ALright. Here's the deal. I had over 2000 words, and when I copy pasted, I only got about 700. So, what I'm going to do is summarize what happened in those things that I'm sure as hell not re writing. Sorry. Syrr and Christian, flirting alot, and getting really romancy. They crossed the boarder- it'll probs take them about 8 weeks to get to Richmond, Virginia at the rate they're going. Hooray. Everything else was uneeded humor. I mean, I'll try my best to fill in what I'm missing but it's alot harder to redo the beginning of a chapter than the finish...
"Home. Home on the range! Where the deer, and the antelope play! Where seldom is heard... I don't know the rest of the song- and the skies.. something something cloudy all dayyyyyy!" I sang, and everyone groaned.
"Shut up!" Letta yelled, and threw a shoe at me.
What..? "Did you just... is that a shoe? Did you really just throw a shoe at me? Is that- are you being serious right now! She just threw a shoe at me." I looked at Christian. "I no longer spade you." I said to her. We giggled silently- it was a long running inside joke between us and never failed to lighten the mood.
"I think it's beautiful." Christian said, doing his best to try and keep a straight face.
"Dude you think she's beautiful. She's not going to let you into her pants that way, you know." Dylan stated and I gaped.
"I'm right here."
"And don't I know it..." Christian sighed high pitched and dreamily. "It's as if all of my nerves are on high alert whenever you're near."
"Well that was a great description Lady MacBeth but it really doesn't help you win me over- I need a friend remeber? Serious is what's gonna get you points- not flirting." I said. We were riding on an abandoned road, with cars on either side, abandoned, and some people didn't leave... and well, the smell was terrible.
"You're right. I was being immature. I'm sorry." he genuinely looked sorry.
"You want to show me you're truly sorry? Come hither. I'm freezing." My hands no longer had feeling on the reins, and each time the wind blew at me I was hit from both sides- the canvas of the pull-up front cover reflected most, if not all of the wind, and I severely envied Elli, Harmony, Ren, Riku and Reika.
Christian willingly wrapped his arms around me and I realized a bit late that maybe this wasn't the best idea if I wanted to be friends. "See, this isn't so bad."
"That has yet to be determined..." i muttered, and he just chuckled, and kissed me on the head. I elbowed him in the ribs.
"No. Bad Christian."
"Get a room!" Letta yelled and prepared to throw another shoe.
"No! You might hit the horses! Last time was a lucky shot!" I cried, and she scowled at me.
I shivered and buried myself deeper into Christian's chest. He may be immature, flirty, and slightly horny but he was a super great windbreaker, and it didn't hurt that he still smelled fantastic, even with the cologne gone. I tried my hardest to keep my eyes on the road, but my thoughts kept wandering and I really just couldn't make myself pay attention any longer.
"Here. Why don't you grab the reins? It's not that hard, and if you have any trouble, then you can call me. I think I'm going to curl up on your lap and take a nap." I said, and did just that.
"Ah- bu- oh alright." he acceded, and took them hesitantly. He wasn't going to wake me, unless he was really screwing things up- male pride. It was a beautiful thing when you knew how to use it to your advantage. Really, if I were a male, I'd have come up with ways to woo women years ago. I was getting to know how to get a man to do what I wanted, using my feminine wiles- if a man did it properly, he could use manly charm to make women do what he wanted- but sadly, only if he's attractive. It's a given that you need to be attractive to have wiles, or charm.
I woke up who knows how much later, with Christian poking me awake. "I have a question."
"Mmm.."
"Would you consider... well... giving me a shot?" he twisted the reins nervously.
"Why don't you let me think about it. I need to think of the whole groups feelings, not just my own." that was a lie. I knew what I wanted. I wanted this. I just didn't deserve it. And really, maybe I did need to focus more on Harmony. I was, after all, the one that her mother or grandmother or whomever had given her to int eh firstplace. Really, I was like, her godmother almost- I would not be a stepmother. That sounds bad. Stepmothers are always wicked in all the Disney movies. That and pedophiles. Disney has this fascination with super skinny girls as well, with perfect looks. What if we're not that attractive? What if we happen to have a huge scar running down half of our face? What then? Is that just our lot in life? I guess so.
