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> I looked at Sean and then at Emily. They were kissing, like always. Sean was supposed to be my boyfriend, but of course Emily came into the picture and I had to figure out a way to get her out of Sean's life. I thought of someone that could help me, but why would she. Annie was too busy to help me so I gave that thought up. I had to think of something of my own.
It was Halloween, maybe I could scare Emily out of town, I thought with a laugh. Sean's dad was having a Halloween party and he invited me to go. I was going as Cinderella, I had the prettiest and sexiest costume. For lunch Sean, Emily, Brad, Leo, and I went to Shockwave. It was like the new hangout. All of a sudden, we were having a great time when I turned around and there was Daddy, he looked like he was half dead or something and I was scared out of my mind. He wanted me to go with him, but I told him no. I never wanted to go home, not after all the chanting that he was doing and not after I saw him. Emily said I could stay with her and her mom and Sean's mom. I figured maybe I could get on Sean's side by sucking up to his mom, so I accepted.

Then I remembered about my term paper. I told Emily that I had to get my term paper because I left it at my house, but there was no way I was going back there alone. Sean said that all of us should go. I finally agreed. When we got to my house, I wanted to check on my dad. We went into his office and there in his chair with his cloths on and the ring I gave him, was a MUMMY!!!! I screamed at the top of my lungs and Sean calmed me down. Leo said that Daddy was probably pulling some prank on us and I told them that he wasn't like that. He didn't really have a good sense of humor. Everyone kept telling me that it wasn't Daddy, but I said "It has to be him, he promised me he wouldn't take his ring off till the day he died." I knew it was Daddy.

We tried calling the cops, but they didn't believe us. Then Emily said, "Why don't we go down to the police station and tell them, maybe they will believe us." I agreed. When we got there, I saw Ricardo Torres, a detective. Sean told him about the mummy and everything that happened. Ricardo said that he would come look at it.

When we got back home, Ricardo turned Daddy's chair around (where the mummy was) and all that was there were his cloths and the ring I gave him. Ricardo looked on the desk and found a piece of paper that said "Rosario." He nearly freaked out and said that it could be a clue and that he would get inn touch with us in the morning. Brad said he wanted to go to sleep, so we all agreed to meet at Emily's house tomorrow to finish discussing this.

When Emily and I got back to her place, her mom wanted to know what was going on that I had to stay here. Emily told her that we had become good friends and that I needed a place to stay. Her mom was in a nun costume, which reminded me of what a great time I would have had at Gregory Richards' Halloween party. I said that I was tired and wanted to go to sleep but as soon as I got upstairs I could tell Sean's mom was ready to interrogate me. I told her that I was tired, but she insisted that she had to know what I was doing there. I told her I would tell her in the morning. So, she let me go. There wasn't an extra bedroom in the house so I had to sleep in Emily's room.

In the morning, I put on a really pretty yellow shirt with flowers and jeans. As soon as I got downstairs Leo was there. He had kinda a funny look on his face like he was happy and sad or something like that. I asked him what was wrong and he said nothing. Then Emily came downstairs and asked what Leo was doing. He said he wanted to spend time with his favorite girls. Emily and I looked at each other. The phone rang and I answered it. It was Cole Dechanel, Leo's brother. He said "Is Leo or Dad there?"

"Leo is here, but your Dad isn't. Why is Leo here, anyway?"

"He had to run a errand for my dad."

"He's not really doing anything, he's just standing looking at the stairs."

"Thanks, Amy."

"For what?"

"Can I talk to Leo?"

"He's kinda in a daze."

"Never mind, Dad and I will be there in a sec."

"Bye."

"Bye, Amy."

I hung up the phone and turned to Emily. "That was really weird."

Emily asked me what was so weird. I told her Cole called asking for Leo or A.J and then he said he and A.J. would be over in a second.

Just then, the doorbell rang. Bette (Emily's mom) came running down the stairs to answer it. It was Marlena Evans and Hope Brady. Marlena said, "Ready to go shopping." Bette of course was already ready. Emily said that something really weird was going on here. Bette invited them in and right after she shut the door the doorbell rang again. I said, "What is going on here?" A.J. walked in with this HUGE smile on his face and said "Nothing." I told everyone that I was going upstairs. Of course everyone ignored me.

When I got upstairs, I remembered that Sean's mom wanted to interrogate me about last night so I went in her room. It was so dark and all I could see was this guy with a Scream mask holding a gun to her head. He held her mouth shut. I started screaming as loud as I could. Then the Scream guy ran away and Sean's mom fell to the floor as if she was dead. Everyone rushed up the stairs, but then everything went back to normal. Olivia woke up and the room wasn't dark anymore and to make matters worse, everyone thought I was a nut. I must have been hallucinating.

