Flora finished her walk and headed back to the house.

"Hey Flora how was your walk?" Bloom asked.

"It was actually pretty interesting but I'll tell you after I take a short nap." Flora started heading for her room.

"Okay. Sweet dreams."

Flora slowly turned the doorknob. When she opened it all she saw was darkness, so she went to turn the lights on.

That is when she saw someone sleeping on her reading chair. It caught her by surprise and she let out a small squeak. Flora cautiously walked closer to the person to get a closer look at them.

"It….it can't be." Flora then shook the man. "Helia….is that you?"

Helia's eye shuttered open and he saw two beautiful green orbs staring at him. They were filled with concern and confusion.

"Flora? What are you doing here?"

"I live here. You are in my room." Flora blushed. She had never had a boy in her room before. "Were you hiding from those men again?"

"Yes, I was." Helia stood up and walked over to the balcony to see if the guards were still around.

Flora walked over to stand next to him. "Helia may I ask you a question?"

"Sure."

"Who is chasing you and why?" This was odd of Flora she was never this direct with people especially boys, but there was something about this guy that made her feel comfortable.

Helia was a little hesitant to tell her. He barely knew her but there was something trusting about her. "Those are the royal guards and they are after me because I stole something from the palace."

Flora was shocked. "What did you steal?"

"It's probably better if you didn't know."

Flora didn't ask any more questions about it.

"I think it's okay to leave now. Thanks for letting me hide here and it was nice seeing you again." Helia was about to jump down the balcony.

"Wait." Helia stopped and looked at Flora. "It will look suspicious if you jump out the window like that. You should walk out the front door."

"Maybe you're right." Helia got down. "Lead the way."

Helia followed Flora down the stairs and into the living room. Luckily no one was there at the moment.

Flora motioned Helia to follow her quickly and quietly. Flora walked Helia out the door and to the path to the forest.

"Thanks for the help Flora."

"You're welcome Helia."

They stood there in silence for a moment but it was quickly broken.

"THERE HE IS!"

"AND LOOK HE HAS AN PARTNER!"

"Dang it. How do they keep finding me." Helia grabbed Flora's wrist and dragged her into the forest.

They ran until they found a cave. They stayed there until the guards were gone.

"Whatever you have they must really want back." Flora said.

"Yeah, well now we have a bigger problem."

"What do you mean?"

"The guards saw you and now think you are my partner. So they are after you now as well."
"WHAT!"

Helia just nodded.

"But…but I didn't do anything."

"I know and I'm sorry."

"What do we do now? Maybe if I go talk to them…"

"No. They saw you talking to me so they will think you know where I am going and send you to prison. The only solution is you to come with me."
"Go with you? But I hardly know you."

"I know it sounds crazy but once we get to the destination enough time will have passed for you to come back."

"I…I don't know. I mean I have friends and family here. I can't just leave them."

"Well I don't know much about friends or family but if you don't want to go to prison then the only choice I see if coming with me."

Flora let out a loud frustrating sigh. She knew Helia was right. She couldn't think of any other solution. "Alright. But at least let me grab some things and leave a note for my friends so they don't worry about me."

"Alright, but make it fast. We have a lot of ground to cover and those guards are still looking for us."

Flora and Helia ran back to Flora's house and up into Flora's room. She grabbed a bag and put some extra clothes and some pictures of her friends and Faragonda in it.

Helia waited on the balcony on the look out. Flora quickly wrote a note telling her friends that she would be away for awhile and she would contact them as soon as she could.

"Alright, I'm ready."

"Okay. Let's go."

The two of them jumped down and ran into the forest.

Flora turned to get one more look at her home. Turning back to the path she took a deep breath. She was nervous but she was also excited for her adventure.