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Sceldrant's Comet

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by Michael Rogers


  Rachael: "So." *She turned around and placed her hands on her waist in a cheerleader-like manner.* "Where the heck do we go?"

  Twortz: *She looked around, observing the clearing around her.* (I wouldn't have a clue. I have no idea where we are..)

  Rachael: "Twortz?"

  Twortz: "Yes, right. Let's go." *She nodded her head and started to walk across the grassy field.*

  Rachael: "Where do you think we are?" *She cracked her knuckles and started to jog up to Twortz, looking to each side.*

  Twortz: "Those hills in the distance. I think we're on the outskirts of Dee Highs."

  Rachael: "Oh? Where the train goes past?"

  Twortz: "Yes."

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  *Luna, Kerry-Anne and Kylie all suddenly twitched, slowly regaining consciousness.*

  Luna: "Gah.." *She groaned and frowned, slowly opening her eyes.*

  Kylie: "Aye?" *She awkwardly pushed herself up, glancing at Kerry-Anne and Luna.* "What bloody happened?"

  Kerry-Anne: "Blargh, this is the worst hangover, ever."

  Luna: (Did I hit my head on the ground or somethin'?) *She felt her head, whimpering in an annoyed, frustrated-like manner.*

  Kylie: *She shook her head and widened her eyes, as if she was just waking up.* "Outside?"

  Luna: *She observed the area, noticing its brown dead-like appearance.* "Are we in a swamp?"

  *Frogs and insects could be heard in the background, complimenting the sounds of popping liquid.*

  Kerry-Anne: "Swamp? The hell we get ina swamp?" *She slurred in a frustrated-like manner, reaching for her half empty bottle.*

  Kylie: *She looked at her hands, noticing they were covered in mud.* "Rank as."

  Luna: "So.. What. The. Hell..?"

  Kerry-Anne: "I swear, I'm just intoxicated?" *She looked across the swamp and shook her head in shock, taking a manly sip from the bottle.*

  Luna: "I'm gonna take a stroll around the place, aye."

  Kylie: "Be sure to get us some water, aye!"

  Luna: "Will do."

  Kerry-Anne: "The mud?" *She slurred in confusion, noticing Luna's shoes slightly sink in the muddy ground.*

  Luna: "I got this." *She sniffed in confidence and awkwardly lifted her feet with each step, trying to avoid the mud.*

  Kylie: *She held her wrists, slightly squinting her eyes in pain.* (Shit, it hurts..)

  Kerry-Anne: "Man, this is good shit."

  *Luna walked past several dead appearing trees and sighed, as if she didn't know what to do.*

  Luna: (What have I gotten myself into now..?) *She thought with quivering lips and rested her back against a tree, looking down to her mud covered shoes.*

  *Cat-like hisses echoed in the distance, instantly catching Luna's attention.*

  Luna: (Kitties?) *She sounded curious and stepped forward, ignoring her current situation.*

  *Luna listened to the sounds of squishy mud under her feet and continued to walk towards the hisses.*

  Luna: *She looked to each side and continued to walk into the darkening swamp.* (What kind of kitties live in a swamp?)

  ?????: "Yeup!"

  *A cat-like growl caused Luna to quickly look to the side.*

  Luna: (Whatever it is, it sounds like it's in pain.) *She looked up to thick tree tops, noticing a swarm of floating purple hairballs.* (What the fuck are they-?!)

  ?????: "Yeup!-" *It hopped on the ground, meowing in pain.*

  Luna: (They're like, little fur balls?!) *She looked down, noticing the hopping hairball in curiosity.* (That one looks like it can't float-)

  *The swarm of hairballs floated down towards the hopping one and started to hiss out shots of air.*

  ?????: "Yeup!" *Its fur swirled with each hiss, causing it to meow in pain.*

  Luna: (Why are they pickin' on it?) *She paused at the hopping creature with a dropping jaw, triggering a flashback.*

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  *Luna walked down a long corridor, listening to the school-like environment around her.*

  Luna: *She stopped at a locker and punched it open, causing a group of girls dressed in matching cheerleader-like uniforms to snicker.* "Wat?!"

  Girl A: "Look at you, dressed in black."

  Girl B: "Yeah, like, you're totally, like, weird."

  Girl A: "Totally." *She leant on the side and opened her hand, causing one of the girls to hi-five her.*

  Girl B: "Shouldn't you be asleep, Lunadracular?"

  Luna: "Wat?!"

  Girl A: "Weirdo!"

  Girl B: "Totally weird!"

  Girl A: "You're different."

  Girl C: "Strange." *She shivered in disgust.*

  Girl A: "You had your chance to be one of us."

  Luna: *She frowned with quivering lips and slammed the locker door, quickly storming away.* "Idiots-"

  Girl A, B and C: "Oooo."

