Chapter Seven
Okay! My favorite chapter! This is where I feel the story really starts to come together!
For those of you who don't know, a bazaar is a gather of people who try to sell things that they've made. It can range from jewelry, to clothes, to food, and more. The three of us were bombarded with the sights, sounds, and smells of venders trying to sell their wares.
"Quilts for sale! Homemade quilts for sale!"
"Come get your fresh tamales! Fresh hot tamales!"
"Caricatures done! 15 minutes, 15 rings! Come get your caricatures done!"
There was everything! Literally everything! Someone was trying to sell bottled air! ("I wonder why no one's buying it?" Tails said sarcastically. We all laughed.)
Suddenly, a different voice made it's way through the chaos.
"Fortunes told! Pandora tells all!" The voice was female. It sounded African, authoritative, and somewhat mysterious. I turned towards the sound of the voice. In a smaller booth was a purple cheetah, with black spots. Her ears were adorned with large hoop earrings. She wore a top with small disks and jewels hanging from it, and a dress, also adorned with the disks and jewels. The top didn't reach the bottom, giving her clothes almost a bikini-like look. She wore a blue eyeliner, which only seemed to highlight her purple eyes. Eyes that were looking right at me. She continued yelling, as if she were still trying to attract customers.
"I see all, I know all! I can see into your past! I can view your present! And I can predict your futures!" Her eyes were hypnotic, and I felt myself walking towards her, as Amy and Tails continued on, distracted by the other sounds.
Pandora looked me up and down.
"Nice clothes. They are new, correct?"
"Y-yeah!" I said. "How did you know?"
"The tag's still attached to the sleeve." She said, as she leaned over her booth and pulled the tag off. I blushed a bit. She smiled at me. "Don't be embarrassed, it was never really noticeable anyways." She said in her thick African accent. "The white tag blended in with the white shirt."
"How'd you see it then?" I asked, still a little awestruck by her powers of observation.
"I see all. Now, are we going to talk about your clothes, or are we going to discuss your brother's fate." She asked. I froze.
"How do you know about my brother?" I asked.
"I know all." She answered simply.
"...I don't have any money." Pandora pulled out a small bag.
"Then consider this the Ask Auntie Pandora Hour. No charge." She dumped the contents out of the bag. They appeared to be bones of some kind. She closed her eyes and held her hands over the bones.
"There you are!" A hand grabbed my shoulder. Amy looked relieved. "We thought you were kidnapped again! Come on, let's go!"
"Wait." I turned towards Pandora. "She knows something about Jacob." Amy paused and let me go. After a while Pandora opened her eyes. I don't know how, but they turned yellow!
"Your brother is safe." She said. She no longer spoke with an African accent. She spoke in such a way that her voice seemed to echo. Her accent didn't seem to come from any existing language. "But he is not home."
"What? Where is he?" I almost yelled. Pandora didn't seem to hear me. She continued on.
"He is not in this world, but one like it. He is looking for you. But he is not alone. He is receiving help from a female of fire. He will soon receive help from another, a man with strange powers."
"Female of Fire? Does she mean Blaze?" Amy asked.
"It would make sense, especially if the man with strange powers is Silver." I said, focusing on the strange gypsy woman.
"To see him again, you must gather seven emeralds of unique power, as must he. If you find them, you will find your brother. When you find your brother, you will find home." She closed her eyes again. When she opened them up again, her normal purple eyes and African accent had returned. "That is all that is to be revealed for now." She swept up her bones into her bag.
"Wait, will I find him?" I asked. Pandora looked at me sadly.
"I am sorry. Your actual future is shrouded with a strange fog. I can only see the path you must take."
"Will he be okay?" I pleaded, "Is there something you can do to protect him?" Pandora sat quietly for a moment, then removed a necklace from underneath her booth.
"Take this. As long as you wear this, your brother will be protected." I held out my hand and took it.
"Thank you." I said. I hung the necklace around my neck. There wasn't much to it. A leather cord was looped through a small charm. The charm was a small, emerald green diamond, that was slightly translucent. I turned to leave, when Pandora stopped me.
"Wait!" She called. I turned back around. "What color were my eyes?"
"Um...Yellow." I said.
She pondered that a moment before going back to advertising her service.
Later
"So we need to find the Chaos Emeralds?" Tails asked. During our flight back, me and Amy told him about our run in with Pandora. I nodded.
"And Jacob needs to find the Sol Emeralds." Amy concluded. "He's lucky he's got Blaze's help."
"Hold on a sec." I said. "I thought you guys forgot about Blaze when Sonic and Silver changed the future."
Tails and Amy looked at each other. Tails turned back to me.
"Was that from one of the video games?" He asked.
"I thought..."
"Well, looks like Sega isn't totally right all the time." Amy said.
"No one can." Tails added. "So, what's our plan of attack here?"
"Let's try Angel Island. If anyone can tell us where the Emeralds are, Knuckles can." Amy said.
"Angel Island it is!" Tails declared. He took a sharp right, and headed off towards a large floating island way off in the distance. I turned and stared out the window.
"Don't worry Jacob." I thought. "We'll be together. Soon."
And that's how my story begins. I get some new friends and start on an adventure to reunite with my brother. Sound fun?
End of Chapter Seven
All right guys! What did you think? A promising beginning? Too bland? Too short?
Josh: No, yes, and yes.
What? Why would you say that?! The story is about you!
Josh: Yeah, but you're writing it.
...Well, if you want me to write longer chapters, I totally will. And if no one's even reading this... well, I'll write longer chapters then too. Thanks guys!
