15. Well… That Was Easy.

“What exit button?!” I shrieked, still falling.

“We were in one of those virtual rooms, except, it was real.” Orion tried, unsuccessfully, to explain.

“Uh?”

“It was real but it wasn’t.”

“…Brilliant.” I dug through my pocket, making sure the necklace was still there. It was.

“It’s an actually place, but it was created and it can appear or disappear?” He scratched his head thoughtfully.

“Forget it, I think I got it. Why are we falling though?”

“We’re not.” He flicked a switch, the lights came on and we all fell onto a cushy floor. “I thought you could see in the dark?”

“She can’t use her powers till later because she blew up.” Cassie opened a door and walked out. “Come onnnnn.”

“Yeah, yeah.” Orion sighed, picking himself up then helping me. “Our world is identical to yours as far as looks, just so you know. But we don’t have humans.”

“Great.” I trudged out of the room after Cassie. “Where’s Fenrisúlfur and Sirena?”

“Over there.” She pointed to some far off mountains. “It shouldn’t take us too long to get there.”





I stared disbelievingly at the two screaming teenagers before me, Fenrisúlfur and Sirena. They were both rather beautiful, or they would have been, if not for the screaming. “SHUT UP!” I screamed back at them. “You’re killing your families for that? That tiny bit of land?!” I pointed to a small island off in the distance.

“I want it!” they shouted in unison.

“Are there any inhabitants on the island?” I asked them.

“Faeries and Sprites, but they’ll be gone soon enough.” Fenrisúlfur shrugged.

“Why do you two want the island?”

“A summer home.” They both said in unison again.

“Let me get this straight. You want that little island that’s already inhabited. So you’re going to kill your families and drive away the current residents for a summer home?”

“…” they both stood there, silent and embarrassed.

“You two are supposed to be wise leaders! Act like it! That island is going to stay the way it is, and you two are going to stop fighting. Understand?”

“Yes.” They both mumbled, staring down at their feet. I bit my lip to keep from laughing. They were both about my age. Fenrisúlfur was rather muscular and Sirena was petite, she reminded me of an elf, except for her red eyes.

“Well,” I sighed. “Go home, and I don’t know, have a party or whatever. Get along instead of acting like kids.”





I shooed them out of the room two hours later laughing so hard I thought that I was going to die. “Okay…. I’ll be… there…. tomorrow.” I managed to say between gasps.

“Great!” They said in unison for like, the fifty millionth time.

“Okay, bye bye!” I held a grin for a while then fell over laughing again.

“What was that about?” Orion and Cassie walked through the door staring at me as I kept laughing.

“Oh nothing, nothing. But we’re going to a party tomorrow night.” I finally stopped laughing and managed to clamber to my feet. I yelped from the pain in my sides. “War’s over. ‘nighty night.”

14. Who’s To Say What’s Reality?

“Lunaaaaa!” I heard Cassie yelling through the forest behind me. “Lunaaaaaa!”

“God, if you love me, you won’t tell her where I am.” I prayed as I stayed on my back, staring up at the sky.

“Hi, Luna!” Cassie waved as she walked over.

“Who told you where I was?” I asked, squinting from the light.

“Orion.”

I stared up at the sky in silence for a few moments before pointing and yelling, “That’s not funny!”

“Who’re you talking to?” she stared blankly at me.

“Oh, just someone who thinks it’s funny to do what I say.” I sighed, getting up. “So. What am I supposed to do?”

“Huh?” she cocked her head to the side, still staring blankly.

“Didn’t you say there was this big battle thingy going on? With like vampires and stuff?”

“Well, mainly just the vamps an werewolves,” she stared up at the sky thoughtfully. “Yeah, just them now, the others settled things over a giant party.”

“Okay… what’s the deal?” I yawned and slumped to the ground poking at random wildflowers with a blade of grass.

“Territory stuff. New land was discovered and they both want it, so they’ve been in a war. A veryyyyy bloody war,” she said with giant eyes.

“Oh. Who’s in charge?”

“You.”

“I meant of the individual parties.”

“Oh. That would be. Uhm. What were their names…” she wondered around in a trance-like state until she hit a giant boulder and fell down. “King Fenrisúlfur and Lady Sirena.” Cassie blurted suddenly then gasped. “I… I can think again.”

I stared at her blankly “Cassie, how hard did you hit your head?”

“Hard enough to be able to understand that I’ve been acting incredibly stupid for the past few years.” She returned my blank stare. “NO WAY!” we shrieked at the same time.

“That’s great and all, but where do we go to see the peoples in charge?”

“Um…” she fidgeted for a moment then tossed the giant boulder she had run into to the side. “The button’s here, I think… AHA!” I heard a click then everything went black and we were falling through nothing.

“WHAT DID YOU DO?!” I screamed.

“I think she pressed the exit button.” Orion yawned from somewhere behind me.

13. There’s Nothing To Say, Just Be Speechless.

“Please?”

“No.”

“Please?”

“No.”

“Please?”

“Luna! What has my answer been the first twenty million times you asked?” Orion asked through gritted teeth as we walked back through a forest to see Cassie.

“Yes?”

“No.”

“No?”

“Yes.”

“Yes?”

“Stop that!” He wailed. “I swear if I was locked in a room with you, I’d die within the hour.”

“You probably would.” I grinned. “Can I please have a piggy back ride?”

“You have legs. Use them.”

“But what if I have some rare disease that will make me crippled if I keep walking? Then you’ll have to take care of me for the rest of your life.”

“…”

“Please?”

“FINE! But no talking.”





“Luna!” Cassie screamed, running to meet us. “EEEEEE!!!!” she squealed as she tackled the both of us.

“OWWWWWW. My arm doesn’t bend that way!” Orion yelped.

“Then why did it just bend that way?” I asked.

“…”

“You’re back!!!” Cassie shrieked.

“Thank you, Sherlock.”

“Where were you?”

“Places that are of no concern to you. Anything happen while we were gone?” I yawned, flopping back, onto the grass.

“Not really, some guy stole my wallet then I think he got mauled by a bear.” She said, looking deep in thought.

“No, I meant anything important.” I stared back blankly.

“Ummm, nope, don’t think so. Oh! Yeah, something did. I saw a bat in a tree.”

“And you didn’t tell me sooner?! Let’s go, I wanna see it!” I bolted up and started pushing her.

“It’s over there.” She pointed to one of the giant purple trees nearby.





“Cassie. This is a cat. Not a bat.” I trotted over to her and Orion holding the tiny black cat in my arms.

“Really?” she asked wide-eyed.

“…Cassie.”

“Yes?” she giggled, reaching out towards the cat only to have it hiss at her and bat her hand away.

“Be glad you’re pretty.”

“Why?”

“Because you’re almost as smart as a pile of rocks.”

“I’m like a bunch of brains put together?”

“Orion.”

“Yes?”

“I think I just lost some IQ points. If you need me, I’ll be bashing my head against some rocks trying to circulate the blood through my brain.”