A few hours later, we lie wide awake in our beds tucked in the corners of the GUEST ROOM. I’m so worried about Iro, that my tired eyes aren’t closing. Neither are the others, who lie wide awake, except for Bera, Yuria, and Mina, whom the sleeping draught had mu~~~uch more effect on.
Bera: (Snoring) Your Colorness...I have returned...wow...look...treasures from the great King of Emeralds…
Yuria: (Kicking Bera in her sleep) Shuttup...shuttup...shuttup…
Mina: (Kicking Yuria who is kicking Bera) I want...a coco-shell...sandwich…
Yoonseo: (Whispers) Chris? Erin?
Chris & Erin: Yes?
Yoonseo: I can’t. Sleep.
Chris: I can’t sleep either…
Erin: I’m worried about Iro; what’s that monster that took him?
Caroline: (Coming into the room) I know what.
We all look up at her. What could it be?
Caroline: We’re not in this school because of our own will. It’s because we were each voted from our 50 Kingdoms to train to become the Soldiers of the Magic Realms slaves. The Soldiers of the Magic Realms whip us down in this HORRIBLE school; they even KILL us if we don’t listen to them.
Chris: Oh my gosh…
Caroline: The Soldiers keep all sorts of strange creatures in their Headquarters so they can prevent any uprises from happening in our school. I’ve never actually SEEN any of the creatures, but I have heard about the 20-storey-building-high dog with the red eyes. So I guess that means the soldiers we were training for were YELLOWFICIENT’S soldiers.
Caroline seems really angry; at any rate, she’s not acting cool about it. I can’t believe our two stories would be tied up like this. The fact that my friends are forced to work for Yellowficient’s army, and the fact that she took away Iro, makes me so mad, that something surges inside of me; my eyes glint purple. I’m ready to kill.
Yoonseo: (Nervously) Umm...umm...Erin…
I look around, my chaotic mind back to the old, plant-loving Erin. I look around, feeling seemingly unsure of myself, and see that I have snatched up a chair; a METAL chair, with just my right arm. I immediately put the chair down on it’s desk, with the others not meeting my gaze, stunned by my sudden strength.
Caroline: I hope you weren’t about to throw that at ME.
Erin: I’m sorry, and, of course not!
Caroline: Ok girl, chill!
As soon as Caroline walks out of the door, Chris starts talking.
Chris: Woah! Our two stories must have made Erin...umm...MAD!
Erin: Look Chris; I don’t know how I suddenly developed my strong arm-strength. And I didn’t mean to throw it to Caroline; I was just kinda worried that Yellowficient would get rid of us including The Trainors; then it’s practically OUR fault if The Great Yellow Army also whips out Sussana and her friends!
Yoonseo: Well, please calm down Erin, because you still have that scary-boss-like look on your face.
So I calm down a little thanks to my friends, and also because of Mike and Mark and Savina (once again in the same room), who crash into the GUEST ROOM to see what all the commotion is about. Then, I slowly...fall...asleep…*Snore*
Shouting. More shouting. I woke up.
Erin: What’s all this noise..?
Savina: Goldy! What are you doing??Get out.. get out...Someone is there..
Suddenly, we hear footsteps. A groan, another groan, and a sigh.
Goldy: They are here!
A boy and a girl groaned as they came into the room.
Sussana: Whose THAT??
Erin: Huh..?
??(Boy): *Groan* We are here..
???(girl): Phew! I thought it was going to take longer…
Erin: Who are you!
Arlo: Names Arlo, that girl over there*pointing at the girl* is Cody!
Cody: It took so long to get here!
Arlo Miller, Training Apprentice, Cody’s twin brother: IF you didn’t see the map the WRONG WAY we should have been here one day ago, Cody!
Cody Miller, Training Apprentice, Arlo’s twin sister: Yeah Arlo?? GAME ON!!
Yoonseo: Excuse me? But who ARE you? Stop fussing in our room...I’m tired…
Cody: Sorry...I hope we weren’t bothering you…
Arlo: We’re junior color warriors, and we’re here to find Bera and her companions.
Yuria: (Jumping up from her bed) You two! I saw you from the Color Temple apprentice training center! Is the High Colorness OK?
Cody: (Grimly) She has been captured by the red-eyed monster.
Mina: Noo...not again…
Arlo: Where’s Iro? We have to ride the plane immediately; we can’t stay in this CAVE forever. Besides, all the weapons are in the Color Temple.
A large lump seems to fill my chest. I croak out something strange, rasping.
Erin: Iro was captured by the red-eyed monster. The plane is damaged completely, so we can’t ride it; but you must have come on SOME vehicle, so can’t we ride that?
Arlo: (Despairing) Noo...we were personally escorted by The Colorness’s chief guard; he left immediately, because he thought that the plane was still there, but...it’s not…
Chris: (Slightly relieved) Fine! We’re perfectly OK staying here! Just training to become Color Warriors.
I feel kinda relieved that we can still stay here. After all the kindness they showed us, we can’t just LEAVE.
Cody: But we have to go NOW! Yellowficent already took over half of the planet! And it has only been a WEEK since she started the invasion!!
Yoonseo: But we can’t DO anything! Our vehicles are out of the case, and we can’t just jump up in the middle of the night to ESCAPE from this cave!!
Arlo: Oh, yes we can. We can vandalize these people’s bags and foods and raid their cellars!
Chris: (Sarcastic) Yeah, and as if it would be a pleasant experience to be awoken in the middle of the night by us and you who are total strangers to them, to tell them that we have to leave!
Cody: Wait...you were planning to leave here with THEM? Arlo: That can’t be! We have to walk on foot, using the Magic Map of yours, and we can’t risk taking them all!
