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Twisted Fate
Chapter 7
"That," Tyson finally spoke, "was weird." They had been lying in the soft sand for the longest time, deep in thought. "I had the strangest dream."
The others nodded in agreement. They had also had strange dreams.
"I wasn't me. I was someone else," Tyson said, expecting them to burst out laughing, or tease him. They remained solemn. "Uh. did you guys." he saw them nod.
"We all had dreams in someone else's perspective," Kai figured.
"Very good, Kai," a cold voice said. They all looked around in confusion, to see the annoying screen that showed a dark shadow of a man.
"Who are you already!" Tyson asked, agitated. The silhouette ignored him.
"Now we have to test your teamwork," he laughed cruelly. The screen disappeared.
"Okay. that was creepy," Kenny said, nervously.
"No kidding, chief," Rei nodded.
"What do you think they're trying to do?" Max wondered.
"I think they're trying to help us understand each other and ourselves better," Hilary said.
"But aren't they evil or somethin'?" Tyson was really confused, as were the rest of them.
"The dude said we 'needed work on our teamwork,' and that Mr. Dickenson was involved somehow," Max pointed out.
"Uh. okay, whatever. Right now we kinda have more to worry about," Kenny pointed out. That was when they noticed they were on a tiny deserted island.
"Man, how stereotypical, being stranded on an island and junk," Tyson said.
"Haven't we already been stranded on an island?" Rei commented. "This is getting old."
"We need food," Hilary complained. "All the food I ate in my dream definitely wasn't real."
They almost laughed, but were starving. literally. They looked around; there was no food.
"You've gotta be kidding. Give us a break already!" Tyson shouted.
"We gotta move on," Kai said. He was incredibly pale, they noticed. Rei thought he detected a trace of emotion in his voice.
"You're right, Kai," Kenny said.
"Look, there's a portal!" Max exclaimed. They all groaned.
"Okay, let's go," Tyson said, grudgingly. "It can't be much worse than starving together on a stranded island."
With that, they took a step into the portal and braced themselves for whatever fate would throw at them.
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(Hilary's POV)
Tyson was so wrong. Now we were starving on a stranded island, split up, and sickeningly dizzy from teleporting. I looked around. I was still on the same island, but a different place. All alone.
"Hilary." What? I wasn't alone, after all! I turned to see Kai, standing a little ways away. None of the others were there. I stared at him stupidly, not knowing what to say.
"So, guess we're stranded together, huh," I finally said.
"It would appear that way." His voice sounded slightly sarcastic.
"So, what are we supposed to do?"
"Survive," was his blunt reply, making me feel even stupider. I felt dumb whenever I was around him.
It was a gorgeous afternoon. The island was beautiful, actually, now that I thought about it. There were tall trees and clear skies. The sands were smooth and fine, the ocean calm and pure. It was a pity we couldn't have enjoyed it.
"So, Kai. What happened in your dream?" Even though I knew Kai was not a talkative person, I kept trying.
He looked at me sharply. His cool grey eyes met mine, making me quickly break the eye contact. I looked up again; he was still looking into my eyes. I looked deeper and detected sadness. It was a hollow emptiness, making my heart plunge just thinking about it.
I regretted asking. He remained silent, his stare not breaking. "I felt Rei's thoughts and emotions," he finally said, coolly.
"Yeah? I was Tyson," I half-laughed. We started walking. Although we hadn't a clue where we were supposed to go, it was obviously not here.
Kai was intimidating. He was so serious and expressionless, except when he was beyblading. I felt his passion and love when he was alongside Dranzer. I remembered the picture of the Bladebreakers after the first world championships. He was smiling and happy. He was cute.
I remembered my dream. I had seen how Kai had betrayed them. why? I still didn't know. The sheer power of Black Dranzer, the look of hurt and betrayal on their faces, that creepy old man... I couldn't stop thinking about it. "Who was the evil man at the world championships?" I suddenly blurted out.
He turned to face me, and looked me directly in the eyes. "My grandfather," Kai said; I detected a hint of anger in his calm voice. Great, why did I have to ask?
I stared at him in disbelief. That explained it. why he betrayed them. "I'm sorry." I whispered.
