Boomer POV

I stared at the ceiling as another round of thunder rang through the room. It has been raining for about five days now, but it seemed to fit everyones moods. There was still no word from Brady and the entire island was hurting. Boz and his one buddy had left four days ago to search for him. They had fixed up the Boz's boat and left as soon as it was in working order. They had sent us a message three days ago saying they hadn't found anything along the coast of Kinkow and were moving onto Cornieus. They said they would send another bird after they got there and I was beginning to worry. It shouldn't take them three days to get to Cornieus. Worry seemed to be the only thing I was feeling lately. I was literally worried sick about almost everyone. Everyone was hurting due to Brady disappearing like he did. No one was themselves anymore. I haven't seen Mikayla in a week. She barely left her room. She left once to eat dinner with us because Mason forced her to, and she didn't eat. Mason rarely worked with his guards. It was lucky if they had one training session a week and even if they did none of them trained very hard. Even the villagers were different. They were slower and less lively then usual. I sighed as I crumpled up the note from Boz. I looked at the ball of paper before throwing it across the room. I watched it hit the vase and held my breath in anticipation. The vase stayed put as the paper fell to the ground and I instantly relaxed. Just as I fell back against my pillow I heard a screech come from the window. I sat up and saw a bird fly through the balcony. It was completely out of control and when it got into the room it flew into the vase and they both went crashing to the ground. I groaned and got up off my bed.

"Stupid bird" I muttered to myself. I untied the paper from its feet and helped it up off the ground. I opened the paper and began reading the note

Boomer,

We have made it to Cornieus. We searched the coast and find the basket of the balloon washed up on the shore. We docked and went inland to ask the king and princess if they have seen anything that may help us. They said they haven't fund anything but are willing to help us. They took Eli and I to some strange ritual thing that they said will help the island of Kinkow. They looked into a crystal ball thing with their creepy third eye. Once they stopped being weird they said Kinkow is in great danger. (who knew they could tell the future. Guess those eyes are good for something.) They didn't say how just that an unknown force is threatening our island in some way and that we need to get you off the island now. We are n our way back to pick you up and bring you back to Cornieus. It is only until we come up with a plan to save the island. We will be back as soon as we can.

Boz

I read through the letter twice. An unknown force was threatening Kinkow? It didn't make sense Zadoc was dead, Brady had said so, so what was this unknown force that was threatening our island. I read the note one more time before leaving the room to find mason. I found him sitting in the courtyard.

"Mason!" I shouted as I got closer. He looked up at me.

"What is it my king?" he asked. I handed him the note and watched as he read it. Once he was finished he sighed. "The people of Cornieus are known for their readings. So far they haves never been wrong. I think it's best if you go with them for now." he said. I looked at him in shock.

"And just abandon Kinkow?"I asked.

"Better than you being killed here. You can go to Cornieus and come up with a plan to save the island." mason told me. "It's for the best" he added before I could say anything. "And Mikayla is going with you." I gave him a curt nod and walked away with the note. I stood outside Mikayla's door for a few minutes before finally knocking.

"What" I heard her say on the other side of the door.

"Mikayla? Can I come in?" I asked. I heard some shuffling before the door swung open.

"What boomer?"she asked. She looked better than I expected her to. She was clean and not actually a mess.

"Um we're leaving the island." I said uncertainly. She looked at me like I had three heads.

"I'm sorry?" she asked. I opened the paper and handed it to her. She took it and read over it.

"It says you're leaving." she stated handing it back to me.

"Your dad said he is sending you too" I told her. She just shook her head.

"He can't make me. Im staying." she said. I sighed. She had lost her happiness and mikayla-ness.

"It's for the best" I said just as her dad said to me.

"It's not for the best. I'm a guard. Its my job to guard the island. I'm not going." she said trying to close the door. I put my foot in it just before it closed and made my way inside.

"Mikayla this needs to stop! You have been cooped up in here for a week!"I shouted. She just looked at me.

"I'm sorry. " she said quietly. I nodded. "But I'm still not going. I can't just leave my dad here to deal with it alone. Especially after last time." she said. I ran a hand over my face and groaned. There was no way I was going to convince her to come so I might as well give in.

"Okay fine. Just be careful okay." I told her. She nodded and we both fell into silence.

"How are you?" I asked awkwardly. She averted her eyes to the ground did swallowed.

"Okay" she finally answered. "You?" she asked.

"Same." we went silent again. "We're having a meeting later, you should come." I told her before leaving the room. I went back to the courtyard to find mason. I found him now standing and talking to some guards.

"Your daughter refuses to leave the island" I said once I got to him.

"She doesn't have a say in it. I'm sending her with you whether she likes it or not." he answered.

