Year 1
Day 1
Tom: We just left Tipa and already we are at each other's throats. There are six of us on this caravan in search of myrrh trees. Lina and I are both clavats. I have brown hair pushed up by the headband I always wear. Lina has brown hair like me tied up in a red bow. Zeke Hu and Shay Ni are selkies. They both have silver hair but Zeke has a bandanna over his. Kyle and Kia are lilties. they are both short only Kyle wears a visor. We don't have any yukes on our journey ever since they broke away from all villages and went into hiding.
We are taking a different route than all the other caravans from Tipa because the last caravan discovered the River Belle had dried up and along with it the myrrh tree. So we are heading east past the dried river bed and into the mountains. I just hope we know what we're doing.
Soon after we left, Kia started to complain of boredom. Kyle suggested that she look at the scenery and she told him flat out "What do think i've been doing for the past half hour, stupid." He just scowled and went up front to sit with Zeke who was driving. Lina sat down beside her and opened her mouth to speak. Before she could, Kia said " I don't need your pity. Go give it to the dirt." She got up and went out the back flap to sit on the seat we had back there. I haven't known these people for very long but i can already sense some of their personalities.
As we rounded a turn, I heard a scream. I had been reading one of the books I had brought with me. it was about different types of potatoes and how they can grow in mia... anyway I stuck my head out the front flap where Lina and Zeke had been sitting. Lina was looking dead ahead with a horrified look on her face. I followed her gaze and saw it. Lying at the base of a tree on the road beside us was a skeleton. I could tell right away it was a liltie. It had a round head and short, stubby limbs (no offense). It's flesh had been eaten away. It's raw bones had a purplish color. It looked very peaceful like it had just layed down and died. Who had abandoned him and why.
"This is what happens to those who are trapped in miasma," said Lina, her voice shaking. The caravan had come to a stop. Kyle jumped down onto the road and walked over to it. He squatted down near the skeleton's hand and started to pry it open. Something rolled out. I bent down to pick it up. It was a piece of paper wrapped around smaller version of Tipa's crystal. The piece of paper was a note. It read:
"To any travelers who are searching for myrrh. The road ahead is very dark and very dangerous. To survive you must let your friends protect you and let your heart guide you. This is a miniature crystal. It can only protect one person so use it well.
Rillian"
I read this to the others out loud. When I looked up they were all staring off into space. We were all wondering the same thing: who was this guy and why does he have portable crystal? We got back on the caravan and set off. For the rest of the afternoon, no one talked. We steadily went up as we entered the mountains. I had only seen these from afar. I was amazed at how tall they were. We bumped and jerked but we finally made it to a flat mountain pass. This is where we made camp.
There was little wood to make a fire so we ate the fish raw. That night i learned why they cook it ugh! We also had some apples and a half-loaf of bread each. No one was in a very good mood so we laid out our bedrolls and tried to fall asleep. Thats where I am now. My eyes are starting to droop so i think i be finished. Tomorrow Zeke Hu gets the journal.
-Tom
Day 2
Zeke: This morning was a slow one. No one wanted to wake up but no one could stay asleep, either. We loaded up the caravan set off again. The road we were on led straight into a rock-filled valley. Not the most inviting place but the only way to get through the mountain range. The road zig- zagged down the slope and i had get out and lead the papaopamus from the front. We finally reached the bottom.
I was driving our caravan through the valley with difficulty. The farther in we went the rockier it got. Every time we hit a rock the caravan lurched and everybody inside yelped our complained. The only people inside were Shay Ni and Kia. Tom and Kyle were walking on the left side and Lina on the right. She very cheery this morning and looked kinda cute with the sun on her face... Oh crud! She might read that when she's writing her entry. Hopefully she'll mind her own buissiness and not read other people's entries.
"Zeke watch out!" Tom yelled at me. I hadn't been paying attention to where we were going. Thecaravan had been heading towards a river. The papaopamus had seen it and suddenly jerked sideways, nearly sending the entire caravan into the river. I yanked the reigns tomake the papaopamus drag us away from being soaked. As soon as we were safe on dry land I got it bad.
"Zeke! What the heck were thinking! You could have ruined our suppilies and drowned Kia and Shay Ni in the river!" Tom yelled.
"Yeah, we wouldn't want that to happen," I mumbled sarcasticly.
"What was that, bird for brains?"
"Go shove it up your-"
"Boys! Stop it." Shay Ni cut in. " It was just an accident. Just forget about it and move on." I climbed back up front and led the caravan around the river Tom kept scowling at me. What a baby. I bet he couldn't drive this thing over a cliff without knocking over every thing within fifty feet. Jeez, what a jerk.
As we started up the road and out of the valley, Lina suddenly told us to stop." Stop the caravan!" She yelled. "There's a myrrh tree around here somewhere. I just looked at the map." We all started searching the area with our eyes.
Kyle blurted out suddenly "I see it! Right over there next to the cracks in the wall." Sure enough there was a small carving of a myrrh tree next these cracks that kinda resembled double doors. You could barely see it unless you squinted. Then I realized the cracks were the entrance to the dungeon ( the area around a myrrh tree).
We all hopped out of the caravan and ran over to it. Me and Kyle pulled one door while Tom pulled the other, the big show off. Slowly but surely they slid open. Inside was a passage way leading down. It was lit by small laterns just barely giving off enough light to see.
" Okay we need to split up into teams." Tom announced. " One to go and collect the myrrh, the other to stay with the caravan. How about Kyle, Lina, and I go in while Shay Ni, Kia, and Zeke stay out here." I glared at him with full hatred. Of course he would stick me with girls. Everyone else nodded there approval. It was decided that we'd make camp to night and they would go inside tommorrow.
We had just eaten when I got the log from Tom (fat head). Now it is almost 11:00. I'm going to hit the hay. Tomorrow I'm going into that cave wether they like it or not.
-Zeke
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Author's Note: Sorry, its kind of a cliffhanger. I think I might do more days in one chapter . I don't know you tell me. Please read and review!