"Alright. Can you give me an answer by tomorrow?" he asked, biting his lip.
I nodded, smiling slightly. "Yes. I can."
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We'd crossed over the boarder today, and it'd felt good. We'd all decided that we were, in fact, technically American citizens.
"You know I'm not really that proud to be a Canadian. I'm being brutally honest right now. We once did a servay in Geo class, on how proud you were to be a Canadian and it was out of 45 and I got a 26. It was terrible. I did the worst in the class." I laughed.
"With that batcrap crazy teacher- Mme LaCoura! She is insane! You ask her a question and she doesn't even answer the question you ask. 'where is the international date line?' 'how many degrees are in a circle? Well count that and then you have your answer!' I was sitting there- like, what? She doesn't even make sense!" Elli was giggling as she acted out just how crazy our previous teacher was. The rest of us were rolling on the ground laughing so hard.
I was gasping in short, ragged breaths and wasn't making any sound when I laughed anymore. I gasped, "My... sides... hurt... stop... making... me... laugh!" I clutched my sides, and squinted my eyes, barely seeing the flickering of the fire.
Twenty minutes later, I was lying in my tent, alone. Some of the others were going to stay up and just chill, and there were others starting on the watch. I curled up in a ball, trying to get warm. None of us wanted to sleep in the wagon- it was harder than the ground on that wood- but the kids ended up choosing to sleep in there because it is alot warmer than out here. The tent flap moved and I looked up to see Christian entering.
"Room for one more?" he whispered.
I grinned in spite of myself and moved over in my sleeping bag. "Yeah."
He took off his shoes, and came in, and it was a bit snug, but I didn't mind. I was warm and sort of enjoying this. "This is better." he whispered into my hair, and kissed it. "You know, I may seem a lot like a player, and really flirty, but it's the easiest way of showing you... well showing you how I feel. You're beautiful Syrr, and you have this way of making everything okay, just by being there. Everyone just listens to you- not even thinking about what you told them to do. You just have a way with people. And.. well... I think I love you." he finished.
I looked up at him, and bit my lip. "Really? You're not joking? This is really... this isn't a dream?"
"No." he breathed.
I kissed him hard, and it was... fantastic. Fireworks went off around us, and it was as if we were the only two people on the planet. He pulled back, and I grinned. "I love you too."
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"We need to send a raiding party to the east. Towards the Virginia area." Mike said.
"Where did this come from?" I asked. Mike was a man of around thirty, give or take a couple of years, and was definitely someone you'd describe as attractive. He had a scar above his eyebrow from a bear accident right a the beginning of the Change, but it was hardly noticable, and I didn't care anyways.
"Well, when you think about it, there were so many people around the Oregon area that were in need of aid, and so many supplies here- who's to say that there's not people like that out east, and on the way there?" he asked. " One of my best friends happens to have been staying in Richmond, Virginia at the time. I'd like to ride over there, and see if we can salvage some stuff from there, and maybe even find him. It's stupid, but I want to. Maybe some others will too. And really, the A-listers will probably be itching to do something- anything."
"Alright. I'm coming with you."
"No you're not. You're staying here. We can't have you moving around like that when you're pregnant." he said. "Not with my baby."
We'd gotten together, and now, we were an item. We were planning on getting married, in a ceremony done by Juniper's group of Wiccan, and if not, just in front of at least the A-listers, to give some form of formality to it.
"Alright. Fine." I conceded.
"We'll leave in three days time." he said and left.
I'd start the preparing of the food, and supplies for him, with the rest of my associates, and get the tanner, and the blacksmith to prepare some things for the group that would be going.
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I woke up to a great feeling- being in someone's arms. Even though all we did was kiss- or technially, make out- last night, I felt good, and whole, and burning with a nice little warmth in my chest that made me want to sing cheesy love songs.
"Wake up." I kissed Christian awake.
