Hal

 

          Hal was sitting in the small hotel room that he just rented. The hotel was called Casa de England. How stupid is that? Hal thought. But he didn’t have time to find a five-star hotel. He was busy trying to figure out a plan to get back at Fredrick. Maybe I could sneak into his house and steal his taxidermies dragon?? Maybe I could push him down his elevator? Maybe…Maybe…Maybe…All of his ideas started with maybes. He tried writing some down on paper, only to fill his room with crumpled pieces of paper. Towards the late hours of the night, Hal gave up and fell asleep on the creaky bed.

            Hal woke with a start to find the maid cleaning his mess. “What are ya’ some kind of writin’ junky?” She said while chewing a big wad of gum, “Weirder an’ weirder people are stayin’ in dis hotel.” She cracked the gum loudly. Hal rubbed his forehead, realizing that he still had no idea what to do. He eyed his cell phone. Maybe he called and apologized for what he did. Maybe he’ll realize how much he needs me. He got up and checked the cell phone. No messages. Hal guessed that that would be the outcome.

            The rest of his day was spent buying food from room service (which wasn’t all that roomy) and watching soap operas. It was when Forever Dusk was over when Hal began to wonder, maybe those kids are alive. It seems to be impossible, but considering the fact that Fredrick was making such a big deal out of them they have to be alive. But how…how?

 

 

 

Agatha

 

            I awoke to find myself in a sea of gold and rainbow. I thought that everything that happened yesterday was just a dream. No, everything that has happened in the past week was all just a dream. That is until I heard a voice saying, did you have a wonderful sleep? Ketina was looking at me with a look of question on her face.  The best I could have on a cave floor. But it looks like Trystan had a better one. We both looked at Trystan, who was snoring quietly holding a golden goblet in his hands. Hehe. Watch this. Ketina went as quietly as a dragon could towards Trystan. When she felt that she was close enough, she let out a deafening roar. Trystan jumped about five feet into the air. “Whaaaaa!!!” Trystan yelled in shock. I laughed while covering my ears to protect them from the nearly earsplitting sound. “Oh yeah, you guys can have so much fun with me, considering I don’t wake up at dawn.” He said sarcastically. I see he isn’t a happy one in the morn. Ketina said. Yes, but it probably didn’t help that we woke him up like that. I answered.

            “Ehem, so why did I get the rude wakeup call?” Trystan impatiently asked. He was pouting like a child.

            “Well, because it was funny. I mean, you should have seen yourself. You were…” I stopped because Trystan was glaring at me.

            Am I allowed to speak? Ketina nervously asked. We knew she could feel the negative energy flowing throughout the cave. Yes, but what were we woken up for?

            Well, it’s about time you asked. We need to leave, immediatly. She put an emphasis on immediatly. “But why?” I said aloud, “We’ve just learned about how we need to help, and now we have to leave immediately.”

            “Maybe it’s a good thing Aggie.” Trystan said.

            And Trystan is right. The food near here is very low, because of that horrid man. But I also think we could get help from a close friend of mine. I quickly repeated what Ketina said to Trystan. You guys know that if you both wear the necklace, all three of us can talk. I looked at Ketina. Well, that saves a lot more time. Trystan grabbed the necklace and also got it around his neck. It was a tight squeeze and we were awkwardly close, but it did help a lot. I never knew dragons could have friends. Trystan said.

            Of course we do. We don’t live in caves alone in solitude. Sometimes we form packs, but those are usually made up of family members.

            Can we move on? I didn’t feel like learning about what Trystan know and doesn’t know. Yes of course. Even though I want to leave as soon and as fast as possible, we need to get you guys some supplies.

            What kind of supplies? Trystan asked.

            Warm clothes, like big jackets, sleeping bags, not to mention food and among other things. Ketina listed all of the items. “Well, I guess we’re going shopping.” Trystan said as he wove the necklace over his head.

            “It kind of makes me feel normal. “I exclaimed.

            “Aggie, we are far from normal from now on.”

 

 

Trystan

 

            Well, I can think of two words that describe what’s going on right now. Shopping Spree!! That was very weird of me. Ehem, so we were getting ready to go shopping when I noticed something. “Hey, how are we going to get from this cave; it’s in the middle of a waterfall. And don’t you think people would find it just a tad bit weird to see two people flying on the back of a dragon to Wal-Mart?”

            “Well Trystan considering the fact that both Ketina and I have the brains to have figured that out about a half an hour ago, we already came up with a plan.”

            “How was I supposed to know? You both talk in your heads, I feel completely out of it. Maybe we should take turns with the ring.”

            “Trystan,” Aggie began rubbing her temples in frustration, “Ketina is going to fly us to the nearest road, and then we’ll walk until we find a taxi. We shop, then come back and leave. And we don’t have time to create a stupid schedule for the ring.”

            “Just because you’re smarter doesn’t mean you can be the only one to talk to her.”

            “Now you sound like a three-year old.”

