Chapter 10
Kevin struck a gold mine after he hit the wall and it collapsed. There was gold everywhere on the walls and roof leading down the tunnel. All it took was one torch and the room lit up yellow. Kevin started walking down the pathway till he suddenly found a ladder. Kevin stared at it and then walked over to the ladder and started to climb up it. Once he got to the top he opened the trap door and found himself in the swamp zone. Kevin didn't understand it till he remembered the first time he was here. "There is a witch that lives here." Kevin realized this and looked up to see a tree next to the trap door with a tree house on top of it.
Kevin hesitated for a minute then decided to go ahead and climb up to ladder to the tree house. He stopped once he got near the top and slowly walked over to a window and looked inside. He didn't see anything at first but he then heard humming. He saw someone walk into the living room. It was a women with ginger hair like most of the villagers on the island. She seemed to of just gotten out of the shower because she was wearing a towel and Kevin wanted to be modest but he couldn't look away. He could see her thighs and could also see the size of her chest and she also looked hot too. But once he saw her eye color he could definitely see something off about her. She had an unnatural purple eye color that just screamed magic.
Kevin then suddenly got a sense saying run but it was to late. The witch looked at the window and suddenly waved her finger in the air. A broom suddenly slapped Kevin in the back and as Kevin fell to the floor the broom caught him and flew him into the cabin. Kevin fell to the floor inside and the witch crossed her legs. "Well hello there. I didn't think i would get company today. You didn't cross the barrier naturally so you must of come from my gold mine down under my house. So who are you?" Kevin looked up to the witch and thought she looked even hotter up close but even more unnatural at the same time. "My name is Kevin, I'm a miner that lives in the village on the...Spring zone? I honestly can't tell the difference between the spring zone and autumn zone." The witch then smirked. "It's the Spring zone your talking about, autumn zone has leaves on the ground of the forest. Also, autumn zone doesn't have a village in it mainly because zombies over run that place at night and it's really hard to sneak through that zone with all the leaves on the ground."
Kevin nodded. "By the way...what is your name?" The witch smiled. She then snapped her fingers and suddenly smoke appeared around her. She was then in a purple dress and a witch hat but still in the same position. "My name is Margrette, a witch. I'm actually kind of surprised you didn't hear about me sooner. After all, you live in the same town as John." Kevin blinked some. "Wait you know John?" She then gave a smirk and stayed silent. There was a minute of silence till Kevin realized it. "Wait you were the girl John dated?!" Margrette smiled and put her hands together. "Yes, but a little more than that. We were engaged up until 3 years ago once he stopped adventuring." Kevin was even more shocked. "Wow he was engaged to you and he used to go out adventuring. He really has been keeping his life a secret before he starting blacksmithing." Margrette leaned over to Kevin. "I got a lot of his dirty secrets and also many of the stories he had when he would go adventuring. If you would like, I could tell you many of his stories and also some of the embarrassing things he did for me long ago."
Kevin's eyes seemed to gleam. But he then stopped and sat back down. "I would love to hear them but I should head back to the town. I got only an hour to hurry back to the village before night falls." Margrette smiles. "I get it." Kevin then got up and headed to the door but Margrette then spoke. "Say hi to Mika, Nina, and the others for me." Kevin froze and turned over to her. Margrette was grinning like she knows so many of his secrets. Kevin then headed out of the cabin and down back into the tunnels and hurried to the village.
The next morning Kevin went over to John's and got his stuff ready to go mining. But before he left John asked him if he wanted to drink coffee with him since he still seemed to be sleepy. Kevin decided to accept and both of them started to chat. "Also, Margrette says hi." John spits out of coffee he was drinking and starts to cough. Kevin decided to head out while John was still recovering from the chocking.
It has been a week since Kevin met Margrette and he visited her every so often to talk with her about John in the past. It turned out that they were engaged before the rest of the village found out that she was a witch and John still tried to stay with her but after 2 years of staying with her the villagers then said that they would kick him out of the village if he continued to be with her. John would of continued to stay with her but Margrette told John to stop but she knew he wouldn't so she cast a spell to make it hard for any villager to find her cabin. Kevin just got lucky in finding her gold mine.
