The fourth chapter of the story is out now!

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Just then, the bell rang, signaling the time to return to class. Charlie sighed, and then steeled his nerves for his return trip to hell.

For the rest of the week, everyone looked at Robbie and Louise real strange. Nobody wanted to be their friend at all. Even Addie hated them. Michael frowned whenever he approached them and even Billy Raven (who craved a family) rejected them. But that night, the kids held a secret meeting to talk about their future plans.

Robbie said, "You guys know that we've been made fun of, right?"

Felix said, "Well, nobody likes us. Why?"

"They think we're murderers and firebugs," said David.

"Good answer," said Louise. Molly said nothing, but stared into space.

David then said, "I just overheard Charlie Bone talking about us to his friends today."

"Oh did he?" said Felix.

"I heard his exact words: 'I didn’t really see them, per se, only them talking about the crime and what would happen if it were proven that they burned down the house and killed their parents.' 'Or they would have hired a hit man to do that,' said another kid. They think we did it. They think we're the killers. They don't even trust us," said David.

"Oh don't you worry, Dave," said Robbie. "I'll make him pay for it all..."

The next day was a Friday and Charlie was looking forward to going home and eating a huge dinner. But before he could rush to the door and rush to the bus that took him home, Dr. Bloor called him to his office. He said, "I take it things are going well with the Evans children?"

"Uh yes sir," said Charlie. "But I have something to ask you?"

Dr. Bloor said, "What do you have to ask me?"

"Do you think the Evanses are murderers and firebugs because it seems to me that they are?" asked Charlie.

Ezekiel gasped and said, "Why do you ask that, Charlie Bone?"

"Because if I were headmaster," said Charlie, "I'd send them to prison."

Dr. Bloor's face became stone-like. He said, "And what if one of them were endowed? You're going to let them out on the streets without being trained first?"

"No," said Charlie. "Endowed or not, that kid should be seeing the inside of a prison cell, not this school. Not any school. The Evanses cannot be allowed to be near normal children. They could burn down the house and kill the parents of said normal child."

Ezekiel said, "He's right, Harold. We have to reel those kids in. They do not leave the school at all."

"Very well," said Dr. Bloor. "Now you get yourself home, Charlie Bone." To Weedon, he said, "Get those Evanses rounded up and into my office, I need to have a word with all of them regarding what I have just heard."

And as Charlie happily skipped towards the door, someone had followed him and stuck him in the head with a brunt object. He fell and hit the ground. But he didn't fall too hard, for two pairs of hands grabbed him and dragged him away.

Emma Tolly and Olivia Vertigo were the last to leave. They were standing in the halls when they turned and saw Charlie Bone wasn't among them. A boy said, "I heard he was in Dr. Bloor's office."

"He's torturing Charlie!" cried Billy.

"Let's go find him!" cried Olivia.

As the girls and Billy raced to the office, they caught a glimpse of Weedon leading the Evanses to Dr. Bloor's office. "Have you seen Charlie?" Emma cried out.

"Well," said Weedon, "I did see him leave the office. Why do you ask?"

"He's not here," said Olivia.

Billy caught the smirk in Robbie's eyes. "You know what, girls?" he said, "Tell your aunt I'm not going home with you this weekend; I have other things to do."

Weedon said, "He's probably at home, where you two should be." He escorted them firmly from the premises and walked with the Evanses to the office, with Billy following them.

Maurice and Jenner frowned as they lifted up the unconscious body of Charlie Bone and shoved him into a cold and dark room. "Of all the things we could be doing, I can't believe we're Robbie's lap dogs," said Maurice.

"Let's just send him home and be done with it," said Jenner. "There's no reason to keep him prisoner."

They locked the door and walked off to their room.

In Dr. Bloor's office, he said, "Well, I have heard numerous complaints from various students who claim that they are unsafe around you. So to counter that and the threat of you burning down any more houses, you cannot leave the school." The kids groaned. He then said, "And furthermore, you will be providing an explanation as to why you are believed to have burned down the house and killed your parents..."

"But we didn't do it!" Louise cried out.

"Silence!" yelled the headmaster. "Many of the students here believed that you have done the crime, and I have promised the police that you will write the reasons why you have done this, and so you shall."

Weedon came to them with paper and pens. He said, "These pens are very special; I brought them from a witch. She says these pens will write only the truth and only the truth can be written with these pens. Now, you will write down everything and not stop until you reached this point in time."

Robbie and his siblings all frowned as they took the pens and sat at the table and began writing. Billy slipped back to his dorm, preparing to search for Charlie. Robbie pulled out his cell phone and it contained a text message: Charlie Bone is all tied up. Robbie smiled. He knew he could count on Maurice and Jenner DuBois.

Meanwhile at #9 Filbert Street, Paton, Amy, and Maisie were about to sit down and eat when Emma and Olivia burst into the room shouting, "Charlie's been kidnapped!"

Bwahahaha, Cliffhanger galore!

Next chapter, Charlie is tortured by Robbie while Emma and Olivia and the others seek to rescue him. But it won't be easy, as there is a mysterious ally working with Robbie to make sure that the Children of the Red King don't rescue Charlie. And Charlie meets M. Du Bois and learns some disturbing secerts about the Evans family.

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