Post by captianarc on Jan 17, 2009 14:00:06 GMT -5
UM Ok I can't seem to get onto fanfiction.com and I tried for hours so I hope it is ok to put my fanfiction here. I'm super sorry if its not. So feel free to move it.
OH! I don't own Rule of Rose
or
Lord of the Flies and
The True Confessions of sharlet Doyle
which helped inspire this idea.
I do plan to modify it, but I need some time to wright the rest. I know it sucks but if you let me I promice I won't let you all down and it will be a nice reed.
Jennifer
The poor, unlucky girl who has suffered many losses in her past. She locked all her memories away after the loss of her friends. Years later she went back into her memories to search for them. She eventually finds her memories of the time she spent at Rose Orphanage and the death of her dear friend Brown. She also recalls the murder of the orphans as well as the suicide of Gregory. Yet part of her realized something was missing, another part of her tragic past. This past, just as dark as the first, brings her to a new place by a man that has more to do with her than she could have ever realized.
Spot
A Dalmatian that was given to her by Allen. Spot is Loyal and will listen to Allen and Jennifer but makes Jennifer remember Brown because the share the same eyes.
Allen
A boy with a fondness for poetry. He seems to have a strange tie to Jennifer’s past and is very kind to her. He is also the one who gave Spot to her which he thought would make her happy, but unknown to him it brings back memories of the orphanage and Brown. He tells Jennifer that he is looking for his dear little sister who was taken from him when she was only 5. He is a Jury member in the Court of Flies. He says he has only been with the court since June 21, 1929.
Mason
The Leader of the court of flies whose rank is the Judge. He is very paranoid and doesn’t trust anyone, even the others aboard the cruise liner in the court. He had a past with the Rose Orphanage and seems to know about the aristocrats of the red crayon and says they are the courts rivals. Jennifer says she has never met him but he seems to know about her as well as her being involved with the aristocracy. His dream is to find the real lady he once knew.
Joshua
A boy who seems very familiar to Jennifer yet she can’t put her figure on it. He is also kind to Jennifer, but follows Mason’s order without fail. He is ranked with the jury in the court of flies. He is also the one who gives Jennifer the strange stories that look similar to the time she was in the orphanage.
Roger
A strange man who looks out for the kids aboard the ship. He has a strong sense of justice as well as a hope for world peace. It is said he travels the world on many types of ships including airships and cruise liners.
Ezekiel
A boy who is very expressive, but afraid of the outside world. He is normally seen with his pet mouse. He only wishes to befriend someone who is not afraid of the outside world and will listen to him. His rank is the prosecutor in the court of flies. He says he has only been with the court since June 14TH 1929.
Noah
A very independent and intelligent boy who is ranked defense in the court of flies due to the fact he hates Mason. He doesn’t have many friends because he is always too much into his research. His wish is to find some one who is into the same things as him so he can have a conversation with them. He says he has only been with the court of flies since June 7TH 1929.
Kate
A young girl with a habit of copping others. She is a Jury member.
Edward
The youngest member of the Court of Flies. He loves animals, except dogs. He is a jury member.
Jason
A boy who get frustrated very easily and has a strong resemblance to Amanda in looks and personality. He is a jury member.
Artemis
A young girl that loves anything fast. She is a jury member.
Captain Arc
The captain of the cruise liner. Though he seems noble there is more to him than meets the eye. He is also the one who let Jennifer on the ship without a ticket.
Simon
Captain Arc’s first mate and for some reason hates Jennifer with a passion. He has a fascination with Snakes.
Carry
Women with a passion for painting. Her paintings are very hard to explain. She is very close to Joshua.
Anthony
A stowaway aboard the ship.
The Executioner
The one who brought Jennifer to the Cruise Liner and says it is time to remember the rest of your forgotten past. He has ties to Jennifer that go far back than Rose Orphanage. He is always wearing a mask so no one knows who he is. He says he is obedient to the laws of the court of flies
Court Of Flies
A court run by a group of kids who believe there laws are true justice. They see themselves as the rival to the Aristocrats of the Red Crayon. But how are they conected to Jennifer and the Aristocrats?
Setting
The story takes place in 1932 to 1933 on an old Cruise Ship that is ruled by the court of flies.
Prelude
After Jennifer's fist quest to find her lost past she finally decides to ride the bus back home. Yet unknown to her she isn’t going home but to a new place with sadness and horrors far beyond any she could ever have imaged. And so the second part of the poor lonely girl’s adventure continues…
The Story
February 1932
The Adventure
Jennifer, now riding the bus that took her on this crazy trip back home with the promise to protect the memories of her past. Suddenly she notices the boy who brought her hear and believes it is Wendy trying one last time to stop her from leaving. She goes over to him and says, “I have accomplished what I came to do so please Wendy.” Then interrupted he says,” You know Wendy, well you must be Jennifer. You must think I am her that silly girl.” Jennifer puzzled says, “You know her?” He starts to laugh and says “Of course, and I know you to.” Jennifer confused says,” I don’t know you, and why are you here. I’m going home.” The boy looked at her very sadly and said,” You’re wrong on both accounts. First off you do know me and that means you forgot. Second, you aren’t going home. And as to why I am here well let’s just say you only unlocked half of your memories.” Jennifer stood there with a blank expression and yelled,” So there is still a part of me I can’t remember.” The boy turned and looked out the window and said in a strange eerie voice,” He has come. Jennifer I want you to read the book or else you will die.” She looked at the books cover and read The Adventure. Then she looked up again and the boy was gone. Suddenly the bus started to rock as if some outside force was hitting it. Then she remembered what the boy said. She opened the book.
It Read
Once upon a time there was a precious little girl.
This girl had suffered the loss of her parents who she adored very much.
This girl was then found by a man.
This man was kind to her but would not let her leave his home
Then she was found by a princess who promised to rescue her.
She left and made a promise everlasting, true love, I am yours.
Fearing one of the other princesses or princes would take her from her she told them to be mean to her.
Then she suffered under the aristocrat club.
Then she found a friend.
She and her friend were always together.
This made her princess very sad and jealous.
Eventually she commanded that either her friend die or her.
Afraid she chose her friend.
Then she lost her friend.
Angry she attacked her princess and stood up to the aristocrats.
The aristocrats then dethroned the girl’s princess and she became the princess.
Not thinking the former princess ordered the Stray Dog to kill all the new princesses’ friends.
So she lost her new friends.
Yet the former princess could not bring herself to kill her beloved and gave her a way to kill the Stray Dog.
She was then killed by Stray Dog.
So she looses her princess.
Then Stray Dog became the man that had saved her and ask if the princess would help him.
She helped and then she lost the nice man.
Then one day the precious little girl was taken in by a new family.
But soon after was taken from her new family and to a new place by a strange man.
Jennifer finished but the bus did not stop rocking. Then suddenly the bus flipped.
Afraid and with no were to go she sat in the upside-down bus preparing for the end when
An arm punched through the window and pulled her out. The man then said in a dark voice, the time for your punishment has come. She then fainted.
When she awoke she found herself in a port with only one ship. Her wounds were gone but she still felt weak. She managed to push herself to her feet and walked to the ship. A man that looked familiar to her was standing near the entrance. The man approached and said,” you’re late.”
Jennifer confused by the man’s comment said,” What do you mean?” The man just smiled and said,” Ticket please.” Jennifer looked at him and told him she didn’t have one. “Well if that’s not a problem I can’t fix then I wouldn’t be the captain of this fine ship,” the man said laughing. Then he pulled out a ticket and said, “My dear girl you better get on or he will get you.” She looked at the ship and wondered if it was really safe. Then as she was about to ask the captain what he meant by he, but the man had vanished. Suddenly she heard a voice that she recognized in an instant; it was the man with the mask who had turned the bus over. Scared beyond recognition she ran without looking back to the ship but before she could reach the ship the ramp under her feet fell. She managed to get a hold of the side but could not seem to pull herself up. As she hanged there on the side of the ship, witch had just started moving, she felt her grip loosening. Just as she was about to loose hope she heard a bark. She thought it was just her fear getting the best of her until she felt a hand. She looked up on the ships deck and saw a boy trying to pull her up with a dog barking write next to him. “Don’t worry I won’t let you fall, just stay come,” the boy yelled. Jennifer felt like she could trust the boy even though she had never met him before.
The boy managed to pull her to the deck. When Jennifer caught her breath she said,”Thank you so much.” The boy smiled and said,”Don’t thank me, it was Spot who found you.” Then Jennifer remembered the barking and looked over toward the dog. It was a Dalmatian that had the same eyes as her beloved friend.
Suddenly a bell rang that sounded familiar to her. “Well the court is starting so we must get to lobby write away,” the boy told Jennifer. Jennifer even more confused than ever asked,” What is this court.” The boy then told her there was no time to explain and that if they didn’t get to the lobby of the ship they would be punished. Then the boy ran off telling Jennifer to follow him. Jennifer managed to follow the boy running boy until she bumped into a very large man that looked like he worked on the ship.
“If it isn’t the little two face nark. I have work to do now, but when I am done you will be put in your place,” he said in an angered voice. Jennifer apologized and ran off to find the boy. It was no use though; she had lost sight of him. Then she noticed a map on the wall. She remembered that the boy had said they needed to go to the lobby so she found it on the map and found her way.
As she walked through the halls she noticed that the ship seemed almost vacant. Then suddenly she saw something. She approached it quietly but could not tell what it was until her foot stepped on a loose board. The thing put its head up and slowly turned its head. Then she heard whispers in the background. As the Whispers grew louder she could hear what they said:
The Nark, the Nark
The Nark must be punished
She told a lie, she told a lie
And now she must… die.
Then she noticed the creature as it drew closer to her. It was a monster with a flies head and a human body. It was holding a knife. She ran down the hall, but the creature was close behind. Then as she turned the corner she noticed there were more coming. She noticed a door close to her and she ran inside it. When she went in the room she noticed an ax. Without thinking she grabbed it and waited for the creatures to come through the door. When they finally did she was attacked but without any hesitation she swung the ax. The creatures sank to the ground, but to her surprise they vanished. Then she said to herself, “This can’t be happening again.
Suddenly out of nowhere the boy that was on the bus appeared before her. The court waits, this way please.
She finally reached the door that took her to the lobby with the boy’s guidance. “One word of advice, if you hear the bell go to the lobby or the beasts will get you,” the boy said. Then without another word the boy ran into the lobby. Jennifer followed and noticed the door that seemed to look like the door the aristocrat club had back at the orphanage. “What’s going on,” she thought to herself. She opened the door and then was grabbed. She was then thrown into a seat.
“So you finally show up, you know it’s no nice to keep us waiting,” a boy with a dark voice said laughing. As Jennifer lifted her head she noticed the room she was in looked like a warped version of a court room. She stood up and noticed a boy was sitting next her. The boy spoke in a rather sarcastic manner saying,” Welcome to the Court of flies, and I am Noah your defense.” Jennifer looked at him strangely and said, “Defense! What do I need a defense for I have not done anything wrong?” “This court will be the judge of that, and from what I hear you have done plenty,” He said in a strict voice. Jennifer noticed the boy on the other side of the court who was talking. “Silence Ezekiel, I am the Judge of the court of flies and you are the prosecutor which means I out rank you. I shall be the one to explain to her the rules of our court. Well if you can’t tell Jennifer we are the Court Of Flies and we are the rules of this ship. You will obey us and as long as you do that as well as run us an errand every month we shall not harm you. You see you are condemned to obey us because the jury has ruled 4 to 2 that you are guilty,” he explained.Of what? I just got hear and have done nothing wrong,” she asked in an irritated voice. “Well if you really must know of murder,” he said. Jennifer shocked at the accusation suddenly realized what was happening; somehow these boys were like a carbon copy of the aristocrats of the red crayon and she was reliving that nightmare all over again. No matter what she said she could not convince them that she was not “guilty” of murder. “I am not doing it. I have already done this once and I won’t do it again,” she stood up saying with a firm voice. The boy became furious seemed to quickly examine the girl for a weakness, until suddenly his expression changed. “Oh I see, you must be referring to the time you were under the aristocrat club. How funny, you think I am like those good for nothing girls, well unlike them we have real punishments hear and a real punisher to do them for us that only listens to me, Mason Judge of the Court of Flies. Oh Executioner please punish this foolish girl who refuses to listen to the laws of our court,” Mason said in an angered voice. Suddenly Jennifer realized that a figure had been standing behind Mason. She knew who it was, that man with the mask. The man walked forward as if thunder was booming with every footstep. She felt her heart skip a beat. The man grabbed her by the throat and said, “Those who refuse to obey the rule of flies will be punished. You will be punished,” he said in a startling voice. He then dragged her to the deck and took her by the neck again and said, “In you go.”