Right now Kevin has been asked by the Chief to help out the winter village. Everyone followed him again and it was pretty hard since he got even more girls trying to cling to him this time, both humanoid and animals. Once he got there, Jacob was there waiting for him. "Hello Kevin, nice to see you have arrived." Kevin and Jacob shook hands. "Good to see you too Jacob. So what is it that you needed me to help do?" Jacob smiled and looked over to the village. "There is a special day coming up that will start tonight and we need your help to get the most important thing here and ready. It's a special tradition that we have been doing." Kevin nodded. "What is this item?" Jacob looked at Kevin in the eyes. "It's a special tree that is high up on a mountain east of here. You will see it because it is the biggest pine tree there." Kevin blinked some and then nodded. The other girls were going to come help him get the tree but Jacob asked Fiona, Celina, and Nina to help with something else.
Kevin travels with the other girls through the hills and then finds a mountain. Vanica helped get everyone up by using her webs. Shina helped keep track of where they were and where they needed to go. They then reached the forest of pine trees and Kevin was quite confused about which of the pine trees Jacob meant. That is, up until he saw one that was quite large. It could be seen through the entire town if they get it there. Kevin and Mika got an axe and then started to cut it down. Once it started to tip over Rena went under the tree and caught it. Then Araya, Mika, and Kevin all kept it up so that they could carry it to the village. They went the way they came and this time they had to get Rena down to the ground floor first then Shina and Vanica attached rope and spider web to it to let it slide down to ground floor but needed the rest of the ground to help keep Shina and Vanica from falling off the cliff.
Once they got back to the ground they all continued to move the tree to the village and once they got there it seemed like the snow started to fall harder and it got really hard for them to see. But they made it to the village and could see Jacob. "We set up where the tree needs to go. Put it over there." Jacob pointed over to a spot and Kevin saw where. They put it up and then suddenly the storm suddenly calmed till the snow stopped falling.
Kevin then saw that everyone was there. Everyone from the Spring, Dessert, and Jungle villages along with a lot of dynamares, nightwalkers, spiders, and other races. "What is going on?" The Chief then spoke. "An outsider came here a few years ago and was able to stay with us for a year. In that time he shared with us many of the holidays that were shared with the outside world. Today would be the holiday called Christmas. The day that everyone becomes friends and shares gifts." Kevin was surprised but then smiled. "I didn't even realize I have been hear for that long." Suddenly Nina started appearing around the tree and set up candles in glass jars with holes in the top and made the tree glow.
Suddenly spoke appeared in front of the tree and Margrette was there in a women version of a Santa suit with a bag on her back. "Hohoho everyone!" Kevin was shocked but then remembered that the Chief said everyone would be friends so he should of guessed she would arrive. "So what are the gifts you bring Margrette." Margrette smiled and opened the bag. It was full of gold stars made of real gold. "This is something special I make every year. Straight from my gold mine. But the two biggest ones no one else touches." Everyone then started to pass out gold stars. Margrette then took out a large one. This one had a place in the center for something. She then passed it to Celina and Celina passed it to Nina and she teleported to the top of the tree and placed the star on the top. The top of the tree had a star with a light at the center of it. The second biggest gold start Margrette walked over to John with. "H-hey John. Been a while." John scratched his head and averted his eyes. "H-hey Margrette. It has been a while." Kevin could tell that those two still had feelings for each other. Margrette then handed the star to John and both of them then turned away from each other again. It was so awkward around those two that Kevin decided to do something. "Alright John. You have done this to me twice so now I got the chance to do it." Kevin pushed John over to Margrette and they both fall to the snowy ground. Kevin could see both of them light up as they were both right in front of each other.
Kevin then grinned like John does when he 'accidentally' pushed Kevin into Mika twice and almost got blown up. Kevin then bumped into the Chief. The Chief then grinned. "Now now Kevin. John shouldn't be the only one to get all the fun." Kevin gave a slight smile, knowing exactly what he meant. The Chief then punched Kevin and Kevin was caught by Celina and Fiona. They both then glared at each other and started having a tug a war with Kevin and then the rest of the girls suddenly joined in. This Christmas was one that Kevin would never forget.