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Chapter 2: A Destiny Unfolds

We sat on one of the benches near the bus loop, waiting for the bus to arrive. Each of us had brought one bag and spending money. Oddly, we were the only ones there. Our stuff lay on the cement at our feet and the sun was beginning to set. The bus was already twelve minutes late.

"Maybe we got the date wrong?" Pam suggested. Amber shook her head.

"The office confirmed it was today, so it should be coming." she said.

"Yeah and I checked like, five times on the sheet." Lisa commented. I shrugged.

"That bus better get here damn soon then." I said, "It's getting dark."

"I wonder where we'll be staying...?" Just as Carolyn said that, we saw a coach bus pull into the main driveway of our school and head toward us. We all talked with utter joy in our voices as it pulled up toward us. The bus came to a complete halt and opened up the doors. One by one, we loaded on toward the back. I glanced at the driver as I passed him. He looked to be about 25 and had light brown hair. His eyes were a very light brown and he wore a spiffy looking dark brown jacket. We walked to the back middle of the bus and all picked seats. I got a window seat and sat with Lisa. Pamela sat across from us. Amber and Carolyn sat behind her

"You ladies ready?" he asked, smiling back at us. We nodded and he pulled off.

About 25 minutes into the drive, we were still talking rapidly, playing games like hangman, and drawing. We were all pretty much sitting as far as we could out of our seats to reach each other. After I lost another game of hangman to Amber, I leaned on my elbow and looked out the window. It was pretty dark, but I could see that we were going over a bridge. It was decently long, I guessed. Off in the distance, I saw twin lights approaching us. They look like ones from a vehicle... Every second, they got a little bit closer.

"Hey guys, what the heck is going on outside?" I said, pointing to the lights approaching us.

"A... Monster!" Pamela said, shaking her hands and causing a few bursts of laughter. Everyone went back to drawing or playing games. Pamela looked up at me and we started talking about school and hot guys.

"Yeah, I'd totally do Johnny Depp. I don't care if he's three times my age, he is hot." I said, smiling.

"Oh my god." Pam said, pointing past me and at the window. I turned back to look out it, expecting to see city lights. Instead, we were still over the bridge. The lights looked about 30 feet away from us and coming full force. What the hell was going on?

"Driver!" I shouted. No one answered. "DRIVER?" Again, no answer. Carolyn stood up and looked down the aisle.

"No one's driving! SHITTTTT!" She yelled. At this point, the lights were about 10 feet away. It was too late to try anything. Somehow, we found each other's hands and held on. I closed my eyes and prepared for the object to impact. And then, everything became white.

Unknown Time Later

I woke up in a white room. The silence was heavy and I appeared to be the only one in here. "Aww, am I dead? Gosh this sucks. I knew I would die a virgin." I sat up and stretched. "Owwww." I said. My foot had fallen asleep. I put my right hand over my heart and felt it beating. Wait... so I wasn't dead? Then, where was I? There didn't seem to be any walls, everything was just white. And I was alone.

"Hello!" I called out. No one answered. I was alone. I stood up and walked forward. "Hello? Is anyone here?" I called while walking. No answer. I was alone. Alone. My pace quickened as I began to panic. "Lisa! Pam! Carolyn! Amber! Where are you guys?" I dropped to my knees and hit the ground with my fists.

As I looked into the distance, I saw the scenery changing. The light seemed to be melting away and I saw complete darkness. Farther off into the darkness, I saw another orb of light. It seemed to be floating. I stood up and walked to the edge of the light. I placed my foot just outside the light and lowered it slightly, looking for a surface to step onto. The darkness under my foot rippled, as if my foot were a drop of rain falling onto the still surface of a lake. Light grey surfaced appeared and formed a pathway, leading to the next orb. I stepped out of my light and ran down the path.

As I approached it, I could see a figure inside seemingly asleep. I placed one hand on the orb and again the rain drop effect happened. It 'unfolded', revealing Lisa in the middle. She sat up slowly, with her eyes closed rubbing her head.

"Lisa!" I exclaimed. "I'm so glad you're okay!" I ran over to her and gave her a big hug.

"Where is everyone else?" She asked. I shook my head.

"I don't know..." I looked at my feet. She turned around and took in the landscape.

"What have we gotten ourselves into...?"

We continued walking down the path, not knowing the time or how it was passing us by. Another light appeared in the far off distance. "Come one." I said, "We need to get to that next orb, someone's probably in it." Lisa nodded and we took off in a run. As we got closer to the orb, the path suddenly dropped off. We stood near the edge, about ten feet away from it. Inside the orb, I could see another figure.

