CHAPTER 10~
I don't know how much screaming I did when within EIGHTEEN minutes of posting chapter 9, (9:15-9:38) I got
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HOW
HOW
JUST- HOW?!
I didn't know I was THAT GOOD!
THAT WAS IN EIGHTEEN MINUTES!
You all make me smile and I feel so great when I opened my inbox and saw all the messages, my eyes nearly bugged out of my head. (Good thing they didn't. That blood and fluids would be hard to get out of the couch.)
People underestimate the power of words, and you guys use them for good! When school sucks, you all make me smile. You all do it right. Cutos to you.
If I could insert a picture, you would see me put that meme; "FAITH IN HUMAITY RESTORED"
I wish I could teleport to your houses and just shove a cookie in your mouths and hug you.
Shout out time:
-YouWotM8
-ThePondFamily3
-amazingetho
lunarchroniclesandcockatiels- Nope, and no ;-;
I actually had to look up Kymopoleia!
Remember. You can guess for ANYONE
Even Mallory, Anna, Laura, ect.
Guessing for Kyra and Floyd is pointless….
I hope you don't mind the POV change in the last chapter! I am not sure, so tell me what you think!
***RECAP***
Kyra laughed and walked into the hedges. There was a fair amount of space between the bushes and the air conditioning unit it hid. We had stashed our bags there.
"Anyways. We will make sure you and Joanne make it to New York safe okay?"
"Hey!" Joanne's voice sounded from behind me, and I made sure not to look back as I dashed away. DANG IT! Chiron said not to get caught!
I was a much faster runner, and I had a head start. I turned the corner, and dived in the hedges. Luckily the bushes had steadied and quieted before she turned the corner, and I moved behind the vent before she stuck her head through the bushes.
"OWOWOW! Dang! That hurts!" Joanne said, and withdrew her head. She walked back, and begun talking to Maylee in muttered voices.
I let out a relived breath and leaned against the conditioner.
***BEGIN CHAPTER 10***
Joanne POV
Defeated, I sat back down.
I knew the person hid in the bushes, but it was pointless to come after him. He probably had teleported away by the time I got there anyways, and those bushes really hurt.
"Are you alright May? Did he hurt you?" I asked, and seeing she wasn't crying or bleeding, she was fine, but it was still good to ask.
"NOPE! Dream boy was here. So was dream girl, but she left. She has pretty smile." She said, and clapped her hands wildly.
"That was the boy you were talking about? He was…shorter that I expected."
"Yah. Dream girl pretty sparkles and nice!" May said, and took the hot dog I bought at the store, and the lemonade I got.
"That drink is for us to share okay?"
"OKAY!" she said, and begun to gulp down the drink.
"What were you saying about dream girl?"
"She has the sparkles. And a nice smile." May said, before setting the drink down and taking a bite of the hot dog. "OW OW OW!"
"Take a drink May!" I said quickly, handing her the drink. "What is dream girl's name?"
"I don't know." She said, and luckily she didn't have a fit about burning her tongue. I distracted her in time.
"Alright. Let's eat on the road. We have to go catch up to Laura and Mallory! Are you gonna be happy to see them?"
"YAH!" she clapped, and handed me the lemonade as I helped her put her bag on.
"Okay! Let's go!" I said with a bright smile, and we walked across the street, and went into the woods.
Luckily, we didn't have to cross any roads. It was mostly long stretches of road wit the occasional turn. We stayed on the left side, and we talked a lot. No one could hear us over the rushing of the cars.
I found the perfect distance between the road and the woods. Far enough away so that cars couldn't see us and report us, and close enough so we didn't get lost in the long expanses of wood that normally border highways. . Maybe I was Athena? As in Athena's child. That would make sense I guess, I do look a lot like my dad. But I look a lot like my mom to, I do get my eyes from her. Or rather my blindness. Doctors say in a few months I should be completely blind. My contacts have such a high prescription they have import them. They also give me MAJOR headaches.
I looked at Maylee, and noticed she had stopped.
I turned around, and saw her laughing as a bird chirped on her arm.
"Look Joanne! The birdy likes meeeee!"
"Yes yes. It does." I said, and it flew away.
"AWWWW!"
"Birds carry a lot of diseases. Did its claws break the skin on your arm?"
"NOOOO! But it was pretty." May said sadly.
"Alright. I'm sorry it flew away, but we have to keep going."
"I don't WANNA go any more. My FEET hurt!"
"I'm sorry your feet hurt. My feet hurt to. But we gotta move!"
"Noooo no no no no!" May said, and sat suddenly on the ground. "I not going nowhere!"
"May. C'mon! Once we reach exit *** (can't tell!) we can stop okay? There is a little campground we can sleep on. Don't you wanna sleep at the campground May?"
"NO! I want to sleep here!" May said. "I want my birdie back!" she started to cry, and I sighed inwardly.
"May May May! It's okay! We can sleep here."
May stopped crying, and I sighed in relief.
In our magic bags (I decided they were magical. No way could they fit that much stuff in that small a bag, while feeling so light.
My sleeping bag was grey, with fall patterns on it. I eventually found Maylee's and hers was pink with the same pattern.
It was only five, so I took time to climb the trees, and helped Maylee on the lower branches. She got scared, and I helped her down, and took out her ponies and put them on her bag, where I could see her.
Then I climbed up to the top limbs, making sure they could support my weight. A wind blew through, and I let it blow through my hair. It felt really nice, considering that we had been walking for at least five hours.
I laughed, and looked down. The ground seemed really far away, and I realized how high I was. I turned around, and I could see most of the treetops, while some trees still were taller than mine.
I started blaring the lyrics to a song I thought I had forgotten a while ago, but the lyrics came back to me up here.
Eventually, I begun to climb down. May was still playing, but she had her ponies held loosely in her hand, and the other was waving.
"Who are you waving to May?"
"That guy!" May said, and I looked.
"May. There is no one there."
"Yah. I know."
"AAAAlrighty then." I said, rolling my eyes.
Soon, the sun was setting in the sky. The sound of rushing cars and the cool breze now whipping through the crowded trees became natural.
I remembered something about tying your things high in a tree so animals don't eat your food or steal it while you sleep.
I considered making hammocks, but it seemed a waste of effort. Besides, we don't have any rope.
But then again, what magical backpack doesn't have rope, or some sort of string?
I found some good rigging equipment, and Hung the bags high, and I had to jump a few branches to get to it. I never left my sword though. I expected the bags, and sure enough the loops for hammock rigging were there.
So while May squealed and ran around with the ponies, I hung our sleeping bags in the trees.
The thought of all those bugs and dirt were NOT appealing. Especially when there was no hot warm shower to wait for me after I finished.
So eventually we changed into our t-shirts and long pajama pants, and hoodies and climbed in.
Normally I was cold in the sleeping bags, but this one seemed cool, while staying warm.
I was worried for a while May would fall out, but she seemed to handle it pretty well after I helped her in.
I gave her a flashlight, and told her to shine it in my face when she wanted me to wake up.
Then, as soon as I was about to go to sleep, I heard Maylee say "I don't like bugs."
I laughed and looked in her direction.
"Me too May. Goodnight! It's late!"
I was right. The sun had vanished completely, and it was pitch black outside.
"Okay. But….can you sing a song for me?"
"Alright." I said, before singing Glory and Gore by Lorde, but I changed it so it seemed like a quiet lullaby. I was impressed with myself in fact.
There was no noise after I stopped singing, so I rolled over quietly and curled up in a ball, and fell asleep.
***END CHAPTER 10***