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.”