The Dreamer - Arc 1 out of 3

Journey to Canada (Part One)

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The following includes Katie (@petalstothemetal on TikTok), Sam (@voiceondainternet on TikTok), Ray (@aqua_rayslay on TikTok), & Bex's (@britishcatswitch on TikTok) writings.

DJ Ross & Courtney Fletcher belong to Katie. Chase Wood, Ryker Sylain, & Echo Braizen belong to Sam. Caleb Wilson belongs to Ray. Leora Clark belongs to Bex.
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So. Seven set out in a van. Chase, DJ, Leora, Ryker, Courtney, Caleb, and Echo. They were on their way, Chase was driving, the others were sitting about the van wherever they were. this was going to be a long trip

Courtney was sitting in the passenger seat, humming lightly and looking out of the window. She loved car rides, and nature was the perfect escape from her thoughts. DJ was sitting in the back, in the middle seat. Between Echo and Ryker. He was very uncomfortable.

Leora was fiddling with some metal, deciding to work on a gift for the scary and pretty girl for when she got back. "Hey Caleb do you know the name of a scary but pretty girl at camp?" Leora asked.

Caleb looked up as Leora talked. "There's a lot of scary girls at camp," Caleb said, he let off pretty since well-

Ryker was looking out the window, but listening in on what Leora had just said. hmm...

Echo glanced over at DJ, a small smirk tugged at the corner of his mouth as he looked out the window.

Courtney scrunched her face up. "...Astrid?" She asked jokingly, laughing a little then looked at Chase. She went quiet and cleared her throat awkwardly as she looked out the window again.

"Yeah but she's like, really scary and mean. Astrid is nice. This girl called me an idiot... so I made a deal with her that if I got back alive she'd give me a chance... but she wouldn't tell me her name." Leora said and grinned, rubbing her neck, "oh and she had a weird collar on."

"Astrid calls me a dumbass all the time what's your point?" Caleb said blankly.

Chase chuckled softly, glancing over at Courtney, then in the back mirror, then back on the road.

Ryker's whole body tensed at the description. oh

DJ glanced at Echo and tensed up a bit, taking a deep breath. Hearing Leora speak, he looked back at Ryker. Yikes. He cleared his throat and tugged on the collar of his sweater. "Is it hot in here? God I feel like I'm choking-"

"Wait a minute is that-" Caleb started to connect the dots. She wasn't that cute but he's gay so- "oh-"

"Astrid tells me I'm smart and she's married to Chase. This girl is like... the stars. She's pretty and mysterious and just out of my reach." Leora sighed dreamily. this poor child caught the squishies for Trinity

Chase turned on the ac, choosing to not get in the middle of that.

Ryker cleared his throat, shifting a little in the back seat as he moved the seatbelt off his neck. MMMM

DJ swallowed hard and shut his eyes. "Please dear god stop talking-" he muttered, looking behind him. "You know, I can just sit in the trunk. You don't even have to pull over just roll down the window and I'll roll out of it-"

Leora got excited and turned to look at him, "do you know her name???" She asked.

Ryker glanced at Leora, then quickly back out the window, his expression going unreadable. He didn't say anything.

"Let's not jump out the windows please." Chase frowned a little.

Echo chuckled softly at all that was happening, remaining silent.

DJ awkwardly slid down in his chair, covering his face with his hands.

Courtney blinked a few times and took a deep breath. "...Yaaaay road trip."

Caleb mostly had his attention to his phone at the moment.

Leora pouted and turned back around, "I just wanna know her name... Why won't anyone tell me?" She mumbled unhappily.

Caleb looked up. "It's his sister duh," Caleb said pointing to Ryker. He remembered her to be one the Hades kids.

"So?" Leora asked and titled her head, "is it weird I think she's pretty?" She asked and frowned.

Ryker's eyes widened and he tensed a little more. "I would appreciate it if we could just not speak about my sister." He mumbled as he looked up front at Leora, narrowing his eyes slightly.

"To me finding a female pretty is as real as Chase cussing regularly." Caleb said blankly.

Leora was really confused, "okay..." she said softly and started fiddling with the metal again, heating and molding it to what she wanted it to look like.

Caleb looked down back at his phone waiting for a response from Avery. He felt bad for leaving so suddenly and not at least calling. He would now but.. that'd be awkward..

this was gonna be a really long trip.