Annaka

"Annaka?"

I groan.

"Annaka? Are you ok?"

I open one eye to see a blurry vision of Kennedy above me.

I open my other eye. "Are we back in Juliana's house?"

Kennedy nods. "Yeah. In her room."

I sit up and look around to see all the other girls sitting up on the ground or sitting down.

Kennedy sits down next to me and says, "I wonder how long we were gone."

I shrug. "I'll check my phone." I turn to Juliana. "What time were your parents supposed to get back?"

"Saturday, around midnight," Juliana replies.

I stand up and quickly stretch. Then realize I am holding my blue bone.

I walk to my bags and put my bone away in my backpack. Then, I dig my phone out of my bag.

I turn it on. Once I take one look, my eyes widen and my jaw drops.

"Midnight, you said?" I ask.

Juliana nods.

"On S-saturday?" I ask, my voice trembling.

Juliana nods again. "Why?"

"It is Saturday," I say. "But one o' clock in the morning."

Everyone turns to me, horror written across their faces.

And, without saying another word, we rush out of Juliana's room, down the stairs.

We stop halfway down, hearing voices...and sobbing.

"W-what if we never find them?" a woman's voice says, sobbing.

"That's my mom," Juliana whispers.

"Don't talk like that," a man's voice says. "we'll find them."

"And dad."

Without warning, Juliana runs down.

"Mom! Dad!" she calls. "We're fine!"

We all run down after her to see Juliana's parents on the couch, relief washed over their faces.

Her mom jumped up and pulled Juliana in a hug, tears streaming down her face.

"Oh Juliana!" her mom exclaims. "You're alive! I thought something terrible happened to you and your friends!"

"Where were you guys?" Juliana's dad asks.

"S-sleeping!" I reply. "Sleeping in...in another room. If you called, we couldn't hear."

"Oh, ok," Juliana's dad says, a bit suspiciously.

"I'm just glad you girls are safe," Juliana's mom says. "Now, you girls can go back to wherever you were at, but please come down if we call you."

"Ok, Mom," Juliana says, letting go of her mom and walking back upstairs with us.

Once we get to her room and shut the door, we collapse onto somewhere: the floor, bed, chairs.

"Thanks for that save," Juliana says to me.

"No problem," I say. "That's what friends are for, aren't they?"

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I doodle in my notebook as math is being taught in class.

Who needs to learn math when you could be in the underground?

I let myself draw whatever, staring into space.

I look up at the clock.

One minute till lunch. Yes!

I look down at what I have drawn, just as the teacher dismisses us.

My eyes widen at the doodle that is staring back at me.

Because the doodle looks EXACTLY like my blue bone.

I feel a tug on my arm and turn to see Kealani there.

"Hey, you coming?" she asks.

I nod. "Yeah."

I shut my notebook and put it back, then go outside and grab my lunch.

"Annaka!" Alyssa calls. "Can I sit next to you?"

I nod. "Yeah. Let's go."

I link arms with Alyssa and hold my lunch in my other hand.

I let out a breath, knowing my mind will stay on one thing, and one thing only.

The underground.

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The friend group sits under big tree during lunch recess.

Nya, Kennedy, and Alyssa are drawing, the rest of the girls are talking or eating.

But I am leaning against the trunk of big tree, staring out into space.

Why don't we just go to the underground tonight? Should I suggest that? We could meet up or something. Yet, it is a school night.

I sigh and lean my head back.

Do I suggest it?

I feel a tap on my shoulder.

I look behind me to see Kennedy standing there, half-grinning.

"Hey Annie," she says. "You ok?"

I nod. "Just thinking."

Kennedy walks to my side. "About what?"

I sigh. "My mind's been on one thing for pretty much the whole day. And that's the underground. I just...really wanna go back with you guys. Though, we did almost die, I had a really fun time. More fun than when I went alone to the underground. I kind of wanted to go tonight but..."

"But?"

"But it's a school night so...yeah," I reply.

"Hey guys!" Kennedy yells to everyone at big tree.

Everyone's attention snaps to Kennedy.

I stand up and stand in front of her, blocking her view from the girls.

"What're you doing?!" I whisper to her.

"Trying to share your offer with the group," Kennedy replies.

"Ken!" I exclaim. "It doesn't matter!"

Kennedy smiles up at me. "It does if it comes from you."

Kennedy steps in front of me.

I watch speechless as she continues to talk.

"Can you guys come to the underground today?" she asks. "Because Annaka kind of wants to."

Everyone nods and agrees to the idea.

"See?" Kennedy whispers to me. "All you had to do was ask them."

I nod and put an arm around Kennedy. "You're so smart, Ken."

Kennedy looks at me. "Hahaha. No, I'm not."

I cross my arms and giver her a glare.

She just does this smile to me that she does sometimes.

I hate when she does that smile!

"Ken!" I yell at her, just as the bell rings.

We walk across the lawn and back to where we have to line up, and I then realize that we have to do PE.

Danget! Why PE? Let's...type stories! Yeah! Let me continue typing "The Element Wizards!" I'm at a good part!

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I stand in a line, next to my friends as we stand together to get picked by team captains for volleyball.

A few people have already been picked.

Luke and Madie are team captains.

"I've got..." Luke looks around, knowing he has to pick a girl. "Annaka."

"See?" Alyssa whispers, right before I walk to the team. "He is crushing on you."

I give her a glare as I walk to my team.

I stand there, arms crossed and watching as everyone else gets picked.

I'm not going to lie. I did volleyball for a while and pretty good at serving. That's why Luke wanted me on his team. Not because he's crushing on me(even though Alyssa and Kennedy are convinced so)!

In the end, Kealani, Alyssa, and Emily are on my team. Kennedy and Lily are on the opposite team.

I stand in the back row next to Kealani.

Alyssa and Emily stand in the middle row.

And on the other side, Kennedy and Lily stand next to each other in the back row.

We play and play until it's my turn to serve and the other team is winning by five points.

I hold the ball in my hands, not taking my eyes off the ball.

I take a deep breath and am about to hit the ball when I hear a voice in my head.

Good luck, my child.

Instead of hitting the ball hard, it swerves, hitting one of the trees.

I blink in confusion as someone runs after the ball.

I look over to the other team and at Kennedy.

She mouths to me 'What's wrong?'

I shrug, just as the ball comes bouncing towards me.

I catch the ball, almost dropping it.

I look down at the ball in my hand, sweat trickling down my neck.

I take a deep breath closing my eyes.

I open my eyes again to see no ball in my hand, but my blue bone. Also not even me at the volleyball court anymore.

I frantically look around, snow and bare trees surrounding me.

I start to breath heavily.

Where am I?!

But then, I see it. The rock. The same I always sat on when...when Papyrus was practicing.

And that's when I realize...I'm in Snowdin.

I hold my head in my hands and close my eyes.

When I open my eyes, I am back at the volleyball court, the ball in my hand.

Someone's hand is on my shoulder.

I look up(or rather down)to see Luke.

"Are you ok?" he asks me.

I nod. "Yeah, I'm fine."

Luke takes his hand off my shoulder. "Ok, good. Because you had your eyes closed and were immobile and not responding when I talked to you."

I nod. "I-I'm fine...just...I'm going to get a drink."

I hand the ball to Luke and start to walk to the drinking fountains.

What just happened?!

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