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Replies: Wahoo! My favourite part! I can't believe I got so many!
Priestess of Anubis: Compliments are what I do ^_^ Yesums, this is indeed a continuation of my last story. I'm glad my ending had the right effect :D *continuing* *Hands over a double choc chic cookie*
Triality: *Hands over cookie* Glad you like the idea : ) Yes, sequel but totally different story, go me! Yeah! You called me a good writer . . . ? o_0 Are you mad?! I'm a terrible author compared to the other authors out there *Points to many FF.Net story lists* *Huggles back* Thanks for saying it though : ) *Big smiles*
Megami no Inazumi: DUDE! SWEET! DUDE! Thanx! I shall get more of this done, but not this week I'm afraid . . . unless I can jot something down while I'm meant to be working *Evil grin* Put your cookies in the fridge ^_^ *Hands cookie over* What's wrong anyway?
White Striped Skittle: Uh . . . you want to have a life like that? You want the Twins to shoot your mum? Strange . . . anyways, moving on. Thankyou thankyou! *Hands cookie over*
Sugaricing: *Hands over cookie* Don't eat me? o_0;; Thank you for reviewing :D
Shivonne: SHI! I had to kill her mum cuz she MUST hate the Twins. How do you always figure my stories out so perfectly? Even my own family doesn't understand, but in every review you see what I left out on purpose, you question the things that I hid to confuse you, you understand every detail that I either put in or intentionally leave out and you make assumptions and always get them right. And you manage to do it all in one single sentence. YOUR AMAZING! *Hands over countless cookies* How do you do it?! *Hands over label* Stick that to your T-shirt. *Label reads: Kit's favourite reviewer. Okay, that's Chance. Pink girls name is . . . It might be Amy . . . Mwehehee *Looks at pointy thing* *Types faster*
Suzuka Blade: Yay, more plushies! *Adds to pile of Twin plushies* *Hands over choc chip cookies, on . . . toast* Thanks for reviewing.
Crystal-Nimrodel: This girl isn't Mary-sueish, but then, you haven't met Chance yet . . . The story (Hopefully) gets interesting, depends what you like. And I shall continue with this because all of my stories lead onto this. You cant have one without the other so theres no way I could write a different one while thinking over this one- *Waffles on* sorry, my mouth took over. Hehehe, yeah, sorry about the Angel wings but . . . they are put to good use! There is a reason for everything! Trust me . . . *Hands over choc chip cookies* You earned them ^_^
Cairo Zodiac: Yeah, sorry about the pink, it's just my friend's favourite colour. Glad you like the rest though! Sorry about the pic link, for some reason it only works for certain people *Kicks fic link* Damn you and your detachment! *Gives cookies*
Amanda: *Huggles and hands over cookies* Hiya! Thanks for the review and powder puff friend! BYE! And don't forget to read and review this chapter too!
Tashilover: OMG! OMG! You reviewed my humble story! OMG! You are such a BRILLIANT author! I totally LOVE Sibling Rivalry! Keep up the good work ^_^ Definitely freaky : ) My friend and I have yin and yangs. *Types up more fic* Whatever you say! *Hands over rest of cookies*
Wow, that took, like, forever. *Looks at time* Oh great, its 1:28am. See what I do for you people?! See! I have college tomorrow at nine which means I have to be up at 6:45am to catch the 7:40 bus to Harlow! I'm not gonna get much sleep! Grr . . .
Anyways, I think the only thing in this chapter I like is the Dreams that pink girl gets and . . . Chance's explanation. You'll see what I mean when you read it. Have fun, tell me if anything is wrong and it shall be changed!
*Goes to upload new chapter*
I'd better get lots of reviews for this *Grumbles*
Chapter 2
I woke up slowly, hearing voices from somewhere in the room. It sounded like those Twin things. I wasn't so scared of them before the accident, or rather . . . murder. Then I realised what they were capable of.
I closed my eyes again and pretended that I wasn't asleep. I rolled over in the covers to hide. They had fallen for it but I didn't know how long that would last. I needed a way to get out.
That's when I felt someone poke me on my shoulder. I reacted badly. I spun around in a one hundred and eighty-degree angle and put my fists up. The Twin that had poked me backed off a little.
I turned slowly, got off of the bed and backed up towards the door. They were on the wrong side of the room so I had some kind of chance to escape. Or so I thought.
The room was just plain white; there was minimal decoration. The four poster bed which I had been laying on was in the middle of the room, on the left side was a wall with a big picture on it, there was also a fireplace a little further down, closer to the door. On the right side was a small wooden bedside table and an overstuffed chair next to that.
