Chapter 2

"Sure, here," I hand over Mr Fluffers to the little girl. The little girl took Mr Fluffers and ran to her other sister. They kept stroking the cat again and again. Mr Fluffers struggled under their intense grip.

After a few hours, it was sunset. "Oh would you look at the time, Eliza! I better get home and make dinner for the little ones," my mother said. Little ones? Oh please. All of your children had passed the age of ten. "I hope they'll love the pie I gave you. Alright have a good night," Eliza waved at my mother goodbye. My mother went inside, I joined her a second later.

My mother heated the pie for us to eat. "Where's dad?" my brother asked, his head resting on her palm, as his elbow rest on the wooden table. "He had to work late today," mother replied. We ate the pie for dinner. It was really sweet. It was too sweet until I couldn't finish a slice of it.

"Did you guys like it?" mother asked.

"Bleh! It tastes awful!" brother replied.

"Urm….it too sweet for me," I replied.

"If I eat another slice I'm sure I'll get diabetes," mother exclaimed. We all laughed.

After washing the dishes and washing that sweet taste off with gallons of water, I went straight to my room. I sat on my study desk and continued to colour the pictures of Ash, Skye and Willo.

"Knock knock. May I see the hot girl again?" brother said, his eyebrows wiggling.

"How about" I paused and looked at him. "No".

"Aww come on give your brother a peek of th-." I pushed him out of my room and locked the door behind me.

He should seriously get a girlfriend.

I got ready for bed. Am I going to see them again? I thought. "Only one way to find out," I said aloud. I placed the back of my head on the soft pillow and tried to fall asleep.

My eyes opened and I seem to be some room else. I sat up and looked around. I saw a girl with brown hair come inside the room. She had a lovely green blue-ish outfit. Her ears were sharp, and she hid half of her face under thin see-through material.

"Oh you're awake!" she beamed.

"What happened just now?" I asked.

"You passed out," she replied.

So I pass out every time I wake up into reality I thought. I looked at the girl, she's really cute.

"I'm Ying. Skye told me your name. Emily, right?" she asked.

I nodded. "Yeah…Emily," I said.

"I'll be back," Ying said. She walked out. No. She floated out. God, I thought this place couldn't get weirder.

I looked at the door. Then Ash came in. "Hey, come on. Let's introduce you to everyone," Ash said. "H-how many people exactly?" I asked.

"About twenty-eight people, including me," she replied.

My eyes bulged out of the sockets. TWENTY-EIGHT THAT'S AS MUCH AS MY LEGO FRIENDS COLLECTION! I felt like passing out again just hearing how many people I was going to meet.

"Hey don't sweat it," she said, patting my back.

SKKDHJGRFYK "O-o-o-o-okay I-I-I-I-I'll t-t-t-try," I replied.

She went out of the room and I was standing behind her. "Hey, she's awake now. Everyone meet Emily," she said. She pushed me and made me face everyone there. I felt like the room is spinning. Everyone's eyes were locked on me, oh god. I just waved and smiled. I looked around the room. I took a step back and stood beside Ash as close as possible. One of them came out from the crowd with a rose on his hand. He was pretty tall. Perhaps taller than Ash. He gave me a rose. "This is my welcome gift, senorita," he said. I was panicking. If you hear closely, you can hear a high pitch sound in my throat. Not in a good way. "Fernando, there's no need to give a rose to her," Ash said. Thank you, Ash. For saving my ass I thought, clinging onto the red hair.

"Don't be jealous, Ash," he said.

"No, I'm not!" Ash replied. I can see her face turning a bit red. I grinned.

"You know I always love you, senorita," he kissed Ash's hand. Ash blushed and hit him on the head.

"D-don't do that to me, sicko!" Ash replied. I was holding my laugh in.

Ship ship ship I thought. "Well this was a nice welcome, I guess?" I said, shrugging a little.

"I do not like this weird strange man right here," Ash said to me, pointing at Fernando. "Ya hear me?" She looked at Fernando.

"Alright then," I said sheepishly, a grin creeping onto my lips.

"Okay don't," Ash said pointing at my face.

"I make no promises," I said while putting my hands up.

