Chapter 6 Curiosity and Terror

The car pulled up into Bella's driveway. Bella herself was flustered. What had she just seen? It appeared to be magic of some sort. The monster, the girls, the powers, it had to be magic.

But wait, magic didn't exist! Magic was just something that existed in fairytales, in fiction books. It couldn't be real! It just couldn't!

Now that she thought about it, it probably wasn't. And to prove it, Bella was going to pinch herself on the arm.

Nothing happened. She was still standing outside of her car, still wearing the same shirt that she had worn to work today. The world around her didn't exactly have the same quality as a dream would either.

"Mom," Bella said as she turned to her mother. "That monster at Birdie's...I wasn't the only one who saw that, am I?"

Bella's mom shook her head.

"No sweetie. I saw it too."

Bella started to breathe in and out heavily as she stepped into the house.

"So then, what was it? Are we both going crazy? Do we both need to see a doctor?"

Bella's mom chuckled as she shut the front door.

"I highly doubt that is the case, Bella." She came up and put her hand on Bella's shoulder. "Now, why don't you go upstairs and change out of your work clothes?"

Bella slowly nodded. That sounded like a good idea. It would just be a menial task, but perhaps it would be the perfect thing to take her mind off of the monster and the girls. So, she headed upstairs.

Unfortunately, even as she was getting dressed, Bella couldn't help but think about what she had seen. It seemed so unreal! It had to be fake, it had to be staged! Yeah, yeah! That was probably it! She bet that the whole thing with the girls was one big show, one that was put on to make everyone intrigued.

But then again, how would that explain the sky? The entire sky had turned purple when the girls were attacking the monster. Now, Bella wasn't entirely familiar with performance art, but she had a feeling that something like that would be pretty hard to fake.

"Bella! Get down here! There is something you need to see!"

Bella immediately slipped her pink, moon themed shirt on and headed downstairs. When she got there, she saw something that made her heart stop. It was the four girls, being interviewed by a newscaster. Bella stared at the TV screen as the four girls were asked questions. Before they answered all of them, a smoke bomb of some sorts went off, and the four of them vanished into the ether. Bella was so absorbed by the TV that she didn't even hear her mom's voice until she was practically yelling at her.

"Bella? Bella!"

Bella immediately snapped out of her trance. She stared down at her mom as she sat down on the couch.

"Are you okay, sweetie?"

Bella didn't know whether to shake her head or nod her head. Eventually, she nodded.

"Yeah, yeah. I just need to go lie down."

So, Bella went up to her room. As she stared at the keychain that her mom got for her this morning, she started to wonder. Who were those girls? What was that monster? Where did they come from, what were they doing?

AN: Hey, everyone. I just wanted to say sorry that this chapter was so short.

Anyway, I hope that you all are enjoying this story so far. Any and all reviews are welcome with open arms. Anyway, have a good day. Stay safe and stay awesome! :)