by Beth Hoyer
he's with his wife and new daughter. Kanica and Mark her boyfriend is kissing each other. How cute. We're all in the cafeteria. Several Felidae came in soaking wet. They shook the water off like dogs shaking. They brought along herbs, apples, bananas and fish. I was getting a little sick of eating fish and fruit including herbs. The herbs were for our teeth. Bruce put his arm on my shoulder. Luke was sitting across from me. We were having a meeting in a few minutes. My watch still works. I don’t know what we're being talking about. I hope we eat something else besides fish and fruit. I'm getting a little sick. I have been feeling a throw up feeling all day. I hope it's nothing serious. I hope I'm okay. The meeting was about the shuttle. It's hidden in a cave. Christian wanted to fly it out of here to somewhere in the galaxy. Maureen disagreed with him. She thought the Earth people may have put weapons on their shuttles and may, might shoot us down. Christian and Maureen argued about that for a few minutes. Andy interrupted them by telling them to quit their arguing. He was getting sick of the fighting among each other. Terin told us about using the shuttle to explore Edenia. Tolland agreed with her. Christian liked her idea. Outside it was still thundering, and raining out. I felt a boom followed by another boom. A hoodlum came out of the ground and told us that a ship fired with a beam on the mountain causing a rockslide covering a cave. Christian thinks the ship was firing at the shuttle. They probably couldn't take it out so they sealed it in. Then the hoodlum sank in the Earth and was gone.
Maureen muttered "Well what do you know? We're stuck here on Edenia which is no paradise."
We all laughed at her joke. Then the meeting ended. The others wandered around. Bruce left with his father to a cave entrance. I don't know where they're going. Oh well. I feel okay today. My throw up feeling is gone. I'm glad about that. Since there are no facilities for going the bathroom I have to go outside and go behind a tree to go. It was raining a little bit. I think several Felidaes saw me go. I felt a sensation of being watched when I went. The feeling stayed with me when I went inside the cave. Luke saw me. He told me he was looking for me. I told him I had to go to the bathroom. I added I was being watched when I went. Luke told me he had the same feeling when he was outside too. I have a feeling that there's a third race out there besides the hoodlums and the Felidae. My hearing aids went dead so I put them in a pocket. I feel fine. No throw up feeling. It was good to shower. The water was warm. I came out to see Heather. She didn't have an impatient look on her face. I went to my room. Excuse me Bruce and Luke's room too. Luke was out. Bruce was lying on the bed staring at me. I'm writing in here. He's watching me write. Bruce asked me what I write about. I told him everything. I want to have the journal be used as a book. I'm still wearing that old necklace Anna gave me. It looks a little old. I don't have the bracelets. I think they were destroyed in the fire. I checked my pockets and found two bracelets with writing designs on them. They reminded me of hospital bracelets. I gave one to Bruce. He put it on. Then I continued writing.
Yours,
Elizabeth
May 28, 2101
Dear Anne,
Luke woke Bruce and me at dawn again. Whose idea was to wake us up at dawn anyway? Humph. Well breakfast was fish and fruit. I'm getting a little sick of fish and fruit. We chewed herbs to clean our teeth. Heather insisted I swallow the awful tasting herb after chewing it. Yuck. Then we had a meeting. We talked about what we were going to do today. Christian wanted to go on the other side of the mountain. Andy wanted to explore the mountain too. Jo'ler stopped by and told us it was raining hard. Christian went to check on the weather. He came back a little wet. His coverall stuck to his chest. Maureen giggled at the sight of him. Bruce asked Jo'ler about Cra'zy. Jo'ler told us Cra'zy is busy being a father to his baby girl. Bruce sat next to me. I pulled out my journal. Kanica was nosy. She wanted me to read the entire thing to us. I told her no way the journal was private. It was a funny morning. Bruce wants to go exploring. He wanted me to come along and stop writing in this journal.
