"Where are you taking me?!" Melissa demanded as a large Blue Dragon dragged
her off onto the other ship. "You'd better leave me alone or my daddy will
kick your butt!" The dragon paid no heed to what she was saying but just
kept waking on. When they were on the ship, the Blue Dragon opened a door
on the right side of the first hallway, and then stomped off. Melissa,
after getting up off the floor took a look around the room. It looked as
though she were in the fanciest hotel in all of Esther. The room appeared
to have taken an ocean color theme. There were bluish green drapes over the
few windowsills. There was a four-poster bed in the corner of the room
which also had the same color blankets on it. Along one of the walls was a
tapestry with numerous amount of green, blue, and bluish green jewels sewn
into the fabric, apparently to look like several pictures. It looked as
though they were telling a story. Before Melissa got a chance to try and
figure out what it meant, a woman's voice came out of nowhere. "Do you like
it, it tells the story of how I became a sorceress and the power struggles
I've had with incompetent men." "Why did you take me away from my mommy and
daddy?" Melissa demanded as she scanned the room looking for where the
voice came from. "Ah, you're so young. You wouldn't understand even if I
told you. But I'll tell you anyway. You see, I'm nothing but a presence,
this would explain why you can't see me anywhere. But anyway, for me to
come back to 'existence', I need a body to inhabit. But it can't be just
any body, for one thing, it has to be female, and for another thing, I have
to inhabit your body because- well it's a little too complicated for you to
understand." "Tell me anyways!" Melissa demanded. She didn't understand
some of the parts of what the woman was telling her, but she did understand
the part that had to do with the woman having it in habit her body, and she
did not approve one bit. "Okay, whatever. You see, your mother's body was
fused with mine for a time, but your father took care of that in a hurry.
But what they don't know is that your mother and I still remain bonded. If
we weren't, I wouldn't be here. So I need to permanently inhabit a body
that is female and is related to your mother, and you fit the category." "I
want my mommy!!!" Melissa screamed. By now she had gotten a little more
frightened about the prospect of having her body snatched by an evil woman.
"Oh hush up. You can keep your body until it becomes the right age, and
that won't be until you're the same age as your mother was when she fused
with me. But until then, you will stay with me and you will be grateful
that I didn't throw you into a cell at the bottom of this ship. If you need
anything, just holler and I'll send some one up to accommodate you." "But
where do I sleep?" There was no reply for the woman had already left.
Melissa decided to take a chance and sleep in the bed. She had had such a
hard day that she didn't even realize that it was way past her bed time,
and she was pooped.
When Melissa awoke the next morning, she saw that there was a breakfast of porridge and eggs, probably from something she hadn't seen before because the eggs looked like nothing she had ever seen. The breakfast was brought in along with a miniature table that was just her size. With it there was a chair and they both had matching bluish green doilies on them. Melissa, being very hungry, sat down and ate. She was about half way done when the door opened and a boy about six or so stepped in carrying new clothes with him. "These are for you," he said. "if you need anything else, just call." He started to turn around and leave. "Wait!" Melissa called. "What's your name?" The boy just stood there. Then finally, he replied. "It's Bryan." And with that he left. Melissa was sitting in her room on the ship in the clothes that were brought up to her. The breakfast dishes were long gone and she didn't know what to do. When Bryan had come and taken her dishes away, she had asked him what to do, but all he had said to do was change into the new clothes and wait. But Melissa didn't know what she was waiting for. So she sat on the bed and 'waited'. It seemed as though hours had gone by when something finally did happen. The woman's voice came back again. "It's time now." She said. "Time for what?" Melissa inquired. "You'll find out when you get there. An escort will be sent up momentarily. For now, just stay put." And then she was gone again. It seemed another eternity was going by, but now Melissa had started counting the jewels on the tapestry while lying with her head hanging upside-down off of the bed. There was about two-hundred or so of them but Melissa couldn't recount them for the millionth time because there was a steady rapping on the door. "Who's there?" Melissa called. "Please come with me, Miss Leonhart." Bryan had called through the door. Melissa sat up and immediately felt dizzy. She didn't realize that she had had her head upside-down for so long and now all of the blood had rushed to her head. She slowly got up and staggered to the door. Opening it gave her a big surprise. There was Bryan alright, but he had bruises and cuts all over his face. Melissa tried to ask what happened, but he cut her off. "Don't ask." He said. They winded their way down the many hallways of the ship until finally they came to a plain, gray door. Bryan opened it to reveal numerous children, all doing something different from each other. Some were mending clothes; others practicing what looked like magic, even some working on weaponry skills. Melissa was fascinated; how in the world could all of these kids fit in this one ship? Bryan led her through the groups of kids to another door. This door was also a plain, gray like the first one. They entered. Melissa didn't know what to expect. She looked around. It was just an empty room. She was about to ask Bryan what was going on, but when she looked over, he wasn't there. "Welcome child," it was the woman's voice again. "It's time to assign you your new duty."
When Melissa awoke the next morning, she saw that there was a breakfast of porridge and eggs, probably from something she hadn't seen before because the eggs looked like nothing she had ever seen. The breakfast was brought in along with a miniature table that was just her size. With it there was a chair and they both had matching bluish green doilies on them. Melissa, being very hungry, sat down and ate. She was about half way done when the door opened and a boy about six or so stepped in carrying new clothes with him. "These are for you," he said. "if you need anything else, just call." He started to turn around and leave. "Wait!" Melissa called. "What's your name?" The boy just stood there. Then finally, he replied. "It's Bryan." And with that he left. Melissa was sitting in her room on the ship in the clothes that were brought up to her. The breakfast dishes were long gone and she didn't know what to do. When Bryan had come and taken her dishes away, she had asked him what to do, but all he had said to do was change into the new clothes and wait. But Melissa didn't know what she was waiting for. So she sat on the bed and 'waited'. It seemed as though hours had gone by when something finally did happen. The woman's voice came back again. "It's time now." She said. "Time for what?" Melissa inquired. "You'll find out when you get there. An escort will be sent up momentarily. For now, just stay put." And then she was gone again. It seemed another eternity was going by, but now Melissa had started counting the jewels on the tapestry while lying with her head hanging upside-down off of the bed. There was about two-hundred or so of them but Melissa couldn't recount them for the millionth time because there was a steady rapping on the door. "Who's there?" Melissa called. "Please come with me, Miss Leonhart." Bryan had called through the door. Melissa sat up and immediately felt dizzy. She didn't realize that she had had her head upside-down for so long and now all of the blood had rushed to her head. She slowly got up and staggered to the door. Opening it gave her a big surprise. There was Bryan alright, but he had bruises and cuts all over his face. Melissa tried to ask what happened, but he cut her off. "Don't ask." He said. They winded their way down the many hallways of the ship until finally they came to a plain, gray door. Bryan opened it to reveal numerous children, all doing something different from each other. Some were mending clothes; others practicing what looked like magic, even some working on weaponry skills. Melissa was fascinated; how in the world could all of these kids fit in this one ship? Bryan led her through the groups of kids to another door. This door was also a plain, gray like the first one. They entered. Melissa didn't know what to expect. She looked around. It was just an empty room. She was about to ask Bryan what was going on, but when she looked over, he wasn't there. "Welcome child," it was the woman's voice again. "It's time to assign you your new duty."