"Wha- g'morning beautiful." he smiled and kissed me back, beginning to wrap his arms around me.
"No time for that. We need to get moving. I can ask Elli if she'll drive today, though, and we can sit inside the cart and talk- and hang out with the little ones. Elli can talk with the others, and I'm sure Dylan would like some time with her anyways." I smirked and walked out of the tent.
Twenty minutes later we had everything packed up and ready to go, and Christian and I were seated inside a warm, wagon. The supplies were piled in a large U around the wagon, so that there was a wall left at the front, where we could communicate with Elli, and get in and out through, through the opening flap. I pulled Harmony into my lap.
"How are you sweetheart? Are the others treating you well?" she looked a little smaller than she had before. She probably would've done better on baby formula, and actual baby food, but we were making do with what we had, and would start getting better food when we were somewhere warmer. She grinned a toothless grin at me, and let out a laugh. "Yes, you are adorable, yes you are, yes you are." I said in one of those baby voices that is only okay to use when talking to a child under the age of three.
Christian snorted. "I'd be making fun of you if that wasn't so adorable. Both of you."
I smiled sheepishly. "I love kids. I will adopt Harmony. I'm going to have four more kids after her as well. I'd like twins... and that takes alot of tries..." I let that statement hang sort of awkwardly. I tended to get myself into these situations, and then just keep digging myself deeper and deeper.
He smirked and his deep green eyes sparkled with mirth, and I know if I hadn't been holing Harmony I'd have been in his embrace. I almost put Harmony down to see if he still might do it. "You know, I think you're becoming more and more like me every day..."
"But then... I wouldn't be me anymore. I'd be a female you. And what fun would that be?" I giggled, and so did Harmony.
Ren Riku and Reika whispered behind there hands and giggled alot, and pointed at us, as if there was some wall blocking us from seeing them, but not vice versa. Finally, Reika came up and flopped down on Christian's lap. "Are you guys getting married?" she asked completely seriously. I snorted, a half snort a half exclamation of surprise.
"No... why?" I asked, my voice going into a voice you use to talk to little kids.
"Well you guys are holding hands," I looked down and realized she was right. I hadn't even noticed. She continued, "And you guys were kissing before. And you're cuddling a lot and mommy and daddy always cuddled. I think you should marry. You could have really pretty kids, and then we could play together, and Harmony could have brothers and sisters. Like me." she smiled hugely, bouncing in Christian's lap. He was looking uncomfortable. He obviously wasn't used to being around children.
"Erm- we- well, you see Reika..." he had no idea what to say to her.
"Reika, sweetie, we're not old enough yet. We're just becoming close now. We need to wait a few years before getting married." I smiled at her. After all, I was only fifteen.
"What she said." Christian repeated, and started tickling Reika, getting squeals.
"No! Stop it! No Chwistian!" Reika squealed, writhing on the floor, with tears streaming from her eyes. "Stop! Stop!"
I laughed, prying one of his hands off her. "Stop flirting with Reika." I winked, and he tickled me in the ribs. "Not what I meant." I laughed.
He left Reika giggling on the ground, and turned to me. "Alright. What was your favourite movie?"
"My favourite movie? Or the movie that I could watch endlessly without ever getting bored?" I asked.
"Both." he smiled.
"Well, my favourite movie has always been, and will always be the first Harry Potter movie. The movie that I could watch endlessly was White Christmas. It just makes me smile, all the songs do." I smiled, thinking of it. Speaking of a white christmas... christmas was pretty soon. I did the mental calculations... two weeks? I put that thought in the back of my mind, and asked him, "What about you?"
"I don't really have one- I tended to play video games a lot more often." he shrugged and I groaned.
"No! Not one of the COD junkies!"
He laughed. "There must have been something like that that you did."
I sighed. "Well, I was one of those girls who loved horses." I admitted, and threw Harmony up into the air, not actually letting go of her, and getting a giggle. "I was also one of the girls who had an addiction to reading."
"Ha! There!" he exclaimed, triumphant. "I think it's cute, though."
