The Galactic junior Series

“There weren’t always dragons in the valley…”

“Wait…what?!”

The dragon comes out of the cave and starts to open its mouth to blow the raging fire….ahhhh

And then I awake….thank God there are no Dragons in space.

The next morning I awoke to the hologrammed view of what looked like the amazon rainforest. My head still hurt from falling yesterday. Even with a pounding headache all I could think about was seeing Lela. 

I found my father sitting outside my door asleep. I awoke him with a nudge. He opened his eyes. He looked at me like he was confused but then he looked relieved.

"Anna, my girl, how did you sleep? Are you feeling better? You must be hungry?"

"Dad. No I need to see Lela. I need to see aunt Layna! What about Jon? Dad I need to know!" I begged him as I pulled on his arm. Trying to hold back the tears in my eyes.

"I will take you to them. But you have to eat a bagel." He said sternly. 

"Deal."

We walked through a huge sliver and white corridor into what looked like a smaller version of Central Park. It was absolutely beautiful. I was amazed to even see a blue jay fly over my head, it was so real. So beautiful and I almost forgot we were in space. 

I missed Earth. I missed the wind blowing in my hair, the beat of the sunlight on my freckled arms and my sunburned nose. I missed everything and I would never see it again.  

Finally after passing through the park we came to what looked like a promenade shopping mall. It was incredible the flooring was so clean and shiny. It was like we were actually window shopping. I still hated the idea I was on a freaking space ship and I needed to see Lela. 

Finally we arrived to the Medical Wing of the ship and it looked like a hospital and even smelt like one. My father talked with a lady at the front she knew what was going on but I noticed there were only a few people around the front room of the medic area. All these people were waiting to see how a loved one was doing. Some people had even started to do their jobs as crew members. It was like people were starting to come alive again. 

I noticed an older lady sitting alone by herself crying. I wandered why she was crying did she lose a child? Was the child already dead? All these horrible thoughts popped in my head. I grabbed my father by the arm as I tucked my head behind him. I was afraid to see anything else. I was afraid to see Lela. 

Lela was still beautiful even in her funny leotard onsie. She was hooked up to a ventilator. I assumed a breathing machine. Anyway it was scary to see her that way. Then my aunt Layna was just sitting there. She looked defeated, worried and exhausted. Once she saw me she raised her head and got up so quickly she almost fell. 

" Oh my Anna girl." She squeezed me so tight I could breathe, but I hugged her back even harder. 

She began to tell me how she saw Jon last night. She said he was fine and lives in the lower station not in La Vidan quarter. I was so happy to hear he was okay. I couldn't imagine having the only two people I even cared for in critical condition. She did tell me that his father never arrived to the station the morning we were supposed to leave. 

I remember Jon saying his mother and father had been fighting. He said he overheard them screaming at one another. His dad had said something to his mother about that it was too much for him. He couldn't just leave everything on Earth. He was the only smart guy out of all of us. 

Lela looked so peaceful just like she was sleeping. 

Her mother said she awoke but instantly fell and stopped breathing. So they gathered as many medical personnel that they could find. Which was a male nurse, who barely just awoken. He was still in a state of delirium and confusion. But Layna said she took her mama bear roar to the extreme and got him ready for battle pretty quick. So she said they have been sitting here for about four days. 

I waited with my aunt for hours. I held Lelas hand and I even started singing "Good Riddance" by Green Day. She loved that song because Billie Joe Armstrong messes up and quietly says the "f" word. I loved it because it was the song we all sang with my mom when we were little. 

At about ten o'clock I felt a tug in my shirt...

"Anna.." 

PART 2

"Anna..."

"Lela!! You're alive!!!" I cried!

"Hush...before they hear you!" She kid herself down on the bed and pulled me down beside her as she put her hand over my mouth.

"Anna what I am about to tell you is going to frighten you, but I want you to know we are going to get out of this. I am going to take my hand off your mouth but you have to promise to not wake my mother." I looked at her and nodded slowly. I was trying to figure out if she was going crazy. Something inside told me to believe her.

"Okay you can tell me."

I said assuringly.

" When I awoke I was fine...but someone whispered in my ear and took away my breath. I didn't lose any oxygen because of my Pode'. Someone, man, women or thing literally took my breathe away. And waiter this being is it knew me. Because when I saw the being I knew who it was, but now I can't remember."

She said holding her head in hands.

"Lela. I think you are delusional because of the lack of oxygen...."

"No, Anna I promise you. On everything, on your mother."

I looked at her with rage, but then saw the fear in her eyes. The worry and need for me to believe her. I knew she was telling he truth. I just didn't know what we should do. We need to tell our parents.

"We have to tell our parents Lela." I grabbed her hand, she quickly pulled away.

"No we can't. They we try to get me to forget it and say I'm making things up from

being asleep for so long. I wasn't sleeping I was playing things over and over and trying to remember the face of my attacker."

"You really don't remember anything, did you say the persons name? I mean why is the face missing but you remember everything else?" I asked trying to argue her theory.

" It was almost like the being was manipulating my thoughts. Like I couldn't put it all together fast enough. It was slow motion." She said with worry in her face.

"Okay well what do you think we need to do..."

"First Anna, I have to wake up for my mother."

At that moment she quietly got up in her hospital bed. She winked at me and I knew in that moment she needed her partner in crime I smiled and confidently spoke:

"Lela, omg you're awake!"

Layne awoke and rushed to Lela's bed side. She covered her sweet child in warm tear drops and kisses. Lela was Layna's

world and she couldn't imagine a life without her daughter.

After leaving Lela that night to get some rest. We had to think of a plan. We had to figure out what was going on and if we were in trouble. All I knew is Lela said we weren't alone, maybe the attacker wasn't one of us. Maybe the attacker was an extraterrestrial...