Chapter 2/part 1 is here! Thank you @E3lipse for the audio! tw: Mention of blood, yelling Chapter 2. Free Fall (Eclipse) I did what I usually do when I sleep, watch Xander dream. His dreams are fascinating to me and entertaining. Tonight he was dreaming of repelling. I walked straight into his dream and hooked myself up to a cable and jumped off the cliff. I forgot how fun it is. I felt the breeze in my hair as I fell. The cliff in his dream was never ending. I could fall for eternity if I felt like it. The only thing I could hear was the wind as it raced past me. I let go of the rope and stretched my hands out as if I was grabbing the air. I loved the thrill of the fall. I loved the feel of the air whipping past me. I leaned back, my face towards the sky. I think we should all take some time out of our day to admire the sky. I mean it's so beautiful and we can look at it whenever we want. So if we can have something as beautiful as the sky, something that’s ours,we should take some time each day to thank it for being there. I smiled at my own thoughts and closed my eyes. I breathed in the smell of forest, and smiled again. I was falling, this was probably the most peaceful experience I’ve had in a long time. Until I heard a loud thud. I shot straight up and looked around. Me, Cooki, and Wonder all fell asleep in our fort. I put my hands on my arms and moved them up and down trying to warm myself up. I was freezing. I looked over at Cooki and rolled my eyes. She had the entire blanket draped over her. No wonder the wind in the dream was so cold. I looked over to see Wonder. I was shocked to find her not there. Maybe she went back to her own bed. I probably will since Cooki took the whole blanket. I peeked out of the fort. It was pitch black. On my hands and knees, I crawled out and quietly stood up. I turned to see if Wonder was in her bed. It was empty. Maybe she was with Zion? I quietly crept over to the boy’s side of the room and glanced at Zion’s bed. No Wonder just Zion. It was starting to worry me. Where was she? I glanced at the door then back. No she wouldn’t, would she? Better to be safe than sorry. I tiptoed to the door and quietly opened it and slipped out into the cold night. I felt something sharp touch my foot. I looked down and kicked a rock out of my way. When I looked back up I nearly screamed. I saw Wonder, she was laying on the wooden porch passed out. The cold wood burned my feet as I ran over to her. I collapsed onto my knees and whispered, “Wonder!?” She didn’t reply. My breath sped up. I put two fingers on her wrist to check for a pulse. Thank goodness she still had one. I felt something wet on my fingers. I put my hand close to my face to examine it. I gasped as I saw blood. I instantly looked back down to her wrist. A line of fresh blood was flowing down onto the wood. I shot up and ran into the cabin. My feet still burned from the cold as I ran to my bag. I pulled out a flashlight and ran over to Zion. “ZION,” I whispered loudly, ”GET UP IT’S WONDER!” He didn’t even flinch. “Dang, he’s really out,” I thought. I clicked the flashlight on and shined it in his face hoping to wake him up. Nothing. I shook him. Nothing. I sighed and grabbed the water bottle next to his bunk and unscrewed the cap. I threw the water onto him and he instantly woke up and jumped. I mean he LITERALLY HIT THE BUNK ABOVE HIM! “WHAT THE!” He yelled then stopped to look at me, “Eclipse? Are you playing a prank on me?” “No, It’s Wonder.” He finally understood my frightened expression and mirrored it. “What happened,” he said through his teeth. “Follow.” He jumped out of the bunk and followed me to the door. I opened it. I watched as his eyes widened, then he ran to her. “WONDER!?” He grabbed her hand, “Eclipse, did you check for a pulse, what happened, how long has she been here?!” “Her pulse is good, strong. I don't know what happened or how long she’s been here. Not long if her blood is still liquid.” He turned to face me, horror on his face, “Blood?” Then he turned back to Wonder and let go of her hand. “What do we do?” I whispered. He scooped her up in his arms and started walking towards the door, “Get Xander.” I flung the door open and turned on a lantern that someone left in the cabin. Then I ran over to Xander. ”Xander, get up.” He woke up instantly. ”Hu-huh, wha-t. Eclipse?,” he sat up. ”Are you ok? What’s wrong?” “You need to help Wonder.” I said. He jumped off the bed. “Where is she?” I nodded my head over to Zion. He had set Wonder down on his bed, kneeling beside her holding her hand. Xander walked over and touched where the blood was flowing down her arm. When Xander pulled away the cut on her wrist was gone. He tapped her black eye, It vanished. “I think that’s all.” He said. “Thank you.” Zion Whispered. ”Anytime, I’m gonna go back to bed now goodnight.” He patted Zion on the shoulder and walked back over to me.
