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...