Hello again! I'm back with another chapter! I decided to keep Dawn in the story for a while, because it wouldn't make much sense if she just vanished. I was going to upload earlier, but my teeth hurt from the spacers. I got them in on Monday and I'm getting braces tomorrow. The longest I would wear them would be two years because of how straightforward my problem was. If I take care of my teeth though, it might be shorter. Anyway, hope you enjoy.
On with the story!
We got up extra early, because we still had a long way to get to the next town.
I rolled up my bag and threw it over my shoulder when I heard saw violet eyes staring at me from the forest.
"Kaya, let's go." says Sky and I blink.
An eerie screech came from the forest and I hurry over to the others.
I think we're being followed.
Sky's POV
I sigh and look at Dawn who has the map. We walk for about an hour and notice a sign right next to a tree.
"Danger! Quicksand and other dangerous terrain ahead." Kaya reads then slowly backs away from the sign.
"We have another way to get there, right?" She asks and Dawn looks at the map.
"Nothing marked on the map." She replies and we look ahead.
Mountains were ahead in the distance and right in front of laid a jungle.
"We could just find a nearby village." Said TrueMU.
"We can't, the nearest is past the mountains." She explained, and Kaya paled.
"Nothing will make me go into the forest." She said, backing away from the others.
"Why not?" I ask and she immediately reddens.
"Um...well..." she stammers and looks down at the ground, her eyes shut tight.
"My grandmother lives in the jungle."
...
"So?" Asked Deadlox.
Kaya began to play with a lock of her hair, awkwardly.
"She's crazy and very scary..." She says.
"Are you still part of the Pheonixes?" I ask.
"I'm adopted, so yes..." she replies, twiddling her thumbs.
I sigh.
"Are you even sure that this is the jungle she lives in?"
She nods.
"It's on the sign over there." She points out, looking at a sign that reads, "Jade Forest ahead."
"Oh." I say before I grip the top of my head, angrily.
"What is so bad about your grandmother?" I ask, wanting to rip my hair off.
"She is random, sometimes she's psychotic, and she is easily ticked off." She says, pulling her hood up.
I blink.
"You sound like you're describing a serial killer." Says Deadlox.
She glares at Deadlox before sighing.
"We'll just have to avoid her." I say before we end up dragging Kaya.
Dawn's POV
Kaya had reluctantly stopped trying to escape since a few hours ago.
Honestly, how bad can her grandmother be?
"Dawn, stop!" Exclaimed Kaya, knocking me out-of-the-way.
I step on a pressure plate and an arrow whips past my head.
Kaya lets out a wince, but stands up, touching the flesh on her neck.
The arrow had barely scratched it, but it was bleeding.
"Kaya!" Exclaimed a voice and Kaya paled.
She immediately shuffled nervously away from me and behind the two guys, TrueMU and Deadlox.
Out from behind the trap was a woman who looked twenty-nine years old.
"Who are you all? You better not be harrassing my granddaughter!" She said.
"You're Kaya's grandmother?" I asked and she nods.
"But, you're so young!" Sky exclaimed.
She blinked before fixing her long, black, braid.
"Blacksmithing accident. Now I can't age." She explained.
"I was working with orichalcum and I accidentally used glowstone dust instead of redstone for the finish. Wound up with the Hammer of Notch."
I blink.
"Anyway, enough of me. Explain." she says, grabbing Kaya.
Kaya's POV
They explained themselves to my grandmother and I sighed when she took it fairly well.
"Well, I know a shortcut out to the next town which is almost finished. The town won't let anyone use it until three more days." Says my grandmother, braiding her hair again.
"Three days?!" Asked Sky.
"It's the safer than the through the Emerald Caverns. Even a skilled fighter could die in there." She replied.
I blinked.
"It's how my uncle left us." She says, before I feel a hand on my shoulder.
It was TrueMU and he looked at Sky. Sky looked at him before they walked away from the group to discuss the situation.
After a while, the duo came back.
"Until the passage is completed, we'll." Says Sky before the elderly woman stood up.
"Then Kaya can stay in one of the guest bedrooms with Dawn while the rest of you stay in the other." She says before she led us to our rooms.
She and my grandfather had built this house a long time ago, so I'm surprised that it still stands.
The house was pretty big, though compared to mine, it's smaller.
I sighed when my grandmother, Diana followed me all over the place. I don't get her still, even though she visited me a few times.
"Kaya, can you come here for a second?" asked Diana.
I blink before walking over to her. She led me outside of the house away from the others.
"Kaya, do you really trust these people?" she asks.
I cocked my head to the side in confusion.
"Yes, why?" I asked.
She sighs.
"That leader of yours, Sky. His amulet has some strange aura around it, like an enderman's."
"An Enderman? Aren't they just legends?" I ask and she shakes her head.
"No, they're real alright. They're just shy creatures. One thing to know though is to never look one in the eye. If you take one look at either of their empty amethyst eyes, your life is over." she says.
I feel a chill climb up my spine as I recalled this morning.
"Amethyst eyes?" I asked. "I saw one of those this morning. They didn't look empty though." I say and she looks at me in shock.
"They looked distraught and lonely..." I say.
"Kaya, it might be looking for you still. Whatever you do these last few nights, don't leave the house." she says with a stare that gave me fear instantly.
"Grandmother, I'm just going to go talk to the others now, okay?" I ask before walking to the kitchen to make dinner.
I couldn't sleep tonight. What she had said frightened me to the very bone.
I took out my mp3 player to help calm me down, but it wasn't helping as much. When I put it back up, I heard the sound of metal clanging.
My grandmother had a forge right next to the house, but she never worked at night unless it was a big project. She didn't have anything requested of her to do though, so why was it on?
I climbed out of the bed slowly and reluctantly walked downstairs and out the door.
Outside was a transparent figure. The figure had long white hair and pale-blue eyes. When I stepped outside, I noticed it was a little girl.
She noticed me and looked at me, her eyes teary.
She walked toward me and I knelt.
She whispered something in a barely audible voice and she passed through me, vanishing.
At that very same moment, I began to cry for some reason as a chill enveloped me.
Suddenly, I became nauseous and soon, everything faded to black.
Eh...A cliffhanger again. I'm feeling pretty creative this summer. I've been working on my cover a lot! I want it to look pretty amazing, so I might not upload a lot, again. (Sorry...) Anyway, I'm not excited for braces, but I need sleep since my dad woke me up at 7:00 am when I went to sleep at 5:00 am. -.- I didn't take a nap either. -.- Anyway, I hoped you enjoyed and I will have another chapter soon!
-Astrallight
