Charlie Bone and the Library of Fantasy

Chapter Twelve: What has happened to Emma?

The gang, minus Emma, were stumbling randomly back through the forest. They were looking for Emma, the symbol or a clearing: it was getting very dark and they needed a place to sleep.

Fortunately, Olivia was no longer hyper. Unfortunately, Lysander had his hands full.

"What? What do you want?" he nearly shouted at the baby bear.

The baby bear was still clinging to his shirt but now he was screaming his head off, like all babies do at some point in time.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT?"

Then he heard a low rumbling sound come from the baby bear's stomach.

"Ahh, you're hungry."

Lysander turned to the others.

"Guys what do baby bears eat?"

"Well, judging by how young this baby bear is, I'd say he'd only eat milk." Tancred stated.

Everyone turned to Tancred.

"And you know this how?"

"I went through a bear phase not too long ago." Tancred said, shrugging.

The baby was still screaming.

"Where the heck will I get milk?"

A light bulb flash above his head.

"…Olivia?"

"Yeah?"

"You love animals, right?"

"Yeah…" Olivia said suspiciously.

"And you're a girl, right?"

"Last time I checked, yeah."

"Well, would you please give this poor baby some milk?"

"I don't have any milk."

"Yes you do."

Olivia froze and realised what Lysander was talking about.

"Oh no, forget that. There's no way that I'm going to BREASTFEED that bear!"

"Shh don't say that word." All the boys hissed at her.

"What? Breast?"

"Yes! That word."

After another minute of asking Olivia, Lysander knew it was a battle he wasn't going to win. Then, another thought occurred to her.

He looked at Fidelio, Gabriel,Lysander, Tancred and Charlie.

"You know, it Meet The Parents, the main character DOES say that you can milk ANYTHING with nipples."

The boys' eyes widened in horror.

"NO!" they screamed at him.

"But he won't stop screaming!"

"Then give him milk, yourself! YOU have nipples!" Olivia said.

"Err…no I don't."

"Yes you do."

"No I don't."

"Okay, take off your shirt, then we'll see."

"...Are you implying you want to see me half naked?"

"NO! I'm proving to you that you DO have nipples!"

"No I don't"

"Yes you do."

While Olivia and Lysander were arguing, Charlie was worrying.

"Guys, where do you think Emma is? I'm worried. What's happened to her?"

"Dunno. But you know Emma, she's strong. She'll be fine."

MEANWHILE

Emma was running as fast as she could. Looking back, no one was behind her. She let out a triumphant laugh, just before tripping over a rock and falling over.

"My lady, let me help you." Several voices said.

She groaned. They had been the reason she had been running. What had happened to Emma up to that point? Now you shall know.

Soon after Emma and the lovesick Romeo had begun walking through the forest, to her dismay, they soon ran into two other Shakespearean characters: Demetrius and Lysander from a Midsummer Night's dream. Also, to her dismay, as soon as they saw her, they apparently 'fell in love' with her.

Now, she had three lovesick idiots following her, declaring vows of love and trying to kiss her.

"Leave me ALONE!" she screamed at them, after failing in her attempt to run away from them.

"And give up our chance to be with thee? Nay."

"But I'll like you better if you go away!"

"We'll only leave thee if thee doth kiss one of us."

"Why?"

"The one thou kisses shall be thou's true love. That is how stories always go."

"Well I'm not kissing ANY of you. So GIVE UP and LEAVE ME ALONE!"

Only then did she notice the three boys were coming closer to her.

"Eep!" Emma kicked them all where the sun don't shine and ran like the wind.