I'd like to apologise for my rather late update, but as it seems that this story has been going under the radar as of late I'd doubt many became flustered or angry about the lack of updates from my side of the proverbial bridge. Regardless of such, I'd like to take the time to thank everyone who commented before this outdate and people who continue to comment even after this section.
My home life may not be the most outstanding in the list of interesting things in your life but I'd like to say that I have seven, or so, more weeks of school. At the near-end of those weeks I have exams, but I will attempt to write a bit of a part every night, after exams I have two months off. As a total social teenager, I have many friends… I lie, honestly. So most of my time will be spent in front of a computer typing away.
Last time:
"Yugo! I hear you, come out!" She yelled, shooting bright yellow Wakfu arrows to clear out the air. Leon ran as fast as he could to dodge them, unlike Yugo; who opened his portals and dodged them effortlessly.
"Yugo!" Leon yelped as he reached a wall that was taller than he was, he knew enough about the gravity here to know he simply was not adequate to make this jump. Yugo turned and tossed a portal down for his adventuring-partner, Leon jumped through it after taking a running start.
"Come back to us, Yugo!" Evangeline tried one more time, Yugo hesitated before jumping down the side of the stadium and running down through the dirt streets. A quick look to his adventuring partner sent him into child-like giggles as he saw Leon running with wind-blown hair and an exhilarated look on his face.
"That was so much fun!" Leon exclaimed, doing a little leap in his run. Yugo laughed and nodded, his last battle was long in the past – even if he was just dodging. He tossed out a portal in front of them, tossing the other side down the street, Leon jumped in without a word. Yugo rolled his eyes at how trusting he was, Yugo followed him.
Leon could see the exit of the town, this was the first time his heart thudded from fear, this was the first time he felt something other than marble and stars under his feet, this was the first time his eyes stung from the dirt; it was scary, maddening, wondrous, and exciting. He let out a boisterous laugh as a Wakfu arrow slit his skin open with searing and burning pain, the first time he was struck by an arrow, "Yugo! This orb you have here is wonderful!" Leon cried out happily as Yugo landed up on the stands, turning around to open a portal in front of him, Yugo laughed.
"I'm glad you like here!" Yugo smiled as Leon jumped into his portal and appeared on the other side of the wall, not even staggering as he continued down the festival covered streets. Yugo laughed as he watched Leon run by the stands, paying and buying food as he ran, but another shout from Evangeline stirred him from his daze. He jumped from his perch and jumped through his portals to catch up with his hyperactive adventure-mate.
"I am so full of food." Leon stated, staring wide-eyed up at the stars. The boys laid on a hill outside of town after running away from Evangeline and her kids, Yugo theorized Percedal was there somewhere too. Leon ran and ate treats on sticks as he swiftly dodged in-between buildings, Yugo flew over him using his portals. After they were sure Leon had lost them, they regrouped at their hotel room and packed everything up that they collected in the festival and ran over to the bank and cashed in their check, after that little adventure they laid in a quiet park as the stars started to show in the sky. Coming to the moment at hand.
Yugo raised a brow at him but laid down beside him, none the less, "My eyes hurt when the dust got on them, does that happen often?" Leon asked, his eyes still glued to the stars. Yugo snorted incredulously while rolling his eyes.
"Did dirt and dust not exist where you lived?" Yugo joked.
"No, is that what it was called?" He asked, breaking eye contact with the stars to look at Yugo, "Dust…" He hummed, looking down at his clenched fist. Yugo tilted his head and sat up with the smaller boy, and snorted when Leon revealed he had a fist full of the peach-coloured dirt. Leon untied a leather pouch from his belt and poured the useless dirt into it, "Dust, so small…" He whispered, almost amazed as he watched it slide off his palm into the pouch. Yugo hummed, falling back onto the soft grass.
Night fell on the two and they realized that they had nowhere to sleep, "What's wrong with sleeping outside?" Leon asked, again staring endlessly into space. Yugo hummed and leaned back into the grass, a small smile gracing his face as he remembered his friends sleeping under the stars. Yugo and Percedal slept in their sleeping bags, but woke up a good two feet away from them somehow. Amalia always slept in her big fluffy white plant thing, but whined regardless… Yugo wasn't really sure where Evangelyne slept, if she did at all. And Ruel slept in his bag, it was as gross as it sounded.
