AN: Well, here I am again. Sorry, yes this is short chapter, i had meant to write more but was struck out for a curve ball by another dreaded Microbiology test. Creepers, you might think, does this girl do anything but write tests? She always uses it as an excuse... Well, yes. Sadly I do!!! I plan my life one test at a time! Luckily, i know you understand, :-). So, here we go. More AN at the bottom for you Gem.
Chapter 02: Hide and Seek.
Joanie-Ellen wasn't exactly in trouble.
But, she was going to get it, if she got caught.
She would never have even considered painting over one of the youth gang's walls, had she not been paid by another to do it. As it were, the fifty dollars in her pocket begged to be used at the nearest Food Mart or McDonalds' in the neighborhood. She would even have settled for the Indian Take Away stall next to the grocer, even though her stomach was too sensitive for the spicy food.
Sadly, she had woken up to a world that wanted her blood, or at least make her sorry that she ever picked up the white paint brush.
What's more, she wasn't feeling all that well. She never felt great, having less than seven meals a week but she never felt… Bad.
Having always believed that she had fairly good fortunes, she was somewhat disappointed when things were slowly but surely turning against her.
And pleasantly relieved when she found out that she still had some luck up her sleeve.
Pressing herself against a wall Joanie watched the two women enter the post office. She wondered whether the one she had run into realized that she had saved her from a potentially nasty beating. She sniffed and turned around to leave, yet… Found that she couldn't. She had left her bag in the back of the truck.
Joanie cursed and turned around. Everything she had was in that backpack. She couldn't just leave it! Cursing again, using words longer than she, Joanie returned to the truck. Inside the Post office she could still see the two women, each momentarily occupied. They didn't look out.
She bit her lip and, wrapping herself in an air of confidence, walked over to the truck and lifted the back tarp. Something she had learned long ago was that, if you acted as if you were suppose to do something, people very rarely took notice.
Crawling in underneath the tarp, Joanie rummaged through the grocery bags. Hers must've slipped back. She sniffed and decided that today definitively wasn't her day.
She crawled in further, but froze as she heard voices.
"Look at this; she didn't even close the tarp properly."
"She was late Sonya."
She was screwed.
Joanie held her breath and closed her eyes. She couldn't watch, this was not going to be pretty.
The tarp lifted a little, her body tensed… And was plunged in darkness.
Joanie heard the older woman mutter under her breath as she tightened the tarp.
Not sure what to do, she turned on her back and frowned at what had been her escape route. There was no way of sneaking out now with out being noticed.
Joanie-Ellen sniffed and stifled a cough as the car started.
Oh dear…
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AN: To Gem, and anybody else who wondered. (WARNING: SPOILERS FOR TO DANCE WITH LORDS AND LADIES!)
Girl, you are an Author's worst nightmare, my biggest fear at the moment is that you might ask me a question which i won't be able to answer! ;-)
No, don't fret, ask anything that comes to mind, it boosts my confidence because it means that people actually think a bit further and that keeps me on my toes.
I can answer your last question believe it or not. I would've been able to before I wrote Chapter 18 (save for the reason that Joanie's just special) but in there, I had caught my own plot bunny with out even meaning to! The reason Skyla gave Joanie the Silver Feather is based on a combination of things. Firstly, it was under the urgings of the Tinker, who had either discovered it, or had been given it by the Horse when he had tromped over to the Flightless Realm (I'm still deciding that). Secondly, in the story that i'm planning where the 5 Joanie go back in time, the Tinker (very young at that stage) had made a note of the strange visitors. Joanie, because of her Silver Feather had drawn his attention from the start. Now, what leaves to be seen is whether he actually recognises her a few years down the road but that also played a factor in it. The third reason, is purely because Skyla had sensed that Joanie couldn't just be a normal Skydancer - the special reason - and lastly, although she doesn't figure out in the beginning that the group had moved back in time she sort of felt that it seemed right for Joanie to get the Silver Feather. Some other reasons might still pop up along the line. The most important aspect and idea to be explored here is Cause and Effect. Because Joanie had been in Skyla's past, Destiny, Fate, the Wheel of Time, what ever you want to call it had placed in motion a set of events that made sure that Joanie will end up with Skyla at some point or another. It's unavoidable.
