Genre: Fantasy
My eyes glance everywhere, taking in the dirt hallways. These corridors in which Eden, Skylar, and I walk have cobwebs and insects crawl or unknown things scuffle about. An eerie silence surrounds us, a nervous and scared silence. Skylar holds up his hand in a stop motion and we dive into another room just as footsteps and voices are now able to be heard.
"What are you doing in here children?" a voice in the darkness of the room says in a hushed tone.
My eyes flicker to where the voice came from to see a light and a young man, twirling a glowing knife that just radiates magic. My whole body goes tense, this wasn't part of the plan. What do we do? I need to formulate a plan, right now!
"Oh, well, it's me Skylar. We're looking for my dad and, Liam, and I was wondering if you could tell us. These two want to join the society," Sky says, his voice calm and smooth, yet holding some arrogance.
"Yes, Skylar has told us about the society and their cause. We would like to join it, for we like the reasoning. The "good" people are jerks, and we want to rid this world, all worlds, of them," I say, making air quotes for the good part.
The man nods at Skylar, then looks at me suspiciously. I flash a smile before saying, "So could you show us the way?" The glare of Skylar pierces into my head, and I soon find myself looking into his eyes. He mouths, "Cynthia, shut up!" before returning to his cheerful look at the man. The man, in his late twenties I'm guessing, tells us the directions and then we head off, barely even muttering a thanks.
We reach the door, and I grab the door handle, shivers going down my spine. This has been too easy, something is bound to go wrong. We are just three kids, after all. I open the door, my brain screaming at me not to step in, but I gulp down the fear and step in. Eden and Skylar soon follow after, and a booming voice echoes in the room.
"Welcome, goodlings. Son, I'm disappointed in you," he says, faking his niceness.
Skylar growls and steps up to be right next to me. I, on the other hand, am frozen in place, unable to move. Eden seems to have the same problem as I. A creaking sound of gears shifting and moving sound underneath us and a trap door opens. I'm falling through the air along with my companions. Suddenly, I jerk to a stop, being caught by a rope, and swing around a bit, seeing a swinging Skylar right beside me, as well as an Eden on the other side.
"This... did not go as planned," I voice out, a sigh escaping my lips.
"No kidding," Eden responds, "that dumb guy just threw us ladies down a hole. Well... Skylar isn't a lady, so he's okay."
"He's... He's disappointed in me, Cynthia. He's disappointed," Skylar says, his voice small and filled with shock.
My chest fills with sympathy and kindness toward the normal cocky and arrogant boy, and I just say, "I'm sorry Skylar."
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TigerGirl110011 is the author of The Tears of a Monster
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