The Bunny Express

Gwen Macy: Chapter Eighteen

Chapter 18:

 “Gwen, wake up! Wake up! It’s time to go to school!” Mrs. Macy shouted.

  “Huh?”

 “You overslept. Breakfast’s on the table.”

 “Oh, Mom. I had the most awful dream. I was kidnapped. And there was no way out!” Gwen trembled.

 “Relax, darling. You’re here now. Forget about it,” said her mother. Daisy jumped onto her bed. Gwen rubbed her eyes, wiping the sleep out of them, wiping the dreadful memory out of her head.

 She put on some clothes and walked to breakfast. But she couldn’t. There was something blocking her way. Holding her back. She looked ahead-and there was Hannah, her octopus self, grinning from ear to ear.

 “Just kidding.”

 

 

 

 The End for now…….

Gwen Macy: Chapter Sixteen

 Chapter 16:

 They slid down the moldy tube, slowly at first because of the slimy mold, but gradually it became cleaner and brighter. Hannah was hanging on to Gwen’s hand very tight; obviously she dreaded what might be at the end of this gigantic slide. Gwen had to admit that she was, too. It seemed like hours, or maybe days, depending on which girl you asked, to get to the bottom. They passed crawling spiders, ants with crumbs, plump little white mice, and even snakes on the way. Hannah was especially glad when the slide finally came to an end. They slid very fast onto a slick blue pad. Apparently they were in a hall lit with torches. They picked themselves up, brushing off the dirt from their long journey.

  “What is this place?” whispered Gwen, finally gaining her voice.

 “Maybe it’s a castle floor,” Hannah said uncertainly. The scary part was that there was no way back up to the little cottage. Gwen was glad and worried.

 “C’mon. Let’s see where this hall leads to. Take my hand,” Gwen motioned. The girls walked, slowly and steadily past torches and pictures of people with elephant trunks and squids with eight human feet.

 This is going to be interesting. Thought Gwen. Then she stopped abruptly.

 “What is it?” Hannah asked. Gwen ignored her. She was too busy digging in the inside of her red jacket to notice.

 “Ah ha!” she declared. Gwen pulled out a little blue beaded purse. She opened the clasp and pulled out a pair of shoes. (The folding kind, so it would fit in the purse.)

 “What size do you wear?”

 “Sevens.”

  “Try these on,” demanded Gwen. Hannah took off her broken heels and put on the zip up shoes.

 “Perfect! Thanks, Gwen!” But Gwen was again digging in her purse. She dug up a wallet, a hair band, and a little phone.

 “For emergencies. I totally forgot about it! Maybe it’ll help us!”

 

She dialed nine-one-one. But sadly, down hear in this dark hallway there wasn’t any signal. Gwen sighed.

 “Well, at least we can still use the little light on it to see through this place,” whispered Gwen. They continued walking, until they came to a medieval wooden door.

 “What should we do?” Hannah cowered. (If I was in their situation I would too!) Before Hannah could prevent it, Gwen had reached out and opened the dusty door. But what was behind that door, waiting for them, was something that the two girls to this very day will give them nightmares forever.

Gwen Macy: Chapter Fifteen

 Chapter 15:

 There, right in front of their eyes, was a staircase. It looked ancient, spider webs on almost every square inch. 

 “Do you think we should go through?” Hannah asked anxiously.

 “Mm hmm,” replied Gwen. Her pulse was becoming rapidly faster with excitement. They threw the block of the wall on the ground.

 “I’ll go first,” volunteered Hannah bravely. She started down the seemingly eternal steps, testing each one with her purple heels before stepping onto each one. Gwen tagged along behind her, wishing to speed things up. Each of Hannah’s footsteps made a clip-clop sound like a horse.

 “Give me those!” Gwen said finally, exasperated. Hannah took off her shoes and handed them to her, a look of curiosity on her friendly face. She examined the shoes and finally came to a decision. She pulled on the heels, which gradually snapped off. Hannah gasped.

 “Here you go.”

 

Hannah now had a horrible time walking, but was grateful towards Gwen because of the dangerous staircase. Now they saw rats crawling along. But something else had caught Gwen’s attention. There were words etched and faded on one of the stairs. She put a hand in front of Hannah.

 “Look!” she cried out, pointing. They knelt down and read:

 Bravery and courage,

 Kindness and caring,

 Cleverness and loyalty,

 Strength and daring,

 These are all fine qualities,

 As everybody knows,

 But they are no match,

 For what lies beneath your toes.

 

This sent a shiver up Gwen’s spine, and she leapt to her feet.

 “Whoa,” shivered Hannah.

And that was that.

