Chapter Five: The Underland

A/N: Sorry it took so long to put this chapter up, I didn't get many reviews. Then again, I don't own Inheritance or The Underland chronicles.

I nodded to Angelina. It was time to do this. There had been way too much mystery surrounding Gregor, and last night was the last straw. We were going to go find him. So, the first thing we did was come to Gregor's , ready to ask around. It was around four o clock.

We started to step slowly up the stairs, when I said,

"Why are we going so quietly? We're not trying to break in or anything." Angelina nodded. So, then we just ran up the steps faster.

Gregor's apartment wasn't far up, and we got there pretty quickly. Today the cold was terrible; the apartment's heating seemed to have broken down, and I felt a mixture of pity for Gregor.

Then, we walked in.

This time, the first person we met was Gregor's dad. Trust me, sometimes people feel sorry for my asthma, but his dad was the one needing sympathy. He behaved nicely enough; he smiled and weakly got up. That just seemed to make it worse.

Then, Gregor's dad called Gregor who came. He looked shocked at us for a moment; I don't think he told anyone else about what happened.

"Hi Gregor! You came away rather abruptly didn't you?" I said in an innocent voice. Gregor looked at me with a mixture of fear and suspicion.

We took a while chatting with his other family members, but none of them seemed as sick as Gregor's dad, they seemed to be doing okay.

It was only when we had almost gave up that I spotted something. It was there, lying on the floor of Gregor's room. I called Angelina over and saw, Gregor. Dancing and laughing with the strangest girl I had ever seen, her skin was so transparent I could see every blood vessel. She had violet eyes, and I didn't recognize the place that they were in. Gregor came in, and saw us looking at the photo.