Chapter 11

It's dark. There's nothing here. Why am I here? I know I'm dreaming but this is just too creepy! I look around and find a small window. It looks like nighttime so I look out to get a better view. There are balls of light surrounding me. They were so bright that I had to cover my eyes. In the far distance, I could see a planet. It kinda looked like earth but I had a feeling that it was something else. My heart started to hurt the more I stared at the planet. As I put a hand on my chest as if that will calm my heart down, I felt tears fall down my eyes. Everything was become blurry from the tears so I I lift my hand up to my eyes to wipe the tears away but everything was still blurry.

Gahhhh!!! I'm falling! Did I fall out the window? This is it. My short life is about to end.

Looking down (I know. Stupid move on my end) I see two castles through the clouds right next to each other. As I am about to fall on top of one, I stop. But instead of being suspended in the air, I'm now in a white room staring straight up at the sky. I sit up and look around to find that there are two figures in the distance but I can't make out who they are. They looked to be made of colorful lights.

Before I could get closer, the room starts shaking. I lose balance and I fall to the floor.

"...Kota!" Someone yelled/whispered

"Wahh…??" I mumble

"It's your turn to stay up" Derrick said as he lays down in his sleeping bag.

"Oh…" I sit up and see that Derrick had already fallen asleep.

Am I bad for wanting him to stay up the entire night? Probably.

Now that I'm awake, I try remembering the dream I had. It made no sense. It started off really dark and scary but in the end, I felt at peace. I wonder what it could have meant.

I lay back down and watch the glow of the meteor. It's still creepy.

I look down at Derrick, wondering if I should go back to sleep. In the end, I decided to stay up since he stayed up for me.

(Morning)

I heard people getting up so I decided to wake Derrick as well. He wasn't happy that I woke him up so early. After getting ready, we head out towards the meteor for further instructions until we hear yelling.

"You were the one who wanted to break this damn rock in the first place! Now you want to leave it?" Major asked

"That was before this light! We don't know if it's actually toxic or something!" Soprano yelled at her

"If it was, we'd all be dead right about now!"

Both of them stared down at each other. Well, actually Soprano stood way taller than the Major. The Major, at 5'1, (gotta add the one) stood her ground as Soprano at 5'6 glared down at her.

"Excuse me. Are we going to break it or not?" A female troop asked

"We are!"

"Not!"

As The Major and Soprano argued, I looked closer at the meteor. The urge to touch it was unbearable. I creeped closer to it while no one was looking.

"Ya wanna touch it?" Someone whisper into my ear

My heart skipped a beat and I froze.

Derrick laughed and said "So do I"

I looked over at him with a glare.

He gave me innocent puppy dog eyes "I mean it"

I sighed "Fine. Just make sure no one sees"

And like the great listener that he is, he skipps his happy self to the meteor and gently caresses it.

What. The. Hell?

Major stops mid-sentence after noticing Derrick.

"Hey! Get away from that!" She yelled

Derrick jumped, taking a piece of the rock with him by accident.

He looks down at his piece and back at the meteor. He gives me a panicked look before trying to put it back.

Major sighed and said "We're breaking into it today and that's final"

We gather our pickaxes and work towards breaking the meteor.