CHAPTER 28
CAROL`S HOME
NYA`S POV:
The dream came back to me last night. This time, I was back on the mountain, looking up at the sky. The only thing I saw was a flock of birds flying off towards the distance. I squinted my eyes as a at of light hit me in the face. Coming out from that light was a dragon that looked as if it were painted gold. Sitting on that dragon was a ninja wearing a golden gi. I was wondering if it could be Lloyd. I waved up to him and called out his name, but he only waved back and didn't say anything. He flew off in the distance. I started to call him back, but he didn't hear me. Pretty soon I saw dark clouds covering the entire bright blue sky. Only a shade of shown came down upon me as I saw a dragon with a darker color flying down towards the ground. I couldn't see the owner of the dragon. All I knew is that it was coming straight towards me. That's when I shot my eyes open.
I looked to see that I was still in the tent. I sat up in my sleeping bag and looked to see that Kitty was still sleeping with Stephen in her arms. In between the both of us was Carol, who was still sleeping. I had remembered that she was going to take us to her home today. Now was a good time to wake her up.
I walked over to Carol and shook her a bit. She shot up instantly, her eyes already opened. "Buenos dias, senoritas."
I gave her a confused look. "What?"
"I said good morning, girls. I really need to teach you guys how to speak Spanish." She jumped up and shook Kitty awake. "Come on, gato. It's time to get up."
Kitty sat up, giving Carol a look. "What did you just call me?"
"I called you gato," Carol said, "It's Spanish for cat. I figured that if your name was Kitty, I would call you by the Spanish name."
"I would rather you call me by my first name and nothing more. Now leave me alone so I can get a few more minutes of sleep."
"There's no more time for sleep. Come on. Don't fall back into dreamland. If you want me to take you to my home, we need to be cooperative and be there bright and early."
"Come on, Carol," I said, leading Carol out of the tent, "We'll wake Kitty up when it's breakfast time. Besides, Stephen is still fast asleep."
"Oh, come on," Carol said, "I'm up and energized on this beautiful morning. Why isn't she?"
"Some people are different than others. Why are you so hyperactive this morning?"
"I'm always hyperactive. That's just the type of person I am. I always make it so difficult for my hermanos to take care of me. Just don't give me anything with over forty grams of sugar and I'll be just fine."
"Okay, I'll keep that in mind."
Everybody was already up and at them once I started cooking breakfast. Cole was hoping to have the chance to sit next to Carol, but Misako beat him to it. I can only imagine what's going on inside Cole's head right about now. I bet Misako`s gonna ask Carol if she already had a boyfriend or something so Cole doesn't get the wrong idea. Always leave it to Misako to make sure people don't make mistakes in life. I'm pretty sure she's been through it herself.
Pretty soon we were all inside the flying vehicles and inside the fence that was Carol`s home. We knew she told us that she had a home, but we didn't realize that it would be bigger than we imagine. We hopped out of the vehicles, staring at the house in awe. Even Stephen was staring at it like there was no tomorrow. Carol stood in front of all of us.
"Okay, guys, listen up," Carol said, "My brothers can be kind of stingy when it comes to me leaving at night and not coming back home the next morning. They are gonna be surprised when they see that I brought people home, but they're not gonna be happy. So just lay low and let me do all the talking. I'll handle things from here. Oh, and if we start talking in Spanish, it'll be my brother's idea. They'll know you won't understand it."
We all walked over to the front door of the house. Carol knocked on it and it automatically opened by the help of three men who all looked to be about twenty years old. They all had black hair, but their style of hair was different. The boy that opened the door had a mop head. His eyes were blue. In fact, all the boys had blue eyes. The boy standing behind him had hair almost like Lloyd's, except his stopped behind the middle of his ears. The third on had hair that only a geek would want. He was wearing glasses over his eyes. They were all alike, but they had different ways of looking.
The boy that opened the door stared Carol with stern eyes. "¿Carol, donde tener tu estar?"
Carol looked at him. "Estar perdido en bosque." She took Cole's hand and led him up to her brother. "El salvar mi de vagabungo. Deber lo mi vida."
