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I edited this chapter and just about died, for someone that has taken so many english classes, this was utterly unacceptable. I hope it's better now, if you find any other mistakes please let me know.
Just to let you know I am and have been procrastinating studying for my Biology test tomorrow all day...
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Ch2: To Middle Earth
"Cassie?...Cassie!"
Cassie groaned as she heard someone calling her name, her head was killing her and she wasn't able to think straight.
"CASSIE!" the voiced demanded, "WAKE. UP! LOOK AT ME!"
Cassie's head began to clear, and she realized someone was shaking her shoulder-rather hard too, and now that she thought about it, she knew who that voice belonged to as well.
"Careful Jill, don't shake her too hard, she'll wake up when she is ready-and I'm sure she won't appreciate that you are yelling at her either" she knew that male voice as well-it belonged to Jacob.
The shaking stopped and so did the yelling as Jill's voice directed itself to Jacob, "Well what am I supposed to do then o genius twin of mine?"
"Wait, she should wake up soon"
"And if she doesn't?" another very familiar male voice asked.
"Then we'll cross that road when we get there"
"Am I dead?" Cassie groaned as she found the strength to open her eyes.
"-fraid not Assie. But your leg might be though...and we might be soon with the looks of this place"
"Shut up Chris! Where did that almost concern in your voice go from a moment ago? And what do you mean my leg might be dead?" Cassie asked as Jill and Jacob snickered from her remark to Chris.
"OW!, Oh...that leg" Cassie looked down at her left leg, it hurt terribly, especially as she moved to sit up. She found a large bloody gash running down the length of her lateral thigh.
"Ouchies Cassie, that has got to hurt like hell..." Jill said as she helped Cassie sit straighter.
"Thanks genius, it does-hey, where on earth are we anyway? I didn't think that Kansas had any forests like this"
"Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore" Chris quoted in a girly voice, while being totally serious.
"Again Chris, Shut up!"
"What ever Assie, I'm just stating the obvious"
"All of you cool it, now is not the time to get irritated or frustrated with each other, we're obviously in the middle of nowhere and quite a distance from home-Let me see your leg Cassie"
"Ooh no! I don't think so Jacob, I didn't know you were a closet pervert-OW!...JILL! What the hell was that for?"
"Jacob's no closet pervert Cass, he's a Boy Scout Troop Junior Counselor-he's really good with first aid"
"Oh. Really? Sorry Jacob"
"Don't worry about it, with Chris treating you like he does all the time, it's no surprise that would be one of your first thoughts"
It was silent as Jacob began assessing what he needed to do to help Cassie.
"...You know, for being my best friend in the world, I'm surprised that you didn't know Jake was a Junior Counselor, I thought I told you about that…unless you tuned out"
"You did, and yes, I did tune out after you started on '...So get this, He gets too…'"
"Oh…" Jill replied quietly.
As Jacob did his best to temporarily wrap Cassie's leg with the cleanest part of their clothes the others sat close and began to look around. The four of them were indeed in a very dark and dense forest. The group couldn't even tell what time of day it was because of the thickness of the trees above them.
"Goodness, how far did that tornado take us?" Jill whispered.
"No idea Gills, but I'm one-hundred percent positive that travel by tornado is NOT how I want to get home"
"Don't call me Gills, Chris, you make me sound like a fish" Jill responded, still in awe at her surroundings, totally oblivious to the fish face Chris was making at her.
"Alright, done. Now we need to set up shelter and get a fire going, I have no idea when nightfall will be, so it would be best to stay relatively put after we find water" Jacob said as he finished bandaging Cassie's leg.
Jacob told his sister and two classmates what they needed, and three of the four set out to explore their immediate surroundings for the required items while the fourth built the campfire from the wood that Jacob had already collected. Even though the group was careful to stay in sight of another, they were still in much more danger then they could have imagined.
The group didn't know it, but they were being watched by several sets of eyes, some hungry, and others curious and wary.
~s~s`s`s`~S
Sarah, Luke, Adam, and Stephanie all flew into something very hard, and then felt themselves falling downward, with portions of what ever they had hit first, joining them in the fall. Screaming, all four hit the ground with a thud, and fell into deep unconscious again.
