One Little Spark: Part 1

Chapter 21

          Finally leaving Iyrilia behind, the three adventurers continue their journey through imagination along with their newest traveling companion, Alex Wavers. Just as it happened when they had left Fillidore a while back, the Dreamfinder drives the Dream Machine straight through the same black tunnel of sparkling blue stars they have crossed before. It swiftly speeds through the realms in between to their next world. There is no telling where their imaginations will take them next. Their only tactic is to put aside their mission in finding Spaceship Earth for the time being, return to Earth and help Alex apply for the Academy Scientifica-Lucidus. The force of the Dream Machine gliding through the portal very fast has caught on to everybody onboard pushing them backwards from where they stood or sat.

          As the Dream Machine streams through the portal, Alex looks behind him sadly and watches Iyrilia turning into a tiny green dot. Of course Rachel had taken notice of Alex's new behavior. She had just felt this feeling not too long ago when she and the others left Flora the Woosette. She understands what Alex is going through now. Trying her best to reach Alex without letting go of the rail, Rachel inches her way toward him safely fearing that if she were to let go her body would be forced off the Dream Machine and be lost in the realms in between forever. Her feet moved forward every six inches, as she got closer. After three minutes of creeping her feet by the side of the airship, she finally stands beside Alex safely.

"I know that look, Alex." Rachel said. "You're sad about leaving home along with the friends and family you love, right?"

"Yeah, I am." said Alex. "But I'm not worried. So long as I think about them, Iyrilia isn't going anywhere."

"That's good you have a positive attitude, dude."

"How did you feel when you left your home?"

"I didn't get a chance to feel how I would have felt leaving Earth. When I started going along with Dreamfinder and Figment, I was just too plum tired to watch it fall behind me. But when we all left the last world we came across before coming to Iyrilia I did feel a little down."

"You had a friend there?" he asked.

"Yeah." said Rachel. "She was a princess who had been abused and hidden away by her father so he would have continued his reign over his people, but we took care of him. Now she's the new queen of her people. I do hope she's doing alright."

"I'm sure she is. What was her name?"

"She was born with the name Coaxoch, which means serpent flower. But we renamed her Flora. Queen Flora of Fillidore."

"Nice!"

"I started missing her the minute we left that world. I'm sure we'll probably see her again someday, but at the moment I kinda feel a bit out of place from reality."

"I bet you miss Earth a lot." Alex guessed.

"Well yeah, of course I do!" said Rachel. "I wanna go back home someday, but something like this doesn't happen so often. Not on Earth or anywhere. I'll bet Iyrilia never had something like this happen either."

"Guess we're both just lucky."

"Sure. Lucky."

          Rachel then leaves Alex slowly and enters the cabin. She finds the portraits lifted up due to the speed the Dream Machine is trudging through. But at least there is more material to hold onto. Rachel pushes her hands onto the walls and struggles through the hallway. Arriving to her room, she sees her door is still open. Perhaps Howard Fitz forgot to close the door when he finished cleaning up after fixing the Dream Machine in Iyrilia. However, all the other doors are closed. So why is Rachel's bedroom opened still?

          Everything in Rachel's bedroom is all topsy-turvy. The heavier furniture from the bed to the dresser and the desk are all backed against the wall from the fast force along with the smaller objects on top. This sort of thing didn't happen back when Dreamfinder piloted this thing to Iyrilia or even Fillidore. Either they did not notice happening before or that this new force is very powerful enough to move anything it blows at. Rachel climbs into her room and sits on top of the large pile that had been collected. There is really not much to do but wait until she and her friends are finally out of the portal.