 

They continued walking, going a bit faster than normally. Suddenly they arrived at a large hole. It was clear blue, but it looked as if it hadn’t seen anyone for at least three hundred years. The girls stepped carefully closer, and poked their heads inside. It was dark, and all they could see was that it went on for a long time.

 “Let’s go.”

 “On three. One, two three!” And they grasped hand and slid themselves inside the long pipe, pushing off with their legs, and they were off, into the dark underground wonderland, slowly fading away from reality.

 

Gwen Macy: Chapter Twelve

Meanwhile, Gwen woke up with a start as a girl shook her. She opened her eyes, and examined the van. She and the girl were in the backseat, and separating the front seat from the back were bars like in a sheriff’s car. There were four men in the front seat, but Gwen couldn’t see their faces clearly. She swung her head and looked at the girl opposite her. She was skinny, her complexion was pale, and she had scrawny shoulders. She had a purple dress that was quite pretty, actually, it was made of shiny material and had a sleek lavender ribbon tied across the front. The girl had her shiny dirty blond hair swept up in a tight bun. She looked around Gwen’s age, twelve or thirteen, and she was very pretty in Gwen’s opinion.
         “My name’s Hannah,” The girl said in a whisper.
         “Hey Bert! Looks like they woke up!” A particularly fat man yelled.
         “Well, it looks like they did! Just in time, too!” A man with a few strands of wispy black hair turned around and eyed them with two black beady eyes. The van came to a halt.
          “What are you going to do?” Gwen asked in a small voice.
             Bert just smiled and cackled harshly. He opened the door and stepped out, slamming it shut behind him. He slid open the backseat door. Then he pulled Hannah and Gwen out of the car. Up close, Gwen realized that the van was less attractive close up. The guy grabbed them by the arm and walked them through a part of the city woods until they came across a dingy cabin. It was in horrible shape, even on the outside the two girls could tell that it had been abandoned, so it would have rats. Gwen shuddered at the thought. Bert took out a gold key, inserted it into the lock on the slimy doorknob, and pushed Gwen and Hannah inside. Then he stepped outside, and closed the door, locking it afterwards. The girls could hear his footsteps trudging through leaves and sticks as he left them alone in the cabin, and all the hope in the world seemed to collapse in their laps.

         

Gwen Macy: Chapter Eleven

 Chapter 11:

 Tim and Mandy froze in their tracks. They glanced hopelessly as the colorful van drove away into the horizon.

 They were both stiff with fear. What would happen to Gwen? Tim came to his senses first. He said quietly,

 “Mandy, we better go tell the police.” His voice shook, and he could barely make his thoughts into words. Mandy understood. They both took each other’s hand and ran to the pay phone. Tim took out a glistening quarter and put it in the slot. Then he dialed ‘911’. A woman’s voice greeted him.

 “What is your emergency?” she asked slowly. Tim wondered how she could be so calm when his best friend was getting who knows what done to her.

 “Gwen Macy, my friend, has been kidnapped.”

 “What is the identification of the vehicle?”

 “Uh….” Mandy grabbed the phone. Her eyes were big and round, slowly filling to the brim with tears. She blinked them back.

 “It was a rainbow van. It had a man with an afro dancing under a disco ball. It had words…” She struggled to remember the weird print. It had said… Sheeba Dance co.! She repeated what she remembered to the lady.

 “We live in

Fresno

,

California

.” The lady said that they would send out a search party.

 Tim and Mandy stood there, desperately hoping that the police would find Gwen.

 They were so wrong…

 

Gwen Macy: Chapter Nine

                      

Chapter 9:

          At school the next morning, she told Tim and Mandy about Daisy.

           “A puppy? How weird!” Tim said.

            “Yeah,” Mandy agreed.

            “I know. And we named her Daisy, too,” Gwen explained.

            “Cool! How old is she?” Tim asked.

             “Just three months. Oh no. Here comes

Brittany

,” Gwen moaned.

              “Why does she have to be such a snob? How did she become the most popular girl in school?” Mandy said with disgust. Luckily,

Brittany

didn’t hear and pushed pass the three friends.

               “I hope that she gets kicked off the cheer leading team. Everyone hates her,” Gwen said angrily.

               “We better be careful around her, she walks with bullies, and when she’s not walking with them, she walking with her friends, who love to beat up people,” Tim warned. The bell rang, and they all headed towards history class.

                “Good morning class. Today we are going to learn about George Washington. After that there will be a test,” Mrs. Gregory, their history teacher said. Mrs. Gregory was a thin woman that wore nothing but gray from head to toe. She had small spectacles, and it always looked like she was going to hurl because her face was green from all the make up she put on in the morning.

