Cerice tried waiting for Kohl, but Aric kept tugging at her, not even noticing Kohl.
"As I was saying, Cerice, when you're 20 we're gonna get married. You and I become the alphas of the Sinclairs and-"
"Wait! Us? I think you fought for the wrong person. I'm the youngest daughter. I think you mean Sierra. She's the oldest."
"I know who Sierra is. She's not ... qualified to be alpha."
"What?! Being an alpha is her birth-right! it's her dream! How dare you say that?!"
"Cerice, babe, she owns a spa. You gotta be tough to be alpha. Look at your mom. She's as tough as they come. We all decided on you because you haven't chosen your career yet so there's hope for you."
"But I'm not even qualified to be alpha.. I'm still weak."
Aric stopped in his tracks and arm-hugged Cerice.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine. As long as you can give birth at least one a month-"
"What?"
"Aha... Kidding."
Aric pushed her forward, trying to avoid the conversation.
Mutters approached as Cerice was pushed closer to the open door.
Inside the threshold were a few wolves, nymphs, saytrs, naiads, Davina and her family, and Cerice's parents.
She rushed forward. Her mom thought they were going to hug so she opened her arms but all she got was a flick on the head.
"Why didn't anyone say anything to me about a freakin' fiancee?!"
"Okay everyone! Shut up!"
Davina was trying to get everyone's attention through a megaphone she pulled out of her hat.
"Everyone split into three groups! Teens move to the corpsebreath on the tripod stool! Children of all species and mothers please move into the room to the left! Other adults, move to the right which is the library of useless books we entered!"
Medusa lead the mothers and their children to the room on the left that she had prepared before hand to make the children more comfortable.
Cerice's parents lead the rest of the adults away.
The only ones that were left with the oracle were Cerice, Kohl, Davina, Aric, and Medusa's daughter , Phae.
RECORD SCRATCHING
Okay, Okay, so I forgot to introduce Phae. 17, blue scales, blonde, wore designer shades, etc.
Phae's scales shimmered in the light while shuffling closer while everyone else circled the oracle.
"Ah, children. Thorn is going to wreck havoc upon this realm. The only way to fight back is to find the White Knight.."
Phae overheard the conversation and spoke up.
"And you want us to find her, right?"
The oracle nodded.
"She is embedded in this riddle-"
"Redding Rose, Prim of Flower
Dial Spins on the Hour
White Flower Peaks
Pattern flows, Cresent goes
Black Death is Upon the Hour"
The oracle glared. Just like her, Phae was granted the gift of prophecy. Phae was a know it all when it came to what-up-ing another prophet.
"Correct Miss Stone.."
"Ooh~ Phae- love the top! The aquamarine tube top totally clashes with your scales!"
"Thanks Cerice! My mom gave me her drachma-card to buy a new outfit yesterday! I got it at 'Forever Immortals'."
"Oh- I haven't gone there lately. They only accept drachma or drachma-cards now, which totally sucks cause they have the cutest stone statues and the most amaze snakypoo!"
"I know right! The snakypoo does wonders for my new snakes!My mom imports her statues there and she gets tons of free gold drachmas for each one! i could totally help you out on getting drachmas. You just have to be one of their importers."
"Oh yeah I've been thinking about that! you know-"
Kohl tugged at Cerice's arm and slipped her hand into his. He got Aric's attention and smirked.
"Hey, Cerice, we're talking about a super important quest right now. You two can shop later.."
"Yes, as I was saying the White Knight is embedded in this riddle-"
Phae pulled out a scroll from her pocket and showed it to the oracle
"Or it's in this map. My brother, Pegasus- you know the winged horse- brought this back from Olympus a few weeks ago."
"Child, do not be foolish. That is fake! You must follow my riddle!"
Phae unrolled the map and scanned it over, as did the others.
Aric studied it carefully and noticed the marked places.
"Looks real enough to me. There's just one thing though. The trail is incomplete. It stopped at Wickery Bridge."
Davina shuffled around in her hat. She pulled out a scroll from her hat and opened it to reveal another part of the map.
"Here it is! The White Knight visited me when I was little and gave me this! She told me to never lose it. She said it would unwrap when it's needed."
Cerice looked at their starting point.
"Looks like we're headed back to the woods. From there, past the school, through Gory Bog."
Phae glanced nervously at her outfit.
"Wait! If we're going n a quest I need to change outfits ASAP! Also, we can't leave now. We have to get things!"
Everyone exchanged glances and finally Kohl came up with a solution.
"Okay, everyone gets 20 minutes to gather their things. If eveyone isn't back here in an hour, they get left behind."
