Chapt.2 - Back at base part.1

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-Star-
My friends left, having little hope to be able to wake me and after five minutes from when they left a strange  person appeared and came up the hill quickly. He/She picked me up in their arms and carried me down the hill side. It's grip was tight, The steps he/she took were silent and fast, and their heartbeat was calm with steady breaths.
After hearing a heavy door shut, I was set down. I could hear two people talking, the one who carried me down had a deep voice, so I'd say he's a "he". The other voice was quiet, but higher pitched. So they must be a girl. I could barely make out what they were saying, "She's here, you're welcome. Now help Nesa set up her room."
"Not yet, don't you wonder why the moon leader would choose such a smaller one than foretold in the prophecy." I'm not small... what are they talking about? I thought, then I realized I was awake. I shifted around where I was placed, the talking stopped. Then the one who carried me in quickly said, "Fast, Jaki go help Nesa make her room." I shifted again.
Then small steps quickly faded away into the distance. I opened my eyes and blinked a few times. I sat up and looked around, confused. "Hello, I'm Seth, what's your name?"
I said nothing as Seth's hand reached out to help me up. I gently laid my hand in his and he helped me up to my feet. "My name is," I paused, but just for a moment, "Star."
Seth looked speechless, like I had just spit out fire, or flew without wings or cords or a harness. "Agh, uh, excuse me for my silence." Be cleared his throat, then continued, "Please, let me give you a tour of our base."
I nodded, he tried to hold my hand, but I pulled mine away. He laughed nervously and said, "Yeah, I uh, probably need both my hands for the tour, huh."
He led me to the hallway and started the tour. "So, obviously this is the hallway, which leads to all rooms in the base." We both laughed a little, then he continued. "The room we were in previously is the 'Entrance Room'. This one to your left is Nesa's room, right next to it to it's left is Jaki's room. The first room to the right  is mine."
"Uhm, where- where's my room?"
"Yo-, your room is just down here across the hall from the dinner room."
We ran down the hall to my newly being prepared room. Seth pointed out the two who were setting up lights around the dark room. "See the taller one, with red hair, that's Jaki. The shorter one, who has blond hair green eyes, is Nesa."
The same quiet and higher pitched voice came from the one who Seth said was Jaki, "Oh, he- hey! How's the room lookin' from there?"
"Shush, I need silence for concentration Jaki, and I'm sure it looks just fine."
I butted in before Jaki said anything back, "Just fine? It looks amazing! It just needs..." I reached into my pocket and pulled out an empty dusty bottle, a piece of bark and an old leather cover journal, tied closed with a piece of spider's string. Three to be exact, all woven together to be stronger, and dipped in water to be not as sticky as usual. (I'm not entirely sure if that really works...) I placed it on a desk, torch-lit with a seeming to be Spruce wood chair. "... There, finished." I smiled as Jaki and Nesa climbed down to see for themselves what it looked like.
One howl sounded then Seth and Jaki said at almost the same time, "Dinner time!" Then they laughed and ran into the Dinner Room, walking in from the entrance room was what I would've thought was the leader, or teacher of some sort, scratched up, with a wolf walking by his side. He had a deep voice, almost scary, "So I see you found our fourth."
I was confused out of my mind, I didn't feel good about the word "fourth" or "found". "What do you- what do you mean?"
"Our first three Children of the Moon were waiting a long time for the "fourth" child, how old may you be?"
Uhm, well.... I-" My breaths got deeper and I was afraid I'd never see day, or my friends again. For I had remembered the "Children of the Moon" and fell onto the ground and passed out, scared for my life.

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