The room was an odd shape too. The door was behind me, but I almost walked into an identical chair to the one next to my bed. It was in front of the fire.
As I was walking backwards I tripped up on something that was lying on the floor. I landed heavily on my back and felt a huge pain in my . . . suddenly I remembered exactly everything that had happened. I had wings.
I stood up slowly; I was no longer watching the Twins. I looked to the side of me and there they were. Big pink and purple wings that stretched out when I wanted them too.
I flexed them a little bit before turning back to the scary albinos in the middle of the room. They were edging closer to me. I felt fear again.
I backed away from them and towards the door again.
All of a sudden the door opened behind me. I whipped around to come face to face with some weird smelling important looking guy. Expensive suit. Too much hair gel. Then he started cursing in French.
Of what I had learned in French class I knew that he was swearing quiet profoundly. I also noticed that he said the word 'Luck'. I thought it was strange that he would mix these words together.
I stepped back away from him, only to walk into the Twins.
The French guy stopped swearing.
"You must please excuse me for my rudeness but I seemed to be at a loss for words, you see it's not everyday that my most trusted body guards bring a pink marsh mellow with wings home with them."
"What the hell?!" I replied, quiet stunned.
"Do you not know what you are child?" he asked.
"I'm . . . I'm- . . ." I stuttered helplessly.
The Frenchman turned back to the door and said, just before he left "One, Two, go and get Chance so she can tell this 'thing' what exactly it is." I heard the lock click on the other side of the door. Before I heard him walk away he shouted through the door "And you can call me the Merovingian".
I turned to One and Two, the Twins who brought me here. I figured that they wouldn't hurt me, it seemed that their boss wanted me alive. "Who's Chance?" I asked.
"Just a good friend of ours." One replied. I couldn't tell them apart back then but now it's easier.
"We'll be right back." Two said.
That's when I saw the scariest thing in my whole entire life. Those Twin things turned into ghostly vapour right in front of me, they went all green and see-through and started to sink into the floor.
I'd had enough. I dived under the bed and shook, scared and alone.
I heard the lock click a little while later and looked out from under the bed. I saw a pair of black boots. I shuffled further under.
The person knelt down by the side of the bed; it was a woman by the looks of it. She put her head under and I saw her hair fall about her face. The light was shinning too bright so I couldn't see her clearly enough.
"Hello there, wanna come out so I can see you?" she said lightly.
"No, why should I?!" I said stubbornly. I didn't want to come out and face whoever it was who wanted to see me.
"I want to talk to you, and the Merovingian wants me to talk to you." She said. She sounded honest at least.
"Oh okay then.... You sure you're only talking to me and nothing else?" I asked, the fear leaving my voice slightly.
"I promise that while you are with me, no-one will hurt you." She said and offered me a hand. I took it and got pulled out from under the bed. I stood in front of her, she looked about twenty five, she had long black hair and was wearing a white halter neck top and long white trousers.
She was also wearing a small shirt, which was black, and a pair of black boots. She had a few rings on here fingers. One of which was an intricate one with an M on it and the other ring she wore on her left-hand middle finger; it was silver and had two silver gems surrounding a red ruby on it. She was also wearing a yin and yang necklace.
What was surprising was that she had wings too. Here's were exactly like magpies wings though and they were huge. There was something interesting about her face too, like I recognised her, like I knew her from somewhere. When she saw me I could see recognition on her face.
"My name is Chance, what's yours?" She asked politely.
"Well, my name is Amanda." I said as I sat down on the bed. She sat down next to me.
"Anything you want to ask, Amanda?" Chance asked me as she crossed her legs and leaned on her hand so she was comfortable.
"Uhhmm . . . so who are you to Mero?" I asked uncomfortably.
"I'm one of his many personal body guards, like the Twins and a few other well trained individuals." She said as she looked into my eyes. I could tell she was telling the truth.
"Oh, so where are you from?" I asked. I didn't know what to say so I made up anything. I think she could tell what I was thinking.
"I'm from here, you could say, I've been here since I was . . . born." Chance replied. It was obvious she didn't know what to say either.
"Oh . . . what's the Mero want with me?" I asked worriedly. "And why am I here? AND what am I if I'm not human?" I asked in a panic.
"Okay, calm down. The Merovingian didn't even know you were coming here but he probably just wants to get you to work for him. You're here because the Twins got suspicious of you when you bumped into them that day, you see, you weren't meant to be able to see them." Chance explained to me and I calmed down a bit before realising she hadn't answered my last question.
