Pokѐmon Journey V: Piper's Quest

Chapter 1: A Disastrous Event

Third Person Point of View:

It was dark all around… the air was brisk, like on the tip of a mountain. The room was lifeless, just rock and darkness.

Rosalie sat there in the darkness, holding herself close. Even with the pokemon of her fallen brother around her, none of them could bring her any comfort for what had taken place. She blamed herself… the unbearable pain of her brother being there only moments before, and in the time that she was gone, he fell between her fingers.

It was better, for all that were in the mountain that it was dark. Before the lights were removed… Rose had to remind herself that her brother was dead…

"Ms. Agustino?" A knock came at the door that led to her dark prison. "I've brought you some food."

A young man dared to enter the room, bringing light inside. He had to avert his eyes as he saw the bloody words that were written on the wall.

It's all your fault!

He's dead because of you!

You should have been there!

He could have still been here!

You should be the one dead!

The young man passed by all the words he could see before he looked upon the woman. She had refused to eat the food that had been left out before and was failing with her body health. What was left of her body looked frail and thin, as if her prostatic limbs would fall off at any point. Her scars looked even ganglier then before when her body was healthy.

"Ms. Agustino, you should eat to keep up your strength…" the young male tried again, but he was only met with silence. In fear that he might anger Rosalie, he took the old tray then and left the room. Once he was left once more alone (other then the pokemon she had) she silently looked to the food, thinking of what Razi would often bring her before when he still lived before Eira Helaine had taken his life.

Something that she would never forgive…

But for right now… all she could was grieve…

Piper's Point of View:

I snickered as I took another look down in the hallway that was quiet as the early morning sun hadn't even hit the tops of the trees yet. It was still too early for anyone to be up, only about five.

But I knew they were up… those mischievous little brats…

I turned behind me and looked to my partner in crime, my twin brother Everett. He was dressed in some rags of an old shirt and pants while his shaggy brown hair shaped his head. His milk chocolate eyes glowed at me with mischief as he held the paintball gun in his hands.

Our referee stood above, my brother's pokemon Ruff, who was a rufflet. His fluffy white down feathers surrounded his chest and head while some of his feathers were beginning to turn smooth and grey under them and on his wings. A single feather of half red and half white color was on his head while large, black beady eyes sat back behind a slightly darker yellow beak.

He raised his feather covered wings into the air and cried out. "Let!"

I reached for my own duel set of paintball guns and checked them to be ready.

"Ruf!"

"Watch out little siblings…" I could only grin. "Big Sis is gonna keep the crown on her head…

"Rufflet!"

We dove from our hiding spot just as I saw my little sister Nikki come into view. She had a style similar to myself with the duel guns, but hers were too big for her to handle and she cried out as my guns went off and covered her entire body with red paint, while she missed me and hit the back wall with blue.

"You got it in my hair!" she complained, throwing down the guns.

"Look out Nikki!" The girl gasped as Everett rushed out and shot at Nick, my little brother, who pushed our sister out of the way of the fire. He was soon covered in paint before he could even let out another set of paint against me.

Nick was covered in red paint and sighed before looking up at his younger twin. "Come on Nikki! You knew she was going to aim for your hair! Why didn't you put it up or take a shower after the match!"

"Well excuse me for not wanting to break my routine!" Nikki huffed before she turned to look at Everett and I who were unmarked by the events. "Rematch!"

"Oh I'll be leading this rematch Nichole…" We all froze at the voice that echoed above us with power that we were all slightly fearful of. "What in the hell were you all doing?!"

"Run!" My cry was enough to get all my siblings to flee just as our father came barreling down the stairs after us.

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"I can't believe the lot of you…" my father groaned. "On the last day… you had to make it the messiest…"

Our father had us lined up before him on the couch, youngest to eldest. I was the eldest out of the bunch here being the elder twin of myself and Everett while Nick was only a few minutes older then Nikki, but two years were the difference between us sets of twins.

Our father stood before us; dressed finally while he glared down at the four of us he called his children. He was a rough looking man with wild, spiky chocolate colored hair and stubble to match. His skin was fairly tanned from the hours he worked outside on landscaping. His tattoos shown all over his body, mostly on his back, chest and upper arms, but a single one was on the inside of his forearm, which was our mother's name: Ava. His brown eyes glared down at us as we all hung our heads before him.

"Sorry Dad…" Everett started, daring to try and speak with him. "We just wanted to make our last day with our family a memorable one before Piper and I leave to go on a pokemon journey, now that she and the others are getting pokemon."

