Okay, so there I was, I finally made it to Forget-Me-Not valley and lost. My instructions were to ask for Guastafa and that's it. It was 1pm. I passed a farm but it didn't look like anyone was home. I crossed over a river and found a row of buildings. The first one the left had all of its lights on.
I stepped inside the house and BAM! I knew I was in the middle of nowhere, but at the same time I was immersed in everywhere. There were things from all over the world, seriously this puts "Ripley's Believe it or not" Museum to shame. I look around and at the far end of the room there was a door, next to it there was a counter with an unattended cash register (Only in country Australia) bell and a logbook on it, next to that there was staircase.
"This" I thought to myself "Is a hotel". I stepped up to the counter and rang the bell. Shoaly the owner will help me find Guastafa. I rang the bell and waited a few minutes. Then at the top the staircase emerged a guy around my age, he had a blonde mushroom cut was wearing loose pyjamas. He looked as though I had just woken him up. He looked and up and down at me and yawned.
"Who the hell are you?" He asked. He posed to look bigger. "Who dares enter Forget-Me-Not Valley?" The boy demanded in a way that could only be described as self indulgent over acting.
"My name is Jack and I was wondering if you could…
"Did you bring a peace offering for my people" he interrupted. I unzipped my bag and tipped everything onto the floor. There was the bus ticket, a half eaten sandwich, a map of the area, the paper of the gum I ate, and a paperback edition of Steven Kings "It".
"No I didn't but you could just take me to…"
"Then you must face initiation" He came down the stairs and yawned again. "Who was this guy?" I thought to myself. He grabbed a paddle from under the counter and led me to a room to the side for "Initiation".
