Hello good people of Earth, Jupiter, and Wisconsin. Sorry, I think I've been watching a little too much iCarly lately. Okay, so I hope you guys are up for a new chapter. I'm actually on time for once. According to my brother, this is the sign of the apocalypse. Needless to say I just kicked him. In case you all don't know, I posted my new Twilight story. It's called 'Solar Flare' and is all about Seth Clearwater, my favorite werewolf (or shape shifter, whichever you prefer), and his imprint, Erin Morgan. You Twilight fans should definitely check it out. I guarantee you will like it a lot. I have the first two chapters up and I'm also updating it today. Ok, now thanks to my good friend Madeline Cullen, I got an awesome idea. I'm thinking about making a profile for Melody on max - dan - wiz - .com. What do you guys think? I just need someone to draw a picture of her or find a picture that looks like her for the profile. Which brings me to another thing, I still want you all to draw pictures for my fanfiction. This also applies to my new Twilight fanfic. So far, I have gotten one awesome drawing of Elisabeth from Madeline Cullen. Come on guys, Mel, Skye, Jewel, and my other characters would love pictures. I'm pretty sure Iggy would love a couple pictures of scenes with him and Elisabeth from 'With Wings Wide Open'. Well, you have until August before I put all the one's I get. Yeah, I decided to drop the contest. Just draw a character or a scene, send it to me, and then on the last day of my summer vacation I'll post all the pictures on my profile. Just keep that all in mind. There's one last thing I want to say before I get on to the new chapter. I just want to thank my awesome, faithful reviewers. You all know who you are. If it wasn't for you guys, I would've quit a long time ago. Well, that's all I needed to say, so let's get on with the chapter.
I awoke to a sharp pain in my back. I opened my bleary eyes and pulled out the root that was digging into my spine. It was just starting to get light out, so I sat up. I glanced at my watch, yawning as I did so. It was five in the morning. I groaned. Even in the middle of nowhere I was up too early.
I unwillingly wiped the sleep out of my eyes and looked around. Jewel was stirring, probably getting ready to wake up. The fire was still going which explained why I wasn't cold. My gaze shifted to the spot where I had left Skye just two hours earlier. He wasn't there.
Panic stricken, I rushed over to Jewel and tried to wake her. "Jewel! Jewel!" I shouted, shaking her.
"Wassa matta?" she asked sleepily, cracking open her eyes. "We under attack?" she yawned, sitting up.
"No, but Skye's missing." I said, trying to hide the panic in my voice. Jewel's eyes went wide and she sat rigidly.
I couldn't believe they just took him. I couldn't believe they hadn't taken me and Jewel too. It was kind of weird, fishy.
"What're we going to do?" she asked, looking on the verge of tears. Her voice was really shaky and I knew I had to do something to comfort her, no matter how suspicious Skye's disappearance was.
I pulled Jewel close to me, wrapping her in a hug. "I don't know sweetie. We have to go get him, that's for sure." If we got to Skye before something bad happened I'd tell him exactly how I felt about him. That is, if something had happened to him at all.
"What if he's just walking around? Maybe he heard something and just went to check it out." Jewel said hopefully, wiping tears from her bright green eyes.
I didn't think that was where he was, but I didn't want Jewel to worry. "You might be right. Let's try calling for him." I said, not really expecting him to answer.
We began calling for him. "Skye! Skye! Where are you?! Skye!" I didn't think it was working. He probably would have heard us and came running if he hadn't been taken. But…
"Someone looking for me?" said a voice behind me. I whipped my head around and there was Skye carrying two bags of food from McDonald's. He left us alone so he could go off and get fast food! And to think I wanted to tell how I felt about him. Idiot. What had I been thinking?
"Skye!" Jewel shouted gleefully. She hopped up, ran to him, and almost knocked him over when she tackled him into a hug. "We thought something awful happened to you."
He managed to peel Jewel off of him and made his way over to me. "Were you worried about me or something Princess?" he asked, smirking.
"Yeah." I said out loud without meaning to. "But only because I thought either you'd been kidnapped, in which case Jewel and I would've had to run for it, or that you were a bad guy, in which case Jewel and I still would have to run for it." I added quickly.
"Sure." he said, still smirking. "Whatever you say." There was something in his eyes, a gleam or something. It made me feel something that I couldn't describe to you even if I tried.
He sat down in front of me and tossed me a McGriddle. I began peeling off the wrapper when I realized something.
"Hey, how'd you get this? Did you rob McDonald's?" I took a small bite and stared at him.
He tossed another McGriddle to Jewel and dug in the bag, pulling out his own. "No, I bought them." he said, taking a huge bite out of his breakfast.
I swallowed and, with an eyebrow raised, asked, "With what money?"
Skye inhaled the rest of his McGriddle, but didn't respond. Instead he got out another McGriddle and started eating it.
"With what money?" I asked again, firmly. I was now totally suspicious.