He was silent once again. His eyes flashed with anger and sadness, but he remained cool. I saw the empty look in his eyes again; they were glazed over as if he was lost. He was; lost in a memory.
"Kai?" His eyes suddenly became alert and aware again. They swiftly darted in my direction. His gaze was now upon me. "What's up?"
He didn't answer. He still looked kind of dazed. He looked a little angry that I was asking. But he also seemed sort of - glad - that I had snapped him out of his past, but then again it was hard to tell with Kai.
We walked in silence for a few hours. It was a little uncomfortable, but less than if I had spoken.
"It's getting dark out," Kai finally said, breaking the silence. "We should stop."
"Good idea, Kai," I agreed. The sky was darkening quickly. I was so hungry I felt I could out-eat Tyson!
I looked at Kai. He looked starved - it scared me. He was significantly lighter. His face seemed awfully pale, especially in the moonlight. His eyes were distant and hollow, but that may have been from his deep thoughts.
He looked a little weak, however nothing compared to anyone else who hadn't touched food for a whole week. His determined face remained. It seemed to me as if he had faced starvation before.
I lay down in the soft sand, exhausted from walking and hunger. I closed my eyes but couldn't sleep. I heard the familiar sound I recognised to be a beyblade. Dranzer. I opened my eyes and sat up. I saw Kai silently manoeuvring the blue blade in the moonlight.
Dranzer skimmed through the silky sand with ease. It leapt over and through scattered rocks. Suddenly, I saw Dranzer leap into the water. It continued to spin on the water's surface! It was incredible!
"That's amazing," I said softly. His eyes turned in the direction of my voice. A slight smile appeared on his face. I saw determination and light in Kai's eyes; the darkness had disappeared. Kai should really smile more often.
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(Rei's POV)
Ugh. teleporting was an awful experience. You would think your body would adapt more easily the second time? I think it's worse. I really thought I would be sick to my stomach, but of course there wasn't anything in it.
I heard a soft moan, and turned around to see Tyson sprawled out in the sand. Okay. I was stranded on an island with Tyson.
"Tyson!" I said, running over to meet him. He sat up, still dazed and nauseous.
"Rei?" he said, his eyes coming into focus. "What happened?"
"Looks like we're stranded on this island, just you and me," I said. He sprang up from his sitting position.
"Oh, great," he muttered. "Well, at least we're here together."
"Yeah," I agreed.
"I'm hungry,' he complained. Sigh.
"I know. Me too," I said; my stomach hurt from hunger. "Let's start walking."
"'Kay." We started walking along the shore. It was really nice, but I didn't care for it now.
"So, what was your dream about, Tyson?" I asked.
He hesitated a bit. "I was Kai," he answered, a little softly. Whoa, weird.
"What happened?" I was curious.
"It was frightening," he said. His voice had gone quiet and serious. He looked a little scared just thinking about it. "The flashbacks."
"You saw into Kai's past?!" I exclaimed.
"Yeah, and it wasn't pretty. He was. abused by his grandfather," he barely whispered. I felt my eyes go wide in shock and horror.
"No." I whispered; I didn't want to believe it. I had known Voltaire was evil and all, but abusive? No wonder Kai was so distant and cold.
"In the first one he was injected with something. When he fell to his knees, Voltaire hit him and called him pathetic." I stared at Tyson in shock as he told me. His voice wavered a bit. "In the second one, he was beaten and locked in a cell for disrespecting him."
I was officially scared now. I felt so relieved that I hadn't had to see that, it would have scarred me for life. Tyson had just seen a glimpse of Kai's past and was completely blown away. I shuddered to think of how Kai was affected.
"No way. that's horrible! That freak really IS evil!" I couldn't put my feelings into words.
"Rei, I don't think Kai wants the others to know," Tyson said. His voice was dead serious again.
"Yeah," I totally understood what he meant. No wonder Kai had never shared his past with us.
"FOOD!" I heard Tyson's voice yell, disrupting the serious, quiet conversation. He pointed to a package. We ran towards it and started to eat like complete pigs but we didn't care. Then again, Tyson always did, I thought, laughing to myself.
We finished the whole thing; we couldn't be bothered to save anything. I gave a sigh of relief after we had finished, I felt so much better.
