CHAPTER 2: a distant land!
Where we left off! After falling through what felt like a million black holes, Tara sat on sweet smelling grass, she looked up to see a beautiful blue sky and yellow fluffy clouds.
Where was she? This place was totally different to the surroundings she had just come from, she threw her back on to the grass and lay there looking at the clouds when she saw a bird in the sky, it wasn't like anything she had seen before, it had a silver beak, black fathers and two beautiful silver wings, it looked a little like her bit beast swantina but it was black instead of blue, and when she looked over at a tree it was a beautiful shade of purple and red and the water was a sparkling acid green colour.
'Ok.I don't think I'm in Kansas anymore!' she said slowly with a little sarcasm in her tone, 'but then.where am I?'
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Tara Lay still on the grass for a while looking at her new surrounding's, it was so beautiful, like she was in a dream or something, she felt so peaceful just lay there listening to the sound of slow trickling water running through her ears.
'What is this place?' Tara thought, she started thinking about how she fell into this strange land and who the guy was that brought her hear, 'who was that strange guy? And what did he mean 'welcome home princess'?'
As Tara sat up she noticed a strange looking bird sat on the grass next to her. It had long red feathers that had gold trimming on the end of each one, and its wings were lager than the other birds that she had saw a little while ago, its beak was a little longer too. "Hello there Mr bird, I wonder, could you tell me where I am please?" Tara sighed knowing that the bird wouldn't answer her question.
Suddenly the bird sprang up off the grass and looked at Tara who had been startled by the bird's sudden movement. It was giving her a funny look as if trying to tell her something. Tara just looked at the bird with a confused expression on her face.
"Huh.what are you trying to tell me?" Tara still looked confused; but felt as if she could almost tell what it was trying to say. Suddenly the bird spread its huge wings and started flapping them wildly, until it had lifted its self off the soft grass and was in the air. The fiery red bird flew over Tara's head and then stopped to turn back so that it was looking at Tara.
"Wait! I get it now! You want me to follow you?" Tara said rising to her feet waiting for the birds reply.
The bird nodded slightly, then turned around and flew forward towards the distant mountains. Tara Ran as fast as she could to keep up with the bird that was by now a few meters in front of her.
They had been running for about 10 minutes now, but some how Tara wasn't getting tired she felt like she could keep running like this all day, 'wow I've never felt so energetic in my whole life! Normally I would get tired after 10 seconds of running not 10 minutes!'
As they got nearer to the mountains, Tara could see what looked like a small village just ahead of them. "Is that where were heading?" Tara shouted to the bird that was still a few meters in front of her. The bird gave a loud 'squawk' in reply.
As the neared the village Tara could see a small human shaped figure running towards them, as they got closer the figure became clearer to reveal a female shape and long hair flowing behind it.
"DRATINA!" the figure shouted, the bird started flying faster towards a young girl that was about the same age as Tara. She had long brown hair that was made into a long plat, pastel green eyes, and rose red lips. She wore a green leotard that had a large piece cut out of the middle to reveal her stomach but was kept together by thin pieces of string, underneath she wore black skin tight pants, and a gold belt that was hugging her hips.
The girl noticed Tara running behind Dratina and stopped in her tracks. She drew a large sward from behind her back and stood her ground. Tara stopped a few yards in front of the smaller girl, "ok.I can tell when I'm not wanted!" Tara said warily.
"Who are you?" the girl demanded "Dratina who is this stranger?"
Dratina squawked a few times to the other girl, who seemed to understand what the red bird was trying to say. She withdrew her sward and walked over to Tara.
"Hi there, my names Maria!" the girl put her hand out towards Tara. "I'm sorry about that but you can never be to sure who you enemies are these days!" She gave Tara a friendly smile.
Tara looked confused at the girls jester but eventually shook hands with Maria giving her a smile of her own, "I'm Tara, its nice to meet you! So you can under stand what that bird is saying?" she asked.
"Yeah that's right, he's my fathers most loyal friend. He's one of only two Dratina birds left on the whole of Karone!" Maria said looking proudly at the fore like bird that was perched on her shoulder.
"Huh.Dratina.Karone?" Tara looked more confused than ever she had never heard of these words before, and she had defiantly never heard of a Dratina bird!
"Huh.what do you mean Karone? Your in Karone!" Maria said slowly with a puzzled expression on her face. "And Dratina is the name of a very rare bird and this is one of them!" she added pointing to the bird on her shoulder.
"But.I don't under stand I've never heard of Karone!" Tara said wondering if this was just a silly joke, and if men with cameras were gonna pop out of the bushes at any moment!
Maria stood there for a while and then turned to Dratina and whispered something to him. Once she had finished her little conversation with Dratina she grabbed a hold of one of Tara's arms and pulled her towards the small village in front of them.
"Hey what are you doing?" Tara demanded while being dragged around by Maria. Considering she was quite small she was defiantly much more stronger than she looked. Tara made a mental note to her self not to get on her bad side!
"Don't worry my father will explain everything!" Maria replied simply. The two girls and Dratina disappeared into the small village that was ahead of them.
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- *-*-*-*- Ok well that's all for now. I know it's really short, but I've been really busy with schoolwork and everything! I promise I will make the next chapter extra long! Anyways please tell me if you like the story up to now! Email me at:
Tracy_Naylor_5@hotmail.com
Tell me if I need to improve on anything! Ok.anyways till next time.BYE!!!!!!