I blushed, and smiled at him. "I did play COD enough times with my friends..." I admitted.
He laughed. "See. You're perfect."
I blushed and smiled, a fluttery, giddy feeling bubbling up in my chest. "I love you..." I whispered.
"I love you too." he grinned and leaned closer to me.
"Eeew!" The kids yelled, and covered their eyes.
I pulled back and smiled sheepishly. "I guess we should wait for later..."
"I'll keep you to your promise, lovely. I hope you know." he winked.
I brought Harmony closer and kissed the top of her head. Her frizzy dark brown hair was getting longer, and less and less manageable. Her dark brown eyes were sparkling. I heard barking outside, and frowned. I pulled up the cover on the front of the wagon, to see Elli in the front of the wagon, and the others readying their bows. I grabbed mine from the side of the wagon and hopped out front. I made sure that there were people stationed behind, and on either side of the wagon, just so that we didn't get any surprise arrows through the wagon- even if the supplies were sort of protecting the children. I made Christian sit inside the wagon, and hold all the children, calming them down and making them feel safe.
"What's happening?" I asked Elli, wishing that I had a horse to ride around, and be more mobile than this- the disadvantage to a wagon; it is so very slow, when you want to make a quick getaway, and it's so very hard to watch every side of me when I can't see through the canvas.
"We heard some shouting coming from behind us. It seems to be getting closer." Dake rode up to me, and he was followed by Mark.
"Here. Get on Kari. I'll watch over the kids with Christian. We'll keep them safe." Mark promised, and I smiled greatfully at him. He hopped onto the wagon and I mounted Kari, and turned, going to the back of the wagon. Ry, Justen and Nate were at the back, riding back and forth, scanning and making sure that no one was going to randomly attack us.
"Guys. I'm going to go and scout down there." I said and started riding.
"No! Syrr, you can't go alone! Don't be stupid! They'll hear you coming and if they do have malevolent intentions, then they'll shoot you down, plain and simple. Don't abandon us- we wont survive a week without you. We'll be at each other's throats." Nate pleaded.
"I need to see who it is!" I exclaimed. Four figures on horses exited the forest. All of them were over the age of thirty. "Well that solves that problem." I muttered.
"Stop your horses! Now!" one of them shouted, riding up. He was a man of thirty, if that. He was young, and fairly attractive for a man of that age- he was probably twice my age. He was holding a long sword, that looked super sharp, and very dangerous.
"Guys! Stop! Stop everything! Now!" I ordered, not stopping to think about how I was ordering my friends around. This was too important to think about that kind of thing. I turned to the man again, with my bow strung and ready, just in case. They didn't have any bows- just swords. They wont be able to get us from far away but if they manage to get close we're as good as dead. "What do you want?"
"I want you guys to tell me what you're doing here. This is very much our land." he said. He had hair that must've been cut very professionally at the beginning of the Change, but was now getting long.
"I'm sorry.. we're just passing through. I didn't mean to be threatening. We're not here to steal, or do harm. I apologize. If I'd known I'd have gone to your camp to ask if we could pass through." I was feeling truly sorry. We were the ones at fault, not them.
"Well, we obviously didn't think you were too threatening seeing as your oldest member was about twenty years old. But, we just wanted to make sure. We have children, and families." he stated.
I smiled. "So do we." Reika, Ren and Riku stuck their heads around the corner of the wagon, and Christian hopped off it, carrying Harmony in his arms. I beckoned Christian over, and picked Harmony out of his arms, giving him my bow to hold. "This is my adopted girl, Harmony. Her mother, and grandmother were killed in the first week of the Change, and entrusted me with her safekeeping." I kissed her. I pointed to my sisters, and then to Rhea, and then to Ty, and Cam. "These are our siblings." I pointed to Serenity-who had her long, curly blonde hair up in a pony tail, and was smiling slightly, with an air of superiority that didn't seem to belong to a girl of her age. Leo- whose name happened to be Napoleon, which I never would've guessed- was riding slowly next to her, with a look of adoration on his olive face. He'd made it his mission to protect her at all costs.
