Ch4: Mira and Haedrig

Upon returning to New Tristram, Deckard immediately went over to Leah and hugged her with tears in his eyes. "Uncle! You're alive!" Leah exclaimed in pure joy as she hugged him back tightly, making me and mom smile at how sweet it was. "My dear Leah... I worried so much about you," Deckard said with a warm smile. "Excuse me, hate to break up the happy moment, but... Deckard? What can you tell me about the Fallen Star?" I asked him as I itched my scalp, only to find that underneath my hair was my squishy brain... and I didn't feel any bad after-effects after touching it.

"It is a sign that the End Days are upon us. Of that I am sure," Deckard frowned. "Please, grandpa. Not more of your stories. We need to think logically here," Leah frowned. "Sorry to side with your uncle, Leah, but he's spot on. We both witnessed the Skeleton King Leoric send his skeletal soldiers at Deckard," mom frowned at her. "Really? I thought the Skeleton King was a myth," Leah frowned. "Well, he ain't. Now we need to find out how to defeat him. Maybe a certain old man could help us out?" I smiled at Deckard with flirty eyes.

"You really like to tease when times are grim, don't you?" Deckard asked me. "Well, when you're a zombie, you don't really need to fear death, do ya?" I smirked back at him. "Very well, then. The only way to kill the Skeleton King is to place his own crown atop his head. As for it's location, there is only one man in town who knows of it's whereabouts: Haedrig Eamon, the town's Blacksmith," Deckard explained. "Got it. Well, mom, it's time to find Haedrig," I smiled at her.

"Aren't we ever going to break for lunch or something?" mom asked me as the two of us and our zombie pets went on our way to the inner parts of town to find Haedrig. "You're asking for lunch when you'd just puke it back up again? Besides, we're zombies now, mom. Zombies don't need food to live," I smiled back at her as I saw the young girl that I saved back at the Inn playing in the streets with some other children. "Good point. By the way, it looks like this city has some other zombie people too... what's up with that?" mom asked.

"Well, that'd be because this zombie lass used some kinda electricity to heal them up the moment they turned," said a nearby gruff voice in the form of Haedrig Eamon. What I saw next to him, however, was truly shocking. It was a certain zombie that I recognized because of how she looked so happy to be with Haedrig, despite being a zombie. It was Mira Eamon without a doubt. "Thanks to your shocking discovery, no pun intended, every single bitten person that we had in the cellar was able to be cured thanks to shock weaponry sold from the shops," Haedrig explained.

"Really? You just keep the surprises coming, don't you, sweetie?" mom asked me with a smirk. "Mom, not now," I groaned at her. It was then that I noticed that our zombie dogs and the female imp were playing with the other zombie kids in the streets, something that made me giggle a bit. "Teehee! Mother-daughter love can be so funny, right, Haedrig?" Mira asked her husband.

"Yeah... not sure if we'd be able to have kids with you being a zombie, but we could always try," Haedrig smiled. "That's right. Never lose hope!" I smirked at him. "By the way, Mister..." "Haedrig. Haedrig Eamon," he said gruffly. "Mr. Haedrig, we're actually trying to find King Leoric's crown so we can slay the newly-risen Skeleton King. And Deckard said you know where it is," I explained to him.

"I can help ya there. It's buried with his Chancellor, my grandfather, in the Cemetery of the Forsaken. You'll need to go into the tomb that has a flight of stairs going upwards to a heightened building. Search there for his crypt. And in order to get to the Cemetery, you'll need to pass through the Weeping Hollows. And if ya see my fool apprentice out there, tell him to get back to town," Haedrig explained in full. "Thanks for the info, Haedrig. Wanna get going mom?" I smirked. "Well, I might as well," mom smirked as she whistled for the zombie dogs and the female imp, the three returning from their play date with the young zombie kids to follow us to the outskirts of town.