Suddenly a member of the jury who were all dressed in what seemed to be raincoats spoke. We the jury overrule any such action against the accused. When the man heard this he swung Jennifer back to the deck and said, “The time will come you poor, unlucky girl when punishment is laid out upon you.” Then the man left. The boy took off the hood and to her surprise it was the boy who had saved her from falling off the ship once before. Mason angered said, “Why did you interfere Allen, its not like I was really going to throw her overboard, at least this time, as long as she swore an oath to the court.” “I know you Mason. I’m so sorry Jennifer you had to go though that,” Allen said. Yet to Allen’s surprise she fainted write there.
March 1932
The Snake and the Tattle Tale
When Jennifer awoke she realized she was on the deck. Write next to her lie a note and another storybook. She decided to read the note first.
It read:
To Jennifer,
I am sorry for what you had to go through. There are a few things you need to know about this ship and the court of flies.
The first is that there is a strict rank System you should be aware of. It is as followed:
The highest rank is
JUDGE-Mason
The next rank is split between
Prosecutor- Ezekiel and Defense- Noah
The next rank is shared by the other members of the court including me.
Jurors
Take into account that the Jurors can stop a decision made by the Judge if more than half of us vote for it to change.
Finally there are the accused.
You reside in this rank if you are guilty or being proven guilty.
Next do not trust any of the adults aboard this ship except:
Captain Arc or Roger
They both look after us. They others are well lets just say evil.
Finally I want to loan you my dog Spot. I love him to death but you need him more with only me as your friend on this ship. He can find objects if you give him the command find and will protect you from the beasts.
OH! One last thing. I am your knight princess so please don’t forget to call if you need help and I didn’t vote you guilty.
Sincerely you’re Knight,
Allen
Jennifer felt like she could trust this Allen, but what did he mean by her knight she thought. Then she picked up the story book and read it.
It read:
The Snake and the Tattle Tale
On an old mountain there lived an evil king.
This king was mean to all of the villagers.
One day the villagers decided to kill the king.
Yet alas there was one person named Tattle Tale who did not see the king as evil.
So she went to the king and told him of the villager’s plans.
The king then went to the village and slaughtered all the villagers without mercy.
Then one day the king realized that his knights had also planed on killing him.
He first treated the night very badly.
The knight knowing tattle tale was responsible tried to kill her by sneaking the king’s most precious snake into her room to bite her.
The king caught him and had him bit with the very same snake that he planed to bite her, and then beheaded him.
Jennifer closed the book and saw the man who she had bumped into on her way to the court. She also saw the Captain Arc walking by seeming to be looking for something. Then she saw him move toward the man and grabbed him by the neck and put throw his face into the floor and yelled, “Dose this look perfect to you Simon, I want perfection!” She couldn’t believe this was the same nice man who had given her the ticket. Then she noticed that one of the man’s figures was missing.
As the captain walked away Jennifer ran to Simon and asked, “Are you alright?” Suddenly the man turned and pushed her and yelled, “Stay away you horrible little girl. You don’t fool me!” The man then walked away. Suddenly the girl heard a bark. She recognized it, it was Spot. She ran to wear she heard the noise. She found Spot but to her surprise it was tied to a leash by the lobby door. She let it loose and noticed a sign on the door. To those who are accused this month we require that you bring us a fang of a snake. Jennifer pondered at why they wanted such an item, but also at the thought of reliving the orphanage over again but then she thought about the executioner and realized she had no choice for the time being. She wasn’t afraid for herself that much, but was afraid what Allen might do if she were to stand up to the executioner and Mason. Then another thought went across her mind. How did Mason know about the aristocrats of the red crayon anyway!?
Jennifer decided to put her worries and questions on hold and explore the ship a little while searching for this Snake Fang. She called to Spot and the dog loyally came. To her it was as if she was with her old friend again. Yet in her heart she felt a deep sadness when around Spot, but Allen trusted the dog to her and she would not let him down.
As the two looked around the boat they came across a strange rope with a pattern on it. She picked it up and realized that it wasn’t a rope but rather a skin shedding of a snake.
She looked at it horrified and said, “You mean there is a real snake on this ship.” Judging by size of it looked pretty harmless but something about this didn’t feel right. She then remembered how she got Brown to help her find objects in the orphanage and that in Allen’s note he had told her that Spot could do the same. She called Spot over and said, “Find.” The dog immediately sniffed the object and ran off to a new area. Jennifer followed close behind until she came across a somewhat familiar boy.
When she came to the boy he spoke, “So I see the Nark managed to find a friend in Allen seeing you have his dog.” Jennifer then responded saying, “I recognize you. You were one of the jury members who helped when the executioner was going to throw me overboard.” With a glare the boy said,” I only did it because I don’t think anyone should be punished without a proper trial. Allen is a friend of mine and most of the rest of the jury, so as long as you have him on your side you should not get hurt to badly,” he said with a grin on his face. Then Jennifer heard the dog start barking by the boy. “Ah, yes you must be looking for the snake. Captain Arc is looking for it to. Be warned dear Jennifer this is no ordinary snake, but rather one who has a tendency to hate its master and will do anything to stay away from him. I believe that you want this,” he explained. It was another snake skin. Yet this time it was much larger. “I Edward the great safari master shall also find the snake because I am not only friends with Allen but the great Mason as well. He told me that if I found the snake I get to see the end of Spot. I hate that nasty thing,” the boy said while walking away.
Spot then examined the second snake skin and followed this sent to another which was once again bigger. When she reached the third something in the air seemed different. She heard whispers like she had when those beasts attacked her. The voices said:
Tattletale oh foolish tattletale
You think we will forget
That dark and damp night
Tattletale who told a lie must die.
Jennifer noticed that those so called beasts that attacked her were back. There were four of them but even though three of them looked like they did before, the fourth had the head of a snake, but for some reason had the body of Simon. Jennifer pulled out the ax which she had tied to the back of Spot and prepared for a battle with them.
Jennifer managed to defeat the three fly beasts but couldn’t seem to hit the Snake. The snake attacked with bite after bite. Jennifer managed to barely dodge the bites. The snake then started spilling venom from its mouth. Jennifer saw that it was trying to make it so she could not get close to him while at the same time trapping her. Then it came in for the kill. When it did Jennifer swung the ax. The snake jolted its head back. Then Jennifer ran across the venom with Spot close behind realizing that if they stayed in one spot they would get hit. Though they made it across they were both feeling the effects of the venom. After the recoil the snake turned and readied for the final blow against Spot. Jennifer remembered then what had happened to Brown due to her fear and didn’t want to see it happen again, so she ran at the snake with all her strength and hit its neck with a fatal blow. The snakes head fell off and its body the other way. Jennifer saw a note fly near her after the battle.
It Read:
July 12, 1932
We came so close but some how he found out about are plan. That evil man killed all the adults aboard this ship except me and some strange man by the name of Roger.
July 15, 1932
Now I see how he found out. That Nark of a girl will pay for what she has done. I may not be able to stop him, but at least I can get revenge on my fellow crew. I have devised a plan to kill her, but I may get caught because it involves his snake. If I do please unlock the safe in my room. There will be the evidence to prosecute that horrible man. The code is…
The rest of the page was cut off. She felt the venom’s effects and fainted.
When she came to, she realized she was in a new room. She looked around and saw Allen in the room with her. Allen noticing her looking at him came over and said, “Captain Arc found you unconscious and brought you to the sick bay. Well you have done well. I have a present for you,” he said smiling. He put a box next to her and told her he had to get to the court and that she better as well. Then Jennifer realized she had forgotten to get the snake fang. Then she noticed the box. She looked at the card first which read:
To My Dear Princess
From your knight
She opened the box and inside was a snake fang. She ran to the lobby and put the fang in the box. The door opened and she was pulled inside. Once again she stood in front of Mason. Mason then spoke, “So will you obey or will you be punished.” Jennifer looked into the jury and saw Allen with Spot. “Yes, I will obey,” she said in a rather sarcastic tone. Mason satisfied said, “Welcome to the court of flies my Guilty Nark."
July 1932
Walking the halls of the ship to learn how to get around Jennifer came across a room. When she opened the door she was pulled inside by the boy who was on the bus. “Well how are we doing today? I have a new storybook for you. My friend helped me with this one,” the boy said in a happy and proud voice. Jennifer looked up and noticed a women sitting in the room with the boy and her. The woman was painting a strange picture. Then suddenly the woman put down the brush and walked over to Jennifer and said, “I hope Joshua hasn’t been too much of a handful. He really means well.” Jennifer looked more closely at the women. She was a very beautiful woman with brown hair and green eyes. She was well dressed and seemed to be a warm person. “Well if you wouldn’t mind its time to get started,” the women said in an eerie voice. “What do you mean?” Jennifer asked confused. “Well you see Joshua wrote three nice story books and he wants you to read them. If you rally want answers talk to him. Oh and by the way my name is Carry,” She said in a kind voice. Even though Allen had told her not to trust the adults aboard the ship Carry seemed different.
Jennifer then went over to Joshua and said, “Which story would you like me to read first.” Joshua laughed and said, “It’s your choice silly Jennifer, but remember that each one has a part of the promise that someone special to you made.” So Jennifer confused as ever remembered when Wendy did the same thing with Meg’s, Eleanor’s, and Diana’s story and figured Joshua was trying the same thing. So she picked up a storybook.
April 1932
Mouse Maze
Jennifer then read the first book
It read:
Mouse Maze
Once there was a strange little mouse that was afraid to go anywhere.
Its friends always tried to get him to go outside but the mouse wouldn’t go.
The friends decided that it would be nice to bring him outside.
So the friends moved the mouse one night while he was sleeping to a place outside.
When the mouse woke up it had no idea were it was.
It started to panic and went into panic.
Days latter his friends came looking for him to bring him home.
When they found him he had starved to death.
The friends then buried the mouse in hopes that know one would ever know.
Now the mouse really has nowhere to go.
?
Jennifer then noticed that a page was missing. When she looked up Joshua, Carry, and the room with all the art was gone. In its place she was in the galley of the ship with Ezekiel. Ezekiel seemed to be looking for someone because he kept calling out the name Dave. Then he noticed Jennifer in the room and walked up to her. “I wonder were he is. Go check the poster Nark,” he said in a sad voice. Jennifer went to the lobby door and noticed the poster on the door said Mister Mouse. After Jennifer was done reading the poster she heard Spot bark. Write where he was barking was a piece of cheese. She picked it up and told Spot to find.
The dog ran down the hallway where some Fly-bests were. Instead of battling them she ran around them. Strangely they didn’t attack her but seemed to be looking for something. Jennifer continued to follow Spot. Spot started barking at the floor. There was an item. It was a small tooth. Jennifer thought it might belong to this mister mouse so she had Spot follow the scent.
Once again Spot took off looking for the scent. As Jennifer followed she noticed Ezekiel blowing a whistle. Jennifer stopped and asked the boy, “What are you doing Ezekiel?” The boy turned and said, “Isn’t it obvious I’m searching for my pet mouse, Dave. What’s it to you anyway.” Jennifer curious asked, “Is this mister mouse I am supposed to be looking for Dave.” “Of course you nark. I can’t understand how he got out. If you don’t find him I’ll tell the Judge that you are responsible for taking him,” Ezekiel said in a somewhat angered and worried voice. Jennifer then grew angered and said, “Is that what you believe, that I took it!” “Well, yes actually. You killed already so what is to say you wouldn’t steal or even hurt Dave, he said.
