“I don’t know,” I hear frustration in Dido’s voice, “Whatever is necessary, I suppose…”

She pauses and I notice in the silence that there is something that she doesn’t want to say.

“What? What is it?”

“Nothing. It’s really nothing.”

“Oh, yes? Listen, Di, if you want me to help then you have to tell me everything.”

“Well, okay…I was hoping that you could possibly accompany me back to Earth, help me find money, and a ship, and work, etcetera. But once you told me that you’re stuck…here, well it wasn’t what I expected.”

“It never is.”

Our souls float in silence for a minute, before I say, “Well there is one way.”

“Oh, what?! So there is a way?”

“It’s…unconventional…”

“But it’ll work? You’ll be able to return with me?” There is such hope in her voice.

 I contemplate the certainty of this. “Oh, yes.”

“Great! How long will it take?”

“Not long, my dear, not long. But you’ll have to return to the realm of living first and I’ll be along soon.”

Dido eyes me suspiciously. “You promise you’ll be there?”

“I’ll try.”

“Grandma!”

“I promise.”

I wait for her to go but there is no movement.

“How do I…?”

“Just think of home, think of the living realm, and think of pulling yourself through.”

When I feel that I am alone again, I push back into the realm of the dead. I block out the images that swim around in the sea of my deceased mind; the objects of home, the smells and tastes of things I used to know so well. I make my way towards the rest of the realm of the dead. I know what I have to do, but I have no idea whether it will work. I just hope that she won’t be punished for my actions too.

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Calling For Help

This is a solo story set in the far future on Earth about a girl trying to get away from a life filled with aliens. So far there's basically only two characters, but hopefully that number will expand as the story grows. I changed it to a solo 'cause no-one was adding to it and I want to expand on the storyline by myself. Thanks to encouragement by Spook the story goes on :)
I alternate between characters, and it's about two Protagonize chapters each, then swap, etc.

Characters:

Dido Shakespeare: The heroine of this story. One of the only pure humans left on the planet after aliens have come and settled on the planet. She has no more family, after her parents disappeared and her brother died. She is 17 years of age and had to quit school to look after herself. She believes in an afterlife as the Egyptians saw it.

Mrs Shakespeare: Dido's deceased grandmother, whom Dido contacts at the beginning of the story, and who agrees to help her.

updated May 29 '10 by SumnerzAngel