Don’t do it, don’t do it! I stepped onto the platform. What am I thinking? Well, why not?
I can trust The Orange Lantern…
Who happens to have a crazy beard like an intergalactic mountain man…
Who is an alien who wants us to fight other aliens called Raggles?!?!
Yeah, I didn’t really think this through. As soon as Leah and I stepped on the platform, a blinding light shot up all around us. My eyes felt like they were burned, then pulled out and tossed into a bucket of cold soapy water. And then… it stopped. The next thing I know, it’s like I am floating in the air, in a really tangerine-colored room. Everything looks like a vision. You know, when the colors are a little off and things are slightly out of focus on the edges? I see my mom, looking at me with disgust in her eyes.
“How could you forget your homework AGAIN?!!” She demands.
“Umm… uhh…. there was a fight at lunch again!” I reply unconvincingly.
“And am I supposed to believe that that ruined your memory about your homework, Warren Locksworth Bandle III?!”
“Well, yeah! Wait a minute, where are we, Mom?”
“That’s not important right now. But what is important, is that I saw an F- on your report card! That’s right, an F MINUS. At first I thought it was just a smudge after the F, but no! They actually had to create a new grade just for your terrible performance.”
“But how??!!! Report cards don’t come out until next week!”
“Honey, honey, honey. You must pay attention to the details, like the online grade book we purchased on the first week of school.”
“But we never-” I stopped myself. Suddenly, I remembered what Zenox’s “warnings” were. ‘It’ll be decided during random times, and how you react to the situation.’ This must be one of the “tests” Zenox was talking about. Now this makes sense, my Mom said she “purchased” something. Mom is the cheapest person I’ve ever known.
"Mom, this isn’t real, is it?” I asked.
“What do you mean it’s not real? I AM YOUR MOTHER!!!”
“Yeah, nice try “mom”, but you can’t deny it, can you?”
“What?!! What are you talking about child? I can’t believe that you would-” Her voice was mumbled, and it slowly started to disappear into the distance. Gradually, my environment started to return to normal as well.
“Oh, so you’ve woken up from your little nap.” Zenox said. I felt like strangling him.
“What was that? How did you know what my mom even looks like?” I demanded. My experience with “Mom” had left me shaken, like I’m going to have to do this every day as a superhero? But then, a thought came to mind and I run up to Zenox.
“Where’s Leah? I’m warning you, if anything happens to her, I will personally-”
“She’s right behind you, now you can stop crowding me!” He said. I quickly looked around in all directions. I finally found her back on the platform, but a few things were different...
1. Her eyes were glowing. CREEPY!
2. Her voice was deep and echoed. CREEPY!!
3. She talked like a fortune teller in a trance. CREEPY!!!
4. SHE WAS FLOATING!! CREEPY!!!
What happened to my girlfriend… Wait, what? I rushed to her aid.
“I’m fine, Warren.” Leah’s voice boomed all over the room.
“No, you’re not. If you were, then you wouldn’t be floating, speaking with that creepy voice, and your eyes wouldn’t be glowing!” I yelled at her.
“Seriously? My eyes are glowing? Quick, somebody hand me a mirror! I want to-”
I cut her off saying, “Please. Stop talking, you’re freaking me out!”
“Hey, it’s not my fault I’m just so much better than you. I actually kind of like this.”
“Well excuse me, but I don’t” I shot back at her.
“I just think you’re jealous” Leah shot right back. Ouch. Got me there. Even with her super upgrade, her attitude was still the same. Or maybe it got upgraded too?
“Wha- I’m not. Come to think of it I’m pretty glad I’m not like that.” That might have been a tiny, little white lie.
“Warren, Leah, if you’re done with your little quarrel, then can I say something, please? Thank you. Now, while you were taking your tests, I received information from my fellow Seranas that the Raggles are trying to take over the star Sirius. So that will be your first mission. Tomorrow’s assignment is to save the clans on Sirius from the Raggles.” Zenox announced. It was quite obvious that Leah and I had different opinions for our quest.
Leah said: “Let’s do this thing!” (By this time Leah she was no longer creepy).
I said: “We’re all going to die!!!!!”
Zenox said, “Well I’m glad you’re thinking positive Leah. Warren, I think you’re being a bit too skeptical. You guys are going to be fine, don’t worry about it!” He started walking the other way, and looked like he was worn out. I wondered what he was doing when Leah and I took the simulation. I called to him.
“Wait a minute Zenox, who’s going to be the leader?”
He answered, “Oh right, I almost forgot. Leah gets the red bike, Warren gets the green bike. Now good night.”
I should have kept my mouth shut.
Not Creepy, Just Awesome
Leah
Boom! In your face, Warren! That’s what I call Girl Power.
This message is to all the boys out there: WATCH OUT! There’s a bad lady coming to town, and her name is Leah Marie Swelger. Seriously, Warren, you thought that I was CREEPY? Well you need to get your eyes checked. F.Y.I, it’s called AWESOMENESS!!! Ha! Whooo… That felt good. I’m awesome, aren’t I? I can’t believe what just happened. To recap: Zenox called Warren and me over to have visions. My vision was about my cousin who’s in the United Kingdom right now. She said that she was coming back home tomorrow but I knew that it was impossible so I didn’t buy it. I must have beaten my simulator before Warren beat his so I was filled with awesomeness and Warren wasn’t and I am the captain of the team and Warren isn’t. Wow, that was a mouthful!
As soon as Warren and I went into the main room where Melanie and Jeremy were sleeping, I started shouting,
"Whoohoo! Guess what guys? You’re looking at your fearless leader, who will ride with you into battle!” Honestly, I didn’t care that it was 2:00 in the morning.
Melanie sat up groggily and said, “That’s great, Leah, now why don’t you get some sleep like you’re supposed to.”
“Sorry, but I can’t. Zenox assigned us a mission to go to in the morning, and since right now is technically the ‘morning’, I want to go. Besides, he already told me where it is. On Sirius.” I replied.
“Leah, I think you should consider about how you can breathe in space, and your method of transportation.” Jeremy