Jennifer realized that there was no talking sense with the boy and ran to find Spot. When Jennifer found him he was standing by a cabinet as if he wanted her to open it. Jennifer walked over to the cabinet and gradually started to open the door. As she did she could hear noises coming from the inside. When she finally opens it she realized there was something lying on the ground. It was a dead mouse. She knew it was Dave because it had a little tag with its name on it.
Feeling sorry for the poor creature Jennifer went to grab the mouse with a cloth, when suddenly her arm was grabbed instead by a Beast. This was not like the beasts she had encountered in the past; this one had a mouse head. Jennifer startled pulled back her hand. Then she fell backwards on her back. The creature ran over to her and was about to attack her when Spot bit the creatures Tail holding it back long enough for Jennifer to get up. The creature noticed the ax on the dogs back and ran over to it and hit Spot. The creature then pulled out the ax and ran again toward Jennifer. Terrified Jennifer ran to the door and nearly left the room until she remembered Spot was still there. As the mouse charged Jennifer she stood at the door seeming to be waiting for it to strike. The mouse beast pulled back the ax ready to strike when suddenly Jennifer ran through the door swinging it at the mouse beast on the other side. The beast fell with recoil. Jennifer ran to Spot to check on him. He was still lying on the floor, so she yelled his name. Suddenly Spot awoke and stood up as if it had not even been touched. The mouse beast ran at the pair once again, but this time more cautiously. He pulled back the ax again. Jennifer then saw that the cabinet door she had opened had fallen off, probably from spot being pushed into it. She ran toward the cabinet door and picked it up and turned just in time to block the beasts blow. The ax became stuck. .Jennifer saw a window near them and somehow pulled the cabinet door with the ax still in it away from the mouse beast. She then with all her strength hurled it in the air out the window. The mouse beast did not back down and started to use its large fangs as a weapon. Jennifer had very little strength left but managed to dodge the blow. Spot then ran at the creature and started biting back.
Jennifer then realized that there was a meat clever on the table and ran to pick it up while the mouse was occupied with fighting Spot. She managed to reach the cleaver and went to join Spot. Then she turned and noticed that Spot had been bitten. Spot fell to the floor. The mouse beast then ran at Jennifer once again not realizing the weapon she held. Then Jennifer ran at the mouse as well. She stuck the blade into the creatures mouth just as it was about to close it on her. It fell with a horrible screech yet; she did get hit by its fang. Still she did not stop running until she reached Spot.
Spot was hurt but not too badly. Jennifer smiled and said, “Good dog, but you know you don’t need to risk your life for me.” The dog just barked happily.
Just then Ezekiel walked into the room. He looked at the meat clever and then at Jennifer. “What happened in here,” he said with a curious voice. Then the cabinet caught his eye. He saw Dave lying in the cabinet dead. He walked over to the mouse and remembered the meat clever and said, “You did this you little murdering nark. I knew it, but why Dave?” Jennifer tried to explain she had not killed the mouse but a beast that was attacking her, but to no avail for the beast had disappeared. Ezekiel then picked Dave up and started talking to it as if it were still alive saying, “Look Dave she really is a Nark. Oh well, she will get hers one day.”
Ezekiel then ran off. Behind him fell a piece of paper? Jennifer picked it up. It was the last page to the first story book. She put the last page together and read the story once again.
It read:
Mouse Maze
Once there lived a strange little mouse that was afraid to go anywhere.
Its friends always tried to get him to go outside but the mouse wouldn’t go.
The friends decided that it would be nice to bring him outside.
So the friends moved the mouse one night while he was sleeping to a place outside.
When the mouse woke up it had no idea were it was.
It started to panic and went into panic.
Days latter his friends came looking for him to bring him home.
When they found him he had starved to death.
The friends then buried the mouse in hopes that know one would ever know.
Now the mouse really has nowhere to go.
Moral: Stray to far from home and you may get lost forever.
July 1932
As Jennifer closed the book she realized she was back in the strange room with Joshua and Carry. “So you remembered part of the promise. Just one part though. Let’s find out the rest. Come on lets write it down, then read the other stories Jennifer,” Joshua said in a happy voice. Jennifer then wrote the first part of the promise down on paper that Carry gave her.
Forever
Then Joshua looking anxious said, “Its time for the next story.” Jennifer walked over to another story and picked it up.
May 1932
The Werewolf Prince
It Read:
The Werewolf Prince
A long time ago, a prince was always alone.
Then one day he noticed a princess who watched him from afar.
This princess had fallen in love with him and him with her, but he was too scared to tell her how he felt.
Then one day he noticed that another who had fallen in love with the princess, so he got up the courage to right a letter to his dear princess. In it he told her to meet him by the castle gate in the morning for he wanted to tell her a secret.
Yet the other lover found out about the prince’s letter and stole it away.
The prince waited and waited for the princess to come. She never came and he was crushed.
Then he saw a wild dog looking at him. The dog ran and bit him. He had managed to get away.
Suddenly every bit of anger in him took over and the prince went to look for the princess. He started yelling at her and told her she was no lady. Then he turned into the mean werewolf. He then lost all control.
When he finally came to, he had realized that he had deeply wounded his princess’s leg, but not as much as her feelings.
The prince decided that he would go on a trip so he could never hurt his princess again. Unfortunately she never came to see him off. So he cried inside.
Poor lonely prince.
Jennifer closed the book and once again the room with the art was replaced with another. In it she saw Mason looking for something. When Mason saw her he walked over to her and said, “My diary were is it. Nark I want you to report to the lobby immediately, I have a job for you to do.”
Jennifer walked to the lobby and noticed the poster on the door. It read Masons Diary.
To Jennifer this was a relief, she was happy that this was a straight and plain task. After having to deal with the snake and mister mouse she was glad to have an easy task for once. She then decided to look though the ship for clues, when all of a sudden Noah popped up from behind the door. He saw Jennifer and said in a curiously, “I was wondering when I would see you. I have a clue about the diary for you.” He handed over a pencil. Jennifer looked at it and was about to ask a question but to her surprise he was gone. She knew Noah must be involved with the disappearance but couldn’t prove it so she deseeded to get spot to locate the book with his scent.
She followed Spot through the ship until she came to a strange room. In it Spot was barking. It wasn’t the diary but something else. Jennifer noticed the date, July 11, 1932. She thought maybe it was a clue to the missing diary. So she read the rest.
It read:
July 11, 1932
Dear Diary
Yesterday he went mad. That man killed all those people. I saw it, all of it. He told us that he only did it to protect us, but why Carry, she was always nice to us. He told us that the adults were planning on killing him, even Carry. I wonder if I can trust him. Whatever the reason was I hope he doesn’t kill anyone else.
Your friend Mason
When Jennifer looked up the whole room was filled with Fly Beasts. Jennifer ran out the door with spot. Yet the beasts did not follow. She slowed down and remembered the page. “Was this a page of Mason’s diary,” she thought to herself. She told spot search for the rest.
The two finally arrived at the ships library. She walked in and Spot just ran right past her. She followed until she heard barking. The dog was barking at something on the shelf. She walked over to it and pulled out a certain book, but all of a sudden page after page fell out. It was mason’s diary. She gathered each page up until a certain one caught her eye.
It had a heart with the name Diana in it. On the other side there was an entry.
It read:
June 12, 1929
Dear Diary,
A lot has happened over the last month, so I’m sorry that I couldn’t right in you. I kept seeing Diana following me all the time. She is such a fun girl to be with. She always asked me if I want to do things with her. I feel so happy around her I think I love her. Yet there is another who seeks her love as well, Meg. I have to tell her how I feel or else I may loose her.
June 16, 1929
Dear Diary,
Princess Wendy has been acting strangely lately staying up late to right letters and even leaving the house at night. I looked at the letters and they are written to Prince Joshua, but how I thought he died. I guess she knows something we don’t. Anyway this has left Diana to take over many of her duties. What’s gotten into Wendy?
June 17, 1929
Dear Diary,
I am finally going to give Diana the letter I wrote for her. I told her to meet me by the gate tonight so I could tell her a secret, that I love her. Wish me luck.
June 20, 1929
I am sorry once again I haven’t written in you for a while. I have some good and bad news. The good news is I am going to be adapted by a man named Roger. Unfortunately Diana never came. Even worse she has become cruel and mean. I can’t blame her though after what I did. After I gave her the letter and waited for her I went back to the orphanage were I saw Diana on the balcony with Eleanor. My anger grew and I started yelling at her. I told her she was not a Lady and she was a fraud. As I yelled she fell backward off the balcony and she wounded her leg. I went to see her and she just ignored me. I told her I was to be adopted and she just ignored me. I also asked her to come see me on the day I leave Rose Orphanage. She turned and said I don’t want to see you until I become a real lady for you. I still have hopes though.
June 21, 1929
Dear Diary.
She never came.
Jennifer baffled by what she read finally understood how Mason knew about the aristocrats. She still didn’t understand how he knew she was a part of the aristocrats though. Then it hit her. Mason had seen the broach that Wendy had given her.
As she grabbed the remaining pages the door to the library swung open. Jennifer then herd it lock as well as whispers coming form the other end of the library.
They said:
The nark, the nark
The nark has found the item
She will tell the secret
She must be punished.
Jennifer was unarmed so she looked for what she could use as a weapon. Suddenly the beast revealed itself to be a Werewolf beast with a bunch of fly beasts. They surrounded her. She ran at one of the fly beasts. As she did the werewolf beast advanced at her. She pushed the fly beast out of the way. She then thought of an idea. She went behind one of the bookshelves. Then with all her might she pushed against the shelf. Spot ran over to her and helped. The shelves fell crushing the beasts that seemed to disappear.
All of a sudden Mason walked through the door. “What a mess you made. You have a lot of cleaning to do,” he said with a smirk. Then he noticed the torn diary in Jennifer’s hands. “No you did not. Not only did you read it but you ripped it to shreds,” he yelled in an agree voice. He ran at her and yanked the diary from her hands and said, “I’ll let you go if you never speak a word of what you read. Also I’d watch my back if I were you.” As he left a piece of paper fell from the notebook. It was the last part of the storybook. She put the storybook together and read it.
It Read:
The Werewolf Prince
A long time ago, a prince was always alone.
Then one day he noticed a princess who watched him from afar.
This princess had fallen in love with him and him with her, but he was too scared to tell her how he felt.
Then one day he noticed that another who had fallen in love with the princess, so he got up the courage to right a letter to his dear princess. In it he told her to meet him by the castle gate in the morning for he wanted to tell her a secret.
Yet the other lover found out about the prince’s letter and stole it away.
The prince waited and waited for the princess to come. She never came and he was crushed.
Then he saw a wild dog looking at him. The dog ran and bit him. He had managed to get away.
Suddenly every bit of anger in him took over and the prince went to look for the princess. He started yelling at her and told her she was no lady. Then he turned into the mean werewolf. He then lost all control.
When he finally came to, he had realized that he had deeply wounded his princess’s leg, but not as much as her feelings.
The prince decided that he would go on a trip so he could never hurt his princess again. Unfortunately she never came to see him off. So he cried inside.
Poor lonely prince.
I’m sorry, you truly were My Lady.
July 1932
Jennifer closed the book and saw Joshua smiling right next to her. “So you got another part of the promise I think,” he said happily. “Yes, and I think I learned something else to,” Jennifer said. Joshua with a confused look just handed her the paper.
She wrote the next part of the promise down.
Forever,
My Lady,
“Well just one more part and you can go,” Joshua said in a sad voice. Jennifer picked up the last storybook.
June 1932
The Scientist’s Monster
It Read:
The Scientist’s Monster
In a far away land there lived a scientist who loved to study.
Yet he had no friends because of this.
This made him very lonely.
So one day he decided he would use his smartness to create a monster to be his friend.
When he did his friend always wanted to play.
This made him mad so he told his friend he hated him.
When he did his friend became angered and tried to kill him.
The scientist was forced by the village people to kill his friend.
He never got another friend again.
