11. Life’s Everything But Boring.

“THERE IT IS!” I shrieked pointing at a cave.

“Ow! My ear! How about not shouting in it for once?” Orion whimpered as he covered his ears. “There what is?”

“The cave!” I giggled excitedly.

“Yeahhhh…?”

“Oh, right. I saw my dead mom in a dream. She told me that we need to get this amulet thingy that she dropped in the water where the sharks were, but that the sharks were made of diamond. So we hafta get the weapon in the cave so we can go underwater and get the thing without dying.”

There was that look again.

“What?!” I threw my arms in the air dramatically. “You’re looking at me like I’m crazy or something.”

“Just another one of Luna’s crazy ideas, just another one of Luna’s crazy ideas, just another one of Luna’s crazy ideas…” he mumbled and wandered ahead of me to the cave.

“Well, glad to see he believes me.” I laughed and followed after him.





“So, here’s a tree…in a cave…what are we supposed to do with it?” Orion asked, walking around the tree and staring at it.

“We get that.” I pointed up near the top of the tree. “The question is, how?” I stared up, trying to think of an idea.

“Luna.” Orion stopped to stare at me.

“Yeah?” I asked, still gazing at the top.

“You have wings.”

“Ohhhh, right, right.” I flew up and grabbed the clear, shiny object then flew back down. “Well, what is it?” I asked, staring at the box.

“I dunno, I think that’s a button though.” He pointed to one side of the box.

“Alrighty then.” I grinned and pressed the button. There was whirring and a clunk then it sprung open with and explosion. “Well…that was unexpected.” I stared at all the different weapons on the floor. They varied from daggers, to swords, to spiky ball thingies with chains, to whatever that thing over there was. “Ooo, I like these.” I picked up two long bracelets and clipped them on. “How do they work?...”

“You look like Wonder Woman now.” Orion grinned.

“You. Dork.” I laughed and pointed my arms at the wall. “Whoa!” I fell backwards as something came out of the bracelets. Long, clear, shards stuck in the wall across from me. “Awesome.” I got back up and turned towards Orion.

“I swear if you point that at me, I’m leaving.” He stared at my arms while in “Ready-to-Run” mode.

“Chill out, I’m not going to kill you.”

“Alright,” he relaxed and started rummaging through the weapons, “don’t injure me either.” After a while, he picked up a sword and stuck it in his hilt.

“Seriously?”

“What?”

“That’s so old fashioned. We’re staying here until you pick something cooler.” I yawned then plopped down on the ground.