            “At least I’d be a three year old who would share.”

            “RRRRROOOOAAAARRRR!!!” Ketina roared. I was guessing she wanted us to stop. Stop bickering like toddler siblings over a deer. “Ketina’s right. We don’t have time for this. We should get going.” Aggie murmured.

            “Well, where should we go first?”

            “I guess a grocery store.” We both climbed on top of Ketina and held on tight. All I was thinking was I hoping this isn’t like last time.

            So here we both are flying on the back of a dragon. How much more crazy are we going to get? Well apparently a lot more because of the fact that we’re going to meet another dragon. We landed on the outskirts of town. “Well be back soon Ketina.” Aggie said as she slide down Ketina’s scaly side. How could she already be growing attached to her? We eventually caught a taxi and rode to the nearest grocery store in silence, which was unusual. I wonder what is making Aggie so quiet. I guess I’ll ask her later, when a taxi driver can’t listen to us, especially if it involves Ketina. We paid the driver and then got out on the street as he pulled away. It wasn’t until we were in the fruit section that I asked, “So…why are you so quiet today? Did it involve us fighting?” Aggie continued studying the fruit as she said, “No. Hmm, I don’t think we can take fruit where we’re going.” She walked towards the veggies. I quickly followed and asked, “Well, then what is it?”

            “Do I have to tell you?” Man, something was really bugging her. She would’ve told me by now. But then she sighed and smiled; “Besides I think you’re smart enough to figure it out.” She walked away, leaving me standing by the carrots confused. We didn’t talk about it until we got to the cash register. Aggie was fidgeting and it appeared like she wanted to tell me. “You still haven't figured it out yet have you?” I shook my head. She laughed and we gathered the packages. She then said, “Don’t you ever listen to Ketina?”

            “No.” She was discouraged by my answer, but at least she was talking again. “Well,” she began, “I’ll remind you something that she told us. You really should watch what you think.” With that, Aggie flagged down a taxi and told him to go to a camping place.

 

 

Agatha

 

When Ketina told me of what she found when she dug in Trystan’s mind, I couldn’t help but blush. I thought we were friends. Besides, I thought that was all we could be. So now I broke it to him that I knew he loved me, or at least found me attractive. So the ride to Camp Shop I felt lots of awkwardness between us. Well, of course there was. Did he really think I felt the same way about him? Maybe I should’ve never bribed this out of Ketina. Maybe she could keep these things in her head away from us. I decided to break the ice by saying, “What size coat will you need?” Trystan slowly turned to face me. He was probably afraid of what I thought about what he thought about me. When he saw I wasn’t mad he said, “Adult large, I like having big coats.” It was quiet again. Then Trystan spoke, “Aren’t you mad?”

            “Me? I’m surprised you aren’t mad at me?”

            “For what? I was being…well stupid, and Ketina heard about it.”

            “Yeah but I got it out of her. If I didn’t bribe her then neither of us would know about it.”

            “Still, aren’t you mad?” I sighed. I tried to think what I was feeling. I wasn’t mad, I knew that. “Well, I was thinking we were just friends. I never knew you felt that way.”

            He laughed, “Who couldn’t feel that way around you? I’m surprised your boss Carlo wasn’t with you or anything. Didn’t anything ever happen in college?”

            “In the beginning. Then when everyone found out I was into dragons, they were no longer into me.” Trystan found that surprising. The car stopped and we paid and bought everything else in Camp Shop. We rode the taxi as far into the forest and met Ketina in a clearing. I’m guessing you told him. She said.

            Yeah, but I think we took care of it.

            Good because we have no more time. We have to go now! The man is closer now than ever.

            Well let’s get moving then. I got on Ketina and Trystan passed all of our packages up. Once we were both securely in and the packages weren’t going to fall off, and flew off into the forest.

 

 

            Fredrick

 

            Fredrick stood in a clearing in a forest, looking for any trace of the two kids. What a sorrowful looking campsite. He kicked at pile of sticks meant for a fire. “Start looking men, and anything that looks either human or dragon, give it to me.” His henchmen started looking at the ground, in the trees, and even digging. We’ll be able to find any sign if they’re still alive. He laughed menacingly laughed at the idea of having another dragon in his grasp. And I’ll finish off those other two, useless as they are. He laughed again. That was when his laugh was interrupted by a cell phone ringing. He looked down at his feet to find a red flip phone. He picked it up and looked to see who was calling. It was a man named Carlo. He answered the phone and heard a man yelling, “Oh my God Agatha! Where have you been?!” We have almost the entire facility looking for you and Trystan! You need to get here now!” That’s when Fredrick finally said, “Oh I’m so sorry Carlo. It appears that we have captured your dear Agatha and Trystan. I’m sure you want them both back in one piece, but you need to do me a simple little favor. Can you do that?” Fredrick could tell that Carlo’s anger turned to fear. “Good. Now start singing to me what those kids were doing up here?”

 

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