Hey guys! I mean, Gokigenyo, everyone in the world! Yes, since the 2015 was over now 2016 is the brand New Year! Hope you guys enjoying. :)

Oh, in flashback about what happen.

Bold is voice speaking through the flashback.

And italic is for explanations about the past also in thoughts in the minds. Including dreams.

Also I don't own Slugterra.

Chapter 7

Few minutes later, Oleta is the first one regain her conscious. "Ugh… What happen…?" She stood up her feet and looked around and still in her school along with her fainting friends, "Ugh… what just happen? The last thing I remember that we were investigating our school. Then out of nowhere… blue flames appeared. And then a huge shadow looming over us and everything went black," she muttered after she remember what happen.

Then her classmates woke up, "Wh-What happen?" Gardenia muttered, "We all… black out…?" Wally asked, "I guess we did," Maylene said then she notice, "Hey! Pryce and Clay are gone!"

"Fantina too!" Wally added, "Where… they gone to?" Oleta asked, "I know where they are," a familiar voice said, Oleta and her friends looked towards the owner's voice. It was Fantina. "Fantina! Thank goodness you're okay!" Gardenia said in relief, "But… where did you go?" Maylene question, "I was following Pryce and Clay." She explained, "Really?! Then where are they," Oleta asked, "Yeah. But first… how were you able to follow them while we were fainting?" Maylene questionable, "Well… it started this…"

(Flashback)

While all of you fainted in fright… the huge shadow that was looming over us before it disappear. I was pretended to be fainted to see what happen next.

The blue flames gather around the fainting Pryce and Clay and they carried them in an unknown force.

They were pulled away in an unknown force. So I decided to follow them…

Fantina stood up her feet and quickly followed them.

(End flashback)

Oleta and her friends were stun after Fantina explained to them, "Amazing! You don't really scared of them?" Gardenia asked, "Nope. Not at all. I quite like them. They remind me as a horror movie," she said with a proud smile, "Ugh… back to the story. After you follow them, where are they taking Pryce and Clay?" Oleta asked, "Come. Follow me." Fantina leads her friends.

As they follow Fantina, she led them into the same forest that Oleta and Wally were lost before the Shane Gang found them and lead them out of the forest, "They're in that creepy forest?!" Wally exclaimed in shock and fearful, "Yes. That's why those blues flames took Pryce and Clay away." Fantina said, "We-We're not going in… right?" Gardenia whimpered in fearful, "I'm so sorry about this… We don't have other chose," Fantina said.

Meanwhile at Shane Hideout. In Eli's room, he was sleeping peacefully until he is dreaming about his childhood friends and brothers.

(Eli's dream)

Young Eli was running along the steep slope of a desert with two young boys, who were older than him and their names were Vert and Max, right behind him. "Vert! Max! Come on!" Young Eli shouted as he run fast, "Eli slow down!" Max shouted back, "Guys! Wait for me!" Vert yelled from the back as Max and Eli run ahead, "Hey, wait up!"

"You're so slow, Vert. C'mon go faster!" Young Eli shouted, "I could! But-!" Just then Vert lost his footing, tripped, and tumbled down the slope screaming.

(End dream)

In reality, Eli shot open his eyes with a gasp. He remember what happen to Vert when he slipped down the slope when they were kids. He's still blaming about Vert's broken left leg and blame himself and Max for leaving him behind. Then, a chirp snapped out his thoughts. Eli looked at Burpy and his slugs with worry expression. "It's okay, guys. It's just a dream. I'm fine," he said with a smile. Burpy hopped his owner's shoulders and Eli exit out his room for a small stroll around his home.

As he stroll around the hideout he notice someone inside the garage. It was Junjie meditating along with his slugs. Eli lean against the doorway of the garage, watching. "Couldn't sleep, Eli?" Junjie asked without looking from the back, "Oh, uh… yes. I just have a bad dream. That's all. So I decided to take a stroll," Eli said, "I dreamt about your childhood friends and brothers. And your friend was slipped down the slope by accident. You and your friend blame yourselves for leaving him behind." Junjie said which surprised Eli, "How… do you know?"

"I am the Slug Fu Master. I can sense that you were bother from your past childhood… from 13 years ago." He said, "Yeah… I blame everything after the accident." Eli said with a sad expression upon his face. Burpy looked at him with concern expression upon his face.

"Yeah… I just wonder if he's alright from the Surface," said Eli until the phone rings. He went over the phone and picked it up, "Hello?" He answered and a panicking voice from the phone line was talking too fast that Eli can't understand, "Whoa, slow down ma'am. I can't understand when you talk like that." Eli said.

The woman from the phone took a deep breath and explained to Eli, "So you're saying your daughter is missing? In the middle of the night?" The woman replied and says to Eli about her daughter's disappearance, "I see… We're on our way." Eli placed back the phone and turned to Junjie, "Junjie, we got business to do." The Slug Fu Master nodded and they both headed to their friends' rooms to wake them up.

Back with Oleta and her friends, they walk through the creepy forest. Maylene looked a bit chill out when she sees spooky dead trees around her and her friends. "Jeez… This forest gives me a goosebumps…" Gardenia muttered, "You can say that again…" Maylene said quietly.

"Y-Yeah… I can't believe we come back here…" Wally whimpered, then Oleta and Fantina stop their tracks, "Hey, look over there." The two girls pointed a light glowing purple from few distanced away from them, "What's that?" Wally asked, "Let's find out." Oleta said as she and her friends head towards the light glowing purple.

Okay, hope you guys liking it. And Happy New Year! :D