The Sorting Room by Angelina Singer

Author:Angelina Singer [Singer, Angelina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-30T23:00:00+00:00

Volume two:

The plan

CHAPTER 1

Luna begins to steady her breathing under a cloudless morning sky. The dawning of a new day brings hope, and with it, the potential of redemption. The bright yellow sun was rising from the ground, promising hours of glorious daylight. Today could be the day that she completes her quest. Or at least, she hopes it is, since she doesn’t want to spend any more time in the dark.

Her stomach rumbles, and Luna thinks it might be nerves, until she remembers what Jade mentioned about trading currency for food. She makes a mental note to get some next time she sees an opportunity for a trade.

Okay, now to continue my mission. There was… a setback. That’s all, just a setback. I am okay. I have to be.

From her vantage point at the top of a hill in the park, she can see the convenience store where Anthony works, with a menagerie of people milling around it getting their morning coffee and who knows what else. The only thing she could imagine doing was going to talk to him again, and bring him back to Miranda.

Where’s the stage? It was just there before…

This sudden revelation made her mission a bit harder, as she now has no idea where to find Miranda. But at least finding Anthony would be half of the goal. Maybe starting there would give her a sense of what to do next. High on the hope running through her veins, a broken and bruised, but very brave Luna, stands up and begins the trek across the park and the adjacent street to Anthony’s corner store. It isn’t much, but it’s all she has at the moment.

Remembering how the busy intersection works is a life saving-skill Luna has learned in a very short amount of time. She looks across the way, and waits until the signal glows green. Then she quickly leaps across the mysterious white stripes on the ground, hoping she doesn’t fall through them. She doesn’t notice the curious stares of on-looking strangers, but that is likely for the best.

She enters the enchanted doors which part for her as soon as she gets close. Even Earth has magic in it…

Anthony appears to be hard at work, but Luna quickly spies his curly tuft of dirty-blonde hair peeking through the boxes on the shelf. Without any hesitation, she marches right over to him.

“Oh, hey Bubblegum. I see you’re back.” Luna freezes for a moment but remembers that is the moniker he had attached to her. “My name is Luna.” He shrugs his shoulders and tosses a half-hearted glance her way while stocking the shelves. “I know, but I like calling you Bubblegum. It suits you better.”

Luna nods politely even though that makes no sense to her whatsoever. “So, um, Anthony? May we speak for a moment?”

Anthony pauses his work and gives her a quizzical glance. “Okay, yeah. What’s up?” He crosses his arms and stares into her violet eyes. “Uh, well, I’m looking for… food.”

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