We sat in the sand for a bit, just enjoying the beauty of the island. "So what happened in your dream, Rei?" Tyson asked.
"I was Max. It was pretty bad, but nothing compared to." my voice trailed off. "Uh, yeah, so the Bladebreakers broke up over a food fight," I said.
"Yeah?" he gave a grin. "C'mon, let's get moving," I said, getting up from the sand. We walked at a faster pace than we had been; we weren't sluggish and exhausted anymore.
We walked along the sandy shores for hours until the sky was the colour of Tyson's hair. We settled down in the soft sand.
"I'm tired," Tyson yawned. I was dead tired too.
"G'night, Tyson," I said, sleepily.
"'Night, Rei," he said, and fell asleep.
I took one last glimpse of the island before closing my eyes and drifting off into a deep slumber.
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(Max's POV)
My head hurt from the portal. Everything was so blurry and dizzy. My head was spinning, my heart racing. After regaining my balance and was in control, I saw I was alone on the island.
"Max!" Oh, guess I was wrong. I spun around to see Kenny running towards me, still uncoordinated from the teleportation.
"Hey, Kenny!" I was relieved I wouldn't have to be stranded all alone. When he caught up to me, we just stood there in silence. Kenny was catching his breath, and I looking at the scenery.
"I guess we're stranded out here," Kenny moaned.
"Uh huh," I nodded. "Oh well. Could be worse."
"Uh, sure. How?" Kenny was so cynical. Ha, funny - maybe they purposely put us out here for that reason. I was usually positive and he was often negative.
"Well. we could be all alone without each other," I started.
"That wouldn't be so bad." my eyes widened and my mouth opened to say something. "I was just kidding! Yeesh," he said, quickly.
I gave him an almost hurt look.
"Really! I'm glad you're here with me," he reassured.
"Oh? Okay then!" I was satisfied. He sweat-dropped. I was confused.
"Uh, better start walking, then," he suggested.
"Yeah, okay. This way!" I said, happily.
"Umm sure. But I think it would be more logical to walk THIS way, because when the sun comes--"
"Sure, sure, Kenny," I interrupted. "You're right. that WOULD be more logical." I wasn't really in the mood for another rant, so I headed in the direction he had wanted.
We walked together in silence for a bit. It was kind of awkward. "So do you like Hilary?" Kenny blurted out, suddenly. "I mean, you know."
"Um. I guess, sorta," was my answer. What would you say if you were suddenly asked that out of the blue?
"Sorta?" he was pressing me, his voice was anxious.
"Well, yeah," I was still kinda shocked by his sudden question.
"Oh." his voice was sad now.
"But-" I started. What was I supposed to say?
"No, forget it," he said. He forced a smile.
"Oh.kay?" I was super confused now. I swear you could have SEEN the question marks above my head.
We continued to walk in silence. It was very uncomfortable and nerve- wracking.
"Nice day, huh?" My feeble attempt at making conversation.
"Sure, it's lovely being stranded on an island, starving," was his sarcastic reply. Man, you try to be nice.
"The water's pretty, don'tcha think?" I tried again.
"Sure. Glad you like it; we're surrounded by the stuff."
"The bright sun's sure nice, especially after the dark forest!"
"Yeah. it hurts my eyes." Argh! I give up! Wait - what eyes? I looked for eyes. nope. No trace. Anyways, I had given up on conversation.
We walked in silence for hours until it was pretty dark.
"I'm tired," he whined. Aargh! His voice was driving me insane! He was more annoying than Tyson! Okay, maybe I was just aggravated from all the stressful events that had happened, and I wasn't exactly in the best mood.
"Okay, let's stop here then." My patience was really wearing thin. Speaking of thin, I had myself been getting thinner and thinner from lack of food. Groan. Huh? What was that in the distance?
I found myself running towards a package of food. "Food!" I cried out, and Kenny hurriedly came running towards the food. We ate it all. and then settled down to sleep.
"Good night, Kenny," I said, a little worn out. I tried to understand why Kenny was that way, and the dream certainly had helped. But he was still really aggravating! I stared at the blue sky before drifting off. I couldn't help but notice it was the exact colour of Mariam's hair.
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Sara: Yeah that was intentional. I wanted to keep you thinking ^-~
Thanks for the reviews! Now for another chapter!
