THE BLACK FIRE
Chapter 2
Into Narnia
Oh, finally! ,thought Mallory as she walked to the theater that afternoon for Drama Club. She had been looking forward to it ever since she got back to the cafeteria during lunch, after just being in the props room with Wade because when she was eating her dinner, she convinced herself that there really was another world. When Wade started telling her about being in this other world, there was something inside of her that told her it all was real, but she just couldn't bring herself to say it. So since Mallory had no classes with Wade, she thought that during Drama Club would be the best time to tell Wade that she actually believed him.
And when Mallory entered the theater she wasn't surprised to see complete chaos. Well, that's what Mrs. Dawn gets when she decides to combine the 8th graders into the 9th grade Drama Club, Mallory thought.
She was just about to take a seat in one of the folding chairs set up on the stage when she saw Wade walking in one of the passage ways out of the corner of her eye. Perfect! Mallory said to herself. No one else is in the passage way so I can talk to him about this other world without anyone hearing what we are talking about and thinking we're nut cases.
So Mallory instantly changed the direction in which she was walking and was soon walking in the same passage way as Wade and was just about to tell him to wait up, when he paused right in front of the props door, then turned and made brief eye contact with Mallory and walked right into the room, leaving the door slightly ajar. Then it dawned on Mallory. She realized what Wade was trying to do. He was going to lead her into the props room and he would crawl into the trunk and when Mallory came in she would see that no one was there and would assume he was in the other world. And Mallory knew that Wade knew all about her immense curiosity and would expect her to follow him and then she would be in… That little sneak! Am I really that easy to figure out? Mallory asked herself. Oh well.
Mallory continued walking to the props room and went right in, not even bothering to shut the door behind her. Then she walked over to the trunk and crawled inside without even thinking twice about what she really might be getting herself into.
"Oh my gosh!" exclaimed Mallory, "I just can't believe that all of this is actually--real." Mallory had just arrived in the clearing with the lamp post and it was beginning to get dark in the wood but she and Wade were still able to see. Mallory was just about to go and chew Wade out for trying to trick her into coming here when Wade asked her if she had ever seen a waterfall.
"No, I haven't ever seen a waterfall."
"Well, do you want to see one?" asked Wade.
"Sure, but how do you know there is one here?"
"I've been here before, remember? And I heard a loud rumbling that sounded like it had to be a waterfall."
"Oh…yeah. That's what you were telling me during lunch. Sorry I cut you off when you were in the middle of it. I shouldn't have been so rude."
"Don't think anything of it. We're here now, so it doesn't really matter, does it?"
"No. I just--I really am sorry about not believing you at first and being so rude about it," Mallory said and gently placed her hand on Wade's shoulder. "So, let's find that waterfall."
Wade was about to grab Mallory's wrist like he did in the cafeteria but instead took her hand. "Follow me."
So they walked hand in hand as Wade lead the way to where the thought the waterfall was. When they could begin to hear the rumbling of water, Mallory couldn't help herself, she just had to run. So now Mallory was leading Wade and when they finally burst through the last line of trees in the wood, their breaths were almost taken away by the beautiful sight in front of them. There was the most magnificent waterfall you could ever imagine, its water was crystal blue and there were beautiful flowers and plants along the edges that made it look even more beautiful. And they were up so high! They could see more trees than either of them had ever seen in their lives, which eventually (the trees) formed huge forests and beyond the forests was the sea. And the sea looked like it had no end, as if it just melted into the sky.
"Look!" said Wade, pointing to the sky.
"The moon! It looks like it's almost full (it was the moon that had been giving them enough light to see all this time). See the strange shadows it casts on the sea?"
"Yeah, and look at the stars! Is it just me or do the moon and the stars look so much bigger here?"
"No, I think they really are bigger."
"Or otherwise we're closer."
"Maybe."
So Wade and Mallory just stood there, still holding hands, taking in all of the glorious sights around them, but if only, if only…. If only there was a bit more light, they might have been able to see, lurking out in those peaceful waters, a terrible danger, the one danger that, or should I say whom, could make even the bravest sailors quiver with fear if seen, they might have been able to prevent nearly all of the danger in this adventure that was soon to come. But what good, might I ask, is an adventure without danger?
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