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Chapter 2: This isn't a dream
"Damn. Why can't I not just wake up?", asked Joanna to herself with a desperate tone.
Jonathan looked at her with a puzzled look, like he was just realizing that the situation he was living wasn't normal at all. He looked at the dead corpse of the Skedar and then at Joanna's falcon 2.
"…Hum…Can you explain me…where you're coming from? I've never saw anyone with that kind of…metallic weapon and…these kinds of weird clothes…", asked Jonathan.
"I'm coming from England of course!", answered Joanna with an irritated tone.
"England?"
Joanna looked at the well again. Maybe that to wake up, she had to fall again in the well… She approached the well and took a look in it.
"If I was you, I wouldn't approach that well. It's the cursed well. Everyone that fell in it lived great misfortune", commented Jonathan.
"I already fell in it…", replied Joanna.
"Really? And nothing happened to you?", asked Jonathan with a curious tone.
"…I think I'm already living the great misfortune you're talking about", replied Joanna with a pained tone she tried to hide.
"What do you mean?"
"You'll probably think that I'm insane if I tell you but I guess I don't have any other choices. Before I fell in that well, I've never heard about this place you call the Carrington's domain. I was in a place called England to visit my parents. I fell in a well and lost consciousness. When I wake up, I was in that well in that world I've never heard about…", explained Joanna.
"Really? So you come from another world? Do the people from your world have the same kind of weird clothes and strange weapons you have?", asked Jonathan.
"You mean…you believe me?", asked Joanna with a confused tone.
"Why not? You clothes and your weapon don't come from any countries I've seen and… a lot of people disappeared in that well and never returned. Maybe that they went in your world", answered Jonathan.
"Some people really disappeared in that well?", asked Joanna.
"Yes…"
"Then maybe I have a chance…", whispered Joanna.
Joanna looked again in the well. She took a deep breath and jumped in the well. She hardly fell on the cold rock at the bottom of the well. Jonathan understood what happened when he heard the big 'BOOM' she made when she fell.
"…Ouch…"
"Did you really think it would work?", asked Jonathan with a mocking tone.
"…How did you know it wasn't going to work?", asked Joanna a suffering tone.
"When you fall in that well, you live a great curse. Do you really think that the well would have been nice enough to bring you in that world and make you return in your own world an hour after? Of course not! A lot of people who fell in that well before never returned…Do you really think you could actually return in your own world so easily? The only kind of people that could return to their original world are the people that are happy in the world that isn't theirs", replied Jonathan.
Joanna didn't answered… What if it wasn't a dream? Could she actually stay stuck in that world for the rest of her life? This question never crossed Joanna's mind before, and she just wished this question had never crossed her mind at all… She desperately tried to climb the ladder but one of her foot hurt her a lot because of her fall. She let herself fall in the grass and buried her face in her hands.
"Are you alright?", asked Jonathan
Joanna didn't answered. He sat next to her and looked at her.
"Would you mind to get lost?", asked Joanna without removing her hands from her face.
"I can't. No one would dare to let an injured and lost lady alone", replied Jonathan.
"…"
"Aww come on stop that! I know you're not really crying!", exclaimed Jonathan.
"Go to hell", replied Joanna with non-red eyes as she stood up.
"I knew that you weren't crying", replied Jonathan with a proud tone.
"And I knew just by seeing you that you were an annoying person", retorted Joanna with an irritated tone.
"If I'm that annoying, you can just stay here with your injured foot and wait to die from starving", retorted Jonathan with a mocking tone.
"What can you do for me anyway? You don't have any car to bring me with you…and I'm sure you're too weak to carry me more than 10 seconds", replied Joanna.
"I don't know what is supposed to be a car but I have a horse with me that could carry you to Lord Carrington's castle. He's a very kind lord and he's also very clever. Maybe that he could create a spell to bring you back to your world", suggested Jonathan.
