Chapter 2 Arriving
I pulled out the map my mom gave me and looked at the directions and saw that it was up ahead in the sewer in front of us. I gave blaze a quick glance. "Is this where it leads?" I asked. She nodded and gave me a small chirp. I smiled. "well we can't have our trip waiting can we?" I joked. I then walked to the sewer and bent down on one knee. "hmm, looks like we're gonna have to have a strong object to take this thing off." I said. Blaze chirped at me and hopped off my shoulder. I gave her a confused look. "um blaze, what are you doing?" I ask her. She just winked at me and jumped on my hand, she then started chirping and pointing to the night sky. She kept doing it over and over, until I realized. she wanted me to throw her upwards
I gasped. "a-are you sure blaze?" I stuttered. She nodded swiftly at me a gave me a small smile. I breathed out nervously. "well….alright." I stood up and took a step back, holding her tightly as I did. Then slowly and carefully, I threw her up high. And I watched her as she magically, and amazingly transformed into a huge flaming fire infurnes. My eyes went wide and I felt like I was going to pass out from the sight above me. "what the…wow blaze!" I gasped. She then gave me a quick smirk before flying straight down to the sewer and breaking through the sealed cap, leaving behind some steamy smoke. I stood there, still shocked by what just happened in front of me. But then her chirping caught my attention. "u-uh, sorry." I stammered. I walked over to the now open sewer and looked down. I made a face. "doesn't look nasty or filled with rats." I pointed out. Blaze was on the ground now, back to her normal slug form. She gave me a happy chirp in response.
I shrugged and jumped down. When I landed I looked around me, it wasn't dirty or muddy or infested with rats or cockroaches. No it was the complete opposite of that. It was clean and it smelled very fresh like a clean bathroom. I stood up and blaze hopped on my shoulder. I gave her a nod and she lit the dark sewer up the with a small flame on her head. "thanks blaze." She gave me a small smile and I smiled back at her before walking down the trail on the map I still held.
I noticed right away that it was starting to get more darker because the light from outside was starting to fade. So blaze had to make her flame more brighter. I sighed. This was gonna be hard, especially since I couldn't see anything at that moment. So I made sure that I could see where I was going so that me and blaze were at least going the right way. I looked at the map, I saw that the entrance to my location was left so I turned to that direction and found that the x was just right in front of me. With enthusiasm running through my system I looked up, and saw an open door with a star next to it. I looked at blaze. "this is it?" I asked. She nods at me. "alright." I said. I walked inside and saw as large gap on the floor. It looked…it looked as if an elevator or something automatic had just gone down to the bottom. Since I had a big fear of heights, I tried to remember if I had anything to help me get down there safely. I did. My parachute I got when I was twelve was in my bag. I unzipped it and reached inside for it. I grabbed it and pulled it out carefully. I then examined it. I hadn't used it since I was a little kid so it was gonna be scary for me to use it after a while. I put it on and pulled the straps down to have them get a good grip on my shoulders. I glanced at the gap below, then at blaze. "…blaze." I began. She just stared at me with an eager look in her eyes. I gulped. "You ready?" she smiled and gave me a nod. I took a deep breath and looked down. But before I could make my jump, I checked my parachute just to make sure it was good to go. So far it felt good and tight. So I breathed in and out to calm myself down. And then very swiftly, I jumped down, the air hitting my face every quickly. I screamed out. " whooo-hooo!" blaze chirped out very loudly as I shouted with joy and excitement. She held on to my hoodie to keep a tight hold on me. But I just screamed out with glee as I watched the scenery of the drop change from clean metallic sewer walls to beautiful green plants and a lovely fresh smell that was similar to the scent of rain and green grass. And down below, I saw a big ray of light. And then I checked my parachute one more time to make sure that it was ready to pop out. It had an easy pull so by the time I reached down to the bright light, I pulled the strap and the parachute blew out and harshly pulled me backwards. I felt scared at first but then it slowly started to drag me down into the light. I started to shake uncontrollably from the lack of happiness that was running through my veins. But then I had to check on blaze, just to see if she was ok. "hey are you alright?" I ask her, nudging her softly. She peeked her head out and chirped at me, as if to say "yes." I smiled. "oh good. Well hang on a little longer." I pointed out. The light was getting more brighter and brighter as we approached it. And right when we went inside, the first thing I saw was beautiful green grass and colorful plants that were literally the colors of the rainbow.
I blinked rapidly when I saw this amazing sight. "what in the…" I paused. I turned my head to look at blaze, who was peeking her head out to see her home. "…blaze" I said as I looked around. "…is this a dream? " I saw her shake her head. I breathed out heavily, the adrenaline rushing through my veins like flames consuming trees. When I turned my head to look up, the sky was beautiful and crystalized like diamonds everywhere. I bit my lip and rubbed my eyes. 'this can't be real' I thought. 'it can't be.' And I felt my consciousness slip away from me.
(Until the next chapter ;-) )