Hey ppl! Before u read! Pls be reminded that none of tis is real! This is FICTION! So pls dun be offended by anithg in the story…. I mean if I write u as insane or anithg, I dun really mean it! juz sth I write cause the story required it to b! so pls……. dun kill mi ok? Juz tell mi if u dun like? Thxs for reading too….
“I am not afraid of monsters… I am not afraid of monsters…,” Dusk chanted in her mind as she continued to sprint in search of Remy, “I ran because I am looking for Remy, not because I am scared of monsters…”
Dusk ran as fast as she could while trying to convince herself that she was not afraid of monsters. However, she stopped when she thought it was safe and realized a big problem.
“Oh, shit! Where am I?” she screamed in frustration.
******in Wumi’s POV********
“I am Wumi,” I introduced myself to the three girls.
They smiled and were all rubbing their arms before one of them spoke first.
“I am Xiaomei,” the girl said simply. I noted the distinctive clothes she had on. It was not common around here. She must have traveled from somewhere.
“You are not from around here?” I asked, looking at the red oriental blouse and pants. Her hairstyle was also a hint. Not many girls would put their hair in two buns on her head.
“Yeah, I kind of travel around with a circus, not that I do any performance. Well, I pick out the skills and things,” Xiaomei answered as she turned to the other two girls, “I met the two of them in the forest earlier and we don’t really know where we are.”
“She means we are lost,” the other girl retorted, “I am Treasure but you can call me Tress. That’s Sala. We are traveling across this forest.”
“To reach the village?” I asked taking note of the other two girls’ clothes. Why would anyone want to go to the village was beyond me. That was nothing there.
“Actually no. Sala’s father is the…. umm…I mean a merchant,” Tress said stammering, “So you have to excuse her, she’s a bit pampered.”
“I am not!” the other girl, Sala, protested, “I have you know that I am not pampered! I can take care of myself!”
“Yes, you can,” Tress drawled with an exasperated look that said “you see what I am suffering from?”
“Anyway, we are supposed to run an errand or something and we thought we came and explored this forest. We heard that there were monsters appearing around here as well as other places? Is it true?” Sala continued, choosing to ignore Tress. After all, she knew she could get back at her sometime later.
“I have not met one myself lah,” I answered, smiling at her, “but I have heard stories about them.”
“You are not sure if we will meet one?” Sala asked hopefully. Somehow I had the feeling that she was hoping to meet one.
“Touch wood! I definitely do not want to meet one. But with our luck…” Tress trailed off.
“It’s not that easy to meet one lah. Of course if you want to stay here for the night, maybe you will,” I joked.
“Really? How about…” however, Tress cut in before Sala could continue.
“No! Sala, you can stay here if you want but not me!” Tress interrupted.
“What?” I asked a bit shocked that she really wanted to meet a monster. I mean who would want to meet a monster?
I must have looked really shocked cause I realized that Xiaomei was looking at me with a face of sympathy.
“Don’t worry. You will be used to it soon,” she replied, “by the way, do you know where we can find some shelter? I don’t think I will be able to find the troop tonight and… I don’t care what Sala thinks but I am with Tress. I don’t want to meet any monsters. I want to live till sixty.”
“Well, you all can stay at my place for a night? I have an empty room but you three have to share. It’s a big room though,” I suggested.
“Great!” Tress shouted in relief, “then let’s go. And don’t care about Sala. She can stay if she wants.”
Well, of course I led them out of the forest. I, for one, most definitely, did not want to encounter any monsters, especially now when it was dark. As we were walking I could hear the pair bickering with Xiaomei making some comments as well.
“Well, you have to see her Raindoll,” Tress said to Xiaomei, ignoring Sala.
“Why?” I asked I was curious too, “what Raindoll? A doll?”
“Well, let’s just say it is her pet. And I, for one, don’t want it anywhere near me,” Tress said simply.
“Why?” Xiaomei asked, puzzled. Well, I was feeling rather confused myself.
“Well, if you don’t want to die at twenty, maybe you would want to stay away from it. Well maybe all her pets,” Tress deadpanned.
“Pets?” I asked. I looked at Sala again. She was wearing a long pink dress that seemed to be of a very expensive material. Well, the people who I knew that had kept a lot of animals for entertainment were rich people. And from her tone and the way she held herself, I say she was from a well to do family.
“Hey! I have you know that Raindoll is just a sweet little bird and Wen and Xue are nice obedient puppies!” Sala protested. Guess she could see the look of disbelief on both my face as well as Xiaomei’s, “they really are!”
“My dear, Raindoll, the sweet little bird you are talking about is a fierce parrot that is very noisy even in the middle of a night. And the two nice puppies, Wen and Xue, are actually called cubs! They are growing up to be lions whether you like that or not!” Tress said, exasperated. It seemed that they had been having this conversation before.
