I wrote this while waiting for my oral exam. I spent the rest of the waiting period trying to tune my whistling with a tuner and receiving weird looks from other people because of this. My whistling is sharp. Ahhh, the things a bored person can do with a tuner……… ^_^
The Reed II: Chapter 11
The field was deserted, with the exception of the corpses the band had buried the day before. Ian walked towards an undisturbed plot of land, then placed the reed box down and started scraping the earth with his hands, digging.
An ant crawled out.
Ian squished it and continued digging.
Another ant crawled out.
Ian squished it too.
A whole lot of ants crawled out, wondering who dared to disturb their nest.
Ian went on a squishing spree. The ants all got into his shoes and bit him. Yelling, he jumped up, grabbed the box that contained The Reed, and stumbled away from the ant nest as more and more of the little creatures appeared.
Suddenly, there was a flash of light from the box……… and all the ants fell dead.
Speechless, Ian looked at it.
I have saved your life. You must be eternally grateful.
"You didn't save my life. IT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF ANTS, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!"
Well, it's the thought that counts.
Ian didn't know how to respond to that. Shrugging, he walked of to find another spot.
You don't want to destroy me.
"What makes you so sure of that?" Ian muttered. "You killed my friends, you broke all my DVDs and my father is SO going to kill me for that……… AND YOU EXPECT ME TO SPARE YOU?" Ian paused for a while to calm down. "You know why I chose to play the trombone? It's because I don't……… like……… reeds."
Do you want your DVDs back?
"OF COURSE! What d'you think?"
I can give them back to you.
"Yeah, sure."
Really. I can. All I ask is that you spare my life.
"And what makes you think I'll do that?"
Because if you don't, I'll kill you.
"You're trapped in that box. You can't do anything."
You saw me kill those ants. If I want to, I can do the same to you.
Ian paused in mid-dig, suddenly realizing the truth.
Let's make a deal, shall we? You save my life, you get your DVDs back and your father won't kill you.
"And if I don't?"
If you don't, then I will kill you.
Slowly, Ian got up, biting his lip and considering the situation.
He didn't want to die……… not now, and besides, he could always destroy The Reed at another time………
Ian took a deep breath.
"Okay."
And he pocketed the box.
TO BE CONTINUED……… Please review! ^_^ 10 reviews before I continue.
Answer to Quiz 3: Jurassic Park. Vixen got it.
Quiz 4: Movie source of the following:
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Bassoon lady: Yup, you were the first to review it. ^_^
Sarai: My band's starting marching again too. Sheesh. I don't like marching.
Yinetha: That……… was the longest review I've EVER received. O.O Um, so you want the Borg to invade Earth and destroy The Reed? Okay………
Purple Elf: You PRINTED this out? Even I don't have a printed copy! Only a handwritten one. Can't you just ask your band mates to go to ff.net and read for themselves? *is scared of plagiarism* Okay, if you REALLY want to print out the rest of this, include 'Copyright 2003 D.A.S.' somewhere on it. Thanks for reviewing. ^_^
Vixen: Yup, it's Jurassic Park. =D Thanks for the warnings. My kindergarten class performed 'It's a Small World' last time! =D *sings* I don't have a Gay Reed and have no intention of getting one.
Perc Mad Hatter: What's so star wars-ishy about it? Besides the part about the apprentice……… Um, how do you use people as timpani skins?
Tan_mx: Are you in RGS by any chance? Just wondering……… because I know someone in that band.
SPAM WOMAN: Good luck in your plan to conquer Russia. ^_^ And I still don't know what SPAM soup is.
Irish Bug: What happened to your computer? You were away for so long, I thought maybe The Reed got you or something……… ^_^ No, it's not LOTR. And John Williams didn't compose the LOTR theme song anyway. It was Howard Shore. But JW DID compose Jurassic Park, so………
Wildmage42: My band is weird. I think normal bands only have either a band major or a drum major, not both. Anyway, in my band the drum major is the one who's in charge of discipline and stuff like that, while the band major is in charge of everything else.
ClarinetisExtraordinaire: Thanks for reviewing! ^_^
ChibiSkunkSaria: Almost all my reeds have different coloured strings. My current one is purple and yellow. So what's there to feel so superior about? ^_^
Megalomaniac Oboist: Thanks for your review! =D