"There's no way we can reach her..." Lisa said. I turned around and began walking away from the orb. "Passion, we can't just leave her!" I stopped and pivoted on my right foot to turn around. I crouched in a runner's position. "Aww wait! You can't jump it!" Too late, I had already taken off and was headed full force toward the orb. I jumped off the edge and reached toward the orb. My index finger had just barely touched it when it exploded with light, forcing me backward and onto the path. The orb unfolded and Pam rolled out. Past her, I could see the path went on further and that the orb helped to form a bridge across the gap between the two paths.

We all hugged, happy to see each other. "Where are Amber and Carolyn?" she asked suddenly noticing that they were not here.

"We're looking for them." I said, "And we will find them." I said this, partly to assure myself, but...

"How are we going to get out of here?" Pam quietly asked, sensing the aura of uneasiness that settled around us.

"I... I don't know." I responded. "But together, we'll be okay." Lisa nodded with a smile.

"Anything's possible if we stay together."

It seemed as if we had been walking forever down that winding grey path. Things were beginning to seem hopeless. There was no light in sight, no sign of the others...

"So, how'd you guys get out of your orbs?" Pam asked, breaking the silence that had settled on us.

"Passion did something, I don't know." Lisa said and they both looked at me.

"Hey, I only touched your orb and it opened up. The side rippled, just like Pam's." I shrugged. "I think it's safe to say we're not in Kansas anymore."

"We were never in Kansas..." Lisa stated.

"Yeah well, we're sure enough not in it now."

"Wait, Passion, how'd you get out of yours?" Pamela asked. I looked at them.

"I don't know, the sides just kind of evaporated and then when I stuck my foot out, this path appeared."

"That's whack." Pam said.

"Wickedy wack." Lisa said, in a very funny voice, causing us to laugh. As the path continued, we came to two orbs touching at the sides. I figured that this was where everyone else was. I stepped forward and touched the first orb with my right hand and the orb next to it with my left. There was a slight ripple, but they didn't open. I heard Lisa shout behind me.

"Something's coming!" Immediately, I turned around to face them. Deformed figures were making their way toward us, masses of them.

"Passion, hurry up and open the orbs!" Pam shouted to me.

"I can't! They won't respond!"

"What?"

"I don't know, they just won't open!" The figures were almost upon us. I stood in-between Pam and Lisa.

"This is hopeless." Lisa said, as the figures had just about surrounded us. I grabbed both of their hands.

"Nothing is hopeless as long as we are together." One of the figures leaped at me and was pushed back by a semi shield that had formed around us. We all glowed a shimmery color. "We can do this..." I said, feeling a power bubble up inside of me that I had never felt before. It felt as if all my emotions were trying to get out; love, hate, need, loneliness, sadness, insecurity, happiness, anger, frustration, calm, all attempting to break through my surface. I took a deep breath and let go of their hands. Something formed in my hands and I grabbed a hold of it. I looked at Lisa and Pam and saw that they too were holding objects surrounded in light.

One of the larger figures, an obese looking one, jumped at us. I lunged forward and sliced through it with my object. It had now appeared to reveal itself as a sword with a key at the end. Several of the smaller ones were about to attack Pam. She shot through them with an arrow engraved with flowers. Her bow was beautiful, it had one long pink flower extending up the wooden part of the bow. She fired a few more shots at the figures that were trying to attack her.

Lisa held two dagger-like objects that had curved blades and spikes around circle surrounding the handle. A brilliant flame was painted on each dagger. Lisa spun around and became a 'whirlwind of death' as she plowed through the figures of dark. Another big one came at me and I jumped into the air and came down on its head. It stumbled back and then hit me with its fist. I fell back and then pointed my blade at it.

"Fire!" I yelled, causing a burst of flame to shoot at it. Whoah awesome! Me make big fire! The creature burst into flame and disappeared, dropping green orbs. I touched one and watched as it absorbed into my skin, making me feel better and getting rid of my bruises. The majority of the monsters had been destroyed, the rest disappeared into portals of dark purple.

"What. The. Hell." Pam said, examining her bow.

"This is..." I said, looking around at them, "SO COOL." We all jumped and gave each other high fives.

"Hey, we still need to get Carolyn, Amber, and Emily out of the orbs..." Lisa said, turning to the orbs of light that we had neglected up until this point.

"Yeah, but they're not responding to my touch..." I said, looking at my blade. "I wonder... Guys, point your weapons at the orbs." When I had touched each of the orbs before, I got a feeling similar to the one I got when the sword first appeared. I reasoned that the more powerful feeling I got with my blade along with the combined power of Lisa and Pam would open the orbs. They nodded and stood next to me. As we pointed our objects, light came out and combined to form one large stream that made contact with the orbs. They burst and we were engulfed in light.

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