THE ANDERSONS

dead and it will now be very easy to get rid of the other two fools. Then I shall destroy the Andersons and finally have my revenge and then I shall rule the world! ” Tarantella laughed wickedly.

”No! ” the girls screamed hopelessly.

”Oh, you don believe me eh? See for yourself ” she gloated as she pointed to her magic cauldron which could be used for brewing magic potions or for spying on her enemies.

The two girls looked into the cauldron eagerly and saw Sam talking to John and George.

”Hes alive! ” the girls sighed in relief.

”Impossible, no mortal can ever return to life after he has died. How can this be?! ” she yelled in anger.

”It seems that Skittles didn actually kill Sam ” said Lucy in amazement.

”Or maybe he actually died but since it wasn time for him to die, his soul returned ” Nancy said dully.

Then all of a sudden, something really amazing happened. Tarantellas face became white as a sheet. She grew really pale for a moment. The girls really enjoyed seeing her expression but they couldn understand why Tarantella was so shocked.

”Then it seems I have a really powerful enemy. This is going to be exciting ” she said.

Sam was still talking with George and John when all of a sudden, the walls of the Cave began to collapse.

”What is it now? ” John asked angrily.

”Its Skittles ” Sam said.

”No way, how could Skittles acquire enough strength to shatter the walls? ” George who had not yet realized that the giant dog was Skittles said.

”Quit talking and start running ” said John who knew that if they stayed in the Cave for too long they could be crushed.

They began to run towards the entrance to the Cave but as they neared the entrance, a huge rock fell in front of them and blocked the entrance and the whole place suddenly became dark.

Meanwhile, Tarantella was watching through her cauldron and so were the girls. After the rock blocked the entrance of the Cave, the Cave became dark. Lucy began to strain her eyes to try and see whether the boys were alright and then another wonderful thing began to happen. Her brown pupils gradually changed colour. They first changed to an orange colour, then to a golden colour. At that point Tarantellas Castle became very bright.

”No! ” Tarantella screamed in horror and flew away from her Castle to escape the light which she hated so much.

As Lucy continued to look into the cauldron, some of the beams of Light emitted from her eyes penetrated the Cauldron as if they had passed through a portal and began to give light to the darkness within the Cave. Both girls were amazed and so were the boys. The light became so bright that the boys had to shield their eyes but George found it difficult to close his eyes. He felt he could break the rock with the light. As he began to concentrate, all the beams of light became focused into a single pillar of light. George pointed to the rock. The pillar of Light moved with great speed and when it hit the rock, the rock exploded but that wasn all for a bit of the light as it diverged after destroying the rock hit Skittles in the head. Skittles began to tremble uncontrollably. Then with a scream, the demon that was controlling him left him and began to head for Tarantellas castle but it was not to be so for some of the diverged light headed towards it and hit it before it had the chance to escape. With a loud cry, the demon exploded.

The boys were just coming out of the Cave when it happened. They were happy that Skittles was back to normal but then they discovered Skittles was still the same size. This time however, Skittles made no attempt to attack them.

”Im sorry for all that I did. I didn seem to remember you Sam. Actually, I still don remember anything except your name ” Skittles said with a puzzled expression on his face.

”You don remember us? Don you remember how you got here? ” asked Sam.

”I belong here. Ive lived here all my life. Tarantella was my mistress… ” Skittles said. ”…but why are you asking me all these questions? ”

Sam could not believe his ears.

”Skittles, you don belong here. You were kidnapped by Carlane to be used as one of Tarantellas evil minions. Besides, why would Tarantella make a demon enter you if you were already a demon? You were our pet. You always used to play with us ” Sam said.

Skittles began to have flashbacks of the times he played with the Anderson children but Tarantella noticing that her will over Skittles was weakening sent a powerful psychic wave which made Skittles forget Sam instantly.

”Remember! ” Sam shouted and flew towards Skittles.

He approached Skittles and touched his head with both hands. Suddenly, Skittles fur began to turn to a gold colour but Tarantella was very powerful. She refused to stop sending psychic waves. Then Skittles fur began to turn red. When John and George saw this, they also flew up and touched Skittles head. There was a brilliant flash of light and Skittles fur became as white as snow. A white light surrounded him and he began to shrink to his normal size. A loud scream pierced the silence as Tarantella left Skittles mind.

Soon after that, the light surrounding Skittles disappeared and the three boys fell to the ground totally exhausted. Skittles ran to them and began to lick them happily. They had won. They had defeated Tarantella again, broken another of her spells and restored Skittles to his normal senses. Skittles was taken back home in a golden portal.