Where we left off! After falling through what felt like a million black holes, Tara sat on sweet smelling grass, she looked up to see a beautiful blue sky and yellow fluffy clouds.
Where was she? This place was totally different to the surroundings she had just come from, she threw her back on to the grass and lay there looking at the clouds when she saw a bird in the sky, it wasn't like anything she had seen before, it had a silver beak, black fathers and two beautiful silver wings, it looked a little like her bit beast swantina but it was black instead of blue, and when she looked over at a tree it was a beautiful shade of purple and red and the water was a sparkling acid green colour.
'Ok.I don't think I'm in Kansas anymore!' she said slowly with a little sarcasm in her tone, 'but then.where am I?'
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Tara Lay still on the grass for a while looking at her new surrounding's, it was so beautiful, like she was in a dream or something, she felt so peaceful just lay there listening to the sound of slow trickling water running through her ears.
'What is this place?' Tara thought, she started thinking about how she fell into this strange land and who the guy was that brought her hear, 'who was that strange guy? And what did he mean 'welcome home princess'?'
As Tara sat up she noticed a strange looking bird sat on the grass next to her. It had long red feathers that had gold trimming on the end of each one, and its wings were lager than the other birds that she had saw a little while ago, its beak was a little longer too. "Hello there Mr bird, I wonder, could you tell me where I am please?" Tara sighed knowing that the bird wouldn't answer her question.
Suddenly the bird sprang up off the grass and looked at Tara who had been startled by the bird's sudden movement. It was giving her a funny look as if trying to tell her something. Tara just looked at the bird with a confused expression on her face.
"Huh.what are you trying to tell me?" Tara still looked confused; but felt as if she could almost tell what it was trying to say. Suddenly the bird spread its huge wings and started flapping them wildly, until it had lifted its self off the soft grass and was in the air. The fiery red bird flew over Tara's head and then stopped to turn back so that it was looking at Tara.
"Wait! I get it now! You want me to follow you?" Tara said rising to her feet waiting for the birds reply.
The bird nodded slightly, then turned around and flew forward towards the distant mountains. Tara Ran as fast as she could to keep up with the bird that was by now a few meters in front of her.
They had been running for about 10 minutes now, but some how Tara wasn't getting tired she felt like she could keep running like this all day, 'wow I've never felt so energetic in my whole life! Normally I would get tired after 10 seconds of running not 10 minutes!'
As they got nearer to the mountains, Tara could see what looked like a small village just ahead of them. "Is that where were heading?" Tara shouted to the bird that was still a few meters in front of her. The bird gave a loud 'squawk' in reply.
As the neared the village Tara could see a small human shaped figure running towards them, as they got closer the figure became clearer to reveal a female shape and long hair flowing behind it.
"DRATINA!" the figure shouted, the bird started flying faster towards a young girl that was about the same age as Tara. She had long brown hair that was made into a long plat, pastel green eyes, and rose red lips. She wore a green leotard that had a large piece cut out of the middle to reveal her stomach but was kept together by thin pieces of string, underneath she wore black skin tight pants, and a gold belt that was hugging her hips.
The girl noticed Tara running behind Dratina and stopped in her tracks. She drew a large sward from behind her back and stood her ground. Tara stopped a few yards in front of the smaller girl, "ok.I can tell when I'm not wanted!" Tara said warily.
"Who are you?" the girl demanded "Dratina who is this stranger?"
Dratina squawked a few times to the other girl, who seemed to understand what the red bird was trying to say. She withdrew her sward and walked over to Tara.
"Hi there, my names Maria!" the girl put her hand out towards Tara. "I'm sorry about that but you can never be to sure who you enemies are these days!" She gave Tara a friendly smile.
Tara looked confused at the girls jester but eventually shook hands with Maria giving her a smile of her own, "I'm Tara, its nice to meet you! So you can under stand what that bird is saying?" she asked.
"Yeah that's right, he's my fathers most loyal friend. He's one of only two Dratina birds left on the whole of Karone!" Maria said looking proudly at the fore like bird that was perched on her shoulder.
"Huh.Dratina.Karone?" Tara looked more confused than ever she had never heard of these words before, and she had defiantly never heard of a Dratina bird!
"Huh.what do you mean Karone? Your in Karone!" Maria said slowly with a puzzled expression on her face. "And Dratina is the name of a very rare bird and this is one of them!" she added pointing to the bird on her shoulder.
"But.I don't under stand I've never heard of Karone!" Tara said wondering if this was just a silly joke, and if men with cameras were gonna pop out of the bushes at any moment!
Maria stood there for a while and then turned to Dratina and whispered something to him. Once she had finished her little conversation with Dratina she grabbed a hold of one of Tara's arms and pulled her towards the small village in front of them.
"Hey what are you doing?" Tara demanded while being dragged around by Maria. Considering she was quite small she was defiantly much more stronger than she looked. Tara made a mental note to her self not to get on her bad side!
"Don't worry my father will explain everything!" Maria replied simply. The two girls and Dratina disappeared into the small village that was ahead of them.
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- *-*-*-*- Ok well that's all for now. I know it's really short, but I've been really busy with schoolwork and everything! I promise I will make the next chapter extra long! Anyways please tell me if you like the story up to now! Email me at:
Tracy_Naylor_5@hotmail.com
Tell me if I need to improve on anything! Ok.anyways till next time.BYE!!!!!!