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Twisted Fate
Chapter 7
"That," Tyson finally spoke, "was weird." They had been lying in the soft sand for the longest time, deep in thought. "I had the strangest dream."
The others nodded in agreement. They had also had strange dreams.
"I wasn't me. I was someone else," Tyson said, expecting them to burst out laughing, or tease him. They remained solemn. "Uh. did you guys." he saw them nod.
"We all had dreams in someone else's perspective," Kai figured.
"Very good, Kai," a cold voice said. They all looked around in confusion, to see the annoying screen that showed a dark shadow of a man.
"Who are you already!" Tyson asked, agitated. The silhouette ignored him.
"Now we have to test your teamwork," he laughed cruelly. The screen disappeared.
"Okay. that was creepy," Kenny said, nervously.
"No kidding, chief," Rei nodded.
"What do you think they're trying to do?" Max wondered.
"I think they're trying to help us understand each other and ourselves better," Hilary said.
"But aren't they evil or somethin'?" Tyson was really confused, as were the rest of them.
"The dude said we 'needed work on our teamwork,' and that Mr. Dickenson was involved somehow," Max pointed out.
"Uh. okay, whatever. Right now we kinda have more to worry about," Kenny pointed out. That was when they noticed they were on a tiny deserted island.
"Man, how stereotypical, being stranded on an island and junk," Tyson said.
"Haven't we already been stranded on an island?" Rei commented. "This is getting old."
"We need food," Hilary complained. "All the food I ate in my dream definitely wasn't real."
They almost laughed, but were starving. literally. They looked around; there was no food.
"You've gotta be kidding. Give us a break already!" Tyson shouted.
"We gotta move on," Kai said. He was incredibly pale, they noticed. Rei thought he detected a trace of emotion in his voice.
"You're right, Kai," Kenny said.
"Look, there's a portal!" Max exclaimed. They all groaned.
"Okay, let's go," Tyson said, grudgingly. "It can't be much worse than starving together on a stranded island."
With that, they took a step into the portal and braced themselves for whatever fate would throw at them.
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(Hilary's POV)
Tyson was so wrong. Now we were starving on a stranded island, split up, and sickeningly dizzy from teleporting. I looked around. I was still on the same island, but a different place. All alone.
"Hilary." What? I wasn't alone, after all! I turned to see Kai, standing a little ways away. None of the others were there. I stared at him stupidly, not knowing what to say.
"So, guess we're stranded together, huh," I finally said.
"It would appear that way." His voice sounded slightly sarcastic.
"So, what are we supposed to do?"
"Survive," was his blunt reply, making me feel even stupider. I felt dumb whenever I was around him.
It was a gorgeous afternoon. The island was beautiful, actually, now that I thought about it. There were tall trees and clear skies. The sands were smooth and fine, the ocean calm and pure. It was a pity we couldn't have enjoyed it.
"So, Kai. What happened in your dream?" Even though I knew Kai was not a talkative person, I kept trying.
He looked at me sharply. His cool grey eyes met mine, making me quickly break the eye contact. I looked up again; he was still looking into my eyes. I looked deeper and detected sadness. It was a hollow emptiness, making my heart plunge just thinking about it.
I regretted asking. He remained silent, his stare not breaking. "I felt Rei's thoughts and emotions," he finally said, coolly.
"Yeah? I was Tyson," I half-laughed. We started walking. Although we hadn't a clue where we were supposed to go, it was obviously not here.
Kai was intimidating. He was so serious and expressionless, except when he was beyblading. I felt his passion and love when he was alongside Dranzer. I remembered the picture of the Bladebreakers after the first world championships. He was smiling and happy. He was cute.
I remembered my dream. I had seen how Kai had betrayed them. why? I still didn't know. The sheer power of Black Dranzer, the look of hurt and betrayal on their faces, that creepy old man... I couldn't stop thinking about it. "Who was the evil man at the world championships?" I suddenly blurted out.
He turned to face me, and looked me directly in the eyes. "My grandfather," Kai said; I detected a hint of anger in his calm voice. Great, why did I have to ask?
I stared at him in disbelief. That explained it. why he betrayed them. "I'm sorry." I whispered.
