KOTLC Fanfic

Chapter 12

Just a reminder they're in Elwin's office, and trying to get to Big Bear because that's what was pinpointed on her Ipod's map app.

"How are we going to get there?" Biana asked

"I thought you guys new me better. Remember? I have my dad's leaping crystal to get there." Keefe's voice beamed.

"Oh yeah... heheh" Biana said shyly.

"Alright, so what are we waiting for? Leap us there" Fitz said.

"Well we still don't know what we're going to do when we get there, and what if we leap somewhere not even close to Big Bear?" Biana asked still unsure.

Fitz stepped up to place a hand on his younger sisters shoulder, "Don't worry, I had to travel all over Earth when I was looking for Sophie. I know what to do to make sure we get into California, but Sophie will have to lead us to Big Bear from there."

Sophie nodded her head, "Yeah, Dex you still have the money from last time right?"

"Yeah, it's here in my bag." Dex said lifting the bag up to show them.

All 3 kids leapt into the Forbidden Cities. The Cities covered in raging fire almost impossible to put out. The cities filled with humans, who had started a war between themselves and what they believe to be mythical creatures now. Humans, a strange species, where most of them are cruel and selfish, but many of them have kind and great hearts. These people can lead on to do great things for Earth, not only for man kind.

When they faded away, and then back into the cities, they were in an isolated place with nobody around, but it was very familiar to Sophie. Sophie realized this was a park near her human home town where she used to live before she met Fitz and found out she wasn't a human. She almost wanted to cry being here because this was the park she always wished she could walk to with a pet dog she never had. Now she's happy she never got a pet dog, it just meant one less part of her family to let go of. Although now her old family has a dog, and she's happy they do, it was almost like a trade off (I'm not going crazy right? her human family did get a dog right?), Sophie was taken to the Lost Cities, away from them, and they got a dog.

All of them started to wander around the park, and they saw a few people here and there. Off in the distance though, there was smoke, and the smell of it was faint, but it was there staining the fresh air of the park. Not that the air here was great for elves, especially once you've been to the Lost Cities, but it was better than most places because of all the trees and well kept yard. Most places in the forbidden cities are unkempt, so it was better here.

An adult woman walked up to them, a strange look on her face. "Hey, kids, don't you know you're not allowed to be out here? There's been a law made that kids 13 and older have to be with a parent out near the fires, and kids 12 or under can't be out here at all. They've started making boarders around the fires to try and prevent it from getting into certain places, and everyone has evacuated anywhere close to the fires. This is the farthest out people are allowed to be near the fires."

Now that Sophie thought about it, all of the people out here were adults, and there were no kids at all.

"Well, These are my older step brothers, and they're both 18" Sophie told the woman, hoping that Keefe and Fitz being 18 sounded believable.

"Still, adults have to be at least 25 to be out here with kids." She said. "If you don't leave the park officers will be forced to come get you and take you back to you're home. These fires are very strange, and dangerous, adults everywhere are trying to figure out what to do with them, but for now they want to keep younger people safe, because you are our future, and you have much bigger lives to lead. Who knows, maybe if you guys stay safe and grow older, you'll be the ones to stop these fires." She smiled.

"Oh okay, we're sorry mam, you didn't really know, I guess we'll get going know, but could you direct us to a shopping center or mall that's safe for teenagers to shop at with out adult supervision?" Sophie asked.

"Yeah sure, here I'll pull it up on my Iphone map..." She said pulling out the device from her pocket.

"Here, it's location is there, it's in walk-able distance too." She smiled.

When Sophie came close enough to the Lady there was a faint smell that felt familiar, but was so light it was impossible to tell why. "Thank you" Sophie said, and walked off leading her friends to where the mall was.

"Alright we're here... now to find an atm machine... ah! over there, there isn't anybody over there." Sophie marched off and her friends followed.(I think it's called an atm machine?)

"Okay Dex, I need you to work this machine again and get us A LOT more money. I know you still have some, but I also know it won't be enough, especially not for all of us.

"Alright." Dex said and walked over to it, did his thing, and then asked, "Is one million enough?"

Sophie was going to say that it was probably too much but they needed transportation, and to rent out a house in Big bear which was usually pretty expensive, and they needed a house big enough for all of them. Plus, she wanted to enjoy her stay up there. Not to mention they'd also need food. So instead, she said, "Yep. That's perfect."

Once Dex was done, tons of money started coming out, they had wads of $100 bills and $500 bills. "Alright, everyone grab... $200,000 and stick in in your bags." She noticed that everyone had their own bag as she was speaking. Everyone did as she said, "150,000 of the money is yours, and you can spend it on whatever you want. 50,000 of it is for buying what is necessary, like food and transportation."

"Smart thinking Foster" Keefe nudged her.

"Okay, it's shopping time, first we'll buy necessary food, but not too much because it'll be hard to carry it all, and then go shopping for ourselves, like for clothes or bags to carry stuff in. I'm probably going to buy 2 suitcases for myself, and some clothes and junk food because even though you guys have great food, I miss candy." And at that, they all headed into the stores to buy stuff.

Sorry this chapter wasn't very entertaining, but hey, I updated! I'm hoping by my next updates it'll get more interesting. I'm kind of sad because I've lost a lot of readers over time, probably because I always take forever to update and then by the time I do people forget what was happening in my story.