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Chapter Three

Glowworms

When I woke up the next morning I was unsure of where I was for a few moments. Then I remembered yesterday. I turned around and saw Ian lying next to me. His breath was calm and steady, almost comforting, so I lay there for a while just listening. It had been so long since I had slept in a bed.

Eventually Ian woke up. "Anya," he said, "Are you awake?"

"Yeah," I whispered.

He got out of the bed and I could hear him getting dressed. "I guess I'll have to find you some clothes," he said. He left the room and I could hear him in the hallway talking to someone. He came back a few minutes later and handed me a shirt and some sweatpants.

"We can find you more stuff later," he told me, "But I bet you're hungry and want some breakfast."

"Yeah," I said, "Thank you."

He went and stood outside the room while I got changed. When I was done I came outside. We walked in silence for a few minutes and then he spoke. "I'll show you where the bathroom is too," he said, "In case you need it."

"Thank you," I said, "For everything."

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Thank you for not shooting me, for bringing me here and for being so nice to me," I said.

He smiled, "You're welcome. I'm glad I didn't shoot you."

"So what is this place?" I asked, "I mean I've never been anywhere like it."

"According to Jeb it's an old volcano," he told me, "Don't worry," he must have noticed my look of concern, "You'll be able to find your way around before you know it."

We got to a big room with tables made of rock. There were lots of people sitting at the tables. Ian and I got our food and then Ian sat down next to Kyle. Even though I'm still a bit scared of Kyle I sat down next to Ian. Jared was sitting across from me.

"How did you sleep last night?" Kyle asked, "Did my brother's snoring keep you up?"

"Shut up Kyle," Ian said, "Everyone knows you're the one who snores."

"You're brothers," I asked, surprised but I guess know that I thought about it they did look alike. There were just so different it was hard to believe.

The rest of the group laughed. "I know," said Kyle, "It's not fair. I got all the good looks and Ian's stuck looking like that."

I laughed; too shy to point out that Ian was clearly the better looking brother. Kyle's noise was bent at weird angles it must have been broken a few times.

When we were done eating Ian took me away from the group, "Where are we going?" I asked him.

"I want to show you something," he told me.

He led me to a room with lights on the walls. A small boy was sitting there also. "Hey Jamie," Ian whispered, "I thought I'd show Anya this place."

Jamie turned around and smiled at me. I'm sure he could tell from the look on my face how magical I thought this place was. "How?" I whispered.

"They're glowworms," Jamie explained.

"They're beautiful," I said, "So beautiful."

"I thought you might like them," Ian said.

"I love them," I said and I sat down next to Jamie.

We sat in a quiet silence for the next few minutes just studying the wall of lights. "You have to be quiet," Jamie whispered, "Or the lights go out." He clapped once and the lights stopped, "See?"

A moment later the lights started to come back on. "It's really amazing," I said.

"Yeah," Ian said from where he was standing behind me, "It really is."