His eyes bore down on his eldest son. "And that gives you permission to stain the house with paint?!"

"We made sure it was able to wash off! Even if it hardens!" Nikki quickly spoke up. "I couldn't live if it stayed in my hair, so we made sure it was that kind. Its chalk based so it will wash out no matter what Daddy."

"Then you four better get to washing it off then!" He ran a hand through his hair. "Landorus damn it… I was hoping this day would be a good one where I didn't have to yell at you guys…"

"We know Dad…" I muttered as I looked up at him. He seemed stressed again, and normally our pranks never bother him so long as we can clean up the mess and don't bother him.

Perhaps my brother and I needed to head out sooner then I thought.

Having a single father raise four kids, all of them over the top with their craziness, it isn't exactly fair or easy on anyone.

My father groaned another time before he looked around the house. "Alright you kids, get cleaning. Izzy and Bell are going to be over here soon and I need to make breakfast for all you crazies."

"Yes Dad." All of us rose from the couch, rubbing the back of our heads as we felt where our father had slapped us upside the head. Our father wasn't abusive in any way, but he would hit us if we did something incredibly stupid or dangerous. My three siblings headed off to grab some water, soap and towels and clean up while I walked over to my father.

"Dad?" He looked up at me. Once my father saw me standing before him, he sighed and sat down at our dinning room table that seemed to avoid our battle earlier in the morning. "Everything okay?"

"It's fine Piper…" I dared to sit down next to him and noticed under the piles of forms for jobs he planned to do soon was a stack of bills.

"Dad…" He shoved them out of view when he noticed I saw them.

"Don't worry about it Piper."

"I do worry, since you're stressed all the time now." I lifted a hand up to his shoulder. "Ev and I will be heading out soon and we're going to make some money out there and send it home to help you out."

"No, your money should be saved up for other things you want to do when you get older." My father shook his head. "Besides, with you two out of the house, some of my bills will cut down. Like food and pranks."

I chuckled lightly at him. "Nick and Nikki will still be at each other's throats though."

He snorted. "Don't remind me." My father shook his head before he gestured up the stairs. "Go ahead and get dressed, then get started on breakfast. I'll be sending the others up after you."

"Kay!" I hurried up the stairs after that to go hop into a quick shower before me and the others would be heading out soon, and taking care of one final thing before we got to begin our adventure.

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After a quick shower, I got dressed into the new clothes that Dad had set aside money for me to use in order to look the part when we headed out. Once I had pulled up my ripped shorts over my hips, I pulled a white spaghetti strapped shirt and then a sleeveless black vest shirt over that. I pulled on my black boots that came over my ankles and then put up most of my long dark chocolate colored hair into a ponytail. Once that was out of my way, I grabbed my hat and pulled the hair through the hole in the back of the cap, it was white in color with a soft pink pokeball image on the front with the rim being the same pink as well. My bag on my side matched the same color while a black and pink xtransceiver that I would be able to use to communicate with my friends and family on the go.

Once I was dressed, I looked over at my mirror at my appearance. My ocean blue eyes glowed in eagerness and happiness over what was going to take place soon. Not only would my journey start, but I would have some… incredible moments with Izzy…

I snickered at the thought before I heard a cry. My eyes widened before I hurried down the stairs to make sure it wasn't one of my family that found what I left behind for my close friend.

I don't know how he's still my friend after all that I've done to him…

"PIPER THERON!" My eyes rushed to the door and everyone's eyes were on the young man who stood there with the same paint all over his body. Isadore Gyan, one of my closets friends (I normally called him Izzy) stood in the doorway coated in thick blue paint, what hadn't been used by my younger siblings when they faced off against us. You could barely see his shoulder length black hair under the thick paint or his clothes.

Hey, I had to go out with a bang.

"You got him!" Nikki hurried over to my side and giggled with the paint still all over her. "But getting Izzy is easy… he practically walks into it every time!"

"Don't worry dude," Everett walked up to Izzy and elbowed his side, knowing fully well that he'd get some paint on him since he was getting in the shower now that I was out. "It comes out. Its chalk based."

"Piper-" My father came around the corner only to see Izzy covered in paint and growling under the thick layer. My father sighed and grabbed a towel and threw it to our friend. "Go on and use the shower kid, I'll wash your clothes, gotta do Ev and Nick's anyway…"

Izzy didn't say a word while he marched past us all and headed up the stairs to our shower, leaving a trail of blue paint in his wake. My father pointed at the mess and looked at me.

"You'll be cleaning that up."