"Money I found in the street." he said, after swallowing a particularly large bite of sandwich. He then let out an extremely loud, disgusting burp and I was reminded of the Gasman.
"Money you found in the street?" I asked, still suspicious. I wasn't buying it. You just didn't find a bunch of money lying in the street. And why'd he go into town anyways? I told him how to catch fish. Why'd he go out to McDonald's without any money? And then he just happened to find some in the street? Highly suspicious.
"Okay, so I'm a pickpocket. Sue me." he said, throwing his wrappers into the bag and wiping his mouth off with the sleeve of his shirt.
Okay, so now his reason for going to McDonald's for breakfast made sense. He knew he could get money to pay for the food.
"How much money did you steal?" I asked, looking at Jewel who was eyeing us closely from her seat on a rock next to Skye. Hopefully a fight wouldn't break out. I didn't want Jewel upset again.
He made a little coughing noise and then said, "Fifty bucks."
"Fifty dollars!" I shouted incredulously. "All from the same person?!"
He rolled his eyes. "Of course not all from the same person. Whadda ya think I'm stupid or something?"
I threw a rock which narrowly missed his big, thick head. "Of course I think you're stupid! How could you steal from people?!"
"I thought you'd be thanking me for getting breakfast." he said, looking angry. "'Sides Princess, you stole a lighter, a pair of scissors, and a pocketknife from the School. So you have no right to yell at me."
"Yeah, I stole. From the School. Not from innocent people." And I was in love with this guy? Well, I was in love with his looks at least. His personality I could live without.
Jewel was looking at us nervously and I could tell what she was thinking. "Don't worry Jewel. It's not a fight. It's just a… creative discussion."
Skye snorted. "A creative discussion? Who're you trying to kid Princess? It's pretty obvious that this is a fight."
"Oh shut up…Sticky Fingers." I said, sticking my tongue out at him.
"Sticky Fingers?" he asked, trying to suppress a laugh.
"That's right. You call me Princess so I'm calling you Sticky Fingers." I stated. Told you two could play at his game.
"That's the best you could come up with?"
I ignored him. I had more important things to worry about, like how I was supposed to tell my parents that I was alright but that I couldn't come home. I didn't know how to contact them, if I should even try, or what I would say. I mean, how do you tell your parents you can't ever come home?
"Hey Mel?" Jewel asked me, breaking me away from my thoughts.
"Yeah Jewel? What is it?" I asked, wiping my hands on my pants. I really wished Skye had gotten napkins.
"Uh… how are we supposed to go to the bathroom out here? I gotta go really bad." she added, wincing.
Uh oh. Awkward conversation with Skye sitting right there. "Uh… well… um… you sort of… uh dig a hole in the ground and then kinda… go… and… uh then you… cover the hole up with the dirt you dug up."
Jewel had a look of disgust on her face. "Do I dare ask about toilet paper?"
"Leaves." I answered, receiving a groan from Jewel and a snort from Skye.
"Uh okay, if you don't wanna do that, we could always fly to a gas station." I figured I could find a payphone and call my parents from there. "Besides, we should probably be leaving soon anyways." I added.
"How long will I have to wait?" Jewel asked, her face clearly stated how urgent her emergency was.
"About ten minutes if we leave now." I told her.
She nodded so I doused the fire. I checked my watch one more time. It was 5:48, my parents wouldn't be up but this was probably going to be my only chance to call them. I wasn't all too sure it was a good idea, but I couldn't let them continue worrying about me.
We took off and exactly seven minutes later we landed a little ways away from a gas station. We ran the rest of the way and Jewel headed straight for the bathroom. I spotted a payphone outside so I pulled Skye over.
"What?" he asked, looking irritated. "Gonna tell me not to rob anyone?"
"I should." I said in an icy tone. "But you're lucky. I just want a dollar in change. Four quarters. That's all."
"Why?" he asked, raising an eyebrow suspiciously. A gust of wind blew his white blonde hair, which was dusted with dirt, causing him to look so hot that he made me weak at the knees.
"Uh…" I almost forgot what we were talking about for a second. I shook my head, clearing my thoughts. "Just fork it over already." I extended my hand and he fished four quarters out of his pocket. He dropped them in my hand and walked towards the gas station.
"And you think I'm a spy." I heard him mutter as he walked away.
So he thought I was working for the Director. Was that why he was so mean to me? Oh well, no time to dwell on that. I needed to call my parents.
I walked over to the payphone and stuck a quarter in the slot. I dialed the house phone and waited for my parents to answer.
Please answer. I thought, tears stinging the corners of my eyes. I need you to answer.
So, did you guys like that chapter? I really hope so, 'cause I worked my butt off on it. Anyway, keep reading and reviewing this story and all you Twilight fans need to check out my new story 'Solar Flare'. Please leave me some long reviews on both of my stories. Can you guys hold on 'till next Wednesday? Well, you're going to have to because that's when I'll be updating both of my wonderful stories next. Tell all of your friends about me. See you awesome people later!