Ash looked at me. "I can do the same to you as I did with Fernando," Ash said.

"What? Get jealous because he just gave a rose to me?" I said, ooh I think I crossed the line. I took a few steps away from Ash. I looked at her and raised my eyebrows.

"Why don't you come here and I'll show you," she said, cracking her knuckles.

"Oh hell no. Why don't you do that to Fernando?" I couldn't stop grinning, NOW I've crossed the line.

"Come here!" she started running towards me so I started running toward the door and ran outside.

I was giggling and running at the same time. I should be terrified, but I couldn't help myself. It was like playing with my brother. They do have the same anger.

"Come back here!" Ash shouted.

I climbed up a tree and sat on a strong branch. I showed my tongue to her. "Can't climb Ash?" I said, hanging from the branch. My brown hair was pretty long. Long enough for her to pull me down. I just hoped she won't notice that. She looked at me, she looked at my hair. I had a bad feeling so I wanted to fix my position. Before I could move she pulled my hair making me fall. She caught me.

"Uh, nice catching there…heh heh," I said.

"You're lucky that you're a kid. If you do this again I'll beat your ass up," she said.

"I make no promises," I said, giggling like a six-year-old.

She dropped me to the ground. I fell on my bottom. "Ow," I said. I got back up. "You okay?" Ying ran (floated) towards me quickly. "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just lucky I didn't get my ass kicked today," I giggled. Ying giggled, shaking her head. I felt a sharp pain at the back of my head as if I got stabbed. The world around me turned black again.

I opened my eyes, expecting to be back in my room. But then, I saw Ying in front of me shaking me. "Emily! Emily!" Ying shouted. "Huh? Did I pass out?" I asked. Ying nodded. Why am I still here? Is this a dream? I thought. "Are you sure you're okay? Didn't Ash hit you?" Ying asked. "I'm sure Ash didn't hit me or hurt me," I said. "I just only had a little headache,"

"Are you sure it's just a little?" Ying asked.

"Yeah, it's just a little..," I said.

"Until you pass out?"

"I'm sure its something else,"

"I think you need some rest,"

"I'm fine,"

"No, you must rest,"

Ying pushed me into the house and to the bedroom. "You must rest your head," she said, patting my head. "No, I'm okay, really," I said. I pushed her a little. Suddenly, I felt dizzy and I passed out again.

I woke up and I'm back in my bedroom. I look through the window and the sun was already high in the sky. Heh Sky 'Skye' I thought to myself and grinned. I stayed in my bed. How did I felt pain in my dream? Or is it a dream? People said you can't feel anything in your dreams, I thought. I stayed in my bed for a while. Covered me under the sheets.

My mother opened the door. "Sweetie wake up," she said.

"I'm awake….I'll be out from my room soon, mother," I said.

She shut the door close. I still wonder about that dream. How could I even feel pain in a dream? Could it be a dream? If it's real, who would bring me there? Or is this world a dream and that's reality? Or… I don't get it anymore. I never felt pain before in this world. Only emotions such as sadness and other such emotions that existed.

But why having these dreams now? Is there any connection or hidden message in those dreams? I thought. This whole thing was confusing me. I couldn't understand anything. I stood up and stretched. I went straight to the bathroom. I was walking inside the bathroom, hanging my towel up until I slipped on a bar of soap and fell.

The weird thing was I felt nothing. No pain or what so ever. "Huh? I fell but I feel nothing…" I stood up and slipped on the soap again. Still nothing. Now I was worried that my nerves were dead or something. I went to look at myself in the mirror. Not even a scratch or a bruise.

No way, I can't be immortal. I'm a human being, I thought. I was thinking of falling from the roof of my house but then that was too crazy to do. Is this the dream? What if I sleep again? Will I be back at that place? I thought. I went back to my room, covered myself under the sheet and tried to sleep.

It's no use. I can't sleep. God. Why must this be so confusing? I thought. I went back to the bathroom and took a shower.

I went downstairs. There was a mug with tea in it. I can tell it was hot because there was steam coming out of it. I took the mug and drank it all in one go. "Sweetie careful! It's hot," mother said. I finished drinking the tea and I felt nothing. No burning feeling or pain. "You okay, sweetie?" she asked.

