In the Morning Everyone wakes up from sleeping in their tents since the town didn’t have an Inn, and Ryan reconnects the Gatorboars and gets a call from the magical crystal that Queen Lake gave him that he kept in his pocket. She tells him to avoid Ala-Ash for now and heard straight to the city of New Jars, Deland. She doesn’t explain anything more to him and ends the call there. After that they all Leave and keep headed to the North-East. When they get out of town Citra comes flying in in her Succubus form over them. She lands on top of the Demon core crystals and then Transforms back into her human form.
“What was that about?” Noodle asked her.
“Siviks worship Bunnell, who in turn hate demons of all kinds. I walked away from the town and stayed out of the fight. I kept an eye on the Trailer last night though, but I stayed out of sight” She told him. She then lays back with a heavy feeling in her chest.
“I also heard something from one of my friends” Citra tells them
“What did you hear?” Kannell asks her while making Noodle put his arm around her.
“Mriya Tricked Yulee, and shes not in control of Palmlandia anymore” She tells them.
“Wait Huh?” Ryan said seeming shocked.
“Yes, Mriya tricked the all-powerful Yulee and gave her full control of Palmlandia. I Don’t know how, but she did, and everyone is worried now” Citra told him.
“Wait is that like bad?” Ryan asks while holding the reins.
“Yes, that’s very bad!” Zephyr said seeming distressed.
“What else do you know?” Zephyr asked her really worried.
“I don’t know anything else.” She tells Zephyr.
Zephyr then faces forward and thinks about what here parents are doing right now.
Ryan picks up on her change in mood and puts his hand behind her back and rubs her shoulder. She closes her eyes and thinks really hard about the worst-case scenario here.
She remains quite and takes a few deep breaths.
The team rides north-east all day for 5 hours and when they arrive at a small Sivika town to give their beasts a break, Zephyr runs inside and grabs a newspaper. There was no news on what was happening in Palmlandia or Wyozonia, so she felt Relived. The team then grabs lunch, and then hook back up and keep moving.
They follow the road for another 3 hours and then can see the Ocean. They all stop and park the beasts and stretch their legs in the sand looking at the ocean.
“Welcome to Turtle Beach, Sivika!” A sign said in front of Ryan.
“Ahh the good old Attila Ocean! Wish it was summer so we can go swimming!” Kannell said while digging her bare feet into the sand.
“But its like what? 70 degrees outside right now. The water can’t be that cold” Ryan replies to her.
As soon as he said that he thinks about what she just said.
“The ATTILA OCEAN? Huh?” he thought to himself seeming very confused.
Everyone puts their feet in the water and the water felt like 50 degrees. Everyone pulls out of the water except Zephyr. This felt refreshing to her. Everyone takes a short walk down and beach and Kannell keeps an eye out for sharks teeth in the sand. They walk for a Half a mile while Citra watches the Trailer for them. They then walk back 1/2 a mile and get on and follow the coastal road all the way to the town of Sarah, Sivika. They all pull into Sarah and set up camp on the beach. Ryan lets loose the Gatorboar’s and they go running into the saltwater. Ryan who was enjoying this scenery walks behind Zephyr and throws his arms around and hug her and kisses the side of her neck as she stares out at the water watching Dolphins play. She smiles at his affection he’s giving her, and he takes her hair and puts it in a bun and puts his mothers French hair comb in it to hold it in place.
“Going to go get a fire started, Kannell and Noodle are going to grab stuff for dinner” He tells her. He then kisses her on the cheek and walks away.
“Try again mister” Zephyr tells him playfully.
He smiles at her and Kisses her on the lips, and she pulls him closer to her and locks his lips and makes out with him.
Ryan puts his hand on her waist, and she can feel him getting ready to run his hands up her shirt.
“Don’t even think about it. Remember the other night? I chocked you out. You turn me on again and not give me any the oceans right there. You understand?” She said playfully while pointing to her left.
