Author's note: We thank you for all of your reviews! The cover of the story is a piece of artwork of the OCs, but other than that we don't have a lot of artwork. Since some reviewers have asked, this story is written by seven people.

"Sinbad!" Kadia bursts into the king's office. Most of the time that means she's angry and that's exactly what Sinbad guesses is going on as well. The incident with Kou had finally been cleared up, the Kou royals were usually seen playing with the others or training and it was all going well. That was until certain news reached Kadia's ears.

"Why are you sending those four to a dungeon?" She yells as she slams her hands down on the desk.

Sinbad tilts his head, pretending to do nothing wrong. In some way he didn't do anything that he needed to be punished for, did he? He was only getting rid of his country's problems and at the same time he could help some poor kids out.

"You know Zagan has been giving us problems for two years now. Those kids need to put their training into practice. They're strong, so don't worry about a thing." He smiles softly. "Or did you want to capture it yourself?"

Kadia outs a small huff before she turns around and leaves again.

Wanting to capture Zagan? She? As if she hadn't seen enough of them yet. Sinbad was stupid for making such assumptions.

Stupid.

…

"A dungeon?" Lulu asks after Alibaba told her about the plan to leave for Zagan.

"They appeared 14 years ago and hold great power inside. Djinn reside inside them and those who are worthy-" Aafje starts, but isn't allowed to finish her sentence.

"Get the power of that Djinn and are able to do great things. We know that, walking encyclopedia." Kadia interrupts her midsentence as she walks to the group.

Aafje looks away from Kadia, receiving a small reassuring shoulder pat from Mariam. "I can't help that I love to talk about these things…" she mumbles and sighs.

"I'm going to see if I can help Noah out." Aafje eventually says and walks away. Perhaps it was better to be away from the group for now. Sure, company was nice. But when they were with this

many, it just wasn't her thing.

"Are you going as well?" Winter asks Hakuryuu who is sitting in front of her. From what Alibaba had told, Sinbad had called for the three from Balbadd to go out to the dungeon. They had gotten recommendations from their teachers and, so they learned, the three had conquered a dungeon before. But Kou's prince had decided to tag along as well. To test his powers apparently. And after a good amount of begging, Sinbad had let him go.

Hakuryuu nods, and the grip around his spear tightens. Perhaps it had been a foolish decision to tag along. But he had to learn from the others, staying in Sindria to train wouldn't be enough. Not for him.

"I am. I want to see if I can bring this power back to Kou and perhaps it can be a sign of friendship between Kou and Sindria." He tells her.

Kadia chuckles. "As if that if ever going to happen."

Her actions result in being hit on the head with a scroll by Reibun.

"You can at least hope everything will go well, instead of assuming our countries are meant to go to war." Reibun reasons as she quickly puts the scroll away. She knows Ja'far is going to nag her if he finds out she uses his important paperwork to correct Kadia's behavior.

"Well then…" Winter continues, ignoring Kadia's short interruption, "Good luck in the dungeon then. Make sure you come back alive. All four of you."

"Don't worry." Alibaba answers, smiling bright and cheerful as always. "We're strong. Nothing is going to go wrong."

"That's called hubris, better be careful with that." Mariam murmurs as she leans against Lulu.

The group continues their chatter or a while. The Sindrian suns stays high in the sky for many hours. And only when the bells ring, does the group leave the garden in order to grab dinner.

…

"So, what exactly are you doing with those plants. You come to Reim to get information about them, but why do you want to do now?" Aafje asks as she and Noah return to the palace. After leaving the group in the garden, she found Noah in the forest, digging for special roots. The girl had taken the peaceful surrounding as a good spot to finally relax and indulge herself in some of Sindria's writing she had taken from its library. It wasn't a lot, but it was enough to spend an afternoon with.

"I heard there were plants here that could give the cure to a common disease. And if I can find that, it could give the country great financial resources. I think that's what that white-haired advisor loves about the plan." Noah answers her.

Reibun had talked about Ja'far and his love for financial stability before. The things he had done to get it had been great stories. He had tried to get a gigantic pearl from the bottom of the ocean, giving a month without nagging about alcohol in return. Except the pearl never existed. It had been a southern sea creature all along. A similar story was known about sea slugs who took the form of the king and generals. Ja'far had thought of them as a way to replace statues, but the slugs would all die shortly after coming to land. It wasn't a surprise if he wanted to use Sindria's natural medical resources now.

Noah yawns as she stretches out to the sky. "I wonder what's for dinner." She says and Aafje can't help but laugh a little.

…

"Stay safe." Winter says as she takes Hakuryuu's hand. The others are saying their good luck wishes as well. Mariam and Lulu are standing with Alibaba, making sure he forgets nothing. Reibun is all over Morgiana and Aladdin to assure herself that she's going the see the kids back in one piece. Kadia has to stop her from pulling the children back the palace, stating that they will be helping Sindria out by getting rid of the dungeon. Meanwhile Noah and Aafje are wishing the best of luck to Morgiana as well.

"But before you're going to throw yourself into that, let's have some fun with the dolphins!" Pisti exclaims as she pets her bird and grabs her flute.

"You do know it's your job to make sure they arrive safely, right?" Spartos tells her while shaking his head. "Now I remember why you're never on guarding duty." He sighs.

"That's also because YOU always volunteer for it. Relax for once, grab a drink, get yourself a woman. Take that Reim girl on a date or something. Just don't keep on isolating yourself." Pisti whines, tugging the knight's turban.

"Well, if you don't want to have fun, then that's fine. But I'm not going to stop myself from swimming with dolphins." The Artemyran girl chirps after a few unresponsive moments and jumps onto her bird.

It is finally time for them to leave. And as the ship leaves the harbor, an ominous feeling finds its way to the island. But instead of bringing worry, it's shrugged off as nothing of importance.