When Jennifer looked up she realized that she was once again in another room. In the room she noticed Noah was standing near her. “So what is the Nark up to,” he said to her in a strange tone. “I have a favor for you. I need you to deliver this to Mason right away. This is a Court of Flies exclusive note,” Noah continued. As Jennifer left she could hear Noah speaking to himself, “They will regret what they did to me.” Jennifer wandering wandered what he meant went look for Mason with Spot.
Jennifer decided to go to the Lobby. When she arrived she found Mason by the door. She handed him the letter and asked where she got it. She told him she got it from Noah. He laughed and opened the note. After reading it he said, “Well he actually expects me to do him this favor, what a fool.” Then he looked at Jennifer and said, “You know what, I may have a job for you. You see Noah said that there is a strange man aboard this ship and well I’m to busy to check and I want you to do it.” Jennifer confused said, “Where is this man and what dose he look like?” Mason laughed again and said, “Figure it out.” After that Mason left into the lobby. Jennifer noticed Noah coming toward her from the opposite direction. She ran to him to ask him what he knew about the strange man. He turned and said, “Mason wants you to take care of it. I have to do something about this man or he will…” then he stopped what he was saying and looked at Jennifer. “Well you may not look it but I may need you to do me a favor. Use this candy bar and track down a man in all black,” Noah said in a strange tone.
Jennifer was nervous and had no idea why they wanted her to find this man or what awaited her when she did. Jennifer told Spot to search and he went looking for the man.
She finally arrived at a door that said engine room on it. Spot kept pawing at the door so she went in. She noticed a strange letter on the floor and picked it up.
It Read:
To all crew
There have been sightings of a stowaway aboard the ship. I have no idea why or when he came aboard but whatever the answer we must catch him. If anyone has any info please come see me right away?
Thanks for the cooperation,
Captain Arc
Jennifer then heard a voice. It said,"So I guess I have been found. None the less you must understand that I'm on this ship for a purpose and I can not allow even a child like you to get in my way by telling that foolish captian." Jennifer turned and saw a figure in the darkness. She looked at him and said, "What do you want?". The man came out of the darkness and revealed himself to be a tall man with a very large stature. He had red hair and green eyes. He also had dark circles under his eyes that made him look a little frightning. With a dark stare he said,"Olny the truth." Jennifer confursed said, "What do you mean by the truth." He then stood there for a second and then tears started to fall from his face. Then he spoke in a very sad voice, " I have a story for you, if you wish to lisen." Jennifer felt a little sorry for the man for some reason and told him she would lisen. The man looked at her and said, "Thank you, you really are kind, My name is Anthany."
With a sad voice Anthony spoke, "I was a detective working on a case about children who were going missing in a small rural area in England. My son was one of those children. I followed every lead and came across a house owned by a man named Gregory M. Wilson. The police had gotten a strange note by my ant Martha who had seen some strange things around the time. I tried to convince the police to check it out but to no avail. So I went instead. First, I spoke to Gregory in person. He seemed a little strange and didn't take care of his home but, to my suprise he was very polite. I learned that he had lost his son a while back, but nothing really jumped out at me. As I was leaving I noticed something very strange in an area by the house. I saw three mounds. I'm not sure why, but I began to feel strange about them so I decided to come back and dig them up. When I did come back I made sure Gregory was away. When I dug them up I found something that startled me. To be honest I was expecting to find the the missing children, but it was olny a picture of the missing kids. So I waited for him to come bach home. Sadly on that same night the man had taken his own life after he had killed a bunch of orphans at a nearby orpahanage. Later I went to his home to see if I could find anything on the missing kids and I came across something else a notebook left by Mr. Wilson. In it it told me things that I could not beleive. And a name I will Never forget was in it David Arc. I went to talk to him and Mr. Arc refused to tell me what I needed to know. I thought it was all a lost cause until I saw him on the ship, my son Noah." Jennifer shocked at what she heard asked, "so you think Captian Arc is the kiddnapper." He looked down at his feet and said something that suprised Jennifer, "No, but I do believe he is trying to hide him on this ship. Also I know who you are Jennifer. I read about you in the newspaper. I thought you should know that this kiddnapper may also have something to do with you as well and the death of your parents!" Jennifer couldn't believe her ears. "My parents died in an accident involving an airship, she said. "Well the airship part is true but we believe there was an explosion triggered in the ingen by the kiddnapper. Why he did it is unknown.Also many adaults on this ship are police officers and want to see justice. So next mounth we are going to confront the captian with the help of his first mate. Thats why we are on this ship. I did do something that I should not have though, I talked to Noah. I really wanted to see him, but I knew the olny way to keep him safe was to keep him from knowing the truth. Yesterday he tried to come here and saw me wrighting about how we were going to mutiny the captian so I ran at him and told him to keep quiet or else. I regret every word," he said. "Do you have a suspect," Jennifer asked with anger in her eyes. "Yes it is...." then he paused when he heard a door open. It was Arc.
"So the stowaway was you Anthany. I thought I told you you never come near me again," Captian Arc said in a calm but frightning voice.
"Tell me Arc why a person with such high respect for Justice is hiding a kidnapper. I know you are a good person, so please stop hiding him and let the children go," he said in a serious tone.
Suddenly Jennifer noticed Arc was holding a Shotgun. She then saw him point it up at Anthony and say," The Justice System is corrupt and needs to be changed and the olny way to do so is to change how the next generation of kids sees it. The so called "Kidnapper" is teaching them how to do just that. My wife died because of that old system. I will not let the kids get hurt, but I can't say the same for you. I'm sorry, I really didn't want to hurt anyone," He said in a sad voice. Then he looked at Jennifer and said, "Please go to my cabin." We can talk there." Then the first mate came through the door. The captian told him to escort her to the cabin. Simon then escorted her to the hallway when she heard a loud noise. Suddenly tears came to her eyes as she saw Noah looking into the room were captian Arc and her new friend and his father used to be. Noah looked at her with a dark glare and walked away.
While waiting in the cabin for the captian she saw a riped paper on the desk. She knew it went with the story and put it with the book. It read:
The Scientist’s Monster
It Read:
The Scientist’s Monster
In a far away land there lived a scientist who loved to study.
Yet he had no friends because of this.
This made him very lonely.
So one day he decided he would use his smartness to create a monster to be his friend.
When he did his friend always wanted to play.
This made him mad so he told his friend he hated him.
When he did his friend became angered and tried to kill him.
The scientist was forced by the village people to kill his friend.
He never got another friend again.
My olny friend "I shall always protect" our memories together.
July 1932
The Graveyard
Then Jennifer looked up and she was back in the art room, but Carry and Joshua were gone. She did see the paper with the promice someone had made her. She wrote the last part and read it
Forever,
My Lady,
I shall always protect
Underneath there was a dairy. On the title was a name that shocked her: Carry Wilson. Jennifer reached for the diary and read it.
It read:
Brother why have you taken him from his father. You are Joshuas's uncle. You could have killed him. First you put some kind of poison into candy that made him look like he was dead then you dug him up and brought him hear. I love my son and wanted him to be with me, but not if it ment his life. You have done many evil things including kiddnapping children for your cause, but this I can never forgive you for.
Gregory I am so sorry.
Jennifer realized at that moment that this Gregory in the diary was her Gregory. All the conections started to make sence. So Carry is Gregory's Wife. Then that means that Joshua is- no it can't be. Joshua is dead. She then remembered the Carry's diary, her brother.
So if this Joshua is the son of Gregory and Carry then that means that he didn't die and he was kidnapped by his uncle. So the night at the orphanage could have been avoided. Silent for a moment Jennifer finally realized two things.
First, the kidnaper that Anthany was searching for must be Joshua's Uncle. That also means Carry knows who it is.
Second, Joshua was alive so Gregory's death was worthless just like her parents. As the thought came into light Jennifer became Enraged. "My parents, my dear Gregory who took care of me, this madman who ever it may be will pay," Jennifer swore to herself.
Suddenly she heard the door to the room open, it was Joshua. "Jennifer I know you are angry but please listen to me. The time has come and I won't be able to send you home after this. You have learned the truth but these are your memories and they will play according to what really happened. When you came in the past you didn't have your memories of the orphanage until you saw Spot. While you were on this ship you remembered everything. That is until you were able to leave the ship. Something made you forget those who cared about you on this ship. I don't know what it was but I do know it was a very sad and horrifing event. I want you to wake up or you may forget us again," Joshua said with a sad voice. Jennifer looked at him with a serious stare for a moment and said, "Knowing what I know now and doing nothing about it is wrong. I will not let my parents and Gregory's memories be defieled by this maniac. I am sorry Joshua." Joshua looked at her with a sad face and said, " I will play my part then. Jennifer you are about to enter a world were you cannot escape. I will not be able to help you. There will be betrail and you will remeber the loss of yet another important person. I bid you farewell you stupid girl." Joshua ran away crying and there was a storybook that she noticed on the floor.
She picked it up and read it.
It read:
The Graveyard
Oh stupid girl who refused to go
there is something you neet to know
While you were with the captian
You must know that something did happen
You told a lie
This you cannot deny
When the adault found out it was far to late
They had already accepted the bait
I know this maybe hard
But you are responsible for the Graveyard.
Oh supid girl who refused to go
Now you Know
She closed the book. This did not seem like any of the other books, but rather a hate letter.
When Jennifer left the room she saw a note on the wall.
It read:
From your captian. A few days ago there was a passanger who was not wellcome on this boat. I want all hads on deck I need to discuss a few things with the passangers and crew. Please meet me on deck at 1500 hours.
Jennifer then realized that Spot was runnig down the hallway with Allen. "Oh Hiya Jennifer. We better get going to the deck, its almost time for the meeting. First I would like to take my lady to a very special place so please come with me, it won't take very long," he said in a strange voice. "Oh, o.k." she said.
They finally reached the a very strange doorway. Allen went in first and told her to follow him in. When she went in there Allen stood right next to a window that showed under the water. He then looked at her and said," You remind me of my little Sister who was my olny family until I was kidnapped by the Executioner. I was put into a hospital because I was really sick. My beloved sister was also sick but said she wanted to stay in the orphange because she had a knew freind. I peronaly think she was afraid of the docters but who knows. I was really worried about her and wanted her to go to the doctor but she refused. So I decided to force her. When she asked me why I did it I told her, If it is for someone you care for then some times you have to hurt the ones you love. I really regret forcing her to come but, I was so worried. She was released and sent back to the orphanage. I heard that her freind started living with them around the time. I was a little Jelous you know that she wasn't coming as much though. I hope I can find her someday. Anyway I notice you have the same kind of charm I gave my sister Wendy for luck."
As the name came out of his mouth she knew right away what Wendy he was talking about, Her former Princess. "Anyway I olny made this promice to her up until now and well now I will to you because you are important to me. FOREVER,MY LADY, I SHALL ALWAYS PROTECT," he said with a strange smile. "Do you except me as your knite," he said.
Jennifer stood there with a blank expression on her face. She then looked down and said," Allen you are sure you want to protect someone like me. I mean you bearly know me and you." As she was about to finish she looked up at him as he put his fingure on her lips and said, "My lady you are worth every moment to me. To me either answer is fine because I," he looked back at her with serious eyes and finished," I like you." Jennifer stood there shocked and started feeling strange. "Allen I like you to," she said without even thinking. Just then she remembered what happened to Wendy and she turned her head. "Allen I like you as a friend." As Allen looked at her with sad eyes he just Smiled and said, "Oh I see, thats what I meant,I mean we are not in the same rank so why would you trust me. Well um, when you decide come tell me if you accept me as your knight." Allen just ran away. "I'm sorry Allen, but if we get to close then I," Just then she remembered to report to the deck.
She ran to the deck realizing Spot was still with her. When she finally got there she was horrified. A crimson river was on the floor coming from under the door. She ran in and saw Captian Arc with his shotgun. She heard him say," Mutiny on my ship has a punishment. She looked over at the ground and saw all the adaults on board on the ground shot. Then she saw Carry holding Joshua. Let go of him and face your maker." The Captian said. Carry grabbed Joshua and through him to the the floor into the Crimoson river. "I love you my son," then the shot was heard.
