Hmph. I showed this story to my sister, and she said that it was cheesy.
Well, she saw the entire of it, I've nearly finished writing it!!! I
haven't finished putting it up though. heh heh heh. I like writing my
stories and then starting to put them up. This story is the reason I DID NO
REVISION! I was going to revise for my exams, but I started writing this,
and kinda got carried away. and wrote, um, seventeen chapters. *shame* So I
may fail my exams, but I still have you lovely people reading my story!
Enjoy! Ha ha, I know what the ending is! I didn't know when I started
writing it, I only figured it out a coupla nights ago. and I'm just
rambling now. doo dee doo dee doo.
Chapter 4 - Meeting
Asha stepped over the threshold tentatively. She followed the woman towards the kitchen. As they went through the living room, she looked around, and saw that there were several little children there, who couldn't have been more than eight. A couple were levitating building blocks, but most were listening wide-eyed to Alison, who was talking rapidly and glancing over at Asha.
"These are some potentials," said the woman. Asha nodded dumbly. How could she explain that she already knew that, because she'd seen them on a film? She just kept quiet, and followed the woman into the kitchen. When she saw who was standing in there, she forgot all that had happened to her. Her brain was refusing to accept this, on top of everything that had happened. She very nearly fainted, but she managed to keep control. Over that, anyway.
"DUDE!!!!" she shrieked.
"Ah," said Morpheus, "I'm guessing by that 'dude', we've got the right girl."
For a moment Asha didn't reply. She was too busy trying to convince her brain that yes, Trinity, Neo and Morpheus were standing in front of her, and no, she hadn't had vanilla coke in the last five hours. Well, not much. But then she realised what they had said.
"Oh, no, no, no, you can't have got the right girl. There must be some mistake. I'm just an insane girl who gets high on vanilla coke and writes insane parodies!"
"We have, though," said Morpheus, "We know that you have been through a lot this evening."
"Just a little!" said Asha, "Lets see, I've been contacted by fictional characters, had agents come to my house looking for me, and..." She fell silent as the memories of her mother's scream came back to her.
Trinity looked at her sympathetically. "We arrived too late," she said, turning to Morpheus, "There was nothing we could have done. Asha scarcely got away herself. It was only thanks to Neo that we did."
"Too late?" said Morpheus, "If you had arrived too late, Asha would now be in the hands of them. But she is here. We are lucky for that."
"But... why?" said Asha, "Why were there agents at my house? And - why were there agents? The Matrix is just a film! Isn't it?"
"I will answer your second question first," said Morpheus. "Some time ago, the machines became aware that we were becoming noticed. People were noticing what we were doing; they couldn't just ignore us any more. So they created a film about us, and what we were doing. So now, if anyone sees one of us or anything suspicious, they ignore it; for fear of being ridiculed, or thought insane."
"Like how they made films about aliens," said Neo, "Now if anyone sees a UFO, people just dismiss them as quacks. But would they have done the same if there weren't so many films about little green men?"
"OK," said Asha, "But why do you look the same?"
"The Matrix makes us seem to look the same," said Trinity, "But I like to imagine that my butt isn't as big as it looks in the film."
"And now to your first question," said Morpheus, "We have been watching you for some time. You have seen the Matrix many times, and know it very well."
"So have lots of people," said Asha, "Why am I so different?"
"You see, the prophecy - you know of the prophecy?"
"Yeah, the Oracle said that that guy would come back in the future, and that would mean the end of the war, and Neo is the one."
"Yes," said Morpheus, "But the prophecy also said that there was another hope. And we believe that this hope - is you."
Asha blinked. This was just too incredible.
"We know that this, on top of everything, is very difficult to take," said Morpheus.
"Uh-huh," said Asha, "Um, can I sit down?"
"Of course," said Neo, and a chair flew out from under the table and dropped down behind Asha. Asha was too amazed at everything else to be yet more surprised, so she just sat down before she fell down. Neo knelt down in front of her.
"I know it is incredible," said Neo, "But you have to believe us."
"I do," said Asha, "I mean - I will, when I'm a bit less shocked."
"You know that you are the second hope?" said Neo.
"No," said Asha, "I mean, I believe that the Matrix is real. But right about now, I'm thinking that you have the wrong girl."
"Why?"
"Because - I just can't be the one! I mean..." She tried to think of a reason that she couldn't be the second hope. But to her amazement, she couldn't find one. "Because... I don't look good in black leather," she finished lamely.
Neo smiled. "I remember I felt just the same way," said Neo, "But I remember what the Oracle told me; I'm sure you do as well?"
"Of course," said Asha, "She told you that being the One is just like being in love; no-one can tell you you are, you just know it."
Trinity blinked. "Just how many times have you seen the Matrix?"
"Um...." said Asha, "I lost count."
"We must leave soon," said Morpheus, "We only just reached Neo in time, and they didn't know his importance. The reason they came to your house tonight was that they know your importance."
Asha was silent. "Where were they going to take me?" she said eventually, "Were they going to put that bug in me, like they did with you?"
"We don't know," said Morpheus, "They would have killed you straight away; unless they had another plan for you..."
