CHAPTER 2: A New Environment and a Strange Couple
Arden
and Nathan had been falling for a long time now. Arden was starting
to get angry. She had no idea where she and Nathan were going to
land, but they hoped they would soon.
"If we don't stop, I'm
really gonna be pissed off!" yelled Arden, feeling completely
uneasy in every way. Nathan nodded in agreement. He too was going to
be more than upset if they don't stop falling as well.
Before he could reply, the two mice suddenly landed on something bouncy. It was the softest mattress they had ever been on. After bouncing unintentionally on the mattress, Arden and Nathan realized what they were bouncing on and stopped themselves. After they finally stopped, they noticed that there were many, many huts, a river, rows of vegetables growing near it, and strange looking mice staring at them. The mice were wearing tattered clothes, their fur was messy, and the females had long hair that was all in braids. Some females had only one braid, while others had two braids, or thousands of braids. They had been doing nothing special until Arden and Nathan arrived in the small community. Nathan held out his paw, hoping to be friendly and make peace with them before anything else happened.
"Uhh...hello,"
he said. Arden shot a disgusted look at him.
"Nathan! Why are
you doing that? We don't know if they are friendly or hostile!"
she snapped. Nathan shrugged. He had not thought of that before, but
he also thought that there had to be some
way
to show that they were friendly and all, but right now was not the
best time to start an argument. Right now was a time to figure out
what all of these mice around them were doing there.
"Calm
down, Arden. They're friendly," said a voice in the crowd. Arden
and Nathan looked around, wandering where the voice was coming
from.
"Who said that?" asked Nathan. Suddenly, a mouse
around their age came out of the crowd. She was wearing a khaki
skirt, a forest green shawl that lied over a white long sleeved
shirt.
Arden and Nathan were both happy to see this mouse in front of them, especially Nathan, for he had not seen this mouse in a long time. He also has not been able to talk to her or be with her for so long because she had been busy, and was he. It had been like that ever since that strange Halloween night...the night of the resurrection. It was Allison!
"Sis!
It's great to see ya!" cried Nathan, remembering the older
sister he always knew he had. Allison waved too.
"Good to see
you too, Nat. You haven't been going on picking up girls while I've
had my back turned, have you?" she asked, joking. Nathan rolled
his eyes.
"Not really. Arden here has been helping me with
that! You know that Erin and I have been fighting because of that, so
thanks to Arden, I've changed," he said throwing out his chest,
feeling triumphant. Allison smiled. She was relieved that Nathan was
getting help with what everyone thought was a problem.
"I'm glad to hear that, because there are a couple mice here who want to see you," she said. Arden and Nathan stared at her as she got out of the way because behind her were two very familiar mice. A male and female, a Scottish female named Leah and her Chinese husband, Miko. Leah wore a green and red plaid dress and Miko wore a red pair of pants, a white T-shirt and a yellow un-buttoned shirt over it. Leah had red-orange hair and cream colored fur, while Miko had golden fur. Nathan was wide-eyed with disbelief.
He
suddenly came toward the couple and shuddered. He could not believe
what he was looking at. He started walking up to the two mice,
leaving Arden thinking, "Who
are these people? Why does Nathan seem so affected by these
mice?"
"Leah?
Miko? I thought you were dead!" he cried out. Arden was
confused.
"Okay, what's going on?" she asked sternly.
Nathan let out a big grin.
"Arden, I thought they were dead, but I was wrong. In 1892, when I was seven, The Ratigan Massacre took place. You know that tragedy where those who didn't evacuated ended up dead? Well, we thought they died, but that was because we did not see them die. They just escaped. Wow! This is mom and dad!!"
Arden went dumbfounded.
"WHAT???!!! YOU MEAN TO TELL ME NAT AND ALLI CAN HAVE A FAMILY WHILE I CAN'T???!!!" she screamed. Nathan and Allison looked at her.
"Well it's true," said Arden.
