The One He's Not

Apple Sandwiches & Unfortunate Interruptions

Apple Sandwiches & Unfortunate Interruptions

KAT

A person can think about a lot of things when they are limping aimlessly down a deserted pathway. A person's mind also tends to wander onto different tangents, especially when it is running haywire with multiple different thoughts.

It would be a complete understatement to say that my brain wasn't running haywire at the moment.

As I strode down the worn dirt path towards the village, I felt my mind wandering and thinking about the sudden turn of events that had led me to the Lowlands in the first place. I would have laughed in someone's face and called them crazy if they told me that I was going to be kidnapped and crippled while traveling through some magic portal to the side of the world where humans are supposed savages.

I also would have gotten a one way ticket to crazy town if I even thought something like that.

It was hard to believe that I've been here for only four days. Time passed by slowly and it felt like I had been here for months.

I felt somewhat accomplished considering that back at home people would say that if anyone tried to go over to the powerless side, they would be dead the moment they set foot in the place. I on the other hand have just sprained an ankle (that was only because I was being chased while I was in shock) and I turned out perfectly fine. It is amazing how much society can brainwash you into thinking what is good or bad or normal or monstrous.

I knew that when I got back home, that was one thing I was going to fix. I would tell Dexter all about the hardship here and he would understand. I could even take him back here and show him that these so called 'savaged monsters' were just like us and that they were only lacking the chemical compound that gave us our powers. We could maybe even live in harmony and knock the ugly cement wall down for good.

Whoa Kat, let's not get too ahead of ourselves. You aren't even in charge and Queen Crazy still has the reins to your life!

I wonder if Queen Monster even noticed that I'm gone. In fact, I bet nobody even cares that I'm not there. I was just some pawn in their little game of Life and if I got lost somehow, who knows what they did. Maybe some other unfortunate girl will be swept off their feet by Dexter and they could even be getting married right now. I mean, it was a possibility.

I'm certain that Karina knows I'm missing, though. We've been attached at the hip since we were in diapers and that girl knows me like the back of her hand. If she was looking for me, who knows if anyone would take her side and believe her. The palace never really liked her around and Dexter and I were her only connection past the palace gates. Dexter and Karina are friends, but are they close enough to both care that I'm even gone?

Well, when Ella gets back, she'll put their possible worries to bed. I just hope Dean gets her back without receiving any scratches. Ella sure has sharp nails and is not afraid to fight back. It would be pretty funny to hear stories about Ella attacking Dean because she got mud on her dress during the trip or something. Dean's expression would be priceless!

The rushing of children running past me broke me from my train of thought. It was funny how time flew when you were lost in your own head because without even knowing it, I had managed to trudge my way to the entrance of the village.

Just like Meredith had predicted, Noel appeared to be panicking right in the middle of the square. In a constant route, Noel paced back and forth by the stone well that was in the centre of the square. He kept his head down and continued his pacing motion even when I appeared right beside him. He looked up at me when I finally cracked and couldn't hold my laughter in anymore.