OH! I don't own Rule of Rose
or
Lord of the Flies and
The True Confessions of sharlet Doyle
which helped inspire this idea.
I do plan to modify it, but I need some time to wright the rest. I know it sucks but if you let me I promice I won't let you all down and it will be a nice reed.
Jennifer
The poor, unlucky girl who has suffered many losses in her past. She locked all her memories away after the loss of her friends. Years later she went back into her memories to search for them. She eventually finds her memories of the time she spent at Rose Orphanage and the death of her dear friend Brown. She also recalls the murder of the orphans as well as the suicide of Gregory. Yet part of her realized something was missing, another part of her tragic past. This past, just as dark as the first, brings her to a new place by a man that has more to do with her than she could have ever realized.
Spot
A Dalmatian that was given to her by Allen. Spot is Loyal and will listen to Allen and Jennifer but makes Jennifer remember Brown because the share the same eyes.
Allen
A boy with a fondness for poetry. He seems to have a strange tie to Jennifer’s past and is very kind to her. He is also the one who gave Spot to her which he thought would make her happy, but unknown to him it brings back memories of the orphanage and Brown. He tells Jennifer that he is looking for his dear little sister who was taken from him when she was only 5. He is a Jury member in the Court of Flies. He says he has only been with the court since June 21, 1929.
Mason
The Leader of the court of flies whose rank is the Judge. He is very paranoid and doesn’t trust anyone, even the others aboard the cruise liner in the court. He had a past with the Rose Orphanage and seems to know about the aristocrats of the red crayon and says they are the courts rivals. Jennifer says she has never met him but he seems to know about her as well as her being involved with the aristocracy. His dream is to find the real lady he once knew.
Joshua
A boy who seems very familiar to Jennifer yet she can’t put her figure on it. He is also kind to Jennifer, but follows Mason’s order without fail. He is ranked with the jury in the court of flies. He is also the one who gives Jennifer the strange stories that look similar to the time she was in the orphanage.
Roger
A strange man who looks out for the kids aboard the ship. He has a strong sense of justice as well as a hope for world peace. It is said he travels the world on many types of ships including airships and cruise liners.
Ezekiel
A boy who is very expressive, but afraid of the outside world. He is normally seen with his pet mouse. He only wishes to befriend someone who is not afraid of the outside world and will listen to him. His rank is the prosecutor in the court of flies. He says he has only been with the court since June 14TH 1929.
Noah
A very independent and intelligent boy who is ranked defense in the court of flies due to the fact he hates Mason. He doesn’t have many friends because he is always too much into his research. His wish is to find some one who is into the same things as him so he can have a conversation with them. He says he has only been with the court of flies since June 7TH 1929.
Kate
A young girl with a habit of copping others. She is a Jury member.
Edward
The youngest member of the Court of Flies. He loves animals, except dogs. He is a jury member.
Jason
A boy who get frustrated very easily and has a strong resemblance to Amanda in looks and personality. He is a jury member.
Artemis
A young girl that loves anything fast. She is a jury member.
Captain Arc
The captain of the cruise liner. Though he seems noble there is more to him than meets the eye. He is also the one who let Jennifer on the ship without a ticket.
Simon
Captain Arc’s first mate and for some reason hates Jennifer with a passion. He has a fascination with Snakes.
Carry
Women with a passion for painting. Her paintings are very hard to explain. She is very close to Joshua.
Anthony
A stowaway aboard the ship.
The Executioner
The one who brought Jennifer to the Cruise Liner and says it is time to remember the rest of your forgotten past. He has ties to Jennifer that go far back than Rose Orphanage. He is always wearing a mask so no one knows who he is. He says he is obedient to the laws of the court of flies
Court Of Flies
A court run by a group of kids who believe there laws are true justice. They see themselves as the rival to the Aristocrats of the Red Crayon. But how are they conected to Jennifer and the Aristocrats?
Setting
The story takes place in 1932 to 1933 on an old Cruise Ship that is ruled by the court of flies.
Prelude
After Jennifer's fist quest to find her lost past she finally decides to ride the bus back home. Yet unknown to her she isn’t going home but to a new place with sadness and horrors far beyond any she could ever have imaged. And so the second part of the poor lonely girl’s adventure continues…
The Story
February 1932
The Adventure
Jennifer, now riding the bus that took her on this crazy trip back home with the promise to protect the memories of her past. Suddenly she notices the boy who brought her hear and believes it is Wendy trying one last time to stop her from leaving. She goes over to him and says, “I have accomplished what I came to do so please Wendy.” Then interrupted he says,” You know Wendy, well you must be Jennifer. You must think I am her that silly girl.” Jennifer puzzled says, “You know her?” He starts to laugh and says “Of course, and I know you to.” Jennifer confused says,” I don’t know you, and why are you here. I’m going home.” The boy looked at her very sadly and said,” You’re wrong on both accounts. First off you do know me and that means you forgot. Second, you aren’t going home. And as to why I am here well let’s just say you only unlocked half of your memories.” Jennifer stood there with a blank expression and yelled,” So there is still a part of me I can’t remember.” The boy turned and looked out the window and said in a strange eerie voice,” He has come. Jennifer I want you to read the book or else you will die.” She looked at the books cover and read The Adventure. Then she looked up again and the boy was gone. Suddenly the bus started to rock as if some outside force was hitting it. Then she remembered what the boy said. She opened the book.
It Read
Once upon a time there was a precious little girl.
This girl had suffered the loss of her parents who she adored very much.
This girl was then found by a man.
This man was kind to her but would not let her leave his home
Then she was found by a princess who promised to rescue her.
She left and made a promise everlasting, true love, I am yours.
Fearing one of the other princesses or princes would take her from her she told them to be mean to her.
Then she suffered under the aristocrat club.
Then she found a friend.
She and her friend were always together.
This made her princess very sad and jealous.
Eventually she commanded that either her friend die or her.
Afraid she chose her friend.
Then she lost her friend.
Angry she attacked her princess and stood up to the aristocrats.
The aristocrats then dethroned the girl’s princess and she became the princess.
Not thinking the former princess ordered the Stray Dog to kill all the new princesses’ friends.
So she lost her new friends.
Yet the former princess could not bring herself to kill her beloved and gave her a way to kill the Stray Dog.
She was then killed by Stray Dog.
So she looses her princess.
Then Stray Dog became the man that had saved her and ask if the princess would help him.
She helped and then she lost the nice man.
Then one day the precious little girl was taken in by a new family.
But soon after was taken from her new family and to a new place by a strange man.
Jennifer finished but the bus did not stop rocking. Then suddenly the bus flipped.
Afraid and with no were to go she sat in the upside-down bus preparing for the end when
An arm punched through the window and pulled her out. The man then said in a dark voice, the time for your punishment has come. She then fainted.
When she awoke she found herself in a port with only one ship. Her wounds were gone but she still felt weak. She managed to push herself to her feet and walked to the ship. A man that looked familiar to her was standing near the entrance. The man approached and said,” you’re late.”
Jennifer confused by the man’s comment said,” What do you mean?” The man just smiled and said,” Ticket please.” Jennifer looked at him and told him she didn’t have one. “Well if that’s not a problem I can’t fix then I wouldn’t be the captain of this fine ship,” the man said laughing. Then he pulled out a ticket and said, “My dear girl you better get on or he will get you.” She looked at the ship and wondered if it was really safe. Then as she was about to ask the captain what he meant by he, but the man had vanished. Suddenly she heard a voice that she recognized in an instant; it was the man with the mask who had turned the bus over. Scared beyond recognition she ran without looking back to the ship but before she could reach the ship the ramp under her feet fell. She managed to get a hold of the side but could not seem to pull herself up. As she hanged there on the side of the ship, witch had just started moving, she felt her grip loosening. Just as she was about to loose hope she heard a bark. She thought it was just her fear getting the best of her until she felt a hand. She looked up on the ships deck and saw a boy trying to pull her up with a dog barking write next to him. “Don’t worry I won’t let you fall, just stay come,” the boy yelled. Jennifer felt like she could trust the boy even though she had never met him before.
The boy managed to pull her to the deck. When Jennifer caught her breath she said,”Thank you so much.” The boy smiled and said,”Don’t thank me, it was Spot who found you.” Then Jennifer remembered the barking and looked over toward the dog. It was a Dalmatian that had the same eyes as her beloved friend.
Suddenly a bell rang that sounded familiar to her. “Well the court is starting so we must get to lobby write away,” the boy told Jennifer. Jennifer even more confused than ever asked,” What is this court.” The boy then told her there was no time to explain and that if they didn’t get to the lobby of the ship they would be punished. Then the boy ran off telling Jennifer to follow him. Jennifer managed to follow the boy running boy until she bumped into a very large man that looked like he worked on the ship.
“If it isn’t the little two face nark. I have work to do now, but when I am done you will be put in your place,” he said in an angered voice. Jennifer apologized and ran off to find the boy. It was no use though; she had lost sight of him. Then she noticed a map on the wall. She remembered that the boy had said they needed to go to the lobby so she found it on the map and found her way.
As she walked through the halls she noticed that the ship seemed almost vacant. Then suddenly she saw something. She approached it quietly but could not tell what it was until her foot stepped on a loose board. The thing put its head up and slowly turned its head. Then she heard whispers in the background. As the Whispers grew louder she could hear what they said:
The Nark, the Nark
The Nark must be punished
She told a lie, she told a lie
And now she must… die.
Then she noticed the creature as it drew closer to her. It was a monster with a flies head and a human body. It was holding a knife. She ran down the hall, but the creature was close behind. Then as she turned the corner she noticed there were more coming. She noticed a door close to her and she ran inside it. When she went in the room she noticed an ax. Without thinking she grabbed it and waited for the creatures to come through the door. When they finally did she was attacked but without any hesitation she swung the ax. The creatures sank to the ground, but to her surprise they vanished. Then she said to herself, “This can’t be happening again.
Suddenly out of nowhere the boy that was on the bus appeared before her. The court waits, this way please.
She finally reached the door that took her to the lobby with the boy’s guidance. “One word of advice, if you hear the bell go to the lobby or the beasts will get you,” the boy said. Then without another word the boy ran into the lobby. Jennifer followed and noticed the door that seemed to look like the door the aristocrat club had back at the orphanage. “What’s going on,” she thought to herself. She opened the door and then was grabbed. She was then thrown into a seat.
“So you finally show up, you know it’s no nice to keep us waiting,” a boy with a dark voice said laughing. As Jennifer lifted her head she noticed the room she was in looked like a warped version of a court room. She stood up and noticed a boy was sitting next her. The boy spoke in a rather sarcastic manner saying,” Welcome to the Court of flies, and I am Noah your defense.” Jennifer looked at him strangely and said, “Defense! What do I need a defense for I have not done anything wrong?” “This court will be the judge of that, and from what I hear you have done plenty,” He said in a strict voice. Jennifer noticed the boy on the other side of the court who was talking. “Silence Ezekiel, I am the Judge of the court of flies and you are the prosecutor which means I out rank you. I shall be the one to explain to her the rules of our court. Well if you can’t tell Jennifer we are the Court Of Flies and we are the rules of this ship. You will obey us and as long as you do that as well as run us an errand every month we shall not harm you. You see you are condemned to obey us because the jury has ruled 4 to 2 that you are guilty,” he explained.Of what? I just got hear and have done nothing wrong,” she asked in an irritated voice. “Well if you really must know of murder,” he said. Jennifer shocked at the accusation suddenly realized what was happening; somehow these boys were like a carbon copy of the aristocrats of the red crayon and she was reliving that nightmare all over again. No matter what she said she could not convince them that she was not “guilty” of murder. “I am not doing it. I have already done this once and I won’t do it again,” she stood up saying with a firm voice. The boy became furious seemed to quickly examine the girl for a weakness, until suddenly his expression changed. “Oh I see, you must be referring to the time you were under the aristocrat club. How funny, you think I am like those good for nothing girls, well unlike them we have real punishments hear and a real punisher to do them for us that only listens to me, Mason Judge of the Court of Flies. Oh Executioner please punish this foolish girl who refuses to listen to the laws of our court,” Mason said in an angered voice. Suddenly Jennifer realized that a figure had been standing behind Mason. She knew who it was, that man with the mask. The man walked forward as if thunder was booming with every footstep. She felt her heart skip a beat. The man grabbed her by the throat and said, “Those who refuse to obey the rule of flies will be punished. You will be punished,” he said in a startling voice. He then dragged her to the deck and took her by the neck again and said, “In you go.”
