I woke up again with the same two people staring down at me. But there was a new face. A young man with freckles, brown hair and eyes, a dirty gray, three quarter sleeved tight shirt, brown pants with green shin guards and odd looking shoes and gloves. He looked concerned.
Everyone else had left. "Shes alive everyone!" He shouted as he looked around. "Okay, they're all gone." He said.
I jumped up and backed away from the three of them. "What's going on?" I asked.
"I told you. You shrunk. I was practicing my powers and I did something wrong and you shrunk." The little girl said.
Then I started pacing. "No, no...This is impossible...I cant...this cant be real." I said.
"Well it is." Said Ronan. "Nod, show..."
"Stell." I said.
"Show Stell around. Make sure she stays out of trouble and don't lose her. Keep her safe. I need to talk to Nim Galuu." He said. "Queen, please come with me." He said. "Of course Ronan." She smiled. Then they got on a giant humming bird and flew away.
Nod looked around. "So..." He said. "I'm Nod. Pleased to meet ya I guess."
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Nod's POV
Stell sat down on a rock and burried her face in her hands. The movement of her shoulders told me that she was breathing really hard.
I sat down next to her. "Okay, what's wrong?" I asked. She looked up at me with anger, sadness and confusion.
"My brother kicked me out of our apartment, I had to come live here with my Uncle Bomba, I apparently got shrunk, my parents have been dead for two months, and my brother thinks I'm a freak." She said.
"That's rough. So they're both dead, eh?" I asked.
"Yeah. My brother might as well be too. The way he treated me." Said Stell.
"I lost my dad. Ronan sort of plays that roll now." I said as I brushed my a hand through my hair.
"Do you live with him?" She asked.
"No. Well sometimes, like this month he's been making me stay with him. You know, won't let me sleep where ever." I said. "You'll probably have to stay with us." I said.
"I don't HAVE to do anything. I barely know either of you, and I don't plan on living with you." She said.
"You don't really have much of a choice. Ronan won't let you stay anywhere else. He's very over protective." I said.
She just shrugged and put her chin in her hands. I studied her face. She was actually really beautiful. She had stormy gray eyes, short red hair that was put in two braids, bangs that went a little above her eyebrows, and freckles that went across her cute little nose. Nod, stop thinking about her like that, you barely know her. I thought.
Stell plopped on the ground and layed down. "Um, what're you doing?" I asked.
"I dunno. Thinking." She said. I layed down next to her. "About what?" I asked.
"Nothingness. In other words, my brain is too tired and jumbled up to process the thought to gather the words to tell you what I am thinking about. Because I don't know." She said.
"You're tired aren't you?" I asked quietly. She nodded slowly then looked at me. "It'll slow down. I promise." She got a sad look in her eyes.
"C'mon, its getting late, and you need to get to bed." I said as I helped her up. I put her on my bird and put her in front of me. I reached through the space separating her arms from her torso and grabbed the reins. He started to fly.
"Ahhh!!!" Stell screamed turned around and grabbed onto me. I laughed as we went faster.
Then she slowly turned around again. She put her arms out and closed her eyes. Then she smiled, a beautiful smile and then laughed. When we arrived at Ronan's, she was shaky so I had to help her to bed. Her room was right next to mine with a doorway between our rooms that was open in case she needed anything.
About halfway through the night I woke up. It was quiet except for the sound of Ronins snoring. I walked into Stell's room to find that she was gone.
