Captured

The Journey 1.0

And so it begins. The journey of two people who had been planning to leave along , and then accompanied by their two best friends who gave up everything to be with them.

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Love. So predictable.

Fate had been ever watchful. He knew , that Zoe and James had been planning their escape. All He was counting on was for Coincidence to interfere so that Rose and Ethan would follow. He had seen , from afar their potential and courage to carry out his work. Their heart , He could not read. Fate's heart and mind was filled with hatred , precisely the reason why He could not , and would never be able to until he felt it , was love. As they drew ever nearer to him , He grew ever stronger.

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Zoe woke up with a start. She had had a weird dream that had not made sense at all. Her dream had been something about a really old man with a really long beard waiting for her .... in the mountains.

She snapped her eyes open to find out that she was sleeping on James's lap. She quickly got up into a sitting position , and mumbled a 'sorry'. James however , didnt seem to be paying attention to her at all. He was in fact , intently staring at Rose. Zoe frowned , then she quickly pushed her jealous feelings aside and cheered herself up by eating a granola bar.

"Where are we now?"

Rose turned around from the front seat and answered her.

"Somewhere between Capetown and Whispering Forest. "

She squinted her eyes.

"Legend has it that the trees can move and talk. People that go and make it out alive from there , come out mad."

Zoe rolled her eyes.

"What? Surely you dont believe that , without any actual proof?"

"Not really. Just abit nervous."

"Well , dont be."

Zoe didnt know why , but she was frustrated with Rose. Actually , she knew why but it was such a stupid reason that she couldnt bring herself to believe that she was actually jealous of her because of just that. She didnt usually have a jealous bone in her body. ( actually , if you'd seen her do some of her gymnastics , you would've thought she had no bones at all ) It was an odd feeling to have. She could feel it bubbling inside her , and making her think things that she wouldnt have normally thought. She was just too pissed at Rose and James that she didnt have the mood to do anything , but sit silently by herself.

Ethan , however , being friends with them for 18 years now , obviously realized that something was up.

"Oi" , he poked Zoe. "What's wrong?"

Zoe smiled , but it looked forced to Ethan.

"Nothing"

"Zoe Roberta Thomas , I have not been friends with you just to learn that you are not only a horrible liar , but also to know how you look when you feel sad. So I'm going to ask you again ,WHATS UP YO??"

Zoe sighed and merely pointed at Rose and James who were busily ( and happily ) chatting away by themselves.

Ethan smirked.

"Jealous , are we?"

"W - what? Jealous? No , not at all! No really , I'm happy for them. It's fantastic. "

Zoe swallowed those words. It was as if she would try and convince herself to be happy by saying them. Ethan , however , was not fooled.

"Uh - huh. Sure you are."

Zoe rolled her eyes. Couldn't he leave her alone? Did he not see how depressed she already was? She thought going to the mountains woud free her , if anything else , it was making her feelings even more caged.