“Parrot? You mean they said what you say? Cool!” Xiaomei commented, her eyes glinted with excitement, “I wish I have a parrot too!”
“Yes, Raindoll’s so sweet and she is really intelligent,” Sala said happily.
“Well that’s only because you don’t have to listen to it in the middle of the night. That bird never sleeps in the nights,” Tress muttered, “it says the things one does not want to listen all the time.”
“Hey! I know you don’t really hate Raindoll! I saw you giving it treats after it insulted the commander for you!” Sala protested and smirking, she added, “and I saw you playing with Wen Xue just the other day! And sometimes, I feel that they like you more than me!”
“That’s what you say!” Tress retorted.
“Hey what commander? Are you two in the military or what?” I could not help asking. I could not help noticing the clothes of Tress were so different from Sala. And there was still the way Tress carried herself that was different from Sala. She looked as if she was more of bodyguard instead of a lady from a rich family. It was almost like she was a… ninja I think…
“Umm…” Sala seemed to hesitate while Tress just found the ground suddenly very interesting.
“Actually, that’s our … teacher… yeah! Our teacher! He kind of likes to boss people around so we call him that. Not that he knew,” Sala explained with weak laughter.
However, I could not help feeling that there was something the two of them were hiding from us. Then again, I guess no one tells others everything about themselves at the first meeting.
“Well we are reaching,” I said to break the uncomfortable tension.
It seemed to work as the others smiled in relief. I led them towards my cottage. It was small and had only few rooms. But I lived alone and it was more than enough. Well, there used to be him. But then he… was … gone…
“Well home sweet home,” I said simply. However, I remembered….
“Hey, home sweet home, brother! Where have you been?”
“Nowhere! I’m starving lah! Where’s the food?”
“When are you not?”
“Wumi?” a voice broke into my thoughts, “are you okay?”
“Of course I am lah!” I smiled as I led them into the cottage, brandishing the thoughts of my brother away from my mind.
******still in the forest******
“Hey it’s dark,” Dusk muttered, “how am I going to find Remy in the dark?”
She looked around again yet, there was no way to know where she was at.
“Haiz!” she sighed, “guess I just have to keep on walking. Stupid forest! I swear that there must be magic to make people lost in this forest! Stupid forest!”
And she went on and on…..
Hey! How? Comments… leave a tag or email or blog an entry? Sorrie to take so long…. Veri tired…. So many thgs…. Political science exam on thur n an assignment to be handed in on thur as well….. Help!!!!!!
“I am not afraid of monsters… I am not afraid of monsters…,” Dusk chanted in her mind as she continued to sprint in search of Remy, “I ran because I am looking for Remy, not because I am scared of monsters…”
Dusk ran as fast as she could while trying to convince herself that she was not afraid of monsters. However, she stopped when she thought it was safe and realized a big problem.
“Oh, shit! Where am I?” she screamed in frustration.
******in Wumi’s POV********
“I am Wumi,” I introduced myself to the three girls.
They smiled and were all rubbing their arms before one of them spoke first.
“I am Xiaomei,” the girl said simply. I noted the distinctive clothes she had on. It was not common around here. She must have traveled from somewhere.
“You are not from around here?” I asked, looking at the red oriental blouse and pants. Her hairstyle was also a hint. Not many girls would put their hair in two buns on her head.
“Yeah, I kind of travel around with a circus, not that I do any performance. Well, I pick out the skills and things,” Xiaomei answered as she turned to the other two girls, “I met the two of them in the forest earlier and we don’t really know where we are.”
“She means we are lost,” the other girl retorted, “I am Treasure but you can call me Tress. That’s Sala. We are traveling across this forest.”
“To reach the village?” I asked taking note of the other two girls’ clothes. Why would anyone want to go to the village was beyond me. That was nothing there.
“Actually no. Sala’s father is the…. umm…I mean a merchant,” Tress said stammering, “So you have to excuse her, she’s a bit pampered.”
“I am not!” the other girl, Sala, protested, “I have you know that I am not pampered! I can take care of myself!”
“Yes, you can,” Tress drawled with an exasperated look that said “you see what I am suffering from?”
“Anyway, we are supposed to run an errand or something and we thought we came and explored this forest. We heard that there were monsters appearing around here as well as other places? Is it true?” Sala continued, choosing to ignore Tress. After all, she knew she could get back at her sometime later.
“I have not met one myself lah,” I answered, smiling at her, “but I have heard stories about them.”
“You are not sure if we will meet one?” Sala asked hopefully. Somehow I had the feeling that she was hoping to meet one.
“Touch wood! I definitely do not want to meet one. But with our luck…” Tress trailed off.
