Hey, everyone! Cari here! It's time for another chapter of The Most Epic Trip Ever! Once again, this was written in '21. I apologize if my writing seems cringey. I was only fourteen.
Well, it's time for Chapter 7: We're in the Lost Cities!
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After a lot of time spent on a bus and ship, we were all more than grateful as our feet finally touched dry land. But this was no ordinary dry land. This was Elvin land. We were officially in the Lost Cities! We all were wearing official KotLC t-shirts, designed by Shannon herself. I wore a simple white Keeper of the Lost Cities shirt and denim shorts. My hair was tied back in a messy ponytail. The sun shone on my lightly tanned skin. Bella, who was short for a fifteen-year-old, rocked a “The world isn’t safe for sparkly flying horses” t-shirt and a pair of jeans. It complemented her darker skin quite nicely. Cat’s outfit consisted of a “Back the T. Rex Up” shirt, shorts, and sneakers. Nora and Elyna were twinning in Iggy t-shirts. Erm had a neatly tucked-in Team Keefe shirt on paired with skinny jeans and fashion boots, hair down. She really looked a lot like her “alter-ego”, Biana.
“Hey guys, selfie!” I announced.
We all lined up and snapped a quick picture. Then I led the way deeper into the Elvin capital, heart pounding rapidly. If we were caught by any of the adults—minus Wylie, who seemed to be leaning towards friendship with Sophie, whoever posted the directions (Sophie and Dex most likely) would probably have to face a Tribunal. We might even have to face one too. Well, at least Bella and I might. All the others had blue eyes.
Lucky.
“Lead onwards, O Captain Pryce!” Nora jokingly commanded.
I did as I was told. My stomach kept on doing cartwheels. Over and over. I expected the worst to happen. But all was well—for now. Up ahead, I noticed a small group of teenagers chatting.
Please let them be Sophie and Co.
We neared the group. A blond girl around fifteen turned around.
Brown eyes.
I stifled a scream of excitement. Or maybe fear. I’m not sure. It was none other than Sophie Foster herself! So the teens had to be her friends.
Catiana was the first to speak. “Uh, hi?”
So far so good. No fangirling. No fainting. Yet.
“Who are you guys?” Sophie asked. Confusion was evident in her voice.
Nora gave an over-exaggerated bow. “We’re fangirls at your service.”
Sophie laughed. There were some perks to having a long-time theatre kid in the group.
“Um, okay…How did you get here?” she asked before facepalming herself. “Riiight, the Google Maps thingy.”
At the mention of the “Google Maps thingy”, a boy with strawberry blonde hair whirled around. Dex Dizznee. A squeal burst in my head.
He perked up. “It worked?”
“Yeah, I guess. I mean, we’re here, soooo…” I replied. I lacked people skills.
In the meantime, all the other teens had headed over to check us out. Now was the ultimate test of not fangirling. Could we pass?
Copyright 2021 by Cari Legere. Cover by Elle West.
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Whaaaat? A cliffhanger? Who knew?
I'm being sarcastic here. I actually can pull off some pretty agonizing cliffhangers. But that's not the point.
I hope you enjoyed the snippet! Keep an eye out for Chapter 8: We Have a Meet-and-greet!
Till next time!
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