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Fushigi Yuugi: the Saga Continues Chapter 7: A Strange New Land
" Ow. Hey guys?"
"Yeah?"
"What?"
"Where are we?" Ami asked, rubbing her head where she apparently hit it on a large, low-lying branch. The other three girls sat up and looked around. They were in a clearing by a dirt road, apparently in the middle of nowhere.
"Good question." Hope answered, looking suspiciously at the road.
"More importantly, how did we get here?" Usagi wondered.
"Another good question." Hope replied.
"Hey! I found a pinecone!"
"Sakura!" The other three yelled at her obvious unawareness to the situation.
"What?!?" Sakura yelled back. Suddenly, Ami froze and Hope shivered.
"Get down." Ami said in a panicked whisper. No one moved. "NOW!" Hope ordered. They flattened themselves against the ground. A few seconds later, a shadow glided across them and a chill swept over them all.
"What was that?" Usagi asked when the shadow left.
"I don't know." Ami and Hope said in unison.
"But whatever it was, it wasn't really bad." Ami said.
"Let's get outta here." Sakura said nervously, setting the pinecone on the ground.
"I agree." Usagi shivered. She started for the road.
"Hold on." Ami said. "Let's wait one more minute."
"Why?" Sakura asked.
"I don't know, let's wait anyway." Ami said, glancing at the road. Sakura shrugged and sat down, and held the pinecone again. Usagi leaned against a tree and Hope just stood there. A minute later, Ami grabbed her bag and peeked over the bushes that hid part of the road. "Let's go, guys." She said. " If we don't hurry, we'll miss our ride."
The other three moved closer to Ami and looked over the bush.
"What ride?" Sakura asked.
"This one." Am said, and the sound of hoof beats was heard. Not five seconds later, a wagon emerged from around the corner.
"How did you know that?" Sakura asked. Ami shrugged in response.
"Whatever." Usagi looked at the road again. "Hey, let's go now. The driver stopped."
The four girls crept out of the bushes and moved toward the wagon, threw their bags in the back and climbed in just as the driver returned. They all held their breath as the driver circled the wagon and sighed when the driver clicked the reigns and the horse pulled the wagon off down the road.
"I hope we're heading for a town or somethin'." Sakura sighed.
"I'm just glad for the cover." Hope said, pulling the cloth over her further.
"Ow!" Ami yelled softly as the wagon rolled over a large rock. "I'll be glad just to get off..."
"Same here..." Usagi sighed, nudging the bag squashed against her side.
Now, if the girls had looked back at the clearing they had arrived in, they would have seen Sakura's little pinecone sprout branches and grow into a small sapling...
A.N.: Yes, that was relevant to the plot... Stay tooned for the next chapter of Fushigi Yuugi: the Saga Continues, coming soon to a computer near you!
Fushigi Yuugi: the Saga Continues Chapter 7: A Strange New Land
" Ow. Hey guys?"
"Yeah?"
"What?"
"Where are we?" Ami asked, rubbing her head where she apparently hit it on a large, low-lying branch. The other three girls sat up and looked around. They were in a clearing by a dirt road, apparently in the middle of nowhere.
"Good question." Hope answered, looking suspiciously at the road.
"More importantly, how did we get here?" Usagi wondered.
"Another good question." Hope replied.
"Hey! I found a pinecone!"
"Sakura!" The other three yelled at her obvious unawareness to the situation.
"What?!?" Sakura yelled back. Suddenly, Ami froze and Hope shivered.
"Get down." Ami said in a panicked whisper. No one moved. "NOW!" Hope ordered. They flattened themselves against the ground. A few seconds later, a shadow glided across them and a chill swept over them all.
"What was that?" Usagi asked when the shadow left.
"I don't know." Ami and Hope said in unison.
"But whatever it was, it wasn't really bad." Ami said.
"Let's get outta here." Sakura said nervously, setting the pinecone on the ground.
"I agree." Usagi shivered. She started for the road.
"Hold on." Ami said. "Let's wait one more minute."
"Why?" Sakura asked.
"I don't know, let's wait anyway." Ami said, glancing at the road. Sakura shrugged and sat down, and held the pinecone again. Usagi leaned against a tree and Hope just stood there. A minute later, Ami grabbed her bag and peeked over the bushes that hid part of the road. "Let's go, guys." She said. " If we don't hurry, we'll miss our ride."
The other three moved closer to Ami and looked over the bush.
"What ride?" Sakura asked.
"This one." Am said, and the sound of hoof beats was heard. Not five seconds later, a wagon emerged from around the corner.
"How did you know that?" Sakura asked. Ami shrugged in response.
"Whatever." Usagi looked at the road again. "Hey, let's go now. The driver stopped."
The four girls crept out of the bushes and moved toward the wagon, threw their bags in the back and climbed in just as the driver returned. They all held their breath as the driver circled the wagon and sighed when the driver clicked the reigns and the horse pulled the wagon off down the road.
"I hope we're heading for a town or somethin'." Sakura sighed.
"I'm just glad for the cover." Hope said, pulling the cloth over her further.
"Ow!" Ami yelled softly as the wagon rolled over a large rock. "I'll be glad just to get off..."
"Same here..." Usagi sighed, nudging the bag squashed against her side.
Now, if the girls had looked back at the clearing they had arrived in, they would have seen Sakura's little pinecone sprout branches and grow into a small sapling...
A.N.: Yes, that was relevant to the plot... Stay tooned for the next chapter of Fushigi Yuugi: the Saga Continues, coming soon to a computer near you!