Trial Of Aryse [draft one]

Jail birds

I woke up laying on a cold thing. I sat up, disorented. I looked down and saw the cold thing was a bed, in fact.

"Wha...where am I?"

"Aryyyyssseee! You're awake!" I heard Orion shout.

"Yes, I am awake." I mumbled.

Orion laughed, and I stood up.

"So... Where are we?" I asked.

He shrugged. "Jail, I guess."

"Jail?!" I screamed. "I mean, I remember getting arrested, but how did we get here? Where are Astrid and Cylin?"

"Well, what happened was that they arrested you, me, and Astrid, but Cylin tried to make a run for it, and they caught him and sedated him, you know, because he took out two guards... I guess they are policemen, I don't know, but then, they took us to this car, and Astrid was yelling about what and outrage it was, then they sedated her and you were crying and so they knocked you out, but I didn't do anything so I'm fine."

"Oh."

"We have been here an hour, and Astrid's over there." He said, pointing to the corner. Astrid was slumped over next to a toy car.

"Where is Cylin?" I asked.

" I think they are going to interrogate us, and I think he's first, cause, like, he did take out two police officers. I heard the guards talking about interrogation." He said.

" You... You talk to much." Astrid had raised her head up, and was awake.

" Oh my squash, are you OK, here let me help you," Orion ran to help Astrid stand up.

"So," Astrid said, standing shakily," what's going on?"

We filled her in on what was going on.

" Yeah, I can see me screaming at the officers. That's true." She joked.

"So now the real question: why are we here?" I asked, not really expecting an answer.

" Well, I don't know that, but I do know that I'm supposed to be home tomorrow for my sisters birthday, and if I'm not, she is gonna kill me."

" I thought you only had a brother!" I exclaimed.

"Aryse, you have met her before. And my brother. And my mom and dad. All at the same time. How do you not know this." Orion was annoyed.

"Yeah, air-reese!" Astrid mocked.

"Yes Astrid, that's how you say my name. Anyway, I don't know, I guess I'm dumb."

Both Orion and Astrid started laughing, when the doors to the cell opened, and Cylin was pushed in. The doors slammed shut, and Cylin turned to bang on them, shouting at whoever was listening.

"Let me out! I'll kill you! I swear I'll do it!" He pounded on the door, and after about a minute he gave up. He turned around, and slid down the door into a sitting position.

I walked towards him, noticing a cut on his face.

"Cylin, you have..." I approached him like I would a stray dog who was a bit hostile; with caution.

" Yeah, I know. Just leave me alone." He turned his head away.

"But Cylin-"

"Go away!" He was clearly hurting, whether it was emotional or physical, I knew better than to keep talking to him.

Astrid slide him the toy car from the corner. He smiled at it, and started sliding it back and forth between his hands, batting it around like he was a cat.

"OK, his brain must be fish fry." Astrid whispered to me.

"Yep." I whispered back.

"I have a odd question." Orion said. "Is my hair long enough to braid?"

I looked at Astrid.

" I mean, we can try." She shrugged.

" Oh my gosh, can we do a braiding circle?" I was excited.

" Yes, let's do that!" Astrid was so excited she was doing jazz hands.

We all sat down in a circle, I was behind Astrid, who was behind Orion, who was behind me, and started to braid. Astrid has this long, golden hair that was so soft that my braid kept slipping out of my hands!

"Orion, I have some good news and bad news." Astrid said.

"Bad news first." Orion stopped braiding my hair.

"Your hair, despite its fluff, is too short."

"Aw man. What's the good news?"

"Your hair is indeed still brown." She snorted.

They both fell over laughing while I just sat there confused.

"Inside joke." Astrid chuckled.

"Do tell." I said, minorly annoyed.

"So, you know how me and him grew up together, right? Well one day, when we were like four, his parents left him at my house with me and my Grandma for the day. We were taking a nap, and I hadn't fallen asleep yet, but he had, and I'm dozing off, and suddenly he's wakes up and screams, is my hair brown?!"

Astrid and Orion fell over again, and I chuckled. It was kinda funny, but I guess when you have been friends your whole life, things are funnier.

Cylin suddenly stood up. "They're coming."

He walked to the corner farthest from the door and crossed his arms.

The doors opened, and two guards walked in.

"Aryse Wiltiker, you're coming with us."