Leon drifted off quickly, the cold not effecting him. Yugo was about to drift off two when he felt some big leaves cover his body, he looked up expecting Amalia in a scary angry state, instead he saw a little doll with the mark of Sadida on his forehead, "Thank you." Yugo whispered and Leon opened his eyes just a sliver.
"You…" He groaned, but turned away from the doll as if it had done something bad to him, the doll looked amused and wobbled up him, trying to climb up his hip, "No. Go away." He mumbled, shaking his hip to dislodge the doll.
Yugo sat up and took the doll off Leon, "I'm not too smart, but I do think he would like to go to sleep." The doll huffed and was eaten up by the ground by a thick vine, probably pulling back to Sadida's Tree. Yugo sighed and tugged a giant leaf over himself, his attempts at sleep were futile as his eyes glued to the flickering stars.
'Was that constellation there before?' He asked himself but quickly shook his head, disregarding the outrageous thought, Yugo knew he was not an expert on stars. He spent hours laying in front of Percedal's statue staring at the stars while his mind was on different thoughts. He didn't know why he had noticed this one out-of-place constellation and he didn't know why he could map it out in his head every time he closed his eyes.
After a frustrating ten minutes of tossing and turning, Yugo pulled the leaf over his head to block the stars. Just like that the spell was broken and Yugo drifted off.
Leon was the first to wake up, whether it was from the sun blasting him in the face, or a tiny yellow bird chirping wildly in front of Yugo. Who was still dead to the world; snoring loudly, the leaf he used to cover himself was now only covering one foot, his hat half-way down his face, and his stomach showing as his shirt rode up.
Leon snorted in amusement at his new friend, nudging his shoulder lightly multiple times before taking the older boy's arm and blowing a raspberry on the tan skin. Yugo jumped up from the vile noise, Leon looked up from Yugo's arm with a pleased grin, "What?! Ew gross!" Yugo yelped, pulling away and wiping away all the slobber.
"The bird wanted you," Leon stated, his voice rough with disuse, he stood and stretched. Leon jumped in fright as Yugo gasped, jumping up and taking the bird in his arms, spinning around, "And you really wanted a bird." Leon joked, laughing quietly to himself as he gathered his things.
"Az! Where were you?" Yugo asked happily and the bird rolled his eyes and tiredly rested inside one of Yugo's pockets, quickly falling asleep. Yugo chuckled at the sleepy bird's antics and looked towards Leon; who was yawning dramatically and leaning on their luggage.
"Can we," Leon interrupted himself when he yawned, rubbing his eye before he continued, "Go now? They probably slept somewhere near-by and are already getting ready to send out a search party."
"Maybe I can talk to them, explain all of this?" Yugo looked at Leon, who blinked lazily and sighed, running a hand down his face.
"Then where will you be? You'll be gilt-ridden and tripped up into coming back to the castle where you'll be treated like a child." Leon explained, tugging the bag onto his back and tossing the other to Yugo, "And don't even say you'll argue your side, Amelia is a princess and has probably more diplomatic arguments under her belt than you ever will."
Yugo's shoulders slumped as his plan crumbled in front of him, Leon patted his shoulder as he walked past him, "Where to next, captain?" Yugo looked at Leon questionably, Leon flashed him a confident smile, "To the sea? To the dessert? To the tundra?" Leon listed, stepping forwards after each suggestion.
"The sea is relatively close," Yugo mumbled, making Leon turn around, "With your winnings we could buy a boat… But we'd also need a crew…"
"Let's find a crew!" Leon stated, Yugo rolled his eyes, it wasn't that easy, "If we wander around the woods, adventuring and such… We're bound to find someone on their way here for a boat!" Yugo blinked while staring at the grass. For someone who just blew apart his argument and made Yugo feel terrible, Leon surely was too optimistic about his plans.