Hey everyone! Listen, sorry that I've taken so long to update. Its been one vacation after another this month! I've gone on three different vacations that were all about a week long, in the month of July. I've had maybe, three-four days inbetween them to get ready for the next one and write. So, again I'm sorry that I took so long and didn't tell you. But now that I'm home for a while, updates should take less time. This chapter is mainly a filler chpt.
We had been running for song long, I began to loose track of time. The wind was whipping around my face, in a swirl of sights that would be gone in an instant. I would have asked Eddie how much longer until we reached the council, but the wind pressure kept my mouth shut. But then my head began to feel dizzy, and I realized that I should be keeping my eyes shut.
With my eyes closed, everything seemed much more peaceful. I actually enjoyed the rhythmic sound of his feet running. But then they slowed, and eventually stopped. I opened my eyes as Eddie helped me down. We were in some woods somewhere, and there was a nice clearing ahead of us. He took my hand and led me towards the clearing.
"Eddie, what are we doing here?"
"We're simply stopping here for the day. These woods are heavy, so light won't travel down. We can both rest until tonight, when we'll finish the trip."
"Oh, okay."
It did sound like a good plan. I didn't know how long it would take us to reach the council, and a rest was sounding pretty nice. Eddie walked away from me into the thick trees, but soon came back with a few logs and began to arrange them in the center of the clearing. Once I realized what he was doing, I searched around for something that could be used for kindle. I soon found some dry moss that would work perfectly. I walked over and placed them on the logs, giving him a small smile. I enjoy being useful. It makes me feel better than having everybody doing things for me. I sat down next to it as Eddie found two sticks, and with a quick flick of his wrist, had the fire ablaze in no time.
He walked over to me and pulled out two sandwiches from one of his pockets. Suddenly, my stomach reminded me that I haven't eaten in three days. I greedily took them from him, undid the wrappers, and shoved them in my mouth. Once I was done, I heard a noise from behind me. I turned to look only to see starlight straight in my face. They had finally caught up. Starlight made herself comfortable by my side, while shadow favored Eddie's side, who sat right across from me, behind the fire.
"I'm sorry, Kelly. I forgot that humans need to eat much more than vampires do."
"That's okay. I actually didn't realize that I was hungry until you showed me the food."
He smiled when he realized that I had forgiven him.
"Uh, Eddie?"
"Yes? What is it?"
"Well, it just occurred to me, when we were at my house, shouldn't I have grabbed some of my clothes? I mean I've been wearing the same pair of jeans and T-shirt for three days now. A change of clothes would be nice."
I didn't want to seem as if I was whining, but I really was getting sick of these clothes. All the little details that I would have noticed normally had seemed unimportant earlier. Now they were all catching up to me.
"They would have been wasted. You see, the council likes to stay in one time zone. Anything after that time is forbidden from being worn there. Both our clothes are too modern, you see, and we'll have to change as soon as we get there."
"Oh. That's a little strange. What time period do they stay in?"
"The 1870's"
"The 1870's…isn't that a time of suits and gowns?" I wondered what I would do if I could only wear dresses. I was never really fond of them growing up.
"Yes…you seem to know your time era's. Would your knowledge of that era be because of a certain story your in love with?"
"Are you talking about the Phantom Of The Opera?"
"Yes, that one."
"As a matter of fact, it is. I can't believe you remembered how much I studied up on it."
"It's hard to forget something pertaining to you."
I didn't know how to answer that remark so I said nothing at all. We sat in silence for a while, while the light in the clearing began to slowly increase.
"Kelly, you should probably get some sleep. You've had a hard night and more are soon to come. You'll need all the sleep you can get."
I nodded in agreement, and snuggled up next to Starlight, who had already dozed off.
Eddie looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was quickly rising. Slowly, as to not wake up Kelly, he backed off into the trees, where no light could reach him, and Shadow quickly followed.
