The past few days I've made my word count so I'm only about 1,500 in the hole. Of course, if I ever actually do anything with this the whole first part of chapter two is going to fall to a bright red pen (in other words, everything I wrote today could be summed up and deleted). Oh well. So goes NaNo.
Excerpt - Chapter 2- Step on Through to the Other Side
Pauline sat beside her sister, waiting. Katelyn’s hasty leap hadn’t landed on equal footing, instead she’d come through a few feet in the air and at an angle and as a result had taken a hard spill. Certain that her sister’s head was at least as hard as the ground she’d hit, and that there were no broken bones, she’d done her best to make Kate comfortable.
It had been evening when they’d arrived and it would have been nice if Kate had come to so they could find shelter, but she’d made do with a nearby pine tree, trusting that the drooping branches would hide them from most things. It was certainly better than staying out in the open, so she’d dragged Katelyn in and bunked down. The coats were useful for making the ground more comfortable since they didn’t need them here otherwise.
Then it was just a matter of waiting. Sunset had swung around to sunrise and Pauline ventured out now and again to look around, returning quickly in case Kate woke up, but the sun was well up in the sky before her sister finally stirred.
“Hey.” Pauline waited until Katelyn had rolled over and she was certain she was awake. “How bad is the head?”
“Ugh… this sucks.” Kate looked up, confused. “Where are we?”
“On the other side of the light.” Pauline told her, knowing that fact was going to be the first thing Katelyn didn’t like. There would be others.
“Oh shit. That wasn’t a dream?” Katelyn stared at her as if it had to be a joke, looking around at the tree they were inside of and not quite seeing it. “Oh my God – Mom and Dad are going to freak!”
Pauline nodded. They weren’t the only ones.
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