Our little helicopter had enough fuel to just barely go over the Atlantic twice, without stops. That's a lot of fuel. Unfortunately, we had to land on a little island in Costa Rica, and it was foggy out (I had to try very hard not to laugh). After this pit stop, we went a short distance when compared to our previous journey; to Atlanta.
During our intermission, Jeb, Ella, and the lovesick idiot who calls himself Dylan left. I was sad about leaving Jeb and Ella, but I would've laughed manically if Dylan "accidentally" fell off a cliff.
Dr. Martinez was leading us home. So, we got on a plane this time, tried very hard not to think of the crash last time 'cause we'd curse it if we did. I don't want to crash in Africa again. I don't know how we'd do it, as we're in the middle of America, but we don't want déjà vu in any form.
And we were off! With entertainment and food and no Dylan. Yippee! We flew and flew some more. And some more. I got bored yet again and read some of Jurassic Park. There was lot of really boring legal stuff in the beginning, but it had a slightly sinister undertone…
Either way, I was well in the book when I got hungry. I ate something, talked to Angel and Iggy a bit, and back to my book. Thanks, Jeb. He reminded me of Nuri a bit.
Either way, I was finally done with the legal stuff when we started to tilt downwards slightly. I overreacted, thinking that the plane was going to crash. However, the pilot come on a second later telling us that we were going to land soon and that we needed to put on seatbelts.
Um… I got a lot of funny looks…
But we landed safely, without crashing nor Max having to find another hatchet. Thank Freespirit for that.
And then we learned we were apparently supposed to all cram into a car. The flock, me, Dr. Martinez, and the driver who was supposed to take us to the house.
Unsurprisingly, all of the flock refused.
"We're supposed to fit in… that?" Gazzy said disbelievingly. I didn't blame him.
"How about we just follow from the air?" Max suggested. Everyone agreed.
And we were off! We were actually fairly close to the airport where we had landed. Well, the city was. The airport was actually a little way away from the city of I-Don't-Know-or-Care-About-Its-Name. And our house was past that, closer to a small town named something or another. Yes, our house was really out of the way. I liked that.
Colorado was very pretty. We flew over huge fields, mountains that almost seemed to touch the sky… I loved it instantly. I could see a herd of deer in one part of it.
Gazzy flew near Iggy, guiding him with light taps of his wings. I almost forgot Iggy was blind. He seemed confused. I flew over to him.
"Smell the air?" I asked.
Iggy took a deep breath. "Yeah. Smells clean. There aren't many building around are there?"
"None, just deer, forests, and fields." Pure air smelled lovely. I don't think my comment was the wittiest, but it made him feel a bit better.
I loved it here. We were following the car along a long dirt road.
Soon, way too soon for us to explore more scenery, the car stopped. We all alighted down to see what had happened.
Dr. Martinez greeted us when we landed. "The house is right here," she said, "Around this cliff." There was a bend in the mountain that hid whatever was behind it. It looked cliff-like.
"Why did we stop here?" asked Fang.
"Dramatic effect."
Okay, then. Dr. Martinez then started to turn around the bend, beckoning for us to follow. Max exchanged a look with Fang and followed. Gazzy, Nudge, and Angel trotted behind them. I tapped Iggy's hand to show him that we were going. He followed me.
We turned the bend to find- Hole. E. Crap.
It was stunning. Absolutely stunning.
It was made out of stone, similar to the type that the cliff-thing was made of. A lake was visible behind it, close to a mountain. Trees were extremely abundant around the house, but there was a clear view of the house from our vantage point. It looked free and protected at the same time.
It was paradise in house form. Epicness.
We all gasped simultaneously. It was pretty funny.
"What does it look like?" Iggy didn't gasp. Gasp!
"Paradise in house form, Iggy," I replied. My voice was hollow with amazement.
Nudge broke free of the trance by dashing ahead. Obviously, we ran after her.
She threw open the door, and we were greeted by more awesomeness. There was giant staircase! A hallway which led to a kitchen! A dining room! A living room with a giant TV!
I think I squealed at more than one point.
Anyway, we explored the downstairs first. There was, as I said, a big kitchen with a stocked fridge (thankfully), a living room with a computer and TV, and a dining room that was actually an extension of the kitchen.
I loved it!!!
Then we tackled upstairs. Dr. Martinez watched all of this with an amused expression on her face.
Anyway, we found seven bedrooms, one for each kid. There were five bathrooms. Yes, I know, a lot of rooms, but lemme tell you, this house was HUGE.
Everyone's room had been pre-painted by the CSM, apparently. They had even put labels on the doors of each room so we could identify who's was who's. So this meant we couldn't "accidently" put Fang in the soft pink/purple room. Dang.
Iggy's assigned room was at the end of the hallway. The bathrooms were scattered between the rooms, by the way. His room was a pale blue. It was connected to Gazzy's room by the bathroom that separated them. There was a door into it from each of there rooms.
Gazzy's was green. It was a foresty green, not a neon green. It was a tad smaller than Iggy's.
Fang was next. His room was gray. A dark gray. It fit him quite well, though I found it very dull. Oddly enough, there was small, bright yellow spot on one side of the room. Upon closer inspection, we discovered that, in small writing, it said in it, "Thought you needed some color in here". Smart person.
Fang had a master bedroom, which I discovered meant he had his own personal bathroom attached to it.
Max's was beside his. Hers was also a master bedroom, and it was a dull red. It made me feel like I was in the middle of a fire, safe and warm.
Nudge was after that, and hers was… well, we had a ten minute argument on whether it was pink or purple. Angel said it was both. We stopped after that.
Angel and Nudge had a connecting bathroom like Gazzy and Iggy had. Angel's room was a light blue, more sky-blue than Iggy's. She looked seriously like an angel in the sky with that room.
Mine was last. I had a master bedroom, though it was smaller than Fang's and Max's. I loved it inside. It was white, and a note on the door said, "Sorry we couldn't do much with it! You're going to have to decorate it yourself."
Okay then. Well, it was simple, had a large window, and had a bathroom. I was happy with it.
We were all happy. We had our own house! This was amazing! And now, for the squeal that you all knew was coming; SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
Ahem.
Okay! –fireworks shoot off- We have reached a grand total of twenty chapters so far! Let's get a round of applause –applause in background-.
So, thanks to all of you that have reviewed so far!
I might just go back and redo some of the earliest chapters… maybe…
But anyway, thanks again to all that have reviewed so far! And as you may know, Spark's legends consist of many main animals.
And ironically enough, all of them live in Colorado. Oh, sweet irony, how I love thee…