Emily said "Amy, that was not funny. We thought something really happened." I told them something did happen and I tried explaining the whole Scream thing. I didn't do any good.

Bette, Marlena, Hope, and Emily left, they said they were going to "Baltix," the fancy dress and lingerie store. I was carrying this book of curses and legends that Daddy always read. I found it on the floor in his office. I started flipping through it when I saw a curse called "How to get rid of your worst enemy." I thought it was really cool and I planned to use it on Emily. I dropped the book by accident and A.J. went to pick it up. What he didn't notice was that a little black box fell out of his pocket. I picked it up without him noticing and I put it in my bag. The phone rang again and I answered it.

"Hello."

"Hello, who is this?"

"This is Amy Nielsen, who is this?"

"This is Gregory Richards."

"Hello, Mr. Richards, what do you want?"

"I want to talk to Bette."

"She is not here right now, can I ask you a question?"

"What?"

"Do you know why A.J. is carrying around a little black box and why he has this big smile on his face?"

"What's in the box?"

"I didn't open it yet."

"Open it."

"Oh my god!!!!!!!"

"What is it?"

"I don't think you want to know."

"Tell me or I am coming over to see for myself."

"No wonder everyone has been acting so strange."

"Amy, I don't care, tell me WHAT'S IN THE BOX!!!!!"

"O.K, O.K."

"Well?"

"It's an engagement ring and I don't think he's proposing to Bette."

"He better be."

"What?"

"Never mind."

"I'm sorry. Wait a minute, why am I saying sorry to you, if you are in love with Annie."

"Listen, Amy, meet me at Baltix in 10 minutes."

"O.K."

Emily asked me who was on the phone, I told her it was a friend from school and that they wanted me to meet them somewhere. I said bye to Cole, Leo, Emily, and Olivia, and A.J. When I said bye to A.J., I kinda slipped the box out of my bag and put it on the table. I wanted to stay around for the proposal, but I had to meet Gregory.

I walked up to the door at "Baltix" and there inside was Gregory. I didn't know I was supposed to meet him inside and why on earth was he in the lingerie section. It's not like he was buying it for himself or at least I hoped not. I walked in and saw the "gang" (Bette, Marlena, Emily, and Hope). I walked over to Gregory and asked him what he was doing. He asked me if I still had the ring and I told him I put in on the table. He said to go back to the house and make sure A.J. doesn't propose to Olivia and I said O.K. He said he would pay me for it. I ran back to the house where I saw A.J. looking at the box, he was about to ask Olivia, when I said, "I saw this girl on the beach, someone was next to her holding a gun and she looked exactly like Caitlin!" I had always been good at lying. Right then and there everyone rushed out to the beach. Thank goodness A.J. dropped the box on the floor again. I picked it up and went back to "Baltix."

I showed Gregory the box and he said, "Thanks, Amy, I appreciate it." Then I asked him what he was doing, but of course he wouldn't tell me. Then he gave me a big envelope and told me to go give it to Annie. I walked along the beach on the way to Gregory's house and I saw a MUMMY!!!! Yes, another one, and this time again there was a paper with the word Rosario on it.

I ran to the nearest phone to call the cops. "Hi, this is Amy Nielsen, I really need to talk with Ricardo Torres, it's an emergency."

"Hold on, here he is."

"Ricardo?"

"Hey, Amy, what's up?"

"I don't have time for small talk, I just saw another mummy on the beach holding a piece of paper that said Rosario on it."

"Amy, I'll be right there." I guess Ricardo really meant that because the next thing I knew he was there with the mummy and me.

"Wow, Two mummy cases in two nights."

I told him that I thought the cases were connected somehow. He told me that he would take care of it. I told him that I had to be somewhere anyway. So off I went to Gregory's house hoping that Annie would be there. Not that I really cared or anything it's just that Gregory said he'd pay me. I rang the doorbell and Rose, the maid, answered it. I asked if Annie was home and she said yes. When Annie came to the door I handed her the envelope.

"Gregory wanted me to give this to you."

She opened it. "He couldn't possibly want a divorce."

"Think again."

"Where is he now?"

"Probably with his ex-wife, he was buying lingerie for her in Baltix."

"Olivia?"

"Yup."

Then she broke down into tears and I almost felt sorry for her, but then I remembered what a horrible brat she was. I don't understand how a cute little redhead and bratty little redhead could share the same name. I went back to "Baltix," where I saw Gregory. "I gave her the papers and she said she would sign them. I just hope she doesn't rip them up. For your sake."

