Lone Warrior-Chapter 2: Drowning in Disbelief

"Taledo" The note read, "Lauren called, she is changing the party to six. Get some sleep,Love Mom."
I was tired for some strange reason. Droping my backpack on the floor, I crawled into my bed and within 10 minutes, I was fast a sleep.

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As soon as Martina's head hit the pillow, she was asleep. Her mom smiled, usually Martina had trouble sleeping. Her mind seemed to come alive with knowledge and facts. But now, as her mother watched, she slept without a twitch.

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The nightmares came as Megan had feared. As soon as she had gotten home, she had went to bed. But she was no longer in her bed with the green covers, she was running head lng into a mass of dark trees. Something, or someone was chasing her. No, it was a man, brandishing what seemed to be a three-foot-long sword. When her eyes adjusted to the dark, she saw the distinctness of the blade, all the details. Megan gasped, for upon the hilt was set a gem, a pearl to be exact, in the shape of an O. Omicron! "Shaharazhad!" The man yelled, "just give it to me and I 'll let you go back to camp!"
Megan heard herself say, "I...I can't...I...I...I don't...don't have it!"
"What do you mean, you don't have it? You're a Caygan aren't you?"
It was meant as an insult. "I...I...yes...but...I don't have enough...enough..."
She suddenly felt a hand clamp on her shoulder and a knife at her throat. Megan had a sudden sensation of drowning.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Character Description

Hello! This bit is not part of the story. I just thought you might like some briefing about the main characters: Taledo, Megan and Martina. After the character description I will move on to Chapter 2.

NAME:Taledo Trayk
AGE:14
HOBBIES:Fencing and playing music

NAME:Megan Moonraise
AGE:14
HOBBIES:Acting and dancing

NAME:Martina Vantucket
AGE:14
HOBBIES:Reading, math drills and reciting poetry

Lone Warrior-Chapter 1: The Invitation-Continued (Again)

After we dropped Martina off at her house, Megan and I continued down Mcdonald Avenue. "How's fencing?" Megan asked.
"Good" I replied, "How about you and ballet?"
"Oh...it's okay..."
"Just okay? I thought you liked it?"
"I do."
We walked in silence for a while until suddenly Megan burted, "Look, Taledo, I 'm sorry i've been acting strange, it's just that I've been having these nightmares and stuff..."
"Nightmares?" I said, "What about?"
"They're always about this man..."
"Oh" I smirked, "A man!"
I nudged her in the ribs. Megan's face went red "No...it's nothing like that! He goes around attacking villages and burning them." Megan shivered at the mere prospect of fire.
"Burning them...is't that, I dunno...sort of 16th century?"
Megan didn't answer. When we reached her house, she went in with no more then a mumbled "Bye."
Usually she would cry at the topof her lungs, "Long goodbyes are not chivelrous!"
And then waltz towards the door, leaving me alone, and laughing my head off.

Lone Warrior-Chapter 1: The Invitation-Continued

3:05pm. Mr. Shrooner droned on about PEDMAS and the importance of parenthesis. "D...what does the D in PEDMAS stand for?" he asked in his irritatingly squeaky voice.
"Let's see...how about...Taledo! What does the D mean?"
"Dismal...I mean, division!" I stammered.
"Very good! Now..."
*RING*
"Oh, there's the bell! Have a good summer and don't forget to practice your algebra!"
everyone rushed for the doors, leaving a mess of ripped papers and broken pencils on the ground. I met Megan and Martina at our lockers, where the two of them were disputing whether or not it was BEDMAS instead of PEDMAS. "Taledo! Megan! Martina! Hold on!"
5'ft Lauren Balart(Or Lauren Loud, as we'd nicknamed her)elbowed her way over to us. She flipped her perfect blonde hair over her shoulder and cleaned non-existent dirt from her beneath her hot-pink nails. "Glad...I...I caught you!" she wheezed.
"Whew! You wouldn't believe how stuffy this school is! Anyway, I want to invite you to a party, say, Fivish. you know, to celebrate the end of school."
"Oh!"
My family and I were going out to dinner that night.
"Well..."I began.
"GREAT! See you then!"
Lauren dashed off, no doubt asking,(Sorry, demanding), other people to come to her party. "Wait! Lauren!"
But by then it was to late, she had disappeared into the crowd. "Drat" I muttered.
"Come on guys, let's go get a slushie" Martina said.
"But I..."
"Come on Taledo!" Megan replied, pulling me by the arm.
Finally I relented and followed them across the school yard.

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Lone Warrior-Chapter 1: The Invitation

" Megan, Martina, are you awake?" I asked.
I didn't expect them to answer, I thought they were asleep. "What?" said both of them in unison.
I could make out the faint outline of Martina, propped up against her pillow, while Megan had not moved one bit. "I had a really weird dream where I was sword-fighting this man. I don't have a clue who he was but his sword was called...Om...Omi...hang on a sec...Omi...I can't remember."
Megan suddenly sat up, "Omicron?"
"Huh?"
"The sword, was it named Omicron?" said Megan impatiently.
"Yes! The's it! But how did...how did you know?" I inquired.
"Omicron is the sword of the..."
Megan broke off, a terrified look on her face. "I...I mean, I don't know."
She dropped back into her pillows. Martina gave a quick glance in her direction and frowned. "Anyway, Omicron is the Greek name for the letter O."
"How did you learn that?" I asked, startled .
"English class. You do know that Mrs. Xanthis? When she found out that I was interested in the language, she asked if I wanted to stay after school to learn more about it."
"Did you know that Megan?" I said.
"No."
Martina stifled a yawn and I realized how late it was. "We should get to sleep. Night."
"Goodnight."
"Night."
One by one we drifted off to sleep, me being the last. When finally I got to sleep it was already 2:30am. We slept so soundly that none of us noticed the window crack open slightly. Didn't see the head poking through the gap. And neither did we stir, as the stranger closed the window and was swallowed by the darkness.

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