The Note Returns

by Nia Rivera on 05.15.2009

37 Responses

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Nia here. Thanks Callie, for posting for me last week.  The bio exam was a killer, but I slayed that dragon. Victory is mine!

I was 100% intrigued by the idea of the necklace being a locket and had to find out what was inside. NOT digging into that mystery was simply not an option. I didn’t think I could risk stealing Slimster’s keys again, but I’ll let you in on a secret: Captain Grotesque eats his lunch from 12:05 – 12:35 PM every day in his car.  So I staked out the joint for four days and yesterday, the spy Gods smiled upon me. When Slimster pushed the door to his lair shut before heading out for lunch, the lock didn’t catch.  In I went.

Odd = what I saw next. Nothing. No box of notes. No locket. No nothing. The lone inhabitants were Stan’s mop, bucket, cleaning supplies, etc. EXCEPT for the dropped note Stef_Stone wrote. What. The. Frak?  Why that note? And then I started wondering, was the fact that the closet door was left open a treat, or a trick?  My gut tells me that somebody – maybe somebody BEYOND Slimester – was watching us. Callie. Me.  That day. Or other days. But why?

We know the note wasn't written TO us, but I think someone just sent us a message of a different kind.  

So the question is, what is it and do we listen?

37 responses

  1. globalgirl

    That’s so possible.
    I have no idea what it is. Is there any weird things that happened with Amanda and other people in front of you? Or things she insinuated while she talked to you?
    You can take the message either way. It might be trap to listen, or to ignore it. I think we should keep trying to see what happened. Hoping that who’s watching you doesn’t have something major to do with A’s disappearance.

    • aGirlLikeMe

      What exactly did you mean by the note, Step_Stone? I don’t quite understand what you were trying to say. But I do understand how Amanda could have taken it the wrong way, being so superstitious.

      Has the school contacted Amanda’s mother about her not attending? And about the ring, there is an Oracle card that says how rings usually symbolize something. Did Amanda ever by a vintage ring, Step_Stone? Or did Amanda acquire it some way else?

      • kayleigh

        Maybe Amanda going missing one day and Callie’s mom going missing have something in common. I think they are the run from something major. I just cant get over why the person who is getting close would give them a heads up and tell them to run.

        • urban_hippie

          Huwwaaaaat on earth is that supposed to mean? So far it seems like, there’s a bigger picture other than Amanda going missing. I mean, yeah it’s a huge deal that she’s gone, but what if there’s more to it than meets the eye?

          Maybe it’s about Callie’s mom? Maybe Amanda knew something about it? I don’t know..

          • dem_94

            aGirlLikeMe might be right about the Oracle cards. We should defiantly check that out.

            I’m not entirely comvinced that Amanda’s dissappearence and Callie’s mom’s disppearence are just coincidences. I think somehow they’re related. Maybe Amanda was trying to help Callie’s mom and she got herself in trouble. Or vice-versa?

            • stef_stone

              Hi-
              This is Stef Stone. I didn’t really mean anything by the note, I was just mad. Come to think of it, aGirllikeme, she did buy a ring the last time we were at the store! It had a wolf totem on it…I wonder what that was for?

              Anyway..I think it is interesting that Amanda thought someone would seriously send her a note like that. Maybe it relates to her disappearance, her thought that someone would do that to her?

              • stef_stone

                Also… I wonder who put it in there. Who else would know when the janitor was there and that Nia would check?

                • Ashley

                  Maybe the Janitor knew something about Amanda. He could be following her instructions, and Janitors hear all sorts of things. It all comes back to who wants to harm Amanda, and why?

                  • themidnighter

                    Wait,maybe somehow Slimster Stan or somebody ELSE higher than him put a video cam to record the people that comes in or out of his “closet.” Then he/she saw Nia and Callie going in there and searching in the box. So he/she lets you in a trap. I guess that the note is not true. It’s just a note trying to mess with you. Trying to scare you off.

                    • stef_stone

                      I don’t think it was Slimster Stan..but I think the whole deal with Callie’s mom and the VP is very interesting. Maybe he has something to do with it???

                      • dem_94

                        I was think about what aGirlLikeMe said about the oracle cards, and I remembered that Amanda once gave me a card with a ring on it. After hours of digging through my room, I finally found it.

                        Nothing says commitment quite like a ring (except, well, saying “commitment”). But this devotion isn’t restricted to the romantic variety. You can be extremely dedicated and your word is as good as gold. Your loyalty is about to bring a royalty and pay you back big time.

                        • stef_stone

                          Hmm….yes I have seen Amanda buy rings at various times..mostly from vintage shops. One thing I have noticed is that all of the rings usually have an animal on them..almost like a totem.

                          • kimberly

                            I think that Slimester is being cautious and has possibly moved his “stash” to those bunkers at the back of the school. it’s suppposed to be empty but he may have stuff in there…

                            • stef_stone

                              Maybe..does anyone want to check at school tomorrow?

                              • Rosie

                                WHAAATT?? What’s this about Callie’s mom going missing?? (So sorry, hun…) When?? Why?? How?? Isn’t she the one who got us the copy of the surveillance tape from the bank?? Waaay creepy…this MUST have something to do with Amanda and the missing notes… I think Nia is right, and it had to have been someone much more important than a high school janitor for this to happen… And how would they know Callie’s mom had given us the picture of Amanda in the bank?? It could have been anyone who worked there…
                                  **CREEPY**

                                • stef_stone

                                  Hi Rosie…um Callie’s mom went missing a few years ago..didn’t you hear?

