Suddenly, we were thrown on a hard wooden surface and it began to move. I could hear the sound of hooves striding on the ground. And so I figured we were on a carriage of some sort. After a long time the carriage finally stopped. The sack was opened and we were let out. At last, we had an actual breath of fresh air. I looked and saw the place was like some kind of hideout with a secret this and that at every corner. The person who kidnapped us yet saved our lives was a man.

“Welcome to the Resistance!” he joyfully exclaimed. And there was wild cheering and whistling. I saw lots of men and women. The man then led us to a room; it had a huge bed and lots of weapons.

We were taken to the leader of the Resistance and he told us all about it. He was a tall thin man with a flat face. He began to tell us the history of the Resistance.

“Long ago me and my people lived in peace and harmony until one night, Queen Ruana and her tribe of savages attacked and drove us out. The other survivors and I formed the Resistance; a unit of people ready to fight for their beloved island home!” After the talk he led us to our temporal rooms.

“This will be your room,” he said.

“I’m sorry what? Did I hear you right?” asked a baffled Mia. I loved the place a lot. It had weapons and people were ready to fight at any time. It was like a real life version of King Arthur and the legend of the sword. But knowing my best friend she didn’t want to stay there.

“Yes, you heard me right,” he replied politely.

“Can you give us… just one moment sir?” I asked and then I turned to Mia

“Look Mia, this place is so cool. Besides they said they are the Resistance,” I said.

“Well then what are they resisting? I think this a messed up cat and mouse game.”

“Mia this isn’t a game! Didn’t you see how ‘Queen Ruana’ treated us?” I said. “Can’t you see? Queen Ruana is a tyrant; I’m pretty sure she rules with an iron fist. Didn’t you see how she reacted when you lied to her about us being witches? We have to stay; my gut tells me that we have to stay.”

“You do have a point there. Fine I will stay, besides I would love to have some action with you, my best friend by my side.”

We then turned to the man.

“It is settled. We will stay,” we said.

“Good, by the way name is Teracleon. You definitely can’t go unnoticed with those clothes you have on.”

We both looked at our sneakers and jeans completely puzzled. We thought there was nothing wrong with our clothes. After a few minutes, Teracleon returned with two crop tops and a filer.

“Here put these crop-tops on. Oh and I’ll also need your jeans,” Teracleon said.

Jeans what for? I thought. So Mia and I walked into our room, wore the crop-tops, wrapped ourselves in sheepskin and gave him our jeans.

After a few minutes he returned them now ripped. He said it was how members of the Resistance identified themselves. We wore them and we looked amazing. I took my smartphone and put it in my back pocket and we quickly went to a meeting. We then met Dario, the Resistance plan maker. We all stood round a table and Dario began to speak.

“For so many years, we have tried to take back our land from the wicked Queen Ruana but to no avail. But tonight is the night we win. We will take back what is rightfully ours and drive out that wicked woman of a queen back to wherever she came from. She and her savage hoard will regret stepping foot on our beloved crop-top island,” he said.

And there was a loud cheering, whistling, clapping and all around pandemonium. His talk was really motivational and I felt like crying tears of joy. I felt like I was one of them. Then he began to tell everyone the plan.

“Tomorrow we attack at dusk’s darkest hour. When Queen Ruana has retired to bed, we hide in the secluded places close to the castle and I when I give the signal we attack. We’ll then try to drive that wicked woman and her lot out of our land. And if she is gone we make sure she never returns.” And there was even louder cheering louder than before.

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