”Goodnight princess.” Then he kissed me on my forehead. I smiled. He climbed back into bed and immediately fell back asleep. I walked over to Zion. “You gonna go back to sleep?” “In a minute.” “Ok see you in the morning.” I walked back to my bed. I pulled the covers over my head and fell asleep. I woke up looking at wood panels and the back of a mattress. I rolled over and looked around the room. The sun had risen and the room lit up. I looked over to Wonder. She was in the same spot I saw her in last night. Zion was laying on the ground asleep. I looked at the clock on the wall. 7:43. I was never good at sleeping in. I jumped out of bed and grabbed some clothes. I went into the closet and changed. Then I went over to my bag and tidied it up. I heard someone rustle in their bed and turned around. Xander was making his bed. ”Good morning,” I said and smiled. He turned around and smiled at me, “Good morning my love.” He quickly finished making his bed then walked over to me. He kissed me, my face turned red. I leaned against him and he hugged me. ”I’ll be right back.” He whispered in my ear then walked over to his bag to grab clothes. “Eclipse?” I turned to see Wonder looking confused, “What happened?” ”I found you last night on the porch. So I got Zion. Xander came over and healed you. You looked like you were in a fight, what happened to you?” ”I heard a noise and peeked out of the door. Then next thing I know I’m being dragged to the forest by… Jack… then he and his friend beat me up. I came back and that's where my memory ends.” Of course it was Jack,” I’m going to kill that kid and turn him inside out.” I said Wonder laughed. Suddenly Zion woke up. “That floor seems like an uncomfortable place to sleep.” Wonder said, he looked up at her. Then Zion hugged her. ”YOU HAVE TO STOP SCARING ME I’M GOING TO GET A HEART ATTACK AND DIE!” I heard something stumble. I looked over to the fort and saw Cooki poke her head out. “Who’s having a heart attack?” She asked, her hair was a mess. “Zion.” Me and Wonder said at the same time. Xander came over and put his clothes away. We all stood there and chatted for a bit. Suddenly in the middle of our conversation. There was a yell. We all watched Ash fall from the bunk. He hit the floor hard. “Ouch,” he said. ”You good?” Zion asked, helping him up. Everyone who hadn’t switched their clothes did. We all just sat around and chatted till we heard Lily tell us to come out. We all walked over to our table and sat down. I glared at Jack as he sat at his table. then Lily started, ”Good morning campers! For today’s activity we are going repelling!” ”Huh weird I had a dream that I was going repelling.” Xander said. ”Me too.” I said then smiled at him, he laughed. ”Before we do that though we are going to do our first…Social Time!” I looked at my friends, “what even is tha-“ ”So every morning you will have ten minutes to talk to other groups! We will pair you with the groups. And have fun!” “That sounds awful.” Wonder said we all nodded. Lily walked over to our table. ”So Wonder’s group you will be paired with…,” she paused then looked around,” Ah Jack’s group!” You gotta be kidding me. ”Is it possible to be paired with a different group?” Ash asked. ”Nope sorry” Lily was starting to get on my nerves. She walked over to the group next to ours. We all stood up and watched Jack’s group stomp over. He stood with his henchmen in front of us. “I can’t believe we got paired together.” Jack said. ”Same.” Xander said. ”I don’t want to talk to the freak!” He motioned to Wonder. ”Gosh don’t you ever shut up?” Cooki said. He glared at her, “ No virtillago I don’t.” “What did you just call her?” Ash asked. ”Virtillago, if you don’t know what that is you can google it.” “I’m not stupid I know what it is.” Ash said. ”Ok so we have the freak,” he pointed to Wonder, “ the overprotective moron,” he pointed to Zion, “ the skin condition,” he pointed at Cooki, “ the one who thinks he can fight,” he pointed to Ash, “ and then the two normies,” he motioned to me and Xander. ”What did you just call my friends?” I asked. ”Maybe I need to add to the list, we have one normie and one deaf one.” “I heard you. I thought that you knew what it meant when someone asks ‘what did you just call my friends.’” He just stared at me, “Let me translate for you it means, why did you say that?” “I said it because it’s funny.” ”If it's so ‘funny’ then why is no one laughing?” He looked angry. He turned around to his friends and whispered “laugh idiots,” they all broke out laughing. He finally turned back around to me. ”So now I have to add to the list one normie and a, know it all.”
