Chapter 2: Forest mushrooms

The house was silent as it was an hour before the sun was to rise. Two occupants were still sleeping but a third was putting a plan he had been preparing into action.

'Coast clear' James whispered to himself as he checked the hall way, peeking out from his door.

Slowly opening the door, he tippy toed out into the hall way and begin to walk out of the house.

Slung over his shoulder was medium sized duffle bag and on his hip was a simple hunting knife. In the bag was a long length of rope, food he had stored up, magic cancellers (thanks to his uncle when, he brought them with him) and a canteen of water.

"Creack….." went the floor boards with each step.

As James sneaked in to the eating area, the sound of yarning made him slowly turned his head towards his parent's room.

"SOORRRRR ARROORR!"

But lucky from him it was only his fathers snoring, while his mother some how stayed asleep though it all.

(Am doing this for them) James remind him self to build up his courage.

Looking back towards the table he pulled out a piece of paper that he had hidden on him. Written on it was why he had disappeared and promising that he would come back before the harvest.

With everything in place, he walked towards the door. The no turning back point for his adventure.

Putting a hand to the door knob and muttered to him self. 'I can do it, if I can do this the village can stop worrying about the bandit attacks once and for all'

'Clunck!'

Opening the door, he steped out in to the night as everything was covered in a veil of darkness.

Looking back one more time James steeled him self and with a nod of his head ran into the woods before anyone could notice him.

MEAN WHILE IN THE FOREST

'Crunch!, snap!' Went leaf's and twigs as they were broken under a cow-boy themed boot.

Hands periodically were going up to shift and move branches out of its way.

The person making all of this noise was Bisca as she tried to find her way back to a major town after she had accidentally stumbled on James village.

She was in one not long ago but had leaned a certain mage was also in town and as such decide to move on.

'Dam, were lost!' she angry shouted as she continued to only see miles of trees after trees.

'Squeak' went a small pet mouse as it tried to cheer her owner up.

It nuzzled her check and got a small smile from its actions.

'Arrrr thanks Sunny' Bisca calmly said as she petted Sunny, her mouse happily squeaking back.

'Now, let's get moving' Bisca said before moving on deeper into the woods.

WITH JAMES (A FEW HOURS LATER)

The birds were singing and the leaf's rustling as James happily strolled through the forest. He was enjoying the scenery but was keeping a look out for any signs off a trail.

'No signs yet, though am not too far from the village so that's expected' James said to himself as eyes trailed over everything he saw.

He walked for a few more minutes and forged some mushrooms from the forest before moving on.

'Looks good' James mumbled as he put them away into his bag.

After the village had been under constant attack by the bandits. Everyone had taken to learn how to forge for wild food, such as nuts, berries, game and mushrooms so they had extra food. You could live off the land for a few days or for as long as need if you knew what was eatable and what wasn't.

WITH BISCA (TWO DAYS IN)

With that the first day ended and neither party had yet made contact. As the next few days went by Bisca slowly ran into a few problems as her stomach made its presence loudly known.

At first it was just the growling but soon the beginnings of hunger pain set in.

'Sqeuckkk' Sunny said slowly as she rub against Bisca's cheek.

'I know Sunny, but we've ate everything we have on us' Bisca calmly and sadly said.

She wasn't happy that ether of their stomachs wasn't full. Compared to their life hey had beforehand this sucked. Sure, they had stolen what money they got and lied about being in Fairy Tail but their stomachs were at least full.

She petted Sunny back, making her prick up a bit, this in turn made her a happier as well.

'This forest can't last forever' Bisca said as they continued their walk.

WITH BISCA (FOUR DAYS IN)

'Grrrrrrrr' It growled as Bisca held her stomach in hunger, with her body slouched over.

'Shut up!' She weakly said as hunger consumed her thoughts.

'Squeckkkk' Sunny mimic as she was also starving and laying on her shoulder.

