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Chapter 7: Hold on
The lightning lit up around me as I held on for dear life, riding through thick brush.
"Please Alio, please stop"I yelled until my throat was raw. Rain starts smarting my face feeling like small pin pricks every time it hits me. I closed my eyes as the rain stung my face.
And that's when it happened the worst possible thing, Alio threw me, I was not a confident rider so this was a nightmare for me. I watched feeling numb as Alio went off at a full gallop, I shivered and tried to get up out of the mud only to slip and start sliding down the hill. I tried to grab onto anything as I kept sliding I had thought I would just stop where I had slipped but the hill was to steep and I began, as I said before, to slide.
It wasn't until I was right on top of the drop off that I really started panicking. It came up at me fast so that all I could see was that the ground just stopped, I clawed out trying to grab anything substantial, I was losing all hope as I got closer to the edge. This worst case scenario was really annoying.
Then I felt the strained grip on my wrist that was above me trying to grab something. I couldn't see who was holding on to me but I grabbed the hand that was holding me pulled myself as hard as I could, I could feel the person on the other end pulling.
I didn't know how this would turn out but it did not bode well for either of us.
~Flashback~
"Mum we're home."Vic shouted as we walked into the apartment. We had gotten a ride in one of the horseless carriages after they were able to convince me that it wouldn't eat me, I was still in shock. Not just from the horseless carriage, but from the fact that the life I had known was a fairy tale?
"In the kitchen."We heard. Adam dropped his bag on the table in the small enclosed hall that felt to small, and then went on to the main room and sat down on a couch grabbing some sort of small long rectangular box where he pressed on it and then I heard more voices that sounded distant. Vic motioned for me to follow her and we walked through the room where Adam was sitting I looked at what he was watching and saw a box with people talking in it.
"How do you get those people in the box?"I asked pointing at the box and looking at Vic in disbelief.
Her shocked gaping face was enough to tell that she thought I was crazy, who was I kidding I think I might be crazy. "I can't tell if you're kidding or not."She stated then turned away and went to where I supposed was the kitchen. "There you are Mum."
I saw a women who could not have been more then 5 years older then Adam, wearing slacking clothes that look oddly relaxing just to look at, and holding some sort of cooking tool that had sauce on it. How was she their mother?and I had to open my big mouth and ask just that question. "How can she be your mother?"
The two girls looked at each other and then both started chuckling as if there was some untold joke between them that they were getting tired of. "I'm sorry Adam and I should have explained to on the ride here."She put on hand on her hip and the other she placed on "Mum's" shoulder so that her hand hung in front of her. "Mum is just the nickname we gave her because she bosses us so much and takes care of us."
Mum pushed the arm that Vic had placed on her shoulder off and rolled her eyes. "Well someone has to, with Mumma and Dad out of town for these couple of months. Make sure you don't have any wild parties."
"This is our older sister Zara."Vic explained.
"Yes, and I am wondering just who this is."Zara gave me an exaggerated smile.
"Would you excuse us for a second."She was holding Zara's elbow and leading her away from me. "Go sit with Adam."
I was so bewildered at this new experience that I did what she asked, but I could hear every word they said.
"What were you thinking?"Zara asked.
"She was confused, Adam saved her we couldn't just leave on the streets."
"Ever think that's where she might live, the streets I mean."
"I've never known you to be this rude or uncharitable."
"That's not it, it's nothing against her."There was a pause. "She just looks so strange, I mean you have observed the way she is dressed and her reaction to the telly."
"She needs someone Zara."Silence.
"You don't have to worry."Adam said looking over at me.
I came back to this room and looked back at him. "What?"
"She caves fairly easily. You'll be alright."He smiled an encouraging smile. I tried to smile back but couldn't to many things were running through my head making it ache. I leaned against the arm of the couch and fell asleep fairly easily, which was surprising.
I vaguely heard people talking while I was asleep, thing's like "one night" "let her sleep" and "Please take her up". I felt strong arms put themselves underneath my knees and behind my back, then I was weightless.
~End of flashback~
"Aryl hold on."I heard faintly through the pounding rain. "Don't let go!"As if I would, I wasn't a git.
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