"You didn't answer my last question." I said cautiously.
Chance turned away from me and stood up. "Your like, the opposite of me." She said quietly.
"What am I if I'm not really human?" I asked again. Chance looked nervous.
"Well, I'm a human based programme and your . . . you're a programme based human. I know it's hard to understand. Basically you were made by the machines for the exact purpose to do a job in the Matrix." Chance said quietly.
"Matrix, you mean the films were real?!" I stuttered. This was all too much for one day. I laid back down onto the bed and closed my eyes. I didn't even realise that I was falling asleep till I woke up a few hours later.
~*~
I was dreaming, inside the Matrix. I knew that sounded strange. Asleep, and yet, asleep at the same time. The little I did know about the Matrix made this impossibly confusing and my head hurt.
I dreamt I was flying, above the clouds. The sun was so beautiful. It was evening and the whole of the sunrise was just . . . magical. I was going over land, then a beach, then the sea. I could see all of this through the thin clouds.
When I looked down I saw a huge shadow in the water. I flew down closer and skimmed the water with my hand, wondering what it was. Suddenly I got a blast of hot air and water. I looked down and saw instantly a blue whale. These were close to extinction the last time I had heard about one, yet here it was.
I dived underwater like a Puffin and, using my wings and not my arms or legs, I swam along side the enormous beast, I touched its smooth, leathery skin. I looked into its huge, dark and sad eye.
I surfaced and looked around. I was cold and wet. I hadn't planned on any of this, but then, I was dreaming. I swam there, treading water, trying to think what my subconscious was telling me.
I heard voices and my vision faded. Everything was dark till I realised that my eyes were closed. I quickly opened them again and looked around to see where the voices were coming from.
"No, he's still in his stupid restaurant, drinking wine and pretending he's important." Chance said to someone. She was still in my room.
"We should go, before he gets suspicious." One said. I looked up slightly, they hadn't seen me.
"If we spend too much time together then you know what he'll think, and if he worked it out then he would destroy us." Two said sadly.
"Stupid French git." Chance said under her breath. "Alright then, go and if he asks just say you were . . . trying to open a window, then complain about how amazingly stuffy it is in his chateau." She said, trying to make up an excuse.
"We'll see you later." They said together and they both kissed her cheeks. As soon as they had left it clicked, what they had been talking about.
"What was that all about?" I asked. I knew what I had heard. Chance jumped at the sound of my voice.
"Nothing, try to forget what you just saw." Chance said as she came and sat down on the bed.
I sat up and edged away from her a little. "That wasn't nothing. What's going on between you . . . three." I asked as I fiddled with some feathers from my wings.
"I said forget about it! If you ever mention it to the Merovingian then you will be dead before you can even say 'ouch'!" Chance said angrily.
I must have gone just about as pale as those Twins. "Whatever you say." I said quietly as I pulled the quilt covers up to my face. "Why do I recognise you?" I asked.
"I don't know, maybe you think I'm somebody els-" I interrupted her in mid-sentence.
"You recognised me too, didn't you. Who are you?" I asked as I looked deep into her eyes. I recognised those eyes; I had looked into them everyday at school.
"But, you already know the answer to that question." Chance said quietly.
"Amy . . ." I gasped and stood up to get away from her. "How? How are you this old? Where did you go? Why did you leave?" I had a million questions and each more important than the last.
"It's a long story, I'm not exactly Amy though . . . I'm a copy of her." Chance said as she tried to get closer to me.
"Maybe you should tell me everything." I said as she moved around the room to sit on an overstuffed chair.
Chance sat back down on the bed. "It's a long story and theres a lot to take in." She said slowly.
"All I have is time." I said but as I said it another strange expression crossed her face. I chose to ignore it, I wanted to know what was going on.
"Okay, well, would you like me to start off with the Matrix and why that was created first?" She asked me, I nodded. "Okay, well it all started a long time ago, about six thousand years. As Humans got more . . . arrogant, they created A.I, artificial intelligence. They became something like the Architect, of their own demise. Although loyal, the machines learnt no respect for their masters. It wasn't long before seeds of corruption took root. B-one-six-six-E-R was the first to strike out against his masters. He killed them easily, too easily.
