The portal opened up near the L'arik Mountain Range, in the far western regions of Trivadia. Rebecca glanced around and sighed.
"Well, you don't know Trivadia very well, so I can't blame you for landing us literally miles from civilization," she said, opening another portal. "I, however, can get us to Guldtosia. Hop through!"
They jumped into the portal, landing in the middle of a street seconds later. Rebecca grinned and looked around. "Ah, it's good to be back here!" she said. "Oh look, there's the Magick Shop I used to visit when I was just starting to learn how to control my spells!"
She just carried on chatting about the sights of the city as they walked through the streets of the city.
"I didn't know that Becca could talk so much," Lashana whispered to Tvashtar. "She's usually so quiet."
Tvashtar nodded. "Have you noticed how the people don't seem to notice me?" he asked. "Normally, humans would be freaking out and driving me out of the city."
Gabriella chuckled. "You look a lot like a Draconian," she said. "And they're frequent visitors to this city, so they're used to it by now. Although there are a few people who still try and stone the other races whenever they come here."
"Hey you! What do you think you're doing, you freak?!"
A mob of angry looking men was walking towards them, and their leader looked like he was ready to kill somebody. They stopped and surrounded them, and the leader stepped forward.
"An Elf AND a Draconian? Your kind shouldn't be allowed in this city!" he said. He had yet to notice Rebecca, but she forced him to notice her by summoning a kind of magickal sword to her hands – a sword made entirely of ice.
"Watch your tongue!" she snapped. "These two are my friends, and if you harm them, you'll have to answer to me, got that?"
The mob looked at each other and started muttering amongst themselves. Lashana and Tvashtar could hear whispers of how shocked they were that the Queen Mother had befriended these things.
The leader, however, simply stepped forward, cocked his arm back, and threw a punch at Rebecca.
However, three months of living with Lashana and her friends, and training in the Danger Room had sharpened Rebecca's reflexes. Banishing the Glacier Blade, she grabbed the man's fist, twisted his arm sharply, and slammed a thunder-powered fist into his gut, sending him flying backwards from the force, landing a few feet away. She turned and glared at the mob angrily, an aura of power surrounding her.
"Anybody else want to try their luck?" she asked.
"I'd back off if I were you," came a voice. "Else Rebecca's not the only one that you'll have to deal with."
Rebecca twisted at the sound of the voice, easily picking Tempest out of the crowd. Gasping in shock, she ran through the crowd, shoving people aside as she ran at her husband, glomping him and burying her face into his chest, tears of joy running down her face.
"Tempest, you're alive! Gods be praised, you're alive!" she said. "I missed you so much it hurt. Where have you been?!"
She pushed away from him and…slapped him across the face. "You idiotic male! Don't you know how worried I've been!? Rachel said that you'd come back to me, but gods dammit you took your time!!"
Tempest rubbed his cheek and smirked. "Good to see you too, hun," he said. "Hey Elfy! Who's your friend?"
Lashana shook herself out of the trance she had put herself in, ran at Tempest, and glomped him. "You idiotic male! Do you know how worried Becca has been!? Gah, I have half a mind to go Avatar and beat you into the ground!"
Tempest blinked. "…Avatar?" he asked. Lashana paused and pulled away, looking a little sheepish.
"Uh, well, you see…" she said. "It all started at the beginning of the Demon Wars…"
*-*-*
An hour later, Tempest was staring at Lashana in shock, having just heard how she died and was resurrected as L-Sama's Knight.
"So Telca is the Avatar to Gaia," he said. "And Tvashtar and his brother are your Guardians and Teachers?"
Lashana nodded. "Basically, yeah," she said.
Then a portal opened, and Telca stormed out of it, followed by Kadrith.
"THERE you are!" she said. "Where have you be – TEMPEST?!"
Tempest grinned. "Heyla Battleaxe."
WHACK!
"I AM NOT A BATTLEAXE, CHICKEN BOY!!"