Chapter 9: The Land with Two Moons

When I at last stopped moving, I opened my eyes once again; nearly certain that all the danger had passed. I was somewhere else again, and my legs were trembling from all of the fear I had endured in such a small amount of time, Wherever I am, this place cannot be earth, I suddenly realized, Where am I stranded now-- and why…?

"Is anybody here?" I called out, beginning to walk through the empty streets of the village-- for I had realized that it was a village; Where are they? I wondered, "Is anybody here?" I repeated, looking at one of the many huts that littered the street like marbles in a pocket. It was pitch black, and if any of the hurts were teeming with live creatures, it was easy to see that no one was awake at this time. I frowned, wondering who had sent me here-- the voice had not sounded like Elaine's.

I looked up towards the sky, and made the final realization that I was no longer where I had been only thirty seconds before; two small moons were up in the sky, and unlike the beautiful, spherical objects that had been the moons in the desert-place, these were oddly shape and formed-- almost like meteors in appearance; they looked so very familiar, but I simply could not place them.

And then for some reason, I began to shiver; it's not even that I was cold, per say, it's just some feeling that I possessed in my very soul, and it simply frightened me. I'm here for a reason-- I suddenly realized; whoever it was who sent me here had done so for a reason-- but what was it? What could it possibly be? The village was dead.

Dead-- I stared at the riverbeds that surrounded the place; they were nearly overflowing with crystal-clear water. I looked up towards the sky, and allowed myself a smile... It is very beautiful here...