- 4 -
"Ash, are you trying to destroy the ship?" May laughed at his clumsy swings. He glared at her.
"Oh, do shut up!" Ash put the sword down, and collapsed against the railing. "You ain't the one trying to-"
"Get used to wearing boots. I know already! Geez!" May leaned back against him, and looked up at him. "Why don't you just put on your normal shoes?"
"Then it defeats the purpose! Anyway, I didn't bring 'em." Ash said, "I am going down below deck, where I might not be teased."
"I was just kidding!" May sighed, following him down the small set of stairs. Ash stopped and looked back at her.
"I know that," he said. They went into the room they were going to stay in on the ship ride to Saith. May sat down on one of the beds.
"You are way too touchy!" she frowned at him. Ash laughed, and smiled.
"Shut up!"
Crash! "What is going on up there?" May asked. Ash shrugged, frowning at her.
"Don't know, but it sounded like someone or something fell, up on deck," he said, standing up. Silence followed for a long few minutes.
Then screams were heard. Fearful, scared screams of people on the deck, and in other rooms. "Something's happening." May stood up, too.
"Let's go see," Ash sighed, opening the door. It was nothing but chaos on the boat.
"How are we going to get through all of that?" she asked. Ash shook his head.
"With great difficulty." he said. They walked out, and shut the door.
"Help!" A little girl struggled to get out of the crowds. Her brother pushed her out, then struggled out himself. She shook her head, and got up from the floor.
"Yelling won't do anything!" he said. Ash and May looked at each other, then started walking over to them. The little girl looked at them then ran over to them.
"Help!" Ash stumbled back when she almost tackled him when she hugged him, shaking in fear.
"Um.?" Ash looked at May. "What's happening that you need help?"
"A mean lady is hurting the boat!" she squeaked. Ash frowned.
"Actually, it's three women, not one," the boy said, "One of them has wings, one is an elf, and the other looks like she came from The Jungle Book."
"And they're attacking the ship?" he asked. They nodded.
"Ash, it'd be a good idea to check it out," May said, looking up at him.
"Yeah." The little girl let go.
"They're scary!" she said.
"We'll get rid of those, um, scary ladies OK?" Ash asked the little girl.
"Yeah!" she said, following her brother.
"Ash! May!" Heather walked over. She looked pale.
"What?" they asked.
"We need to go up on deck, double-time!" Heather said. Ash nodded in agreement. May grabbed his hand, as they dodged through the crowd.
Ash, May, and Heather took the stairs up to the deck two at a time. Nimbus and Cirrus were already there.
"Ha-ha-ha!" A blonde woman with wings stood, laughing, in front of them. Two others were beside her. The one with lavender hair and the one with multi-colored hair both laughed.
"Idiots!" one of them said.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Ash asked, his sword held forward,
The blonde looked at him, and smiled atrociously. "I am Figra, the Fire Demon," she said.
"I'm Jagar, the Earth Maiden!" the one with rainbow hair yelled.
"And I am Violet, the Elfin Princess," the one with lavender hair said calmly.
"We are here in search of someone in particular." Figra announced. Nimbus frowned.
"Who though?" she asked.
"We don't know who she is. But we do know that she is the descendant of-" Violet started.
"Shut your trap!" Figra snarled, "Why are you answering to these fools?"
"You just said you were looking for someone!" May cut in.
"Are *you* talking to *me*?" Figra asked. Violet and Jagar frowned.
"Hey, Figra, doesn't that one girl there.?" Jagar asked. Figra looked at her. She frowned also.
"We will meet again!" she said, as they disappeared into thin air.
"Ah, what just happened?" Nimbus asked
"Strange, they are," Cirrus muttered. . "Why don't we rest for when we get to Saith?" Heather suggested.
"Good idea!" Nimbus said. They all agreed.
Figra, Jagar, and Violet reappeared in the tallest tower of the castle near Lyton. Violet knocked on the door, before they walked in. (Any luck?), a disembodied voice asked.
"We think we found her, your mistress," Jagar said.
(Who is she?) "We really don't know who she is-" Jagar started, looking at Violet and Figra.
"Except that she is in a group with four others." Figra drawled.
(What others are there?) "Three other women, and one man was with her, your highness," Violet said.
(How old are they?) "We think late teen or early adult," Figra answered. Silence followed her response.
(I want one of you to join their group, and travel with them for a couple days, then come back here and report to me. And I suggest that Violet should go.) "Why me?" Violet asked.
(You need to learn how to live outside of a castle, as a normal commoner. Plus, your human form is a lot more convincing then Figra's or Jagar's, even though.) "She's got a very good point, and you are in need of a lesson in social life," Jagar said.
"Ok," Violet said, "I'll go!" She said a spell, and turned into her human form-her hair darkened to a blue color, her ears changed, and her clothes changed.
"We'll see you later, Violet," Jagar said. (Violet will need a new name.)
"How about Virginia?" Violet asked. Silence. (That will do. Until we meet again, Violet, I wish you luck.)
