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Chapter 3: New Place
My shivering woke me up. My eyes snapped open, adjusting to the gloom of the night and the pouring rain, each raindrop feeling like a cold needle piercing my skin.
"This is just great…" I thought to myself miserably "Nothing can get any worse than this."
Apparently it could, 'cause the rain came down even harder. Arms instinctively wrapping around my body, pressing my back against the cold stone of the building behind me. Glancing down, my eyes looked over Sunburn and Spyro, curled up even more than when I had drifted off, the phoenix hybrid's feathers were darker, soaked from the pouring rain.
The sound of splashing footsteps drew my attention away.
Peering through the downpour, I could see a figure wearing a long, bright red coat, and holding a stick with a black tarp over their head, to cover themselves from the rain. The figure came closer and closer, and when it spotted me, came running.
My hands darted out and scooped up the Skylanders, holding them against my chest. The figure stopped running and pulled their hood down, revealing bright, thick, red hair and soft brown eyes. Her eyes stared down in pity at me before she held the tarp-stick thing over the both of us.
"Are...are you okay?" She asked softly.
Limbs stiffening, I pulled myself further away from the woman, before answering.
"As I'll ever be." I stated flatly.
She continued to stare, and stare, and stare. Really, she's starting to get annoying with all the staring.
"Where are your parents?" She asked after a minute of staring.
"...No." I answered dully.
She took a deep breath. "Would you like to stay at my place?"
This gave me pause. Her house? She doesn't even know me! Why would she offer her own house for me to stay in?
"Just for the night!" She quickly put in. "To get out of the rain and get something to eat."
"Take her offer, Jenni." A voice, that I recognised as Spyro's, echoed in my head. "You need food and you're freezing. Don't question it."
"And if it turns out she's going to do something else," Sunburn put in. "we'll fight our way out."
"Alright, alright!" I practically screamed at them.
"Yes, please." I answered the woman after a brief moment of hesitation. "J-just for the night."
The house looming in front of us is huge. To say that it's a house is an understatement, it looked like a mansion compared to the houses in Skylands, and those houses are tiny.
"I forgot to mention I have a daughter your age." The woman, who introduced herself as Cari quickly told me, strolling to her front door, brandishing her key, and unlocking it. "I'm sure you'll like her, her name's Lusela."
"She has a pretty name." I mumbled, not knowing what else to say.
The woman opened the shiny oak door and waited for me to go in. Nervously, I stepped through the threshold, and my eyes widened immediately at the inside. An elegant staircase to the left with a sleek, shiny handrail, the floor covered with a strange fluffy material, and fancy furniture that were spaced out exceedingly well.
"Mom, who is she?" A voice asked.
My head whipped up and stared up at a girl, around my age, scrutinizing me. Her red hair, just a couple shades darker than Cari's, was pulled into a high ponytail, her green eyes scanned me, as if she was trying to see if I had a weapon.
"Her name is Jenni and she's staying here for the night, Lusela." Cari answered, taking off her coat and placing it on a coat rack. "I hope you will welcome her and make her comfortable here."
Lusela simply scowled, and rushed up the stairs, her hair flying behind her.
"Come on, I'll show you where you're sleeping." Cari murmured.
The red haired woman led me to a small room with a large bed, a closet that had mirrors instead of doors, and a table beside the bed with a small lamp.
"Make yourself at home." Cari said. "It's not much but it will do for the night."
She left then, muttering about finding some clothes for me to sleep in, leaving me to wander around the room.
My hand warily pressed against the bed, and immediately recoiled away. It was softer than any bed I had ever felt. The mattress sunk a little and melded with my hand till there was a small indent that slowly went away.
There was also a window. Light green curtains with a simple flower design hid the window from view and muted the sound of the rain pounding against the glass. Moving the curtains aside, I quickly glanced at the door before quietly opening the window, my head leaning out a bit. Making sure the coast was clear, I whistled an old tune, one that I couldn't remember where it was from, and received a short hissing noise in reply.
Two blurs flew into the room and I quickly shut the window, turning around to look at the two Skylanders that landed on the bed in relief.
"You both made it." I sighed. "Any trouble?"
"Just hanging onto that machine while it was moving." Sunburn grumbled, shaking the moisture out of his waterlogged feathers. "Other than that, there was no trouble."
The sound of footsteps outside the door made the Skylanders go quiet and scramble for a hiding spot before the door opened and Cari came in.
She was gripping a pair of light blue pants and a shirt, both with darker blue stars and moons on the comfortable looking fabric.
"Here are some clothes." The woman murmured, handing the thin clothes to me. "Hopefully they're the right size."
She left again.
I got changed quickly and, not knowing what else to do, nervously climbed under the covers.
"How're you feeling, Jenni?" Spyro asked, climbing back onto the bed with Sunburn.
"It's too soft." I growled, pressing my face against the pillow. "How do they sleep with this stuff?"
"Doesn't matter." Suburn put in. "Just get some sleep so that we can head out in the morning."
I didn't respond. I simply turned away, trying to fall asleep.
Author's Note:
There's the new chapter! I'm not really proud of this one though but I'll try harder on the next one! Later!