Chapter Three…
Becca found herself in the same place – on a path in the middle of long flowing green fields. She started down the path. This time she would find her way to the castle. Maybe, there would be a nice princess she could play with. She looked up at the sky and noticed how blue it was and how it didn’t have a cloud in it at all. She wondered what kind of place this was where the sky was so blue without any clouds.
Becca heard a voice behind her and she stopped in her tracks. She was scared because she thought the voice called her name.
“Becca, get back here!” the voice yelled.
Becca slowly turned around and looked. Standing ten yards away was Sky. “Sky! What are you doing here?”
“I’ve come to take you home, young lady, so come on,” Sky said.
“But, I don’t want to go home.”
Sky opened his mouth to reply, but stopped. Did Becca answer him? How did she know what he was saying? He barked to her. “Hurry up, Becca.” ‘Wait,’ he thought. ‘I’m speaking English. How can that be?’
Becca ran back to him. “Sky, when did you learn to talk?”
“I don’t know,” he answered, truthfully. “It must be because of this place.” ‘Hmmm,’ he thought, ‘I rather like being able to speak.’ He thought a moment that perhaps they could stay wherever they were, but he knew that Vicy would worry about them. “It doesn’t matter,” he finally said. “We must be going.”
“I don’t want to go. I want to see the castle.” Becca stood in front of him with her arms crossed.
“Well, you don’t have a choice. Your mother will be worried and so will your sisters.” Sky turned around and watched as the portal between the worlds disappeared.
“I want to see the castle,” Becca said, stomping her feet on the ground.
Sky turned and looked back at the hole between the two worlds. It began to grow smaller, until no trace of it existed. “Uh oh,” he said. “It’s gone.”
“What’s gone?” Becca asked.
“Our way home. It’s gone. It just closed up. Now, we’re stuck here.”
“Good. Then I get to see my castle.”
Sky turned and looked at her. “Your castle? Becca, we can’t get back home if the hole is gone.”
“Oh,” Becca said. This thought sunk in and scared her. How would she survive if she couldn’t see Mommy? What would she do? She began to cry.
Sky sighed. He wished, for just a second, that he had crossed into this new world with Elizabeth or Maddie. They were much stronger than Becca and wouldn’t cry. He hated crying.
He jumped up on Becca and licked her face. “Now, you need to stop crying,” he said, softly. “Wipe your eyes and let’s just think about what we’re going to do.” He sat back down.
“Okay,” Becca sniffled. “But, I don’t know what we’re going to do.”
“Well, we have two choices. We can sit here and wait. Maybe, one of your sisters will figure this out. I think
“When will she do that? I want to go home.” Becca sat down on the dirt path in front of Sky.
“I know you do.” Sky moved and licked Becca’s face. “I want to go home, too.” He sat back. “Our second choice is we could go and take a look at the castle. Maybe, they’ll know how to get us back home.”
“Do you really think so, Sky? Maybe, there’s a wise old King and he can send us home.” Becca stood and started to jump around. “We can go home and I’ll get to see the castle.”
Sky looked at the castle. “I think,” He said, “if we cut across this field, we’ll make better time than taking the path.” He took the lead and the two of them walked into the tall grass toward the castle.
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