"When he was tried they asked him why he had done it and he simply replied, he did not want to die. They world leaders got angry and ordered not only the destruction of B-one-six-six-E-R, but also the destruction of all his kind. There were people that rebelled with the robots, but they were quickly gotten rid of, aswell as all the B-one-six-six's. Finally, most of the robots decided that they could not co-exist with the humans and created a home for them all, somewhere where they could get old, somewhere where they could raise their own children. They settled in the crater of the earth, and they called their new home Zero One.
"After Zero One had established itself properly it got back into the game and started its economy up. It started making even better A.I, improvements to the human's machines, things like cars for example. Suddenly the machines were taking in more money than the humans and easily taker away their business. The world leaders got angry again. They decided to destroy all of the A.I in Zero One. They attempted to use nuclear bombs, but the machines were made of tougher things than skin and bone. The machines then struck back with full force, taking over each one of Earth's capitals and killing anyone that got in their way.
"The world leaders were running out of ideas. Suddenly they realised; almost all of the machines were solar powered. Operation Dark Storm was then put into action. The idea was to block off the sun with a giant black cloud, which would totally smother the sky, blocking out all light. Well, they succeeded in making it dark, but the machines found other sources of energy and an all out war between Humans and Machines broke out. The humans were massacred; they didn't stand a chance. At the last attempt to make peace, the world leaders met up with the machines, but it was a trap. A giant bomb was unleashed, killing everybody in the immediate area. The city lay in ruins.
"The machines energy was slowly running out and they had to think fast to find an alternative energy source. They turned to the captives of the war, the helpless humans that were still alive. After studying the human body they found out that it supplied great amounts of heat. If they could somehow harvest this heat then their energy source was found. They did indeed succeed in finding a way and the Matrix was made. The humans created enough energy for the machines, but they still needed to be controlled. The Matrix is a prison for the mind, making you a slave to the machines, and there is no-way you can escape it without being aware of it."
I had tears in my eyes, they were blocking my vision and I couldn't see clearly. I looked up at the blobby and blurry Chance. "Now I know, now I'm aware of it. So where am I?" I asked shakily.
"I can't say. I don't know. All I know is, this Isn't real and the real world lies somewhere else." Chance explained slowly. "That's only half of the story though."
"It is?" I asked, I wasn't sure if I could handle any more. "What else is there to know?"
"Are you sure you want to hear it?" Chance asked me unsurely.
"Yes." I answered simply.
"Alright. When the Matrix was first created, there was a man born inside with knowledge and power over it. He is known as 'The One'. He freed the fist humans from the Matrix, after freeing himself. He created Zion and freed almost all of its inhabitants. His legacy lived on after he died and it was prophesised that he would be reborn into the Matrix, so he could rise again and destroy the Matrix and free everyone trapped inside it.
Amy, or Kit as she is now called, is known as 'The Two'. She will help somehow to destroy the Matrix, although the information about her is sketchy at best. It seems history missed her out somehow." Chance finished and smiled slightly at the thought of being left out again.
"That's a lot to take in." I spoke my thoughts. "Well what about you, how did you get here?" I asked suddenly.
"I think that's enough for one day." Chance said as she smiled down at me, she had moved from the bed and stood next to the door. "Anything I can get you?" she asked kindly.
"Some hot bean sprout soup would be nice." I mumbled. I think she heard me because the next time I looked up, she was gone. I curled up tightly into a little ball on the chair and fell asleep. I don't know how I managed it, but I managed it all the same.
~*~
It was the whale again, but this time, when I went underwater to it I could hear it, the eerie and echoing moans. As if the sea around us was just a big cave. Truth be told it probably was. That's the thing about the sea . . .
When you look up at the clouds, they look so amazingly far away. Now, if you look to the horizon, you can see the ground and the clouds together. Just imagine that the earth is the ocean floor and the clouds are the surface of the water. It's a long way down. Who knew what lurked in those deep depths.
I Looked around and realised that the whale had dived underwater. I decided to follow it, I tried to swim into the blackness, it surrounded me and I felt like I was being swallowed whole. I heard the whale again, beneath me. I looked down into the murkiness.
The whale moaned its echoing song. It got loader and loader until it filled my ears and my heart felt like it was vibrating. All of a sudden I heard a clear voice, calling my unconscious back to consciousness.
"Wake up, Amanda, wake up!" was what I could hear.
My eyes cracked open.
"Your soup is here, now, would you like to hear why I disappeared?" Chanced asked as she looked down on me and smiled. She seated herself on the bed across from me.
"Tell me everything . . ."