"A spell? I didn't knew that you believed in those archaic folk that are saying that magic exist", replied Joanna.
"How do you think you get in our world? With magic of course!", retorted Jonathan.
"I can't believe you believe in those primitive things", Joanna said with a mocking tone.
"Who do you think you are to judge of what the people are believing in miss I'm-always-right-in-everything", asked Jonathan.
"And who do you think you are to argue with a girl coming from a world where the technology is 500 times more advanced than here?", asked Joanna.
"I'm the one that is going to save your butt of lost and defenceless lady you are", retorted Jonathan with a grin.
"Defenceless you said?", asked Joanna with a sarcastic tone as she took out her falcon 2 and pointed it on Jonathan.
"Watch out futurist lady! Kill me won't help you", retorted Jonathan as he looked at the gun with an unsure gaze.
"I don't care if you die, I'll have your horse and I'll be able to go alone to Carrington's castle", replied Joanna.
"First of all, it's Lord Carrington's castle and secondly, how will you get there if don't even know where is Lord Carrington's castle?", asked Jonathan.
"…You know what? You're as irritating as the other Jonathan I know", commented Joanna.
"And this is why you're going to put away this demonic weapon", replied Jonathan.
Joanna put her gun away and shot a glare to Jonathan. Jon only grinned as he saw Joanna's facial expression.
"Come on Jo! Let's go on that horse and meet Lord Carrington", Jonathan said with the same grin.
'Since when that jerk is calling me Jo', Joanna thought to herself as she tried to follow him. His energetic way to walk was to quick for Joanna that was limping behind. Jonathan stopped and looked behind him.
"You aren't walking very quickly", commented Jonathan.
"Yes, what's the problem with this?! I have the right to walk slowly if I want to!", exclaimed Joanna.
Jonathan rejoined Joanna and carried her in his arms.
"What the f… Let me go!", exclaimed Joanna.
"You're too slow for me", replied Jonathan.
He brought her to his horse. She retained a gasp of fascination when she saw the grey and very impressive horse; she rarely saw such beautiful creature in her life. He helped her to sit on the horse. After Joanna was sitting comfortably, he sat just behind her…a bit too near of her from Joanna's point of view. Joanna was sure of it; this world actually had some kind of links with her world. Jonathan was too similar to the one she already met and the fact that he pretended to know another Joanna that look exactly the same as her was only giving strength to Joanna's theory. After Jonathan's order, the horse began to gallop in the meadow. It completely caught Joanna off guard. She almost lost her balance but Jon caught her with one of his arm before she could fell.
"You should hold yourself on the saddle, it would be safer like this lady from the future", Jonathan said with slight smile.
End of chapter 2
Hey! This is me again! I updated this story before my other story because it's much more easier to write this story than Through his eyes. It's shorter to write and shorter to correct, more ideas come into my head and I don't know why, it's funnier to write this one. It's becoming a bit weary to write Through his eyes…but don't be afraid…I'll just take a little break of Through his eyes and I'll return full of motivation, energy and ideas. I'm glad some people read this story, I really felt like no one really cares about my stories sometimes…
TetraLink17: I'm happy you like this story :) I saw your website of Zelda and I like it! I like the way you're describing the new Link that they showed us recently. I agree with you, it's probably the coolest Link they ever made! Thanks for your review.
Fantasy Chick3435: I already played Zelda Majora's Mask but I never noticed Link was out of character but now that you're mentioning it, I think I understand what you mean. This Zelda game disappointed me a bit; I thought when I bought it that it would be better than this… I'll do my best to not make any out-of-characters stuff. It's a bit harder to respect the personality of Jonathan because he must keep some criteria from the middle age and the criteria from the futurist Jonathan at the same time… Like I said, I'll try to keep the characters with their true personalities but if you notice that there is a character that is completely out of character, don't be shy to tell me :)
Review please!!! If you review, I'll give you orange sherbet that I made by myself (it's easy to do and it's delicious) :D