Towards Jeuno
A Kingdom Hearts fanfic
By:
Chison
The pair traveled north, back towards the castle, "wait…" Mareo asked, "why are we walking back towards there?" Alena shook her head, "we are not going to travel to Juneo on foot, we are taking an airship, and it's in the San d'Orian port." "Oh…" Mareo said aloud as they walked, back through the alleyway where Mareo had first entered this world, "this place is a lot bigger than I thought…" he said to himself, taking in all the sights of the people making their living and going about their daily lives, they descended the wooden stairs and followed the mass of people through the small archway, "here," Alena spoke, reaching for his right hand, so that he wouldn't get lost in the stream of people, he took it as though he were a small child, and simply looked at all the different variations of people, some were Mithra like Hanna, most of them however, looked like Alena, with elongated ears.
"Ouch…" Mareo stopped, pulling his hand out of Alena's she too stopped, "what's wrong Mareo?" He held his hand, it had turned red and was throbbing, "my hand…you kind of squeezed it hard…" she took a step beside to examine his hand, and she rested her hand on top of it, "sorry, sometimes I don't know my own strength…" with that, they started making their way down the steps, and finally the archway opened up, revealing a balcony, showcasing the various boats and airships that were stationed there. "wow…" Mareo was left breathless as he followed Alena down another set of stairs and towards one of the ships, "Come on Mareo!" Alena waved, catching his attention from the sights around him, he quickly ran towards her, "…we are traveling on official San d'Orian orders from the princes themselves." She said the guard at the gate, but he put a hand of Mareo's shoulder, "what do you think you're doing?" the man asked, Mareo turned to him, "uh… I am with Alena…" he looked from him to Alena and nodded her head, "he is with me on official business." She said sternly, and the man let go, a scowl on his face, watching Mareo, "next time, please stick close so that doesn't happen." Alena rolled her eyes as they made their way down the small bridge towards the airship.
Walking on board, Mareo looked around, "uh…where are the seats?" he asked slightly confused, Alena smiled and motioned him to follow her and she lead Mareo up a small flight of stairs, then pointed to a faint mountain in the distance, "see that?" she asked, he simply nodded his head, "that is our destination, Jeuno." Mareo got excited, "really!?" Alena simply nodded her head, "attention passengers. We are now departing for the Grand Duchy of Jeuno, please make sure you have all your belongings." A male voice was heard over various voice tubes, just then a low rumbling came from the ship, and it started to vibrate, "Alena! What's going on?" Mareo shouted over the sound, but she simply leaned against the railing, "we are taking off!" she shouted, and within a moment, a blast of cool air rushed past Mareo, whipping through his hair.
The vibration stopped, and he looked to his left, seeing the kingdom of San d'Oria get smaller in the distance, "we…we're really flying!" Mareo shouted over the rushing wind, looking to the massive propellers whirling above, he was amazed, "flying was never like this on my world!" he shouted, but he noticed the noise had diminished and only a low hum of the engines could be heard, "tell me Mareo…what is—was your world like?" Alena asked with curiosity in her eyes, "well…" he started, "its a lot different than this world… there are only people like me there…and we don't have these airships, and we have cars." Alena held up her hand, "what are these…cars?" Mareo quickly thought up of a good analogy, "uh…like a horse-less carriage." She was confused, "a horse…is a mountable beast? Like a Chocobo?" He nodded, "right…but I don't know what a Chocobo even is…" Alena laughed, "they are sort of like your horse I imagine, only ours is a bird with great, big feathers." Mareo's eyes glowed, "can they fly?" She laughed again, "no…they can't fly, they are too big." She turned her gaze from Mareo towards Juneo, "look, the city is coming into view!" Alena pointed, and he slowly walked to the railing, looking at the city perched on top of a mountain. Watching it get closer, Mareo stood in wonder, at the sight; there were two levels to the castle like city, built with giant bricks. "Attention passengers, we are now arriving at the lower section of Jeuno, please make sure to gather your belongings…" the low male voice came again from the voice tubes.