                                  • Fashionista

                                    wait wait wait - it was liza’s mom that got us the tape from the surveillance camera, not callie’s mom. liza’s mom works at the bank.

                                    also, I was over callie’s house last summer, and her mom was for sure there, since she drove us to the mall…I think she disappeared some time this fall, but definitely before Christmas. I remember Callie being really down around the holidays, that’s suchhhh a hard time when someone you love is gone.

                                    • Rosie

                                      Oooohhh!!! That makes so much more sense!! Wow, sorry blonde moment… Then if she went missing before Amanda they probably don’t have alot of influence on each other. Unless of course, Amanda’s kidnapping was just random instead of targeted like we were thinking…

                                      • stef_stone

                                        You are right fashionista..i did mean to type a few months ago not years ago sorry! I do think that Callie’s mom and Amanda’s disappearances are related..and they both left notes for the vice principal which is interesting…

                                        • Rosie

                                          Umm, sorry… What?? They left notes?? (Why am I always the last to know??) What’d the notes say?? And why would they be addressed to the Vice-Princie?? Lots of questions, so few answers…

                                          • stef_stone

                                            Umm..have you read Invisible I? One note was from Callie’s mom, found in the VP’s desk by Callie. The one from Amanda was found in his car after she “decorated” it.

                                            • noraorchid

                                              wow…lols Rosie…. i am just as far behind as you…....lols
                                              lots of information and when i moved in near her house i found what looked like a ring on the ground…it was kinda squished tho like a truck ran over it….. anyways, it looked like it had a wolf dog thing on it…......same ring that steff__stone mentioned??

                                              • Gracie_Hayes

                                                I’m still really suspiscious about Stef_Stone. We should keep watching her.

                                                • stef_stone

                                                  noraorchid: Totally it could be! What house was it? Amanda has claimed to live in a lot of different places, but if you found her ring that could actually be her real home!

                                                  Gracie_Hayes: Really! Watching me? I don’t think I need to be watched. I already explained this story and why I wrote the note.

                                                  • noraorchid

                                                    Ummm…......  I think her house is bue greyish kinda but then they either painted, or powerwashed cause after a few days i coulda sworn the house was a diff color….......

                                                    but i def found a ring just like the one you described…....

                                                    • alicewriter13

                                                      stef_stone, i think you meant no harm with the note (or did u…its highly suspicious that you know all these things), but Amanda was honestly freaked by it… if i had gotten a note like that, i wouldnt totally freak the way Amanda did, unless i knew someone who could actually follow up on the threat behind “i suggest you run”

                                                      • audrey_horne

                                                        I agree. Suspicious.

                                                        • tiffany923

                                                          so wierd. totally a trap. slimester is so up 2 something-just wish i knew what. i think he knows amanda from somewhere else. i talked to some people and those were, actually, all amandas notes. i bet some were pretty incriminating 2. i saw amanda buying a bunch of vintage rings downtown once. they looked like a collection, and all had animals on them. the next day, she was wearing one on a necklace. that was when i saw her in american history that morning. later, though, in chem. lab, she said she lost it. i bet the slimester found it and put it in his stash. gosh, i wish amanda would have been honest with us from the beginning-we could have helped her b4 she disappeared.

                                                          • Milana

                                                            If Slimy Stan read that note, were ALL in trouble.

                                                            • uliucer

                                                              Hold on, im new here so im a little lost, but y are we saying amanda got kidnapped?? I mean if she gets all these notes that shes not happy about then why couldn’t she have deliberately disappeared… as in, ran away…?

                                                              Again sorry if this is stupid, im just reading Invisible I and imm a litle behind on things.

                                                              Also… you guys keep thinking that Callie’s mom’s dissapearance has something to do with Amanda’s, and i was just thinking… maybe it does, but theres the chance that whoever is responsible for the moms dissapearence did it AS A COVER UP… meaning ppl keep thinking about it and dont think about seemingly “less important” events… just suggesting

                                                              plzz help, this is a little complicated for a beginer like me :) Thnx!

                                                              • kitkat1112

                                                                i have no idea why they r saying that she was kidnapped i mean she keeps leaving clues for nia hal and callie so why would a kidnapper do that
                                                                just questions
                                                                katie

                                                                • RRRules

                                                                  hold it:
                                                                  Isn’t this the same note from “the dropped note”? How did it end up here? Amanda was the last person who had it, and I highly doubt she left it lying around to end up in the closet. Either someone swiped it from her house-or where ever she lives-or Amanda left it for us, for some reason.

                                                                  • lindzkin

                                                                    Again creepy maybe whoever they are are telling you to watch out because they don’t want you to find out what’s going on.

                                                                    • Basil_H.

                                                                      We must tread very carefully, and be wary at all times. And we must be ready to care for each other. If one of us goes down, we all might, but if one of us falls, we must be there to catch them.

                                                                      • Basil_H.

                                                                        Stef_Stone- are you sure that’s your handwriting? It might be false. Look at the details. It could also be the same note but a plant.

                                                                        • arvi777

                                                                          i think that MABYE the note was from a friend, not enemy. that would make sense why he/she is telling amanda to run, and saying “she knows” because mabye she knows the secret and is warning her. you never know.

                                                                          • AmberDavis

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