Erin: But those are people who can help us! They helped us already! No, actually, I’m SURE they WILL help us! And…(turns around) as a fact, they’re standing right there.
Everyone whirls towards the doorway and sees Kayleen, being hoisted up in the arms of the red-haired professor, and that woman Mrs. Maddueling standing next to him, with a far-away expression on her face from the control spell; then HE must be Sir. Maddueling. Right next to him stands the other professors, all big-eyed and furious, wearing nightgowns and robes from their slumber. Sussana, Caroline, Cora, and who must be Thomason, stand rigid and frightened right next to them.
Sussana: Erin? What’s happening? Who ARE they?
So, WE, who have a LOT of explaining to do, gather up everyone, and start to explain where we came from, how we did; I even miss my mom, as everyone does by now, and my bed, where I would snuggle down, reading a good book, and drinking warm hot chocolate. Mike cries for his father’s homemade Cherry ice cream, and Savina has a meltdown (literally), about their home’s special Banana-roma cake. The professors look totally disapproving, but they say they understand; they also say that we SHOULD have SOME training. After all, we’re not even fully fulfilled as normal Warriors yet, so it’s a bit of a rush to go ahead fighting Yellowficient right away.
Arlo: But what shall WE do then? We have nothing to do, for we have only just been named as Color Warriors!
Professor Everson: OK, but, as you may have misread on the Magic Map or whatsoever, you might have forgotten that the wastelands like this on these corners avoid all magic, good or bad, for it was once the start of The War against the Yellows 1.
Cody: Wait a sec...you had a war against Yellowficient’s army too?
Oh, yeah! We almost forgot to tell everyone the new news. When we tell them that our stories are linked together, Cody and Arlo don’t take it easily.
Arlo: Oh my! Then that means that these people (points at the Trainers and Mentors) are much experienced in fighting with...I dunno...The Great EVIL!!!!
Cody: This conversation is going nowhere ee! I wanna play games…
Arlo: Me too
Erin: Really? You JUST talked about fighting Yellowficent..
Arlo: Ehhhh these Mentors or whatever can fight..
Savina & Mark: (Furious) WHAT? Savina: Look here, yellow-haired Warriors, I don’t like HIM very much…*points at Mark*
Mark: And I don’t like her…*points at Savina* Savina: But we CAN agree on ONE THING! Your saying that we should just leave these TOTALLY HELPLESS professors to themselves so that we can escape in a most DISTURBING way! AND. WE. CANNOT DO THAT!
Mark: That’s both cruel AND disturbing dude...so just let us stay here, for I dunno...a week?w
Cody: But Yellowficient might kill all of us if we don’t leave. In. A. Week!!!
Arlo: Cody, that’s a bit of an exaggeration…
Cody: No, Arlo, it’s not an exaggeration at ALL! Yellowficient captured so many people HEARTLESSLY JUST THIS WEEK, and she will be HAPPY to kill her victims!
Yuria: I DO agree to that. SHE, Yellowficient, is a dismally vain, self-absorbed yellow abyss of seething WRETCHEDNESS!!
Mike: WOAH; I donot know what that means, but it sounds AWESOME!
Erin: It isn’t awesome and everything is MIKE!!
Cody: Whatever….. Come on Arlo, let's go..
Arlo: We can’t JUST go!
Cody: *Growls* Leave them be, and I’m VERY sure that they WILL die soon… Maybe today!
Yoonseo: What… do you mean..?
Arlo: Don’t be mean Cody!
Cody: WELL, I JUST saw minions entering this whatever place..WE are leaving NOW and well, maybe you just DIE here Thanks to the MINIONS!!
Bera: I’m going with them, they seem right..
Erin: Bera! Yuria??
Yuria: I’m also going! We need to rescue the ones lost! It’s not safe here!
Savina: But..But..
Cody: I don’t CARE! Well, follow along if you don’t wanna die..
And then, Teachers screaming… Wait.. Cody is RIGHT??
Sir. Maddueling, red hair and dark robe: We can't LEAVE! This is our HOME! We're not gonna trust some magic-and-pixie dust people with nasty, flat BROWN FADING hair!
Arlo: But look here Professors, Cody is right about one thing; this is not an exaggeration, you WILL die horribly if you keep here.
Yoonseo: (Angry) Look here, you people! Do you think if we leave, we can save 200 students? And whenever we try to start something, why does it always have to end with a massive *splat*? Oh, I'm not leaving, and you're staying with me, Erin!
Erin: (Confused) Am I? Well, I agree slightly so, I guess I should?
Chris: I agree too. I'm staying!
Cody: (Mad) Well, suit yourself and DIE HORRIBLY! Perhaps you'll rethink this whole choice once you've been properly COOKED! I give you 5 seconds. The people who want to join, come to our side! One!
After looking at the others, Mike and Mark slither over to their side.
Cody: Two!
With painful looks dawning on their faces, Cora and Mina scuttle over to Cody.
Cody: Three!
After a start, Dale and Professor Pendante hurry over.
Cody: FOUR!
Sir. Maddueling, his wife, and Savina, with a painful 'Sorry', goes to Arlo.
Cody: FIVE!! Any last minute volunteers?
This time, Professor Doring Everson hurries to them. We look at him in disbelief.
Yoonseo: (Screaming) You're just leaving all your students helpless at a school full of Yellow Villains?! You ARE the headmaster, you small-brained fool!
Professor Everson: (Slightly startled) Well, then if the headmaster doesn't survive, no one survives!
Professor Melody: …
Cody: OK! We're LEAVING, suckers!!
Woosh. Without much fuss, they are gone. I am shocked by the fact that survival weighs against humanity.
We look around. There are only seven of us left.
What will happen to Erin and her friends now that Cody and the others have left?
(Thank you for the nice comments ^^)
Hello Yoonseo! I hope you had a great vacation!