Kit sat in class, his mind wandering far from his studies. 'Nita.
Where are you?' he focused his mind on that one thought.
"Christopher? Are you with us?" Mrs. Slane, his teacher, asked him sternly. Kit looked around at the kids around him smirking and chuckling at him. "Try and pay attention," she scolded, going back to her lesson.
Kit began to scribble notes in his notebook, and he felt himself getting drowsy. He closed his eyes, and soon the classroom dissolved into blackness.
Kit was running. He wasn't just jogging- he was sprinting as fast as his feet could carry him. The world around him was a blur, all he knew was he had to keep running. He pumped his arms and felt his heart beat faster and faster to the rhythm of his footsteps. He ached all over and needed to rest, but he had to keep going.
A distant voice called out to him from far ahead. "Kit! Kit!" It was Nita! Kit ran faster, he had to save her, but the more he ran, the farther to voice got.
"Nita! I'm coming! Where are you?" he screamed into the darkness. He slowed down, as the reply came back, softer than before.
"Kit! Is that you? You have to save me! You only have five days! Hurry!" her panicked voice met his ears. Kit stopped, and sat down. He was so tired he collapsed onto the ground, and looked around him. Suddenly, Ponch came up and licked his face.
(You have to tell him,) Ponch barked at Kit. Kit sat up.
"Tell who what?" he asked, thoroughly confused.
(You have to tell him about my favorite spot. You only have five days.) Ponch whined. Kit looked around and saw he was in a green forest, with squirrels all around him. Ponch ran away and chased them, but Kit heard Nita's voice again.
"Kit! I don't know what he wants you to tell him, but if it's important, something that could help him rise, don't tell him! But if it isn't, you only have five days, or I'm." her voice trailed off. Kit felt the world around him melt as he cried out,
"You're what? Who are we talking about? Neets? Where are you?" His voice was mixed with a high pitched scream He thought it was Nita's, and he tried to save her, but his whole body was full of exhaustion, and he couldn't move. Kit was thrust back into his classroom, and opened his eyes. The bell was ringing to signal the end of class, and people were gathering their things left and right. Kit rubbed his eyes, picked up his books, and began to make his way out of the room, still feeling queasy and as though he were still dreaming.
Kit was walking home alone after school, when he saw Dairine striding very quickly ahead of him. He hurried to catch up with her, and slowed her down.
"Dairine. Have you heard from Nita yet?" Kit asked. He saw her pale face, and she replied,
"Yeah. I accidentally fell asleep in class and she was- well, I don't know- calling for me. And you. She said you have five days. Whatever that means." Kit stared at her. That story seemed familiar.
"Yeah, I fell asleep in class a couple hours ago, and had that same dream," he told her slowly. They stared at each other for a few moments, in confusion and irony, and began to walk home.
"Why are we bothering with walking? I want to get home right away," Dairine told him out of the blue. "See you," she added, and disappeared with a small pop of air. Kit decided to do the same, and muttered a few syllables in the Speech. He performed the beam-me-up spell and appeared in his own backyard. Shrugging his backpack off his shoulders, he sat down and looked at Ponch.
"Did I talk to you a few hours ago?" Kit asked, wondering if the dream was not a dream at all. Ponch gave him the impression of shrugging, and replied,
(I think so. Yeah, I did! Don't you remember the squirrels?) Kit stared at him, wondering if all that was on his puny dog brain was squirrels. He sighed, stood up, and tossed Ponch's ball one last time before sliding open the door and stepping inside.
* * *
Nita sighed as she slumped back on the wall of the cave. She sagged on the sharp rock and wondered if Kit would come through, or if he wouldn't. 'It all depends on if it's really important,' she thought to herself. 'If it's too important to tell the Lone One, I'm finished.' Nita thought about the conversation she had just had with Kit. How was it that it was only sometimes that he could hear her- she knew she'd heard him back, and Ponch had been there too. it was all too confusing. Nita put her head in her hands and thought about it.
"Kit! KIT!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, hoping he would hear her again. She waited- but only a deadly silence followed. It was like no silence Nita's ears had ever bared. It was so quiet, normal ears would have burst. Nita's ears pounded from the silence and began to ring a high pitched, annoying sound. Nita banged her fist against the wall and threw rocks around to get her numb ears back to reality. She wondered how much more of this she would be able to take. She began to hum any old tune that came to her mind.
Suddenly, a horrible thought made her weak notes cease. 'The last thing I was talking to Kit about was that I thought he should go solo,' that thought made her weak. If she never came back from this cave- this lair, then that was how Kit would remember her.
"KIT! KIT! CAN YOU HEAR ME?" she shrieked, not wanting him to think of her like that. Only the ear throbbing silence replied to her muted screams, cut off from the outside worlds. Nita let a tear roll down her cheek, and she could hear it drip to the silent cave floor.
Kit wondered if the only time Nita would be able to hear him would be when he was alseep. After all, that had been the only time he'd heard her before. Kit closed his eyes, and tried to fall asleep.