"Ash, are you trying to destroy the ship?" May laughed at his clumsy swings. He glared at her.
"Oh, do shut up!" Ash put the sword down, and collapsed against the railing. "You ain't the one trying to-"
"Get used to wearing boots. I know already! Geez!" May leaned back against him, and looked up at him. "Why don't you just put on your normal shoes?"
"Then it defeats the purpose! Anyway, I didn't bring 'em." Ash said, "I am going down below deck, where I might not be teased."
"I was just kidding!" May sighed, following him down the small set of stairs. Ash stopped and looked back at her.
"I know that," he said. They went into the room they were going to stay in on the ship ride to Saith. May sat down on one of the beds.
"You are way too touchy!" she frowned at him. Ash laughed, and smiled.
"Shut up!"
Crash! "What is going on up there?" May asked. Ash shrugged, frowning at her.
"Don't know, but it sounded like someone or something fell, up on deck," he said, standing up. Silence followed for a long few minutes.
Then screams were heard. Fearful, scared screams of people on the deck, and in other rooms. "Something's happening." May stood up, too.
"Let's go see," Ash sighed, opening the door. It was nothing but chaos on the boat.
"How are we going to get through all of that?" she asked. Ash shook his head.
"With great difficulty." he said. They walked out, and shut the door.
"Help!" A little girl struggled to get out of the crowds. Her brother pushed her out, then struggled out himself. She shook her head, and got up from the floor.
"Yelling won't do anything!" he said. Ash and May looked at each other, then started walking over to them. The little girl looked at them then ran over to them.
"Help!" Ash stumbled back when she almost tackled him when she hugged him, shaking in fear.
"Um.?" Ash looked at May. "What's happening that you need help?"
"A mean lady is hurting the boat!" she squeaked. Ash frowned.
"Actually, it's three women, not one," the boy said, "One of them has wings, one is an elf, and the other looks like she came from The Jungle Book."
"And they're attacking the ship?" he asked. They nodded.
"Ash, it'd be a good idea to check it out," May said, looking up at him.
"Yeah." The little girl let go.
"They're scary!" she said.
"We'll get rid of those, um, scary ladies OK?" Ash asked the little girl.
"Yeah!" she said, following her brother.
"Ash! May!" Heather walked over. She looked pale.
"What?" they asked.
"We need to go up on deck, double-time!" Heather said. Ash nodded in agreement. May grabbed his hand, as they dodged through the crowd.
Ash, May, and Heather took the stairs up to the deck two at a time. Nimbus and Cirrus were already there.
"Ha-ha-ha!" A blonde woman with wings stood, laughing, in front of them. Two others were beside her. The one with lavender hair and the one with multi-colored hair both laughed.
"Idiots!" one of them said.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Ash asked, his sword held forward,
The blonde looked at him, and smiled atrociously. "I am Figra, the Fire Demon," she said.
"I'm Jagar, the Earth Maiden!" the one with rainbow hair yelled.
"And I am Violet, the Elfin Princess," the one with lavender hair said calmly.
"We are here in search of someone in particular." Figra announced. Nimbus frowned.
"Who though?" she asked.
"We don't know who she is. But we do know that she is the descendant of-" Violet started.
"Shut your trap!" Figra snarled, "Why are you answering to these fools?"
"You just said you were looking for someone!" May cut in.
"Are *you* talking to *me*?" Figra asked. Violet and Jagar frowned.
"Hey, Figra, doesn't that one girl there.?" Jagar asked. Figra looked at her. She frowned also.
"We will meet again!" she said, as they disappeared into thin air.
"Ah, what just happened?" Nimbus asked
"Strange, they are," Cirrus muttered. . "Why don't we rest for when we get to Saith?" Heather suggested.
"Good idea!" Nimbus said. They all agreed.
Figra, Jagar, and Violet reappeared in the tallest tower of the castle near Lyton. Violet knocked on the door, before they walked in. (Any luck?), a disembodied voice asked.
"We think we found her, your mistress," Jagar said.
(Who is she?) "We really don't know who she is-" Jagar started, looking at Violet and Figra.
"Except that she is in a group with four others." Figra drawled.
(What others are there?) "Three other women, and one man was with her, your highness," Violet said.
(How old are they?) "We think late teen or early adult," Figra answered. Silence followed her response.
(I want one of you to join their group, and travel with them for a couple days, then come back here and report to me. And I suggest that Violet should go.) "Why me?" Violet asked.
(You need to learn how to live outside of a castle, as a normal commoner. Plus, your human form is a lot more convincing then Figra's or Jagar's, even though.) "She's got a very good point, and you are in need of a lesson in social life," Jagar said.
"Ok," Violet said, "I'll go!" She said a spell, and turned into her human form-her hair darkened to a blue color, her ears changed, and her clothes changed.
"We'll see you later, Violet," Jagar said. (Violet will need a new name.)
"How about Virginia?" Violet asked. Silence. (That will do. Until we meet again, Violet, I wish you luck.)