Dreaming of Stars

Wild Geese

"Well we are not going into space so just make a new one!" Corvus frustratingly threw a leather bound notebook at me along with a stick of led as I started forming a plan.

"Where should I draw this?" I asked already knowing it was most likely going to be the balcony at the edge of the mountain with the rusted railings.

"Over there." Corvus angrily pointed at the exact spot I had guessed.

"Ok." I started walking towards the area and as soon as I did I crossed my legs and sat the open notebook in front of me as I started watching the sky for the certain flowers.

As I watched the darkened sky though I heard a noise below me. "Sir we got the runaway!" One of Corvus's men shouted as I realized what it meant.

"Dispose of her quickly this time!" A demanding nightmare shouted as I popped upward.

"No! Don't!"

"Why not?" Corvus responded to my burst of sudden noise.

"Because if you do I won't do it." I answered knowing anyone who knew me would know I wasn't bluffing.

For a moment Corvus just glared at me with his penetrating ice cold eyes then "Put her with the other!" He shouted back to the frozen henchman.

After that I continued my search for the unique flowers but as I waited I realized that if I really gave Corvus the real path he would still terminate my friends afterward. Once that thought ran through my head I knew what I needed to do. Quickly I picked up the piece of lead and started scribbling the positions of random stars I picked out.

"Ooh is that it?" A fascinated Corvus said as he walked up behind me and looked at the drawing.

"Yes now can my friends and I leave?" I asked as I forced the notebook into Corvus's hand and stared into his eyes.

"Well, no." Corvus answered coldly.

"Why not?" I pointlessly asked knowing the reason.

"In the morning I am taking you and your friends into space to follow the trail." he called for one of his guards to bring me down to the prison and keep me there.

"It will never be found!" I shouted helplessly knowing he had the right bargaining chip to get the real information out of me.

"Then your friends will disappear just like this mysterious paradise." the definition of evil shouted as I was dragged down the steps desperately clinging onto the side of the vertical mound. In a blink I was back in the dusty makeshift cage sitting in a triangle with Onca and Aquila.

"So what's the plan now?" Aquila mocked my last plan as we all brain stormed.

"I... I don't know." I answered dumbfound as I thought of everything.

"Wait, am I the only one with an idea?" Onca joyfully expressed as she searched both of us for own solutions.

"Yes I guess so so please go on." Aquila stated dully.
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"Ok." I coughed in between sentences to make it a more memorials moment. "I say we wait til the guard is asleep..."

"He already is genius." Aquila cut me off as I moved back as if astonished she would insult a genius.

"Well if you're going to cut me off maybe you can save your own butts." I turned my head and chinned them.

"Come on Onca stop being so annoying!" Vela shouted as she pulled me back to face them.

"Fine, but no more sass!" I shouted as I pointed my finger in an angry fashion.

"Fine genius!" Aquila shouted as she waved her hands up.

"Ok, so he is asleep so we use some of these sticks and rocks to break the already rusty and weak door." I picked up some stocks and fist sized rocks as I explained.

"Great idea! If only that wouldn't wake the guard!" Aquila shouted in complete sarcasm.

"Duh! We hit the guard with a rock first." I said as I picked one up and walked to the door with Aquila and Vela right behind me.

I stuck my arms through the semi large gap in between the chilly silver metal bars. I held onto my first attempt of a throw tightly making sure it's drop wouldn't wake the guard up. I moved my arm up do it almost touched the door but instead I held it up in that position as I aimed.

"This is risky." Vela stated as she nervously watched from behind. Instead of answering though I tossed the rock forcefully with my strong arm from all my hard chores at the unfair orphanage.

Thunk! The rock and man said as they fell to the ground motionlessly,"I told you." I said as I walked away to feather more rocks and sticks.

"I just hope he's not dead!" Vela worriedly stated as she looked at the motionless man.

"I'm sure he'll be ok." Aquila said as she picked up rocks with me. As soon as both of us made it back to the worried Vela we started smashing rocks and chipping with sticks randomly at a desperate attempt to break the door off.

"What's really funny is you never thought of this even when you fit your arm through." Vela stated obnoxiously as she reached her hand through the bars and pulled the door open.

"I thought they used a key!" Aquila shouted obviously amazed.
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"Do you really think that this rusted door would be in the right condition to use a key?" I asked as I slid my scratched arm back through the open door.

"Well then." A slightly depressed Onca said as she followed my silent footsteps across the soft moon lit beach mixing with the sound of the lapping waves overcoming the island.

"Where is Corvus?" A worried Aquila asked as she watched the building above us with wide eyes.

"Him and his henchman are in space following my wild goose chase."

"Great!" Aquila replied as she released a relaxing sigh.

As we kept walking across the empty island we soon made it to the docked boat Onca had bright back with her on a cold night like this. We all piled into the boat as I gripped the tied rope keeping us ashore and unleashed us.

"Where are we going now?" Onca asked as I realized none of us had ever thought of anything after escaping this island.