Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Trick Or Treat ❯ Turbo Tumble ( Chapter 4 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

When Ami and Sapph were spewed from the large screen television they were overcome with relief. Not just because the rapidly disappearing television meant that they were safe from cannibalistic fairytale children, but because they knew that Katy would soon be safe as well. Sapph clutched the small key in her hand, holding it over her heart and sighed loudly, sounding more relieved than she probably was.

“Lets hurry. The quicker we can get to Katy the better,” Ami said as she stood and brushed herself off. Sapph nodded and followed behind as Ami led them from the living room into the dark, spider webbed hall towards Katy’s room.

Her fairy light began to glow almost as soon as they stepped into the hall. Though, as she walked down the hall she couldn’t help but begin to feel anxious. What would they find on the other side of the door? Would Katy be alive? Would she even be there? As she came closer to the door her fears began to run rampant as she and Sapph heard a low rumbling sound coming from the other side.

“Ami?” Sapph gulped and reached out a hand to take hold of Ami by the arm. Ami swallowed hard, listening to the threatening rumble on the other side, and carefully took the key from Sapph. She held her breath as she pushed the key into the oddly proportioned padlock and turned.

Click

“Ami...” Sapph began to tremble as the rumble grew louder, as though unlocking the door had enraged whatever was on the other side. The other bindings of the door fell away as Ami removed the padlock and tossed it aside. Ami looked back at Sapph as she wrapped her hand around the door knob.

“One,” she said and began to twist the knob.

“Two,” said Sapph as she watched Ami begin to push the door forwards.

“Three!” they exclaimed together and Ami shoved hard against the door. Sapph cried out in shock and frustration as Ami groaned and slapped a hand over her face. Before them was a washer and dryer, the dryer rumbling loudly with it’s load.

“This was supposed to be Katy’s room!” Sapph growled, so frustrated that tears began to form in the corners of her eyes. Ami stepped into the room and delivered a swift kick to the dryer, after which she hopped about clutching her abused foot.

The dryer’s rumbling slowed to a stop and Sapph lent down to open the door. No sooner than she had touched the handle she jerked away, looking at the thing in sheer horror.

“What?” Ami said, alarmed at Sapph’s abrupt action.

“I almost opened it! I can’t believe I nearly opened the thing! After we’ve been sucked through fridge ans televisions I nearly opened the dryer just to see what was in it!” Sapph sounded so shocked that Ami had to stifle a laugh. But Sapph was right, the appliances, at least the large ones, seemed to be portals.

“Well, let’s open the dryer. Maybe it will take us to where ever Katy is. Or at least give us a clue as to wether we’re headed in the right direction.” Ami lent down and reached for the dryer door, giving Sapph a forced smile of confidence.

“Alright, if you think we should.” Sapph took a deep breath, as though psyching herself up for what Ami was about to do and Ami pulled the door open, wincing as she did so.

Immediately they were blinded by white light, and both felt themselves being jerked forwards. Now, twice before they had experienced this strange way to travel, but this time seemed different. Ami could have sworn that she was tumbling head over foot throughout the blinding light until at last she felt herself hit a cold stone floor.

A second later she felt Sapph land on top of her with a rather harsh “Ouph” sort of noise. She waited for Sapph to roll off of her before attempting to get up and check out their surroundings.

It looked like a dim passage, the floor and walls made up of cold, grey stone that seemed to go on before them forever. There was light, but not from any source that she could see, and to her dismay her fairy light didn’t seem to be working.

“Ami, I don’t think this is another fairy tale,” Sapph whispered. Ami racked her brain but couldn’t think of any fairy tales like this one. She stood, holding out a hand for Sapph to take and frowned at the dark passage before them. There was no way back, so they would have to go forwards.

Sapph took her hand and Ami began walking, her eyes darting left and right for any sign of a surprise attack. But there was only solid stone walls and the occasional spider creeping along it’s web. They walked on in silence, sometimes holding their breath as the path curved ahead of them and sometimes stopping to wonder if they should try to turn back.

“Ami, what if we’re going in a circle?” Sapph questioned, slowing them to a stop.

“What do you mean?” Ami asked, looking before and behind them.

“The path always curved in the same direction, what if this stone passage is just a big circle? How are we supposed to get out?” Sapph asked. Ami blinked, that was a good point.

“Then I’ll make us a way out.” Ami turned her attention to the wall directly to her left and raised a hand. She tried to remember exactly how she had done fairy burst and realized that the power was based from her fairy light.

“Can’t do it, huh?” Sapph said.

“No.” Ami sighed.

“I’ll try.” Sapph said and made a quick jerking motion with one hand. To their surprise a rather large portion of the stone wall came flying towards them. Needless to say both dove for cover.

“Whoa.” Ami said, looking at the gaping hole in the stone wall Sapph grinned and pushed herself off of the floor. There was stone dust floating about in the air, but not bad enough that they hacked to death going through the hole.

Once again, Ami lead the way out and Sapph followed behind, now much more confident knowing she could do something as cool as breaking a wall apart with simple gestures.

Now outside the girls found that they were standing in a rather large garden where, twenty feet in front of them, a young man was sitting and strumming on a guitar. The song the man was playing sounded suspiciously like “Home” from Daughtry, and as he played he smirked wickedly at Ami and Sapph.

It wasn’t long before Ami swooped down, grabbed a rather large stone, took a few steps towards the man and hurled the rock right at him. This seemed to startle Sapph almost as much as it did the man, causing her to gasp in disbelief as the rock came dangerously close to smacking him right in the face.

It would have too. If not for the girl who had come out of nowhere and snatched the thing out of the air before him. She stood with her back to them, holding the stone in one hand while her tail lazily wagged back in forth, she didn’t seem to notice Ami or Sapph, instead she seemed completely focused on the man with the guitar.

“Nancy.” Ami said. Sapph ran past her, but Ami was frozen in place with shock. How was she there? How was she even alive? The answer came from the guitarist in one simple word.

“Sic,” he said and Nancy turned on them both. She snarled and Sapph halted quickly enough to manage a dodge in order to avoid a clawed hand as it struck the air where her throat hand once been.

Ami rushed forwards, grabbing Sapph by the arm as Nancy tried to claw her again, she pulled her backwards and they both fell to the ground, avoiding the attack. Ami wrapped her arms around Sapph and clenched her eyes shut, not wanting to see her friend as she mauled them.

Instead their was a loud, startled yelp and she opened her eyes to see what had happened. To her surprise she was glowing with fairy light, and surrounding them was blazing fairy fire. Ami breathed out a labored sigh of halfhearted relief as she watched Nancy pace back and forth in front of the fire, sweeping at it with her claws every other pace or so.

“Impressive Ami,” said the guitarist as he came up to stand beside Nancy. “But that won’t keep you safe for long. Now, tell me where Katy is, and I might let you and Sapph live.”