Author's note: (I been waiting so long to type 1 of these!) Ok this
chapter is when the adventure starts. I have no idea how many chapters this
fanfic is going to be, so bare with me. It's my 1st story, honest. What I
do know it that the next chapter is going to be best read while listening
to "I Wish You Would" by Train. (The album is called 'Drops of Jupiter')
This story is dedicated to DOLPHY!: Without her, I wouldn't be here today!
Thank You!
Oh and Angel darling, thank you for reviewing. Man, you are good! The way
you described the dress is exactly how it looks. I actually have a dress
like that! It originally was a Halloween costume now my mom wants me to
wear it everytime something special comes along. Oh, and for the record
I'll add a few flashbacks in Chapter 5. And thank you Captein Amelia
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot, Exavievia, and the dress (
Chapter 3
"Don't you think that we should have probably run into something by now?" Angie asked Jim. They had been walking for nearly an hour now and all they had found was wasteland.
"What do you mean?" Jim asked as they kept walking.
"You know an animal, a soldier." Suddenly huge, strong, wind came but it lasted for more than a while and bust dust into their faces. "Or a sandstorm!"
"Shield your eyes!" Jim called out. They used their arms to protect the eyes.
For the next couple of minutes they just stood there as the wind blew around them. But they felt like they were spinning the whole instead standing. Finally it stopped.
"Ok" Angie said. "That was weird!"
"That's nothing, look at that!" Jim said pointing to the sight in front of them. About fifty feet in front of them was a huge castle. The walls were made of stone and the towers had been painted lavender.
"How come we didn't see that before?"
"I don't know. But maybe we can stay there for the night", Jim picked up his bag that he had dropped when the winds picked up. He started walking to the giant, wooden castle door but was stopped by Angie's hand on his shoulder.
"Jim, I don't think it's safe to go in there", Angie said worryingly.
"It's not like we have anywhere else to go. Unless you want to keep walking."
"I'll go!"
They walked silently to the door. It seemed about half mile high.
"How are we going to get in?" Jim asked starring up at the door
"Hmm.I think have an idea." Angie said. She started looking in her bag until she found an old, dark red jackknife. She pulled out an attachment that looked like a tiny saw.
"Where'd you get that?"
"Swiped it from my brother. He was such a good sport for not noticing." Angie started sawing through the door though with much difficulty. When she had almost gotten to the other side and loud, raspy female voice said out of nowhere, "Hey! I'll open the door if you stop slicing through it!"
"Who said that?" Angie asked loudly. But the response she got was the giant door rising up. When it had gone up they saw who had opened it.
"Hello and what do you want?" asked a weird creature that neither Angie nor Jim had ever seen before. It looked like a peacock was standing like a human.
"Well", Jim started. "We'd like a place to stay for the night."
"You two are from that academy I suppose?" she said.
"Yeah, how'd you know that?"
"That doesn't matter now. But what does matter is that you have to discuss this with Queen Lavenda. I'll show you to her throne room" She started walking and Jim and Angie had no choice but to follow her.
After a while Angie whispered to Jim, "Jim, what do you think is going on?"
"I don't know but I don't like the look of it" he whispered back.
They were walking down a long dim hallway that was lit only by the light of the windows on the wall. At the end they reached two mahogany double doors with black handles. The creature opened them and held them open.
"Well?" she said. "Aren't you going in?"
"You mean your not coming with us?" Jim asked.
"No, Queen Lavenda prefers to have her conversations with visitors in private."
"Alright, thank you for your help. Come on Jim" Angie said. She nodded her head to the creature and walked into the room, with Jim following close behind her.
As soon as they were both inside the room the doors shut loudly. They looked around the room. The walls and floor appeared to have been made from a blue marble. On the floor there was a strip of red carpet that led to small steps in the front of the room. At the top of the steps was a large red velvet chair lined with gold. There was a gold crown with jewels resting on the chair. But there was no one in the room except for Jim and Angie.
"Hello?" Jim asked loudly.
This time different female voice yelled out "I'm coming!" Suddenly, a whirlpool of fire began to shoot up from the crown. It almost looked like a flower. When it had reached the ceiling a pale face appeared with long golden hair twisting above her head. Her body took form and she gave a scream that at first sounded human but then sounded like the call of an eagle. The fire around her stopped and she was floating in front of the 2 teenagers wearing a blazing pink strapless dress.
