"Jade, you said that last time and the time before that. Are we there yet?"
"Yes, we're here. You may open your eyes now. Daze upon what is left of my kingdom."
"What is left? Jade, this place looks like time stood still just so that they could take a picture. This place is amazing. I didn't believe it before whtn the Bible said the streets were overlaid with gold, but look!!"
"Kerina, we're not in Heaven, but close to it. Every morning, the fairies sprinkle their dust and paint the streets. Without the fairies nothing would live. They were in the past, the present, and will continue to be in the future. They made all things, hoped all thing, believed all things, and breathed their life into our lungs. Why do you look puzzled, Kerina? Who is your creator? Maybe I could meet them and thank them for making such a kindhearted person."
"Jade, her Creator is dead. I read about Him in class one day."
"Scarlett, you're lying. He lives!"
"I second you, Kerina. Scarlett, how could her Creator be dead? If He is dead then would not she be dead as well? After this, can I go meet Him and thank Him in person?"
"You can't."
"Why not? I won't say anything bad about you."
"He has gone away for some time."
"Do you know when He'll be back?"
"I….I don't know."
"Huh! He…he left you here on this planet to fend for your own?"
"No! He's coming back. It's just that no one knows the day nor the hour that He'll return."
"That must be awful not knowing. Who tucks you in at night or clothes you or sings you lullabies to put you to sleep?"
"*Sniff* No one is there to kiss you in the morning and say, 'Hope you have a good day?"
"Stop!! Just stop!! You're making Christians sound like a hopeless and helpess nation without parents. Jesus does all those things for us. We just can't see Him up close or else we would die because His glory is too bright for any naked eye."
"He…He won't even let you touch Him or go to Him whenever you're scared? What kind of awful parent wouldn't even let their own children come and sit on His lap by the fire whenever they were cold? I feel sorry for you Christians. It must be lonesome."
"It's not lonesome. We can pray and talk to God whenever we feel like it. Course ninety percent of the time we ask where are you God, but the other half we….stop! I've heard enough. While you wait for your Creator to come back, you can stay with us. We will not have any of you turned into orphans…or or or teen shelters and homes. I like projects but not those."
"What are you saying? You're not making any sense."
"Kerina. If you want to then we'll adopt you and you can be part of our family. At least we can protect you from the harsh elements of this world while you wait for your Creator to come home. Then Him and I are gonna have a talk about abandoning kids. When parents go on a vacation. They should at least hire a babysitter to watch their kids while they are gone."
" Jade, but we do have a babysitter. His name is the Holy Spirit and He watched over us."
"Kerina, I'll have no more of this. You're staying with us and that's final."
"Who is Austin going to stay with?"
"She's not staying with Josh as long as I have my say in the matter."
"What's the plan, my queen."
"We wait."
"Wait!! Shouldn't we be out there kicking some white boy booty?"
"The only thing we're kicking tonight is the hay. It's been a long day and I'm tired. They'll publicly announce their wedding over the loud speakers and by posting flyers. Nothing's gonna happen during these few hours of sleep."
" Few! The minimum requirement of sleep is six hours and people complain all the time about not getting enough, but if you go to bed at nine and then wake up at ten maybe eleven in the morning, then geez. You already slept half the day away."
"I agree with Scarlett. Instead of kicking the hay, we need to kick some booty and slap it too. He needs a spanking to be taught a lesson in what he did."
"Kerina, this was supposed to be a pg-13 journey and nothing more."
"Yeah, well Josh and Scarlett bumped it up to R. Thankfully it hasn't been boosted to an X let alone a Z."
"You keep talking like that and….wait a minute. How do you know about those ratings? The only way you could know is if you personally looked them up and watched them. Those ratings are never visible to the public. That's just another thing I'm going to have to talk to your Daddy about. How can you even call the Holy Spirit a babysitter when He lets you watch whatever you want and doesn't even care about the age bracket."
"Enought you two!! We'll talk about this later in the morning. Then we can kick to your heart's desire, but right now the hay is the only thing I'm kicking. Goodnight!!"
"Night!!"
Night!!"
"Psst! Scarlett, wake up."
"Wha…wha…what is it? Show yourself you coward. I aint afraid of no darkness."
"Shh!! Kerina finally went to sleep. There is something though I think you need to see. Actually, we both need to see. Come with me please."
"Where are we going?"
"We are going home!!"
"Are you not home?"
"I am, but you aren't. You may have forgiven me back there so now I want to forgive you here. You're going home where the half-breeds used to live."
"Home!! I…I…what if I stand out too much and they don't accept me?"
"Accept you? Girl, all the half…wait a second. The mouth never speaks nonsense. There are just times where we fully cannot and will never understand."
"What are you saying? Are you saying there could be more? There are more like me?"
"It's just a hunch, but a big possibility. Quick, get down!! The place where you all were born is over there in that forest. I'll go with you as far as the opening, but from then on….you're on your own."
"Why will you not come with me? Is there something wrong I should know about?"
" Scarlett, it's just that although you may have forgiven me; I can not be so confident that they have."
"We'll convince them that you're good. If we do that then they could potentially team up with us and take down Josh. Jade, I need you. Whoever this new king is; once he hears that his dad is blessed upon the newlyweds then he will be powerless. He wouldn't dare go back on his dad's last dying wish. Then only a king or queen can overthrow the current thone to either seize it as their own….or take back there seat."
"Child, it's too risky."
"The higher the risk the higher the reward."
"You have to go alone."
"No pain no gain."
"Scarlett, please just understand."
"What's there to understand? You can't have victory without sacrifice! I offer you my protection, my queen."
"You're not going to stop are you?"
"Do you want me to turn into a fox and beg?"
"Fine, you win. Come on then. We'll go low and slow. The opening is that way."
"I see it, I see it!! It's really happening."
"Yeah, I guess it is. After all these years…it's happening."