All Chapters of The Secret Door: Chapter 11 - Chapter 16

  Where are they? They couldn’t see anything. It’s like they fell into a deep hole. They try to feel their way around the darkness but they couldn’t touch anything solid. Again Grizzlebark never said anything about this abyss, or should there be a passageway here he forgot to mention? Van keeps his eyes open for a glint of light or something. “Ouch, Alice my foot,” Van groaned. “I’m with Don Van, I got his arm.” “That’s my arm Alice,” Cara retorted. “Well, it’s probably…” “Yeah that’s right, blame me Van,” Kirsten said harshly. “Wait, I have a flashlight here,” Don added. Don’s tactical light is powerful enough to illuminate the darkness for several feet. It’s actually Don who stepped on Van’s foot. Alice had grabbed Cara’s arm out of fear of being left in the darkness. Kirsten is on her knees and looking clueless. “This isn’t the school ground,” Don noted. “Are you sure your feathered friend is telling the truth,” Kirsten muttered to Van. “For your in

  “Can’t you see Van that I’m cursed,” said Cara after seeing the disbelief in Van’s face. “But it’s hard to prove Cara,” Van replied. He stowed the mirror back to his pocket, and it continues to glow. “Van, the moment I saw her, I felt unnaturally weak. And when you’re not looking, she muttered something incomprehensible, and I fell ill!” Van meant to say he didn’t saw her do that, but he holds his tongue. Since he and the rest are simply too sleepy to be observant to their surroundings, he can’t disprove that either. And Cara is not the type of person that will just accuse someone straightaway. And his dream comes to mind. You can never go back to your world. That’s what the voice keeps saying. What if it’s not a dream but a vision? A warning he must take heed. The mirror in his pocket is again making a non-verbal reminder in his mind and it says listen to your friend. “The best thing we could do now is to get away from here. Let’s wake the others,” Cara suggest

  “I see, you know Hanan, my mother,” Ana laughed, and only meaningless blabbers escape from Van’s lips. “She’s your mother?” Van managed to say. “Glad you still remember me Van,” Hanan said. And for Van, there is nothing stranger than seeing a mother that looks younger than him. “How can I forget how you almost caused me my school diploma,” Van muttered, as flashbacks of the Principal’s office replays in his mind. “You know her Van,” Don whispered as the rest try to relate to what is happening. “Remember when I was caught in the restricted hallway, and I kept saying I’m seeing an invisible girl?” “You mean that’s her Van…” “Yup, here she is,” Van answered. “And I didn’t believed you Van,” Alice said, her voice small and guilty.And their conversation is briefly interrupted by something grey and feathery. “Are they okay, I heard Azazel got them,” the Pigeon said in a panicky voice. “They are okay, don’t worry,” Ana answered as the Pigeon lands on Hana