The Endless Adventure (2) by Sarah Doran (best new books to read txt) 📖

ducked down. I ran out of there as soon as I could.
“Amy is precious to so many people. How could I let her get taken?” I wandered sadly.
I yawned. I walked towards a cave and I went to sleep.
I dreamed I saw Amy. She was at her first house. She sat next to Emily. Her cheek was blackened from dust and her arms looked sore. She looked like she was going to pass out.
“I dreamed a really red man was coming after me to kill me,” Emily said.
Amy’s eyes softened. “If he came here you know what I’d do?”
“What?” she asked frightened.
“I’d fight him off and give him what for, for trying to hurt you.”
Tears came down in Emily’s eyes and she hugged Amy. Amy hugged Emily and got up. She left and came back with some warm milk for Emily. She drank it and laid down. Amy tucked her in and got out a book.
I watched Amy read it to her even when she was asleep. She stretched and turned the light out. I then saw I was at a dance. Amy was still in her dark yellow, stained up, cloths and Sapphire was in a blue dress.
“I can’t dance,” Sapphire whispered to Amy.
Amy watched some people dance and whispered to Sapphire and dancing with her explaining what she did wrong when she made a mistake. Suddenly a guy came up and pushed Amy out of the way and started dancing with Sapphire. She was grabbed by Ruby and brought outside. Ruby scowled at her.
“You shouldn’t embarrass me by falling on the ground you ungrateful brat!” she yelled.
I realized how the kids were the only ones who respected Amy.
The scene changed to when she was in her room. She looked so tired. Someone knocked on the door and Sapphire and Emily gave her a plate full of food. She looked at the in surprise.
“Here eat this,” Sapphire said.
“I couldn’t its your food,” she said.
“Well you follow our orders so eat it!” Emily said.
I woke up looking down at my hands. I felt so bad. She was never really appreciated by anyone, but Emily and Sapphire and I let her get kidnapped. I sighed and I heard a noise. I looked over and saw Emily and Sapphire walking around.
I walked out to them. “What are you guys doing in these dangerous woods?” I asked.
They jumped startled. Sapphire backed away.
“We are looking for Amy!” Emily yelled.
“Emily we don’t talk to strangers,” she told her little sister.
“I’m friend’s with Amy,” I said getting out a picture I had in my pocket Luna took of Amy and me.
“Sapphire its her!” Emily jumped up and down looking at the picture.
“Your right,” Sapphire said looking at me. “How do you know her?”
“I’ve been with her for almost three months,” I said shrugging.
“She was bought about three months ago,” Emily said. “Where is she?”
“That’s my problem. She was kidnapped from me,” I sighed.

I was on the ground in a big cage. The metal ground was warm under me. I looked at the metal top. Duress left a tray of food next to me. I ate it and left the water to drink later. It has barely been half a day I’ve been here and I was treated better here then at Ruby’s.
All he did was stare at me, stroke my hair, kiss me a lot, and get mad when I didn’t kiss him back. I fell asleep and when I woke up the door was unlocked. “Duress must of forgot,” I thought.
I looked at the door to the basement. I opened the cage door and stretched. I walked to the door and it was unlocked. I put my ear to the door and heard nothing. I opened it slightly looking out. No one.
I sneaked out the door and ran. I realized I was holding my breath. I teleported when I could and I appeared in a meadow. I was dizzy. I never ran so fast. I fell to the ground feeling like I was going to vomit.
I had to keep moving. My powers were still weak for some reason. I was sad I couldn’t teleport any further. I stumbled around and fell to the ground. I smelled the damp air and guessed it just rained. I moved forward and saw blood on the ground. It was near a tree. The blood was old. I remembered the day I came here when I scrapped my arm and met Jake.
Suddenly I heard noise that was distant. I looked up and at the speed of light I was hugged. “Amy!!” the person yelled. I looked at her dazed. I recognized the brown hair.
“Emily?” I asked surprised.
I tensed. I looked around afraid Ruby would jump out at any moment. Suddenly Sapphire hugged me. “What are you guys doing here?” I asked pushing them away so I could get up.
“We ran away from home, because Salina wasn’t as good as you are,” Emily said.
I heard a gasp from a distant. I looked over and saw Jake. He was worn out. “Amy,” he said walking over.
“Hi Jake,” I smiled.
“You two shouldn’t of ran away from Ruby,” I said.
“We don’t care!” they said.
“You have no room to talk Amy,” Derrick said.
We all looked over at Derrick and Duress.
Screaming Fear
Emily screamed loudly at the sight of Derrick. I remembered her dream of the red man. “Protect me Amy!” she yelled.
“Yeah Amy protect the brat,” Derrick said.
I pushed Sapphire and Emily behind me. “Who are you?” Jake asked looking at Duress,
“Well hello Jake. This is my twin brother Duress,” Derrick said.
“Run,” I muttered.