Yagh! Bruce and I explored several caves. We came to a cave next to a seamless bottomless pit. The cliff wall fell away and we landed on a ledge. I yelled at the top of my lungs "help". We tried to climb up but brought more rocks tumbled down on us. I pulled out my journal because Bruce told me he thought about throwing it up the cliff wall. I told him no way and sat down when the craziest thing happened. The dark cliff walls got brighter and brighter Bruce and I shaded our eyes. I could feel a drumming vibration. I felt myself and Bruce rising in the air. The bright light went away and we found ourselves standing at the cliff wall. It was really weird. Bruce and I saw Cra'zy and told him about the bright light. Cra'zy told us it was a Dragon Drum. Eh? We asked him what a Dragon Drum is. He told me there are Dragons on Edenia. I love Dragons. I'm a dragon nut. He added whenever there's a drumming sound and a bright light, it’s a Dragon Drum. Bruce and I were still confused. We followed Cra'zy to the cafeteria. The others were there. We told them what happened and what Cra'zy told us. Tolland was excited as Jordan and Annia who has been quiet was interested too. She is also a dragon nut too. Terin was interested too. I guess the world is full of dragon nuts. I hope to see one someday. I would love to know what they look like. After the meeting we sat around talking about varies things. Kanica is chatting with Heather and Mark. I lip read them talking about the baby. Bruce is signing to his father. They are arguing about the incident Bruce and I had. Luke doesn't want Bruce and me to wander in the caves alone. He wants a Felidae to be with us whenever we explore the caves. They noticed me eavesdropping on them and turned their backs on me. I'm annoyed. I don't know who was rude them or me. Maureen is teaching Christian sign language. Annia is watching Maureen teach Christian sign language. She hasn’t talked much. Andy went to his room. I'm bored. I yawned and I went to my room and took a nap. Bruce woke me up by shaking my arm. I woke up. Dinner was water to drink, fish and fruit to eat. I'm getting a little sick of eating fish and fruit. Ugh. I went to the bathroom and washed my hands then I went to the cafeteria. I have been calling the big room with tables and benches the cafeteria. The others caught the name from me and have been referring the room as cafeteria. I wonder whose idea was for us to have meetings in the first place. We had a long meeting that lasted for an hour. We talked about what to do tomorrow. Christian wanted to explore the mountain. Tolland wanted to explore the caves. Luke reminded him about the cliff wall crumpling on Bruce and I that Luke insisted that we have a Felidae escort when we explore the caves. Maureen insisted we have a Felidae escort when we explore the mountain. After the meeting I stood in line behind Kanica to wait to take my shower. Thirty minutes passed and I took my shower. It was good to wash myself. Only one flaw was there was no shampoo or soap. I've been feeling sweaty all day. I felt I needed deodorant. Bruce is lying on his bed staring at me. What the heck is he looking at? I hate it when people stare at me.
Yours,
Elizabeth
May 29, 2101
Dear Anne,
I got up at dawn waked by Luke touching my arm. Our conversation yesterday was about my writing in a journal. Bruce thought it was a good idea someone records what we do here in case of death. I really hope not. Breakfast was herbs. Heather insisted everyone eat herbs. Cute. They taste awful. Yuck. It's a welcome change from fish and fruit. Today is sunny and warm. That's weird. It’s weird that Terra is cold when it's warm here. Christian asked for volunteers to come with him on the other side of the mountain. Bruce, Tolland and I volunteered. The walk up the mountain was tiring. It took us two hours to get there. Bruce and I took turns walking on four paws. Sometimes on the way we sniffed at things and romped around until I found a rock that's shaped like an egg. Cracks appeared on the rock. I got up and ran to a tree. Turned around to see a Dragon come out of the trees and come to the egg. The dragon was like what I read in books. It was big. There were wings in different colors like a rainbow. I think I came up to its ankle. I watched the huge dragon in black color attend to the egg. Some one tapped me on the shoulder. It was
Christian. He gestured for me to come with him. We left the dragon alone with the egg. I saw Christian and Tolland clutch their ears. I asked them why. They said the dragon roared followed by a drumming sound. We reached the bottom of the mountain. I looked up and I saw Felidae tree hopping I pointed this out to Christian. Christian had a hard time understanding me. I had to use my voice. It was awful. We sat to rest for Tolland's sake. He was lagging behind obviously out of shape. I sat on a rock. I made sure the rock wasn’t' an egg. If it was egg shaped I wouldn't sit on it. The rock was big and felt fine. Weird. I sat on and it and wished I hadn't. I felt the rock expand like someone breathing. I quickly got up and ran to Bruce. I signed to him about the rock. Bruce told me he thinks it s a dragon. The rock moved and we hid behind a tree. The rock was a gray dragon. The dragon flew up in the air. Christian came by and we told him about the dragon. Christian understood us this time. We walked back up the mountain. All we saw were trees, bushes, and dragons including dragon eggs. Then halfway up the