  Girl A and B: "Luna-dracular!"

  Girl C: "Teeheeheehe."

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  Luna: (Lunadracular?) *She whispered in thought.*

  ?????: "Yeup!" *It meowed in pain, as it tried to hop away.*

  Luna: (Are they picking on that thing because it doesn't float?) *She shook her head with an awkward smirk.* (Aha, for some reason, I don't seem to give a shit about a floating furball, but the fact it's gettin' picked on.)

  *The hairballs continued to swarm around the hopping creature, hissing at it like they were bullies.*

  Luna: "Oi! Why you pickin' on it!" *She shouted and stormed towards the hairballs, catching their attention.*

  ?????: "Hsssht!" *It hissed, glaring at Luna with its large bug-like eyes.*

  Luna: "Gaghraghr, yaself!" *She screamed and quickly picked up a rock, instantly throwing it towards them.*

  ?????: *The rock hit one of the hairballs and broke into crumbs on dirt, causing it to squeal in fright.* "Hierrrk?!"

  Luna: "How you like bein' picked on, aye?!" *She screamed and picked up another rock, trying to intimidate the hairballs.*

  *The hairballs meowed and hissed, quickly floating into the distance and out of Luna's sight.*

  Luna: "Yea, that's what I thought, dipshits!" *She screamed into the distance and formed a fist, causing the rock to crumble in her hand.*

  ?????: "Y-Yeup?" *It shivered on the spot and stared at Luna, as if it was unsure what to do.*

  Luna: "Umm, 'sup?" *She looked awkward, as if she was also unsure what to do.*

  ?????: "Yeup?" *It hopped with hesitation towards Luna, causing her to step back.*

  Luna: *She gasped in realisation, taking another step back.* (What am I doing?! What the hell is that?! It's a bloody floatin' hairy ball of death thing!)

  ?????: "Yeup?" *It started to rub itself against Luna's leg in a cat-like manner and started to purr.*

  Luna: "W-What?" *She looked down and watched the purple hairball continue to rub itself against her leg in an affectionate-like manner.*

  ?????: "Yeu."

  Luna: (Hey, you ain't so bad-)

  *A scream echoed in the distance, causing Luna to quickly look over her shoulder.*

  Luna: (That sounded like Kylie?!)

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  *Twortz and Rachael walked along several meadow-like hills, listening to powerful waves crash in the distance.*

  Rachael: *Her hair swayed in the gentle cool breeze.* "Sounds like we're near the beach, huh?"

  Twortz: *She took deep breaths, struggling to keep up to Rachael.* "Rachael, could we please rest?"

  Rachael: "Rest?" *She turned around without a sign of fatigue and nodded her head in realisation, as if she didn't need to rest.* (I forgot, due to Twortz's unhealthy lifestyle, she wouldn't be able to keep up.)

  Twortz: "You're probably thinking, how could I keep up with my weight?"

  Rachael: "U-Uhm? Kinda." *She smiled awkwardly.*

  Twortz: "I like your honesty. But to be realistic, we've walked for more than an hour. Even someone fit would be a little bit sweaty or out of breath by now."

  Rachael: "True." *Sh
e nodded her head in agreement and sat on her knees, playing with her fingers.* (When I'm training or paintballing, I do sweat a little.. It's weird though, I don't feel out of breath at all?)

  Twortz: "Kah-" *She collapsed to her feet, quickly placing her hands on the ground.* (It's so hard to breathe-)

  *Twortz dropped the frying pan and it hit the ground, causing a loud sound to blow the grass back.*

  Rachael: "Whoa, nice! Hehe, how did you do that?" *She smirked and crawled up to Twortz, picking up the frying pan.*

  Twortz: "It couldn't have done that. Maybe it was just a coincidental breeze-?"

  Rachael: "Ha!" *She slammed the frying pan on the ground, listening to a faint thud-like noise.* "Huh? Think you're right, Twortz."

  Twortz: "Ahem." *She nodded her head and took a deep breath, trying to recollect her professional-like composure.*

  Rachael: "It's cool. Take as much time as you need. I'm in no hurry." *She smiled, causing Twortz to smile back.*

  Twortz: (She's.. Not the same..) *She thought in a serious-like manner, continuing to fake her smile.* (She acts completely the same, but, this gut feeling I have-)

  Rachael: *She looked up, staring at the sky.* "Shame we don't have Mel, or even Lance's sister."

  Twortz: "Why?" *She frowned in confusion and slowly reached forward, grabbing the frying pan off Rachael.*

  Rachael: "Well, they're both apparently good with the stars."