I grinned at him. "I was already planning on it!"

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"Hello!" I turned my head as another person came through the front door. Shoulder length blond hair quickly came into my vision along with rich green eyes that glittered at the prospect of the day. I knew she had snuck out of her house in order to meet up with us. "Hey there Piper!"

"Bell!" I hurried over to the girl and hugged her. Isabella Adhira was the other of my two closest friends, besides Izzy and my brother Everett. She was the only other girl, so we liked to chat and work together often, to the disappointment of her father. Bell's father was overprotective of her and didn't want her to explore and discover what she could and couldn't do in this world, so often she was confined to our town. However, Izzy, Everett and I often snuck her out to explore and check out the areas around that were filled with pokemon, and swim on the beach to the south. Because of all of this, her father never trusted me…

Not like I gave him a reason to…

I pulled back from Bell to see her outfit. She had chosen a cute white dress that hugged her body well and came down to her knees with an orange sleeveless vest over her dress. She wore a round green hat on her head with a matching bag against her side. Her legs were covered in orange stockings and her shoes were simple flats. I'd have to take her shopping late on for better clothes… since those would only do so well before the terrain got rough…

"You look cute," I commented and she smiled.

"You think so? It was the oldest clothes I could escape out with!" She pouted and turned her head. "My dad keeps a constant eye on all my clothes and throws them out if they look too rough, so this was all I could grab that didn't look too fancy or over the top!"

I chuckled and patted her shoulder. "Don't worry, once we get some money, I'll help you chose out new clothes that will be easier for travel. Because its gonna be hell to hike a mountain in a dress and flats like those."

She nodded with a pout. "I know… thanks Piper."

"No problem, hopefully the others will be down soon so we can choose our pokemon and get going." I looked around the house. "I know Dad hid them somewhere and fed them last night and this morning, but we haven't had a chance to look at them yet."

"Good!" Bell gave me a sad face. "I don't want you to take all the cute ones!"

I snickered at her. "I'm sure all of them are cute Bell, the professor warned us they would be young pokemon. Not much battle experience."

"And then we'll head out right?" Bell looked nervously back at her house. "If my father sees me leave…"

"Your legal age now Bell, we already got your card and everything for you." I handed the girl over a contest case and a badge case as well as a trainer card that had her picture on it from where it had been set on the counter along with Everett and my things. "We just need to make sure that when we leave we head on the back side of town so he can't see us."

"I know…" Bell groaned and walked inside where I closed the door so we could get settled.

"Mornin' Bell." We both turned to look at my father while he was putting the finishing touches on breakfast for the six of us in the house, not including himself.

"Morning Scott!" She smiled at my father before hurrying over to the counter. "Are we seeing the pokemon after breakfast?"

"Yeah, I got them all sitting in their pokeballs in the other room for when everyone's done. Piper, as you can see, is all set, but the others are cleaning up. Izzy had come over earlier, but Piper hit him with some paint and he had to get cleaned up and wash his clothes, so he's currently hiding upstairs. Ev should be done soon and the younger twins should be ready whenever Nikki gets done using that bathroom…"

"I'm not that bad Daddy!" Nikki came storming down then with herself all dressed. She was now clothed in a sleeveless pink top and black shorts. Her hair was pulled back into two buns on either side of her head with some hair slipping out. Her ocean blue eyes, which matched mine, narrowed at our father. "Its Nick who takes all that time to jell up his hair!"

"Does not!" Nick flew down the stairs with his hair all over the place and his brown eyes zeroed in on his twin. Simple white shorts and a blue sleeveless shirt were on him. "Who took half an hour to do her hair up in a special way?!"

Nikki huffed and turned her head. "Oh, and letting your 'special conditioner' sit for forever doesn't take a long time?!"

"Shut it!" Our father snapped over them and they looked at him sheepishly. "You both take a hell of a lot of time. Eat up and be quiet."

The younger twins snarled at each other before turning their heads away from their respected other half. They made their way to the counter before the arguing started all over again. My father could only sigh as he milked away a headache.

"Looks like they're having fun." My younger twin came down the stairs next and I saw that he was dressed in his new clothes like I was for our journey. He had on dark grey pants with a black short sleeved shirt and a blue jacket over that which seemed light. His brown eyes looked at our younger siblings while he shook out his hair and set his red and white cap upon it. Red shoes covered his feet.

"Guess so." I shrugged and looked up at the stairs. "Izzy nearly ready?"

