That thursday, I got my stuff ready for the lock in. Joldaa was begging me to let him go but I said he couldn't and that it was grades 8 and up. After I left rain once again started to fall. I left extra early, I would get there on time. I walked up to the front doors. Seeing no one in the hallway, I walked in. I saw everyone in the gym. Luckily, Blide was standing in front of the doors. That way everyone didn't have to notice me walk in. He showed me the place we were gonna sleep. He took my sleeping bag and laid it out for me. I also saw Jech and Lese shooting some hoops. Bilde called them over and we talked for a while. Then Bilde stood up and told me he wanted me to meet some people. I followed him to a little group sitting on a rubber pad. Blide introduced me to them. "Hey, whats up guys." He said. "I want you to meet my friend here." They all said hello and told me to sit and talk to them. Meanwhile Bilde, Jech and Lese went to play two on two with some other kid.
"So…" One of them said. "Whats your name?" I choked. I couldn't put the words in my mouth.
"I…I…Don't know." I was about to cry from remembering all my childhood memories. I remembered when my Dad, Binidad, that was his name, was taken away and I never saw him again.
"I'm sure theres a reason for that. My name is Melbe de Lon, but you can call me Mel B. That one over there is Ruuda. Thats Leon Ja. You can call him L J. And thats Silmo.
"Cool!" I said wishing I knew my name.
Two hours went by. People were settling down in their sleeping bags. I went back over to Jech and the rest of them. The last thing I remembered was the lights turning off. I had sweat dreams about being the star basketball player of the Pinta High School team. Where I was next basketball wasn't even a word.
I woke up to hear crickets. Thats odd, I thought. I don't think theres crickets in a…I sat up and looked around. I was in a temple being held up by white marble pillars. Jungle trees surrounded the temple. I went to wake up the others. After my sight was a lot better, I could see where other people had been sleeping were just rotting skeletons. Only my friends were still in their blood filled bodies. I ran over to wake them up. I shook Bilde awake who looked more surprised them me. Then I woke Jech and Lese up who were also shock. I mean who wouldn't be. Ruuda and Mel B woke up without us having to, but Silmo and L J were a different problem. They would absolutely not wake up. After long I went over to a tree and found a cocoa bean and chucked it at them. They woke up have asleep have awake. After Bilde slapped them which seemed like a million times they were fully awake. They got and looked at the rotting skeletons first then at the temple itself. I volunteered to find any proof that there were living beings. Jech went along with me and together we searched the land.
After long walking Jech and I said it was hopeless. Not until the sun went down could we see something glowing in the distance. We ran towards it. A great city was set before our eyes. It was the brightest thing since I seen the sun, which was just a few minutes ago, but it was still really bright. We ran up to the front gates. The gatekeeper was sleeping on his job, so we slipped into the city. After asking to many people and getting the same response. "Go to the capitol building." One lady said. "The capitol building is the place to go!" Another man said.
We decided the capitol building was the best place to go. It was a bright golden building on top of a staircase that looked like a thousand feet tall. It turned out to be only twenty-five steps exactly. We walked up to the door. We knocked twice and then a third time. The door didn't open so we just walked in. No one was in there. We were about to walk out when a voice bellowed throughout the building. It said to come back to this building with everyone in your group of people.
We were aware that this was our chance to get back home, so we told the rest of our friends when we got back.