Chapter Forty
The scene opens in a beautiful forest in Germany. Swirling snow falls and coats all the trees and the ground, and stars sparkle far above.
Suddenly, there is a loud crackle as the time machine appears, spinning, and spits out Yellowfang and Wikipedia into the cold air. Yellowfang falls safely into a bank of snow while Wikipedia hovers above her.
Yellowfang: At least I landed fine. Sheesh, it's c-cold though! *shivers, sending snow flying everywhere* W-where are we, Wikipedia?
Wikipedia: Um, wow. Uh. My GPS seems to be a bit wonky...all I can tell is that we're in Germany...
Yellowfang: A b-big help you are.
Wikipedia: Hey, I'm sorry! It's somewhere around 1560, though.
Yellowfang: Big deal. *looks around* Do you think there's somewhere w-warm around here?
Wikipedia: *rolls eyes* Come on, Yellowfang! This can't be any colder than your leaf-bare!
Yellowfang: *offended* Hey, I've b-been in StarClan for a long time. D-don't make comments, you--
Wikipedia: Shhhh! I hear someone coming!
Through the trees, a small, squat figure is seen coming through the trees and admiring the forest around him. Wikipedia immediately grabs Yellowfang and zips behind a tree, peeking out cautiously.
Yellowfang: *pokes Wikipedia with tail* Who's tha--?
Wikipedia: SHHH.
The man stops beneath a tall fir tree. He looks up through its branches at the beautiful night sky, and his face lights up.
Wikipedia: *whispers* Oh! That's--that's Martin Luther!
Yellowfang: *also whispers* The civil rights guy?
Wikipedia: No. The pastor. You know, the guy who nailed the paper to the door and started the--
Yellowfang: Oh, him.
Martin Luther: The-the stars! How beautiful! Like Jesus Christ the light of the world! *a pause* Perhaps I could celebrate this in some way...like putting lights on a tree!
Smiling, he walks off in the distance, leaving behind a very confused Yellowfang.
Yellowfang: Ok...won't that burn the tree? Also, why doesn't he put...like, christmas lights on it?
Wikipedia: Electricity hasn't been invented yet, Yellowfang...also, how do you know about Christmas lights?!
Yellowfang: StarClan has access to WiFi, obviously.
Wikipedia: ....let's just go now.
With a faint pop lost in the swirling wind, Yellowfang and Wikipedia vanish as the time machine hops to the next event in history.
Ember here! Hope you liked this Christmas-themed chapter! For the record, this is a legend, so, ahh, don't take this as guaranteed history.
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