They had run out of provisions two days ago and since she didn't know how to forge they hadn't eaten in that time at all.

'GRRRRR!' her stomach loudly roared.

And with that she stopped in a small clearing and fell down to her knees from not having any energy left.

'I would eat anything right now!' Bisca complained even more. Her eyes darting around for anything that looked eatable.

Soon her eyes fell upon a small group of mushrooms, that had a red top's and yellow spots. Sunny followed Bisca over to the strange mushrooms.

'Mmmmm' They unsurely groaned to them self's, conflicted between their wariness and their hunger for food.

'GARRRRR!' Their stomachs reminded them of their need for food.

'Stuff it!, I said I'll eat anything and I mean it!' Bisca shouted out as her hunger won.

Walking over to the mushrooms she picked one up and looked curiosity at it, trying to notice anything off.

'Munch' as she ate a bit and waited.

But no effects happened and as such both her and Sunny soon greedily ate them all, stuffing their faces full.

'MUNCH, MUNCH, MUNCH!'

Bisca let out a satisfied smile at feeling her hunger died down and Sunny let out a happy squeak.

'Fanilyyy, wharrrrrr' Bisca was about to say but the effects of the mushrooms soon kicked in.

Unknown to them they had just eaten the same mushrooms James father had and after gorging themselves on all of them, they were in for one tripy ride.

Bisca's head started to sway back and forth as the hallucinogens kicked in.

'Whattttt?, parrrtenrrrr do youuu..' Bisca slowly said as she wiggled her fingers.

Turing her head towards Sunny, instead of her pet mouse she saw a cow that moo back at her. Her subconscious acting at the lingering hunger that the mushrooms couldn't fill.

'Beefffff' She happily said while licking her lips.

'Squeakkkk' Sunny slowly went as she look at up her owner, only to see a hungry long cowgirl. Complete with a bit, knife, fork and sliding them against each other.

'SQUEAK!' Sunny screamed out terrified as she quickly ran away from Bisca.

Bisca still licking her lips gave chase as she speed after Sunny. Bent down with her arms held out as she tried to capture her.

'Comeee hereeee little dogggy!' She cried out in a western ascent.

They ran and ran in circles as Sunny tried to get away from the mad cow girl and as Bisca attempt to get her next meal.

After a few hours they were laying on their backs while heavily panting. As they had ran in circles for what felt like hours, until fatigue hit.

The hallucination effects were finally wearing off.

'Stupid mushrooms' Bisca quietly cursed. Sunny let out a squeak in agreement.

Both lay there for the next few hours until their strength had come back and then moved a bit until night fall.

WITH BISCA (SIX DAYS IN)

'HOG DARN IT, WHY WON'T THIS FORST END!' Bisca shouted out angrily as only trees filled her vision.

'STOMP!, STOMP!'

Went Bisca as she angrily pounded her feet. Having a temper-tantrum to vent out some of her anger.

Sunny simply watched from the side lines with worry for her.

After watching for a few moments Sunny noticed a small pile of mushrooms were growing underneath a tree. They were almost the same as the that gave them hallucinations beforehand.

'Squekk?' Sunny thought to risk it or not. But then her stomach and Bisca answered the question for her.

'Growll..'

'SHUT UP!' she screamed out in her rant from hearing their stomachs growling.

(Risk it) and with that Sunny scampered over to the mushroom patch.

Giving them an experimental bite Sunny was rightly worried for a bit but her hunger oncer again won out.

'Munch, squeak, munch' Went Sunny as she happy filed her stomach.

'I JUST WANTED MONEY FOR FOOD FOR ME AND SUNNY!' Bisca yelled out as she finished off her temper-tantrum.

Releasing a breath of air, she looked around for her friend but was shocked and worried that she wasn't in the same place beforehand.

'Sunny?' she asked worryingly as she started to look around.

Her eyes went wide in shock when she notices Sunny eating the mushrooms.

'SUNNY!' Bisca scream as she raced over and picked her up.

