Quest for the Truth Part II

Here is part two of Double A's book Quest for the Truth. Sorry I haven't been posting the story for a while.

Wow, that was a pretty sad story, I thought. If only we could - DUH! I thought. "Marla, why don't we just call your parents?" She agreed that was a perfect, yet obvious solution. I just got up when I heard the front door open. Oh great!, I thought. It was my brother Alex!

"Quick, hide!" I whispered to Marla. She scrambled into the small, grimy space behind the toilet. I could hear her stifling a gag. Then I went to the door to "greet" Alex. I have to admit, though, distracting people is not one of my finer points.

"Hey, Amy" said my brother, his face sweaty from working hard at the practice. "Hi" I replied. Then, horror of all horrors, Alex started walking towards the bathroom. "Alex, wait! I, um, want to show you a cool new website!"

"Amy, it can totally wait. I have to do all my homework. It's not like I have two teeny papers or something like you would!" he replied. I stuck out my tongue at him, but I was sooo relived he wasn't headed to the bathroom after all. I breathed a sigh of relief. "What's the gasp for? called Alex from his room across from the bathroom. "You sound like a sick Chihuahua!"

I rolled my eyes and went into the bathroom. Then I whispered to Marla "You can come out now! Sorry that took so long! That's Alex, my annoying, popular, football-playing big brother," I told her. "Oh." Marla stood up, stretched, and brushed the grime off her loose-fitting jeans. Then she peered out into the hall. Coast clear. We crept down the hall into my room, but suddenly we were falling through the floor. Marla and I screamed, but the sound was drowned out by the high-pitched screams being emitted from down below.

We crashed into the wet , muddy soil at the bottom of the long metal chute now coming out of the hall floor. Next to me, making the strange noises we had heard , was a tall teenage girl with long frizzy blond hair and lots of zits. She was being attacked by strange-looking greenish creatures with very sharp teeth. They looked like a mix between skinny seals, fish, and snakes.

Marla and I pulled ourselves out of the mud and ran toward the older girl. We pulled the slimy creatures off her with some effort.

She thanked us breathlessly, blushing as she said " I'm Zorania. Welcome to Maynerna."