Alternate Universe
Earth has long since been demolished and new planets have become home, each not knowing the other planet exists. But when Ambria is mysteriously teleported into Diatora, Everly's home planet, questions get asked. And the weirdest...
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"Ambria I am leaving for work now. I expect you to not leave the house under any circumstances. Do not answer the door. You are welcome to whatever is in the kitchen and as long as you don't make a mess or draw attention to yourself you can do whatever you want. I will be home before the sun has set." Margaret informs me. Everly had left over ten minutes ago for work and I had sat in silence while Margaret got ready. I couldn't even put it into words how awkward the experience had been.
When she had finally left I realized that I was extremely bored. I have very little time to myself on my planet. Most of my days are full and when I do get time for myself it is spent alone taking a break from my hectic life. I have never been bored, I have never had to entertain myself. I decide the best course of action would be to find paper and pencil around the house. Which is exactly what I do.
I spend the next hour drawing everything I had seen her in this remarkable world I had landed in. I draw the horrifying horse I had seen on my first day. I draw Everly and Nicoletta. I sketch a drawing of Orion who had seemingly attached himself to all my thoughts this morning. Suddenly I hear a soft knock on the door. Who could possibly be out here at a time like this?
I head toward the door ignoring Margaret's warning about not answering the door. I glance out the window by the door and she the boy who had been plaguing my thoughts all day. I also ignore Everly's warnings and decide that he's trustworthy. I slowly open the door and greet him. "Hello Orion. What are you doing here?"
"Hello Ambria, I just wanted to talk to you is that not allowed?" Why would he want to talk to me? We don't know each other and we don't have anything to talk about.
"How did you know I was here? Did you follow me and Everly?" I start to panic, maybe Everly was right. Maybe I shouldn't trust someone I had just met. My vision starts to blur and I Reach my hand out trying to find something I can hold onto. My hand lands on Orion's arm and I hastily remove it and find another wall to lean on.
"Hey Ambria calm down-" Orion tries to calm me down by grabbing onto my shoulders. Which just sets me off even more. This then causes him to realise his hold on me. "Sorry I want touch you again. Ambria it's alright, I saw you heading this way with everly and figured there was no other place Everly would take you except for Margaret's home. I am not following you I'm not going to hurt you." How can I possibly know if that the truth?
"Alright, okay-" I say while taking deep breathes in an attempt to calm myself. "Im alright, so what did you want to talk about?"
"Well first maybe you should let me in?" Oh right Orion was still standing outside on the opposite side of the door. I step aside and let him in. We walk into the living room which consists of old flowered couches and a designed rug. Paintings hang on the wall behind the couch and flowers sit on the table by the couch. Orion sits down on the couch and sit down on the opposite side of him. "I was thinking we could talk about what exactly happened to you when you teleported."
"Well to tell you the truth I don't know very much about what happened to me. Everly and I are still trying to figure out what really happened. Do you know anything about teleporting, I assume you do since you believed me when I told you."
"I may know a bit about it." What does that mean? Does he know useful information or not? How come he didn't share anything last time we talked, when I had shared my biggest secret with him. Oh right Everly had pulled me away before we could even finish our discussion. Now here we were, with no one around to interrupt we can finally discuss what had happened to me. He might even have been throughout the same thing I had been.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"It means that I think we shouldn't talk about it."
"You're the one who came here and asked about what happened to me when I teleported. Now you don't want talk about it especially now that we are talking about you." This guy has some real problems. Who comes to someones home to discuss a problem they have and when they ask you a question you reply with no real answer even though that answer might actually help them? What messed up logic is that?
"That's not the reason I just dont think its safe to talk here." Now what is that supposed to mean?
"So what are we going to talk about?" I reply in outrage.
"How about we just talk about ourselves. What are you like Ambria?" Why does he want to know things about me? He doesn't want to share anything about himself why should I?
"I'm like everyone else. There's nothing to talk about." I'm not really sure what to say. I decide to ask him a question even though Im sure he won't reply. "What about you Orion, what should I know about you?"
"That I'm trouble. That you should stay away from me. I assume Everly told you about me, what I have done. You should listen to her and do what she says." Orion retorts. So he decides to answer.
"Maybe I don't want to. You can't tell me what to do." I reply while leaning closer to him.
"I can't force you to do anything but I can definitely advise you to stay away from and I hope you really do listen to me even though a part of me doesn't want you to. A part of me wants to get to know you to help you figure out what happened to you and how you can fix everything. And I realize that we just met but I feel a connection with you and I know if I don't leave now everything is going to go horribly wrong." Orion got up and walked out the door without a goodbye.
