Cassie's POV:
Chapter Three
I walked to the river and sat against a tree shivering; I hadn't realized how cool the air was down by the water and all I had on was shorts, a t-shirt, and my morphing outfit which all of us wore regularly. I wondered what I'd be doing if I could go home tomorrow night. Sitting at the dinner table maybe…sleeping in a warm bed…watching my mom laugh at one of my dad's corny jokes… Is it possible to be jealous of yourself? Man, what I wouldn't give for a shower instead of having to wash up in a cold river everyday! I could almost feel the water running down my…wait…it's raining…
Funny how the weather seemed to reflect my mood…I thought of letting myself get soaked. After all, if I got pneumonia, I wouldn't have to fight. I wouldn't have to take part in whatever crazy scheme Jake cooked up. I wouldn't have to watch my best friend practically drool over the thought of a battle. Besides all that, I was too tired to move…the nightmares were beginning to take their toll on me.
Snap!
I jumped.
…snap! My whole body tensed as the steps grew closer. I hadn't seen any wild animal bigger than a squirrel in the area around our camp, but I couldn't be sure if the steps were human. Hork Bajir were basically ruled out because they usually preferred climbing to walking- especially at this time of night.
I took a deep breath forced myself to stand up, if it was a wild animal, I wanted to at least be able to run. I thought about morphing if it was a wolf or something, but then I thought it might not be such a good idea to use my powers- not that I was concerned about making anyone mad, but what was I going to do? Fight it? Knowing my luck I'd probably just make things worse and get myself killed.
The sound was maybe fifteen feet to my right. I braced myself and turned, slamming directly into a strong almost football player-like chest. Okay, so I'm not too good at judging distance. I backed away, and my eyes traveled up to meet a pair of sad looking hazel ones.
Like I said before…I'm consistent…lol IDK, I just can't seem to write long chapters with this story. Oh well, I tried.
PS. I'm working on chapter 4. Knowing how long my other chapters have been, it shouldn't take me too long. :-)
PPS. Does Cassie seem out of character to you?
