A half hour later, after I had bought the books and walked over to the movie theaters, we were all buying our tickets for the two o'clock showing of The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
There was about twenty minutes until it started, so, after we found our seats I pulled out the books I'd bought and passed them out to everyone.
"What's this?" Sarah said.
"The real reason we're all here." Candice answered for me.
"She didn't tell you?" Cassie said referring to me.
I smiled sheepishly, "I would've told you but, arguing with these two," I pointed to Candice and Cassie, "wore me out and I thought you probably wouldn't believe me anyway."
"Well, you're right, I probably wouldn't have." she agreed.
"Well, go ahead and look through them." I prompted them. "I think they're pretty cool. I've already started reading mine, it's quite interesting."
"What are they about?" Sarah asked.
"If I knew I wouldn't bother to read it." I pointed out to her as an answer, "But, I think it's about us, our character in our head, and a journey that they go on."
"Are we all together on the journey?" She asked me as if I knew everything.
"Well each of us has our own book, so I'm not sure." I replied, "The beginning of mine's just a big, long, character bio and history, but it's good."
"Bio and history?" Sarah asked.
"Yes. It says the main character, a red Gryphon named Narwakwesse, was born and raised in the shadow of Mount Gundabad, where the Grey Mountains and the Misty Mountains meet.
"Gryphons have all the strengths, and weakness', of cats and birds. They have the body, hind legs, and tail of a wild cat and the head, wings, and talons of a bird of prey. They have all the exceptionally strong senses of birds, great hearing, seeing, and smelling, perfect for hunting. They stand most of the time on their two back feet only getting down on all fours to chase down their prey. They are the ultimate predator, attacking form the air or the land. They prefer to use their own natural weapons, their talons and claws, over handmade weapons like swords, spears, and bows and arrows; though, if taught how they would be the quintessential weapons' master. They are born athletes, strong fliers, runners, and jumpers, if they were in modern times they'd be great at all track and field events.
"Gryphons are an ancient, semi nomadic race; though, they have settled at the base of Mount Gundabad they move around throughout the Grey Mountains. They are a peaceful race, preferring to use their clever brains to resolve conflicts, and have almost no history of wars or even battles.
"Narwakwesse has a younger sister named Karanikwesse who's also a red Gryphon. They haven't been getting along recently, like really not been getting along, and that's where the story stops, after that the pages are all blank."
"Blank!?!" Josh asked.
"Yep," I said showing everyone the pages as I flipped through them, "look."
"Well that's strange." Candice said, bewildered.
"Yeah. Look through yours and see if they have blank pages too." I said hoping for some kind of conformation.
"Mine are blank."
"Yeah so are mine."
"Well would ya look at that, mine too."
"I think everyone's are blank after about the first twenty pages." Krista observed.
"Maybe they're one of those write your own story books." Candice pointed out.
"Well if they are then the main character in my book is going to kill her sister for all the things she's said and do to her." I said vehemently, "She pisses me off!"
There was still a lot of time till the movie started and everyone decided to read their book. Almost everyone was done be the time the opening commercials started, and by the time they were finished and the movie started everyone was done.
I really wasn't feeling all there when I was watching the beginning of the movie;though, it was my favorite out of the three I couldn't help myself form feeling drowsy. I guess I must have drifted off, because all of a sudden I was being shaken awake by two, bony, taloned hands.
There was about twenty minutes until it started, so, after we found our seats I pulled out the books I'd bought and passed them out to everyone.
"What's this?" Sarah said.
"The real reason we're all here." Candice answered for me.
"She didn't tell you?" Cassie said referring to me.
I smiled sheepishly, "I would've told you but, arguing with these two," I pointed to Candice and Cassie, "wore me out and I thought you probably wouldn't believe me anyway."
"Well, you're right, I probably wouldn't have." she agreed.
"Well, go ahead and look through them." I prompted them. "I think they're pretty cool. I've already started reading mine, it's quite interesting."
"What are they about?" Sarah asked.
"If I knew I wouldn't bother to read it." I pointed out to her as an answer, "But, I think it's about us, our character in our head, and a journey that they go on."
"Are we all together on the journey?" She asked me as if I knew everything.
"Well each of us has our own book, so I'm not sure." I replied, "The beginning of mine's just a big, long, character bio and history, but it's good."
"Bio and history?" Sarah asked.
"Yes. It says the main character, a red Gryphon named Narwakwesse, was born and raised in the shadow of Mount Gundabad, where the Grey Mountains and the Misty Mountains meet.
"Gryphons have all the strengths, and weakness', of cats and birds. They have the body, hind legs, and tail of a wild cat and the head, wings, and talons of a bird of prey. They have all the exceptionally strong senses of birds, great hearing, seeing, and smelling, perfect for hunting. They stand most of the time on their two back feet only getting down on all fours to chase down their prey. They are the ultimate predator, attacking form the air or the land. They prefer to use their own natural weapons, their talons and claws, over handmade weapons like swords, spears, and bows and arrows; though, if taught how they would be the quintessential weapons' master. They are born athletes, strong fliers, runners, and jumpers, if they were in modern times they'd be great at all track and field events.
"Gryphons are an ancient, semi nomadic race; though, they have settled at the base of Mount Gundabad they move around throughout the Grey Mountains. They are a peaceful race, preferring to use their clever brains to resolve conflicts, and have almost no history of wars or even battles.
"Narwakwesse has a younger sister named Karanikwesse who's also a red Gryphon. They haven't been getting along recently, like really not been getting along, and that's where the story stops, after that the pages are all blank."
"Blank!?!" Josh asked.
"Yep," I said showing everyone the pages as I flipped through them, "look."
"Well that's strange." Candice said, bewildered.
"Yeah. Look through yours and see if they have blank pages too." I said hoping for some kind of conformation.
"Mine are blank."
"Yeah so are mine."
"Well would ya look at that, mine too."
"I think everyone's are blank after about the first twenty pages." Krista observed.
"Maybe they're one of those write your own story books." Candice pointed out.
"Well if they are then the main character in my book is going to kill her sister for all the things she's said and do to her." I said vehemently, "She pisses me off!"
There was still a lot of time till the movie started and everyone decided to read their book. Almost everyone was done be the time the opening commercials started, and by the time they were finished and the movie started everyone was done.
I really wasn't feeling all there when I was watching the beginning of the movie;though, it was my favorite out of the three I couldn't help myself form feeling drowsy. I guess I must have drifted off, because all of a sudden I was being shaken awake by two, bony, taloned hands.