Disclaimer: I do not own the Underland Chronicles (I wish I did but you can't have everything.)
Ch.2
"As you have by this time found out we are at war." Howard stated "An unknown group of both human and rat rebels joined up with the cutters, spinners, and an unknown species somewhere in the deadlands."
Something tugged at the back of Gregor's brain. "So that's what Ripred meant when they were negotiating peace." Said Gregor,
"We were fortunate that they waited this long to attack, for we believe that if they had attacked just two or three months earlier we would have been annihilated." Said Howard
Gregor really hadn't been paying attention to where they were going until now when he found himself standing in front of the armory.
"War council has advised that you be armed as soon as possible." Explained Howard, Miravet quickly ran to his side with a bundle in hand. She unwrapped they bundle and showed him the contents. Inside the spider-silk bundle was a gorgeous sword and dagger second only to sandwich's sword and Solovet's dagger. The hilts of the weapons were inlaid with rubies and emeralds. When Miravet handed him the weapons he balanced them in his hands, Perfect, Miravet got him a sheath for his swords and he was on his way.
When they got to the war room it was abuzz, but it immediately went silent when Gregor entered.
"Overlander!" he heard Mareth cry and then was wrapped into a rib crushing bear hug. Mareth seemed to notice that that Gregor was starting to turn red from lack of air and released him. "If you wish to go back up to your family we would hold nothing against you, there is still time yet." Mareth Said, taking uneasy glances around the room.
"I think I'll stay, I was starting to go insane back up there, but if it's possible I'd like to send a note." Said Gregor
Flashback to last week
"Lizzie, time for school!" but he didn't hear any of that, he never did and his parents were extremely worried. Gregor had been sitting in his room for months now only coming out for lunch, he was losing a lot of weight. Reluctantly his parents had allowed him to quit school when he ended up missing an entire school day just staring at the wall in his 1st period class for the entire day.
During the day he stayed in his room and just sat there lost in thought. At night his parents could hear his sobs from their room down the hall. His parents tried everything they could, but to no avail Gregor stayed in his unhealthy state. When he had the energy to go far enough (The lack of calories had greatly weakened him) he took small increments of supplies and stocked them in a broken washer. Gregor had two choices in his mind, stay here and slowly deteriorate, or go back, to him the decision was simple
The war council seemed to be happy with his choice and brought him a quill and ink. He decided to keep the note short.
Dear everyone,
I just want you to know I've arrived safely and am back in Regelia, don't chase after me no matter what! There is a little bit of trouble here and I don't want you to get hurt.
Love,
Gregor
After he wrote the note he found he had a few hours of downtime, so he decided to eat a see if Luxa was in the palace at the moment. Gregor walked down to the kitchens and was immediately greeted by the delicious smell of Underland food. He had some vegetable pie along with fish and an egg dish he'd had before. After he felt he couldn't eat another bite Gregor headed over to the royal wing of the palace. He was about to knock when he heard angry voices inside.
"Why wasn't I notified that Gregor was here?!?" That voice seemed to be Luxa's.
"You know very well why, you would have been distracted!" It sounded like Howard that time. Gregor knocked again and he found himself face to face with Howard who walked right past when he saw Gregor. When he walked into the room Gregor found Luxa sitting on the couch and Aurora standing nearby. Once again he felt like he was being attacked because Luxa nearly killed him with her hug.
"Hey, Luxa can you let me breath." He squeaked out, she released him and quickly apologized. "So what have you been up to, well besides the war and all?" Gregor asked
"Things were very boring without you here, but then the war started and I would have rather had boredom than this." Luxa responded, sitting back on the couch. Gregor sat down beside her and they started to talk about had been going on after he left. When they got to the subject of the war Luxa added in something he hadn't heard before.
"The enemy took over the fount about a week ago, Howard's father was killed and his family captured by the rebels." Gregor was in complete shock, Howard didn't even mention it, maybe it was like what happened to Luxa after she lost her parents, he had lost the ability to grieve.
Sorry, not a very good cliffhanger and yes I know this needs to be longer, I'll do better next time. P.S. Please don't kill me for killing York.
