Chapter 5 - False Rumor

“Where are we going?” Sonya asked. Vicky was pulling her through the streets of Trenton with no discernible destination.

“Argentina. To find our real mother,” Vicky said without breaking her stride.

“Argentina is in SOUTH AMERICA!” Sonya said.

Vicky paused for a second, then changed direction.

“NOW where?” Sonya moaned. “We're missing Dragon Tales!”

“I guess we're just gonna sleep in the mountains of Trenton. No one will be able to find us there,” Vicky answered.

“Those are SCARY,” Sonya whispered.

“According to Maria, they're easy to climb,” Vicky replied.

“I BETTER NOT die!” Sonya cried.

Later, after a fine dinner of berries, the 2 sisters were looking for a nice pile of leaves to sleep on.

“OH MY GOD!” Sonya screamed in the distance. Vicky ran over to her.

“I KNEW IT!” Sonya cried. She reached inside a pigeon's nest and pulled out a letter addressed to her from Supul Academy.

“I KNEW it got lost!” Sonya cried victoriously. She whirled to face Vicky, then grabbed her by the collar.

“KNEW it,” she whispered.

Vicky stepped back.

“Let's sleep here!” Sonya said, already making a bed out of leaves. “To commemorate this as the spot where Sonya Habbaveil Apple got accepted into Supul Academy!”

“Ok...,” Vicky said.

Word spread fast.

It began when Shanaynay had spotted Mrs. Apple silently spiriting a lot of luggage to the air port. She texted Lukas, who told all his friends via hair straightener communication.

Next, Noriega vlogged about how he had seen Vicky and Sonya running into the mountains at night.

After that, Craig, who had become mildly retarded after being attacked by leeches, formed the horrible rumor that Vicky and Sonya had killed Mrs. Apple and in an incontrollable fit of rage, and then fled the country.

“It must be true!” the witch lady screamed.

“Shut up yeah right Vicky and Sonya wouldn't do that...,” Alex tried to say.

“SHUT UP!” Craig screamed. “THERE'S WITCHCRAFT AFOOT! I READ ALL ABOUT IT ON RUNESCAPE! WITCH! WITCH! WITCH!”

And just like that, an angry mob was formed.

Sonya was awoken by an angry yet rhythmical chanting.

“Witch witch witch...”

“Cool!” Sonya said. “VICKY, WAKE UP! They found another one!”

Vicky turned over in her leaves, still asleep.

The crowd grew visible in the distance. Sonya was about to hurry over and join them. But then they started another chant.

“Vicky Apple Sonya Apple Apple apple apple apple.”

“Oh crap!” Sonya said. “I'm a witch and they're hunting me!”

Sonya looked at Vicky. She was completely covered in leaves. Praying that she wouldn't wake up and be seen, Sonya quickly climbed a tree, taking refuge underneath a colony of messenger pigeons.

She waited, holding her breath.

Minutes passed. Finally, the mob had gone by. They hadn't noticed either sister. Sonya waited until they were completely out of earshot, and dropped out of the tree.

“Wake up!” Sonya cried, leaping on Vicky and shaking her violently. “We have some sprinting to do!”

The two sisters fled through the mountains.

“What did we miss?! How long were we here?!” Vicky panted.

“Like not even a day,” Sonya replied, turning on her phone to check. “Text from Mimi!”

“Read please.”

“Wtf i saw the news it said u and vik r witches y?!?!?!?!?!”

“I got one from Sara – VICKY!!!!!! ur on the news running in a forest! LOL!”

The two sisters looked up. A helicopter with a news camera flew over them.

“From Logan – U MURDERED UR MOM WTF SOMEONE HELP.”

“From Con – Hello murderer.”

Sonya let out a 15 second scream. “YOU'RE MAKING A MISTAKE, TRENTON! THIS IS ALL A TERRIBLE MISTAKE!!!”

“Please listen to us!” Vicky gasped.

The angry mob came into view, led by the nefarious Lady Gaga. The mod spread everywhere the sisters could see. Tiny flames from torches flickered in the distance.

Vicky grabbed Sonya and violently screamed, “CAN NO ONE SAVE US?!?!”

Sonya threw a rock at the news helicopter. It instantly dropped out of the sky and crashed into the ground 20 feet away. A fire quickly spread from the fallen helicopter, spreading around the forest and perfectly blocking the mob from them.

“WOW,” Sonya said. “I just wanted to see how far I could throw.”

They took off sprinting.

“Where should we go?!” Vicky asked.

“Umm... I suppose we could hide in the Supul Academy dumpsters until sundown. We can then contact the pod for help or something.”

“Sounds kind of weird but I guess it's the best we have.”

And the 2 sisters escaped into the night. The same night Logan had overheard Alexis Grace on the phone and Conrad had discovered a terrible murder plot.