  Twortz: "How would that help? I think a compass-" *She gasped in realisation, quickly patting her pockets.*

  Rachael: "What is it?" *She leant forward in an intrigued-like manner.*

  Twortz: "This-" *She pulled out a mobile phone and pressed a button, sighing in failure.* "Dang, the screen's cracked."

  Rachael: "Your phone-" *She spoke on her breath and triggered a flashback of leaving her phone in the manager's office.* (Damn.)

  Twortz: "Alright." *She slowly inhaled and stood up, brushing her knees in a professional-like manner.* "Let's continue."

  Rachael: "But we hardly had enough time to-"

  Twortz: "It's fine. The sooner we call for help, the faster I get to have a nice long bath at home."

  Rachael: "Right." *She smiled and stood up with a bounce, forming a fist in determination.*

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  Kerry-Anne: "What the hell is th-that?!" *She stuttered in fear, intensely staring at a weed-like creature with a large head.*

  Kylie: "Look at its bulbie looking head." *She stared at the thin creature's bulb shaped head, staring at its one eye.* "It looks like an ugly weed with a blue eye?"

  Kerry-Anne: *She stared at the creature and hiccuped, focusing her attention to the bottle in her hand.* "This is the best alcohol ever."

  Weed-like Creature: "Tsssst-t-t-t?" *It sniffed through two tiny slits on its face, as if it was inspecting Kylie.*

  Kylie: *She smirked and reached out, as if her fear was fading away.* "Hey, it ain't that bad."

  Kerry-Anne: "Aye?" *She took another sip from the bottle and stepped forward, staring at the creature with blurred vision.* "It's as skinny as that dickhead you once liked."

  Kylie: "Oi-"

  Weed-like creature: *It suddenly stopped its slow agile-like movement, focusing its attention on Kylie's wrist.* "Tsss?"

  Kylie: "Naww, I think he likes me-"

  Kerry-Anne: "Wanna be careful?"

  Kylie: "It's kool-"

  Weed-like Creature: *Its eye suddenly split open, revealing four sets of razor sharp teeth.* "Tssst!"

  Kylie: "What the fu-?!"

  Weed-like Creature: *It violently bit into Kylie's arm and ripped it off, causing her to scream in agony.*

  Kylie: "Argh!"

  Kerry-Anne: "Maybe this isn't the best alcohol-?"

  Kylie: *She whimpered with watering eyes, taking a step back in shock.* "My.. My arm...?" *She screamed in terror and disbelief.*

  Weed-like Creature: "Tss-" *It mauled on Kylie's hand before spitting the arm towards Kerry-Anne.*

  Kerry-Anne: *She looked down, spitting out a spray of alcohol in disgust.* "Holy fuck-"

  Weed-like Creature: "Tssk-t!-" *It suddenly struck like a snake, biting into Kylie's neck.*

  Kerry-Anne: "Kylie!-" *She stepped forward, as if she wanted to help.*

  Kylie: "R-Run.. Ck." *She spat out blood and her eyes rolled back, causing her to fall into the creature's arms.*

  Kerry-Anne: "Fuck this!" *She screamed and spun around in a drunken-like manner, awkwardly sprinting away from the creature.*

  Luna: *She ran into the small clearing, instantly noticing Kerry-Anne.* "Kerry-?"

  Kerry-Anne: "Run!"

  Luna: *She looked awkward and started to run after Kerry-Anne.* "Where's Kylie-?"

  Kerry-Anne: *She started to cry, causing Luna to stop her questions.* "The dickhead, he just ripped it off."

  Luna: "Ripped wat off?"

  Kerry-Anne: "Garharharh." *She cried and raised the bottle, trying not to spill any alcohol.*

  Luna: "Kerry-Anne?!"

  Kerry-Anne: "It-, it-, it-" *She looked behind her and grunted in fear, trying to find the creature.* "I-I can't see it."

  Luna: "It?" *She spoke on her breath and started to inhale deeply, looking at Kerry-Anne in confusion.*

  Kerry-Anne: "Behind-" *She slurred in fear and continued to run, keeping a fixated stare behind her.*

  Luna: "Behind-?" *She looked over her shoulder and stepped off a small hill, accidentally falling on top of a woman in warrior-like armour.* "Gah-"

  ?????: "Argh?!" *She stumbled back from Luna and fell to the side, causing a girl with pink hair to look shocked.*

  Pink Haired Woman: "Sister?" *She reached over her shoulder, holding onto a large wooden bow with was tied to her back armour.*

  ?????: "Grr." *She gritted her teeth and angrily stood up, glaring at Luna.* "How dare you!"

  Luna: "Gah-" *She slowly stood up, glaring at the woman with yellow hair.* "My bad-"

  ?????: "No!" *She gritted her teeth, flicking her yellow hair out of her face.*

 

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