Down the trouble off we go

Chapter 19

Nowhere could he find Peter or Charlotte. He walked and walked and walked but the forest seemed to be never-ending and after going in a loop thrice he gave-up and sat again on the very place he found himself when he woke-up but this time with a gasping breath.

Suddenly memories started flashing in his mind as it does when one is alone... good memories,  memories you could always go back to and no matter how tense you are or how small or distant those memories appear they continue to bring a smile on your face. For David that memory was of a play he had done which had cheered-up everyone in the old-house.

It so happened ,as David now sat in this wilderness and dwelled back in time,  that he was chosen in a play of a near-by school something which came as a complete surprise to him but the most astonishing part of it was that he didn't even go to that school. His schooling (which lasted for a very short period) was done by a much cheaper school and at that certain point in time the winter vacations were going on. David was playing in the garden when a lady walked by him (outside the garden ofcourse). Now what David didn't notice was that the much unnoticed lady (by him) had noticed him greatly.

The other day he was called to that particular school accompanied by grandma Laura. David was hopelessly sure nothing special except a complain was gonna happen and so complied the thoughts of grandma Laura which he could easily read (her thoughts) and so said " come-on gran-lan (he was much Frank with her at that time) I haven't done anything." He said this while staring straight at her and in a split of a second the face of Laura Annabeth was replaced by a white paper right and the first thing that caught his eye on that page was , written on top of it with red-ink, 'Beauty'.

His mouth opened slightly and he looked up and saw a French woman most apparently the principal of the school (who also happened to be the woman who noticed the spark in him). She had a strict face and tightened lips with a glimpse or two of utter kindness.

He quickly closed his mouth while grandma Laura asked chukling" I'm sorry but have you chosen my grandson to play 'Belle' in the beauty and the beast play being held at your school?!" The principal raised and eyebrow and said with forgetfulness showing itself in her tone " oh" and saw the page then gave a clumsy half - smile and shuffled from the bunch of pages in her right hand and handed him the another page. On this 'Beast' was written. This ofcourse tactically confirmed their doubts.
  
Coming back to his present situation he smiled heartily at that thought and how that play was immensely appreciated by everyone especially his acting. Ironic as it seemed to him he did told this to himself that it was beast that build the very well-mannered character of David! Then suddenly the smile became heavy as it rolled a tear and they just didn't stop even though he didn't whimper because of the crying. Soon he laid down on the ground.

After a long deep and somehow empty silence. A female voice came and said  "need any lysozomes now?" David quickly wiped his tears and looked back, sitting up.  It was Charlotte! With a gentle smirk on her face. He smiled and sighed and turning round to look ahead said " sometimes you need an excuse to cry not a reason." Charlotte nodded with Locked lips as she came forward to sit beside him. Then looking at him with a slight mischievous tone she said
" deep"
"Very deep" came David in an obvious tone nodding.

They both laughed.

David saw Charlotte's eyes glistening and suddenly asked "Charlotte... where you?"
"Nowhere" came the quiet blunt answer in a blunt tone and that is when he realized that Charlotte's eye colour had somehow turned to blue!!

Alert he asked " Charlotte what happened to your eyes?"

Suddenly

The sweet smile slowly started turning  into a deep nothing! The eyes, lips, mouth and ears all started twisting inside and on the face . David rapidly stood up and felt like he'd vomit then he saw Charlotte's hand coming to grab him and without a second thought started running away from her. He saw Charlotte speaking (while running away from her) in a baby tone but without any lips just darkness that covered the face and a reddish-brown sparkle showing slightly, sometimes " come-on daddy - come and help .... COME-ON" she screamed half-way through her sentence and almost flew towards David almost catching him as he dived and sensed a stick placed on the ground,  grabbed it and hit it straight in the middle of the face (or atleast where the face should have been) just in time. He then only heard what he heard and he heard a deadly, defeaning scream filled with a somewhat aura of evil and horror.
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David again felt falling into deep swirls he did know or perhaps something or someone told him that he was safe and he took a leap of faith to rely upon that something or someone not knowing why , not knowing what was happening  and in all these wavering , fading thoughts ... he blacked-out.

                                                                            
ASSALAM-AU-ALAIKUM, HELO, Ola & ni khao as I am out of GREETINGS now!
Anyhow
I just modified the previous update since it was very short! Now you enjoy this one and do not forget to vote and to comment and basically all other steps to let me know that you know that David doesn't know where he ought to go which should be a thing we all should know otherwise we wouldn't know where David doesn't know he is going and then we wouldn't know the story .... or would we know??!!!

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Ms. Purplehearts
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