Hi ppl! I'm back again. Of course I'm also being annoyed by a bunch of characters that won't stay in the story…
Jaguar: You promised me more lines! Don't forget!
I heard you the first time! Now-
Tiger: Me too! Me too! I wanna be the hero!
Uh huh. Yah right. Get back in the-
Kairi: Could you please just have me-
SHUT UP AND GET BACK INTO THE STORY BEFORE I KILL YOU ALL OFF!
(Behind me there is a scuffling of footsteps. The room is now empty.)
Hey I should do that more often…Here's chapter 10…
I could feel myself shaking with unrelenting sobs and sensed the presence of other people. Well, I thought to myself, this is humiliating. But one thing broke through the thick fog that was slowly lifting from my mind. I sat up with a start.
"I remember!"
Max's POV
I took a tentative step toward the strange girl, not quite sure what to do. But when she turned to look at me, I could sense that something was different about her. Something had changed within the past few minutes. Hope had returned. That thought itself brought a small smile to my face.
Dragon's POV
I turned to meet the eyes of another girl, staring just as steadily back at me. An involuntary shudder ran down my spine. It had been so long since I had interacted with other people. And here there were so many! Twelve! The only comfort I had was that they were bird kids. Wait…other bird kids? Then they were the ones who…? Memories of my early life are trickling back now, slowly filling my mind. But it is still hard to recall. It will be a long time before I truly remember everything. Still, I knew that I had seen these people before. And the only other way that I could have was if…they were the ones. The same kids who forgot me. The night we broke out, they were the kids. The ones who ran by me, the ones who were separated from me and never tried to find me. But my emotions are still so confused. It's hard to feel angry when you can't quite remember why you're mad because there are a million other thoughts trying to claim your attention.
"Do you have a name?" the girl who was closest to me asked, "I'm Max."
I eyed her warily, not so sure how I wanted to respond. Well…it was just my name, I guessed, what harm could it do? "My name…Dragon."
Hey wait! Isn't it supposed to be 'My name is Dragon'? What's wrong with my mouth? Is it because I haven't spoken out loud to another being for so long? Not since Kaliantay…
"Dragon…" the girl mused, "Who do live with? Where's your family?"
I think it over for a few seconds. I don't have anything to lose. If they try anything, I'll be in the air and ten miles away before they know that I'm gone. "I don't have home. Or family."
Shoot! I'm talking like a dolt again! Agh!
Max's POV
I feel a surge of pity for this ragamuffin girl and accept the fact that Fang is going to be several attempts on my life. No matter what, this girl…Dragon…is coming with us.
"You can come with us," I say, felling a bit awkward after the statement. Before she can get a word in edgewise, I find a spare shirt and a pair of pants, locate a bar of soap and push her in the direction of a stream nearby. "First however, you are in serious need of bathing."
Sorry it's been so long since I last updated! I'm having a busy summer! I'm having a little bit of writer's block on this story so this chapter took a while. I hope that it wasn't to boring! REVIEW!
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