"I-I feel nothing…" I said.

"What do you mean, sweetie?" she asked.

"It means I don't feel my tongue burning," I said.

"That's impossible. Please tell me the truth, sweetie,"

"Are my nerves dead?"

"Of course not, sweetie,"

"Why can't I feel any pain?"

Mother kept quiet and didn't say anything. "Tell me, mother, why can't I feel any pain?" I questioned. She kept quiet. "I need to take you for a check-up," she said. "No…. I need to wake up..." I said. I ran out of the house. I could hear mother shouting my name.

I ran outside to the road. Suddenly, I saw a car speeding towards me. Before I could react-

I opened my eyes. I saw Ying in front of me. "Hey, you keep passing out. Are you sure you're okay?" Ying asked. "Could someone…..pinch me?" I asked. "Okay sure," Ash came up to me and pinched me on the arm. "AAAAAAA OWWWWWWWWWWWW! THAT HURTS!" I shouted. "Good enough for you?" Ash asked. I nodded. I guess she was still mad at me about the whole Fernando thing.

Then, I realised something. I felt pain. I smiled. "What you smiling about? Want me to pinch you again?" Ash asked. "Uh no thank you," I replied. I stood up next to the bed.

"Do you know why you always pass out?" Ying asked.

"Probably that little headache of mine," I said.

"You seem like a weak little girl to me," Ash said.

"Hey don't underestimate me. I can do many things," I replied.

She laughed and snorted. "Of course you do," she said, patting my head. It didn't sound like a compliment. I crossed my arms.

"Come on, let's go," Ying said. We exited the room. I went outside the building and looked around. I walked around and met a few people. Sha Lin, Maeve, Tyra, and Kinessa (Kinessa was pretty friendly). They all have pretty good battle skills. Sha Lin taught me how to use the bow and arrow. He said I only need more practice. Did a few hiccups along the way but I manage to get it right.

I was on my way back to that building until someone pulled me from the behind. "You're staying with me," I looked behind and it was Ash. "O-okay..?" I said. "You do know, I have a leg that I can walk with," Ash looked behind and looked to the front again. I let her drag me to her house.

We arrived at a house. Seemed pretty neat. The house was made out of wood. It was similar to the previous house. She opened the door and dragged me in. She was still dragging me. She showed (dragged me across the floor) to the bedroom I was going to sleep in. She dropped me on the floor. "You're staying here and don't touch anything in the house. I might be out sometimes but I'll be back," Ash said. Before I could ask any questions, she already shut the door behind her.

I had nothing to do there but sleep. I didn't want to yet. I wanted to go outside and walk around the house but my mind is telling me not to do it. Who knows what she's doing out there. I opened the door a little to see if she's guarding the door WHO KNOWS? Nowhere to be seen. It worried me a little but I'd just go out anyway.

I checked one more time to see if she was there and I went out of my room. Tip-toed a few steps, making sure she wasn't there. After checking, I walked like normal but quietly. I went inside the kitchen and looked inside the refrigerator. Not much stuff.

"What are you think you're doing?" Ash questioned.

Uh oh. I turned behind and she was standing there. She walked towards me. She patted my head instead. She laughed and snorted. "You should have looked at your face. It was priceless," she laughed. "Ha-ha, how funny," I said and rolled my eyes.

"I'm just playing with ya, kid," she said, messing my hair up. "But next time, tell me when you go out of your room," she added. "Okay, I will," I replied. I went back to my room. I laid down on my bed and tried to get some shut-eye.

I opened my eyes seeing a bright white light. "Emily, Emily," someone was calling me and shaking me. I looked to my side and I saw mother. Why am I back here? I thought. "Thank goodness, Emily. You're awake," mother was hugging me. I placed my hand on my forehead. "You, stupid girl. Why would you run to the road like that?!" father shouted at my face.

I didn't say anything. I couldn't.

"Honey, she's hurt…..leave her be..." said mother.

"No I won't!" he replied. I don't like my father. He just hit me if I do a mistake or wrong. He was getting ready to hit me. I screamed at the top of my lungs.

Suddenly, I felt water splashed on my face. I woke up immediately. "Hey, you okay?" Ash asked. I was breathing so quickly. Ash sat on the bed next to me.