Suddenly a member of the jury who were all dressed in what seemed to be raincoats spoke. We the jury overrule any such action against the accused. When the man heard this he swung Jennifer back to the deck and said, “The time will come you poor, unlucky girl when punishment is laid out upon you.” Then the man left. The boy took off the hood and to her surprise it was the boy who had saved her from falling off the ship once before. Mason angered said, “Why did you interfere Allen, its not like I was really going to throw her overboard, at least this time, as long as she swore an oath to the court.” “I know you Mason. I’m so sorry Jennifer you had to go though that,” Allen said. Yet to Allen’s surprise she fainted write there.
March 1932
The Snake and the Tattle Tale
When Jennifer awoke she realized she was on the deck. Write next to her lie a note and another storybook. She decided to read the note first.
It read:
To Jennifer,
I am sorry for what you had to go through. There are a few things you need to know about this ship and the court of flies.
The first is that there is a strict rank System you should be aware of. It is as followed:
The highest rank is
JUDGE-Mason
The next rank is split between
Prosecutor- Ezekiel and Defense- Noah
The next rank is shared by the other members of the court including me.
Jurors
Take into account that the Jurors can stop a decision made by the Judge if more than half of us vote for it to change.
Finally there are the accused.
You reside in this rank if you are guilty or being proven guilty.
Next do not trust any of the adults aboard this ship except:
Captain Arc or Roger
They both look after us. They others are well lets just say evil.
Finally I want to loan you my dog Spot. I love him to death but you need him more with only me as your friend on this ship. He can find objects if you give him the command find and will protect you from the beasts.
OH! One last thing. I am your knight princess so please don’t forget to call if you need help and I didn’t vote you guilty.
Sincerely you’re Knight,
Allen
Jennifer felt like she could trust this Allen, but what did he mean by her knight she thought. Then she picked up the story book and read it.
It read:
The Snake and the Tattle Tale
On an old mountain there lived an evil king.
This king was mean to all of the villagers.
One day the villagers decided to kill the king.
Yet alas there was one person named Tattle Tale who did not see the king as evil.
So she went to the king and told him of the villager’s plans.
The king then went to the village and slaughtered all the villagers without mercy.
Then one day the king realized that his knights had also planed on killing him.
He first treated the night very badly.
The knight knowing tattle tale was responsible tried to kill her by sneaking the king’s most precious snake into her room to bite her.
The king caught him and had him bit with the very same snake that he planed to bite her, and then beheaded him.
Jennifer closed the book and saw the man who she had bumped into on her way to the court. She also saw the Captain Arc walking by seeming to be looking for something. Then she saw him move toward the man and grabbed him by the neck and put throw his face into the floor and yelled, “Dose this look perfect to you Simon, I want perfection!” She couldn’t believe this was the same nice man who had given her the ticket. Then she noticed that one of the man’s figures was missing.
As the captain walked away Jennifer ran to Simon and asked, “Are you alright?” Suddenly the man turned and pushed her and yelled, “Stay away you horrible little girl. You don’t fool me!” The man then walked away. Suddenly the girl heard a bark. She recognized it, it was Spot. She ran to wear she heard the noise. She found Spot but to her surprise it was tied to a leash by the lobby door. She let it loose and noticed a sign on the door. To those who are accused this month we require that you bring us a fang of a snake. Jennifer pondered at why they wanted such an item, but also at the thought of reliving the orphanage over again but then she thought about the executioner and realized she had no choice for the time being. She wasn’t afraid for herself that much, but was afraid what Allen might do if she were to stand up to the executioner and Mason. Then another thought went across her mind. How did Mason know about the aristocrats of the red crayon anyway!?
Jennifer decided to put her worries and questions on hold and explore the ship a little while searching for this Snake Fang. She called to Spot and the dog loyally came. To her it was as if she was with her old friend again. Yet in her heart she felt a deep sadness when around Spot, but Allen trusted the dog to her and she would not let him down.
As the two looked around the boat they came across a strange rope with a pattern on it. She picked it up and realized that it wasn’t a rope but rather a skin shedding of a snake.
She looked at it horrified and said, “You mean there is a real snake on this ship.” Judging by size of it looked pretty harmless but something about this didn’t feel right. She then remembered how she got Brown to help her find objects in the orphanage and that in Allen’s note he had told her that Spot could do the same. She called Spot over and said, “Find.” The dog immediately sniffed the object and ran off to a new area. Jennifer followed close behind until she came across a somewhat familiar boy.
When she came to the boy he spoke, “So I see the Nark managed to find a friend in Allen seeing you have his dog.” Jennifer then responded saying, “I recognize you. You were one of the jury members who helped when the executioner was going to throw me overboard.” With a glare the boy said,” I only did it because I don’t think anyone should be punished without a proper trial. Allen is a friend of mine and most of the rest of the jury, so as long as you have him on your side you should not get hurt to badly,” he said with a grin on his face. Then Jennifer heard the dog start barking by the boy. “Ah, yes you must be looking for the snake. Captain Arc is looking for it to. Be warned dear Jennifer this is no ordinary snake, but rather one who has a tendency to hate its master and will do anything to stay away from him. I believe that you want this,” he explained. It was another snake skin. Yet this time it was much larger. “I Edward the great safari master shall also find the snake because I am not only friends with Allen but the great Mason as well. He told me that if I found the snake I get to see the end of Spot. I hate that nasty thing,” the boy said while walking away.
Spot then examined the second snake skin and followed this sent to another which was once again bigger. When she reached the third something in the air seemed different. She heard whispers like she had when those beasts attacked her. The voices said:
Tattletale oh foolish tattletale
You think we will forget
That dark and damp night
Tattletale who told a lie must die.
Jennifer noticed that those so called beasts that attacked her were back. There were four of them but even though three of them looked like they did before, the fourth had the head of a snake, but for some reason had the body of Simon. Jennifer pulled out the ax which she had tied to the back of Spot and prepared for a battle with them.
Jennifer managed to defeat the three fly beasts but couldn’t seem to hit the Snake. The snake attacked with bite after bite. Jennifer managed to barely dodge the bites. The snake then started spilling venom from its mouth. Jennifer saw that it was trying to make it so she could not get close to him while at the same time trapping her. Then it came in for the kill. When it did Jennifer swung the ax. The snake jolted its head back. Then Jennifer ran across the venom with Spot close behind realizing that if they stayed in one spot they would get hit. Though they made it across they were both feeling the effects of the venom. After the recoil the snake turned and readied for the final blow against Spot. Jennifer remembered then what had happened to Brown due to her fear and didn’t want to see it happen again, so she ran at the snake with all her strength and hit its neck with a fatal blow. The snakes head fell off and its body the other way. Jennifer saw a note fly near her after the battle.
It Read:
July 12, 1932
We came so close but some how he found out about are plan. That evil man killed all the adults aboard this ship except me and some strange man by the name of Roger.
July 15, 1932
Now I see how he found out. That Nark of a girl will pay for what she has done. I may not be able to stop him, but at least I can get revenge on my fellow crew. I have devised a plan to kill her, but I may get caught because it involves his snake. If I do please unlock the safe in my room. There will be the evidence to prosecute that horrible man. The code is…
The rest of the page was cut off. She felt the venom’s effects and fainted.
When she came to, she realized she was in a new room. She looked around and saw Allen in the room with her. Allen noticing her looking at him came over and said, “Captain Arc found you unconscious and brought you to the sick bay. Well you have done well. I have a present for you,” he said smiling. He put a box next to her and told her he had to get to the court and that she better as well. Then Jennifer realized she had forgotten to get the snake fang. Then she noticed the box. She looked at the card first which read:
To My Dear Princess
From your knight
She opened the box and inside was a snake fang. She ran to the lobby and put the fang in the box. The door opened and she was pulled inside. Once again she stood in front of Mason. Mason then spoke, “So will you obey or will you be punished.” Jennifer looked into the jury and saw Allen with Spot. “Yes, I will obey,” she said in a rather sarcastic tone. Mason satisfied said, “Welcome to the court of flies my Guilty Nark."
July 1932
Walking the halls of the ship to learn how to get around Jennifer came across a room. When she opened the door she was pulled inside by the boy who was on the bus. “Well how are we doing today? I have a new storybook for you. My friend helped me with this one,” the boy said in a happy and proud voice. Jennifer looked up and noticed a women sitting in the room with the boy and her. The woman was painting a strange picture. Then suddenly the woman put down the brush and walked over to Jennifer and said, “I hope Joshua hasn’t been too much of a handful. He really means well.” Jennifer looked more closely at the women. She was a very beautiful woman with brown hair and green eyes. She was well dressed and seemed to be a warm person. “Well if you wouldn’t mind its time to get started,” the women said in an eerie voice. “What do you mean?” Jennifer asked confused. “Well you see Joshua wrote three nice story books and he wants you to read them. If you rally want answers talk to him. Oh and by the way my name is Carry,” She said in a kind voice. Even though Allen had told her not to trust the adults aboard the ship Carry seemed different.
Jennifer then went over to Joshua and said, “Which story would you like me to read first.” Joshua laughed and said, “It’s your choice silly Jennifer, but remember that each one has a part of the promise that someone special to you made.” So Jennifer confused as ever remembered when Wendy did the same thing with Meg’s, Eleanor’s, and Diana’s story and figured Joshua was trying the same thing. So she picked up a storybook.
April 1932
Mouse Maze
Jennifer then read the first book
It read:
Mouse Maze
Once there was a strange little mouse that was afraid to go anywhere.
Its friends always tried to get him to go outside but the mouse wouldn’t go.
The friends decided that it would be nice to bring him outside.
So the friends moved the mouse one night while he was sleeping to a place outside.
When the mouse woke up it had no idea were it was.
It started to panic and went into panic.
Days latter his friends came looking for him to bring him home.
When they found him he had starved to death.
The friends then buried the mouse in hopes that know one would ever know.
Now the mouse really has nowhere to go.
?Jennifer then noticed that a page was missing. When she looked up Joshua, Carry, and the room with all the art was gone. In its place she was in the galley of the ship with Ezekiel. Ezekiel seemed to be looking for someone because he kept calling out the name Dave. Then he noticed Jennifer in the room and walked up to her. “I wonder were he is. Go check the poster Nark,” he said in a sad voice. Jennifer went to the lobby door and noticed the poster on the door said Mister Mouse. After Jennifer was done reading the poster she heard Spot bark. Write where he was barking was a piece of cheese. She picked it up and told Spot to find.
The dog ran down the hallway where some Fly-bests were. Instead of battling them she ran around them. Strangely they didn’t attack her but seemed to be looking for something. Jennifer continued to follow Spot. Spot started barking at the floor. There was an item. It was a small tooth. Jennifer thought it might belong to this mister mouse so she had Spot follow the scent.
Once again Spot took off looking for the scent. As Jennifer followed she noticed Ezekiel blowing a whistle. Jennifer stopped and asked the boy, “What are you doing Ezekiel?” The boy turned and said, “Isn’t it obvious I’m searching for my pet mouse, Dave. What’s it to you anyway.” Jennifer curious asked, “Is this mister mouse I am supposed to be looking for Dave.” “Of course you nark. I can’t understand how he got out. If you don’t find him I’ll tell the Judge that you are responsible for taking him,” Ezekiel said in a somewhat angered and worried voice. Jennifer then grew angered and said, “Is that what you believe, that I took it!” “Well, yes actually. You killed already so what is to say you wouldn’t steal or even hurt Dave, he said.