"Like what?" said Asha nervously. Would this night have any more surprises?
"That's just it. We don't know," said Neo, "But we do know that it wouldn't have been good. For anyone."
"We must go," said Trinity, "Come on."
Neo helped Asha to her feet.
"What's going to happen to me?" she asked.
Chapter 4 - Meeting
Asha stepped over the threshold tentatively. She followed the woman towards the kitchen. As they went through the living room, she looked around, and saw that there were several little children there, who couldn't have been more than eight. A couple were levitating building blocks, but most were listening wide-eyed to Alison, who was talking rapidly and glancing over at Asha.
"These are some potentials," said the woman. Asha nodded dumbly. How could she explain that she already knew that, because she'd seen them on a film? She just kept quiet, and followed the woman into the kitchen. When she saw who was standing in there, she forgot all that had happened to her. Her brain was refusing to accept this, on top of everything that had happened. She very nearly fainted, but she managed to keep control. Over that, anyway.
"DUDE!!!!" she shrieked.
"Ah," said Morpheus, "I'm guessing by that 'dude', we've got the right girl."
For a moment Asha didn't reply. She was too busy trying to convince her brain that yes, Trinity, Neo and Morpheus were standing in front of her, and no, she hadn't had vanilla coke in the last five hours. Well, not much. But then she realised what they had said.
"Oh, no, no, no, you can't have got the right girl. There must be some mistake. I'm just an insane girl who gets high on vanilla coke and writes insane parodies!"
"We have, though," said Morpheus, "We know that you have been through a lot this evening."
"Just a little!" said Asha, "Lets see, I've been contacted by fictional characters, had agents come to my house looking for me, and..." She fell silent as the memories of her mother's scream came back to her.
Trinity looked at her sympathetically. "We arrived too late," she said, turning to Morpheus, "There was nothing we could have done. Asha scarcely got away herself. It was only thanks to Neo that we did."
"Too late?" said Morpheus, "If you had arrived too late, Asha would now be in the hands of them. But she is here. We are lucky for that."
"But... why?" said Asha, "Why were there agents at my house? And - why were there agents? The Matrix is just a film! Isn't it?"
"I will answer your second question first," said Morpheus. "Some time ago, the machines became aware that we were becoming noticed. People were noticing what we were doing; they couldn't just ignore us any more. So they created a film about us, and what we were doing. So now, if anyone sees one of us or anything suspicious, they ignore it; for fear of being ridiculed, or thought insane."
"Like how they made films about aliens," said Neo, "Now if anyone sees a UFO, people just dismiss them as quacks. But would they have done the same if there weren't so many films about little green men?"
"OK," said Asha, "But why do you look the same?"
"The Matrix makes us seem to look the same," said Trinity, "But I like to imagine that my butt isn't as big as it looks in the film."
"And now to your first question," said Morpheus, "We have been watching you for some time. You have seen the Matrix many times, and know it very well."
"So have lots of people," said Asha, "Why am I so different?"
"You see, the prophecy - you know of the prophecy?"
"Yeah, the Oracle said that that guy would come back in the future, and that would mean the end of the war, and Neo is the one."
"Yes," said Morpheus, "But the prophecy also said that there was another hope. And we believe that this hope - is you."
Asha blinked. This was just too incredible.
"We know that this, on top of everything, is very difficult to take," said Morpheus.
"Uh-huh," said Asha, "Um, can I sit down?"
"Of course," said Neo, and a chair flew out from under the table and dropped down behind Asha. Asha was too amazed at everything else to be yet more surprised, so she just sat down before she fell down. Neo knelt down in front of her.
"I know it is incredible," said Neo, "But you have to believe us."
"I do," said Asha, "I mean - I will, when I'm a bit less shocked."
"You know that you are the second hope?" said Neo.
"No," said Asha, "I mean, I believe that the Matrix is real. But right about now, I'm thinking that you have the wrong girl."
"Why?"
"Because - I just can't be the one! I mean..." She tried to think of a reason that she couldn't be the second hope. But to her amazement, she couldn't find one. "Because... I don't look good in black leather," she finished lamely.
Neo smiled. "I remember I felt just the same way," said Neo, "But I remember what the Oracle told me; I'm sure you do as well?"
"Of course," said Asha, "She told you that being the One is just like being in love; no-one can tell you you are, you just know it."
Trinity blinked. "Just how many times have you seen the Matrix?"
"Um...." said Asha, "I lost count."
"We must leave soon," said Morpheus, "We only just reached Neo in time, and they didn't know his importance. The reason they came to your house tonight was that they know your importance."
Asha was silent. "Where were they going to take me?" she said eventually, "Were they going to put that bug in me, like they did with you?"
"We don't know," said Morpheus, "They would have killed you straight away; unless they had another plan for you..."
"Like what?" said Asha nervously. Would this night have any more surprises?
"That's just it. We don't know," said Neo, "But we do know that it wouldn't have been good. For anyone."
"We must go," said Trinity, "Come on."
Neo helped Asha to her feet.
"What's going to happen to me?" she asked.