Second Encounter

Chapter 9: Broken Path

How long has they been walking? He was tired. He looked up at the larger sun through the sparse leaves above. Wow the sun was defiantly lower in the sky then it was when they had left camp earlier, or at least he thought it was.

"Hey, How about a pitstop Cain?" Glitch asked as he wavered unsteadily on his feet and the tin man pasted him by.

How can he have so much stamina after being in a tin box for annuals? I'm tired. ….that spot under that tree looks nice….

"No time." Cain said briskly.

He groaned, "Oh, come on tin man!" he growled tiredly, "Have a heart!" The blonde looked back at him with an annoyed look. "Well! I'm a thinker, not a hiker." he said defensively.

DG and that furry guy -what was his name? Grr? Roar? Oh, well- stopped beside him and the other-sider nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, we could all use a rest."

Glitch looked at her happily and nodded. She agreed with him! Yay! The hardheaded tin man sometimes listened to her. Maybe they could get a rest now.

Oh! Rock in shoe! Rock in shoe!

The headcase hobbled over to a convenient rock, leaned on it with one hand and dug the painful object out with the other. Why do rocks exist? Really?

She glanced over at Glitch as he leaned up on a moss covered stone with markings on the side. Then she did a double take. It looked exactly like something she had seen in a dream a few weeks ago, but how is that possible?

She remembered drawing the stone in her sketch pad, and he dad coming to talk to her saying….

"All of life's answers are found along the old road."

What does that mean and why did she remember that old saying her dad always said?

"Did you just say old road?" she heard Cain ask. Oops. Guess she said it out loud and didn't realize it.

DG looked at him with bright blue eyes. He turned more to face her.

"That is what the locals call the brick road. I thought you said you never been here before?"

She knew she had never been in this strange world, she defiantly would of remembered it, but she still felt oddly familiar with it.

"I haven't been here before," she replied slowly, picking her words. "but I know this place."

She had to figure this out. She ran down the broken yellow tiled path in front of them, hoping that maybe the answers would suddenly come to her and everything would finally make sense.

AN: Hey, look! I'm still alive! Wow it has been a really long time since I have updated this story and I know the chapter is short. I am sorry I had totally forgotten about these until I got a review on Mid Encounter the other day. (Nag me, it works) I am also working on a mid encounter chapter, which should be up soon if you are interested. Please Review!