feeling, that for now everything is going to be fine.”
He looked at her, “No apology is required, but thank you all the same.” W hat have I gotten myself mixed into?
That night, Mirtza was able to coax Lauren to join them for the meal by making two pots of tea. In the first, he placed a large quantity of tea, hoping that the exaggerated aroma would get Lauren’s attention, while the second contained the proper amount of tea. As the uneasy quiet began to creep up on them, Mirtza regaled his new friends with stories about growing roots and raising pigs. While the conversation was not as brilliant as the stars above, it was better than the deafening silence, and it almost seemed like a regular night of camping, except for everyone’s overall confusion.
It was late into the night, and John was lying awake still looking at the light show in the sky, when Lauren walked over, and kneeled beside him, “John, what is happening?”
John was surprised at both Lauren’s appearance and her question, “What do you mean?”
“Don’t play stupid with me, crap is happening. Crap that seems to have me stuck in the middle. One day I am a simple schoolgirl, and the next, I wake up in a strange freaking world. Some stranger picks us up, drops us off in a dying forest, and then I am healing Ryan and Zack. I know things, things that I shouldn’t know. And there are times where it feels like I am looking through somebody else’s eyes.”
Lauren’s distress managed to push the sleep to the back of John’s mind, “Let’s walk. It helps me think.” They started walking down the road when Alron Icefeather, dressed in black, stepped out from behind a tree. While John stopped, Lauren kept walking, but as John passed Alron, he heard a whistle, and had a strange sensation that Alron followed them. Lauren reached into her coat pocket, pulled out a berry, which she crushed onto the head of her staff, creating a soft blue light that led their way.
“John, I have killed.”
“I know. I was there.”
“There were others. That dust cloud that followed us from the covered forest. I asked the forest to kill them.”
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t know why, but that song. I asked the trees to stop those that followed us. Somehow, the trees set a trap for them, and I am pretty sure they killed them.”
“How do you know that?”
“Haven’t you been listening, I don’t know how I know these things, I just do. John, am I evil? Is that why those men were trying to kill me?”
“Lauren, I have only known you for three years. I don’t think you have an evil bone in your body. They attacked you, and you simply defended yourself. Those elves killed the second.”
“What about those that chased us, they could have been sent to help us? Or to kill me?”
“There is a lot of strange events happening, much of it I cannot explain. Actually, there is nothing that I can. How do you feel inside, deep in your heart? Or gut?”
“I think we are supposed to be here John. I don’t think our arrival was an accident.” In the dark, John never saw her pupils dilate into large dark circles, only heard the change in her voice, “Now I hath bothered thou enough for one night. Let us return from where we came. Morrow shalt be a long day, much sleep thou wilt need.” With that, Lauren turned on her heels, headed back to the camp, moving so quickly, she caught John unprepared, and left him standing alone in the dark.
Alron stepped out from the forest, “Friend John, does naught worry thine self. I does think that Mother does now guide young Lauren. To the camp, let us return.”
“Alron, may I ask you a question?”
“John, friend of Lauren, thou are free to ask, mine answers does be few.”
“Do you know what is happening?”
“Protect and serve. Mine answer does be that John. Protect and serve. Beyond that, all else I does leave to Mother.”
“Who do you protect and serve?”
“Those
He looked at her, “No apology is required, but thank you all the same.” W hat have I gotten myself mixed into?
That night, Mirtza was able to coax Lauren to join them for the meal by making two pots of tea. In the first, he placed a large quantity of tea, hoping that the exaggerated aroma would get Lauren’s attention, while the second contained the proper amount of tea. As the uneasy quiet began to creep up on them, Mirtza regaled his new friends with stories about growing roots and raising pigs. While the conversation was not as brilliant as the stars above, it was better than the deafening silence, and it almost seemed like a regular night of camping, except for everyone’s overall confusion.
It was late into the night, and John was lying awake still looking at the light show in the sky, when Lauren walked over, and kneeled beside him, “John, what is happening?”
John was surprised at both Lauren’s appearance and her question, “What do you mean?”
“Don’t play stupid with me, crap is happening. Crap that seems to have me stuck in the middle. One day I am a simple schoolgirl, and the next, I wake up in a strange freaking world. Some stranger picks us up, drops us off in a dying forest, and then I am healing Ryan and Zack. I know things, things that I shouldn’t know. And there are times where it feels like I am looking through somebody else’s eyes.”
Lauren’s distress managed to push the sleep to the back of John’s mind, “Let’s walk. It helps me think.” They started walking down the road when Alron Icefeather, dressed in black, stepped out from behind a tree. While John stopped, Lauren kept walking, but as John passed Alron, he heard a whistle, and had a strange sensation that Alron followed them. Lauren reached into her coat pocket, pulled out a berry, which she crushed onto the head of her staff, creating a soft blue light that led their way.
“John, I have killed.”
“I know. I was there.”
“There were others. That dust cloud that followed us from the covered forest. I asked the forest to kill them.”
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t know why, but that song. I asked the trees to stop those that followed us. Somehow, the trees set a trap for them, and I am pretty sure they killed them.”
“How do you know that?”
“Haven’t you been listening, I don’t know how I know these things, I just do. John, am I evil? Is that why those men were trying to kill me?”
“Lauren, I have only known you for three years. I don’t think you have an evil bone in your body. They attacked you, and you simply defended yourself. Those elves killed the second.”
“What about those that chased us, they could have been sent to help us? Or to kill me?”
“There is a lot of strange events happening, much of it I cannot explain. Actually, there is nothing that I can. How do you feel inside, deep in your heart? Or gut?”
“I think we are supposed to be here John. I don’t think our arrival was an accident.” In the dark, John never saw her pupils dilate into large dark circles, only heard the change in her voice, “Now I hath bothered thou enough for one night. Let us return from where we came. Morrow shalt be a long day, much sleep thou wilt need.” With that, Lauren turned on her heels, headed back to the camp, moving so quickly, she caught John unprepared, and left him standing alone in the dark.
Alron stepped out from the forest, “Friend John, does naught worry thine self. I does think that Mother does now guide young Lauren. To the camp, let us return.”
“Alron, may I ask you a question?”
“John, friend of Lauren, thou are free to ask, mine answers does be few.”
“Do you know what is happening?”
“Protect and serve. Mine answer does be that John. Protect and serve. Beyond that, all else I does leave to Mother.”
“Who do you protect and serve?”
“Those
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