SADIE
I know my dear brother and I are fond of recordings, but he threw a fit when I mentioned using one... but he doesn't suspect I have a computer or that I know how to type. My brother would think that's impossible.
We were finally tracking down that magic source that we found a few weeks ago. Walt was driving, and Zia was sitting next to him. Carter and I were sitting in the back, because we were the ones who were gonna investigate.
Finally, after some wrong turns and dead ends we pull up on a small road. There was a tall hill to the right, a pine tree at the top, and a large sign said STRAWBERRY FARMS. That large source of magic was coming from a farm?!
Carter looked puzzled. Then he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Why not? We've seen crazier."
I had to agree with him on that one. The entrance to the 1st Nome was through a broom closet. This wasn't as odd.
We climbed to the top. It seemed like on purpose the hill was really steep. Maybe that was one of it's evil. Trying to destroy your heart, 'cause it makes it that you can't walk any longer. In any case, it wasn't doing a good job.
We reached the pine tree. A golden blanket was on the other side. Carter reached for it.
"Ouch!"
Usually I would make a snarky remark, but I was curious. "What happened?"
"I got close to it and something stopped me, and it stung."
Sadie pushed her hands on it. It hurt a little, but not much. Her brother was a wimp.
"I took me by surprise," he muttered, defending himself.
She took a good look at what was behind the barrier. It showed a peaceful strawberry farm. Nothing was out of place; it looked like a postcard. Then she saw it. The gleam of bronze, in the vague shape of a shield. What is this place?
Carter was apparantly having the same thoughts.
I pulled my vision into the Duat. I was taken by surprise. The barrier reached into the Duat, too. But here it wasn't that strong; it just clouded my vision. I saw... a lot of people. But that wasn't it. These people had odd shapes, like they were hosting gods. They all had a weird aura, if their shape looked normal. I couldn't actually make them out individually, but that was all I saw.
Carter was looking at me curiously when he saw me return to reality. "What did you see?"
I explained what I saw to him.
"We have to get through this... thing," he said shocked.
I looked at him like, No, duh!
Apparantly he had gotten used to his favorite sister, so this sorta stuff didn't bother him because he didn't respond. Instead he kept feeling around the barrier.
"It doesn't sting anymore."
I put my hands on it and we felt it a bit. I could almost see Carter's noggin turning as he recorded everything about the barrier in his head.
Finally, I sighed. "Walt and Zia are probably worried about us now. Remember the double-date?"
Carter nodded. He looked back at the barrier. "Yeah. We'll come back tomorrow."
Then we turned around and strolled back down the hill, to the car waiting below.