Chapter 9: Happiness Found
Friendship lasts forever,
Which no one can shake.
Bonds became stronger,
Which no one can break.
"Japas! I am home!" Mr. Zygran entered the house near midnight. He swam down the hallway and into the living room to set his briefcase down.
Japas came out of his bedroom in a hurry. "Hey dad!" he embraced his father.
"So what have you been doing all afternoon and all evening?" the big Zora asked as he rubbed his son's head.
Mr. Zygran was a middle-aged Zora with a job that had low payments. He was semi-built, and was very tall. Because of the low payments, Mr. Zygran could not afford a better living environment for his son. Often, he regretted that he didn't have enough educations to get a better job.
"Nothing much. Only seven Enforcers came to our house today, asking for my friend. I lied and said he is not here. Then my friend got sick, really sick, and I am afraid he would... you know."
Mr. Zygran frowned. "Tobieas is sick? Why would the Enforcers want Tobieas for?"
Japas shook his head. "No. It is my new friend. He is in my bedroom right now and is in extremely bad shape. I'll show you."
Both of them swam into the small scope. Beside the bed sat Tobieas. He greeted Japas' dad. On the bed laid Mikau. His breathing was shallow and it had slowed down a lot. He would not pull through the night if they didn't do something fast.
Mr. Zygran frowned as he stopped beside Mikau. After observing him for a while, the Zora turned to face Japas. "Why is-"
"Not now! Dad, can you help him?" his son interrupted. He knew what his dad was going to ask.
"I am no expert, but I know some medicines that might help this poor little fellow. Wait here." Mr. Zygran swam out to fetch the pills.
Japas looked at Tobieas, who shook his head in dismay. Finally, the adult came back with two weird looking capsules in his hand.
"Open up his mouth."
Both children pried Mikau's lips open. The young Zoran Hero groaned and twitched a little.
"Hold him." Placing the yellow pills onto Mikau's tongue, Mr. Zygran closed the boy's mouth. "Now let's hope that he has enough sense to swallow them."
"Mr. Zygran, what has happened to Mikau?" Tobieas asked as he placed his hand on his friend's arm. It was cold.
"I guess he is having a bad case of Oceanic Infectious Flu. It only happens when a Zora is very weak and is very fragile. I don't know how your friend here got it, but everyone will get it at least once in his or her lifetime, most likely when you are just a Zora Tadpole. And that's the major reason why I have these trusty medicines. Kind of expensive, but life matters over money."
"I think we should let him sleep alone for a while," Japas said as he got up from the end of the bed.
"Where will you sleep?" his dad asked.
Brushing the fins away, Japas shrugged. "Maybe in Tobieas' room." He laughed.
"You will mess it up! No!" Tobieas protested. He grabbed Japas' throat and tried to strangle him.
"Ack!"
"Shhhhhh!" Mr. Zygran placed his hands on the kids' mouth. "You guys want to wake him up?"
"Mfforry..." Tobieas mumbled, and Japas coughed a little.
Tobieas was a very clean freak, er, child. He would dust off his shelves and tables in his room everyday. He would clean the floor once every week. As for his body... let's just say that there were no shower rooms in the building.
Once, a long time ago, Japas went into Tobieas' room while Tobieas was outside doing some chores. Japas messed it up. It was so messy that Tobieas grabbed a knife and began chasing his pal throughout the house.
The silence in the night grew deeper as time drifted by slowly. A few water bugs chirped and burped occasionally. Everyone was sleeping. Everything was pretty peaceful for once.
* * *
It was so cold, but it was also so hot. It was a strange sensation. He tried to open up his eyes, but they felt like being glued together. He could breathe. That was a relieve, but how long could he keep it up until the moment that he stop breathing and let the darkness took his soul forever? So tired...
* * *
It was next morning when Japas was being kicked out of Tobieas' room. When Japas woke up, he saw his buddy was sleeping right beside him. Therefore, a plan was instantly cooked up in his brain, well, more like a trick. He wanted to see how Tobieas would react if he had placed a slimly water slug onto the poor boy's mud-covered chest. And the end result was... well...
A loud scream shot throughout the house.
"All right! All right! I am out! Stop- ow! Stop hitting me!" Japas covered his head as he darted from the room. The door was slammed shut behind him.
Man, talk about overreacting, he thought as he swam in the hallway. I wonder how Mikau is doing?
Swimming into the other room that was across the hallway, Japas opened his bedroom door quietly. He went in. Mikau was still there, on the bed, breathing. Good. At least that meant his friend did not die. Looked like his dad's medicine had worked.
Japas took a seat beside Mikau's form. He placed his hand on Mikau's forehead. God, what a bad shape the boy was in. Suddenly, Mikau groaned.
"Mikau?" the young Zora asked softly.
Moving a little, the Zoran Hero tried to open his eyes.
"Look, if you can't move that well right now, try not to move alright?"
Finally, Mikau opened an eye slightly. "Where am I...?? he whispered. He felt the whole place was circling around him. His head was dizzy. His memory was... his memory was fogged.