"I'm James, by the way. James Swanson. You guys are welcome to come and stay at my camp for the night, if you wish." he said, gesturing for us to follow.
"What do you think guys? Stay at a camp for the night?" I asked. I was a little hesitant, but they hadn't hurt or threatened us as of yet, which is more than Nate can say, and yet he's living with us. They all shouted 'yes' or made noises of affirmation, and i smiled. "Of course!"
The wagon was turned around, and we followed James and his men and women to their camp, which was quite extensive. They were actually camped out in the middle of a multi-acre field, and there were at least fifty tents set up. "Wow." Jessalyn breathed and stared in awe at the families and the kids here. There were teens, and there were infants, and there were adults, and there were even a few seniors.
"It's like... a colony..." Christian breathed from the wagon. I was riding at the front, on the side of the wagon. Everyone else was behind the wagon, because there wasn't much space to move through. "Maybe we should just stay here. Build families..." He looked at me. "We could be happy here."
I smiled slightly, but it didn't reach my eyes. "I don't think I could ever be happy just living in a tent for the rest of my life. I want a house.. and I want somewhere where I can garden. I want to have kids- lots. I want to have a community, with people, and I want to be a leader. I do. I want a lot of stuff. I feel bad. But I know that me and my friends, and my family could never be happy here."
Christian frowned slightly, but he nodded. "I could only ever be happy if you were happy."
"When we dismount and have our tents up I'm going to kiss you for a very long time..." I stated, and Christian beamed, rocking Harmony to sleep.
.
It was dark, and the firelight just barely illuminated our faces. Serenity, Ren, Reika, Riku, Leo, Harmony and Lucy were all in the wagon, and fast asleep. I turned to Christian, and tugged on his hand, drawing him away from the others. He gladly came, and pushed me up against the fence at the edge of the encampment, just close enough to the fire to see each other's faces.
He leaned down and kissed me, and my arms slid around his neck, and his were around my waist, and we were pulling each other as close as we could get. He kissed down my jaw, and down my neck, and I shivered, throwing my head back. "You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen." he whispered.
I pulled back and looked down at him. "I'm sure I'm not the prettiest. I've got a shit ass ugly scar on my face, that makes me look like I was mauled by a bear or something. I'm pretty ugly now."
"I don't think you see you the way I see you. When I look at you I see a beautiful girl with a mark that only enhances her beauty, and uniqueness. She's the girl I want to spend the rest of my life with, and I realize that we're young, and that, realistically we've got a long way to go to get married but I want to spend every moment with you. You are a goddess in my eyes." he kissed my scar, and kissed all my fingers.
"I love you, so, so much. Please don't ever leave me. I think I'd die." I whispered, with tears of elation in my eyes.
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"We're only three weeks from Richmond, Virginia guys! We've come far! We'll get there very, very soon. We just need to forge through this. Let's go! We might even cut two days off our trip if we move fast enough today." I encouraged everyone. We needed to get moving. I had hope that Josh is still alive- he's smart, and is super bent on survival. If I was guessing correctly, he'd probably have a number of people with him.
"Alright. But Mike, what are we aiming to accomplish there?" asked Eliza, one of my first A-listers. My A-listers are a bunch of soldiers, or people who've trained and gone through rigorous tests, and trials and are of the best fighters in my colony. They've got a special place in it, and get benefits from it, and so do their immediate families. But, anyone can join. It's not one of those 'A-lister families only' things. It's open.
"Alright! Let's go!"
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"Wow. We're here." I exclaimed. We'd finally made it to Richmond, Virginia. After leaving that camp, we'd been sort of depressed, seeing as we'd been hanging out with families and people for a few days- we'd stayed longer than we'd origionally planned- but, after a few days of travelling again, we were happier than ever. Now, we were where we had planned to settle.
"We finally made it." Christian grinned. We'd switched horses with some people. I was riding Stormy, and Christian was back to riding Kari.
"Why don't we find a nice house to-" I started.
