I looked down at my newly manicured nails and shook my head. Sometimes a simple motion like that would make me feel bad but the purple light my dad installed throughout the house helped me to stay balanced.
My mom told me to watch my diet. I laid down on my cheetah printed blanket, which looked pink from the light, and thought about how I am going to make this next concoction. The blanket wiggled underneath me as if it knew its warm fluffiness was comforting.
If the final color to ease my pain was to be green, then I am going to write a list of all of the green things to put in the next mixture I am going to make. My first thoughts are green apples, celery, and mint. That sounded good and yummy! I'm going to have to check my recipe book for exotic ingredients to really give it a kick.
I had to travel for some stuff for my pink potion and this one may be far away as well. Eh, I have to check my journal again. Krea would usually come travel with me to help, the bestest friend ever! I am so grateful for her! I am going to ask, already knowing what she will probably say!
So I pulled my journal out with my notes in it. The pages lit up a cute purple color from the light in my dorm room. I reread some of what I wrote, with the words glowing a neon green…
There were a bunch of clues I strung together in here. I didn't use to write down my dreams until in one of the dreams, a bunch of pink bubblegum was in a pile on a bench table. I picked one up and ate it. I started spinning like a tornado on top of water. I felt fine, surprisingly, despite spinning super fast! I wrote this dream down in my journal, it just had to be a sign! Here it read:
"And then out of nowhere, I had big curly hair that turned all shades of pink and I was spinning so fast like a tornado! I was on top of a big space of water that shimmered and bubbled a magenta color! My nose tingled with a sweet scent I could smell, forever! I stopped spinning and a pearlescent pink bubble floated up, caught me inside, and I floated away, everything all pink…"
I thought that dream was pretty fun. But the fact that I was spinning and felt fine seemed to say something to me, especially with all of the pink. I saw no other hue.
Krea and I had so much fun making the pink potion that was inspired from this dream. We went on the hunt for an Anisodontea "Priscilla Pink" Flower that may give our homemade natural remedy the kick it needs.
We went to an apothecary in a town named Uniorr. Uniorr was known for their wild plants! I had the Anisodontea potted as a live plant instead of dried in a bag so I can grow it and not have to travel for it every time.
A short creature that was a Hubbard, I think, chased us around the town, as it loved to munch on the flower. I threw a petal down and me and Krea ran around a building and it stopped to pick it up and chew it. We bursted out laughing and carried the plant home after touring the overgrown yet beautiful place. Uniorr was fun!
In another dream I had, I was floating down a river on a raft. There were chat boxes floating around my head with a million thoughts running through them. My brain was going out of control and haywire. My surroundings were blurry so I couldn't make out much.
I looked down at the water and it was midnight purple. The river started tossing waves around and I went dizzy trying to hold on with little sense I had. I fell off into the clear midnight water and my mind calmed. I knew it was a way for me to feel better. It was so obvious.
Going off of the dream, I figured something purple would help me with my dizzy spells. There were purple carrots, purple lettuce and red onions I made into a smoothie with some lavender. I drunk some lavender tea as well but it did not work.
The river, although dark, was clear, so I thought maybe it wasn't food, and then Krea told me about purple light. We installed it in my dorm room and it was super cool because it made everything a pretty color. I didn't get dizzy standing up or anything else much so it did work!
My parents let the whole house back home be that way as well. Sometimes they bumped into things and I would hear a loud 'ouch'. They were proud of us for figuring that out though.
I closed the journal. Krea looked at me puzzled. We were at the spot again. Fira did not appear this time, but I thought I heard a buzzing sound nearby…
"You know what Kre?"
"What?" she asked.
I looked at her, then got up, curls bouncing up too. She stood up as well.
"Let's go get something to eat."
"Wow Zi really." she smiled then started laughing.
"You is a trip! Where are we going?" she asked.
"Lets go to your place!" I kicked a rock around then grinned.
"Wait really?" She put a finger on her chin and looked up.-
"Oh, well, my parents are at work right now and you know they don't mind you being there…" She paused.-
"We haven't grocery shopped in a bit so we might have to cook something." She tapped her fingers on her arms and then said-
"Okay let's go." She moved to leave. I started to follow her.
I don't know why she seemed so apprehensive about me coming over today. It was kind of weird. I was going to ask her but she started walking. I thought I saw a faint glow about her. She turned back and looked at me and smiled!
"How have your classes been by the way?" she asked.
"Fine."
The trail before us was just flattened grass from our many travels there and back. In some places though, it was so overgrown that we dared not go through it. The trees slowly whispered as the wind blew.
"My online math class is getting a little difficult but it's still manageable. So I am happy about that." I shrugged.
"Oh great! In my art class my teacher got us painting a 3D sculpture. We are learning about how to-"
"Isn't it obvious! It's art!" I threw my hands up.-
"You are learning how to paint a 3D sculpture! What more can there be to it?" I clicked my nails together and they clanged together sarcastically.
"OMG Zi! You are too funny!" said Kre laughing.
"Paint me a 3D flower too!" I said smiling, challenging her. I glanced at an orange and yellow buttercup flower on the ground and pointed to it. "This one!"
"Wow, that pretty flower? I am good at drawing those. Okay girly it's going to be super cute!" She said.
She flipped her slightly wavy over greased hair that speckled a cute red and purple hue in the sun. We both loved having our hair out and shared hair lotion products we would come up with together.
"Oh you are really going to paint me this flower? How nice Kre!" I smiled.
"Zi you are my best friend, how can I not? I need the practice too!" She smiled back.
"I bet, hehe."
I looked to my left and saw a bird on a tree shifting around. There was a squirrel nearby as well. That is why I liked coming around here. Nature is pretty sweet. The bird flew away and chirped a song of goodbye. And then I heard more buzzing.
Krea stopped and squinted at me. She put her hands on her hips and said "Say what Zi? What are you trying to say Zi? My skills are not good enough? You really think I need the practice? You bet?"
Uh oh. "Um, what I am trying to say is practice makes perfect!" I pointed out with a cheesy smile and hidden fun.
"Uh huh."
I laughed and walked on, moving a tree branch out of the way. The branch snapped back so fast it almost hit my head, but it got my hair all tangled in it.
"Oh snap!"-
And out jumped a Lulliwatt! It was a big squat bug the size of a tortoise. It had hard black pointy curvy legs and a furry tiger-striped white and yellow body. It buzzed loudly and its tiny hairs on its shell glowed softly with small round bulbs on the end.
I frantically tried to get my hair out of the tree branch and my hair moved as if it were alive, freeing itself out of the trap.
Krea didn't know what to do. She was in flight or fight mode. The Lulliwatt hopped around in front of us and started shaking.
"Oh heck nah!" Exclaimed my friend.
Me and Krea ran for dear life. We heard a loud boom. The giant bug exploded! It had the whole area lit with its hairs flying everywhere! Some flew on our body and it slightly burned.
We did not look back. I cannot believe this happened.