Andrea awoke to a splash. She was face up in a small marsh. Looking around her, she saw that Meridith, Ariel, and Samantha had all landed in the marsh water too. Spluttering, and coughing, Andrea pulled herself out of the water, and over to her other classmates.
"Hey,"-SMACK- "you three, alright?"she asked as she moved to hit her arm for the second time, just below the first place she had hit-smack-.
-Smack- "Yeh, you?" Samantha asked with a smile.
"Where",-Smack- "...are we" Ariel asked timidly.
SMACK, smack... "No idea Ariel, obviously not home" Meridith responded, "but I think we should get moving before these things-UGHH", SMACK, "-eat us alive"-SMACK-
Smack…"Good idea Meridith" Andrea replied.
The girls pulled themselves up, and, to their dismay, could see nothing but marsh, surrounding them. Even the sky hid the sun behind it's grey clouds. Ariel began to cry quietly to herself, upon seeing absolutely nothing she recognized.
"Guy's, shouldn't"-sniff- "we stay in one spot and wait to be found? And where is everyone else?" smack.
"Ariel? Are you crying?" smack, "Hey...," Andrea said softly as she walked over to Ariel, "it's o.k, the four of us are together and we're going to be o.k"
"Yeah Ariel, we'll be fine, lets just get out of this swamp before these things leave nothing for anyone to find, and then we'll stay put" Samantha added in an attempted cheerfulness.
In truth, all four of the girls were very scared. They tried to hide it though to support one another, and with some light bantering, the group set off in a random direction, giggling at their own antics, and constantly smacking at the bugs on and around them as they began their trek to find a way out of the massive marsh.
~s~S`S`S`S`~s~s~s`
Hannah, Andrew, and Emily hit the ground hard. Or rather, they fell onto something very hard. As Hannah rolled over onto her back, she screamed when half of her back landed on air and felt gravity try to pull her off of whatever she had landed on. After frantically rolling back to her original position so she would not fall, Hannah then wearily lifted her head, and glanced around her. She, Andrew and Emily had landed on a small ledge on a mountain, and the view was breathtakingly beautiful. Off in the distance they could see a large river, and beyond that, a beautiful golden forest. The three stared in awe at the landscape, illuminated by the sun shining high above their heads.
~s`s~s~s~s~s~
Khristina, Maria, Kathrin, and Brook screamed as they crashed through the tree branches and fell down through the dense group of trees. When the girls finally hit the ground, they were all unconscious again, with several broken bones as their new companions.
`S`s~s~s~s~s~
Meghan, Justin, Tommy, John, and Joey hit the ground and rolled. The five rolled over some tall grasses, and right off of a small cliff. Landing on one another, into what could only be described as human sandwich, the five groaned, and the top four rolled off of the bottom person in the pile.
"OW. Damn that hurt! You four need to lose some weight!" Joey complained when he was finally free.
"Oh shut up Joey! If we could have chosen how we were going to land, it wouldn't have been on you!" Meghan retorted angrily. Continuing in a more questioning tone she asked almost timidly, "Uh, guys? Where are we?"
"Sounds like somebody's PMS-ing" Justin whispered to Tommy and John.
"Excuse me!" Meghan looked over to the boys shocked, "Not that it's any of your business, but I am menstruating, so I suggest you knock it off" Meghan said this with a smile, it really wasn't her time of month, or anywhere near it for that matter, but she knew the comment would freak the boys out, and she wasn't disappointed. The looks on the four boy's faces were priceless.
"EEEEWWWWW Meg, TO MUCH INFORMATION!" Tommy cried as he covered his ears.
"Yuck, I might have Khristina and Hannah as my two older sisters, but still, Meg, thats gross" Joey said
"Yeah, John and I might have Meridith and Samantha as our younger sisters, but still please, if ya don't need anythin for it, don't tell us about it" Justin said shaking his head, as if the thought would leave him by doing so.
Meghan, while laughing told them she was joking, and the five continued their bickering oblivious to the eight eyes that were watching them closely.
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