Sapphire grabbed Emily’s arm and started running. Fire burst in front of them before they got out of the meadow. “So we got run away kids and a run away adult. I guess you know them?” Derrick asked.
I gulped nodding slowly. Duress never took his eyes off me. “You teach kids a lot don’t you?” Derrick asked chuckling.
I growled. “Get lost Derrick and Duress,” Jake growled.
Suddenly Derrick backed away from his brother. Suddenly we all felt pains. “What’s happening?!” Emily screamed falling to the ground.
First Emily lost consciousness. Then Sapphire lost consciousness. Then Jake then me. When I woke up I was in the same cage I was before. Emily and Sapphire were in a smaller cage. Jake was in the corner in a small cage. He looked crushed in the small cage. He was too far for me to see his expression and it was too dark.
Derrick walked in the room and looked at me through the bars. “Why did you have to do that?” he asked. “Haven’t seen him this angry since our parents died.”
“Where am I?” Sapphire asked.
Emily gulped looking at Derrick fear on her face. He looked at her and Duress came down. Derrick opened their cage and took Emily out and stopped Sapphire from getting out.
“What are you doing?” Duress asked watching his brother hold the child his hands holding under her arm pits like his a father of a brand knew baby.
She squirmed and he held her tighter. Suddenly she kicked his jaw. He dropped Emily and rubbed his jaw. Duress grabbed her and she screamed. She struggled and kick, but pain didn’t bother him. Derrick flexed his jaw and growled. “May I?” he asked growling at Emily.
I understood what he was asking for. “Don’t hurt her!” I yelled. Standing up grabbing the bars angrily.
“Why not?” he asked stepping towards me. “Will you be willing to give your self up to me for the energy I crave?”
I nodded knowing I didn’t want to suffer the pain. Derrick looked at his brother and Duress nodded. Then Derrick closed his eyes and pain shot through me as he absorbed my energy away.
I tried not to scream and it worked pretty well. When he was done I realized I was holding my breath so I released my breath and breathed a little uneven. I swayed back and forth and Derrick torched my forehead and I fell to the ground on my back.
Derrick laughed and took Emily again. He sat in a chair and sat Emily on his lap. Softly he stroked her hair and kept a hold on her arm if she tried to get away.
“I guess you wish you never saved Anna don’t you?” Duress asked.
“It wouldn’t of mattered. She would have died before I could get to her so I’d somehow find someone else or when they were watching the house I could have gotten one of them. Even if it wasn’t Amy she’d still come and save them,” Derrick said.
“What if she never followed her dreams?” Duress asked.
“I might of decided to follow my dreams,” Jake said in the corner.
“We would have had these brats anyway because somehow Anna would have managed to steal the stone, bring me back, and I would have went to houses taking energy and killing. Yes I could see that. Then again they would be dead,” Derrick said looking at Emily and Sapphire.
“No! Amy said if you ever tried to kill me she’d kill you and give you what for!” Emily yelled.
“Then Amy would have died first I would see she comes back and then I would have taken her. Simple as that,” he said.
“No then we would have come to get her back!” Sapphire growled.
“You would have died,” Duress said.
Sapphire growled at him and he got mad. His skin turned blue again and he grabbed her out of the cage and threw her across the room. “Sapphire!” Emily yelled jumping down to get to her. Derrick held her back.
“Why are you named after a gem?” Duress asked confused.
“I was first born and my mom named me after a gem like her,” Sapphire getting up.
“That’s weird,” Derrick said.
“Ruby isn’t weird!” Emily yelled.
“So what’s your name? Emerald or diamond?” Duress asked laughing.
“My names Emily!” Emily yelled.
“Weird family. So what about her?” Duress asked looking at me.
“Her parents died and Ruby was camping with her husband and they found her and took her home. And according to my mom she didn’t look like a new born. So we don’t know her birthday or anything so we had to name her,” Sapphire said.
“So she became a slave?” Jake growled.
“No. Ruby didn’t want her to do nothing. But she watched her husband working and she started working,” Emily replied.
Derrick thought about it for a second. “Makes somewhat sense. Its to bad she had to run away from there and be with him,” Derrick said looking at Jake.
“No she was bought by two dudes,” Emily said.
“They ditched me when a flock of blue birds came down,” I said.
“Saved the leader?” Derrick asked.
“Yes,” I said.
“Oh, look I feel like I know you all. Almost,” he said “Got to admit. The pathetic cat has some past.”
“’Pathetic cat’?” Emily asked.
“Yes, that’s Amy’s nickname for being a cat and weak,” Derrick said.
“She’s not a cat,” Sapphire said.
“Oh really?” Derrick said. “Amy why don’t you show them how you turn into a kitten.”
I heisted. “Its okay if you choice not to I can just kill them,” he said softly putting them in their cage.
I gulped. I looked at Emily and Sapphire. I took a deep breath and concentrated with my eyes closed. I heard gasps and I looked down at the my fluffy white paws.
“You’re a cat?!” Emily asked shocked.
I walked towards the