Alex's POV

"Help! Help! Oh, forget it..." I gave a big sigh as the native people carried me farther into the jungle on some weird stretcher-like thing. These people were really starting to annoy me. Couldn't they at least speak English?

As they continue walking, the uncomfortable bed thingy faded with my sight. I fell into a deep slumber.

"Alex, where are you? I've been wandering around in these god-for-saken bushes for hours!" Justin complained. His face whirled around me eerily. "Listen to me, Alex! I did a spell to get into your dreams so I could figure out where you went. Please talk to me!"

But this was a dream, and in most dreams, people can't or just don't talk.

"Can you at least tell me which direction you went? No? Fine then, goodbye for now." Justin's face slowly faded from my dreams.

Someone started shaking my shoulder and talking nonsense to me.

"Was go non?" I muttered sleepily. The shaking of my shoulder increased.

"Cut it out!" I shouted, swinging my arm into something solid. I opened my eyes and realized that the solid thing I just slapped was someone's face.

"If you knew me better, you would know not to startle me when I'm sleeping." I said. That was the best apology I could come up with. I wasn't very good with that kind of thing.

I sat up and looked around and saw a gigantic wall of gold. At least that's what it looked like. In front of this wall was one single chair raised up on a platform. Along the staircase down from the high platform was a there were almost a hundred people on their knees. There was a narrow path they left open for someone to walk up the steps.

These people were not normal though. Every single one of them was wearing green headbands and green clothes. Their clothes were simple. For the boys, they had cloth shorts and brown sandals. Most of them had dirt smeared on their arms or legs. The girls wore dresses that came down to the knees that also looked very thin and worn. They were slightly cleaner, but I could tell they worked all day too.

Some of the men closer to the platform had feathers sticking out of the green headbands. They were also less dirty and looked either older or stronger. I could tell they were kind of like leaders or something.

At the top, there was one man with a whole headband full of feathers. He stood to the left of the throne. I noticed he was sort of beautiful. His skin was a nice bronze colour, his muscles were very big. He wore different clothes from the rest. He had on a green tunic with gold trim. He had a belt with a diamond embedded in it and capris, not shorts. He wasn't dirty like the rest.

I realized then I was standing there gawking at everyone like a moron. I also noticed a small man had been trying to give me food for the last few minutes. I took the delicious looking fruit without a second thought.

After I ate, a drum beat came out through the crowd. The huge crowd stared at me like they were expecting me to do something. A very old woman approached me and placed a gorgeous green dress in my hands. She kissed the ground at my feet and backed away.

A little boy walked up and thrust a pair of sandals in my arms. He also kissed the ground before leaving. People continued this odd tradition and before I knew it, my arms were piled high with gifts from the village. One woman pointed at the tunic in my arms. I finally got it. They wanted me to wear all this stuff. Under everyone's watchful eye, I swapped outfits.

I felt different in this outfit. I felt like royalty. (Outfit link on profile)

The guy at the top, obviously the leader, raised his arms and everyone went quiet. Honestly, I could drop a pin and you could hear it land.

The woman standing beside me who gave me the tunic gave me a little push to start up the stairs. Ugh, did there have to be so many stairs? I hate exercise.

I climbed the long staircase to meet the king at the top. As I passed the people on either side of me, they dropped to their knees. Finally, at the top, I stopped and stood in front of the leader/king/royalty or whatever.

"J'tan Pajo Soco! Alto Pajetan pal pal!" The king shouted to everyone. The crowd erupted at his words. I just stood there feeling like an idiot. Have you ever walked onto a stage and didn't know your lines? That's kind of like the feeling I had right now.

"Err; I'm not exactly sure what you want from me, but thanks for the clothes dude." I stammered out once the village was quiet. The prince/king/leader guy walked up to me and pulled me by the hand to the throne. He sat me down in it. The drum beat quickened and I saw a feathery headband in the leader's hands. He placed it on my head and once more the crowd erupted in cheers.

A feast broke out between everyone and before I knew it, I was being hand fed grapes and other weird fruit I never heard of. I tasted something like grapefruit; except it was sweeter than anything I ever tasted before.

We ate late into the evening and when it got dark, bonfires were lit. And guess what? More food was cooked over the fireplaces. I was so full, but they never stopped cramming food in my mouth.

When I refused to eat anymore food, they brought out a large object that looked like a mini cloud. Once I looked closer, I saw that it was actually a basket full of large swan feathers. Without warning, two strong men picked me up and tossed me lightly into the bed of feathers. I fell asleep before I even hit the bottom.

Justin's POV

I was super annoyed with Alex for not talking to me. I did a spell to get into her dreams to find her, to protect her from the weird people that kidnapped her. I wanted to scream in frustration. No matter how far I walked, I couldn't find anything that wasn't jungle, jungle and more jungle.

Just as I was planning to give up walking, (my legs now felt like JELLO) I saw smoke in the distance. A bonfire was lit! Alex must be trying to find me too, only she was smart enough to send up smoke signals!

How wrong was I. I came through the edge of the bushes to an open field. I saw at least a hundred freaky people surrounding Alex. How will I ever save her? I thought. Aka jow-hiski! A tall man yelled and pointed directly at me. Something sharp hit me in the leg and I collapsed. My eyes blurred and I felt the ground rush up and hit me in the face.

Yes, I decided to turn this into a story because so many people added this to their favourites/alerts. And I thank-you for that, (plus reviewing)

I don't think I will write anymore of this story until Mind Over Matter is finished. But don't fret, I plan on finishing my other story in the next week or so. Thanks people!