~*~
Go review before somebody gets hurt. I mean in my story. Lack of reviews means I get to torture characters. Hey, who said that you don't suffer for your art *Fake wounded look*
REVIEW!
Replies: Wahoo! My favourite part! I can't believe I got so many!
Priestess of Anubis: Compliments are what I do ^_^ Yesums, this is indeed a continuation of my last story. I'm glad my ending had the right effect :D *continuing* *Hands over a double choc chic cookie*
Triality: *Hands over cookie* Glad you like the idea : ) Yes, sequel but totally different story, go me! Yeah! You called me a good writer . . . ? o_0 Are you mad?! I'm a terrible author compared to the other authors out there *Points to many FF.Net story lists* *Huggles back* Thanks for saying it though : ) *Big smiles*
Megami no Inazumi: DUDE! SWEET! DUDE! Thanx! I shall get more of this done, but not this week I'm afraid . . . unless I can jot something down while I'm meant to be working *Evil grin* Put your cookies in the fridge ^_^ *Hands cookie over* What's wrong anyway?
White Striped Skittle: Uh . . . you want to have a life like that? You want the Twins to shoot your mum? Strange . . . anyways, moving on. Thankyou thankyou! *Hands cookie over*
Sugaricing: *Hands over cookie* Don't eat me? o_0;; Thank you for reviewing :D
Shivonne: SHI! I had to kill her mum cuz she MUST hate the Twins. How do you always figure my stories out so perfectly? Even my own family doesn't understand, but in every review you see what I left out on purpose, you question the things that I hid to confuse you, you understand every detail that I either put in or intentionally leave out and you make assumptions and always get them right. And you manage to do it all in one single sentence. YOUR AMAZING! *Hands over countless cookies* How do you do it?! *Hands over label* Stick that to your T-shirt. *Label reads: Kit's favourite reviewer. Okay, that's Chance. Pink girls name is . . . It might be Amy . . . Mwehehee *Looks at pointy thing* *Types faster*
Suzuka Blade: Yay, more plushies! *Adds to pile of Twin plushies* *Hands over choc chip cookies, on . . . toast* Thanks for reviewing.
Crystal-Nimrodel: This girl isn't Mary-sueish, but then, you haven't met Chance yet . . . The story (Hopefully) gets interesting, depends what you like. And I shall continue with this because all of my stories lead onto this. You cant have one without the other so theres no way I could write a different one while thinking over this one- *Waffles on* sorry, my mouth took over. Hehehe, yeah, sorry about the Angel wings but . . . they are put to good use! There is a reason for everything! Trust me . . . *Hands over choc chip cookies* You earned them ^_^
Cairo Zodiac: Yeah, sorry about the pink, it's just my friend's favourite colour. Glad you like the rest though! Sorry about the pic link, for some reason it only works for certain people *Kicks fic link* Damn you and your detachment! *Gives cookies*
Amanda: *Huggles and hands over cookies* Hiya! Thanks for the review and powder puff friend! BYE! And don't forget to read and review this chapter too!
Tashilover: OMG! OMG! You reviewed my humble story! OMG! You are such a BRILLIANT author! I totally LOVE Sibling Rivalry! Keep up the good work ^_^ Definitely freaky : ) My friend and I have yin and yangs. *Types up more fic* Whatever you say! *Hands over rest of cookies*
Wow, that took, like, forever. *Looks at time* Oh great, its 1:28am. See what I do for you people?! See! I have college tomorrow at nine which means I have to be up at 6:45am to catch the 7:40 bus to Harlow! I'm not gonna get much sleep! Grr . . .
Anyways, I think the only thing in this chapter I like is the Dreams that pink girl gets and . . . Chance's explanation. You'll see what I mean when you read it. Have fun, tell me if anything is wrong and it shall be changed!
*Goes to upload new chapter*
I'd better get lots of reviews for this *Grumbles*
Chapter 2
I woke up slowly, hearing voices from somewhere in the room. It sounded like those Twin things. I wasn't so scared of them before the accident, or rather . . . murder. Then I realised what they were capable of.
I closed my eyes again and pretended that I wasn't asleep. I rolled over in the covers to hide. They had fallen for it but I didn't know how long that would last. I needed a way to get out.
That's when I felt someone poke me on my shoulder. I reacted badly. I spun around in a one hundred and eighty-degree angle and put my fists up. The Twin that had poked me backed off a little.
I turned slowly, got off of the bed and backed up towards the door. They were on the wrong side of the room so I had some kind of chance to escape. Or so I thought.
