Monday, April 30, 2007

9!! And not even close!!!
They all swallowed hard as the mirror started to speed up, changing rapidly the colors of the rainbow, and the mirror started to open up to Skolta. “Wait, I’ll go first.” Gloria said when Eureka took a step forward. “I’d rather risk my life than have yours risked.” She stood up on the platform and said a string of Tutluskan words. “Come. I have someone to show you.” She said calmly. Dazed, the other girls followed. They stepped up to the platform too, and as they walked through the mirror, they felt the intense heat of a volcano. Gloria turned around to face them, and she stood there, her eyes closed. She spread her arms out, and four blue dragonfly wings sprouted out of her back. Her face didn’t change, until she opened her eyes and drifted slowly off the giant canyon floor they were on. “Wait here and I’ll go find them.” She said, as her wings brushed furiously and she was gone across a wall of rock. She came back a minute later, with an anxious-looking girl. Gloria landed on the ground with a small cloud of dust, and placed her hand on the girl’s shoulder. “Eureka, Lochelle, Nicole, meet Rone. She is the fourth mage, the mage of fire.” Rone looked at them, crossed her arms, and smirked mischievously. She lowered her head and sighed. “Oh, it’s been too long.” She said in a sharp voice. She looked at Nicole closely. “I haven’t seen a human in ages…” Nicole winced, and drew back. “Actually, Rone’s a human like you guys too. She has lived in Skolta all her life.” Lochelle stared at Rone. “Then why is she here? I mean, shouldn’t she be back at Earth with us?” Rone spoke to Gloria in Tutluskan for a moment. Dang it…Eureka thought. We’re not in mage form, so we can’t understand what they’re saying…Gloria shook her head, and Rone pleaded, until Gloria sighed, her wings drooping. “All right, Rone. You’ll come back with you guys to Earth. Oh yeah, you should know a little more about her. Long ago, about 13 years….Rone’s parents, and human and a fairy, had Rone, and tried to escape Earth and to bring her here at Skoltan volcanoes. Ever since then she’s been here.” Rone nodded and turned to them. “And since that, I’ve always wanted to go back to my home planet….But now I finally will! Please take me with you! I just want to be normal…not have to worry about the Skoltan War, and other distresses! I want to be just like you, and go to an Earth school!” She grew more rapid with every word, her eyes widening. “Okay….well, I guess that’s it?” Lochelle said slowly. Gloria was drifting off the ground with her wings, and they drew back into her back. Nicole flinched, grossed. That was all they were here for…Eureka thought. That’s it? Just a girl then we leave? Weird…Well, oh well. It’s kinda weird here anyway…All of a sudden they heard a great shriek, the pounding of heavy wings, and then a great big grey blur soar through the air. Lochelle screamed, and she was dragged away in the giant bird’s talons as she was swept away. She screamed again, and then she was gone.
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