Here's chapter 7.
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A 'Peachy' Adventure
Chapter 7: Start of a Journey
Once the peach had finally stopped spinning, and everyone had woken up, they were moaning and groaning in pain. There was no light, so no one knew what was going on or who's who in the pitch-black darkness.
"Is everyone alright?" Eva cried out in the darkness, hoping to check on everyone's statuses.
"Oh, I think I'm gonna...hurl," Kari weakly said as she ran and threw up on the floor. "Oh man. That's not pretty."
Eva and Lucky heard their sister throwing up and made disgusted faces. "Well, at least the peach stopped rolling for her sake," Lucky added as Eva nodded.
"Ow! Somebody bit me!" Faron screamed in shock as he felt a bite on his foot.
"Sorry! I thought you were Kopa," Thowra whispered the last part. Kopa heard it and slapped someone's head in anger.
"Ouch! What was that?" Akela reacted as he holds his head.
"Excuse me, I thought you were the Vladat," Kopa apologized to the Necrofriggian.
"Where are Eva and Kari?" AKela asked.
"I got Eva right here, Akela," Thowra said, holding the Citrakayah girl in his arms. "Hey, Nova, how about some light?"
"Did you say something, Thowra? I'm trying to light the room here."
Soon enough, the light came back on. Nova's flames lit up the lanterns that were all around the room. Akela and Thowra were both on top of the room, hanging on the edges; the latter was still holding Eva who had somehow moved close to staring Thowra's face.
"I'm sorry, Thowra," Eva said, embarrassed by this sudden position and moved away blushing.
"It's fine. But are you okay?" He asked kindly as he placed her on the ground.
"I'm okay, thanks to you," She answered kindly.
"Warning! There's some lost lunch of mine located near you guys, so I suggest you watch your step!" Kari shouted out as she balanced herself on the wall as she breathed heavily.
Everyone became disgusted as they heard that little detail. "I'll get a mop," Akela groaned as he searched for one.
Kopa was on top of both aliens, and Faron was on the floor with Lucky next to him. Nearby, Suri got her head stuck on the ground. "Oh! Oh! This is so un-Galvan-like," She whimpered, waving her arms around.
Lucky untangled himself from Faron's tendrils, hopped down to the ground, and went around behind her, pulling her off the ground and up to her feet. "Don't worry; I'll have you out of there in no time."
"Oh! Thank you, Lucky," She said. When he went for the ladder, she asked, "Where are you going?"
"To see where we've landed." Lucky went up the ladder to see as the other aliens untangled themselves. When he went outside, he watched in awe as the peach was surrounded by the vast sea.
"Was it fun?" Thowra asked the girls.
Eva shook her head quickly, "Mm-mmm!"
"Well, it wasn't fun for me," Kari groaned though she felt a bit better after that.
Suri looked around, scratching his head. "Anyone has seen my goggles?" She turned to Faron when he touched her shoulder. She saw that he had her goggles on his head although it was small on him.
"I think you need a bigger one," Suri said, taking the goggles and putting on her own head. Then she followed Eva and Kari up the ladder.
Lucky then heard the other bugs exclaiming in awe at the sea where they are.
"Oh, my head!" Faron groaned as he was dizzy from the ride.
"Fascinating, is it not?" Kopa answered in awe.
Faron asked Kopa, wondering what was so fascinating. "What? What exactly is fascinating? Tell me! Don't leave me dangling!"
"We're in the middle of the—how do you say? The big puddle," Akela said.
Thowra poked his head out to see they were in the middle of the ocean. "Biggest puddle of 'em all, Jack Frost: The Atlantic Ocean," Thowra said, ignoring Akela's glare.
"Technically, the Pacific is larger," Kari corrected him.
"Well...that goes without saying," Thowra rubbed his head bashfully.
"But there is land in sight, right?" Faron asked hopefully since he didn't like water.
"Nothing but blue skies and clear waters," Nova said.
Faron groaned in frustration, and turned sharply to Thowra, just as he was setting down to enjoy the view. "This is all your fault!" The mummy snapped, pointing his tendrils at the Vladat, making him step back onto the hatch.
"Hey!" Thowra protested. "If it wasn't for me, we'd all be Heathered and Vickied by now!"
"I just noticed something," Eva suddenly realized and turned to the Vladat. "Thowra, you're a vampire alien, right?" He nodded. "Then how come the sun doesn't burn you?"
"Well, I guess it's because of the tongues. They changed the peach and you two. So my biggest change is that now the light doesn't hurt me anymore."
"That's kind of cool," Lucky said. "What about the rest of you?"
"Well, I did tell you three that I could change freely my size which is helpful for me to do my experiments and inventions," Suri explained as she showed the kids her size manipulation which made everyone smile.
"My changes are to my senses. I can hear well, see far away and even through walls and my sense of smell is extraordinary," Kopa explained.
"My flames change color depending on my feelings which is kind of cute," Nova giggled as her flames turned pink.
Faron then explained, "And I can use my tendrils to transform myself into any animal or creature, so to speak."
The girls then looked at Akela and wondered. "And what about you, Akela? What did the tongues changed about you?"
Akela shook his head and softly said, "I rather not talk about it."
"Oh. It's alright. If it's a secret, we understand," Kari said kindly. "No need to worry."