"Stay in?" finished a man who came out from a bunch of trees. He was smiling. "I'm Josh." he was about thirty, and had dark hair, and was fairly tall. He was riding a bike. "I've got some people that are all camping around here. You can stay with us for as long as you'd like. We have multiple houses for you, and we have daily rations that we'll give each of you as well."
"That's sounds... well, perfect actually. Any rules that we should know about?" I asked.
"Only two: No stealing, and no murder, or harming anyone else, or anything that belongs to someone else." he stated and I grinned. Simple and easy.
"Well I wouldn't fear any of that coming from my group. They're super protective though, so if anyone comes and threatens... well, let's just hope that doesn't happen." I smiled. "But how many houses do you have? Because I have twenty-two people to take care of, as well as myself. I honestly don't think we'll fit in one of these." I pointed at the attached homes.
"Don't worry. I have four houses for you, and each of them are six bedroom houses- we actually reside in the rich part of town now. There are thirty houses in our area, with people living in them. Your houses are close to our center. I'll show you to them." He started biking and I coaxed Stormy into a trot to follow.
It took close to twenty minutes to get to that part of the town, and by that time I was getting impatient. But, when I saw the houses we were getting, that impatience was wiped away. They were huge, victorian style homes, and they had many more than six bedroom, by the looks of it- that, or the rooms were huge. There were three houses with two levels, and lots that had at least six or seven hundred square feet- more than enough room for the horses, and wagon, and the dogs and cat to run around. The fourth house had three floors- something he'd failed to mention- and that lot was at least twice the size of the others. It had at least eight or nine rooms, and there were multiple windows. I was drawn to it.
"That large one is for your family. The other three are for the others. You can divide them however you want." James said. "Someone will come and bring the rations for the twenty-three of you."
I thought it out and decided:
Me, Harmony, Jessalyn, Lucy, Tynk, Rhea, Ry, Elli and Letta were all going to stay in my house with me. In another house Miu, Riku, Ren and Reika would be staying. Nate, Serenity, Leo, Jeremy and Mark would be staying in a third house. In the last Cam, Ty, Christian, Dake, Justen and Dylan would be staying. I told them that, and they all agreed- Christian, with some reluctance.
"Just think- it'll make it that much more exciting when you stay over night." I coaxed, to try and make him happier. He smiled at that thought, and agreed solemnly.
I entered the house- my house, I reminded myself. I gaped. It had a huge entryway, with a grand staircase. The wood floors were cold on my sock feet, and the windows were letting in tons of light. The front room was gorgeous, with older furniture, and a wood burning fireplace, and an ornate coffee table. I walked into the family room, and wasn't disappointed to find that there were huge couches, and a large arm chair. There was another coffee table, and a useless flatscreen T.V. was sitting on a T.V. table. The kitchen was huge, with large counter tops, and beautiful stainless steel appliances- also, useless.
"We need to fix this stove- make it a wood burning stove." I pointed out, peeking in the pantry- nothing there.
I turned, and walked back to the front, going up the stairs. My jacket was lying on a bench and I was only in a few sweaters. I hopped up the stairs that had a little bit of red carpet running right up the middle. Upstairs there were red carpets as well, and there was a large sitting and games area, and at the back of it there were stairs going to the third floor. I walked over into it, and noticed that there was a door, on the left side, just beside the stairs. I opened the door cautiously and gaped.
The room was at least twenty feet across, and fifteen feet wide. The window was the large one I'd seen from the road, with a gorgeous seat, with crimson cushions and large, fluffy gold pillows. I tried the seat, and it lifted, showing a compartment full of notebooks and binders beneath it. I picked them out, reading through them. I knew that if the person had left them here, they didn't mean enough to them. I sat down on the now white carpet, and examined the rest of the room.
