Chapter two: A whole new world
Slowly, her eyes opened to see a clear blue sky above her, birds chattering away, some zoomed over head, and the golden sun shining down brightly upon her. She laid there with her arms and legs stretched out, her sketchbook and pencil in one hand. What had happened? Did she stand up too fast and fell over, hitting her head on the ground so she passed out? And what was with that voice? Time freezing, strange auras; perhaps that was all a dream? But how was that possible? She was awake when she heard the voice and saw time stopping and the auras. That's when a loud bang from some kind of rifle went off, causing the girl to spring up into a sitting position, and what she saw made her jaw drop and her eyes go wide.
She saw a very big pair of wooden doors, with a sand colored stone wall to help stand it up, and to keep whatever was inside it safe.
This was not home. That was for sure.
She looked behind her to see space crafts of some sort. Lots of space crafts. Rows and rows of them for as far as the eye could see. All in different shapes and sizes, some were even taking off, shooting into the bright blue sky like a rocket. Where was she? This didn't look like her backyard, this didn't look like any place she's ever been to. And if her parents were taking her to summer camp, they would have at least told her, and not leave her in some strange place… But then… Maybe this was space camp? Seeing as though there were space craft everywhere. Another bang from a different firearm went off, startling the girl yet again, she quickly looked at the two wooden doors; the sounds were coming from inside the wall. She slowly got up and dusted the dirt off her pants; the ground was covered in hard cement, but also with sand from who knows where. She took several steps to reach the door, and she stood there for a moment, thinking it through while slipping her pencil into her back pocket. Did her parents send her to boot camp instead? Where exactly was she? She took a deep breath of confidence and pressed her hands, and sketchbook, onto the right side of the door and pushed as hard as she could. The door creaked and opened easier than she thought. She poked her head inside and saw a long cement road and sand on either side of it. Explains where the dust came from out here, she thought.
She glanced up from the ground to see a large building set off in the back, it too was made from sand painted stones, the brick road led up to a large pair of stairs which eventually ended at the entrance of the building. The left hand side of the road was a bunch of cages with actual, no kidding people fighting inside them, other people surrounding the cages to watch. On the right hand side, there were all kinds of people fighting against dummies and shooting at targets. Only several were giving instructions. She knew it. Her parents sent her to Spacsumboot camp, if that was even a real camp. She walked into the area and the door closed behind her, all on its own. She turned around quickly to see it shut completely. Now this started to freak her out. Spacecraft, people with weapons attacking each other, a big sandy whatever this place was, and now doors that shut on their own? What, was she in Wonderland? She slowly backed up from the door, staring up at it with a slightly impressed and terrified expression. She kept walking back until she backed up into something, causing her to fling forward and fall onto her hands and knees. She grunted when she did, only to hear another thump and a grunt behind her. She looked over her shoulder to see a boy now sitting on the ground, rubbing his behind.
He looked about the same age as her, but much taller, since she was somewhat shorter than normal girls. A blue long sleeved shirt with yellow lines down the sleeves and across the chest, black baggy jeans, brown boots, a silver chain necklace with a small green star dangling from it, and a blue sock hat with a strange little symbol on it. Long brown bangs dangled down in front of his face, and his eyes… Were crimson red? Was that even an eye color? Maybe he wore contacts?
"Sheeze…" He said, his voice was still changing by the sound of it, he was still kind of squeaky with a deep rumble to it." Watch where you're going next time!" The girl got up, dusting her knees off, and turning to face the new comer.
"I'm sorry," She replied in a clumsy tone of voice, her voice tomboy-ish, but had a feminine ring to it. This caused the boy to actually turn his attention from his rear to her with a shocked expression." I was watching the door, it closed on its own and it really-"
"You're a girl!"
She stared down at him." Aren't you observant?" She said with sarcasm. He then scoffed, getting up onto his feet and dusting his butt off.
"Well, it's not like I could tell. You lack something most females don't." He said.
