Chapter 36: The Red Sunrise
"Shi… don't startle me like that Gwin! Sorry, I didn't notice you were here." I apologized, hitting my head on the upper bunk.
"Ah, that's ok. I'm used to being alone. Hungary? Resa brought by dinner about an hour ago." He said, tossing me a loaf of bread.
"How long have you been there?" I asked as I took a bite.
"Maybe an hour, hour and a half." Dustfinger lied. I looked over to Gwin who chattered at me and seemed to roll his eyes.
"Ok, maybe two or three hours. Sorry I didn't want to interrupt you. It was just that you looked so peaceful and, well, like a kid. I didn't want to pull you out of that. We all need a distraction from this hell pit." Dustfinger explained.
"So you were staring at me for three hours?" I said missing the point.
"Wait, no, that's not what I… never mind." Dustfinger yawned. Gwin started to paw my hand and looked over at the window.
"Alright." I said as Gwin crawled up my arm. I went over to the window and watched Gwin disappear into the shadows of the night. I turned around to find Dustfinger sound asleep in the lower bunk. I laughed quietly to myself, turned out the lights, went to sleep, and dreamt of Neverland.
Once again it was not the sun, or Dustfinger, who woke me up, but Gwin. Once again I sat in front of the window to watch the sunrise, but this morning was different. Instead of the beautiful pink and purple the sky was the earlier morning, this morning the sky was red.
"That's not a good sign." Dustfinger said groggily.
"Hm?"
"A red sunrise usually means that there's going to be bad weather during the day. That or something bad will happen." Dustfinger explained.
"Well, Capricorn comes back today. That can't be good." I replied.
Dustfinger chuckled and said," You got that right."
"Well, I'd better be off. I want to start before the sun gets too high." He said as he stretched. Dustfinger began to collect his things and I placed Gwin in his bag.
"You hang in there, okay. I'll be sure to be back by Christmas." He promised as he left the room.
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