         Everyone groaned. Gwen, Tim, and Mandy all slumped in their seats miserably as they prepared themselves for another boring day that seemed to last forever.

         

Gwen Macy: Chapter Eight

Chapter 8:

                      That night after dinner the whole family sat around the coffee table in the living room. Mr. Macy had brought his tallest hat, and they each wrote a name that they thought suited the puppy best. Gwen put in Poppy. She thought that name was best because the puppy liked to jump everywhere, and it was a cute name. When everyone had put a name in the hat, Mrs. Macy shook the hat and stirred the names around with her hand. She finally chose one and pulled it out.

         Mrs. Macy cleared her throat and said, “And the winner is…….. Drum role please…Daisy!”

        “Yes!” Megan shouted. “Hello, Daisy!” she said to the new puppy.

          Gwen was okay with the name Daisy. She thought it was better than Poppy, anyway.

Gwen Macy: Chapter Seven

                                    

Chapter 7:

                          “Hey, what are you doing?” Gwen asked suspiciously.

                         “We got a new dog today,” Megan replied.

                          “Let me see! Is it a girl or a boy?” Gwen asked excitedly.

                          “A girl. She’s three months old.” Gwen could tell her sister was not pleased at all to have a new puppy.

                         “Mom made me get a dog today,” Megan sighed. She didn’t want an animal messing up the house and chewing up things. There is a down side, Gwen figured.

                        Gwen went over to help Megan open the cage. Inside was a tiny puppy with huge brown eyes and a tiny wet nose. They lifted the door and Gwen carefully took out the dog and carried her inside, her sister following her with a bag of puppy food, a few toys, and a big fluffy pillow.

                           When inside, Gwen put down the puppy and ran upstairs to find her mom in the computer room. She ran to her and gave her a big hug.

                            “How’s your day been?” Mrs. Macy said with a laugh.

                             “Great! Thanks for the puppy!!! It made my day,” Gwen replied.

                           “Now, what shall we name her?” her mom asked.

                           “We should have a vote. When dad gets home, we should sit together and think of names we like,” said Gwen.

                            “We also need to go to the vet tomorrow and give her shots and make sure she’s okay,” Mrs. Macy reminded her.

                              “Right. Let’s do that at 3:00 tomorrow, because I have to go to the mall with Mandy.”

                              “That’s fine, dear. Now go do your homework!” said her mother as Gwen walked out of the room.

Gwen Macy: Chapter Six

Chapter Six:

                     “What?” Mandy asked.

                     “You have a HUGE tarantula on your face!!!!” Gwen shouted.

                      “Oh. He’s my little brother’s spider, Rex. ROBBY!!!!” she said.

              A boy around eight or nine came into the room, looking sour.

                      “What?” he said.

                       “Get your spider out of my room,” Mandy answered calmly. She picked up the spider from the floor, (It had crawled off of Mandy’s face, deciding that he liked the dirty laundry better.) and threw it at Robby.

                       “Hey! Rex is very delicate. Don’t just throw him around like that!” he shouted angrily, storming out of the room.

                       “Little brothers are so annoying!” Mandy whispered when Robby was out of the room. Tim was being very quiet.

                       “What’s up, Tim? Why are you being so quiet?” Gwen asked curiously.

                       “Nothing. Just thinking,” he said, in a voice deeper than usual.

                Gwen shrugged and said to Mandy, “I need to go. Megan will get mad if I’m not home on time for my mom’s after party dinner.”

                 Tim and Mandy waved goodbye as she got up and left the room.

                  Gwen walked back to her house, and saw her sister fumbling with an animal cage that was sticking out of her car.

                     

Gwen Macy: Chapter Five

            

Chapter 5:

                            But things did change. Tim and Mandy were always off doing other things and never things she suggested. They ignored her and were always looking at each other.

                        “Hello?” Gwen asked impatiently. It was after school, and she was in Mandy’s room. Tim and Mandy were making lame jokes and laughing at weird times. Gwen had had enough.

                        “That’s it! If you two are just going to ignore everything I do like I don’t exist, fine. If your ‘hormones’ are going to ruin our friendship, fine. I’m not going to stand around and pretend that I don’t care. I’ve been putting up with this four a month now, and I can’t take it! You’re probably not even listening!” she shouted angrily.

                      But Tim and Mandy were staring at her.

                     “But I don’t understand. We’ve been listening to you all the time! Why are you upset?” Tim asked.

                     “You haven’t! You’ve just been looking at each other!” Gwen was slightly confused now. She looked at Mandy, who had a giant tarantula on her face, and then screamed.