“It’s not that easy to meet one lah. Of course if you want to stay here for the night, maybe you will,” I joked.
“Really? How about…” however, Tress cut in before Sala could continue.
“No! Sala, you can stay here if you want but not me!” Tress interrupted.
“What?” I asked a bit shocked that she really wanted to meet a monster. I mean who would want to meet a monster?
I must have looked really shocked cause I realized that Xiaomei was looking at me with a face of sympathy.
“Don’t worry. You will be used to it soon,” she replied, “by the way, do you know where we can find some shelter? I don’t think I will be able to find the troop tonight and… I don’t care what Sala thinks but I am with Tress. I don’t want to meet any monsters. I want to live till sixty.”
“Well, you all can stay at my place for a night? I have an empty room but you three have to share. It’s a big room though,” I suggested.
“Great!” Tress shouted in relief, “then let’s go. And don’t care about Sala. She can stay if she wants.”
Well, of course I led them out of the forest. I, for one, most definitely, did not want to encounter any monsters, especially now when it was dark. As we were walking I could hear the pair bickering with Xiaomei making some comments as well.
“Well, you have to see her Raindoll,” Tress said to Xiaomei, ignoring Sala.
“Why?” I asked I was curious too, “what Raindoll? A doll?”
“Well, let’s just say it is her pet. And I, for one, don’t want it anywhere near me,” Tress said simply.
“Why?” Xiaomei asked, puzzled. Well, I was feeling rather confused myself.
“Well, if you don’t want to die at twenty, maybe you would want to stay away from it. Well maybe all her pets,” Tress deadpanned.
“Pets?” I asked. I looked at Sala again. She was wearing a long pink dress that seemed to be of a very expensive material. Well, the people who I knew that had kept a lot of animals for entertainment were rich people. And from her tone and the way she held herself, I say she was from a well to do family.
“Hey! I have you know that Raindoll is just a sweet little bird and Wen and Xue are nice obedient puppies!” Sala protested. Guess she could see the look of disbelief on both my face as well as Xiaomei’s, “they really are!”
“My dear, Raindoll, the sweet little bird you are talking about is a fierce parrot that is very noisy even in the middle of a night. And the two nice puppies, Wen and Xue, are actually called cubs! They are growing up to be lions whether you like that or not!” Tress said, exasperated. It seemed that they had been having this conversation before.
“Parrot? You mean they said what you say? Cool!” Xiaomei commented, her eyes glinted with excitement, “I wish I have a parrot too!”
“Yes, Raindoll’s so sweet and she is really intelligent,” Sala said happily.
“Well that’s only because you don’t have to listen to it in the middle of the night. That bird never sleeps in the nights,” Tress muttered, “it says the things one does not want to listen all the time.”
“Hey! I know you don’t really hate Raindoll! I saw you giving it treats after it insulted the commander for you!” Sala protested and smirking, she added, “and I saw you playing with Wen Xue just the other day! And sometimes, I feel that they like you more than me!”
“That’s what you say!” Tress retorted.
“Hey what commander? Are you two in the military or what?” I could not help asking. I could not help noticing the clothes of Tress were so different from Sala. And there was still the way Tress carried herself that was different from Sala. She looked as if she was more of bodyguard instead of a lady from a rich family. It was almost like she was a… ninja I think…
“Umm…” Sala seemed to hesitate while Tress just found the ground suddenly very interesting.
“Actually, that’s our … teacher… yeah! Our teacher! He kind of likes to boss people around so we call him that. Not that he knew,” Sala explained with weak laughter.
However, I could not help feeling that there was something the two of them were hiding from us. Then again, I guess no one tells others everything about themselves at the first meeting.
“Well we are reaching,” I said to break the uncomfortable tension.
It seemed to work as the others smiled in relief. I led them towards my cottage. It was small and had only few rooms. But I lived alone and it was more than enough. Well, there used to be him. But then he… was … gone…
“Well home sweet home,” I said simply. However, I remembered….
“Hey, home sweet home, brother! Where have you been?”
“Nowhere! I’m starving lah! Where’s the food?”
“When are you not?”
“Wumi?” a voice broke into my thoughts, “are you okay?”
“Of course I am lah!” I smiled as I led them into the cottage, brandishing the thoughts of my brother away from my mind.
******still in the forest******
“Hey it’s dark,” Dusk muttered, “how am I going to find Remy in the dark?”
She looked around again yet, there was no way to know where she was at.
“Haiz!” she sighed, “guess I just have to keep on walking. Stupid forest! I swear that there must be magic to make people lost in this forest! Stupid forest!”
And she went on and on…..
Hey! How? Comments… leave a tag or email or blog an entry? Sorrie to take so long…. Veri tired…. So many thgs…. Political science exam on thur n an assignment to be handed in on thur as well….. Help!!!!!!
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