"*yawn* Sorry I that had to keep you waiting but I was taking a nap. You're a bit early you know" she said. She looked like a human but was about as tall as the wall. Also there was the fact that she was flying a few feet above the ground. (Think sort of like Eris from Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas)
"Who are you?" asked Jim. He and Angie were holding their hands over their eyes since the woman before them was blazing like the Sun.
"I am Queen Lavenda. Ruler and spirit of the island of Corrinda on the planet Exaveivia. Oh, and don't worry about the little 'illumination', it'll fade. See, it's starting right now." Suddenly Lavenda's dress started turning a pale shade of blue. The color crept up her dress and eventually onto her skin and hair. She no longer looked cheery and energetic. But now unfeeling and cold.
"Whoa. How'd that happened?" asked Angie.
"I'll explain that later but first, who are you?"
Jim filled this one in, "I'm Jim Hawkins and this is Angie Aguilar"
"You two from the Interstellar Academy?"
"How do you know that?" Jim asked.
"Let me start from the beginning", she flew up to the curved part of the ceiling where there were strange markings on it.
"This is the prophecy of the island. Translated, it means that two kindred spirits will be separated and sent to 2 parts of the island. If they should find each other and reach the diamond mine within 2 weeks they will be named prince and princess of the island"
"But how do you know where we came from? And why did you turn blue? And how come we didn't see your castle until the winds picked up?" Angie asked still confused.
"You see, there are two 'reality walls' on this island. One in front of the castle and one behind it. The winds force people to shield their eyes until the castle appears. If people were able to see the castle take place their minds wouldn't be able to grasp it. As for your other questions, this island has been around as long as that academy has been opened. It says here that the two spirits will come from a building where the walls are built high and the adolescents learn skill. Does that describe your academy?"
Jim thought for a moment, "Yeah, I guess it does."
"Now that settles it. As for the fact that I turn blue few minutes after I wake-up from a nap, here's the answer. As the spirit of this island I will only be at rest when the prophecy is fulfilled. The prophecy and I are like the heart of the island. If it's not completed, I remain cold."
"Oh, that's too bad" Angie said honestly.
"Yeah, it's not a good life. I've been disappointed a lot of times. But that's where you come in" Lavenda said sitting in her throne.
"What!?" Jim asked.
"You two may have to be separated and spent to two points of the island. If you can find each other before 2 weeks are up I'll let you know about the second part of your little 'quest'. If you don't, than you'll both be sent to the prisoner's village for the rest of your life. It's really not a bad life. You'll just never see your friends or family again."
"Isn't there someway we can stay together?" Jim asked.
"Well, maybe." Lavenda starting hovering around them. "They obviously have some kind of strong bond. But maybe they don't know it.Better give them the test"
"Angie, I'll ask you the question first." She then pointed a long finger at Jim. A small bolt of blue lightning struck him while Angie stared in horror.
"What did you do to him!?" Angie shouted.
"Relax toots. I just made it so that he won't be able to hear us for a little while. He's fine. Now for the big question. This is really important so I want you to answer me honestly. Do you have any strong feelings for Jim?"
"Well, um, I.yes, yes I do. I know I shouldn't though"
"Why?"
"It'd be too weird. It'd mess up our friendship."
"That's all? Don't worry darling. Trust me. You'll be glad to have those feelings soon enough." She pointed her finger at Angie now and the same thing happened to her. Lavenda then flew above to Jim and "zapped" him again, this time with red lightning. Jim slowly rubbed one of his ears, not exactly sure of what just happened.
"Can you hear me ok?" Lavenda asked slowly.
"I guess I can"
"Good, now what I'm going to ask you is really important so you have to answer me honestly. Do you have any strong feelings for Angie?"
"What?!"
"You heard me do you have any strong feelings for Angie?"
"Well, um, I don't really know. It's kind of a tough question. No, I don't think so"
"That took a little too long" Lavenda spun of her hands over Jim's head. A small gold orb appeared, suddenly it started turning black.
"You're lying!" Lavenda said laughingly. She "zapped" Angie again flew to her throne. Jim and Angie stepped closer to the throne. As soon as Lavenda sat down she told both of the results.
"Well, it's official. Jim, you'll be sent to mountains; And Angie, you'll be sent to the cove, lucky you!"
"Wait at minute! This doesn't make any sense! How are we supposed to get there?" Jim asked.
"Spirit clouds. You'll be asleep on the way and you'll wake-up when you get there. So now would a good time to say good-bye!"
As dense white fog started appearing from the walls. It started consuming both Jim and Angie.
