Forsaken Journeys
By Otakuprincess
Author's Note: Well, chapter 2 is up! Sorry it took so long to get to you guys, I had it written but my computer had a virus. Couldn't type it up until today. Enjoy!
Zöe plopped down by the fire and warmed her hands in the glowing heat. The caravan had been traveling for two days already, and River Belle Path was still not in sight. Zöe could hear Selena and Rikku speaking in hushed silence and the smooth rustle of Terran shifting supplies.
"We're almost out of food," Terran commented, shaking his head. "We'll never make it unless we find more on the trail."
"Hmm. I have no idea how long it will be until we reach River Belle. I did some research before we left, and we should be there tomorrow around mid- day. But..." Zöe looked down at the fire.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Terran asked wearily.
"I should have been able to see it on the horizon. Or feel the pull of the water. But I haven't seen any signs of water near here at all."
"It's ok," Terran replied. 'We can just hope until we find the river."
On the other side of the caravan, Rikku and Selena were still talking to each other. The moon had risen in its silver beauty, and stars twinkled as in to say hello.
"Selena, do you think we'll make it?" Selena shifted awkwardly and played with her hair. Rikku grabbed her hand, and she whirled around.
"Please, I need to know. You're the most prophetic of all of us. I think so, anyway."
"I don't think all of us will make it," Selena admitted. "At least one of us will not return home from the journey."
"Ah." Rikku replied. He jumped down from the caravan and walked off to the side of the road. As he stopped to look at the heavens, the rock came out from under him and he rolled off the cliff.
"Rikku?" Selena said as she turned around. "Rikku?!" She walked over and screamed. He was gone.
"WHAT?!" Zöe yelled when she found out what had happened. "Calm down...we can just go look for him."
"But...but...I'm really freaked out about heights!"
Zöe did not speak. Instead, she walked over to the edge of the precipice and began to climb down.
"Zöe! You don't know what's down there!" Selena yelled. She really didn't want to follow her.
"Rikku is, so I'm going down!" Zöe replied. Selena sighed and turned to Terran.
"Do I have to follow her?" Selena asked.
"Of course." Terran laughed. He walked over, hoisted Selena over his shoulder, and ran after Zöe. He stepped easily down the rocks and son caught up with Zöe.
"Terran, you better not drop me." Selena whined. Zöe winked at Terran, and he laid back, causing Selena to fall. A scream and a thump were heard, and Zöe smiled.
"She's going to kill me, you know." Terran grumbled.
"Oh, big deal. Don't cry or anything." Zöe jumped from the rock face, falling down...down...down...until she hit soft dirt.
"Selena?" Zöe called. A hand reached up and grabbed her ankle.
"I'm right here with Rikku. Thanks a lot for telling Terran to drop me." Selena said.
"Oh, good. Glad there are no hard feelings," replied Zöe.
Zöe pulled a long branch out of her pack and struck a flint. A long flame burst from her hand. She dropped it, and soon a great fire was roaring. Terran walked over and added some firewood. Everyone sat down as Zöe tended to Rikku's wounds. He was unconscious from the fall.
"Lets rest here until morning," she advised.
End note: Hope you guys like it! I have chapter three ready to type, but if you want it, you have to review! (
Author's Note: Well, chapter 2 is up! Sorry it took so long to get to you guys, I had it written but my computer had a virus. Couldn't type it up until today. Enjoy!
Zöe plopped down by the fire and warmed her hands in the glowing heat. The caravan had been traveling for two days already, and River Belle Path was still not in sight. Zöe could hear Selena and Rikku speaking in hushed silence and the smooth rustle of Terran shifting supplies.
"We're almost out of food," Terran commented, shaking his head. "We'll never make it unless we find more on the trail."
"Hmm. I have no idea how long it will be until we reach River Belle. I did some research before we left, and we should be there tomorrow around mid- day. But..." Zöe looked down at the fire.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Terran asked wearily.
"I should have been able to see it on the horizon. Or feel the pull of the water. But I haven't seen any signs of water near here at all."
"It's ok," Terran replied. 'We can just hope until we find the river."
On the other side of the caravan, Rikku and Selena were still talking to each other. The moon had risen in its silver beauty, and stars twinkled as in to say hello.
"Selena, do you think we'll make it?" Selena shifted awkwardly and played with her hair. Rikku grabbed her hand, and she whirled around.
"Please, I need to know. You're the most prophetic of all of us. I think so, anyway."
"I don't think all of us will make it," Selena admitted. "At least one of us will not return home from the journey."
"Ah." Rikku replied. He jumped down from the caravan and walked off to the side of the road. As he stopped to look at the heavens, the rock came out from under him and he rolled off the cliff.
"Rikku?" Selena said as she turned around. "Rikku?!" She walked over and screamed. He was gone.
"WHAT?!" Zöe yelled when she found out what had happened. "Calm down...we can just go look for him."
"But...but...I'm really freaked out about heights!"
Zöe did not speak. Instead, she walked over to the edge of the precipice and began to climb down.
"Zöe! You don't know what's down there!" Selena yelled. She really didn't want to follow her.
"Rikku is, so I'm going down!" Zöe replied. Selena sighed and turned to Terran.
"Do I have to follow her?" Selena asked.
"Of course." Terran laughed. He walked over, hoisted Selena over his shoulder, and ran after Zöe. He stepped easily down the rocks and son caught up with Zöe.
"Terran, you better not drop me." Selena whined. Zöe winked at Terran, and he laid back, causing Selena to fall. A scream and a thump were heard, and Zöe smiled.
"She's going to kill me, you know." Terran grumbled.
"Oh, big deal. Don't cry or anything." Zöe jumped from the rock face, falling down...down...down...until she hit soft dirt.
"Selena?" Zöe called. A hand reached up and grabbed her ankle.
"I'm right here with Rikku. Thanks a lot for telling Terran to drop me." Selena said.
"Oh, good. Glad there are no hard feelings," replied Zöe.
Zöe pulled a long branch out of her pack and struck a flint. A long flame burst from her hand. She dropped it, and soon a great fire was roaring. Terran walked over and added some firewood. Everyone sat down as Zöe tended to Rikku's wounds. He was unconscious from the fall.
"Lets rest here until morning," she advised.
End note: Hope you guys like it! I have chapter three ready to type, but if you want it, you have to review! (