Another World

CHAPTER 5

Chapter 5

I walk right up to Quinton and give him a slightly gentle kick in the side. He moves a little and out of nowhere says, ''Kiss me, Katy King!" Oh wow! How badly I actually want to do it, I can't. I'm not Katy King and it would just set off the wrong impression. Besides, he should not think I'm vulnerable. He would try to play with my head. I decide to do something outrageous and a little fun too! ''Okay, here it goes!" I place my left hand under his neck and with my right hand I bowl it in a fist and hit him right above his jaw. Next moment he jumps up from the ground, groaning. ''Ow! That hurt a lot! What did you do that for?"

''Firstly, you said something totally insane. Something like 'kiss me Katy King and you knocked you out. So I decided to hit you back to life." I give a sweet and innocent smile.

''Oh." His face flushes red and he gives a little laugh from embarrassment. ''Sorry! But why did I knock myself out again?"

''Well, you said this was all just a dream and busted your head with a rock." I point directly to the same rock lying about three feet away.

''Really? I hit my head with a rock? That's just dumb but you can't blame me for thinking this is all fake because it's not every day you find out you're a prince and your neighbor is a princess!" As he says that I'm a princess,

I kind of like the sound of it.

Princess Isabelle Henderson.

''I know it's weird and all but let's just see what is gonna' happen from here. So explain what you need us to do, Kio." I say.

''Well I think now is the right time to go and show you the kingdom. That will be your new home from now on."

Quinton laughs out loud and then replies, ''Our new home? You got to be kidding?

What will our families say?"

Kio's face has a sudden change, a more serious look.

''You say anything to anyone and you're dead. People should not know about this.

We are an ancient community that almost went extinct because of humans and their stupid obsession for fame!"

I cut the tension by saying something calmly. ''Okay, we promise not to say anything but what should we tell our families?"

''Tell 'em you're going on a camping trip with a group of friends or you just want a few days' time to a hiking outing by yourselves."

''Okay. I'll tell Steven I am gonna' do some hiking but what about my wheelchair?"

''I have some magic serum with me. Make sure you put it in his drink before midnight! After he drank the serum you tell him that he does not have to worry and you are going hiking for a few days, as simple as that."

''A magic serum? You got to be crazy?"

''You're the one talking to a dwarf!" That's true, even if it doesn't seem like it. I just trust to whatever he says. He tells us to go home and pack our bags and meet him the same place tomorrow morning at six.

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I nervously enter the house again and luckily, just luckily Steven is still sleeping! He must have a hangover. I take some magic serum from my pocket and pour it in an empty beer bottle and add some Sprite Zero. The liquid inside the bottle turns to envy green. Whatever.

I open my brother's mouth with my fingers and pour it down his throat.

Surprisingly he swallows it down easily. I watch his eyes slowly turn from a marble blue to black. It must be the serum! He groans and sits up on the couch.

''What happened?" He says. Really? What actually happened? Well, my wheelchair broke and I am the princess of an ancient nature community consisting out of hundreds of dwarves. Freaky, I know right! But Steven cannot know that. So I decide on the following words, ''Hi Steven. You know I'm going on a hiking trip for a few days." He doesn't seem to notice that I'm walking because of the magic serum.