"Christopher? Are you with us?" Mrs. Slane, his teacher, asked him sternly. Kit looked around at the kids around him smirking and chuckling at him. "Try and pay attention," she scolded, going back to her lesson.
Kit began to scribble notes in his notebook, and he felt himself getting drowsy. He closed his eyes, and soon the classroom dissolved into blackness.
Kit was running. He wasn't just jogging- he was sprinting as fast as his feet could carry him. The world around him was a blur, all he knew was he had to keep running. He pumped his arms and felt his heart beat faster and faster to the rhythm of his footsteps. He ached all over and needed to rest, but he had to keep going.
A distant voice called out to him from far ahead. "Kit! Kit!" It was Nita! Kit ran faster, he had to save her, but the more he ran, the farther to voice got.
"Nita! I'm coming! Where are you?" he screamed into the darkness. He slowed down, as the reply came back, softer than before.
"Kit! Is that you? You have to save me! You only have five days! Hurry!" her panicked voice met his ears. Kit stopped, and sat down. He was so tired he collapsed onto the ground, and looked around him. Suddenly, Ponch came up and licked his face.
(You have to tell him,) Ponch barked at Kit. Kit sat up.
"Tell who what?" he asked, thoroughly confused.
(You have to tell him about my favorite spot. You only have five days.) Ponch whined. Kit looked around and saw he was in a green forest, with squirrels all around him. Ponch ran away and chased them, but Kit heard Nita's voice again.
"Kit! I don't know what he wants you to tell him, but if it's important, something that could help him rise, don't tell him! But if it isn't, you only have five days, or I'm." her voice trailed off. Kit felt the world around him melt as he cried out,
"You're what? Who are we talking about? Neets? Where are you?" His voice was mixed with a high pitched scream He thought it was Nita's, and he tried to save her, but his whole body was full of exhaustion, and he couldn't move. Kit was thrust back into his classroom, and opened his eyes. The bell was ringing to signal the end of class, and people were gathering their things left and right. Kit rubbed his eyes, picked up his books, and began to make his way out of the room, still feeling queasy and as though he were still dreaming.
Kit was walking home alone after school, when he saw Dairine striding very quickly ahead of him. He hurried to catch up with her, and slowed her down.
"Dairine. Have you heard from Nita yet?" Kit asked. He saw her pale face, and she replied,
"Yeah. I accidentally fell asleep in class and she was- well, I don't know- calling for me. And you. She said you have five days. Whatever that means." Kit stared at her. That story seemed familiar.
"Yeah, I fell asleep in class a couple hours ago, and had that same dream," he told her slowly. They stared at each other for a few moments, in confusion and irony, and began to walk home.
"Why are we bothering with walking? I want to get home right away," Dairine told him out of the blue. "See you," she added, and disappeared with a small pop of air. Kit decided to do the same, and muttered a few syllables in the Speech. He performed the beam-me-up spell and appeared in his own backyard. Shrugging his backpack off his shoulders, he sat down and looked at Ponch.
"Did I talk to you a few hours ago?" Kit asked, wondering if the dream was not a dream at all. Ponch gave him the impression of shrugging, and replied,
(I think so. Yeah, I did! Don't you remember the squirrels?) Kit stared at him, wondering if all that was on his puny dog brain was squirrels. He sighed, stood up, and tossed Ponch's ball one last time before sliding open the door and stepping inside.
* * *
Nita sighed as she slumped back on the wall of the cave. She sagged on the sharp rock and wondered if Kit would come through, or if he wouldn't. 'It all depends on if it's really important,' she thought to herself. 'If it's too important to tell the Lone One, I'm finished.' Nita thought about the conversation she had just had with Kit. How was it that it was only sometimes that he could hear her- she knew she'd heard him back, and Ponch had been there too. it was all too confusing. Nita put her head in her hands and thought about it.
"Kit! KIT!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, hoping he would hear her again. She waited- but only a deadly silence followed. It was like no silence Nita's ears had ever bared. It was so quiet, normal ears would have burst. Nita's ears pounded from the silence and began to ring a high pitched, annoying sound. Nita banged her fist against the wall and threw rocks around to get her numb ears back to reality. She wondered how much more of this she would be able to take. She began to hum any old tune that came to her mind.
Suddenly, a horrible thought made her weak notes cease. 'The last thing I was talking to Kit about was that I thought he should go solo,' that thought made her weak. If she never came back from this cave- this lair, then that was how Kit would remember her.
"KIT! KIT! CAN YOU HEAR ME?" she shrieked, not wanting him to think of her like that. Only the ear throbbing silence replied to her muted screams, cut off from the outside worlds. Nita let a tear roll down her cheek, and she could hear it drip to the silent cave floor.
Kit wondered if the only time Nita would be able to hear him would be when he was alseep. After all, that had been the only time he'd heard her before. Kit closed his eyes, and tried to fall asleep.