"Wait! What about the stuff we packed?!" yelled Angie.
"Sorry, you can only take what you have in your pockets! Bye!" laughed Lavenda.
"JIM!"
"ANGIE!"
"I'll never forget you Jim!"
"We'll see each again, if it's the last thing I do!"
And with that the fog increased so that neither one of them could the other. All they could was white.
To be continued.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot, Exavievia, and the dress (
Chapter 3
"Don't you think that we should have probably run into something by now?" Angie asked Jim. They had been walking for nearly an hour now and all they had found was wasteland.
"What do you mean?" Jim asked as they kept walking.
"You know an animal, a soldier." Suddenly huge, strong, wind came but it lasted for more than a while and bust dust into their faces. "Or a sandstorm!"
"Shield your eyes!" Jim called out. They used their arms to protect the eyes.
For the next couple of minutes they just stood there as the wind blew around them. But they felt like they were spinning the whole instead standing. Finally it stopped.
"Ok" Angie said. "That was weird!"
"That's nothing, look at that!" Jim said pointing to the sight in front of them. About fifty feet in front of them was a huge castle. The walls were made of stone and the towers had been painted lavender.
"How come we didn't see that before?"
"I don't know. But maybe we can stay there for the night", Jim picked up his bag that he had dropped when the winds picked up. He started walking to the giant, wooden castle door but was stopped by Angie's hand on his shoulder.
"Jim, I don't think it's safe to go in there", Angie said worryingly.
"It's not like we have anywhere else to go. Unless you want to keep walking."
"I'll go!"
They walked silently to the door. It seemed about half mile high.
"How are we going to get in?" Jim asked starring up at the door
"Hmm.I think have an idea." Angie said. She started looking in her bag until she found an old, dark red jackknife. She pulled out an attachment that looked like a tiny saw.
"Where'd you get that?"
"Swiped it from my brother. He was such a good sport for not noticing." Angie started sawing through the door though with much difficulty. When she had almost gotten to the other side and loud, raspy female voice said out of nowhere, "Hey! I'll open the door if you stop slicing through it!"
"Who said that?" Angie asked loudly. But the response she got was the giant door rising up. When it had gone up they saw who had opened it.
"Hello and what do you want?" asked a weird creature that neither Angie nor Jim had ever seen before. It looked like a peacock was standing like a human.
"Well", Jim started. "We'd like a place to stay for the night."
"You two are from that academy I suppose?" she said.
"Yeah, how'd you know that?"
"That doesn't matter now. But what does matter is that you have to discuss this with Queen Lavenda. I'll show you to her throne room" She started walking and Jim and Angie had no choice but to follow her.
After a while Angie whispered to Jim, "Jim, what do you think is going on?"
"I don't know but I don't like the look of it" he whispered back.
They were walking down a long dim hallway that was lit only by the light of the windows on the wall. At the end they reached two mahogany double doors with black handles. The creature opened them and held them open.
"Well?" she said. "Aren't you going in?"
"You mean your not coming with us?" Jim asked.
"No, Queen Lavenda prefers to have her conversations with visitors in private."
"Alright, thank you for your help. Come on Jim" Angie said. She nodded her head to the creature and walked into the room, with Jim following close behind her.
As soon as they were both inside the room the doors shut loudly. They looked around the room. The walls and floor appeared to have been made from a blue marble. On the floor there was a strip of red carpet that led to small steps in the front of the room. At the top of the steps was a large red velvet chair lined with gold. There was a gold crown with jewels resting on the chair. But there was no one in the room except for Jim and Angie.
"Hello?" Jim asked loudly.
This time different female voice yelled out "I'm coming!" Suddenly, a whirlpool of fire began to shoot up from the crown. It almost looked like a flower. When it had reached the ceiling a pale face appeared with long golden hair twisting above her head. Her body took form and she gave a scream that at first sounded human but then sounded like the call of an eagle. The fire around her stopped and she was floating in front of the 2 teenagers wearing a blazing pink strapless dress.
"*yawn* Sorry I that had to keep you waiting but I was taking a nap. You're a bit early you know" she said. She looked like a human but was about as tall as the wall. Also there was the fact that she was flying a few feet above the ground. (Think sort of like Eris from Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas)
"Who are you?" asked Jim. He and Angie were holding their hands over their eyes since the woman before them was blazing like the Sun.
