Unexpected journey

 

My day started normally enough. I woke up excited to see my friends, my long brown hair tangling in knots. I put on my uniform, ate breakfast and went to meet my friends at the bus stop. When we hopped on the bus I noticed that we did not have Ms Lee today, she had the same bright green eyes as me. She must be sick, I thought. I also noticed that we were the first ones on. Which was unusual. But there was a cold going around so I did not question it. 

 

I started chatting to my friends. ( I had always wanted Emma’s blond hair and blue eyes.) That’s when I realized we were being driven down a hole in the ground past dragonflies bigger than us. Mushrooms the size of trees, and butterflies the size of us. 

“WHAT WAS HAPPENING!” 

“ WHERE WERE WE GOING!” I heard Emma squeal.

“We have to get out of this bus.” Said my best friend Lilly, her wild black hair flapped around as the bus started speeding up and her brown eyes looked as if all life had been swiped away from her. 

“Got any Ideas Sofie.” Emma asked me. 

No, I heard my own vose beary make a sound. 

That’s when the bus driver turned around. We all screamed at once! Because he was no human he was an ogre. 

“Calm down and no one will come to harm!” shouted the ogre. 

We immediately calmed down. Then I saw a soft mist creeping though the bus. We had to get home was the last thing I thought before a soft smell hit my nose and I started falling asleep.

 

I slowly started to wake up. I looked around me. Where was Emma and Lilly?! I tried to scream but I had been gagged and the bus door was shut so I barely made a sound. I started crying. I did not want to die like this! I was still so young. There was still so much I wanted to do. I should have tried better in school. I should have seen my grandma more often. That is when I saw the ogre, and he was carrying my friends. I felt a flutter of hope. The flutter got even bigger when I saw it was a different ogre and he was unchaining my friends. Maybe he could help us.He came in and started taking off my chains. My friends ran up and hugged me. They explained that the ogre was only going to unchain us and send us in the right direction. We thanked the ogre and started heading south. 

 

Just then a dragonfly flew close to us. It was as massive, as big as an airplane. It opened its mouth and for a second I thought it was going to eat us instead he said “Hi I am Jeff do you want a ride you look tired.” We all immediately said yes! On the way he told us about him. His favorite color was blue. But I could hardly listen. I was too confused to listen. He dropped us off by a giant mushroom. He said that this was the farthest he could take us and that we were about half way there. We thanked him and started walking. I had secretly hoped that he could take us all the way but I could not complain. He had taken us half way completely voluntarily. 

 

That’s when Emma spotted a horse. What no, that was not just any horse! That was my horse Biscet! She had gone missing half a year ago! I had looked everywhere for her but could not find her and now she was standing right in front of me I could not believe my eyes. 

 

That’s when Lilly said “what are we waiting for” I looked around. That is when I saw two other horses we jumped on them and started riding fast, desperate to get out of that place.

 

That is when my hand touches something sticky and slimy eww! A sudden jolt shakes the ground. I sit up in my bed, sweet dribbling down my head. I felt a sudden relief, it was all a bad dream! Or was it, I looked at my slime covered hand!

 

• Elsie