Mrs Taiyo who ambled ahead of the group heard the commotion.
Arriving at this place, she immediately knew that it was no longer earth, though she still held on to a thin string of hope that even if this wasn't their home, it had to be, well, close to it. And thats the reason she still persisted on calling. She figured that some kids already knew and that the rest of them would've figured it out as time ticked by. But that didn't seem to be the case.
"What do you mean this isn't earth?"
"Well you can see the four moons on the sky, right?"
"What makes you think there isn't a country four moons appear?"
"I don't really think there's anywhere on earth that cowboys fly."
Haha Alpha couldn't even think of an excuse Ciru could've convinced herself with after all the things they'd experienced.
The declaration from Dan made the kids that were now gathering to know the reason behind the commotion, experience different kinds of reactions.
From surprise, confusion, fear and plain looks. The no reaction group being of those who had already figured it out and couldn't think of any reason why anyone with a right mind would think this was still earth.
"So transmigration. Wow! I get to have a cool power and fight monsters." Jumping up and down with an ear to ear smile, Liam rejoiced. he had a bald head and black eyes behind square glasses. Everything about him screamed of an anime weeb.
Somehow everyone managed to ignore him, having being used to his hobbies and personality.
"So another planet."
"Maybe it's hell"
Hearing about hell, Alpha was taken quite aback. Arriving at this place his first thoughts were the same. Witnessing everything that had transpired in the course of a day, nothing would've convinced him otherwise , but thinking about it a little more, he figured they were just unlucky to wound up on this cursed place.
"There's a big fire that burns everyone for eternity in hell"
"You've never been there"
"You neither, and the bible says so."
Tony watched them back and forth before interjecting "I don't think this is hell, otherwise.." he paused for a second "Lucy wouldn't have died a second time.
Maybe it's some kind of a game some rich people decided to make for entertainment"
Alpha was stunned, Tony's reasoning could have as well been the truth, but he knew that was the movies he'd watched speaking. No one with a sound mind would've tried to mess with the kids here, everyone of them came from a fairly rich and influential family.
"I don't think there's such an advanced technology on earth" Dan said scratching his locs.
"What then?"
Having decided not to butt in their conversation, Mrs Taiyo just listened in on them go on and about their hypothesis, and even if she could've contributed, her answers would have also been hypothetical as she too didn't know where exactly they were which made her feel inadequate as an adult.
Soon the two hours had ticked by.
"We can rest now." Mrs Taiyo said.
The group of kids, walking, had argued and hypothesised about where they were for over an hour and after countless theories everyone decided to just stick with what they felt all this was.
...
"Do you think we'll manage to make it out of here?" An ethereal feminine voice resounded.
When he heard it, Alpha who comfortably sat on a pile of skulls, signed before looking at the girl beside him.
Her short curly black hair a mess and her dark brown eyes displaying a curious look.
He didn't know why Ciru insisted on clinging close to him, even after displaying a dislike to him most of the time.
Not that he hated it, they were always close before their forth grade entrance exams.
"How should I know, I've never been here before."
"If we get cool powers, just like what Liam said, then yeah we might." Tony answered in his stead.
The four of them, including Dan, had formed a group, sitting together at one of the less uncomfortable spot on the path. Everyone had done the same, leaving only Mrs Taiyo and Margret to sit alone.
"And if we don't? What do you think then?"
"We will." Dan reassured, with an unwavering confidence.
Dan whole heartedly believed in his answer, he didn't know why or how, he just knew his answer was true.
The three of them looked at him for over a minute, before Alpha broke the silence and asked.
"What makes you think that?"
Dan scratched his head as a nervous smile spread across his face "just a hutch"
Alpha almost slammed his head on the skulls. The answer had somehow become a thing everyone would use after getting into a predicament they couldn't explain or were just too lazy to.
Since he could remember, He'dd always been a very curious kid, asking the most ridiculous of questions and needing a detailed explanation, or atleast one that sounded reasonable to him.
Every time he heard that answer though, he always felt like strangling himself or punching the explanation out of the person in question. But he couldn't do any of that, everything in this world was already a mystery and everything that transpired in this place was new to all of them.
"Then maybe some of us have already gained them." Tony choosing to back his best friend, said. He didn't believe that they could gain supernatural powers out of nowhere, this wasn't really a novel, but now, looking at everything that had transpired, it was a definate possibility. Mercy making a fire, Ciru forming a water fountain and Dan who's hutches were somehow correct.
"Who?" Alpha asked, even after knowing who Tony was referring to, he'd seen everything the three of them had done, yet labeled it as mere luck and coincidences, some having them more times than others.
"Of course I mean them." Tony replied patting his friends back while pointing at Ciru before adding "And Mercy too."
"Me?" Ciru was confused.
Dan looked at his friend, also confused.
"Yeah what do you mean me?"
"Deep down you already know what I'm talking about"
"No I actually have no idea"
"Me neither"
Tony was a bit surprised by their revelation, he couldn't tell if they were joking or serious, even Dan who believed they'd get abilities. How the hell would they explain what they did.
"You can't be serious, how do you explain everything you've done?" He paused for a second, pinching his nose bridge before adding. "Maybe you have water based abilities and he have some kind of future sight"