Jennifer realized that there was no talking sense with the boy and ran to find Spot. When Jennifer found him he was standing by a cabinet as if he wanted her to open it. Jennifer walked over to the cabinet and gradually started to open the door. As she did she could hear noises coming from the inside. When she finally opens it she realized there was something lying on the ground. It was a dead mouse. She knew it was Dave because it had a little tag with its name on it.
Feeling sorry for the poor creature Jennifer went to grab the mouse with a cloth, when suddenly her arm was grabbed instead by a Beast. This was not like the beasts she had encountered in the past; this one had a mouse head. Jennifer startled pulled back her hand. Then she fell backwards on her back. The creature ran over to her and was about to attack her when Spot bit the creatures Tail holding it back long enough for Jennifer to get up. The creature noticed the ax on the dogs back and ran over to it and hit Spot. The creature then pulled out the ax and ran again toward Jennifer. Terrified Jennifer ran to the door and nearly left the room until she remembered Spot was still there. As the mouse charged Jennifer she stood at the door seeming to be waiting for it to strike. The mouse beast pulled back the ax ready to strike when suddenly Jennifer ran through the door swinging it at the mouse beast on the other side. The beast fell with recoil. Jennifer ran to Spot to check on him. He was still lying on the floor, so she yelled his name. Suddenly Spot awoke and stood up as if it had not even been touched. The mouse beast ran at the pair once again, but this time more cautiously. He pulled back the ax again. Jennifer then saw that the cabinet door she had opened had fallen off, probably from spot being pushed into it. She ran toward the cabinet door and picked it up and turned just in time to block the beasts blow. The ax became stuck. .Jennifer saw a window near them and somehow pulled the cabinet door with the ax still in it away from the mouse beast. She then with all her strength hurled it in the air out the window. The mouse beast did not back down and started to use its large fangs as a weapon. Jennifer had very little strength left but managed to dodge the blow. Spot then ran at the creature and started biting back.
Jennifer then realized that there was a meat clever on the table and ran to pick it up while the mouse was occupied with fighting Spot. She managed to reach the cleaver and went to join Spot. Then she turned and noticed that Spot had been bitten. Spot fell to the floor. The mouse beast then ran at Jennifer once again not realizing the weapon she held. Then Jennifer ran at the mouse as well. She stuck the blade into the creatures mouth just as it was about to close it on her. It fell with a horrible screech yet; she did get hit by its fang. Still she did not stop running until she reached Spot.
Spot was hurt but not too badly. Jennifer smiled and said, “Good dog, but you know you don’t need to risk your life for me.” The dog just barked happily.
Just then Ezekiel walked into the room. He looked at the meat clever and then at Jennifer. “What happened in here,” he said with a curious voice. Then the cabinet caught his eye. He saw Dave lying in the cabinet dead. He walked over to the mouse and remembered the meat clever and said, “You did this you little murdering nark. I knew it, but why Dave?” Jennifer tried to explain she had not killed the mouse but a beast that was attacking her, but to no avail for the beast had disappeared. Ezekiel then picked Dave up and started talking to it as if it were still alive saying, “Look Dave she really is a Nark. Oh well, she will get hers one day.”
Ezekiel then ran off. Behind him fell a piece of paper? Jennifer picked it up. It was the last page to the first story book. She put the last page together and read the story once again.
It read:
Mouse Maze
Once there lived a strange little mouse that was afraid to go anywhere.
Its friends always tried to get him to go outside but the mouse wouldn’t go.
The friends decided that it would be nice to bring him outside.
So the friends moved the mouse one night while he was sleeping to a place outside.
When the mouse woke up it had no idea were it was.
It started to panic and went into panic.
Days latter his friends came looking for him to bring him home.
When they found him he had starved to death.
The friends then buried the mouse in hopes that know one would ever know.
Now the mouse really has nowhere to go.
Moral: Stray to far from home and you may get lost forever.
July 1932
As Jennifer closed the book she realized she was back in the strange room with Joshua and Carry. “So you remembered part of the promise. Just one part though. Let’s find out the rest. Come on lets write it down, then read the other stories Jennifer,” Joshua said in a happy voice. Jennifer then wrote the first part of the promise down on paper that Carry gave her.
Forever
Then Joshua looking anxious said, “Its time for the next story.” Jennifer walked over to another story and picked it up.
May 1932
The Werewolf Prince
It Read:
The Werewolf Prince
A long time ago, a prince was always alone.
Then one day he noticed a princess who watched him from afar.
This princess had fallen in love with him and him with her, but he was too scared to tell her how he felt.
Then one day he noticed that another who had fallen in love with the princess, so he got up the courage to right a letter to his dear princess. In it he told her to meet him by the castle gate in the morning for he wanted to tell her a secret.
Yet the other lover found out about the prince’s letter and stole it away.
The prince waited and waited for the princess to come. She never came and he was crushed.
Then he saw a wild dog looking at him. The dog ran and bit him. He had managed to get away.
Suddenly every bit of anger in him took over and the prince went to look for the princess. He started yelling at her and told her she was no lady. Then he turned into the mean werewolf. He then lost all control.
When he finally came to, he had realized that he had deeply wounded his princess’s leg, but not as much as her feelings.
The prince decided that he would go on a trip so he could never hurt his princess again. Unfortunately she never came to see him off. So he cried inside.
Poor lonely prince.
Jennifer closed the book and once again the room with the art was replaced with another. In it she saw Mason looking for something. When Mason saw her he walked over to her and said, “My diary were is it. Nark I want you to report to the lobby immediately, I have a job for you to do.”
Jennifer walked to the lobby and noticed the poster on the door. It read Masons Diary.
To Jennifer this was a relief, she was happy that this was a straight and plain task. After having to deal with the snake and mister mouse she was glad to have an easy task for once. She then decided to look though the ship for clues, when all of a sudden Noah popped up from behind the door. He saw Jennifer and said in a curiously, “I was wondering when I would see you. I have a clue about the diary for you.” He handed over a pencil. Jennifer looked at it and was about to ask a question but to her surprise he was gone. She knew Noah must be involved with the disappearance but couldn’t prove it so she deseeded to get spot to locate the book with his scent.
She followed Spot through the ship until she came to a strange room. In it Spot was barking. It wasn’t the diary but something else. Jennifer noticed the date, July 11, 1932. She thought maybe it was a clue to the missing diary. So she read the rest.
It read:
July 11, 1932
Dear Diary
Yesterday he went mad. That man killed all those people. I saw it, all of it. He told us that he only did it to protect us, but why Carry, she was always nice to us. He told us that the adults were planning on killing him, even Carry. I wonder if I can trust him. Whatever the reason was I hope he doesn’t kill anyone else.
Your friend Mason
When Jennifer looked up the whole room was filled with Fly Beasts. Jennifer ran out the door with spot. Yet the beasts did not follow. She slowed down and remembered the page. “Was this a page of Mason’s diary,” she thought to herself. She told spot search for the rest.
The two finally arrived at the ships library. She walked in and Spot just ran right past her. She followed until she heard barking. The dog was barking at something on the shelf. She walked over to it and pulled out a certain book, but all of a sudden page after page fell out. It was mason’s diary. She gathered each page up until a certain one caught her eye.
It had a heart with the name Diana in it. On the other side there was an entry.
It read:
June 12, 1929
Dear Diary,
A lot has happened over the last month, so I’m sorry that I couldn’t right in you. I kept seeing Diana following me all the time. She is such a fun girl to be with. She always asked me if I want to do things with her. I feel so happy around her I think I love her. Yet there is another who seeks her love as well, Meg. I have to tell her how I feel or else I may loose her.
June 16, 1929
Dear Diary,
Princess Wendy has been acting strangely lately staying up late to right letters and even leaving the house at night. I looked at the letters and they are written to Prince Joshua, but how I thought he died. I guess she knows something we don’t. Anyway this has left Diana to take over many of her duties. What’s gotten into Wendy?
June 17, 1929
Dear Diary,
I am finally going to give Diana the letter I wrote for her. I told her to meet me by the gate tonight so I could tell her a secret, that I love her. Wish me luck.
June 20, 1929
I am sorry once again I haven’t written in you for a while. I have some good and bad news. The good news is I am going to be adapted by a man named Roger. Unfortunately Diana never came. Even worse she has become cruel and mean. I can’t blame her though after what I did. After I gave her the letter and waited for her I went back to the orphanage were I saw Diana on the balcony with Eleanor. My anger grew and I started yelling at her. I told her she was not a Lady and she was a fraud. As I yelled she fell backward off the balcony and she wounded her leg. I went to see her and she just ignored me. I told her I was to be adopted and she just ignored me. I also asked her to come see me on the day I leave Rose Orphanage. She turned and said I don’t want to see you until I become a real lady for you. I still have hopes though.
June 21, 1929
Dear Diary.
She never came.
Jennifer baffled by what she read finally understood how Mason knew about the aristocrats. She still didn’t understand how he knew she was a part of the aristocrats though. Then it hit her. Mason had seen the broach that Wendy had given her.
As she grabbed the remaining pages the door to the library swung open. Jennifer then herd it lock as well as whispers coming form the other end of the library.
They said:
The nark, the nark
The nark has found the item
She will tell the secret
She must be punished.
Jennifer was unarmed so she looked for what she could use as a weapon. Suddenly the beast revealed itself to be a Werewolf beast with a bunch of fly beasts. They surrounded her. She ran at one of the fly beasts. As she did the werewolf beast advanced at her. She pushed the fly beast out of the way. She then thought of an idea. She went behind one of the bookshelves. Then with all her might she pushed against the shelf. Spot ran over to her and helped. The shelves fell crushing the beasts that seemed to disappear.
All of a sudden Mason walked through the door. “What a mess you made. You have a lot of cleaning to do,” he said with a smirk. Then he noticed the torn diary in Jennifer’s hands. “No you did not. Not only did you read it but you ripped it to shreds,” he yelled in an agree voice. He ran at her and yanked the diary from her hands and said, “I’ll let you go if you never speak a word of what you read. Also I’d watch my back if I were you.” As he left a piece of paper fell from the notebook. It was the last part of the storybook. She put the storybook together and read it.
It Read:
The Werewolf Prince
A long time ago, a prince was always alone.
Then one day he noticed a princess who watched him from afar.
This princess had fallen in love with him and him with her, but he was too scared to tell her how he felt.
Then one day he noticed that another who had fallen in love with the princess, so he got up the courage to right a letter to his dear princess. In it he told her to meet him by the castle gate in the morning for he wanted to tell her a secret.
Yet the other lover found out about the prince’s letter and stole it away.
The prince waited and waited for the princess to come. She never came and he was crushed.
Then he saw a wild dog looking at him. The dog ran and bit him. He had managed to get away.
Suddenly every bit of anger in him took over and the prince went to look for the princess. He started yelling at her and told her she was no lady. Then he turned into the mean werewolf. He then lost all control.
When he finally came to, he had realized that he had deeply wounded his princess’s leg, but not as much as her feelings.
The prince decided that he would go on a trip so he could never hurt his princess again. Unfortunately she never came to see him off. So he cried inside.
Poor lonely prince.
I’m sorry, you truly were My Lady.
July 1932
Jennifer closed the book and saw Joshua smiling right next to her. “So you got another part of the promise I think,” he said happily. “Yes, and I think I learned something else to,” Jennifer said. Joshua with a confused look just handed her the paper.
She wrote the next part of the promise down.
Forever,
My Lady,
“Well just one more part and you can go,” Joshua said in a sad voice. Jennifer picked up the last storybook.
June 1932
The Scientist’s Monster
It Read:
The Scientist’s Monster
In a far away land there lived a scientist who loved to study.
Yet he had no friends because of this.
This made him very lonely.
So one day he decided he would use his smartness to create a monster to be his friend.
When he did his friend always wanted to play.
This made him mad so he told his friend he hated him.
When he did his friend became angered and tried to kill him.
The scientist was forced by the village people to kill his friend.
He never got another friend again.