"I was ready before you hit me with all that paint…" I turned my head to see my best friend glaring at me. Izzy's black hair was smoothly framing his face, looking slightly longer with it wet. His red rimmed glasses were set before his dark hazel eyes. His clothes consisted of a white shirt with orange trim and black pants. Blue shoes were on his feet with a matching light jacket over his shoulders.

I turned to grin at him, which only made him madder. "Oh I was just a good morning gift!"

"Gift my ass…" he snarled under his breath as he walked over to the counter. He stopped when he looked at the food before turning to my father. "Did she touch any of this yet?"

"Nope, you're just in time kid." My father set down a plate of pancakes that was situated with bacon, hash browns and sausage. "Dig in before she does."

Without hesitation this time, Izzy dug into the meal before him and ate strait away. I laughed while he did so and soon all of us were eating away at our food that we had before us.

"Can we watch Piper, Bella and Izzy get their new pokemon Dad?" Nick asked when we got closer to finishing our meal.

"I don't see why you can't, but everyone's gotta finish their meal first, and I'm not speeding up for you rug-rats." Dad casually ate a bite his meal, setting in place the rule.

It was hard not to be excited for this new journey that would be before us. All four of us, myself, Everett, Bell and Izzy, were going to begin our pokemon journeys. While Everett already had Ruff already, the other three of us didn't have any pokemon yet, so the professor in the nearby town that we had gotten into contact with agreed to give us each a pokemon if all four of us did a favor for her while on our journeys.

Her name was Professor Aurea Juniper. She lived in the same town as us, living in the mostly isolated town of Nuvema. She was researching the origins of pokemon, finding only this location to be able to focus rather then in the spot light where reporters often were in the more populated towns and cities. I had to assume that what she wanted us to do for her was related to her studies.

We planned to go thank her and find out what she wanted us to do after our breakfast, since we all planned on being trainers for a while, but we were waiting for Bell to become thirteen so she was legal and could get a card made, but since her father was so protective, we couldn't leave right away. We had to wait a month or two and only when her father loosened his grip just enough did we plan to strike.

And damn it, we're getting her out of here!

"Alright you brats, Izzy, Bella, go ahead." My father's finished plate was shown to all of us after we had finished a while ago. We all rushed to our feet and hurried into all the rooms to search for the box of pokeballs. When I searched in the family room in the back where our parent's wedding photosat on the wall, I found them seated on the table. My eyes widened and I screeched out.

"FOUND THEM!" Footsteps stomped through the house as everyone rushed to the room that I was in. Bell and Izzy stepped forward and I pulled the top off of the box. I saw three simple pokeballs along with a note inside.

"Here are three pokemon for you three to choose from! Please settle your choices politely! Enjoy your new pokemon!"

"Oh I can't wait!" Bell jumped excitedly in her spot. "Let the pokemon out Piper! I wanna see them!"

"Kay!" I quickly released all the pokemon from their pokeballs and three little bodies appeared before us.

The first of them was red in color, which I could imagine was the fire type. It stood on four legs with a snout and a large pink nose. It had some small floppy ears on its head and a small black tail with a pink little circle on the end of it. Its black eyes looked at all of us in question with a tilt of its head.

The second one was blue and white in color that I thought was a water type. It stood on two legs with a little tail behind it. On its chest was a yellow shell that it removed and used to scratch its belly with. Its face had little freckles on it and its black eyes looked up at us hopefully.

The last was a green in color, who I assumed was a grass type. Its body was long and reminded me almost of ivy from a vine. Its eyes were a rich rose red color that looked around until they met mine. It had a mischievous sort of look to its eyes and I matched that look that it gave me. It stood on two small feet with a long tail behind it that had leaves on the end of it and long snout on its face. Its little arms were crossed before it over its chest.

"Oh their so cute!" Bell couldn't stop squirming in her spot. "I can't decide which one I want!"

"Bella isn't wrong; they all look quite capable…" Izzy looked over the three pokemon before us.

"I'm pretty sure I know which one I want." My eyes still were held by the grass type that kept up the look in its eye to me. I saw its eye brows rise in question while I continued to hold its gaze. "How about it little grass pokemon? Would you mind me as your trainer?"

"Sni?" The grass type looked up at me. "Snivy sni?"

"Well I guess you'll have to stick around me and find out." My arms mimicked its actions and also crossed over my arms over my chest. "Your choice."

"…Sni." The pokemon winked at me before it jumped up onto my shoulder. It settled itself on my left side before looking down at its companions.

