CHAPTER ONE: Leave me left out of anything to do with you
CHAPTER ONE: Leave me left out of anything to do with you.
Ruby Hart ran her hands through her red hair in frustration as she left school. The past week had been HELL on earth. Monday, her boyfriend dumped her for the school dumbass. Tuesday, she missed the bus and it started raining so she was late and wet the whole day. Wednesday, her older brother robbed her of her paycheck because he was a jerk and his favorite past time was torturing Ruby. Thursday, her grandmother died. Today, her mom forgot to pick her up and well it looked like rain again. "Could it get any worse?" she grumbled to herself as turned into the park. Just then, rain started coming down. "THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!" she yelled to the sky. Her converse still weren't all the dry from Tuesday so once again; she had squishy shoes. "I hate squishy shoes. I hate rain. I hate school. I hate Chicago. I hate everything!" she thought in anger. "Why so glum Ru Ru?" said a voice behind her. Ruby turned around to find her best friend Hazel Vasquez standing there soaked but with a big smile on her face. Hazel's short died black hair was matted down by the rain. "Do I really need to justify your question with an answer?" Ruby replied shivering. "Okay, so you've had a bad week. We all have them." Hazel chided, "Forget about Ryan and forget about your stupid brother Adam, he's an idiot if he doesn't see what an amazing sister he has. The only thing that matters, is you survived. Come on, we'll go to my house and have a night in."
Ruby smiled a little. "Why do you always know how to make me feel better?"
"Because I'm your very best friend in the universe and it's my job to know these things." She answered. They continued walking through the park, talking and laughing. Hazel was telling Ruby about painting her room when someone ran into Ruby and knocked her over. The person continued running even when something fell out of their pocket. Ruby picked herself up and spotted the item. It was a necklace of some sort. The pendent was a red stone being held by a circular piece of metal that was inscribed. "What is it?" Hazel asked as Ruby picked it up. "I think it's a necklace." Ruby answered as continued to examine it. "There's something written on it."
"It's German. Für so lang, wie folgen es Tag und Nacht gibt, Zeit in das Licht." Ruby read.
"What the hell does that mean?" Hazel said
"Roughly it translate to 'For as long as there's day and night, follow time into the light'." Ruby explained. All of a sudden, the stone began to glow.
"What the fuck? It's glowing." Hazel exclaimed backing away.
"What do I do?" Ruby asked in a panic.
Just then, the park around Ruby started to spin. "OKAY THIS IS NOT COOL! NOT COOL AT ALL!" she yelled. Then, everything went black.
Ruby got the feeling that she was falling. Suddenly, she landed on her back in a forest.
Her David Bowie messenger bag landed beside her. The necklace still in her hand as she sat up and took a look around. Nothing was familiar to her. "I don't think I'm in Kansas anymore." She said out loud.