Chapter Two:The Meeting

I felt like I had been hit by a ton of bricks. I guess I had hit my head or something. When I woke

up I was in a strange place. I was laying on a round bed in a round room that was brightly colored.

I tried to sit up but I got really dizzy so I laid back down.

"Darling are you all right? You took a nasty spill," said a voice in the distance.

I had no clue how to respond. I didn't know who or what was speaking to me. Then I saw her.

A life size green M&M was coming toward me. She was wearing a pair of pearl earrings, a pearl

necklace, pink lipstick and pink high heels. My hands started to shake. I could feel the sweat

pouring down my face.

"I said 'Are you all right?' I think you may have hit your head," she said sweetly.

"I...I...I'm fine. What happened? Who are you? Where am I? What is this place?" I was slightly

confused.

"One question at a time sweet heart. My name is Rosenna. You are in my home in Candy Town.

I am not quite sure what happened to you. I saw you standing infront of my neighbor's house and you

just fainted, I suppose. Is there anything I can get you?"

"Ummm, a glass of water would be nice."

" Well, sweet heart I am sure that would be but we only have milk here. You see us candy folk are

allergic to water," Rosenna explained.

"Oh, then milk will be wonderful," I said with a weak smile.

"Sure thing, hun," she said as she walked out of the room.

Just milk? I started thinking of all the things I used to eat while I drank milk.

"Emma, how was your first day of school?" momma asked in a sweet and low voice.

"I hated it!" I said pouting.

" Well, hun, when you get older you will look back and think of kindergarden as just the beginning.

Then you will see that it wasn't so bad. Here you can have some cookies and milk to help cheer you up."

" Thank you, momma," I said feeling a little better about my day.

"Honey, are you alright," I heard someone say in the distance.

"W-What? Oh, I am alright. I was just remembering the old days," I said to Rossena.

" Yeah, I do that every now and again. Remembering the days when I was a child..." she said as if

she were remembering something pleasant and looking up at the ceiling."Well, enought thinking on

the past. We have a future to look forward to. Am I right?""Yeah," I said pinching myself. "Ouch!"

"Well, hun don't do that. You know that it hurts."

"I know. It's just that this all seems like a dream to me. I mean candy isn't really alive," I said with

a hint of laughter in my voice.

"We are alive," Rosenna said as she sat down at the foot of the bed. "We have kept this secrete

from the human world for a very long time. Yes, we are alive and you will soon meet a lot more of us

candy folk," Rosenna gave a little chuckle as she walked to the door and turned to face me. "You

get some rest. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow." She shut the door as she left me to rest.

I closed my eyes in hope of getting some sleep. I found it to be easier then I thought. I slept in

hopes of waking up back in my own bed in Florida.