Getting there.

~*~a hour later~*~

Ray asked," Mariah, Where are we going?" Mariah answered, "To Destiny Island to meet your sister, then we leave to your quest."

"What do you mean we?"

She sighed, "I mean me and you. I will accompany you to be your guide and companion. We must hurry!" Not long the train stopped and they stepped off.

"This way." Mariah said pointing to the shuttle not very far from where they stood.

"But why are we going on that thing?" asked Ray "by the way what is that thing?" being a China boy, he never saw a shuttle before.

"It's a ummm.." Mariah said in a not very sure tone...she couldn't think of a way to describe it, " a kite kind of except it's much bigger ,safer, and it brings you to really far places you can't go by foot." finished Mariah in a satisfied tone.

"Oh is it fun?" asked the China boy while observing the shuttle very closely, "What is it called?"."How does it work?"."Is this safe?"."Can.."

"I'll answer all your questions later ok? Oh ya, this is called a plane." Mariah had cut him off before he asked another question. *This is going to be a very bumpy ride* thought Mariah as a small grin appeared on her face.

Ray nodded and accidentally let another question slip out, "Why do we need to go on a plane?

This time Mariah said in a patient calm tone, "To get to Destiny Island, which is not in this world. Now hurry let's go." Ray nodded and followed as Mariah started walking towards the plane.

As they walked Ray stopped and turned really pale. Mariah looked at him in awe. They shared a moment of silence then Ray finally found the courage to say, "My father died a year ago in a car accident." Mariah didn't seem surprised and just stared at him. They shared another moment of deadly silence. Then she spoke in a shaky voice not knowing whether to say or not but finally said, "The.the man you called your father...

~*~*~ A cliffhanger eh? Lolz sorrie I didn't update in a while..my cp went down 'n I spent most of the time doing hw and watching Naruto on my bro's cp..you should see it sometimes it's really good! Plz R&R