The room was just plain white; there was minimal decoration. The four poster bed which I had been laying on was in the middle of the room, on the left side was a wall with a big picture on it, there was also a fireplace a little further down, closer to the door. On the right side was a small wooden bedside table and an overstuffed chair next to that.
The room was an odd shape too. The door was behind me, but I almost walked into an identical chair to the one next to my bed. It was in front of the fire.
As I was walking backwards I tripped up on something that was lying on the floor. I landed heavily on my back and felt a huge pain in my . . . suddenly I remembered exactly everything that had happened. I had wings.
I stood up slowly; I was no longer watching the Twins. I looked to the side of me and there they were. Big pink and purple wings that stretched out when I wanted them too.
I flexed them a little bit before turning back to the scary albinos in the middle of the room. They were edging closer to me. I felt fear again.
I backed away from them and towards the door again.
All of a sudden the door opened behind me. I whipped around to come face to face with some weird smelling important looking guy. Expensive suit. Too much hair gel. Then he started cursing in French.
Of what I had learned in French class I knew that he was swearing quiet profoundly. I also noticed that he said the word 'Luck'. I thought it was strange that he would mix these words together.
I stepped back away from him, only to walk into the Twins.
The French guy stopped swearing.
"You must please excuse me for my rudeness but I seemed to be at a loss for words, you see it's not everyday that my most trusted body guards bring a pink marsh mellow with wings home with them."
"What the hell?!" I replied, quiet stunned.
"Do you not know what you are child?" he asked.
"I'm . . . I'm- . . ." I stuttered helplessly.
The Frenchman turned back to the door and said, just before he left "One, Two, go and get Chance so she can tell this 'thing' what exactly it is." I heard the lock click on the other side of the door. Before I heard him walk away he shouted through the door "And you can call me the Merovingian".
I turned to One and Two, the Twins who brought me here. I figured that they wouldn't hurt me, it seemed that their boss wanted me alive. "Who's Chance?" I asked.
"Just a good friend of ours." One replied. I couldn't tell them apart back then but now it's easier.
"We'll be right back." Two said.
That's when I saw the scariest thing in my whole entire life. Those Twin things turned into ghostly vapour right in front of me, they went all green and see-through and started to sink into the floor.
I'd had enough. I dived under the bed and shook, scared and alone.
I heard the lock click a little while later and looked out from under the bed. I saw a pair of black boots. I shuffled further under.
The person knelt down by the side of the bed; it was a woman by the looks of it. She put her head under and I saw her hair fall about her face. The light was shinning too bright so I couldn't see her clearly enough.
"Hello there, wanna come out so I can see you?" she said lightly.
"No, why should I?!" I said stubbornly. I didn't want to come out and face whoever it was who wanted to see me.
"I want to talk to you, and the Merovingian wants me to talk to you." She said. She sounded honest at least.
"Oh okay then.... You sure you're only talking to me and nothing else?" I asked, the fear leaving my voice slightly.
"I promise that while you are with me, no-one will hurt you." She said and offered me a hand. I took it and got pulled out from under the bed. I stood in front of her, she looked about twenty five, she had long black hair and was wearing a white halter neck top and long white trousers.
She was also wearing a small shirt, which was black, and a pair of black boots. She had a few rings on here fingers. One of which was an intricate one with an M on it and the other ring she wore on her left-hand middle finger; it was silver and had two silver gems surrounding a red ruby on it. She was also wearing a yin and yang necklace.
What was surprising was that she had wings too. Here's were exactly like magpies wings though and they were huge. There was something interesting about her face too, like I recognised her, like I knew her from somewhere. When she saw me I could see recognition on her face.
"My name is Chance, what's yours?" She asked politely.
"Well, my name is Amanda." I said as I sat down on the bed. She sat down next to me.
"Anything you want to ask, Amanda?" Chance asked me as she crossed her legs and leaned on her hand so she was comfortable.
"Uhhmm . . . so who are you to Mero?" I asked uncomfortably.
"I'm one of his many personal body guards, like the Twins and a few other well trained individuals." She said as she looked into my eyes. I could tell she was telling the truth.
"Oh, so where are you from?" I asked. I didn't know what to say so I made up anything. I think she could tell what I was thinking.
"I'm from here, you could say, I've been here since I was . . . born." Chance replied. It was obvious she didn't know what to say either.
"Oh . . . what's the Mero want with me?" I asked worriedly. "And why am I here? AND what am I if I'm not human?" I asked in a panic.