"I am Queen Lavenda. Ruler and spirit of the island of Corrinda on the planet Exaveivia. Oh, and don't worry about the little 'illumination', it'll fade. See, it's starting right now." Suddenly Lavenda's dress started turning a pale shade of blue. The color crept up her dress and eventually onto her skin and hair. She no longer looked cheery and energetic. But now unfeeling and cold.
"Whoa. How'd that happened?" asked Angie.
"I'll explain that later but first, who are you?"
Jim filled this one in, "I'm Jim Hawkins and this is Angie Aguilar"
"You two from the Interstellar Academy?"
"How do you know that?" Jim asked.
"Let me start from the beginning", she flew up to the curved part of the ceiling where there were strange markings on it.
"This is the prophecy of the island. Translated, it means that two kindred spirits will be separated and sent to 2 parts of the island. If they should find each other and reach the diamond mine within 2 weeks they will be named prince and princess of the island"
"But how do you know where we came from? And why did you turn blue? And how come we didn't see your castle until the winds picked up?" Angie asked still confused.
"You see, there are two 'reality walls' on this island. One in front of the castle and one behind it. The winds force people to shield their eyes until the castle appears. If people were able to see the castle take place their minds wouldn't be able to grasp it. As for your other questions, this island has been around as long as that academy has been opened. It says here that the two spirits will come from a building where the walls are built high and the adolescents learn skill. Does that describe your academy?"
Jim thought for a moment, "Yeah, I guess it does."
"Now that settles it. As for the fact that I turn blue few minutes after I wake-up from a nap, here's the answer. As the spirit of this island I will only be at rest when the prophecy is fulfilled. The prophecy and I are like the heart of the island. If it's not completed, I remain cold."
"Oh, that's too bad" Angie said honestly.
"Yeah, it's not a good life. I've been disappointed a lot of times. But that's where you come in" Lavenda said sitting in her throne.
"What!?" Jim asked.
"You two may have to be separated and spent to two points of the island. If you can find each other before 2 weeks are up I'll let you know about the second part of your little 'quest'. If you don't, than you'll both be sent to the prisoner's village for the rest of your life. It's really not a bad life. You'll just never see your friends or family again."
"Isn't there someway we can stay together?" Jim asked.
"Well, maybe." Lavenda starting hovering around them. "They obviously have some kind of strong bond. But maybe they don't know it.Better give them the test"
"Angie, I'll ask you the question first." She then pointed a long finger at Jim. A small bolt of blue lightning struck him while Angie stared in horror.
"What did you do to him!?" Angie shouted.
"Relax toots. I just made it so that he won't be able to hear us for a little while. He's fine. Now for the big question. This is really important so I want you to answer me honestly. Do you have any strong feelings for Jim?"
"Well, um, I.yes, yes I do. I know I shouldn't though"
"Why?"
"It'd be too weird. It'd mess up our friendship."
"That's all? Don't worry darling. Trust me. You'll be glad to have those feelings soon enough." She pointed her finger at Angie now and the same thing happened to her. Lavenda then flew above to Jim and "zapped" him again, this time with red lightning. Jim slowly rubbed one of his ears, not exactly sure of what just happened.
"Can you hear me ok?" Lavenda asked slowly.
"I guess I can"
"Good, now what I'm going to ask you is really important so you have to answer me honestly. Do you have any strong feelings for Angie?"
"What?!"
"You heard me do you have any strong feelings for Angie?"
"Well, um, I don't really know. It's kind of a tough question. No, I don't think so"
"That took a little too long" Lavenda spun of her hands over Jim's head. A small gold orb appeared, suddenly it started turning black.
"You're lying!" Lavenda said laughingly. She "zapped" Angie again flew to her throne. Jim and Angie stepped closer to the throne. As soon as Lavenda sat down she told both of the results.
"Well, it's official. Jim, you'll be sent to mountains; And Angie, you'll be sent to the cove, lucky you!"
"Wait at minute! This doesn't make any sense! How are we supposed to get there?" Jim asked.
"Spirit clouds. You'll be asleep on the way and you'll wake-up when you get there. So now would a good time to say good-bye!"
As dense white fog started appearing from the walls. It started consuming both Jim and Angie.
"Wait! What about the stuff we packed?!" yelled Angie.
"Sorry, you can only take what you have in your pockets! Bye!" laughed Lavenda.
"JIM!"
"ANGIE!"
"I'll never forget you Jim!"
"We'll see each again, if it's the last thing I do!"
And with that the fog increased so that neither one of them could the other. All they could was white.
To be continued.