Creepers, what a mouthful. I hope you understand half of it, because I just re-read it and I don't think that I do. :-p
Hopefully, i'll have the next chapter up by next week.
Keep save and well till then!
Alys
Chapter 02: Hide and Seek.
Joanie-Ellen wasn't exactly in trouble.
But, she was going to get it, if she got caught.
She would never have even considered painting over one of the youth gang's walls, had she not been paid by another to do it. As it were, the fifty dollars in her pocket begged to be used at the nearest Food Mart or McDonalds' in the neighborhood. She would even have settled for the Indian Take Away stall next to the grocer, even though her stomach was too sensitive for the spicy food.
Sadly, she had woken up to a world that wanted her blood, or at least make her sorry that she ever picked up the white paint brush.
What's more, she wasn't feeling all that well. She never felt great, having less than seven meals a week but she never felt… Bad.
Having always believed that she had fairly good fortunes, she was somewhat disappointed when things were slowly but surely turning against her.
And pleasantly relieved when she found out that she still had some luck up her sleeve.
Pressing herself against a wall Joanie watched the two women enter the post office. She wondered whether the one she had run into realized that she had saved her from a potentially nasty beating. She sniffed and turned around to leave, yet… Found that she couldn't. She had left her bag in the back of the truck.
Joanie cursed and turned around. Everything she had was in that backpack. She couldn't just leave it! Cursing again, using words longer than she, Joanie returned to the truck. Inside the Post office she could still see the two women, each momentarily occupied. They didn't look out.
She bit her lip and, wrapping herself in an air of confidence, walked over to the truck and lifted the back tarp. Something she had learned long ago was that, if you acted as if you were suppose to do something, people very rarely took notice.
Crawling in underneath the tarp, Joanie rummaged through the grocery bags. Hers must've slipped back. She sniffed and decided that today definitively wasn't her day.
She crawled in further, but froze as she heard voices.
"Look at this; she didn't even close the tarp properly."
"She was late Sonya."
She was screwed.
Joanie held her breath and closed her eyes. She couldn't watch, this was not going to be pretty.
The tarp lifted a little, her body tensed… And was plunged in darkness.
Joanie heard the older woman mutter under her breath as she tightened the tarp.
Not sure what to do, she turned on her back and frowned at what had been her escape route. There was no way of sneaking out now with out being noticed.
Joanie-Ellen sniffed and stifled a cough as the car started.
Oh dear…
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AN: To Gem, and anybody else who wondered. (WARNING: SPOILERS FOR TO DANCE WITH LORDS AND LADIES!)
Girl, you are an Author's worst nightmare, my biggest fear at the moment is that you might ask me a question which i won't be able to answer! ;-)
No, don't fret, ask anything that comes to mind, it boosts my confidence because it means that people actually think a bit further and that keeps me on my toes.
I can answer your last question believe it or not. I would've been able to before I wrote Chapter 18 (save for the reason that Joanie's just special) but in there, I had caught my own plot bunny with out even meaning to! The reason Skyla gave Joanie the Silver Feather is based on a combination of things. Firstly, it was under the urgings of the Tinker, who had either discovered it, or had been given it by the Horse when he had tromped over to the Flightless Realm (I'm still deciding that). Secondly, in the story that i'm planning where the 5 Joanie go back in time, the Tinker (very young at that stage) had made a note of the strange visitors. Joanie, because of her Silver Feather had drawn his attention from the start. Now, what leaves to be seen is whether he actually recognises her a few years down the road but that also played a factor in it. The third reason, is purely because Skyla had sensed that Joanie couldn't just be a normal Skydancer - the special reason - and lastly, although she doesn't figure out in the beginning that the group had moved back in time she sort of felt that it seemed right for Joanie to get the Silver Feather. Some other reasons might still pop up along the line. The most important aspect and idea to be explored here is Cause and Effect. Because Joanie had been in Skyla's past, Destiny, Fate, the Wheel of Time, what ever you want to call it had placed in motion a set of events that made sure that Joanie will end up with Skyla at some point or another. It's unavoidable.
Creepers, what a mouthful. I hope you understand half of it, because I just re-read it and I don't think that I do. :-p
Hopefully, i'll have the next chapter up by next week.
Keep save and well till then!
Alys