"Okay, calm down. The Merovingian didn't even know you were coming here but he probably just wants to get you to work for him. You're here because the Twins got suspicious of you when you bumped into them that day, you see, you weren't meant to be able to see them." Chance explained to me and I calmed down a bit before realising she hadn't answered my last question.
"You didn't answer my last question." I said cautiously.
Chance turned away from me and stood up. "Your like, the opposite of me." She said quietly.
"What am I if I'm not really human?" I asked again. Chance looked nervous.
"Well, I'm a human based programme and your . . . you're a programme based human. I know it's hard to understand. Basically you were made by the machines for the exact purpose to do a job in the Matrix." Chance said quietly.
"Matrix, you mean the films were real?!" I stuttered. This was all too much for one day. I laid back down onto the bed and closed my eyes. I didn't even realise that I was falling asleep till I woke up a few hours later.
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I was dreaming, inside the Matrix. I knew that sounded strange. Asleep, and yet, asleep at the same time. The little I did know about the Matrix made this impossibly confusing and my head hurt.
I dreamt I was flying, above the clouds. The sun was so beautiful. It was evening and the whole of the sunrise was just . . . magical. I was going over land, then a beach, then the sea. I could see all of this through the thin clouds.
When I looked down I saw a huge shadow in the water. I flew down closer and skimmed the water with my hand, wondering what it was. Suddenly I got a blast of hot air and water. I looked down and saw instantly a blue whale. These were close to extinction the last time I had heard about one, yet here it was.
I dived underwater like a Puffin and, using my wings and not my arms or legs, I swam along side the enormous beast, I touched its smooth, leathery skin. I looked into its huge, dark and sad eye.
I surfaced and looked around. I was cold and wet. I hadn't planned on any of this, but then, I was dreaming. I swam there, treading water, trying to think what my subconscious was telling me.
I heard voices and my vision faded. Everything was dark till I realised that my eyes were closed. I quickly opened them again and looked around to see where the voices were coming from.
"No, he's still in his stupid restaurant, drinking wine and pretending he's important." Chance said to someone. She was still in my room.
"We should go, before he gets suspicious." One said. I looked up slightly, they hadn't seen me.
"If we spend too much time together then you know what he'll think, and if he worked it out then he would destroy us." Two said sadly.
"Stupid French git." Chance said under her breath. "Alright then, go and if he asks just say you were . . . trying to open a window, then complain about how amazingly stuffy it is in his chateau." She said, trying to make up an excuse.
"We'll see you later." They said together and they both kissed her cheeks. As soon as they had left it clicked, what they had been talking about.
"What was that all about?" I asked. I knew what I had heard. Chance jumped at the sound of my voice.
"Nothing, try to forget what you just saw." Chance said as she came and sat down on the bed.
I sat up and edged away from her a little. "That wasn't nothing. What's going on between you . . . three." I asked as I fiddled with some feathers from my wings.
"I said forget about it! If you ever mention it to the Merovingian then you will be dead before you can even say 'ouch'!" Chance said angrily.
I must have gone just about as pale as those Twins. "Whatever you say." I said quietly as I pulled the quilt covers up to my face. "Why do I recognise you?" I asked.
"I don't know, maybe you think I'm somebody els-" I interrupted her in mid-sentence.
"You recognised me too, didn't you. Who are you?" I asked as I looked deep into her eyes. I recognised those eyes; I had looked into them everyday at school.
"But, you already know the answer to that question." Chance said quietly.
"Amy . . ." I gasped and stood up to get away from her. "How? How are you this old? Where did you go? Why did you leave?" I had a million questions and each more important than the last.
"It's a long story, I'm not exactly Amy though . . . I'm a copy of her." Chance said as she tried to get closer to me.
"Maybe you should tell me everything." I said as she moved around the room to sit on an overstuffed chair.
Chance sat back down on the bed. "It's a long story and theres a lot to take in." She said slowly.
"All I have is time." I said but as I said it another strange expression crossed her face. I chose to ignore it, I wanted to know what was going on.
"Okay, well, would you like me to start off with the Matrix and why that was created first?" She asked me, I nodded. "Okay, well it all started a long time ago, about six thousand years. As Humans got more . . . arrogant, they created A.I, artificial intelligence. They became something like the Architect, of their own demise. Although loyal, the machines learnt no respect for their masters. It wasn't long before seeds of corruption took root. B-one-six-six-E-R was the first to strike out against his masters. He killed them easily, too easily.