She held and shaked Sunny tightly and hard as she tried to get Sunny to spit out as much of the mushroom as possible.

'SQUEAK!' Sunny went as she was shaken.

'Burp!' went Sunny singling that they had gone down.

They simply look at each other one expecting the other to start hallucinating and the other to simply worry.

This last for a few seconds until Bisca spoke up 'Are you alright?'

Sunny shook her head, not feeling any effects.

Reaching down Bisca picked up a mushroom and begin to slowly eat it.

'Munchhh, munchhhhh mmmmm' after the first one she quickly stared to eat the rest along with Sunny.

Lucky for them these are normal, eatable mushrooms. As such they ate them all with no problems.

MEAN WHILE WITH JAMES

Mean while with James things were going much better as he had picked up a trial of something that wasn't a native animal.

'Heading north by the looks of it, made towards the rocks' James said to him as he remembered to geological formation north of the village.

James continued on, now following the trail of Bisca.

After a day or two he came across the spot were Bisca and Sunny had have their hallucination episode.

'Well, well this is an interesting sight' James said to himself as he looked at the worn circle and the left-over mushrooms.

'Wonder what she hallucinated' he mumbled.

THIRD PERSON POV

The days soon past on as Bisca traveled slowly in the unfamiliar terrain and from lack of food. While James knowing the local terrain and was able to forge what food he needed was able to slowly catch up to her.

Bisca had just came out of the forest and into a large rocky area, were boulders were stacked on top of each other. Leaving plenty of passages and hiding places all throughout the filed.

'Grrrrr!' Bisca growled, angry that the opening was just more nature rather than a town.

'Just were the hell are we!' She angrily growled out even more.

Bisca started to walk thought the field, albeit slowly as she didn't want to fall into one of the gaps. While Sunny held on tightly to her shoulder.

Mean while James was coming up on the same field after successfully following Bisca's trail for several days.

'Should finally catch up to her in the field' He happy said as he started to walk a bit faster.

The rocky filed north of the village and past the woods was at first a barren flat field but after so many years of erosion. The softer rocks and pebbles have been eroded away leaving the harder rocks to lean and fall against each other. Creating the field that was around today.

After just a minute of jogging James bust though the tree line and into the field.

Looking around he couldn't see anything at first but a woman soon bodded in and out of his vision as she climb over rocks and boulders.

'Bingo!' James happily said with a fist pump as he spotted her.

(Now let's follow and watch) James thought as he easily moved from boulder to boulder and through the passages.

It was relatively easy as Bisca slowly struggled to move over the landscape and while he did first impressions begin to form.

(She… doesn't look very friendly with that scowl) he thought.

(She does look pretty but smiling wouldn't kill yah) he added on as his eyes trailed over the rest of her body.

A small blush appearing on his face once his eyes stoped on her large "bust".

(Dam it, hormones not now!) James thought as he felt the blush.

Her must of let his gaze hold for to long as Bisca's mouse turned around and spotted James. Letting out a alerting squeak.

'SQEUCK!' Bisca's head wiped around hearing her friends alert but only to find no one there.

'Mmm' Moving slowly Bisca creep upon the rock and summoned one of her guns.

'Arrrrrrrr!' Bisca shouted along with Sunny. Jumping behind the boulder were James was hiding, but no one was there.

Bisca and Sunny carefully looked around but they saw only rock.

'Sqeuck?'

'Let's just get out of here fast' Bisca said unnerved.

When they were gone James let out a breath of relief from his hiding spot. Luckily for him they didn't look down as James had wedged himself into a small opening underneath his pervious spot.

'Fewwww thank lord' James thanked for not being discovered.

Once he thought they were gone a significant distance. He wiggled out of his spot and continued to secretly follow them.

James continued to follow her to the middle of the field.

(Right now, or never) James thought as he build up his courage.

'Hey you!' James called out, on top of an large bolder.

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THE END