He was silent once again. His eyes flashed with anger and sadness, but he remained cool. I saw the empty look in his eyes again; they were glazed over as if he was lost. He was; lost in a memory.
"Kai?" His eyes suddenly became alert and aware again. They swiftly darted in my direction. His gaze was now upon me. "What's up?"
He didn't answer. He still looked kind of dazed. He looked a little angry that I was asking. But he also seemed sort of - glad - that I had snapped him out of his past, but then again it was hard to tell with Kai.
We walked in silence for a few hours. It was a little uncomfortable, but less than if I had spoken.
"It's getting dark out," Kai finally said, breaking the silence. "We should stop."
"Good idea, Kai," I agreed. The sky was darkening quickly. I was so hungry I felt I could out-eat Tyson!
I looked at Kai. He looked starved - it scared me. He was significantly lighter. His face seemed awfully pale, especially in the moonlight. His eyes were distant and hollow, but that may have been from his deep thoughts.
He looked a little weak, however nothing compared to anyone else who hadn't touched food for a whole week. His determined face remained. It seemed to me as if he had faced starvation before.
I lay down in the soft sand, exhausted from walking and hunger. I closed my eyes but couldn't sleep. I heard the familiar sound I recognised to be a beyblade. Dranzer. I opened my eyes and sat up. I saw Kai silently manoeuvring the blue blade in the moonlight.
Dranzer skimmed through the silky sand with ease. It leapt over and through scattered rocks. Suddenly, I saw Dranzer leap into the water. It continued to spin on the water's surface! It was incredible!
"That's amazing," I said softly. His eyes turned in the direction of my voice. A slight smile appeared on his face. I saw determination and light in Kai's eyes; the darkness had disappeared. Kai should really smile more often.
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(Rei's POV)
Ugh. teleporting was an awful experience. You would think your body would adapt more easily the second time? I think it's worse. I really thought I would be sick to my stomach, but of course there wasn't anything in it.
I heard a soft moan, and turned around to see Tyson sprawled out in the sand. Okay. I was stranded on an island with Tyson.
"Tyson!" I said, running over to meet him. He sat up, still dazed and nauseous.
"Rei?" he said, his eyes coming into focus. "What happened?"
"Looks like we're stranded on this island, just you and me," I said. He sprang up from his sitting position.
"Oh, great," he muttered. "Well, at least we're here together."
"Yeah," I agreed.
"I'm hungry,' he complained. Sigh.
"I know. Me too," I said; my stomach hurt from hunger. "Let's start walking."
"'Kay." We started walking along the shore. It was really nice, but I didn't care for it now.
"So, what was your dream about, Tyson?" I asked.
He hesitated a bit. "I was Kai," he answered, a little softly. Whoa, weird.
"What happened?" I was curious.
"It was frightening," he said. His voice had gone quiet and serious. He looked a little scared just thinking about it. "The flashbacks."
"You saw into Kai's past?!" I exclaimed.
"Yeah, and it wasn't pretty. He was. abused by his grandfather," he barely whispered. I felt my eyes go wide in shock and horror.
"No." I whispered; I didn't want to believe it. I had known Voltaire was evil and all, but abusive? No wonder Kai was so distant and cold.
"In the first one he was injected with something. When he fell to his knees, Voltaire hit him and called him pathetic." I stared at Tyson in shock as he told me. His voice wavered a bit. "In the second one, he was beaten and locked in a cell for disrespecting him."
I was officially scared now. I felt so relieved that I hadn't had to see that, it would have scarred me for life. Tyson had just seen a glimpse of Kai's past and was completely blown away. I shuddered to think of how Kai was affected.
"No way. that's horrible! That freak really IS evil!" I couldn't put my feelings into words.
"Rei, I don't think Kai wants the others to know," Tyson said. His voice was dead serious again.
"Yeah," I totally understood what he meant. No wonder Kai had never shared his past with us.
"FOOD!" I heard Tyson's voice yell, disrupting the serious, quiet conversation. He pointed to a package. We ran towards it and started to eat like complete pigs but we didn't care. Then again, Tyson always did, I thought, laughing to myself.
We finished the whole thing; we couldn't be bothered to save anything. I gave a sigh of relief after we had finished, I felt so much better.