"Oh! There's more on this note!" Bell held it up and read on the back. "The three pokemon you will be choosing between are a male tepig, a female oshawott and a female snivy, in the respective order of fire, water and grass types. Enjoy!" Bell turned to look at me. "So that means you have the female snivy, Piper!"

"Well then, how about a nick name?" I turned to the pokemon. "I think you deserve your own name. So how about Ivy? A sleek name for someone like yourself."

"Sni!" She seemed to really like the name and raced around my body before she landed in the middle of my arms. I held onto her while I took the pokeball that I knew was her's into my arms.

"I want this one then!" Bell raced forward and grabbed the female oshawott and held the pokemon in her arms, snuggling her face into the pokemon's. "She's so cute!"

"Bell!" Izzy snarled at her before he sighed. "Fine… I wanted Tepig anyway."

"Pig!" The fire type hopped up into Izzy's arms and relaxed there and my friends quickly grabbed their pokeballs.

"Alright, now that you kids are set, go on and talk to the professor and get out of here before that crazy Marco comes flying over here to kidnap his daughter and lock her away for good." My father shooed us away from the room after grabbing us in hugs. "I love you guys, much as you drive me crazy."

"We love you too Dad." After our hug was done, we hurried to the door, looking out for Bell's father before seeing him peaking out the window of their home. "Crap, we gotta return our pokemon so he doesn't suspect anything."

The others nodded and returned their pokemon. The only one who didn't was Everett due to Marco knowing about Ruff for a year or so now since he came into our lives. Once our pokemon were returned, we walked out the door, trying to act as normal as possible. Other then our strange clothes, Marco didn't seem to notice much as we passed and headed to the other side of town where we would meet up with the professor.

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It took us a few minutes to walk across the town, and only when we got far enough away from our houses did we release our pokemon back out. Bell's father was over the top when it came to many things, so we didn't want to tempt him with our trip to the professor's laboratory.

We stopped outside of her door and looked it over, seeing the advanced technology just by looking through the window. It stunned all of us before Izzy pushed his way through the door, bringing us back into reality and followed him inside.

Once we arrived inside, it was easy to see that the professor was well into her work. She sat at her desk across the room, surrounded by machines and computers as well as many ancient books and documents or copies of artifacts. She was in the middle of working on something when she noticed us before her in her laboratory. She smiled and stood up before coming over to us.

Professor Juniper was a fairly young woman; she only seemed to be in her early thirties. Her hair was pulled back into a bun with her bangs hanging out, all of it a pale brown color. Ruby colored earrings hung from her earlobes and a pale sky blue lab coat covered her body, with a white shirt and dark green skirt under it. Her eyes were a pale green, but filled with eagerness as she stood before all of us, her hands in her pockets.

"Good to see you four again!" she smiled at us. "As I'm sure you kids remember the last time I saw you, I promised to give you pokemon in return for you all helping me with a task, correct?"

"Correct Professor." Izzy adjusted his glasses as he responded to her.

"Oh but look at you all!" Her eyes glittered as she looked around at us. "And Snivy! Look how close you are with your trainer already! You must have only met her only a short while ago!"

I smiled and rubbed the pokemon's head affectionately. "Thank you Professor, but just for the record, her name is Ivy. You should honor that."

"Sni!" Ivy agreed and pouted at the professor.

The professor rubbed the back of her head. "My bad… but its good to see that she has a nickname and that you're getting close to her, I'm glad." She turns to my brother. "Oh and you and your rufflet look wonderful! Ruff adores you and I see you must have pulled a few pranks recently for him to have that look to his eyes."

Everett blinked a few times before looking at his pokemon in shock. "Wow Professor, you really know pokemon."

"It is my life's work after all." She hummed before leaning back against her desk. "But back to the point, I wanted to ask you kids for help with the latest project that many trainers are taking all over the world, and that's to discover all the pokemon in the region and the world. As of right now, I would like you kids to focus on what truly lives just in our own region by catching as many pokemon as you want and training them, choosing the path that suits you best."

"So I'm assuming this has to do with the pokedex?" Izzy questioned.

"Pokedex?" Bell tilted her head in confusion.

"A pokedex is a device that allows you to record the information about any pokemon you encounter and store it in the device for me to later view and copy over to continue my research, as well as many other professors who are assisting me and the project as well. We built the pokedex nearly six years ago and only a few have been handed out. Many of the people who have received pokedex make a large name for themselves, much like the IPHP League that you see chasing Rosalie Agustino." The professor tapped her chin as she looked at us eagerly. "So you'll do it right? Between the four of you I imagine it should be a piece of cake."