Ryan smiles at her and walks away. As he walked away Zephyr smiles at him. He gets to work setting up the tents with Citra. As the sun started to go down Noodle, Greena, and Kannell walk back with groceries for tonight’s cookout. They had Steak, Sausage links, and corn along with a few other ingredients they bought directly from a Farmer. Kannell Pulls out some brand-new cooking ware she just bought and puts the meat on a special campfire pan and adds the spices to the meat and starts cooking them.
As she starts to cook Citra smiles at them all. “That reminds me, I need to go feed. I will be right back” Citra said as she turns into her demon form and flies off north toward the town. Everyone was wondering what she was going to do in that town. But while Ryan was wondering what shes going to do he remember that Alex still has his phone. He then Recalls it and when gets it back the song that was playing was already played. The song “Masochist” From Polaris was playing in Party mode.
He wonders why she would be listening to that song, but then when he looks at the play history, she has listened to all his Polaris songs he had on here. The song catches Zephyrs attention and makes her remember that day when Metter attacked her. She starts to drip a few tears, but quickly makes herself stop and smiles at him. He puts it on the last song she listened to.
“Can’t happen Here” By Atreyu, when he puts on that song, he looks at his notes and she left him a Warning.
“Hey Dude, I’m back home in Faterra, I had a Tip about something big was going to happen and caught a teleport home. Listen Faterra is under threat of an attack by Palmlandia and I’m keeping close tabs on this situation. I don’t know whats going on in my states government, but we are moving troops out the ass to the western border. I been listening to the songs here and running supplies to the border for my guys. Legend has it that Yulee is back, and is she is pissed. Palmlandia is moving troops to its nearby border town of “Yougraine/Migraine or whatever the hell they call that town. Since I’m not white, I can’t fit in and get into the city and get more info on whats going on. Tell Zephyr she may want to return home” --- Alex XOXOXO
Ryan reads this and with the song playing gets feels a chill run down his neck. He looks over at Zephyr and doesn’t say anything. He turns the song off and puts his phone away. 20 minutes later dinner was done and Ryan and everyone eats and goes to bed. Zephyr sleeps outside the tent with Ryan and he looks up at the stars while listening to the song play on super low volume and listening to the waves crash ashore. As he looks up at the stars, he starts to get tired and falls asleep.
In the middle of the night somone comes walking down the beach. It was his mother.
Bunnell was walking down the beach and sees her son dead asleep and his cart unprotected. She ignores it and carefully walks over to Zephyr. She bends down and yanks the Hair comb out of her hair and puts it in her pocket. When she does that Zephyr rolls over on her side and remains asleep. She wants to cut off this bitches head right here with her sword but instead she came over here to see her son. She looks at his hands and runs her hand through his hair that has grown out since the last time she saw him.
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Upon feeling him, she looks the Heart shaped pin he wore on his sleeve and looks at his phone that was playing yet another familiar song while he slept. “10 Miles Wide” From Escape The Fate was playing on low volume. She reads through his notes and reads the message that Alex left him. His mom then gets up and walks down the beach thinking about what the hell Yulee is planning. She then Teleports away to Gnillàf. When she does so, Arcadia comes out of the sand dunes and walks over to the cart and waits for Citra. She comes flying in 3 minutes later and sits down on the cart and talks to Arcadia.
“Hey its getting hectic over there. I just talked to another one of my friends and the whole armies of both Faterra and Ala-Ash are freaking out. What do you know about this?” Citra asked her seeming very worried.
“Mriya tricked Yulee after she came back from a Hiatus on earth. I don’t know how she was able to get to earth, but when she returned Mriya tricked her and made her give her 50% of her powers. She also Handed over total control of Palmlandia to her. Yulee also told me shes banished from Palmlandia and can’t enter the state. So, this could be bad because shes the only one who can stop Mriya from going on a Global rampage. Yulee is terrified because if she starts a war without approval from her faith leaning states, she is going to lose her followers in masses” Arcadia told her.
“How do you know this?” Citra asked her while she transforms back into her human form. When she transforms back, she didn’t have blue hair anymore. She had her old brown hair colored back.
