Home Away From Home

Chapter 7: Trapped

I hear a minecart going over the rails, and open my eyes. Doesn't help. All I see is still darkness. I feel the material underneath me, and I think I'm in some sort of bag. I curl up in a ball, trying my hardest to breath in this tight space, and think. How do I get out of here? I was obviously kidnapped by Sky, but Fire Girl must've escaped. She had plenty of time to run. A shot of pain went through my head, and my hand flew to my hair. I pressed down on my head, trying to stop the pain, when I realized I never told my friends that Sky took me. I look at my iPod- which I surprisingly still have- and take a peek at the time. 4:43. I sigh, realizing I can't think to Horus now, and I start to tear up. I think about the last time I saw him, and how he wanted to tell me something. What was it? I don't think I'll ever know, but before that, Jen had a dream that I was trapped in a cell with the Fire Girl. WAIT! I shoot up, banging my already pained head on a wooden board. I think I'm in a chest, but no need to worry about that now- I think I know how to get out of here! Jen's dreams! I squeeze my eyes closed, and try to telepathically reach her. I hope this works...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Jen's POV
I was just in the middle of an epic dream, where Alice could talk to me and Pat, when another dream came in. Strange, it felt like it was real. I woke up from a twig snapping outside to hear soft breathing beside me. That doesn't sound like Pat. Pat snores (I dunno if that's true). I saw out of the corner of my eye- for some reason I couldn't turn my head to find out- a bunch of blonde hair on an air mattress. Sarah. Why is she in my tent? And where's Pat? But for some reason, my body didn't care. Either that, or it didn't notice Pat wasn't there. It's almost as if it was normal. My body groaned, and my arm shot out, picking up a rectangular object, and pressing a button. A dim light shine from it, and I realized what this is. An iPod! Wait, why is there an iPod here? This is Minecraft! It says it's 1:36, but I don't have much time to worry about it apparently, because somehow, I got more energetic, and I peeked out of the tent. I saw that fire hair girl, and my body held its breath. Then, a hairy hand grabbed the neck of the girl. "I've got you now!" He says. He sounds like Sky. "Hey, let me go!" She says, and sees me. Her eyes glitter, and she closes them. Suddenly, I go into a sort of dream world, and I see the fire hair girl. I can hear her voice. "Help me. I helped you, so can you help me?" "How? I don't know what to do!" 2besties' voice says. Almost immediately, the fire haired girl answers her. "You'll think of something. Just be quick, this man is hurting us, and there is very few of us left." "What do you mean? Very few of who?" 2b, that's exactly what I'm wondering. The fire girl doesn't answer. Instead, she opens her eyes, and I go back to reality. Now the man that looks like Sky is tying the girl up to an oak tree. "Now don't you go anywhere. I'm going to look for a rare flower, and then I'll be back." The man says. My body runs to the tree when the man is gone, and starts picking at the knot at the back of the rope. My fingernails look very long. That's not normal for me. My fingers work their way through the knot, picking apart the ropes until they're on the last strand. Immediately after I untie the whole knot, the rope drops to the ground, and a hand grabs me. The man came back! "You..." A gravelly voice says, and claps a hand over my mouth so I can't scream. Apparently my body is very smart without me controlling it, because it bites down on the hand, and the man screams. The fire hair girl is frozen in place, and 2besties' voice screams to the girl. "Go! Run! Before he catches you!" The girl somehow talks to me without moving her mouth. "You're risking your life to save me?" 2besties' voice screams to the girl again. "Yes, now RUN!!! I can fend for myself. Go!" "Thanks." She says, not moving her mouth again, and runs into the forest. I hear a 'BONK!' And everything goes black. For about a minute, my eyes are closed, and then it fades into the sound of a minecart traveling across rails. I feel my eyes open, but I still can't see. My hand feels the ground beneath me, and I curl up in a ball. Tears prick my eyes. My knees are tucked up to my chest, and I realize for the first time what I'm wearing. Shorts underneath a short mint green dress, with vines draping over it. Long pink hair falls into my lap, and a tiara hangs loosely from my head, covering my eyes. I realize who I am now, and my mind flicks back to my regular dream with Alice momentarily, but it's too late. I'm awake, and I shoot up. "2BESTIES!!!" I scream, and wake Pat up. I knew he was beside me the whole time!
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~2besties' POV~
I wake up in a cage, with Sky's menacing face staring back at me. He carries me to a jail cell, opens the door, and chucks me in. Then he slams the jail cell door. I hope Jen got my call, or I'm never getting out of here! I sigh, still tired, and scootch over to the corner of my cell, and curl up into a ball. I look out my window, and turn on my iPod. 8:30. I smile. There's still a chance. I mind message Horus. "Horus? Can you hear me?" I wait a minute, and just as I'm about to give up, I get a message. "Hello?" "Horus! You have to come get me out of here! Sky's kidnapped me!" "What? Where are you?" "In a jail cell, but I'll try to show you where I am." I say, and try my hardest to send a map. "I got it." I smile. "So yeah, Jen had a crazy dream, and she told us it." I smile. It worked. "That was you, wasn't it?" He continues. "Y'got me!" I smile. "Okay, just hang in there. We've got the coordinates, and we'll be there by tonight." "Okay, see ya!" I say, and stop the messaging. I remember a song that Sarah showed me by Taylor Swift before she became a... 'pop star'. White Horse. So I sang myself to sleep, mind singing Sky my victory parody. But he wouldn't have known it.
"Say I'm stupid,
That face, like a monster, comes out just when you need it to.
And I pace back and forth all this time,
Cuz I always, always hated you.
Hanging on,
The days drag on,
Stupid you. You should've known, You should've known...

But I ain't a princess, and this ain't a fairy tale.
I ain't the hero that saves my friends,
Keeping me alive too,
This ain't Hollywood,
This is the internet,
And I am dreaming 'bout my escape from this stupid jail cell.
But there's still time for him,
And his white horse...
To come around."

Hey guys, me yet again! I know White Horse is supposed to be a sad song (yoooou, and I, we're like fireworks and symphonies, exploding in the sky... No? It's actually a song called sad song!), but I just had to remake it into a victory song. I can't stand seeing people heartbroken! :)
Your friend,
2besties :) <3