Chapter 4

I apologize about this chapter taking so long, I was hoping to get it done over summer but a lot of things happened. Side note, I finished this a few weeks ago but things kept popping up so I couldn't make the final edits to it till now. I won't bore you with the details, anyway, onto reviews!

P.A.W.07: Thanks, I plan on making this story having a lot of chapters. Sorry if the POV changes so suddenly. Maybe they'll persuade the gods to fix everything, or maybe we'll get to see Yugo's mother for the first time, cause isn't she like one of the first goddesses or something? Anyway I hope you enjoy the chapter!

m,tarnina: Regarding children looking the same, at certain time in life, yes, I've seen little siblings of my friends look like my friends when they were that age. Also they aren't gonna look similar forever, Yugo is gonna stop growing soon while Orion won't. Anyway I defiantly appreciate your help. Punctuation is not my strong suit, I'm okay with it but not the best with it. I've been thinking about getting a BETA but I have no idea how that would work. Let's see, Orion is shocked because it is so unlike Miranda to offer any type of deal where she would get less money. For the Dally replying...wait I thought I fixed that (checks to see if I did) and no I did not, gonna have to fix that. Regarding the "like" part I looked back and realized I forgot to fix that. Originally it was supposed to be "He said like he really didn't want to be here" but that didn't sound right so I thought I changed it to "He said unenthusiastically" but I guess I didn't. Now I gotta fix that as well. So did you like the name Death Wing or not, I don't know how to interpret the smiley face in this context. In the one I watched I check the subtitles and they said "crone", I was confused at first but I wanted to be accurate, and yes Eva was being nice. Yes I'm bringing in Lady Echo to season 1, also "planning a reunion" makes it sound like they've met before but they haven't so I went with what I did. Hope you enjoy the chapter!

kyrogue23: Yeah they should have, but none of them wanted to deal with an angry Miranda. For Kabroks vehicle, didn't he lose it off the side of a cliff? Regarding Echo, I'm putting in a small little meeting in this chapter but they will have a real conversation in Bonta. So it was a pocket dimension? Huh, I didn't think recall potions went across dimensions, I can use that for something later on.

Xenvic: I might make Ruel use more of his powers, it definitely would change a few things, and yeah Geokinesis is the control of stone or earth. Hope you enjoy the chapter!

foxchick1: Thanks, I figured since I made him the son of Eniripsa then she would want to meet him eventually. Hope you enjoy the chapter!

Reviews over, oh by the way I finally got around to watching that 2 hour Dofus movie, my god I loved it much more than I should have. Anyway I decided that I'm going to to do something a bit different today, I'm going to have Orion not be apart of the Ugly Pageant or The Puddlies episodes, I don't have anything against the episodes, I just think it's best for my story if I skip them, partially anyway.

On with the story!

Update: 10/21/18: Hey so it looks like I accidentally uploaded the wrong version of this chapter, m,tarnina thank you for helping me realize it. The chapter is almost the same except for certain parts and I added a few more details in certain areas. In addition to a pov change near the end. (claps hands together and bows) I am terribly sorry that I uploaded the wrong version and I hope you still like this version as well.

Now, it's after midnight for me so I might have missed a few things, sleep has not been my friend these last few days. So I'm gonna upload this, then sleep, hope you enjoy the revised version of the chapter!

Orion pov

My eyes slowly open before they snap closed once I feel the pain all over my body, "Oh gods, what hit me?" I ask trying to ignore the mind numbing pain.

"Orion you're awake!" I hear Yugo shout. "How are you feeling?"

I turn towards the sound of his voice, "Could be better, wh-" The words died in my throat when I saw my brother and the others. My train of thought had essentially crashed, no crashed isn't the right word here. My train of thought derailed, flipped several times, hit another train, caught on fire, before crashing into the train station and exploding. Standing next to me was the fourth strangest thing I've ever seen in my life.

Everyone I had been traveling with, aside from an absent Dally for some reason, wonder where he went? My friends were dressed differently or more specifically they were all dressed like princesses. Yugo and Amalia appeared to both be wearing a brown dress and Yugo even had ribbons on him as well, oh and they were joined at the hip. Ruel was...I can't even put it into words how strange he looked, but the most shocking thing of all is Eva, she looked amazing. Not to say she didn't look good before, but now...wow.

"Yugo?" I say looking back at my brother while ignoring the pain.

"Yeah?" He asked tilting his head to the side.