"That's O.K., I made a deal with our lawyer that if she rips them up it is just like she signed them."

"I thought you were a lawyer."

"I can't be my own lawyer." With that he walked out with this sexy little dress thing and a jewelry box. He said he was going to propose to Olivia and give her the dress. I told him that I didn't think he would wear it. He said that I could be one of the bridesmaids at his wedding. I was thrilled I was going to get an expensive dress and some big bucks after doing all this. I went back to Emily's house where the "gang" was. They were admiring all the things they bought.

I said, "You guys seemed in a really happy mood about going out shopping." They told me it was all for Olivia, for her wedding to A.J. I told them that there wasn't going to be a wedding, that I had bumped into Gregory and he told me that he was going to propose to her and how Gregory and Olivia are destined to be together. They said that they don't care who she marries as long as there is a wedding. Gregory came running through the door and up to Olivia's room. No one knew what was going on until they came downstairs. She was wearing the dress with the big diamond on her finger. Everyone was happy.

That night I sat up in bed reading Daddy's book about curses. It said that in order to get rid of your enemy, that you had to give her a diamond bracelet and chant "Rete feet eneme poof" a couple of times. I was going to try in on Emily. I read on further. It said that after I chanted that my enemy (Emily) would be scared and run away and never return. I thought it was really cool. I went to sleep then because I was really tired. Bette woke me up at around midnight.

"Wake up, Amy."

"What? It's midnight."

"I know, but Olivia and Gregory want to get married tomorrow, so I am putting the bridesmaid dress in the closet."

"O.K. Thanks."



It was morning and everyone was rushing around doing things for the wedding. I had to put on my dress. It was the prettiest thing that you have ever seen. It was like an ice-blue color, it was strapless and it went all the way to the ground. The ice blue was like a satin material and it was a solid color. Over the blue was a mesh with the design of butterflies on it. The hair stylist was coming to do my hair. Out of my suitcase I took a diamond bracelet that my mom gave me. I hated her, she just left Daddy and I and ran away and so I was kinda throwing her away. I was going to give it to Emily hoping that my plan would work.
"Soon", I said, "Soon I will become Mrs. Sean Richards." I went downstairs where are the other bridesmaids were: Hope, Bette, Marlena, Caitlin, and Emily. The best men were there too: Leo, Cole, John, Sean, Bo, and Ben. I went over to Emily.

"Here, Emily I want you to have this, it will go really nicely with your dress."

"Thanks, Amy, but are you sure you want to give it to me?"

"I'm sure." I stared at her and whispered "Rete feet eneme poof, Rete feet eneme poof, Rete feet eneme poof."

All of a sudden Emily said, "I have to get away from Sunset Beach." She ran out and was never heard from again. We all went to the church and did the ceremony. When I walked down the aisle, I could tell that Sean was thinking of only me, since Emily ran away because of the curse. The reception was so great!! Sean took me off privately and he said he had to ask me something.

"What is it, Sean?"

"Amy Nielsen, will you marry me?"

"Of course." Then I woke up. That was such a great dream, and I said that I was going to make it come true. I was so happy. I put on my dress, it was the same as in my dream because when Bette woke me up I saw the dress. I went downstairs and Bette and Emily were waiting for me.

"Good morning."

"Good morning, Amy, you look pretty."

"Thank you, Emily."

"You're welcome."

"I have a present for you."

"You didn't have to get me a present."

"Well, you let me stay at your place and you helped me when I found out about my dad, so I just thought I should repay you."

"O.K., I love presents."

"You are especially going to love this one."

"What is it, tell me already."

I showed her a diamond bracelet that Brad gave me. He had this secret crush on me, but I only had eyes for Sean. "Here, Emily, I want you to have this."

"Amy, it's so beautiful, thank you so much."

"You're welcome again" Then the doorbell rang. It was the whole wedding party: Bette, Hope, Cole, John, Bo, Marlena, Sean, Caitlin, Ben, Leo, and Emily. Here we go again, I thought. The next one to walk in the door was the hairstylist. I asked where the bride and groom were and Bette told me they were already at the Mission (our church). The hairstylist put all the bridesmaids' hair all up in like a twist with baby's breaths in our hair. While Emily was getting her hair done I looked at her like I was watching at I whispered, "Rete, feet, eneme, poof, Rete, feet, eneme, poof, Reet, feet eneme, poof." All of a sudden, like magic, Emily jumped out her chair and ran out the door. She wasn't heard from ever again. Sean didn't look too sad, I guess he didn't like her that much.

