romance is icky
Short Story: The Hunger Pangs (Part Eight)
Do I really need to link to the other parts? Just click “The Hunger Pangs” down in the labels area. 😉
This is the penultimate chapter! I love the end of this one. Enjoy!
Part Eight: The Hunger Pangs is a Lot Better than Narnia
Pita and I arrive at a cave that should hide us pretty well. I go in to see if it’s safe, and after walking for a few seconds, I arrive in a forest, and there’s a lantern there.
“Huh?” I say, puzzled. Then a little girl on a white horse trots in front of me and stops. “Uh, hi. Who are you and where am I?”
“I’m Lucy, and you’re in the magical land of Narnia,” she tells me.
“What?”
“Yeah, I know. This story sucks, I mean, we worship a lion named Aslan here! How stupid is that?”
“Okay, bye.” I take slow steps back, leaving Lucy and Narnia behind. I go back to Pita. “It’s safe if you don’t go too far.”
He shrugs. “Alright.”
“You know, Pita, you’re actually cute when you’re not singing those Justin Bieber songs,” I admit.
“Really, you think so?” he asks. “Glad to hear it. You know, I’ve actually liked you for a long time.” Pita crawls towards me.
“Okay, I don’t think you’re that cute.”
“I know, but we have to pretend to like each other for the audience.” He raises his eyebrows.
So we engage in this totally phony romance for the audience, and it’s a really boring story. So let’s skip to the part where we’re forced to get out of the cave and go towards the Cornastupia.
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Next time, “The Hunger Pangs” concludes with Part Nine: The Beginning of the End.