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past Lucky, its bulk
passing within an inch of her body.
No! Lucky squeezed her eyes shut,
bracing for impact.
It never came.
Gasping, Lucky opened her eyes and found
herself once again sitting on the forest floor.
“Come on, keep trying,” Marc urged as
soon as she opened her eyes.
“It worked,” Lucky said, hardly
believing the words herself. “I almost died!” she added, trying to repress a
laugh. Because she hadn’t almost died. The small mirror on the side of the car
had passed right through her. Nearly hysterical, laughter bubbled from her
lips.
Marc sat beside her, brows furrowed.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine,” Lucky said, catching her
breath. “Great, even. It worked! I was there. Then I thought I was going to
die, and I brought myself back. It all worked perfectly! You were right.”
“That’s incredible! And it was all you.”
His usual grin had returned to his face, but it was interlaced with what Lucky
suspected was pride. “Are you ready to head home?” Marc started to stand up,
but Lucky pulled him back down.
“Not a chance. There’s no stopping me
now. I’m going to give it another try!”
Once
again, Lucky found herself on a road in the middle of the night. This time she
stood at the end of a line of houses. Unwilling to repeat her last experience,
she quickly got off the road and went to stand beside a large sign that read,
“Thank you for visiting Clarkson. Come back again soon.”
Compared to everything she’d seen of
Alice’s world so far, Clarkson seemed somewhat dull. But that wasn’t Lucky’s
main concern.
Where is Alice?
From the other side of the town, two
beams of lights approached. A car was coming.
Was it as simple as all that? Could she
just bring herself to Alice whenever she pleased? Unwilling to test out her
theory quite yet, Lucky ducked down behind some bushes and waited for the
vehicle—and Alice—to go by.
Once the tell-tale rumble of tires had
passed, Lucky pulled herself upright, hoping to get a better look at the car’s
driver.
All she could make out was long, reddish
hair. So the driver was definitely female. Lucky couldn’t make out any more
details as the car pulled away. She willed herself back into her own body and
was delighted when it worked.
“Sooo?” Marc prodded as the two of them
stood up.
“I think I saw her.”
As they walked, Lucky rehashed every
single detail. Marc listened patiently, nodding in the right places and asking
questions when Lucky’s mind couldn’t push any further.
What did it all mean? She couldn’t just
keep following this girl around. Lucky would have to act, but there was still a
long bridge between finding Alice and pulling her through to another world.
Storm clouds had begun to form above
them, and the wind was picking up. Lucky knew she should head home as quickly
as possible, but she no longer wanted to. Something was pulling at her, some
unidentifiable force urging her to act. And this time, Lucky felt inclined to
listen.
“I have to try again.”
“Lucky, no. You’ve done enough for
today. You don’t have to.” Marc glanced up at the swaying branches above them.
“Go home. Rest. You can try again tomorrow.”
“I can’t explain it, but I have to do
this now. You don’t have to stay.”
With an exaggerated eye roll, Marc
sighed. “Of course I’m going to stay.”
Together they found a spot where a small
hill of dirt and rocks protected them from the increasingly uncooperative
weather. Lucky sat herself down while Marc stood protectively beside her. She
willed her soul forward, anxious to see where she ended up this time.
Lucky
stood on a bridge above a still body of water. Two beams of light approached
from the distance, so she ducked behind a support beam. Alice was coming, but
there were still no clues as to what Lucky was supposed to do about that.
Racking her brain, Lucky looked down
into the water below her before doing a double take. The water wasn’t water at
all. At
passing within an inch of her body.
No! Lucky squeezed her eyes shut,
bracing for impact.
It never came.
Gasping, Lucky opened her eyes and found
herself once again sitting on the forest floor.
“Come on, keep trying,” Marc urged as
soon as she opened her eyes.
“It worked,” Lucky said, hardly
believing the words herself. “I almost died!” she added, trying to repress a
laugh. Because she hadn’t almost died. The small mirror on the side of the car
had passed right through her. Nearly hysterical, laughter bubbled from her
lips.
Marc sat beside her, brows furrowed.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine,” Lucky said, catching her
breath. “Great, even. It worked! I was there. Then I thought I was going to
die, and I brought myself back. It all worked perfectly! You were right.”
“That’s incredible! And it was all you.”
His usual grin had returned to his face, but it was interlaced with what Lucky
suspected was pride. “Are you ready to head home?” Marc started to stand up,
but Lucky pulled him back down.
“Not a chance. There’s no stopping me
now. I’m going to give it another try!”
Once
again, Lucky found herself on a road in the middle of the night. This time she
stood at the end of a line of houses. Unwilling to repeat her last experience,
she quickly got off the road and went to stand beside a large sign that read,
“Thank you for visiting Clarkson. Come back again soon.”
Compared to everything she’d seen of
Alice’s world so far, Clarkson seemed somewhat dull. But that wasn’t Lucky’s
main concern.
Where is Alice?
From the other side of the town, two
beams of lights approached. A car was coming.
Was it as simple as all that? Could she
just bring herself to Alice whenever she pleased? Unwilling to test out her
theory quite yet, Lucky ducked down behind some bushes and waited for the
vehicle—and Alice—to go by.
Once the tell-tale rumble of tires had
passed, Lucky pulled herself upright, hoping to get a better look at the car’s
driver.
All she could make out was long, reddish
hair. So the driver was definitely female. Lucky couldn’t make out any more
details as the car pulled away. She willed herself back into her own body and
was delighted when it worked.
“Sooo?” Marc prodded as the two of them
stood up.
“I think I saw her.”
As they walked, Lucky rehashed every
single detail. Marc listened patiently, nodding in the right places and asking
questions when Lucky’s mind couldn’t push any further.
What did it all mean? She couldn’t just
keep following this girl around. Lucky would have to act, but there was still a
long bridge between finding Alice and pulling her through to another world.
Storm clouds had begun to form above
them, and the wind was picking up. Lucky knew she should head home as quickly
as possible, but she no longer wanted to. Something was pulling at her, some
unidentifiable force urging her to act. And this time, Lucky felt inclined to
listen.
“I have to try again.”
“Lucky, no. You’ve done enough for
today. You don’t have to.” Marc glanced up at the swaying branches above them.
“Go home. Rest. You can try again tomorrow.”
“I can’t explain it, but I have to do
this now. You don’t have to stay.”
With an exaggerated eye roll, Marc
sighed. “Of course I’m going to stay.”
Together they found a spot where a small
hill of dirt and rocks protected them from the increasingly uncooperative
weather. Lucky sat herself down while Marc stood protectively beside her. She
willed her soul forward, anxious to see where she ended up this time.
Lucky
stood on a bridge above a still body of water. Two beams of light approached
from the distance, so she ducked behind a support beam. Alice was coming, but
there were still no clues as to what Lucky was supposed to do about that.
Racking her brain, Lucky looked down
into the water below her before doing a double take. The water wasn’t water at
all. At
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