"Okay first, why are you dressed like that? And second, why do I feel like I was punched by a very angry iop?"

"You don't remember?" Amalia asked.

"I remember walking through a forest before everything goes black, what did I miss?"

"Well, Dally ran off to go save some princesses in a tower but it turns out they are cursed by Osamodas to look ugly, so when we tried to enter the castle the guardian showed up and punched you into a tree. Then one of the princesses said only ugly princesses were allowed inside, so we all dressed up like ugly princesses to get in. So then we brought you here and tried to patch you up. And then you woke up!" Yugo finished excitedly.

"Wait I was punched into a tree!? How big was that thing!?" I ask before a jolt of pain shot through me. "Oh gods this hurts."

"It was bigger that a house!" Yugo replied holding his hands up to emphasize how large the monster was.

"We tried as best we could to treat your wounds but that's the best we could do till you woke up." Eva said as I look down at myself, my legs were wrapped in bandages as well as parts of my arms. There was a fair amount of blood on me but from what I could tell the worst I had was some fractured bones in multiple places.

I nod before I look past him and Amalia to see Eva, and she looked amaz-no brain! Focus!, "Right, and your plan is to look ugly? I don't think this is gonna..." I stop when I see Ruel again. "Nevermind this is gonna work. Good luck to you then, I'm gonna wait here till the pain goes away."

Yugo frowns "But-"

"No buts, Dally is in trouble, if even one of you stays here and watches over me then it will only be harder to get him back. Besides, what could harm me all the way out here? I'll be fine Yugo." I put my hand on Yugos shoulder, while resisting the urge to scream in pain. "Now, go get our friend back."

I watch as Yugo's smile returns, "Okay, but I don't want you to be alone." He seemed to think for a moment, "Oh I've got it! Az!" Yugo's Tofu bird flew out in front of him, "Could you watch after Orion while we're gone?"

Az nodded before landing next to me. I wish the group luck as they walk towards the castle. After few moments I frown as the pain hadn't lessened one bit, I try my best to ignore it. Az seemed to notice and flew up to me, "Don't worry Az, I've felt worse." I say to the Tofu. Truth is I actually have been through worse, stupid collapsing building. My mom and Aunt wouldn't let me leave the house for a week.

A few minutes pass before I look at Az, "Hey Az?" The little bird turned to look at me, "You've been with Yugo his whole life right?" He nods in response. He's pretty smart for a Tofu, "If he found out I was hiding something from him, would he be upset with me?" I had to know, if yes than I can live with that, if not then I don't have to worry to much. Az was silent for a moment, he seemed to be thinking. Sadly he nodded, great. Well, I can cross that bridge when it gets here. "Just asking, hey? Can you move my bag a bit closer and pull out a red vial for me?"

Az nods before flying over to my bag and pulls my bag in front of me. He opens it and looks around till he finds a vial filled with red liquid, "Perfect, give it here." He gives me the vial I drink it in one go before I let out a sigh as I feel the potions magic spread through me. Red veins spread across my body as the pain lessened significantly, almost disappearing completely. "Thank you pain killer potion. And thank you as well Az" I stood up and my limbs felt numb but I could still move them, "Alright time for some healing spells."

I hold up my right arm as I focus my wakfu to create an Eniripsa healing spell like I've done a thousand times before, only I stop when heard a twig snap behind me. I tried to summon a portal but I had already started the healing spell. The result was what looked like the black outer ring of my portal but instead of the white void in the center there was strange pattern with writing in a language similar to the words that flew into my eyes back in Bonta. I don't know why but I felt compelled to go through it, since it was only big enough for my arm to fit I pushed my arm through and to my surprise it didn't disappear. Instead my arm was covered in a black aura before the pain in my arm disappeared and my arm looked good as new, heck even my clothes were fixed. I don't know what kind of healing spell that was but I'll take it, now that I'm feeling a bit better I summon two regular portals and look around for what ever made that noise. Az flew behind me as I turn to look at the source of the noise, instead of a horrible monster I see a tofu bird, I make the portals disappear before I sit back down. This potion made me paranoid, let's see if I can use that healing portal again. Az watching me curiously.

