The Awesome Planet

Chapter 8 Lovely Lily

THIS IS DEDICATED TO LAURA BECAUSE SHE IS AWESOME AND A REALLY GOOD FRIEND.

Chapter 8

Lovely Lily

Picture - Lily Wicks

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Darkness.

And then, light.

The most wonderful, and brightest, light they had ever seen. Some covered in jewels, some different colours. The lights were all shapes and sizes.

There was a corridor ahead, which the gang chose to explore. And they came out into an arena of gold. The only person there, was a little girl.

The gang strode over the mounds of coins, jewellery and general gold and realised that the little girl had gold hair. Actual shiny gold hair, it was so surreal. She slowly turned her head and stared at the girls, then Tadzi, then she stood up and they all jumped back. She ignored Gina and walked straight up to Betty.

"You're not normal!" The girl said to the elderly wizard.

"You can't exactly talk, golden girl!" Ellen informed her.

"And you," Goldie continued, "with your orange skin. You are not of this world. Neither is he. You have both travelled a long way."

"And who are you?!" Rosalinda asked.

"I'm Lily. My parents once said that I could predict the future. And then I predicted that they would die. I had visions of it. It was terrible. I wish my parents could be here now!" and with that Lily burst into tears.

Gina ran over and put her arm around the girl who was sobbing manically.

"Well then, what does the future hold for me?" Ellen asked Lily the psychic.

"Well, you have been through so much already. One day, something strange happened nearby, you then decided to...run away. You travelled to far away places and lost friends along the way. In your future I can sense danger but happiness too. I also sense an evil figure, and tragedy." Lily prophesied.

"Come on, what's my future saying?"Betty asked dubiously.

"Well, something big has changed in your life recently, and this is the start of a new chapter for you. Unimaginable things will happen to you. A new love will enter you life. Or maybe an old one. I've really got to practise my love predictions! Anyway, yellow is danger. Stay away from the yellows!"

"Erm, that's a bit strange. I think we should get out of here now!" Betty told the gang.

"Can I come with you please?!? I could help you, all of you. I really don't like it down here." Lily asked.

"Sure, you can come with us!" Gina said, looking at Tadzi for reassurance.

"Yes, it's fine with us. Isn't it, girls?" Tadzi replied.

"Yeah, sure." Ellen said.

"Which way to the exit, Lily the Psychic?" Betty asked.

"Erm, I can't remember! I haven't left this chamber in 507 years. I think it's this way. Yes, it's definitely this wall. A panel opens up somewhere, and there's a passage beyond it. We just need to find the right spot." Lily implored.

For the next 3 and a half hours, the two girls, two royal aliens, the old lady and the psychic vigorously explored the room.

They tried to bash their way through the rock, but the wall just wouldn't budge. They couldn't find any sort of panel that would open, or any door.

"Hey! Over here!" Rosalinda yelled, as the group all ran over to where she was.

They saw a sort of button, and Rosalinda pressed it. A huge chunk of wall opened up into a metal corridor. Almost like an underground spaceship.

"YEESSSSSSSSS! I've found it! It's been here ALL along!" Lily screamed.

"What has?" Ellen asked.

"My escape pod! When my crew came here 527 years ago, the escape pod dispatched all by itself. No one knew where it went. Until now! So, we just need t-"she was going to say we need to get out of here when Rosalinda rudely interrupted her.

"Wait, wait, wait! You came here with other people?!"

"Of course! I didn't come here on my own! There were seventeen of us altogether.

I think I still remember them all:

Patricia

Bob

Evelyn

Patrick

Robert

Janice

Harris

Bilog

Riphaf

Nupo

Baptig

Flichtos

Thort

Usi

Wertnok

Sigbof

And me. Sigbof was my best friend and colleague. He died 93 years ago. So sad."

"In fact, most of them died," Lily continued, "and only the last seven humans remain. Well, the last seven humans of our planet Dojkol anyway. Patricia, Bob, Evelyn, Patrick, Robert, Janice and Harris! They must be down here somewhere!"

"So, if you're not human, what are you?" Asked Tadzi.

"An.....entity. Yeah, I'm just an entity! Or a ghost. Oh, never mind, you won't understand anyway!"

"Well, if we've got to find these humans, we better get a move on!" Gina moaned sarcastically.