"You are in my house right now. I am Japas, remember?" Japas grabbed his friend's sweat covered hand.
"How... how did I get here?"
"A group of Enforcers chased you last night. Why, I do not know, only you do. Then you fell sick to the Oceanic Flu by my doorsteps. By the way, my doorsteps are clean, compare to the street standards. So don't blame me for your sickness."
Mikau turned his slowly and gave a weak smile. "I have a friend... I have a friend finally..."
Japas frowned. "What? Of course you have a friend. Well, don't you have any before you met me and Tobieas?"
Mikau gave a feeble laugh. "I have a friend that cares for me... I have a..." he slumbered back to sleep.
Mr. Zygran came into the room. "How is he? I heard you two talking."
Japas shook his head. "I think he is delirious. He was saying some weird things that I do not understand. Then he just fell back to sleep once again."
His dad leaned down and checked Mikau's temperature. After a while, he straightened up. "Well, his fever has died down. The core temperature is normal again. I think perhaps he is dreaming. We will let him sleep for another few hours."
Grabbing his briefcase, Mr. Zygran said a goodbye to his son and headed out of the house.
* * *
"He has to be there somewhere," Lynisana said with panic. Where had Mikau gone? She hadn't sleep at all. How could she when her son was missing?
The Enforcers' faces were expressionless. It was their job to remain calm. They were in Mikau's house early in the morning. Ms. Cresent had gone home near midnight last night. She said she had to get some sleep before she had to teach her class in the morning.
"Mrs. Loencraft, do not worry. We will find your son and bring him back to you," one officer took a step forward.
Lynisana smiled weakly. "Thanks. But I doubt if you will find him. He can hide pretty well when he don't want people to find him."
Yes. Mikau can hide expertly, Lynisana thought with sorrow.
The leader of the Enforcers gave a snort. "We can assure you that we will find him today, if not, tomorrow at the latest. We have already send out the Seekers to search for him."
"Promise me that you won't hurt him."
The Zora gave a shrug. "If he resists arrest, and decides to fight back, we will have no choice but to take him down by force."
They began to talk about tactics, problems, and solutions to the situation. Their best hope was to strike without Mikau knowing it. One thing was for sure: neither of them knew about Mikau's condition right now.
* * *
It was noon when Mikau was fully awake. At first, he thought that he was in his bedroom. But after a few moments, he found himself in someone else's home. Though the room was pretty grubby, but it provided some sort of comfortable feeling. Mikau found himself covered with sweat. He must have a fever of some kind. He felt extremely weak right now. He sat up slowly with a soft sponge pillow supporting his back. Mikau couldn't remember much. Everything was like a blur. He thought he heard someone outside the room talking...
"And I was like: "back off, punk!? and then he brought out a sharp stick. I didn't have any weapon at that time. I was alone," a voice talked with excitement. "Picture me naked."
"Please. I am eating," another voice said and stopped. Then it continued: "and you ARE naked already."
"Yea, well, so anyway, I was naked right? And I began to show off my muscular physique-"
"More like fatty physique." the second voice interrupted.
"Oh be quiet! Then the guy said-"
"'I love you!" the second voice snickered.
A sound of struggle floated into Mikau's temporary room. A plate crashed onto the ocean floor. Table and chairs bumped into each other. It was a bless that they were in the water right now. The water absorbed most of the tremendous impacts caused by the small wrestling contest that was taking place in the kitchen.
"Oh great! That makes it twelve today that we broke!" the first voice complained.
"More like YOU broke it." the second voice accused.
"Ptffff... It is a good thing that dad's not home. HEY! Stop yanking my tail!"
More struggles.
Finally, Japas left the kitchen and into the hallway. Mikau wanted to laugh. God, his new friends were so amusing!
"Yo! Mikau!" Japas burst into the room. Then he stopped and remembered that Mikau was still sleeping. "Nuts."
"Hey!"
Looking up, the young Zora's eyes went wide with happiness. "You are back to normal again!"
Mikau laughed. He was still a bit tired, but he would get over it soon.
"Tobieas! Get in here, quick!"
Another Zora dashed through the lobby. He slid pass the room. "Whoaaaa!" He doubled back and entered. "All right! Mikau! You are not sick anymore!"
"How can I be sick when you both started to scream all over the place in the kitchen." the young Zoran Hero's eyes gleamed with mischief. "So who was it that said: 'showing off my muscular physique'?"
Japas' face went red. He cleared his throat. "I think it is Tobieas, since he-"
His friend yanked his tail, hard.
"Ow!"
"I think we got a confession. So, feeling well enough to get off that bed? You have been sleeping for well over sixteen hours!" Tobieas smirked.
"Sleeping Beauty! Must revive her with the kiss of love! Smooooch, smoooooch!" Japas joked then he ran out.
Tobieas rolled his eyes in disgust. "If you are well enough, come join us in the kitchen. I will fix you something."
Mikau grimaced. "I am not that hungry actually."