He took a look at Cole and a moment later motioned for us all to come inside. I stopped Carol as I placed my hand on her shoulder. "What did you say to him?"
"I told him this," Carol said, "I was lost in the woods. Cole saved me from a wanderer. I owe him my life. That's what I told him. I'm pretty good at translating from Spanish to English. My mother can speak some English, but not much. That's why if we're in an English speaking place, I help translate for her."
"One question, though. Why did you use Cole for that little talk?"
"I guess it's because he's so strong and... normal. I don't know why I did."
"Let's just go inside."
The inside of the house was even more beautiful than the outside. The living room was just covered in paintings and pictures of what looked like the entire family. Two couches, three chairs and a few rocking chairs sat in the midst of the room. If a guest were to stay for the night, they would definitely stay in the living room. I actually sat in one of the chairs and it was so comfortable. I was just happy to be sitting in something so soft and fuzzy. I actually felt warm in it. I didn't need a blanket to sleep in it.
Everyone else placed themselves on the furniture as Carol sat in a chair while her brothers sat on the couch that was nearest to her. The one with the mopped head looked at Carol.
Carol nodded and looked at us. "Everyone, I would like to introduce you all to my hermanos. The one with the shaggy hair is Gregory. The one in the middle is Wallace and the one wearing glasses is William. They look alike because their triplets. Mi hermanos, I want you all to meet the ninja. I'm sure you know them all by now."
"We don't know a couple of them, but we can do introductions later," Gregory said, "How were you all able to find our home?"
"We were forced to leave the cabin that was known as our home," I said.
"Who drove you out?"
I didn't want them to know that snakes were out and about, so we had to create a lie. "We were chased out by a group of people that threatened to throw us out with the wanderers if we didn't do as they said."
Gregory eyed me closely, but was following me up on my story. "Go on."
"They had wanderers chained up in the backyard. Dozens of them. We didn't even know they had them. The leader of the group locked us up inside one of the bedrooms."
"How were you able to escape?"
"We're the ninja," Kai said, "Does that answer your question?"
"I wanna know how you really got out of there," Gregory said.
"Let's not start an argument here, boys," I said, turning my head to Gregory, "Ignore my brother. His anger can get the best of him sometimes."
Gregory`s eyes were set on my brother's before he turned back to me. "I see. I can understand that he is the master of fire and as the master of fire, he tends to become angry. The heat rises through him so high that his own blood pressure can get out of control. Continue on."
"We were able to climb out a window and make it back to our vehicles. Luckily they didn't notice we escaped. I'm sure they do now, but they plan to do nothing about it."
"I see where this is going. So you guys were lost out in the woods and that guy right there heard Carol screaming in the woods while she was being chased by a wanderer." He pointed to Cole as he continued. "You took her back to your campsite for the night and brought her back here the next morning. I must say that we should thank you all for bringing her home. She's basically the only family we have now. Our parents were out the day this all happened and we haven't seen them since."
"Where did they go?"
"They went to a hotel with some friends of theirs in Chitow City," Carol said.
"Oh." My head was swimming around just wanting to ask one simple question. "I know this is a tough question to ask, but we need a new place to stay. Do you mind if we can stay here with all of you?"
"What's in it for us?" Gregory asked.
"We saved your sister's life. I think you owe us one."
Gregory sighed and leaned his back on the couch. He sat there for a moment, probably thinking about what he should say. He finally nodded his head and stood up. "I've made a decision."
I WONDER WHAT CAROL`S BROTHER'S DECISION IS. I HOPE I GOT THE SPANISH PART RIGHT. IF NOT, PLEASE CORRECT ME. I'M STILL LEARNING SPANISH.
GUESS WHAT TOMORROW IS? THAT'S RIGHT. ITS THE NEW YEAR. 2016 IS STARTING UP. THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE SO AWESOME. I JUST KNOW IT.
WELL, THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY. DON'T FORGET THAT I'M POSTING THE STORY THAT CONTINUES MY FIRST SERIES. THE INTRODUCTION WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW NIGHT.
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