A New Anti Reality

Chapter 6

Stirring from his slumber,Cedric found that Sofia had him in a tight embrace. Both arms were wrapped around his waist but seeing the woman in front him sleeping peacefully and using his chest as a pillow was what made the sorcerer wish they could stay in this position longer.

Admiring the sweet scene,the sorcerer ran a single hand through her now long,messy hair. It's strands felt so smooth. While the dark-haired man did like that she had grown it out, the sorcerer couldn't help but love that his best friend had grown into. He loved her sweet personality the best.

Before Cedric could think of doing anything else, the familiar blue eyes Sofia had started to open. She was finally awake.

Good morning, sleepyhead." Cedric said as he pulled his hand out of her hair and hugged her tight. "I suppose you slept well since you decided to use me as a teddy bear."

Hearing this statement Sofia blushed. "I didn't hear you complaining or trying to get away. You must have really loved being my pillow." Sofia joked back as she unclasped her hands from his waist to re-clasp them around his neck. "What do you have to say now, Mr. Teddy Bear?"

Giving a smirk, Cedric moved his hand up to the base of her neck and pulled himself up to give her a short, gentle kiss on the mouth. "I'll say I'm guilty as charged."

Hearing a giggle come out of the princess down on the ground,Wormwood rolled his eyes at the couple and gave a fake cough to get their attention as he landed in front of them. "As much as I'd hate to ruin this romantic moment we have to get going."

Remembering why they were on this trip, Sofia got off of the sorcerer to get some clean cloths. "I'm going to go get cleaned up while get the horses ready."


"From what the map shows, we should be pretty close to the mountain." Cedric told Sofia as they rode side by side on the trail a few hours later.

Not mention, we'll be soon be entering elf territory." Wormwood added as he flew the opposite side of Cedric.

This got Sofia's attention. "Is that bad news?" She asked worriedly.

Remembering his last visit while passing through the said territory Cedric gave an annoyed expression. "You'll see when we get there."

When the group got past the long forest of trees, Cedric and Wormwood were not surprised to be greeted by screams of the elves. "Run for your lives! The dragon is on a rampage!"

"It looks like the elves have gotten themselves in another mess." Wormwood muttered to his master who nodded in agreement with a unamused expression on his face.

"We should help them!" Sofia said as she jumped off her mare and ran to where the chaos was happening.

Seeing the princess run off, Cedric jumped off his stead as well to go after her. "Sofia,wait, you can't just jump into this and expect to use a simple spell to solve this." Cedric said he grabbed her arm. "You have to be careful."

"Don't worry, I think you'll be quite surprised at what new power I've discovered." Sofia assured the black clothed sorcerer.

Once the princess had forced Cedric to let her go she walked over to the angry dragon and called out to it. "Excuse me, dragon?"

All of a sudden the beast stopped in it's tracks to turn to the voice while the elves all looked back in shock at what would happen next. "Excuse me there Dragon but why are you terrorizing these elves?"

"It's because they stole my egg. My baby." The dragon finally spoke which made the princess realize the situation.

"Oh, you're the mother. I see." Sofia said with a nod of acknowledgement. Turning to the frightened elves, the princess bent down to question them. "Why did you take this dragon's baby?"

"The only place we usually get our food is under some magic spell." One elf muttered. "We didn't know what else to do..." The leader of the elves replied.

"Well, it still wasn't right to take the mother's baby away even if you had no choice. I'll help you fix your problem but next time just come to the castle for help and it shall be given. Are we in agreement?"

"Yes princess, we shall do so next time but what shall we eat till our problem can be fixed?"

"Let's eat the egg and keep our promise next time!" One elf exclaimed which was followed of agreement of the other elves in unison.

I don't think so..."Cedric said as he magically floated the egg away from the elves and gave it back to it's mother. "When you come across difficulties you should find some civil way to find other food! I suggest looking for it in the forest until the princess and I fix this situation for you." The sorcerer then pointed back to the forest where they just came out of.

Getting a good look at Cedric, the leader of the elves realized who the man was. "Master, you have returned!" He said bowing himself in front of the sorcerer.

Before anything else could be said the other elves followed suit in their leader's actions and bowed as well.

"Master?" Sofia asked in confusion.

"This must be the same clan of elves my great-great grandfather helped before he died." Cedric muttered in realization.

"Indeed," The leader said as he lifted his head to speak. "He helped one of our own so our great-great elves decided to always stay loyal in serving your family, Master Cedric."

"Uh, while I am grateful for your loyalty. I don't think calling me 'Master' is the best idea." Cedric said slightly annoyed.

"He's right," Wormwood said as he flew down to meet the elves. "Once Cedric marries Princess Sofia, you are going to have start calling him 'King Cedric'..."

"Wormy!" Cedric yelled for the bird to stop but sadly the raven continued in his ramblings.

"Not to mention 'Your Majesty', "Your Highness-"

Before the raven could continue Cedric smacked the bird on the head leaving a bump behind. "That's enough out of you."

Steering the silly conversation away from the master and familiar spat Sofia bent down to the elves. "So where was this special place where you gathered most of your food?"

"Up there." The leader said as he pointed to the mountain up ahead.

"Well, don't worry. We'll take care of the situation for you. We are heading in that direction anyway."

"Thank-you,princess. Our clan will forever be in your debt."


Once the situation was settled the trio got back on the trail towards the mountain. "So how did you find out you had this power of talking to animals,Sofia?" Cedric asked asked once their horses were side-by-side.

"Oh well, I was gathering some flowers as a center piece for the dinner table one day when a rabbit came by and I heard him talking. I somehow ended up talking to him and now he and I are friends. He comes to visit the castle everyday now."

I see. Well, the next time you come across a new power please share it. I'd like to at least collect some notes and know everything about our powers in case the amulet acts up one day."

"I will." Sofia promised.


A/N: Well, I through in a "InuYasha" reference with the word "Master" and Wormwood throwing out statements to get into trouble with Cedric! I also referenced Clover visiting the castle. Please review and tell me what you think!