“I talked to her in her realm. Shes only allowed on the surface for 2 hours a day. Mriya really screwed her over” Arcadia told her.
“Hmm Your right. I don’t think the world is ready for Global War 3 yet. Citra told her while counting on her fingers.
“Ryan’s mother was just here too. I’ve talked to her in her realm and shes honestly wanting war right now” Arcadia tells her while planting her staff that emitted a blue flame into the sand.
“Why would she want such a thing like that?” Citra asks her.
“So, she can kick Yulee’s ass. Shes still at war with her. Everyone saw this coming. So many years of diplomacy has pissed both of them off. They want their Territories back. They can’t start a war without their followers punishing them.
“Hmm that makes sense, and this could be bad” Citra replies as she sits on the crates of Demon core crystals.
“I’m need more followers so I can roam around the Planet for longer then just a few hours. I mean I have unlimited roam time at night, because of who I am, but I need more people” Arcadia told Citra.
“I’ll keep my eye open for people and get them to join your side” Citra tells her. They both hug each other, and Arcadia walks over to Zephyr She knells down next her and pets her ears. She then blesses Ryan and Zephyr with a spell that reduces the amount of pain they receive from Greena when she heals them. She then teleports off the beach back into her spawn room. She then picks up the book she was reading Titled “A Boy And His Dog”.
In the morning everyone wakes up and Kannell makes everyone eggs. Greena calls back the Gatorboars from the ocean and they come running out with 2 giant lobsters in their mouths. They set them by them buy her feet and she smiles at Kannell.
“Umm Kannell, your gonna need a bigger pan” Greena said in cheery voice.
“What do you mean hun” Kannell said as she flipped some eggs onto a plate. Greena then steps to the side and she sees the treats the Gatorboars brought them.
“Ohh Gimmie!” Kannell screams. She then walks over to Greena and takes them out of the sand. She then then shocks them with an Arcane spell and shuts down their hearts. She then makes do with the equipment she had along with Ryan’s fire magic and cooks them just right. The whole crew then eats this amazing breakfast with the view of the ocean and then Kannell cleans off all her plates and cooking ware in the water and then hook up the Gatorboars and head north for another 5 hours. They unhook the beasts and let them go swimming in the Atilla ocean again. Kannell and Noodle on the other hand walk down the beach out of sight from the rest of the team.
15 minutes later Kannell comes walking back with her hair in a miss and she was walking funny all happy and excited and holding Noodles hand. Everyone knows what they just did, and Zephyr glares at Kannell. The team in the meantime go to a Beach town and buy lunch. They get a big thing of Chicken and Rice and share it between themselves. They then reconnect the Gatorboars and take off headed north. They pass a sign that said “New Jars, Deland 300 miles north. Lauderdale. Tourterra South east”
“Hmm were like 3 days away from our next drop point. Hey Zephyr get some sleep Lets drive all night tonight, so we can be there tommorow night” He tells her.
“Okay baby” She tells him as she gives him a kiss on the lips. She then hops in the back and Greena takes her place as co-driver. Zephyr pulls out a blanket and spreads it across the bench and lays down on it and takes a nap. She rests her legs up on top of noodles and Kannell smiles at her and He along with her also decide to cuddle with each other and take a nap on each other. Greena and Ryan randomly talk about things as they go down the road. Ryan asks what it was like when she was a kid, some 300 years ago. She smiles at him and tells him about all the Technology that has changed since she a little girl and tells him the about her town in Ala-Ash. She tells him Ala-Ash is the home of all Elves. She tells him about her mother who was a super powerful mage that was the master of Ice and Arcane magic, while her father was a healer spec’d Druid. She asked what Earth was like and Ryan explains it to her. She seemed very interested the whole time as he explained it to her. 5 hours later when the sun went down Ryan unhooks the beasts and lets them cool off in the water. They go swimming and Ryan wakes Zephyr up. Ryan then takes his phone and checks under the Trailer for any damage or surprises. He then calls the beasts back to the wagon and hooks them up. He then wakes up Kannell and Noodle and have them sit upfront. Ryan and Greena then hop in the rear bench seat and lay down.