When Jennifer looked up she realized that she was once again in another room. In the room she noticed Noah was standing near her. “So what is the Nark up to,” he said to her in a strange tone. “I have a favor for you. I need you to deliver this to Mason right away. This is a Court of Flies exclusive note,” Noah continued. As Jennifer left she could hear Noah speaking to himself, “They will regret what they did to me.” Jennifer wandering wandered what he meant went look for Mason with Spot.
Jennifer decided to go to the Lobby. When she arrived she found Mason by the door. She handed him the letter and asked where she got it. She told him she got it from Noah. He laughed and opened the note. After reading it he said, “Well he actually expects me to do him this favor, what a fool.” Then he looked at Jennifer and said, “You know what, I may have a job for you. You see Noah said that there is a strange man aboard this ship and well I’m to busy to check and I want you to do it.” Jennifer confused said, “Where is this man and what dose he look like?” Mason laughed again and said, “Figure it out.” After that Mason left into the lobby. Jennifer noticed Noah coming toward her from the opposite direction. She ran to him to ask him what he knew about the strange man. He turned and said, “Mason wants you to take care of it. I have to do something about this man or he will…” then he stopped what he was saying and looked at Jennifer. “Well you may not look it but I may need you to do me a favor. Use this candy bar and track down a man in all black,” Noah said in a strange tone.
Jennifer was nervous and had no idea why they wanted her to find this man or what awaited her when she did. Jennifer told Spot to search and he went looking for the man.
She finally arrived at a door that said engine room on it. Spot kept pawing at the door so she went in. She noticed a strange letter on the floor and picked it up.
It Read:
To all crew
There have been sightings of a stowaway aboard the ship. I have no idea why or when he came aboard but whatever the answer we must catch him. If anyone has any info please come see me right away?
Thanks for the cooperation,
Captain Arc
Jennifer then heard a voice. It said,"So I guess I have been found. None the less you must understand that I'm on this ship for a purpose and I can not allow even a child like you to get in my way by telling that foolish captian." Jennifer turned and saw a figure in the darkness. She looked at him and said, "What do you want?". The man came out of the darkness and revealed himself to be a tall man with a very large stature. He had red hair and green eyes. He also had dark circles under his eyes that made him look a little frightning. With a dark stare he said,"Olny the truth." Jennifer confursed said, "What do you mean by the truth." He then stood there for a second and then tears started to fall from his face. Then he spoke in a very sad voice, " I have a story for you, if you wish to lisen." Jennifer felt a little sorry for the man for some reason and told him she would lisen. The man looked at her and said, "Thank you, you really are kind, My name is Anthany."
With a sad voice Anthony spoke, "I was a detective working on a case about children who were going missing in a small rural area in England. My son was one of those children. I followed every lead and came across a house owned by a man named Gregory M. Wilson. The police had gotten a strange note by my ant Martha who had seen some strange things around the time. I tried to convince the police to check it out but to no avail. So I went instead. First, I spoke to Gregory in person. He seemed a little strange and didn't take care of his home but, to my suprise he was very polite. I learned that he had lost his son a while back, but nothing really jumped out at me. As I was leaving I noticed something very strange in an area by the house. I saw three mounds. I'm not sure why, but I began to feel strange about them so I decided to come back and dig them up. When I did come back I made sure Gregory was away. When I dug them up I found something that startled me. To be honest I was expecting to find the the missing children, but it was olny a picture of the missing kids. So I waited for him to come bach home. Sadly on that same night the man had taken his own life after he had killed a bunch of orphans at a nearby orpahanage. Later I went to his home to see if I could find anything on the missing kids and I came across something else a notebook left by Mr. Wilson. In it it told me things that I could not beleive. And a name I will Never forget was in it David Arc. I went to talk to him and Mr. Arc refused to tell me what I needed to know. I thought it was all a lost cause until I saw him on the ship, my son Noah." Jennifer shocked at what she heard asked, "so you think Captian Arc is the kiddnapper." He looked down at his feet and said something that suprised Jennifer, "No, but I do believe he is trying to hide him on this ship. Also I know who you are Jennifer. I read about you in the newspaper. I thought you should know that this kiddnapper may also have something to do with you as well and the death of your parents!" Jennifer couldn't believe her ears. "My parents died in an accident involving an airship, she said. "Well the airship part is true but we believe there was an explosion triggered in the ingen by the kiddnapper. Why he did it is unknown.Also many adaults on this ship are police officers and want to see justice. So next mounth we are going to confront the captian with the help of his first mate. Thats why we are on this ship. I did do something that I should not have though, I talked to Noah. I really wanted to see him, but I knew the olny way to keep him safe was to keep him from knowing the truth. Yesterday he tried to come here and saw me wrighting about how we were going to mutiny the captian so I ran at him and told him to keep quiet or else. I regret every word," he said. "Do you have a suspect," Jennifer asked with anger in her eyes. "Yes it is...." then he paused when he heard a door open. It was Arc.
"So the stowaway was you Anthany. I thought I told you you never come near me again," Captian Arc said in a calm but frightning voice.
"Tell me Arc why a person with such high respect for Justice is hiding a kidnapper. I know you are a good person, so please stop hiding him and let the children go," he said in a serious tone.
Suddenly Jennifer noticed Arc was holding a Shotgun. She then saw him point it up at Anthony and say," The Justice System is corrupt and needs to be changed and the olny way to do so is to change how the next generation of kids sees it. The so called "Kidnapper" is teaching them how to do just that. My wife died because of that old system. I will not let the kids get hurt, but I can't say the same for you. I'm sorry, I really didn't want to hurt anyone," He said in a sad voice. Then he looked at Jennifer and said, "Please go to my cabin." We can talk there." Then the first mate came through the door. The captian told him to escort her to the cabin. Simon then escorted her to the hallway when she heard a loud noise. Suddenly tears came to her eyes as she saw Noah looking into the room were captian Arc and her new friend and his father used to be. Noah looked at her with a dark glare and walked away.
While waiting in the cabin for the captian she saw a riped paper on the desk. She knew it went with the story and put it with the book. It read:
The Scientist’s Monster
It Read:
The Scientist’s Monster
In a far away land there lived a scientist who loved to study.
Yet he had no friends because of this.
This made him very lonely.
So one day he decided he would use his smartness to create a monster to be his friend.
When he did his friend always wanted to play.
This made him mad so he told his friend he hated him.
When he did his friend became angered and tried to kill him.
The scientist was forced by the village people to kill his friend.
He never got another friend again.
My olny friend "I shall always protect" our memories together.
July 1932
The Graveyard
Then Jennifer looked up and she was back in the art room, but Carry and Joshua were gone. She did see the paper with the promice someone had made her. She wrote the last part and read it
Forever,
My Lady,
I shall always protect
Underneath there was a dairy. On the title was a name that shocked her: Carry Wilson. Jennifer reached for the diary and read it.
It read:
Brother why have you taken him from his father. You are Joshuas's uncle. You could have killed him. First you put some kind of poison into candy that made him look like he was dead then you dug him up and brought him hear. I love my son and wanted him to be with me, but not if it ment his life. You have done many evil things including kiddnapping children for your cause, but this I can never forgive you for.
Gregory I am so sorry.
Jennifer realized at that moment that this Gregory in the diary was her Gregory. All the conections started to make sence. So Carry is Gregory's Wife. Then that means that Joshua is- no it can't be. Joshua is dead. She then remembered the Carry's diary, her brother.
So if this Joshua is the son of Gregory and Carry then that means that he didn't die and he was kidnapped by his uncle. So the night at the orphanage could have been avoided. Silent for a moment Jennifer finally realized two things.
First, the kidnaper that Anthany was searching for must be Joshua's Uncle. That also means Carry knows who it is.
Second, Joshua was alive so Gregory's death was worthless just like her parents. As the thought came into light Jennifer became Enraged. "My parents, my dear Gregory who took care of me, this madman who ever it may be will pay," Jennifer swore to herself.
Suddenly she heard the door to the room open, it was Joshua. "Jennifer I know you are angry but please listen to me. The time has come and I won't be able to send you home after this. You have learned the truth but these are your memories and they will play according to what really happened. When you came in the past you didn't have your memories of the orphanage until you saw Spot. While you were on this ship you remembered everything. That is until you were able to leave the ship. Something made you forget those who cared about you on this ship. I don't know what it was but I do know it was a very sad and horrifing event. I want you to wake up or you may forget us again," Joshua said with a sad voice. Jennifer looked at him with a serious stare for a moment and said, "Knowing what I know now and doing nothing about it is wrong. I will not let my parents and Gregory's memories be defieled by this maniac. I am sorry Joshua." Joshua looked at her with a sad face and said, " I will play my part then. Jennifer you are about to enter a world were you cannot escape. I will not be able to help you. There will be betrail and you will remeber the loss of yet another important person. I bid you farewell you stupid girl." Joshua ran away crying and there was a storybook that she noticed on the floor.
She picked it up and read it.
It read:
The Graveyard
Oh stupid girl who refused to go
there is something you neet to know
While you were with the captian
You must know that something did happen
You told a lie
This you cannot deny
When the adault found out it was far to late
They had already accepted the bait
I know this maybe hard
But you are responsible for the Graveyard.
Oh supid girl who refused to go
Now you Know
She closed the book. This did not seem like any of the other books, but rather a hate letter.
When Jennifer left the room she saw a note on the wall.
It read:
From your captian. A few days ago there was a passanger who was not wellcome on this boat. I want all hads on deck I need to discuss a few things with the passangers and crew. Please meet me on deck at 1500 hours.
Jennifer then realized that Spot was runnig down the hallway with Allen. "Oh Hiya Jennifer. We better get going to the deck, its almost time for the meeting. First I would like to take my lady to a very special place so please come with me, it won't take very long," he said in a strange voice. "Oh, o.k." she said.
They finally reached the a very strange doorway. Allen went in first and told her to follow him in. When she went in there Allen stood right next to a window that showed under the water. He then looked at her and said," You remind me of my little Sister who was my olny family until I was kidnapped by the Executioner. I was put into a hospital because I was really sick. My beloved sister was also sick but said she wanted to stay in the orphange because she had a knew freind. I peronaly think she was afraid of the docters but who knows. I was really worried about her and wanted her to go to the doctor but she refused. So I decided to force her. When she asked me why I did it I told her, If it is for someone you care for then some times you have to hurt the ones you love. I really regret forcing her to come but, I was so worried. She was released and sent back to the orphanage. I heard that her freind started living with them around the time. I was a little Jelous you know that she wasn't coming as much though. I hope I can find her someday. Anyway I notice you have the same kind of charm I gave my sister Wendy for luck."
As the name came out of his mouth she knew right away what Wendy he was talking about, Her former Princess. "Anyway I olny made this promice to her up until now and well now I will to you because you are important to me. FOREVER,MY LADY, I SHALL ALWAYS PROTECT," he said with a strange smile. "Do you except me as your knite," he said.
Jennifer stood there with a blank expression on her face. She then looked down and said," Allen you are sure you want to protect someone like me. I mean you bearly know me and you." As she was about to finish she looked up at him as he put his fingure on her lips and said, "My lady you are worth every moment to me. To me either answer is fine because I," he looked back at her with serious eyes and finished," I like you." Jennifer stood there shocked and started feeling strange. "Allen I like you to," she said without even thinking. Just then she remembered what happened to Wendy and she turned her head. "Allen I like you as a friend." As Allen looked at her with sad eyes he just Smiled and said, "Oh I see, thats what I meant,I mean we are not in the same rank so why would you trust me. Well um, when you decide come tell me if you accept me as your knight." Allen just ran away. "I'm sorry Allen, but if we get to close then I," Just then she remembered to report to the deck.
She ran to the deck realizing Spot was still with her. When she finally got there she was horrified. A crimson river was on the floor coming from under the door. She ran in and saw Captian Arc with his shotgun. She heard him say," Mutiny on my ship has a punishment. She looked over at the ground and saw all the adaults on board on the ground shot. Then she saw Carry holding Joshua. Let go of him and face your maker." The Captian said. Carry grabbed Joshua and through him to the the floor into the Crimoson river. "I love you my son," then the shot was heard.
. I wish I understood computers better. Well I am going to start collage and plan to learn how. I know pathetic right. 