you hear that?'
Sian gulped in surprise.
'Wha—?' she started.
Henja pounded on their door.
'Girls! Look up, a dragon is flying over!'
There was a moment as we stared at each other in disbelief. Then our heads snapped up. In the small square of visible sky, a huge reptilian body came into view with an enormous wingspan.
OH MY GOD. I gaped at the sight. Gleaming emerald, the dragon vanished from view, its huge wings carrying it away swiftly. You could still hear the sound of its wings beating. Like a helicopter, but with a different rhythm. We sat there in a stunned silence.
It was real. This isn’t a movie, I’m not asleep, that was real. Everything around me seemed more vivid. The water lapping against me, the smell of the herbs, the strange scent of a different land. It was real.
It had to be the most bizarre and exciting moment of my life. Even compared to the elgrids. I let out a sigh and shook my head then turned to look at Sian. After all, this was her dream come true. Still staring upward, her mouth open a hint.
'Sianus,' I called. She turned to stare at me, her eyes glistened, totally enthralled, I thought and I said, 'That was once heck of a spell, Siany.'
Yes. Yes it was. Sian couldn’t get the image out of her head. It was so huge, so majestic. And… She couldn’t think of a word adequate to describe, that.
The most beautiful thing she’d ever laid eyes on. The tacky line, from one of her mum’s romance novels, sprung to mind. It brought home the reality of them been on a foreign planet and she slumped back in the bath.
A different planet. Oh Goddess, what happened? Why was this so different? It’d been the same format as all the other spells she’d cast. She’d used all the tools before in rituals and nothing like this had happened. Feeling a horrible wave of despair, Sian pulled her knees up, not wanting the others to see her cry.
We’d all turned when Sian pulled her knees up and somehow the three of us were out of our baths, drying sheets wrapped tight around our figures and crouched by Sian’s bath before you could blink.
'Siany,' I could feel my own tears lump at the back of my throat as I wrapped an arm around her wet back.
'Don’t cry honey,' Kassie squeezed Sian’s knee gently as she reassured her. 'I didn’t mean it, what I said before. I know it’s not your fault. Really, hun, please don’t cry.'
Loi was on the other side her head bent just touching Sian’s and Audrey stood beside Loi, peering anxiously at Sian.
'I’m sorry,' Sian half sobbed. 'I don’t know why it happened. And I don’t know how to get us back.'
She gulped then lifted her head; those red rimmed eyes stared at us.
'What if we’re stuck here?'
There was silence as we avoided each others gaze. It had certainly occurred to me already. Lifting my head, I looked at Kassie. She stared back with a determined "we’ll make the best of it" look.
I nodded and looked at Loi with an arched eyebrow. She nodded too, then gave Sian’s head a gentle nudge with her own. Sian lifted her head to stare morosely at us.
'We’ll live with it,' Loi gave Sian a firm look then glanced at the others. They nodded back to her.
'We will, Sian.'
Cat tossed her head and declared, 'We’ve survived so far. Let’s get to the castle and then figure out what’s next. One day at a time.'
'Exactly,' chimed in Kassie. 'And just think, this is supposedly to meet our soul mates, this could get really exciting.'
The three of us froze for a moment as we gaped at Kassie. Holy Cow. I’d forgotten about that.
How do you forget something like that? Wondered the rational voice in my mind.
The spell brought us to another planet to find our soul mates? Our soul mates are aliens?
Stop! bellowed the rational voice, back up, let’s forget all that and go back to our one day at a time plan, breathe easy, Catherine.
Breathe easy, breathe easy.
Right.
'Shall we forget about that at the moment and instead get some food?'
Sian gulped in surprise.
'Wha—?' she started.
Henja pounded on their door.
'Girls! Look up, a dragon is flying over!'
There was a moment as we stared at each other in disbelief. Then our heads snapped up. In the small square of visible sky, a huge reptilian body came into view with an enormous wingspan.
OH MY GOD. I gaped at the sight. Gleaming emerald, the dragon vanished from view, its huge wings carrying it away swiftly. You could still hear the sound of its wings beating. Like a helicopter, but with a different rhythm. We sat there in a stunned silence.
It was real. This isn’t a movie, I’m not asleep, that was real. Everything around me seemed more vivid. The water lapping against me, the smell of the herbs, the strange scent of a different land. It was real.
It had to be the most bizarre and exciting moment of my life. Even compared to the elgrids. I let out a sigh and shook my head then turned to look at Sian. After all, this was her dream come true. Still staring upward, her mouth open a hint.
'Sianus,' I called. She turned to stare at me, her eyes glistened, totally enthralled, I thought and I said, 'That was once heck of a spell, Siany.'
Yes. Yes it was. Sian couldn’t get the image out of her head. It was so huge, so majestic. And… She couldn’t think of a word adequate to describe, that.
The most beautiful thing she’d ever laid eyes on. The tacky line, from one of her mum’s romance novels, sprung to mind. It brought home the reality of them been on a foreign planet and she slumped back in the bath.
A different planet. Oh Goddess, what happened? Why was this so different? It’d been the same format as all the other spells she’d cast. She’d used all the tools before in rituals and nothing like this had happened. Feeling a horrible wave of despair, Sian pulled her knees up, not wanting the others to see her cry.
We’d all turned when Sian pulled her knees up and somehow the three of us were out of our baths, drying sheets wrapped tight around our figures and crouched by Sian’s bath before you could blink.
'Siany,' I could feel my own tears lump at the back of my throat as I wrapped an arm around her wet back.
'Don’t cry honey,' Kassie squeezed Sian’s knee gently as she reassured her. 'I didn’t mean it, what I said before. I know it’s not your fault. Really, hun, please don’t cry.'
Loi was on the other side her head bent just touching Sian’s and Audrey stood beside Loi, peering anxiously at Sian.
'I’m sorry,' Sian half sobbed. 'I don’t know why it happened. And I don’t know how to get us back.'
She gulped then lifted her head; those red rimmed eyes stared at us.
'What if we’re stuck here?'
There was silence as we avoided each others gaze. It had certainly occurred to me already. Lifting my head, I looked at Kassie. She stared back with a determined "we’ll make the best of it" look.
I nodded and looked at Loi with an arched eyebrow. She nodded too, then gave Sian’s head a gentle nudge with her own. Sian lifted her head to stare morosely at us.
'We’ll live with it,' Loi gave Sian a firm look then glanced at the others. They nodded back to her.
'We will, Sian.'
Cat tossed her head and declared, 'We’ve survived so far. Let’s get to the castle and then figure out what’s next. One day at a time.'
'Exactly,' chimed in Kassie. 'And just think, this is supposedly to meet our soul mates, this could get really exciting.'
The three of us froze for a moment as we gaped at Kassie. Holy Cow. I’d forgotten about that.
How do you forget something like that? Wondered the rational voice in my mind.
The spell brought us to another planet to find our soul mates? Our soul mates are aliens?
Stop! bellowed the rational voice, back up, let’s forget all that and go back to our one day at a time plan, breathe easy, Catherine.
Breathe easy, breathe easy.
Right.
'Shall we forget about that at the moment and instead get some food?'
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