I focus on combining the healing magic and my portal magic but I can only get small portals to appear, can Yugo do this as well or is it just me? "Hey Az? Can Yugo do this?" The tofu bird shakes his head. Good to know, now I need to focus on healing, not what my brother can and cannot do. I was about to start healing but I notice the red lines on my body were starting to fade, how long was I making those weird portals? The potion I used requires wakfu to work correctly, a lot of wakfu, it uses so much that if I use any spells while the potion is active then it shortens the time it lasts for. Judging from how dim the light is, I have about 5 minutes before it wears off. I had only managed to heal my arms and parts of my legs but that wouldn't be enough.

"Aw man, I wasted to much wakfu already!" I say in annoyance before I fall onto my back and close my eyes. "Why couldn't I focus on regular healing spells?"

"Is something wrong?" Asked a female voice.

"Yeah, I used to much Wakfu in a technique I've never used before and now I can't-" I stop and my eyes snap open, I quickly got to my feet and looked at who spoke to me. Az flew into my bag to hide.

Standing not to far away from me was a woman in a black sleeveless dress, her skin was pale but had a slight green tint to it, past her elbows her skin turned darker as it reached her fingers. She has black shoulder length hair, two large horns that start black but become blue after a few inches, her pointed ears could be seen sticking out of her hair, her eyes were a bright yellow and her cheeks had a dark line on either of them. She had a smile on her face as she looked at me, her smile almost looked like a smirk but her eyes made it hard to tell.

"Who are you?" I ask, I can't use to many portals or else the pain will come back so I have to be cautious if I end up fighting.

"I'm just someone passing through and saw you looking quite troubled, is everything alright?" She asked with what sounded like genuine concern.

Why is she concerned about me? I don't even know her...right? "Do I know you? You seem familiar."

"No, we don't know each other, I just can't leave an injured child in the woods to fend for himself now can I?" Her words seemed calming for some reason, She walked towards me but I didn't let my guard down. She reached behind her and pulled out a transparent orb as big as my head with a large red heart in the center of it, my eyes widen when I see it.

"Where did you get that?" This was a magic orb my mother used to heal me before she started teaching me healing spells. I haven't seen one of them in while.

"I have my ways of acquiring them." She holds the orb out, ,"Here you go." I hesitantly take the orb, the moment it touches my skin I feel the magic spread across my body. The painkiller potion fades as the cuts and bruises disappear, my clothes fix themselves, and I feel my Wakfu surge through my body once again. I look myself over before I turn to thank her but she was gone. I look around the clearing but she was no where to be seen, where did she go?

I look around for a few moments before I see Az fly out of my bag and look around, "Don't worry Az, the mysterious lady is gone." The little Tofu flew up to me and landed on my shoulder. That's when I remember Yugo and the others, I quickly gather my things and head in the direction they went. Where did they say they were going again? Some castle I think, these orbs always make my memories fuzzy. As I run through the forest I eventually come across a pretty run down castle, is this the place?

"Hello!?" I call out to the castle, "Is anyone home!?"

A few moments pass before a window opened to reveal a mummy, a really hairy person, someone covered in warts, and a really buff woman. They looked kinda cool to be honest. "What do you want!? We aren't buying anything you're selling!" Shouted the buff one.

"I'm not selling anything!" I reply, "I'm looking for my friends and brother, did they come here by any chance? They were looking for a castle...I think?" I notice Az looking at me with wide eyes, "What?"

"Aw he's just lost." Said the hairy one.

"We've only seen Princesses around here, sorry kid." Replied the mummy.

"There is a few towns in that direction, I think one with a castle is in that direction as well, it's a few days away but they might have gone there." Added the one covered in warts.

A town? Maybe that's the castle I'm looking for? "Thank you!" I call back, "Just in case you see them can you tell them I'm heading there?" I ask.

"Yeah sure, if we see your brother or friends we'll tell them."

"Thank you." I turn and walk in the direction they pointed, hopefully they'll be there. Az flew in front of me and tweeted loudly while pushing against my chest, "Az I don't want a hug, now come on we have to go find the others." I keep walking and Az seemed to finally give up and landed on my shoulder again, he seemed to be looking back at the castle. "The ladies said they weren't there so we have to keep looking Az." He looks sad, I hope we catch up to the others soon, also because I have no idea how to take care of a Tofu, now cooking them on the other hand. I slowly look at Az who shivered at my gaze, no I wouldn't eat Az, Yugo would never forgive me.

With the Princesses

"Say?" Said the mummy Princess, "Wasn't that kid here earlier?"

"I don't think so, this one had a grey hat." Replied the princess covered in warts, "But didn't that kid kinda look like one of the Princesses who are joined at the hip?"

