my bath robe on, I went to my room and started applying my makeup and doing my hair. When I was finished doing my hair I realised that it was 10:30 and that it was time to call Sash.

Ring, Ring, Ring it went to voice mail I was beginning to get worried so I quickly got dressed and jumped in my car to make my way down to her place.

Once I arrived I pulled up and practically sprinted to her front door I nocked five times still no answer. SHIT now I was really getting worried were is she.

It toke me a few minutes to realise that there was actually no one at the house her dad wasn't home neither was her mom or her brothers. Oh no with all these dangerous creatures lurking around they could be anywhere. I quickly dieled chelseas number on my phone, she picked up on the fifth ring "hello" she answered in a polite voice "hey um can you meet me at my house" I said "ah sure why" " I'll explain later right now we have something important to attend to" "ok I'll be right over" , I hung up the phone and ran to my car I turned on the engine and I was on the main road in no time.

When I arrived at my house I saw Chelsea's SUV parked outside my drive way I pulled in and ran through the door to my living room were my mom and Chelsea were sitting, as soon as they saw me they looked at me questioningly, so I sighed and sat down.

"Ok so spill" said my mother "Ok well I'm freaking out because I don't now were Sasha is I've tried ringing her mobile and home phone but there was no answer and I just went over to her house to see if she was just getting ready but absolutely no one was there so I called Chelsea , to see if she could help me find her"

They sat there in silence for a few minutes absorbing this in when Chelsea spoke up "But why would creature want anything with her" she asked I shrugged my shoulders saying "I guess some creatures kidnape, fall in love with, use, hurt, and maybe some even kill" they sat ther thinking about it and then my mother said "Ok I'll call your father an let him know I'll see if he can get out of work if he can we'll go looking around the town you to need to search Sasha's house , the woods and the libary if you find her and her family or any trace of evidence that a creature did this you contact us understand" she said in a calm but firm voice we both nodded and set off for our journey.

We were in the car on our way to Sasha's house when Chelsea spoke up "so were do you think she'll be?" she asked I shrugged and said "I have absolutely no idea she could be anywhere. Huha I just hope she's ok" we sat there in silence for awhile until Chelsea broke it off by saying "you really care about her don't you" "yes I do we have known each other since kindergarten and we have always been best friends ever since the day we met" I said trying not to sound sad about her being in danger even though I was but I wasn't about to show Chelsea or anybody else my weak side especially not know I just wanted to find Sash.

Once we arrived at her house we went around the back to see if she was in the pool but she wasn't so we let our selves in we checked in all the bedrooms, the bathrooms, the living room and finally the kitchen but no one was there, "should we go look in the forest now?" asked Chelsea I didn't reply I was to shocked about Sash that I didn't even hear her she asked again and this time I heard her "um yeah" I replied shacking the sad look from my face and smiled "common we better move it if we want to find her unharmed" I said "ok" so we went back out the back door and around the side to find both her brothers and her mom looking at us with suspicion uh oh we better explain quickly this looks bad.

"oh hey roselie your home why don't we all go inside and I'll explain" I said with a slight nervous tone "ok Casey but there better be a good explanation for this miss Casey" she said in a firm but gentle tone.

Ok how am I going to explain this

(oh yeah um your daughter just got kidnaped maybe even killed by a mythical creature and were looking for her) I must have zoned out for a few minutes because they were all waving there hand and saying my name "huh oh sorry ah well you better sit down because this may cause something to happen like a heart attack" I said in the nicest possible way "uh ok" said roselie I toke a deep breath and started " well look Rose I've known you and your whole family since forever and you have always been like a second mother to me and you know that I will never lie or do anything bad to you or your family" I said now I was starting to panic how was I going to tell her this and the way she was looking at me was beginning to tell me that maybe she was going to have a heart attack "ok look long story short today is Sasha's birthday right" I asked "yes" replied roselie "well today I tried to contact her at least 15 times before I tried the house phone 11 times and there was still no answer so I came here and knocked on the door and noticed that none of you was home so I called Chelsea to meet me at my place and went from there once I explained to her we came here and went around the back because we thought she might be in the pool but she wasn't so we let ourselves in and looked in every room and no one was home until we saw you guy's we were about go look in the woods then the library maybe you guys can look around the town centre my perants are looking for her all around the town" I stopped there because I knew that this was not going to end well.

She sat there for a few minutes and soaked it all up "so your telling me that my daughter has been kidnaped?" she said with wet eyes I sighed as I gave her a hug saying "well I don't know for sure but so far yes I'm so sorry Rose I'm sure we'll find her I promise" I said but it wasn't very convincing. We sat there for a little while before getting up and going to look for Sasha.

"Ok we'll go look in the woods you three go look around the school and the grave yard. Oops that sounded bad. "um I mean like well" I stumbled "it's ok I know what you mean Cas why don't we meet back here at say 2:30 an if you two find her you contact me and the police straight away ok?" she said "yes" Chelsea and I said at the same time. "ok let's go see you then" Rose said before she left with the other two.

"Ok you ready?" I asked as me and Chelsea arrived in the woods "oh yeah I was born ready" Chelsea said with excitement. You know most people would be freaking out right now that they could be coming face to face with a mythical creature any second now but no like Chelsea said "we were born ready".

We toke a deep breathe and stepped into the forest "ok first let's go look this way" I said pointing to my right "ok lets go" Chelsea said so we set off for our journey to the right.

"Ok so far there as been nothing but trees and dead leaves around" I said but Chelsea wasn't listening she was looking at something straight ahead of his it was about maybe 100 meters "that looks like a lake or something" I said.

Chelsea and I ran over to the shimmery pond. There were lots of autumn leaves and heaps of branches on the floor. I felt a sharp stick scrape my arm. A small amount of blood trickled from the wound, but I was to distracted to care. I needed to find Sasha and I had to find her soon.

Chelsea was at my heels and we soon reached what appeared as a lake. I tiptoed carefully around a fallen tree before stopping dead in my tracks.

"I don't see Sasha anywhere. I really think things are getting bad," Chelsea said as she stepped away from the bank of the water. Chelsea walked further into the woods as I examined the lake closer.

There was a shadow at the bottom of the water, which made me look at a large floating object. What ever it was, it looked as white as a ghost and as still as a log. I felt my heart sink into my stomach followed by my stomach sinking into my feat.

The object wasn't a what. It was a who, and I was absolutely regretting my next move. I walked over to the edge of the water, I looked back one last time before flipping over the floating corpse.

All colour drained from my face as I recognized the drowned girl.

My best friend Sasha.