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Chapter 45 - Voyaging in Void…
Dot opened her eyes. She really didn't want
to - she kind of scrunched them up like you do when you've got to get up for
school and you're already late and your mum has turned your bedroom light on
to try to get you out of bed and you know you've got to open your eyes but
you don't want to. Not just yet…!
But it wasn't much good doing that, Dot soon realized, because there was so
little light it felt like she could hardly see. The light in Void was all
grey - so was the landscape of Void, and the dust that covered all the
strange shapes that lay about as far as the eye could see. It reminded Dot of
one very cold January day when she went for a walk with her mum and dad in
the snow, out in the country. Apart from the white brightness of the snow
itself, the whole world seemed grey that day - so grey that you could hardly
tell where the ground ended and the sky began.
And still the dust fell, silently, softly, covering everything, making
everything quiet. It was falling on Dot too - but it didn't seem to stick to
her like it did to all the shapes she could see. As she moved, it drifted up
off her and then continued to fall down on the ground. But every time she
moved her trainers kicked up more dust. It was kind of disgusting. Dot
shivered.
"Dorothee!" came a tinny little voice out of the sparking bracelet.
"Are you OK? Remember mon ami" (that's French for "my
friend") "you do not 'ave much time!"
"OK, OK!" said Dot nervously. She started to walk. It was like
walking on a sandy beach, but it was kind of more slithery and slippery. Yuk!
Dot shivered again.
But then, suddenly, the little tune started coming out of the bracelet -
quite loud. Dot took a few more steps. The tune still went on, but got
quieter. What now?
Dot turned to her right and walked on. The tune got even quieter, then
stopped completely. Dot felt panicky. She turned round and walked back to
where she'd been. The tune started again. She sighed with relief, and walked
on again. The tune stayed the same.
She kept walking. Still the same. Further and further. STILL the same. Dot
stopped.
Adrienne's voice came out of the bracelet. "Try going to your left,
Dorothee!"
Dot took a deep breath and turned left. The tune got louder. She turned a bit
more to her left. It got quieter. Dot took a deep breath, and, very
carefully, turned back to where she'd been walking just a moment before. The
tune stayed the same - and then started getting louder again!
"Good!" came Adrienne's little voice. "Very good! Go
on,Dorothee! Just like zat!"
Dot stumbled on. She really hated the feel of the ground beneath her feet now
- and all the strange crooked shapes around her made her feel slightly sick,
and scared. Sometimes she could recognize them - there were thousands and
thousands of CD's, for example, stuck into the ground of Void, standing up
like clam shells Dot could remember seeing in a film about life on the sea
bed.
There was a funny black box, an old keyboard - as Dot passed by she knocked
against it and the word 'Sinclair' appeared on it on it as the dust drifted
away. But she didn't see it for long, the dust falling from out of the wide
grey sky of Void soon covered it over.
And there were some funny mobile phones, lying in piles everywhere: again she
accidentally kicked one of them and it went "WAP wap WAP wap WAP
wap!" with a tinny noise like a little robot dog barking. What was all
THAT about thought Dot.
Then, suddenly, the little tune - which had been getting louder and louder
all the time - stopped completely. Dot's heart went flip-flop. She turned her
hand so that the sparklng bracelet shone its little TV picture onto the back
of her other hand and saw all her friends - Adrienne, Louise D, Wizzie and Mr
Mouse all gathered together, looking anxiously up at her.
Adrienne spoke, her little squirrel face full of excitement. "I zink you
are near Luis now, Dorothee!" came her little voice out of the bracelet.
Dot looked around. She couldn't see anything near her that looked like
the elegant shape of a Borzoi dog like Luis de la Zarpana.
But then, just like Adrienne had said, she felt the bracelet starting to move
around her wrist...!
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