The Adventure of a Lifetime by Ravina Thakkar

Author:Ravina Thakkar
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2013-10-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“Anyway, I guess I have to go, don’t I?” Amber whispered.

Betty nodded.

“That’s what I thought,” Amber sighed, and then she disappeared into her house.

Amber soon returned, carrying a small purple backpack, two water canteens that she stuck into its pockets, and what looked like an old map. Betty recognized all of these objects because Amber’s last adventure had started exactly the same way.

“Okay, Betty, I have a deal for you. If you promise not to get in my way, I…I guess you can come with me. It might be nice to have company and well, if there’s a possibility of getting killed, I can always send you first,” she laughed.

“Oh, thank you, Amber, thank you!” Betty was sure Amber was being sarcastic about the whole killing thing. At least, she hoped so.

Betty hugged Amber until Amber pushed her away with a powerful shove.

“Okay, kid. Back off and let’s read the map.”

Amber pulled out a fragile map, old and crumbly, hand-drawn in the finest ink.

“Well, let’s see!” Amber said, as she looked at the map. “This says the Portal to the Future is in the Mountains of the Old. We’re going to have to walk there, you know, unless my agency sends some new material.” Amber still sort of hoped she could make Betty scared enough to not come along, but the other girl just nodded. “Have you been to the Mountains of the Old?” Amber asked Betty.

“No,” Betty replied.

“Neither have I,” Amber said, half-smiling at Betty. “But anyway, I’ve heard only a few people visit and reach the top, and even then, they usually don’t return. Very contradictory, don’t you think, the Portal to the Future being in the Mountains of the Old?” Amber said, raising an eyebrow.

It was quiet for some time. Was Amber trying to scare her? She hadn’t looked like she was joking. Either way though, Betty was still going with Amber to battle crocodiles and save the world. This was her first and probably last chance at adventure, and she wasn’t going to waste it.

“Say, where do you come from?” Amber asked suddenly.

Betty forgot that Amber didn’t know about Betty’s world and said, “Plainfield.”

“Plainfield,” Amber repeated, clearly thinking. “Well, I’ve never been there before.”

Betty did not go into details about Plainfield because Amber probably wouldn’t understand the world that Betty came from. And it probably wouldn’t be half as exciting as some of the places Amber has visited.

“Well, you know, Plainfield sounds like a safe place. Where I live, it isn’t safe. Vultures are ready to eat your flesh. Vines are ready to tangle you in their grasp. You know, the usual.”

“Are you trying to scare me?” Betty asked knowingly.

“What! Of course not! Who do you think I am?” But Amber didn’t say anything frightening anymore.

“Well, to get to the Mountains of the Old, we have to cross a bridge, row down a river, and get across a volcano,” Amber said, desperately trying to keep her voice steady. Even though Amber made it sound like it was nothing, Betty knew that it wasn’t going to be that easy.

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