Amethyst Secrets Of Danburg

Chapter 05

The following day the bus arrives at the school where the parents await them. The bus stops and the surviving students rush to their parents. Ian gets down from the bus and sees Edwin who rushes to him and hugs him. "Are you okay? Please tell me you're okay?" asked the worried father. "I'm fine Ed, I'm fine but, wish I could say the same for others." replied Ian who breaks the hug.

"I got teams sweeping the woods for survivors, what happened?" asked Ed. "It's, well, um, we gathered at the camp and suddenly wolves, huge one who looked very purple appeared out of nowhere." said Ian. "Wolves? In Danburg?" asked Ed. "Believe me, I'm surprised as you are." said Ian.

"Ian, I know you been through a lot now but..." said Ed before getting interrupted by Ian. "It's alright Ed, I'll give a statement." said Ian. Ed pats on his shoulder then leads him to his car. Claire too sees her parents and rushes to them just like all other kids, they hug her tightly.

"Sweetie, are you okay?" asked Claire's mother. "Yeah, I'm fine." said Claire who then looks at Ian just as he gets on the car. Ed gets in the driver's seat and starts the engine. Ian then gets one look at the Amethyst in his hand.

The next day, suddenly his phone rings which wakes Ian up and just he is about to answer, it turns off, after a yawn, he takes the phone to see time only to see it's almost 2PM. He also notices he has received the 6 message and a missed call from Jim, 4 messages from Griffin and another 2 texts from separate numbers. He gets up from bed and heads straight to bathroom. After several minutes, he gets ready and heads to kitchen where Ed has left him a note. He grabs it and reads it. "Didn't wanna wake you, food's in the fridge, stay inside, that's an order." after reading it, he sighs.

Then he opens the fridge and takes the food to the table. Just as he prepares to eat, he receives another call. This time he answers it. "Ian, where the hell are you? Why aren't you answering?" asked Jim. "Took a long nap and you only called one time by the way." replied Ian. "Right, so um, do you have it?" asked Jim. "Right here." said Ian as he takes the Amethyst from his pocket. "Great, okay, meet me at our usual spot, I'll call the others." said Jim. "Why?" asked Ian.

"Why? Didn't you see the news?" asked Jim. "What news?" asked Ian. "There were 7 casualties, 4 are dead while 3 are recovering, the police are on double duty searching for survivors." said Jim. "Explains why Ed left, usual spot is too open, we need somewhere secure, you know what? Let's meet up at my place, call the others, we're gonna figure this out." said Ian.

"Alright then, meet you in an hour." said Jim as he hangs up. Ian then takes a look at his house which is in complete mess. "One hour huh? Better get to it." said Ian who rushes to arrange his house before welcoming his friends. Hours pass as the final guest, Anna approaches Ian's house and rings the doorbell.

The door opens and Anna is greeted by Ian. "Hey." said Anna who has also brought her backpack. "Hey, hop in." replied Ian who welcomes Anna into his house. Anna walks in and sees the rest of the crew are already there. She approaches them and sits next to Claire. Ian closes the door and approaches the crew, then he keeps the Amethyst on the table.

"Okay then, let's start, what the hell is this?" asked Ian. "You're asking me? You guys found it first" said Jim.

"I didn't, he did." said Claire. "Guys just stop, arguing doesn't help, not to mention, if it wasn't for this thing, we would have been dog food." said Griffin. "Not to mention that if we have that gem in our hands, it gives us abilities as long as we hold it." said Anna.

"Wolf food." said Jim. "Whatever, the point is that whatever those things were, they are connected to this gem." said Jim.

"Are you saying this happened because of us?" asked Claire. "Not likely." said Anna who opens her backpack and takes a few files out, she keeps it on the table beside the gem and opens each of them. All of the file contains newspaper articles from missing persons to wolf’s attack in Danburg Grove. Ian looks at it and immediately recognizes one of the photos in the file. "Is that?" asked Ian.

"Kaitlyn Alexandra, one of the missing persons case victims, or whatever cases that ends up in Danburg Grove." said Anna. "Where did you get this?" asked Griffin. "Pulled it from the old library." said Anna. "So, what does this have to do with what happened to us and that?" asked Griffin. "Don't blame me, I wouldn't have been there in a first place if little Sinbad hadn't snuck away." said Claire.

"I didn't sneak out, I just..." said Ian before getting interrupted by Jim. "Even if he did sneak out, why did you go after him? What's got you so worried?" asked Jim. "I didn't get worried! Thought he was up to no good so I followed him." said Claire. "Oh really, so you didn't fall for him, literally." said Jim. "For the last time, I slipped!" yells Claire.

"Shut up, all of you! Talking about the past isn't going to change things, we need to focus, starting with Ian, how did you find it?" asked Griffin. "I was fixing the tent, then I heard a whisper, a voice, it was kind of calling to me, I couldn't stop myself, I just went after it and then it was glowing and then… She happened." said Ian. "I asked you what was it? Nicely" replied Claire.

"Define nice." said Jim. "Jim shut it, Claire, you tried to pull the stone, why?" asked Griffin. "So, are we going to talk about the attacks?" asked Anna. "It can wait, Claire." said Griffin. "I don't know, I just... I wanted to see what it was, why are you asking me the questions? Anna's right, why are we even discussing this?" asked Claire.

"Woah, I didn't say that." said Anna. "She didn't." said Jim. "Okay fine, I said it alright? So, what if a purple gem we touched gave us powers? It could have been much worse." said Claire.

"Like what? A bunch of giant wolves chasing after us? Because that is what exactly happened." said Jim. "Why are you all pointing fingers at me when the person who is actually responsible is right here." said Claire. "Hey! What the hell did I do?" asked Ian. "Really? You have to ask?" asked Claire. "No one is pointing fingers." said Griffin. "So, it is my fault now." said Claire.

"Yup, definitely, at least you admit it." said Jim. Anna watching everyone argue, stands up and grabs the Amethyst from the table and uses it. "Okay I had it! Now everyone shut the heck up or i will scream to death!" Shouts Anna Telepathically. Everyone else shut their ears with their hands and finally surrenders. Anna then drops the Amethyst on the table.

"Geesh, didn't know you had a temper." said Griffin. "Everyone has their ins and outs, now back to point, let's start with what the heck is Danburg Grove." said Anna who takes a newspaper sheet from one of the files. "Here, in 1998, a group of hunters who went missing after hearing to Danburg Grove, the mysterious woods that has taken hundreds of lives." said Anna.

"What the..." said Ian as Anna points out another opened file. "In 2003, wild life photographers who went without proper authorization were massacred, autopsy reports indicate giant wolf bites were found in their bodies, Danburg Grove, a lovely woods with a dark surprise has always terrorized the people who venture in it, but this time, the police had found evidence relating to the attacks in one of the wildlife photographer's camera." reads Anna.

"Evidence huh? Might still be in the police station." said Ian. "So what? You're not going to sneak in your dad's office, aren't you?" asked Claire. "Maybe, if I didn't have a best friend who can teleport." said Ian who tosses it to Jim. Jim grabs it and absorbs energy without focus, causing him to teleport randomly across the hall, suddenly he teleports and vanishes then comes back then teleports again and this time comes in front of Claire who pushes him.

The gem slips from his hands as he teleports and falls on the wall, hitting his head on the window ledge and going conscious. "Maybe not." said Ian. "Oh my God, is he okay?" asked Claire. Ian goes to check on him. "Maybe, no thanks to you." said Ian. "We need to get better at our abilities before using them." said Anna.

"So, let's get better." said Griffin who takes the gem. "How?" asked Claire. "Demonstrating, I think I know just the place." said Ian.