Mairin's POV
"Go Fish!" I said as I smacked the card onto the ground. "Dang it!" Serena pouted.
I smiled.
"Wait—did you hear that?" Serena whispered. I shook my head.
"Well I did! C'mon!" She grabbed my hand and we silently ran down the long halls of the castle.
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We stopped at the end of the stairs and tried to catch our breaths.
All of a sudden we heard a crashing noise from the kitchen. And if you listen closely, you heard someone cuss.
"What w-was t-t-that?!" I whispered. "I don't know!!" Serena clenched my arm.
"Let's go look!" I said. "No! What if we get murdered—or—or caught—or—" I interrupted Serena, "C'mon! Guards are always on duty! We won't die!" I grabbed her arm and we ran across the hall and into the front of the kitchen room.
We both took a deep breath and pushed open the doors. Then—we heard some rustling noises.
I reached out my hand and touched something soft, and silky....
"GAAAAAAA!!!" The something—or someone screamed.
Serena and I screamed and bumped into something and fell. Soon, the lights were on.
"Mairin? Serena?" We looked up and saw Alain!!
"You scared the *BEEP* daylight out of me!" He said and reached out his hand for me to grab.
I grabbed his hand and he hugged me. My heart was pounding from what just happened.
"Thanks for the help!" Serena said with sarcasm, while rubbing her back.
Alain smiled with a toothy grin.
"So why were you here, anyways?" I asked.
Alain's smile turned to a frown.
"Someone broke in." He said.
"WHAT?!?" Serena and I yelled.
"Someone stole 100 dollars worth of food, and got away" He responded.
"But how? What about the guards?!" Serena said. "They didn't know. Whoever snuck in must be a ninja or something!" Alain answered.
"But who could it be?" Alain asked himself.