"Yeah, he kinda did." Replied the hairy Princess, "But he was asking about a brother not a sister so they can't be who he was talking about."

"Alright then, just remember what to say if they do show up." The Princesses walked back inside to go meet the new 'Princesses' that had arrived.

Back with Orion, no pov

After a while Orion decided using portals would save time so he had Az stay in his bag during the portal jumps and spent the next few hours using them till they arrived at a small village, it obviously wasn't the one with a castle but it's a start. Orion walked into the village before he immediately recognize where he had ended up, "The Puddly village? But I thought this was only on the long way to Bonta." Az flew up and gave Orion a questioning look as to how he knew this place. "My Aunt and I would take this path whenever we wanted to take the long way home, we would stop at this village and buy some food. That map is leading us the long way, I'm gonna have to have a word with it once I get a chance. Wait that mean I'm heading towards Forfut village, oh man they have some great food there." He said to Az.

Once Orion pays for the supplies he thanked the Puddlies, he also asked them to tell Yugo and the others where he and Az were going if they come through, and continue their walk towards Forfut. Orion gave Az some tofu seeds which he happily ate, Orion walked through the forest for a few minutes before everything turns upside down. Az floated in front of Orion who blinks a few times before he look down, or up in this situation. There was a rope tied around his ankle and it was connected to a tree branch, "Huh, seems I've been caught in a hunting trap. But why would someone set up a trap out here?" He asked.

"Well, this is a pleasant surprise." Said a female voice coming from behind Orion, who smiled and looked back at who spoke, "What are you doing all the way out here Orion?"

She had on a green dress that got bright as it got lower, the dress had no openings and hid her legs and feet from view. Her dress didn't cover her shoulders and had a split down the middle while still covering her breasts, it was being held up by a black ring around her neck. There was an ornamental bow over her stomach with a white pattern on it. Her skin was pale and her eyes are a brilliant green. Her long blond hair reached down past her back, in the front her hair was pulled to the side with a small bit of it being held together by string. She has long pointed ears and with bullseye designed earrings. Behind her floated two large black bows that looked like an X at the moment, and floating above her head like a crown was a black bow with a bullseye in the center of it.

"Hello Orion, how have you been?" She asked with a smile.

"Hi Aunty, pretty good, I wasn't expecting to see you!" He replies happily. "But what are you doing here anyway?"

"Well..." Before anyone could blink she fired an arrow to cut him down and pinched his ear to keep him from hitting the ground, "When your mother told me you left I was a bit upset, you didn't even say goodbye to me." She said like a mother scolding a child. "I thought I raised you better than that?" She said with a disapproving glare.

"Ow ow ow ow ow!" Orion says as he tries to pull his ear free, "I'm sorry, please let go of my ear."

"Oh? And why should I? I don't think you've learned your lesson just yet." She tightened her grip making Orion squeak in pain.

"I'm sorry I didn't say goodbye, I promise to wait next time I have to leave! Please let go of my ear before it falls off!" He begged.

Cra was silent for a moment before she released his ear and he fell to the ground clutching it. "I will forgive you this time, but if you ever do that again you'll have to do two weeks of extra training. Am. I. Clear." She stated making Orion nod.

"Ow, I guess I deserved that." He says as he cast a healing spell on his ear.

"Yes you did, now." She pulls Orion into a hug, "It's so good to see you again!" She said happily.

Orion smiled, "And I'm glad to see you to." He replied as he hugged back.

Az watched the strange interaction, not sure what to do.

She lets Orion go before she had a serious expression on her face, "Are the bandages still holding?" Orion nods and lifts up his shirt to reveal his chest area was tightly wrapped in bandages covered in strange glowing black markings. Some of the markings however seemed to be fading a bit. "Good, I would hate to have to replace them." She pulled out a small paint brush before tracing over the fading marking causing them to glow brighter. "There we go, good as new."

"Thank you Aunty. You didn't;t tell mom about this right?" He asked as he lowers his shirt.

"No, I haven't." She replied, "I promised that I would not tell her, that is your job."

"I know, but I don't know when to tell her." A thought pops into his head, "So what were you doing all the way out here?"

"I was hunting for ingredients for dinner tonight when I sensed you nearby. I wanted to see how your search for your other family was going."

"It's going great, I already found my brother!" Orion says excitedly.

Her eyes widen slightly, "Already? That was fast." She looked around before looking back at him, "Where is he?"

"Well..."