It had a huge four-poster king bed, with a dark, burgundy canopy and a thick duvet. There was a huge desk, and a dresser. The bedside table had a clock that no longer worked, and a lamp that I knew wouldn't light up again. There was a large gold couch, with some matching burgundy and red pillows. There was a soft, gold blanket and some books still strewn along the couch. Picture were on the wall, without their actual photos, and also some spots where the entire frame had been taken down. I walked to the attached bathroom, and breathed in clean air. No one had been using it yet. I was going to keep it that way. The bathtub was huge, and looked like it would've had jets, before the Change. The sink, was huge, it had a huge shelf, and there was a cabinet to the right of the sink, which was just inside the door.
"This is... amazing." The walls were red, and had designs that looked almost useless all over them, in gold, silver, bronze and a dark burgundy.
"This your room then?" Tynk teased.
"Well, I need to scout the rest, in case another is more practical..." I started. "Have you picked yours?"
"Yeah. I found one. Smaller than yours but it's blue, and perfect for me. It also has this fantastic closet, it's at least a quarter of this room. It even has a chair in there, large enough for me to sleep on. I can literally write- get my ideas in there. I can live here Syrr. Finally, I can. We can stay here. We can." she was so happy. Her hair was getting even longer, and her blue eyes were brimming with tears of joy.
"I love it here as well. How many rooms are on each floor?" I asked, getting back to business.
"There are ten rooms. Four large ones on this floor and six smaller ones upstairs. But there's something I can't figure out- there's this substantial space missing right in the middle. It's shaped squarely, but the way it fits into the floor plan is in a diamond, and the points are very much visible. I don't understand where or what it's use is. And the weirdest thing is, it's right above your bedroom." she stated.
I started looking around right away. I looked at the edges of the room, pulling at corners, and trimming, seeing if maybe there was an entryway of some kind. I looked in the bathroom, on the ceiling and found nothing. "I have no idea where it- oh my goodness." I ran outside and opened my closet door, which was right beside my bed. I rifled through the mostly bare closet, and didn't find anything. I kicked the wall, frustrated, and heard a hollow sound. I pulled at the corners- nothing. I slammed my hand against the wall, and leaned back against it, frustrated. I fell backwards, and it opened, sending a puff of dust outwards.
"Tynk! Tynk I found something! Light shone through, and I turned to see a stone staircase, and a small window, letting in enough light to see the small anteroom. There were some shelves, and enough space for me to lie down and touch my head and my feet to each wall.
It was so dusty, and very dirty but I ignored that. Tynk ran in and gaped. "Holy shit... this is like in those movies... this is so cool."
I stood up, brushing myself off and started walking up the stairs, noticing how the roof was slightly lower. There was a wooden door at the top, with a thick, metal handle. Tynk was following behind me, slowly. I looked at her, and she nodded, motioning for me to open the door. I pulled down on the handle, and opened it, the screeching was not as loud as I thought it would be, but loud enough. We walked into the room and were shocked. It was a large square room, about ten foot by ten foot, and it was full of old books, and had a nice couch, and some little tables. The window here was quite large, and was letting in enough light for me to have to shade my eyes.
"This is like... a secret library. We wont tell anyone, alright? Just in case of an emergency. We'll need a way to escape." I looked out the window and saw that if we were careful we could crawl onto the roof, and find a way down.
"Alright... I wont tell. But we need to share. And be careful. We can't both be here at the same time unless it's nighttime, or people are out. We need to be very, very careful about our hiding place." Tynk cautioned and I nodded, agreeing completely.
We both went back downstairs, and I pulled the door shut, and noticed that the wall that had opened to lead into this place had a handle on the inside, so we wouldn't get stuck in here. We could shut the door. Which was good. I pulled the door closed and Tynk and I surveyed the wall. Not a trace that it opened at all. I was impressed.
"Alright. I'm going to set up a bed for Harmony in here." I said.
"There's a crib upstairs that I can get the guys to help me bring down for you." she suggested, and left.
I smiled. Time to get my little baby.
It was dark. Harmony was asleep. I lay in the big kind bed, and I finally felt safe. For the longest time I never felt truly safe; always on the edge, jumping at noises, after the fight and the kills we made I never really slept right. I had a feeling that it would be different tonight.
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