"Speaking of which, this Azmuth fellow with his green tongues," Akela said to the kids. "Did he happen to speak to where we are going?"
"No. All he said was the answers would be right here," Lucky answered, pointing to his heart.
The girls copied him and Eva felt and heard something crinkle in her shirt. She pulled out something that should have been ripped to pieces.
"Our travel book!" She exclaimed softly. Opening it, she noticed that instead of a marked route to the Mansion in California, the peach was in the ocean near the shore of the United Kingdom. "And look! It's the peach!" She stood on the stem of the beach and exclaimed, "We're going to the Jocklin Mansion!"
Lucky clapped his hands with joy. Thowra's eyes opened wide at the mention of that place. "Wait! You mean the famous Jocklin Mansion in Staybrook, California?! They love me there!" He grinned.
"Wonderful! They got a laboratory full of inventions for you, Suri," Eva said as Suri who clapped in delight.
"Gadgets and Gizmos!" Thowra spoke up.
"And every night, the moon shines brightly and it's peaceful and quiet," Kari told Akela.
"Perfect for night flying!" Thowra shouted.
"And valleys, fields, and gardens for harvesting fruits," Kari said to Kopa.
"Not to mention the Amber Ogia," The Vladat grinned.
"What about me?" Faron asked.
"Why, they've got lots of rooms and secret passages especially dark ones in that mansion!" Eva told him, making him gasp with delight.
"Just like Home sweet Anur Transyl!" Thowra said.
"But best of all, there are aliens and people like us who are willing to accept us and be our friends!" Eva exclaimed with excitement.
"Our father says it's the place where dreams come true," Lucky concluded.
Soon enough, Thowra and the rest of the aliens resumed their song and sang together.
[Thowra:]
That's the life for me!
[Suri:]
That's the life for me
[Thowra and Kopa:]
That's the life for me
[Suri and Akela:]
That's the life for me
[Kari, Eva, and Lucky:]
That's the life
[All:]
That's the life,
That's the life,
That's the life for me!
"California it is then!" Kopa announced. "Now, how do we get there?"
"I'll get us there!" Thowra said confidently.
"You?" Kopa questioned him.
"Sure! I've traveled all the five seas! From the sun-drenched beaches of Bora Bora, to the icy shores of Tripoli," he bragged as he pulled out a captain's hat from his hand, not noticing Kopa yawn. "'Captain Thowra' they used to call me."
"Seven," Kopa suddenly said.
"Huh?" Thowra raised an eyebrow.
"There are seven seas, and Tripoli is in the subtropics, Captain," Kopa corrected him as he winked.
Shrugging it off, Thowra yelled out, "Trim the sails!"
"There are no sails," Suri said.
"Stoke the engines!"
"There are no engines," Faron said dully.
"It's a giant fruit, genius! Not the Titanic!" Akela stated the obvious.
"I can't work with this miserable crew," Thowra said frustrated, throwing his hat to the ground. He eventually picked it back up though.
"Great! We're stuck here until we shrivel up and die," Faron moaned.
"Highly improbable," Kopa said.
"That's a relief," Nova was relieved to hear some good news.
Then the Revonnahgander continued. "We are far more likely to drown."
Nova and Faron gasped, "Oh no!"
Lucky looked around, trying to think of something do to about the situation. He heard seagulls cawing overhead. Kari and Eva saw them too.
"Look at that," Lucky said, pointing up towards the gulls. "Birds!"
"Yes, Little brother" Eva chuckled lightly, patting him on the head. "They are seagulls."
"Seagulls? I know!" Kari exclaimed. "We could—no," She then sighed. "It's a stupid idea."
"Compared to what?" Kopa said bitterly, glancing at Thowra.
"Hey!" He protested, making Akela snicker.
"Well, we could fly out," Kari continued.
Kopa hummed in thought, tapping his chin.
"She's right," Thowra said, nodded his head in agreement. "It's stupid." Kopa glared at him.
"How would you do it, Kari?" Akela encouraged him.
"With those seagulls," Kari said. "But we'll need string or some kind of rope."
"Oh, well, I'll just go to the stationer's and pick up some paper clips while I'm at it," Faron said sarcastically.
"You know, I have something even better," Suri offered. "I had created artificial Arachnichimp webbing for fixing some broken machinery. I have miles of it in my trunk. They are stronger, stretchable, and durable than the real deal. I'll go get them." Suri then left to get them.
"And we'll need bait," Kari concluded. "Bird bait."
"Bird bait?" Faron exclaimed incredulously, not noticing the aliens are looking directly at him. "Where do you expect we're gonna find bird bait out here in the middle of the sea?"
Everyone was staring at the mummy. "What? Do I have something in my face?"
"Faron, didn't you say that you can use your tendrils to transform yourself into any creature?" Eva asked.
"Yes. But not real ones. I could only become like a mummified version of them but I can make them super realistic."
"And have you ever become, oh I don't know, a giant worm or something?" Eva asked cunningly.
"Well, yes. A couple of times I did for hunting or hiding reasons. Why do you ask?" He trailed to a stop when he heard a small cow bell clanging behind him and his friends staring deviously. He began to grow nervous. "Oh, no. No, no! Have you lost your minds?"
Oh boy, what has Faron got him into now?
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