"Oh? And what's that?"
"Boobs."
The girl's face lit up angrily, he just called her a flat chest? How dare he say something so rude, so- so! So boyish of him! She never felt so insulted in her life-
"I read in a book women have really big boobs," He explain, shaping his hands around his chest, almost like he was attempting to give her an image." I've only seen one human girl before, and she was wearing a dress so I couldn't tell how big they were-" He completely threw off her train of thought. The boy stood before her, explaining things she really didn't want to hear, and he sounded completely innocent, and it made it seem like he spoke true words! What, was he clueless when it came to girls? He continued on with his story and the girl held up her hand as a signal to stop, which he did.
"You mean you've never seen a female before?" The girl asked.
"I've seen one," He answered." But she was wearing a dress-"
"I DON'T NEED TO KNOW the details… Just tell me if you see females before…"
He was silent for a moment; thinking it through, and then he nodded." I've only seen one human before, but I've seen females of my race, and they aren't exactly human… So you can't really tell."
"You mean to tell me there are no girls here?" The girl asked. The boy nodded his head as an answer. She then turned her gaze from the boy to the rest of the area, indeed, every figure in sight was a boy; not one female was to be seen. Unbelievable. She was the only girl here, although she didn't feel like she stuck out. She had two brothers at home, and most of her friends were boys anyhow, she felt as though she got along with males than she did the girls, of course, her female friend were acceptable, they all acted pretty much the same way she did. It was just the girls her friend hung out with that made her feel like she didn't belong. She guessed it was because she lived with three boys, counting her father, for fifteen years of her life that made it seem like she got along with boys more. And half her neighborhood was made up of boys to begin with. So to her, this was partly normal. But having no females around made it seem almost too un-natural. And that scared her. One girl, countless boys, who knows what they might attempt to do, or what they think? However, this boy seemed somewhat familiar. She eyed him. He had a familiar face almost and the hat was highly familiar, and yet she had never met anyone like him before. Then why did it feel like she's known him for half her life? It was all rather strange. This place, this boy. Where exactly was she? Well, since a local was near her now, she might as well ask him.
"Um. Where are we, exactly?" She asked. The boy tilted his head and his brow narrowed, as if the question confused him at first. But then his head went up normal and he smiled warmly at her.
"The planet we're on is called Tarrion." He answered. So, she wasn't on Earth anymore at all. This explained why her parents would send her away to some camp without even warning her about it. This wasn't Earth at all, and her parents couldn't have sent her to a planet that she hadn't even heard of. She let out a sigh of relief that she was just on another planet. Wait…
"I'M ON ANOTHER PLANET!" She screamed at the top of her lungs causing the ones in earshot to stop and look, the boy jumped back with a startled expression on his face. She didn't know where she was? This was definitely a new experience for him." Oh my gosh!" She then grabbed onto the boy's shirt, pulling his face down toward her own." How did I get here? Why am I here? You had better start talking mister or I'm going to punch the living crap out of you!" Before he had a chance to answer, a hand grabbed the girl by the shoulder. She then turned to look at who the hand belonged to. Her eyes grew wide when she saw who it was. A man standing at six feet tall, long silver hair with aqua green sparkling cat eyes, a black leather trench coat, gloves, boots and pants, the works.
"I think you'd better come with me…" He said; his voice was smooth, slightly deep with a very mysterious tone to it.
"Se-Se-Sephiroth?" The girl asked. The man she called Sephiroth raised an eyebrow, as if waiting for her to continue. She went to say more when she saw another man's head poke out from behind Sephiroth, blonde spiky hair and deep blue sparkling eyes; he waved his own leather gloved hand at the girl." C-C-Cloud?" She said.
"Ma'am?" Sephiroth spoke up again. The girl released the boy's shirt and she fell over onto the ground in a faint. The three boys stared down at the girl. The hat boy scratching his neck.
"Women sure are weird…"
