The Void Chapter 2
When Matthew awoke, Danielle was carrying him in the middle of the forest that had just engulfed them.
"Danielle?" he asked weakly.
"Oh, good. You're awake." She said. She was walking – no, striding towards the middle of the forest.
"Where are you taking me?" he questioned, a little more strongly.
"Away." She answered shortly.
"Okay, fine don't answer my questions." Matthew muttered under his breath.
She stopped, thinking. Then she got an idea.
"Um, Danielle? You could put me down now." Matthew intoned, blushing.
"Oh, right." She had completely forgotten that he was in her arms. She blushed, herself. "Sorry, um..."
He looked at her again.
"Matt? You're so brave." Danielle started to cry. "If my parents died, I don't know what I'd do." She sniffed once or twice, and then threw her arms around Matthew and sobbed on his shoulder.[1]
'Whoa. She's hugging me – hugging me? She's hugging me. What do I do?' were the thoughts going through his mind at the moment.
He tried to look calm, but to no avail.
He looked at the beautiful park that was overpowering them. Only one thing had ever competed with its beauty, and that was the girl in Matthew's arms.
"What the..." he stared at a bluish shining sphere that was glowing on the table next to them.
He picked it up.
The next thing he felt was a weird sensation just behind his navel...
"No! Put it down! That's a portkey!" Danielle had to scream in order to get heard by him.
The last thing he saw was Danielle clinging onto him, and a strange, black – haired boy running towards them. ----------------------- [1] Matthew has always been a romantic at heart, but he had never had a girl hug him before, so he didn't know what to do.
When Matthew awoke, Danielle was carrying him in the middle of the forest that had just engulfed them.
"Danielle?" he asked weakly.
"Oh, good. You're awake." She said. She was walking – no, striding towards the middle of the forest.
"Where are you taking me?" he questioned, a little more strongly.
"Away." She answered shortly.
"Okay, fine don't answer my questions." Matthew muttered under his breath.
She stopped, thinking. Then she got an idea.
"Um, Danielle? You could put me down now." Matthew intoned, blushing.
"Oh, right." She had completely forgotten that he was in her arms. She blushed, herself. "Sorry, um..."
He looked at her again.
"Matt? You're so brave." Danielle started to cry. "If my parents died, I don't know what I'd do." She sniffed once or twice, and then threw her arms around Matthew and sobbed on his shoulder.[1]
'Whoa. She's hugging me – hugging me? She's hugging me. What do I do?' were the thoughts going through his mind at the moment.
He tried to look calm, but to no avail.
He looked at the beautiful park that was overpowering them. Only one thing had ever competed with its beauty, and that was the girl in Matthew's arms.
"What the..." he stared at a bluish shining sphere that was glowing on the table next to them.
He picked it up.
The next thing he felt was a weird sensation just behind his navel...
"No! Put it down! That's a portkey!" Danielle had to scream in order to get heard by him.
The last thing he saw was Danielle clinging onto him, and a strange, black – haired boy running towards them. ----------------------- [1] Matthew has always been a romantic at heart, but he had never had a girl hug him before, so he didn't know what to do.