"When he was tried they asked him why he had done it and he simply replied, he did not want to die. They world leaders got angry and ordered not only the destruction of B-one-six-six-E-R, but also the destruction of all his kind. There were people that rebelled with the robots, but they were quickly gotten rid of, aswell as all the B-one-six-six's. Finally, most of the robots decided that they could not co-exist with the humans and created a home for them all, somewhere where they could get old, somewhere where they could raise their own children. They settled in the crater of the earth, and they called their new home Zero One.
"After Zero One had established itself properly it got back into the game and started its economy up. It started making even better A.I, improvements to the human's machines, things like cars for example. Suddenly the machines were taking in more money than the humans and easily taker away their business. The world leaders got angry again. They decided to destroy all of the A.I in Zero One. They attempted to use nuclear bombs, but the machines were made of tougher things than skin and bone. The machines then struck back with full force, taking over each one of Earth's capitals and killing anyone that got in their way.
"The world leaders were running out of ideas. Suddenly they realised; almost all of the machines were solar powered. Operation Dark Storm was then put into action. The idea was to block off the sun with a giant black cloud, which would totally smother the sky, blocking out all light. Well, they succeeded in making it dark, but the machines found other sources of energy and an all out war between Humans and Machines broke out. The humans were massacred; they didn't stand a chance. At the last attempt to make peace, the world leaders met up with the machines, but it was a trap. A giant bomb was unleashed, killing everybody in the immediate area. The city lay in ruins.
"The machines energy was slowly running out and they had to think fast to find an alternative energy source. They turned to the captives of the war, the helpless humans that were still alive. After studying the human body they found out that it supplied great amounts of heat. If they could somehow harvest this heat then their energy source was found. They did indeed succeed in finding a way and the Matrix was made. The humans created enough energy for the machines, but they still needed to be controlled. The Matrix is a prison for the mind, making you a slave to the machines, and there is no-way you can escape it without being aware of it."
I had tears in my eyes, they were blocking my vision and I couldn't see clearly. I looked up at the blobby and blurry Chance. "Now I know, now I'm aware of it. So where am I?" I asked shakily.
"I can't say. I don't know. All I know is, this Isn't real and the real world lies somewhere else." Chance explained slowly. "That's only half of the story though."
"It is?" I asked, I wasn't sure if I could handle any more. "What else is there to know?"
"Are you sure you want to hear it?" Chance asked me unsurely.
"Yes." I answered simply.
"Alright. When the Matrix was first created, there was a man born inside with knowledge and power over it. He is known as 'The One'. He freed the fist humans from the Matrix, after freeing himself. He created Zion and freed almost all of its inhabitants. His legacy lived on after he died and it was prophesised that he would be reborn into the Matrix, so he could rise again and destroy the Matrix and free everyone trapped inside it.
Amy, or Kit as she is now called, is known as 'The Two'. She will help somehow to destroy the Matrix, although the information about her is sketchy at best. It seems history missed her out somehow." Chance finished and smiled slightly at the thought of being left out again.
"That's a lot to take in." I spoke my thoughts. "Well what about you, how did you get here?" I asked suddenly.
"I think that's enough for one day." Chance said as she smiled down at me, she had moved from the bed and stood next to the door. "Anything I can get you?" she asked kindly.
"Some hot bean sprout soup would be nice." I mumbled. I think she heard me because the next time I looked up, she was gone. I curled up tightly into a little ball on the chair and fell asleep. I don't know how I managed it, but I managed it all the same.
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It was the whale again, but this time, when I went underwater to it I could hear it, the eerie and echoing moans. As if the sea around us was just a big cave. Truth be told it probably was. That's the thing about the sea . . .
When you look up at the clouds, they look so amazingly far away. Now, if you look to the horizon, you can see the ground and the clouds together. Just imagine that the earth is the ocean floor and the clouds are the surface of the water. It's a long way down. Who knew what lurked in those deep depths.
I Looked around and realised that the whale had dived underwater. I decided to follow it, I tried to swim into the blackness, it surrounded me and I felt like I was being swallowed whole. I heard the whale again, beneath me. I looked down into the murkiness.
The whale moaned its echoing song. It got loader and loader until it filled my ears and my heart felt like it was vibrating. All of a sudden I heard a clear voice, calling my unconscious back to consciousness.
"Wake up, Amanda, wake up!" was what I could hear.
My eyes cracked open.
"Your soup is here, now, would you like to hear why I disappeared?" Chanced asked as she looked down on me and smiled. She seated herself on the bed across from me.
"Tell me everything . . ."
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