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                            Over Land and Sea:
                                 Red Sky
                              By Amy McGraw
                                  � 2002

	"This is weird.  I mean, even for your dad, this is weird." 
	Callie looked at Jimmy with a soulful expression in her eyes.  
"Tell me about it."
	"Your dad actually hired you a bodyguard.  And it's Barek?"  
	"I know, I know.  I don't understand either.  And to make it 
worse, he's staying with us.  He's following my everymove."
	Jimmy paused for a second.  "I can't believe I'm up this early." 
	The two were sitting on a bench over looking the cliffs.  Above 
them the sky was still black in color, with hints of red slowly tinting 
the eastern view.
	"Sorry.  I thought that maybe if I snuck out this morning I could 
get away from Barek."
	 Jimmy glanced behind them.  "I don't think it worked."
	Callie rolled her eyes.  "Really, Einstein.  I don't think I 
could have figured that out by myself."  Callie couldn't help but to 
take a peak behind them.  Barek sat on the ground no more than 100 feet 
away watching the couple closely.  "He's really giving me the heebie-
jeebies."
	"So who does your dad think that Barek is going to protect you 
from?  I mean, as far as we know, Barek is a bad guy himself.  He might 
even be involved in the Great Mumba-Jumba."
	Callie took a deep breath.  She pulled her knees up to her chest 
and wrapped her arms around her legs.  "I don't know, Jimmy.  I really 
don't.  I mean, now that I think about it, every few years, right around 
this time, we've moved.  I've never really thought about it too much, 
because we were always moving.  But it was right around this time that 
we would just leave, sometimes in the middle of the night with no 
warning.  All the other times we would plan it out for weeks ahead of 
time."  She turned to look at Jimmy.  It's weird, isn't it?"  
	"Yeah, defiantly weird."  Jimmy looked out over the cliffs.  
"Wow.  Look at the sky.  I've never seen one like that before."
	Callie smiled at Jimmy.  "I've seen all kinds of sunrises."  She 
turned her attention to the one in question, and froze.
	Jimmy looked over at Callie.  "What is it?"
	"There's an old adage that sailors use.  'Red sky at night-
sailor's delight.  Red sky at morn-Sailor be warned.'"


	Else where in the town of Swans Crossing, the citizens were just 
beginning to wake up.  
	Sydney Rutledge, for once, was awake before her alarm clock went 
off.  When it finally did, she leisurely stretched her arms out and 
slowly swung her body off of her queen-sized (how appropriate) poster 
bed.  She slipped her feet into her warmest slippers and headed into her 
bathroom to get ready for her big day.
	Mila Rosnovsky hadn't been able to sleep either.  She was so 
excited to make her singing debut at the concert.  She glanced at her 
clock�it was only 3 hours away!
	Sandy Swan groaned as the alarm clock went off next to her ear, 
practically deafening her.  "Too bad it didn't." she muttered.  "At 
least if it did, I wouldn't have to hear Mila sing."
	Saja DeCastro woke up with an immediate sense of dread.  His 
heart was beating far to fast, and he knew the spirits were communing 
with him.  Then suddenly their message was spoken to his mind.  "The 
great Mumba-Jumba will be revealed today."	
	In a small room on the outskirt of town, three bald men were 
sitting around a table.  They looked at each other slowly, then one 
checked his watch.  "It is almost time."
	Back in the park where Jimmy and Callie sat stoically on the 
bench, two tall men watched them from a safe distance.  
	"We must take her today."

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Ok boys and girls, here is chapter two.  I'm going to try to get at 
least one more chapter typed out in the next few days and then these 
three will be submitted to Mary together.  I am a total attention junkie 
so do me a favor and give me some feedback.  Responses can be sent to 
amymcgraw@hotmail.com.  By the way, make sure you read the next 
installment to find out exactly who is after Callie and what happens at 
the Concert.