Leviathan by Shae Alexander (sci fi books to read .txt) 📕

find you and take you away from me.”
A waft of strawberry rain filled the air. I smiled and deeply inhaled. Then I placed my hand lightly on the heart of the orb.
“I’ll be back soon. Stay hidden.”

Chapter Two

It was such a long day at work. I was exhausted when the clock finally said 11:00 and I could go home. I couldn’t think of anything but whether or not my orb was okay. When I walked inside, I heard the slight ‘clank’ as I tossed my keys on the glass end table while I walked passed it to check on my orb. I sighed a sigh of relief when I smelled the sweet scent of strawberry rain. I followed the scent until I reached the orb. Then I sat down next to the orb and placed my hand gently on the heart. I could feel myself drifting into sleep while I listened to the rhythm of the quiet thumping. I didn’t want to fall asleep because I was still outside, but I just couldn’t keep my eyes open.

I was having a good dream about getting a promotion when all of a sudden, I felt like I was drifting in the air. I opened my eyes and blinked away the blackness. When my eyes were finally clear, I saw that I was floating in the air. I flailed my arms and legs as I tried to sit up. Before I could sit up, I felt something soft and warm under my hands. Then I was lying on something soft and comfortable. I looked around and realized that I was lying on my bed. I smiled as I thought that the orb led me to my bed. Then I wrapped myself in the blankets and snuggled into a deep sleep.

I woke up to the phone ringing. I groaned as I rolled over and picked up the phone.
“Hello?” I croaked.
“Hey, Chrissie. Did I wake you up?” Zeke sounded excited about something.
“Yes you did. But that’s okay. What do you sound all happy about?” I stretched while Zeke began talking again.
“I got you something.”
“You got me something? Why?”
“Because I saw something that you might like in the store. Tyler and I are going to bring it over in about an hour.” Tyler is our cousin.
“But, what about the thing in my yard?”
“What thing in your yard?”
“The green orb thing.”
“Green orb thing?”
“You really don’t remember?”
“Chrissie, I don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re kind of starting to freak me out.”
I was wondering if he really didn’t remember, or if he was just trying to scare me. I had to find out, so I began laughing. “I can’t believe you fell for that Zeke!”
Zeke began to laugh quietly. “That wasn’t very nice. I tell you that I got you something and you try to scare me.” Zeke began laughing more.
“I’m sorry. But you know that’s what little sisters are for. Oh, I have to run some errands before you and Tyler come over. So, you can either wait until I’m done, or I can meet you guys somewhere.”
“Well, we can all meet at Tyler’s house.”
“Sounds like a plan. I’ll see you there in about an hour and a half.”
I hung up the phone and sat down. Why doesn’t Zeke remember the orb?

I was about to fall asleep on the couch when I suddenly heard someone whispering. I jerked my eyes open and looked around the room. I didn’t see anything, but I heard a soothing man’s voice whispering my name. I jumped off of the couch and felt something cold stroke my arm. “Chrissie.” The man’s voice trailed off into the kitchen. My heart started pounding in my chest, and I couldn’t breathe. “I’m not trying to scare you Chrissie.” A rush of comfort went threw me when something cold stroked my arm again. “Chrissie.” The voice whispered as the coldness held onto my arm and started lightly tugging me forward. “Chrissie, please. Just trust me.” The voice whispered when I wouldn’t follow the tugging. I took a deep breath, and slowly walked with the tugging.

When I entered the kitchen, the scent of strawberry was so strong and sudden, that it felt like someone punched me in the chest and knocked the wind out of me. I stood still for a minute until I could catch my breath. “Sorry.” The voice whispered. I raised an eyebrow in wonder. The voice and tug were making this scent? But this scent is from my orb. Is my orb talking to me right now? My arm was being tugged again, and I followed more willingly. I wanted to know if I was being led to my orb.

After we were almost to the back door, I heard a thumping noise. It sounded like my orb’s thumping heart, but it was loud, and fast. It sounded like when someone’s heart is racing in the movies. The back door flung open and I was led to my orb that was lying in the grass. When I was next to the orb, I felt the cold tugging release my arm. “Don’t be afraid.” The voice whispered. Then the orb lifted into the air and burst out rays of green light. There was a crack of thunder that sent shivers down my spine, and there was a big gray cloud swirling above my head. My heart started pounding out of my chest. There was a flash of lightning right in front of me. I stopped breathing and froze in place. I could feel my pulse getting heavier and heavier, and faster and faster as I felt the ground shaking under my feet. The orb looked like it was inflating like a balloon. There was another crack of thunder, and the wind was blowing flowers and leaves all around me. When I looked back to the orb, it started shaking, and then it cracked. All of a sudden, something huge and beautiful burst out of the orb and flew into the air, causing little pieces of the orb to fly all over my lawn. As each tiny piece of green orb landed on the grass, the green faded to white, and the green glow disappeared. The beautiful creature that flew out of the orb flew above my head for a minute, and then landed lightly on the ground. As the creature landed, the wind, thunder, lightning, cloud, wind, and shaking all disappeared, and I was frozen in place, staring at the beautiful, enormous, black and dark blue dragon in front of my eyes. “Chrissie, are you okay?” The voice whispered. When I didn’t answer, the dragon inched closer to me and lowered its head so we were eye level. “Chrissie?” The voice whispered again. I blinked and took a deep breath. “I’m okay.” I whispered. The dragon sat back up and smiled at me.

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