"I-I-I don't know," I replied.

"You were screaming so loud until you woke me up!" Ash said.

"S-sorry,"

"Hey, don't be. You can tell me what you saw,"

"I'm sure it's nothing,"

"Are you sure it's nothing? You were screaming very loud and I mean loud,"

"It's nothing,"

"Little girl, if you're not going to tell me, I won't be leaving this room,"

"Fine. It's your house anyway,"

"Look, I got important things to do. I have to go at one point,"

"Go then. If it's very important,"

She stood up. "I'll be back you have to tell,"

"I make no promises,"

"I hate it when you say that,"

"Say what?"

"What you said earlier,"

"What, I make no promises?"

"Yeah, that,"

"If you hate it, you can go kiss my ass,"

Ash laughed. "I like your ways, kid," she patted my head. "I'll be back," she left the room and closed the door behind her. I looked at the door. Was I in a hospital? I thought I was dead in that world. Why must I see him? I thought. Tears started to form in my brown eyes, my head pounded, I didn't want to see him anymore. I shook my head, trying to get rid of the feeling. Wiping my tears, I rolled off from my bed and fell onto the floor. I stood up and stretched.

I exited my room and saw a note on the kitchen counter. 'Hey, there some food in the fridge. 'Help yourself' was written on the note. "Huh okay," I looked inside the refrigerator. "Looks like she did get some food," I took few eggs. I search for flour, I'd like me some pancakes. I found all of the ingredients. I started mixing the ingredients. After that, I started the stove and started cooking.

After cooking, I placed the pancake on a plate and started eating it. I finished up my pancake and placed the plate in the sink. Then, I changed my clothes and went outside.

I walked around and saw Kinessa with her sniper. I wanted to say 'hi' to her. I tapped her shoulder and she looked at me. "Hey, champ," Kinessa said. I waved. "Have you ever held and use a sniper?" she asked.

"No, I have never held one," I replied. She handed me her sniper.

"Here, let me teach you how to use this," she said. My eyes widen looking at the sniper. "Really? M-me?" I said.

"Yeah, why not?" she said. Several reasons, but hey! I'd take it.

I looked through the scope. I pulled the trigger by accident. "Oops," I said looking at Kinessa.

She laughed. "I think you got it, champ," she said. "But we need to work with your aiming skills,"

I giggled. "Okay then."

I was training my aiming skills with Kinessa. Suddenly, I heard someone clearing their throat. I looked behind. "It's against the law to let under-aged children use a weapon," he said. "Oh come on, Lex. She's just having fun," Kinessa said. I think his called Lex.

"It's against the law," Lex said.

"She won't hurt anyone," Kinessa said.

"How would you know that?"

"Because I'm here taking care of her,"

"I'm sure someone is going to get hurt with a sniper at a child's hand,"

"Oh come on! She's not that stupid,"

"She's a child,"

"Are you saying I'm stupid?" I said.

"You're a child, you know nothing," Lex said.

"Uh excuse me? I'm not a six-year-old," I replied.

"But your under-aged to even use a weapon. We all know you need to be at least eighteen."

"I won't even hurt a fly!" I cringed back, "And that's for purchasing guns!"

"I'm sure you would," he said, ignoring my other statement.

"Look I hurt nobody! I've been shooting for hours with Kinessa,"

He looked at Kinessa. "For hours?"

"Hey, look we hurt no one," Kinessa said.

"I'm not letting a child use a dangerous weapon," Lex took the sniper out of my hand.

"Hey, easy there! That's my sniper, dork!" Kinessa said.

"I am not a dork!" Lex said

"Okay okay, that's enough!" I said, going in between the two.

"Lex, give Kinessa's sniper back," I said.

He returned the sniper to Kinessa. "If I see her holding and using that sniper again, I'll take that sniper,"

"Stop calling me 'child'. I have a name and it's Emily and goodbye," I pushed Lex away from Kinessa.

"Okay that's settled, I'm going back. Sorry for troubling you, Kinessa."

"It's alright, champ. I'll be seeing you soon," Kinessa said.

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Last Updated: 13/12/2019