Ponyboy stared out the car window as the scenery sped by in indistinct blurs of color, head resting in an open hand. The new and unfamiliar weight of the bracelet on his wrist keeping him lost in thought as he uncomfortably rotated his hand in a subconscious attempt to dislodge it. A quiet sigh escaped him as he squirmed in the seat to relieve some of the pain that was trying to make an appearance in his lower back.
Sodapop, having taken notice, turned around in the passenger seat to face him." You alright Pone?"
The younger boy blinked, shaken from his thoughts, and glanced at his brother. "Yeah, just sore."
"We'll be there soon, baby."
Sure enough they began to notice a difference to the landscape around them several moments later. Buildings started to pop up more and more frequently and the vegetation grew sparser and sparser until they saw a sign off to the side of the rode.
Welcome to Mystic Cove!
After another few minutes of driving they entered the small, quaint town. A shudder ran through each of their bodies as they looked around. Something was...off about this place. Enticing. Alluring. Almost like they were close to something, something enormous, something huge and important and wonderful that they'd been waiting their entire lives for but hadn't known it. It was like something was so close, waiting for them to discover it, for them to find it, like doing so would bring them a type of peace they hadn't had since their parents death.
It was...disconcerting, to say the least.
They checked into they only motel they could find and settled down for the night, the feeling still pulling at them even as they fell asleep.