Anyway, it was off to the wedding. It must have been the most extravagant wedding that I have ever been to, but I guessed that's because Gregory Richards is so rich. I wanted to stay in the dress all day, but I hoped that maybe Sean would take it off later. Olivia's dress was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen, it had spaghetti straps, it looked satin, but I wasn't sure, the bottom had chiffon over it with butterflies (I think they had a theme or something) and she must have had the longest train I'd ever seen. I thought that she was a princess.

Father Antonio Torres (Ricardo's brother) did the ceremony. No one objected to the wedding, that was good. At the end of their vow and everything, Gregory and Olivia shared the most beautiful kiss. I guess they had practice at their first wedding. The reception was so fun, I danced with Sean, since he couldn't dance with Emily. He said he was really happy that his parents were back together again. I told him I was happy too. He asked to talk to me privately, but before he could say anything I screamed, "YES ,I WILL MARRY YOU!!!!!!"

He looked at me like I was a freak and said, "Actually, I wasn't going to ask you to marry me, I was going to ask if you wanted to come stay at the house with us since it might get boring staying with Bette."

"Oh, sorry, I feel like such a fool."

"You shouldn't, because the next question I was going to ask you is, Amy Nielsen will you marry me. I guess I don't have to ask you though, I think I know what your answer is."

"I love you, Sean."

"I love you too, Amy."

"Amy? Amy? Amy?"

I woke up out of my daze. "Huh?"

"So are you going to move in with me."

"I'd love to!" I had to go to the little girls' room to freshen up and that's when I saw him again, the guy with the Scream mask. This time Caitlin was there, he did the same thing. He held her mouth shut and when he let go she fell to the ground. I screamed again, as loud as I could. Everyone came, but the scream guy ran out again and everything went back to normal. Caitlin asked what was wrong and I told her about the Scream guy. She said that was ridiculous, everyone said they were fed up with my games. I pleaded that I was telling the truth, but of course no one believed me. They all thought I was nuts, again. I went back to the party, but I was totally freaked out. Then the strangest thought came to me. What if Derek is back!!!! I ran to Ben to tell him what happened. He told me that Derek was dead, and I said that I saw a person with a Scream mask trying to kill Olivia and Caitlin. He said that it must have been my imagination playing tricks on me. I didn't feel like arguing with him anymore so I walked away to find Sean. Virginia Harrison told me that he was in one of the private rooms, number ten. I went there and when I opened the door there he was the guy with the Scream mask. This time he was by himself, his mask was on the floor, but his back was facing me. He didn't know I was there. Suddenly he turned around and I finally realized who it was, I screamed as loud as I could. He grabbed me and he asked me why I left him. I said that I left him because I was scared of all the things he was doing and then I asked why he was doing this. He told me it was because he was in love with Olivia and wanted her for himself. I said that it wasn't right, that Olivia belongs with Gregory. He walked away then and I thought, "I'm glad Daddy didn't go through with his plan, I really don't want Olivia to be my mom.

I followed him, I had a lot of questions that needed to be answered, like why did the people not remember what happened after he attacked them. "Daddy, wait!"

"What is it, Amy?"

"You have to answer my questions, please!"

"Fine."

"How come after you attacked Olivia and Caitlin, they didn't remember what happened?"

"It's all in the jewels."

"Jewels?"

"The jewels from Rosario, they hold a special power."

"How come there was a mummy in your chair?"

"There is a legend about the Rosario jewels, that if you lose them you will age very quickly and become weak and then be turned into a mummy. Once you are a mummy the only was you can get back is if someone places the jewel in your hand."

"Wow! What is Rosario and why did you write it on that piece of paper?"

"Rosario is a little town in Mexico, where Father Antonio used to work. There was Madonna statue that had seven rubies, seven emeralds, seven sapphires, and seven diamonds. They were stolen from the Madonna and each set was given to different people. Philip Vargas had the diamonds, Hillary Nichols had the sapphires, A.J. Deschanel had the rubies, and I had the emeralds. So you see, Amy, this whole thing is very complicated and it----"

"The important thing is that you're okay." We went back to the party, where Sean showed me this beautiful diamond ring. He asked me to marry him and I guess you know what I said. Before everyone left, they came and said congratulations to Sean and me.



A couple of months after that everyone was happy. Sean and I were married and were expecting a baby, Olivia and Gregory were still together, and everyone found out Annie stole Trey from Olivia and gave him to Caitlin. Caitlin and Cole worked things out and they were happy and Caitlin is also expecting a baby. A.J. was married to Bette. Annie was rotting in jail, and the whole mummy mystery was solved.

The End