Just as Yugo and the others were about to leave with a crying Dally, the Princesses called out to them, "Hey kid, wait a second!"

Yugo looked back up, "Yes?"

"There was a kid who was dressed like you earlier looking for you, we didn't know you were pretending to be Princesses at the time so we told him you might be in the next town with a castle."

"What?" Yugo asked surprised, "But he was hurt, he shouldn't be moving at all!" He said in concern.

"Looked fine to me." Replied one of the Princesses before they went inside of their castle.

"So he just left without us?" Eva asked a bit annoyed.

"He wouldn't do that, lets make sure first." Yugo said before he ran towards where he left his brother and Az were supposed to be with the others close behind. Once they arrived neither Orion or Az were any where to be seen.

"So he just left us?" Amalia asked.

They looked around and even called out his name a few times before Eva found something, there were some tracks in the dirt, as she examined it closer she discovered something. "Someone else was here with Orion." Eva announced catching everyones attention.

"How can you tell?" Ruel asked.

"These tracks belong to Orion, and these belong to someone else." She pointed at the second set of tracks, "It doesn't look like they fought but it seems like who ever was here did something to Orion." She examined it more before she spoke again, "Once they left Orion went to collect his things before leaving. That must be when he talked to the Princesses."

"So...what does this mean?" Dally asked confused.

"It means someone did something to Orion before he left." Eva clarified.

"We have to find him!" Yugo said urgently, "They said he was going to the next town with a castle right? So we'll start there." The others nodded before they started heading in the direction the other Princesses told them.

Back with Orion

"And now I'm here!" He finished explaining to his Aunt. "Oh by the way this is Az." Orion points to Az, "He is not meant to be eaten." Orion stated as Cra reached for her bow but stopped after he said that.

"Well, I haven't seen anyone walk by here for a while so it would seem that you two past them on your way here."

"Dang it, I was wondering why no one has seen them, good thing I asked people to tell them where I was going. I guess that orb messed with my memory more than I thought."

"The woman you mentioned sounds familiar. As does this iop you described." Cra was silent for a few moments before focussing back on Orion with a smile. "It doesn't matter, it's probably nothing. You said a cra was traveling with them?"

"Yup, her names Evangeline or Eva."

Cra looks up for a moment, she seemed to be looking for something in the distance. A moment later she looked back at Orion and smiled, "Your friends are a few days behind you, those portals I heard about must be efficient if you got this far ahead of them?"

"I will never understand how she can just know where people are just by looking up." Orion thought to himself. "They're amazing, you wanna see?"

"Of course. I would love to see them."

Orion quickly created a portal beneath him and toss a second one to a nearby tree and hop through. Once there he leapt off the trunk and created portal after portal and jump around the area. Once he finished, he slide to a stop in front of ra, who looked amazed and was clapping.

"That was incredible, I've never seen anything like that before!" She said, sounding proud of her nephew.

"Aw, thanks." He replies with a smile. "I can also make a shield, but I can't really control it very well."

"Well, since your friends won't be showing up for a few days, would you like me to send them a message arrow? I imagine they are a bit worried about you."

"That...Is probably a good idea." Orion says realizing Yugo must be really worried. "I should probably do that now."

She pulls out a bright blue arrow and puts the tip into the ground, "Go ahead."

Orion thinks for a moment, "Hey guys, sorry about leaving you behind, some of the healing magic I used messed with my memory a bit, all I could remember was you saying you were heading to a castle. Sorry if I made you all worry, oh Az is safe as well. Say hi Az." The little Tofu flew onto his shoulder and tweeted. "Oh, I also ran into my Aunt, I'll be staying with her till you guys can catch up, Yugo if you hurry I can introduce you to her! Hope you get here soon!" Orion waves at the arrow as it turns a red color, indicating it was no longer recording them. Cra picked up the arrow and took out one of her bows. She notched the arrow and pointed to the sky, adjusting her aim a tiny bit before letting the arrow fly into the sky and out of sight.

Orion look back at Cra, "So what do you wanna do till they arrive?" He asked.

She smiled, "I think I'll help you train a bit. You can't control the shield just yet right? Then I'll help you learn how two use it effectively."

"How are you gonna do that?" Orion asked while silently hoping it wasn't the usual training

"I have a few ideas." She said with a smirk.

Orion could feel his blood run cold, last time she said that to him she had Orion dodge her exploding arrows for 3 hours straight. Orion started praying even more that Yugo and the others get there soon.