Reliving Classic

Chapter 6: The Bus.

"Hilda, wake up!" Hilda woke up to the shining lights to the yellow hues from outside along with Alfur and Retail waking up as well to see Johanna. "There's a bus outside waiting for you."

As soon as Johanna mentioned this, Hilda got up from the bed. Climbing over Alfur and getting on her feet soon after. The girl then reached out her hand and waited for the tiny doppelganger to jump up onto it.

"What are you waiting for?"

"Retail. She's coming with me. Hidden, of course," Hilda answered and then Retail jumped on Hilda's hand.

"Yep," Retail added. Johanna stood in place staring at the tiny version of Hilda for a moment before Hilda placed Retail in her sweater pocket.

"Just...um...just make sure nobody sees her."

"I'll try. Love you, Mum!" Hilda finished her commentary to Johanna and ran out of the room. Since Hilda was already dressed along with Retail, there was no point in wasting time getting ready. It was time to prevent a disaster.

Hilda ran outside and she saw a bus that looked like it could cover a street block. There were more than twenty windows on the bus along with tons of kids thanks to both Ahlberg and Sparrow Scouts working together on this trip.

So instead of looking at awe from the sight of the bus, Hilda got on the bus to see all sorts of colors. Two factions working together to bring joy to what has been a nightmarish remake of the world for many. Kids had their Ahlberg uniforms on, some wore their Sparrow Scouts uniform, and some didn't wear a uniform at all to instead wear their normal clothing.

As Hilda walked through the isles of the bus, each of the kids said their hellos to her along with Trevor. Just like Trevor, many of the kids have suffered the effects of "The Anomaly" such as loss in limbs or in the worst case, being a mangled corpse or just vanishing. The only ones that Hilda managed to see were Trevor's right leg being gone along with others who lost either an arm or a leg.

Eventually, Hilda found both Frida and David sitting in the back so all three of them sat together.

"Hey, Hilda."

"Hi, Frida," Hilda said. The bus began to drive down the road towards the direction of the Huldrawood.

The trip was a smooth ride through the city. Kids were cheering and having fun, Hilda and company were enjoying themselves while Hilda kept the truth hidden to not cause a panic, and seeing the beautiful sights from the skies such as the enormous Woffs. Some of the kids on the bus ended up calling them "Super Woffs."

The bus eventually made it to the Huldrawood, where a small crew there showed up to open the gates. Of course, the busted wall from the Barghest attack was still there, along with its debris. Once the bus drove through the gates, the crew was in the Huldrawood.

They all drove on the dirt paved road while the kids looked at the beauty of the city's forest. "Hey, Frida. You think there's any Marra through there?"

"No. I've heard that they lost their powers when "The Anomaly" hit," Frida answered.

"Wait, seriously? No more Marra? I guess a good thing has come from all this," Hilda said.

"Yep," Frida finished as the bus continued to drive through the forest.

The bus kept going through the sights of massive trees and the green and yellow hues for what seemed to be like miles and miles as the kids kept hanging out together. An hour went by and the crew had reached what seemed to be part of the forest of the right side and part of a cliff on the left. The sight from what the kids saw at the bottom were simply rocks and a few small patches of water, probably from rain from days when Hilda was out.