Zephyr then Follows the road for 5 hours and the other 2 keep her company. 5 hours after she stops but doesn’t unhook the Gatorboars. She stops the cart and has to use the bathroom. Kannell goes with her and Noodle keeps an eye on the cart.
When they get back Noodle and Citra were fighting men that were trying to rob the Trailer. Ryan and Greena were dead asleep, but Noodle and Citra kick’s the gang of 5 thugs ass and Citra walks over to one of the men and kisses them and steals some of their vitality. She then walks away from him and hops back on the back. Zephyr and Kannell quickly hop on and take off down the road.
“What the hell was that about?” Kannell asks Citra.
“Oh, People just being stupid. I’m glad they attacked us because I was starving” Citra told her as she turns back into her Human form.
“Oh, that’s right. You feed off of men’s souls” Kannell replies back to her.
“Yes, I do, but I don’t need a big chuck of it. Like 2-4% or their soul is all I need. My sisters from hell would take the whole damn thing” Citra explained.
“That was a hell of a fight, you took a beating and didn’t even budge Citra” Noodle told her while putting his arm around Kannell.
“I’m Kind of Tanky like you are. I have way more health then you, though but at the same time my demon for provides excellent Armor. Magic is just one of my weakness’s. Holy magic in particular is what I’m very weak to” She tells him.
“You hear that? Start building Vitality honey. That slut tank can take damage better then you” Kannell said in a joking manner. Citra smiles at Kannell and then lays down on her back and looks at the stars.
Zephyr keeps the wheels turning for the next 5 hours and then wakes Ryan up. He gets up and unhooks the beasts and they go swimming in the ocean. Ryan lets the beasts go swimming for 1 hour before they have to start working again. In that one hour He wakes Greena up and she starts making breakfast for Him and herself. He meanwhile gets under the trailer and notices some cracks in the Frame. He takes his sword and gets to work Welding the cracks with his fire magic. He spends a good hour and a half fixing all these cracks. Citra went behind him with a chipping hammer and knocks off the slag and applied a secondary weld on a spot if needed. When they were done, he calls up the Gatorboars and clips them in. They all then get rolling. They ride for 5 more hours, and then everyone wakes up from being hungry. Ryan unhooks the beasts and they go swimming again. They then walk over to a near by town off the main road and get themselves some more seafood. Then after everyone was full, he hooks up the Gatorboars and off they go again! The air started to get colder the further north her drove that day. Ryan hands the reins to Greena and then grabs some long pants out of his bag and puts them on since it was around 62 degree’s out at this point.
4 hours later down the road they cross into Deland. They keep heading for another hour and Arrive at the town of New Jars, Deland. As soon as the pull through the city’s main road 20 guards meet them and start unloading their cargo off of it.
Everyone here didn’t seem happy, and they were in a rush to get their stuff off. Ryan then feels a vibration in his pocket, and he answers the Crystals call.
“Ryan, Listen I just got word that you are there. I want you to leave that trailer there and Teleport home. I have a trailer full of armor that’s going to be headed to Jerkville, Eyefore from Staug City. You all will be headed through the Eyefore PvP corridor again so make sure you get tones of Sleep” She tells him she then ends the call. He wakes up Kannell and explains to her the situation and she does some quick math in her head. She knows shes out of range to teleport straight home, so she asks one of the guards directions to the mages guild and they point to the building for her. She walks off and comes back with a mage that will teleport them all to Turtle, Beach Sivika. They all grabs their stuff and then teleport there for the first stage. Then Kannell Teleports them directly home on the second stage. They all walk through the door at 1am in the morning and notice Liz half naked and drunk on the living room floor. Ryan picks her up and Zephyr feels her forehead to make sure she was okay. Ryan then carries her upstairs and puts her in her bed. Zephyr for some reason hops in the bed with her and makes Ryan join her.
As soon as he hops in Liz’s bed, he falls asleep along with her.