Sitting on a wall with Lizzy and Stella, I looked at our funeral. We were invisible to everyone except for ourselves, but we weren’t ghosts. We could just become invisible. As for the funeral, we pretended to die in a very serious car crash where our bodies were so squashed that no one would be able to tell that they were only dolls. The reason was for us to become Portal Keepers, people who guard time portals from people who want to use them for their own selfish reasons. The portals could appear anywhere in the past, present or future during the full moon. In any number,there could be only one portal or as many as a few hundred.
Being Portal Keepers could be very dangerous, but not more dangerous than the adventures we went on before and the job had their ups. We would never get sick or die unless we were injure seriously and could open or close portals, which enable us to visit whatever place we want at anytime. And it would be way better than the life we have now, which, to be frank, is really boring and the people here treat us as freaks just because we had some special powers, even our parents. Who, everybody can see, looks relieve to be rid of us. Not that anybody in the funeral has a trace of sadness on their face, and some of them are even smiling!
A little while later, Lizzy said with contempt, ‘Let’s go. I can’t bear to look at their faces any longer.’
‘There’s nothing left for us to do here.’ Stella agreed coldly.
I sighed ‘It seems that they hate us and are terrified of us, despite of never having done anything to them.’
We opened a portal and went back to Greece. We had to help recruit Alexander the Great to become a Portal Keeper. It was our first mission.
‘Even if you guys have powers, you still have to be careful.’ David warned.
It was one hour before Alexander would die. Usually, we would the person if he or she would like to be a Portal Keeper one day before they die. However, not everyone has hundreds of soldiers guarding their place.
‘We know.’ Stella replied.
Our plan was to become invisible to sneak inside. Then wait until he was alone to talk to him.
‘Let’s go.’ I told Lizzy and Stella.
We made ourselves invisible, then tip-toed past the soldiers, trying to avoid bumping into anyone. Finally, we got to his room. Lucky for us, somebody was coming out and we slipped into the room.
We appeared in front of Alexander. His eyes widen and looked like he was about to scream, but was too weak to.
‘ Hi,’ I said nervously ‘we won’t hurt you, so don’t freak out, OK?’ He nodded.
We had a translator that would translate English into Greek, so he would understand us.
We told him why we came and explained what a Portal Keeper had to do.
‘If you agree, drink this. It will give the power you need to become a Portal Keeper.’ I finished.
We waited for his answer. Finally, he nodded.
Stella and Lizzy helped him up and I poured the liquid into his mouth.
He suddenly looked healthy again. Then he read an oath from a piece of paper we gave him that would bind him to the job. We left a doll in his place, made him invisible and crept out the window.
We quickly made our way back to where David and Natalie were hiding.
When they saw Alexander, their faces broke into identical smiles.
‘It seems like we don’t have to come as back ups on your next mission.’ Natalie said cheerfully.
‘Let’s go before anyone finds us,’ David urged ‘We can talk later.’
He was about to open a portal when some soldiers saw us. Their eyes widened and was about to shout when I froze their vocal cords and tampered with their minds so they will think they saw only rats. Then, made us all invisible.
We held our breaths until the soldiers when away. Then, David quickly opened a portal and we went into in quickly.
‘You all made it back safely!’ Josh and Ashley cried when they saw us coming out of the portal.
‘That was all thanks to Cassie.’ David said and explained what I did.
Then everyone cheered for me. I was glad that I had helped.