second earth
Parg, I've learned so much here on Second Earth. Mark has told his parents that my parents have gone away for a while, and I am staying with him.
The "houses" here are so large. I mean, they have many rooms in each house, and they have water going into their houses that they can turn on and off! Well, enough with the wonders of Second Earth.
On the day that Mark called "Monday", I went to "school" with him. School is a place of knowledge. I signed up as an exchange student fromAustralia, which is a place here on Second Earth, a large island.
So this is where I've learned so much. Here in… school. Everything was going great until after school, because Mark is in some kind of smart people club that I couldn't go to.
"Are you sure you'll be okay here on Second Earth alone?" Mark asked me before he went to his club.
"I don't see why I can't have Courtney show me some Second Earth things," I said. I know I sound like I'm being selfish, but if you were here, you'd want to see more, too.
"She's going through a hard time right now," he said. "She… she's guilty."
"Why?" I asked, and immediately wished I hadn't. I had touched a soft spot. By the look on his face, I could tell that it was nothing he wanted to talk about.
"I… I'm going to fly," I said, backing away. "Have a good club."
I turned and I ran. I ran, out of the doors, and into the fresh air. I quickly scanned the area, and all I saw was a very large kid putting a white stick in his mouth and catching it on fire.
Why anyone would want to light anything near their mouth on fire, I'll never know.
He wasn't looking, so I took off my jacket and burst open my wings through the slits in my shirt.
I kept on running, and I took off in one graceful motion.
This was something I could do. This was the same on every territory I'd been to . . . and I wouldn't change it a bit.
I caught an updraft, pulled myself vertical, and did a back flip before continuing on. I flew around the neighborhood, seeing Mark's house, the school, and . . . an empty lot. I slowly circled down to a landing in the lot, which was very grassy and had a big tree on it. I felt something had happened here . . . something important.