We sat in the sand for a bit, just enjoying the beauty of the island. "So what happened in your dream, Rei?" Tyson asked.
"I was Max. It was pretty bad, but nothing compared to." my voice trailed off. "Uh, yeah, so the Bladebreakers broke up over a food fight," I said.
"Yeah?" he gave a grin. "C'mon, let's get moving," I said, getting up from the sand. We walked at a faster pace than we had been; we weren't sluggish and exhausted anymore.
We walked along the sandy shores for hours until the sky was the colour of Tyson's hair. We settled down in the soft sand.
"I'm tired," Tyson yawned. I was dead tired too.
"G'night, Tyson," I said, sleepily.
"'Night, Rei," he said, and fell asleep.
I took one last glimpse of the island before closing my eyes and drifting off into a deep slumber.
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(Max's POV)
My head hurt from the portal. Everything was so blurry and dizzy. My head was spinning, my heart racing. After regaining my balance and was in control, I saw I was alone on the island.
"Max!" Oh, guess I was wrong. I spun around to see Kenny running towards me, still uncoordinated from the teleportation.
"Hey, Kenny!" I was relieved I wouldn't have to be stranded all alone. When he caught up to me, we just stood there in silence. Kenny was catching his breath, and I looking at the scenery.
"I guess we're stranded out here," Kenny moaned.
"Uh huh," I nodded. "Oh well. Could be worse."
"Uh, sure. How?" Kenny was so cynical. Ha, funny - maybe they purposely put us out here for that reason. I was usually positive and he was often negative.
"Well. we could be all alone without each other," I started.
"That wouldn't be so bad." my eyes widened and my mouth opened to say something. "I was just kidding! Yeesh," he said, quickly.
I gave him an almost hurt look.
"Really! I'm glad you're here with me," he reassured.
"Oh? Okay then!" I was satisfied. He sweat-dropped. I was confused.
"Uh, better start walking, then," he suggested.
"Yeah, okay. This way!" I said, happily.
"Umm sure. But I think it would be more logical to walk THIS way, because when the sun comes--"
"Sure, sure, Kenny," I interrupted. "You're right. that WOULD be more logical." I wasn't really in the mood for another rant, so I headed in the direction he had wanted.
We walked together in silence for a bit. It was kind of awkward. "So do you like Hilary?" Kenny blurted out, suddenly. "I mean, you know."
"Um. I guess, sorta," was my answer. What would you say if you were suddenly asked that out of the blue?
"Sorta?" he was pressing me, his voice was anxious.
"Well, yeah," I was still kinda shocked by his sudden question.
"Oh." his voice was sad now.
"But-" I started. What was I supposed to say?
"No, forget it," he said. He forced a smile.
"Oh.kay?" I was super confused now. I swear you could have SEEN the question marks above my head.
We continued to walk in silence. It was very uncomfortable and nerve- wracking.
"Nice day, huh?" My feeble attempt at making conversation.
"Sure, it's lovely being stranded on an island, starving," was his sarcastic reply. Man, you try to be nice.
"The water's pretty, don'tcha think?" I tried again.
"Sure. Glad you like it; we're surrounded by the stuff."
"The bright sun's sure nice, especially after the dark forest!"
"Yeah. it hurts my eyes." Argh! I give up! Wait - what eyes? I looked for eyes. nope. No trace. Anyways, I had given up on conversation.
We walked in silence for hours until it was pretty dark.
"I'm tired," he whined. Aargh! His voice was driving me insane! He was more annoying than Tyson! Okay, maybe I was just aggravated from all the stressful events that had happened, and I wasn't exactly in the best mood.
"Okay, let's stop here then." My patience was really wearing thin. Speaking of thin, I had myself been getting thinner and thinner from lack of food. Groan. Huh? What was that in the distance?
I found myself running towards a package of food. "Food!" I cried out, and Kenny hurriedly came running towards the food. We ate it all. and then settled down to sleep.
"Good night, Kenny," I said, a little worn out. I tried to understand why Kenny was that way, and the dream certainly had helped. But he was still really aggravating! I stared at the blue sky before drifting off. I couldn't help but notice it was the exact colour of Mariam's hair.
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End of chapter! Review please! You can give me some ideas.
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