Welcome to my second story ever! I hope you enjoy it.
I hate my mom. Most of the time, she's ok. She gives me money & leaves me mostly alone. One day, though, my mom reads some article on the internet about how city living is bad for kids. What?! Now we have to move out to some small village that's basically a museum. It's hours away from Ninjago City & they don't have a video game store. I slump back into my seat with a huff.
"Don't pout Mikael. I think this will be a great experience for us as a family. Think how much better I'll be able to concentrate on my writing away from the din of the city! And you! You will be able to play outside much more. It is also considerably cheaper to live out in the country." says my mom.
She's a novelist, so we don't earn much money. Apartments in Ninjago are pretty expensive. My anger drops a little bit as I look out at the desert expanse.
"I thought this, "Kiri", village was in the mountains?" I ask my mom.
"It is, the mountains are past the desert." says my mom.
I get onto my holophone to see what I can find out about this village. Search: Kiri Village. It doesn't bring up much, just some maps. I go to the second page, I'm desperate now. I find some obscure blog, detailing experiences living there. What the heck. I click on the blog & start to read.
It's pretty boring in the beginning. It mostly talks about mineral deposits & animal life. Apparently squirrels live there, & deer. I haven't seen a deer in real life since I went to the BioExhibit with my grandma. Later on, though, it starts getting kinda cool. The lady writing the blog starts talking about local legends. One legend is of a bird made of mirrors. Supposedly it can see "The reflection of your heart." whatever that means. The lady eventually talks of some sort of winter spirit, but then stops. I check to see if she ever continued it. The blog hasn't been updated since 2060! Wow, pretty outdated.
"We're almost there, Mikael!" says my mom, as the sand gives way to gravel & grass.
I shut off my holophone.