"Sure, besides, we wouldn't be able to be trainers without your help in getting around Bell's father." I patted the younger girl's shoulders and she looked at me happily. "Least we can do along the way. I bet that Izzy's gonna do most of the work for it anyway."

"Of course, relying on you to do it would take a century with how much time you focus on your pranks." Izzy barely looked at me while he said the rude comment, but I raised an eye brow at him.

"Come again?"

"Sni!" Before I could see it, a barrage of leaves was hurled at Izzy. He cried out in shock and dodged nearly all of them before one nicked the top of his hair. He felt the hair that had been cut and glared at my pokemon.

"Keep that pokemon of yours under control!" he snapped at me. "She could have killed me!"

"Then maybe you shouldn't piss her off?" I chuckled at him while Ivy prepared to attack again while the professor stepped between us.

"Now, now, wouldn't you all like to learn more about your pokemon?" Juniper had my attention at that. She was handing out pokedex to all of us. Mine was a snow white color while I saw that Bell's was a pale green. My brother's was a solid black and Izzy's was a burnt orange.

Once I had the device in hand, I began holding it before the pokemon around us to learn about them, starting with my friends, then my brother, and then my own pokemon last.

Tepig, the fire pig pokemon. It can deftly dodge its foe's attacks while shooting fireballs from its nose. It roasts berries before it eats them. When it catches a cold, the fire becomes pitch black smoke instead. There are no known tepig nests in this region.

Oshawott, the sea otter pokemon. It fights using the scalchop on its stomach. In response to an attack, it retaliates immediately by slashing. The scalchop on its stomach isn't just used for battle—it can be used to break open hard berries as well. There are no known oshawott nests in the area.

Rufflet, the eaglet pokemon. They will challenge anything, even stronger opponents, without gear. They frequent fights help them become stronger. They crush berries with their talons. Rufflet nests are rare and are more seen on routes ten, eleven and on the Victory Road in this region.

Snivy, the grass snake pokemon. It is very intelligent and calm. Being exposed to lots of sunlight makes its movements swifter. It uses vines more adeptly then its hands. When they are not feeling well, their tails droop. There are no known snivy nests in this region.

I grinned when I saw all the information and that I already have four pokemon listed on my pokedex. There were so many more that I would run into while I continued on my journey, and hopefully I would meet and make a team that I could be proud of that would respect and care about me as a trainer.

"And another thing before you kids head off, some pokeballs for all of you to catch pokemon with." She handed us a good ten each before she grabbed her bag and began to walk toward the door. "I'm heading out to the next town to gather a package that's been sent over from a friend of mine, so I'll meet you kids there and see how you're doing. And take your time, enjoy your journeys and make the most of them!"

And with that, she was out the door and we were all looking at ourselves in shock how fast she was here one moment and then gone the next.

"We should probably get going too, before Bell's father finds out about this." Everett rubbed the back of his head worriedly.

"Yeah, let's go." I led the others out the door and we took and headed toward the path that would lead us to route one where we would begin our journey.

Witch's Note:

Oh my god! Can you guys believe we've made it to the beginning of our fifth book! We've come a long way since two thousand and thirteen! Now we're on book five and another crazy story is about to unfold! I hope we're all excited for it, because I know I am!

So here we are introduced to a lot of characters! We have our main character Piper and her brother Everett Theron, as well as their best friends Izzy Gyan and Bell Adhira. And as you can see, they get along well enough, when Piper isn't pranking them!

What do you guys think of the new characters and their families? Even if we don't know much about Izzy's family yet! Let me know what you think in a Review or Send in any Questions you have!

And before I forget, for those of you who have recently joined our stories and don't know about the Questions and Answers page by now, please go back and read the previous four stories (Violet's Trial, Gwyn's Passage, Jezebel's Voyage, and Eira's Adventure) and read the description I've placed. I think after writing it four times I can get away with it now.

So I gotta go work on the next chapter, but now I got something to work with! See you guys next week with the next one! Love you all!

Okay, so I kind of lied a bit. So I'm going on vacation off in another state for a bit, about a week and a half long, so there is a chance that I won't be able to post the next chapter on Saturday, depending on how strong the signal is there. So if I do have signal, then there's nothing to worry about, but if I don't… there will be a double update on the following Saturday.

Also please forgive any mistakes I have in this chapter, I haven't heard from my beta reader since the end of Eira's Adventure and have been unable to get in contract with her, thus, this chapter is not edited. Please look past that and let me know what you think of this chapter my wonderful readers!

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