"She won't go mason. She doesn't want to leave you after what happened last time." I told him.

"I'll be fine" he said.

"I'm sure that's what you thought last time and look how you ended up! She's staying whether you like it or not." I demanded. Mason looked at me with a scowl before his face dropped and he sighed.

"I don't want her here Boomer. I don't want her in danger." he said quietly.

"She was raised as a guard of Kinkow. Danger is her job and she knows how to handle it mason." I argued. Mason opened his mouth to reply but was interrupted.

"He's right daddy" we turned and saw Mikayla standing behind us.

"Mikayla I don't want you here when this all happens" mason said.

"But I've been through worse!" she exclaimed.

"You don't know that! You don't know what is coming. Nobody does and I don't want you here to find out." he stated.

"You don't get to make decisions for me anymore dad! I'm capable of deciding for myself. I don't want what happened last time to happen again! Especially since Brady isn't here to save you!" she shouted. Mason looked at her in awe.

"I'm staying" she said and Mason just nodded his head.

"Fine, but if things get bad. I'm sending you away." he said.

"Fine." Mikayla said. I decided to try and lighten the mood.

"So how about a family dinner?" I suggested. I looked between mason and mikayla as mason looked over at his daughter.

"Sure" she finally said. I smiled and went to the kitchen to tell the cook to prepare dinner.

Mikayla POV

I woke up the next morning to the sound of a horn. I jumped out of bed and rushed to change and get downstairs. Yesterday had kind of gotten me back into the swing of things. I grabbed an armband and ran downstairs as I slid it up my arm. I got there and saw my dad and Boomer also rushing into the room.

"What was that?" my dad asked. I shrugged as the noise filled the air again.

"It sounds like its coming from the beach" boomer said. We ran out to the beach to find Boz's boat pulled ashore. He jumped down from the deck and ran up to us.

"You guys ready?" he asked. We all looked at him in shock.

"You got here in one day?" I asked incredulously. He nodded like it was normal.

"The wind was with us" he stated. "so are you ready?"

"No we didn't think you would be here until tomorrow" Boomer answered.

"Well lets go get you ready" Boz said beginning to walk towards the castle. We all went up to the kings room and they began packing a bag each. They threw in clothes and other necessities before zipping them up.

"So how have things been here?" Boz asked.

"Okay, not much has happened. The people are still kind of distraught and not really sure what to do." Boomer answered. Boz nodded in understanding.

"And how are you two?" he asked. I looked towards the ground still not comfortable talking about it.

"Okay, we're getting through. Slowly and a little broken, but still getting through" Boomer answered his question again. I stayed silent as they talked about what the plan was for the next few weeks. They were going back to Cornieus and staying there while we protected Kinkow and they came up with a plan of action. Once everything was settled we went back out to the beach.

"Eli!" Boz called when we got to the beach. A boy a little bigger than Boz with spiky dirty blonde hair came running up to us.

"Ya bro" he said. Boz looked over at us sheepishly.

"Not a real bro, just a friend bro" he whispered to us. We nodded even though we understood what was meant.

"Guys this is Eli. He is my second in command. Eli this is my brother boomer and mikayla makoola. The king and head guard." Boz gave introductions.

"Co-king" Boomer corrected. Boz looked at him with a smile on his face before turning back to Eli.

"So Eli will be with us this entire journey. He is like my first mate and super cool. You'll all get along great!" Boz exclaimed. I decided to get a word in.

"Okay well this whole thing might make it difficult for us to communicate so I got someone on our side who can deliver messages." I said while holding my arm out. A parrot came flying over and landed on my arm.

"Squawk! Spy bird squawk!" it said. Boomer flinched and hid behind Boz.

"Demon bird!" he shouted.

"Squawk relax! Good bird! Squawk" it said.

"Boomer its fine. He is a good bird now! He didn't like jail time for blowing up the castle." I explained. Boomer looked suspiciously at the bird and it looked right back at him.

"Okay fine! I'll be civil if he is" Boomer finally agreed.

"Squawk deal!" the bird said.

"Okay you should get going." I said letting the bird fly away, but talking to the boys. Eli threw their bags onto the boat and began getting the boat ready to leave.

"Be careful okay" I said to the two kings. They nodded and I pulled them into a hug. "I can't lose you guys too" I said sadly.

"Don't worry Mikayla, we'll be fine. We'll write you" Boz said. I nodded into his shoulder. We broke the hug and Boz walked to the boat.

"Take care alright? We'll be back before you know it." boomer said to me. I nodded and hugged him again.

"Bye Boomer" I said. He said bye again and got on the boat with Boz. The three boys waved to me as they set sail. I waved back and watched the boat sail away from Kinkow.