Without warning, Tobieas grabbed Mikau's arm and pulled the Zoran Hero off the bed and out into the hallway. "You are SO going to eat. You got that Oceanic Infectious Flu just because you are too skinny and are too weak!"
Mikau sighed. Oh well, he thought as he grinned, maybe I will just have a 'tiny' bite. I hope Japas and Tobieas are prepared for an extensive meal.
* * *
The table was filled with food. Most of them were not fresh, but if you were hungry enough, you wouldn't care about freshness. Plates after plates of victuals came after one another.
"Uh..." Mikau stared at the pile of rations in front of him.
Both Tobieas and Japas kept on putting food in front of their friend.
"You know, I think that's enough for me..."
Japas bonked Mikau on the head. "It is never enough for a person who is recovering from a serious illness such as the one that you had. Eat up, or I will force them down your throat."
"You sound like my mom..." the Zoran Hero muttered. He grabbed an eel and took a small bite. "Wow, delicious! Who made this?"
Tobieas turned around from the stove and gave a bow. Japas snarled. He envied his friend's cooking ability.
"Try this one. It is tasty." Japas recommended as he handed over a plate of mashed seaweed.
Mikau grabbed some in his hand and ate them. "Ack! Pahtooey! What the hell was that?" he immediately spat them out.
Tobieas laughed out loud. "Told you so, Japas!"
"Who made that?"
Japas' expression was dark.
"Who else can make a food that tastes like a Like Like?" Tobieas sneered.
Mikau chuckled, and then he choked.
"Hope you choke to death, you ungrateful kid," Japas mumbled. He pulled out a chair in front of him and sat down.
And so the meal went on with no further interruptions... more or less. The three of them sat together, enjoying the food. They joked and they laughed. They shared stories about their life. They told each other their fantasy, their dreams.
"You know what would be cool?" Japas said after he burped.
"Lay off the clams, man!" Tobieas scolded.
Japas had a good meal. He was full, which was unusual since he didn't eat much in order to conserve food. "It would be cool if you can go onto dry land and see the sceneries there. They are beautiful."
"But... aren't we being restricted from going on to dry land?" Mikau frowned. He picked at a piece of fish meat from his teeth.
Tobieas grinned. "Yea, but not if you sneak onto the dry world. Japas and me had been out of the water a while back. It was awesome!"
"Do you want to see the land above our world?" Japas asked.
Mikau considered that for a moment. Then he spoke slowly. "Yea... yea! I would like to go see the upper world. Hey! That's a great idea!"
Japas stood up while holding a cup in his hands. "Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the three brave explorers who will venture out into the unknown!"
Mikau and Tobieas held their drinks up high. Glasses clanked together. They drank.
"Now let's talk about our trip. We need to know when and where. Let the suggestions flow!"
~End Chapter 9~
Author's Note: Well... nothing to say here, really. So the story continues to progress to a point where the three young children had decided to visit the dry land. Though what will they encounter still remains as a mystery. Stay tuned.
Friendship lasts forever,
Which no one can shake.
Bonds became stronger,
Which no one can break.
"Japas! I am home!" Mr. Zygran entered the house near midnight. He swam down the hallway and into the living room to set his briefcase down.
Japas came out of his bedroom in a hurry. "Hey dad!" he embraced his father.
"So what have you been doing all afternoon and all evening?" the big Zora asked as he rubbed his son's head.
Mr. Zygran was a middle-aged Zora with a job that had low payments. He was semi-built, and was very tall. Because of the low payments, Mr. Zygran could not afford a better living environment for his son. Often, he regretted that he didn't have enough educations to get a better job.
"Nothing much. Only seven Enforcers came to our house today, asking for my friend. I lied and said he is not here. Then my friend got sick, really sick, and I am afraid he would... you know."
Mr. Zygran frowned. "Tobieas is sick? Why would the Enforcers want Tobieas for?"
Japas shook his head. "No. It is my new friend. He is in my bedroom right now and is in extremely bad shape. I'll show you."
Both of them swam into the small scope. Beside the bed sat Tobieas. He greeted Japas' dad. On the bed laid Mikau. His breathing was shallow and it had slowed down a lot. He would not pull through the night if they didn't do something fast.
Mr. Zygran frowned as he stopped beside Mikau. After observing him for a while, the Zora turned to face Japas. "Why is-"
"Not now! Dad, can you help him?" his son interrupted. He knew what his dad was going to ask.
"I am no expert, but I know some medicines that might help this poor little fellow. Wait here." Mr. Zygran swam out to fetch the pills.
Japas looked at Tobieas, who shook his head in dismay. Finally, the adult came back with two weird looking capsules in his hand.
"Open up his mouth."
Both children pried Mikau's lips open. The young Zoran Hero groaned and twitched a little.
"Hold him." Placing the yellow pills onto Mikau's tongue, Mr. Zygran closed the boy's mouth. "Now let's hope that he has enough sense to swallow them."
"Mr. Zygran, what has happened to Mikau?" Tobieas asked as he placed his hand on his friend's arm. It was cold.
"I guess he is having a bad case of Oceanic Infectious Flu. It only happens when a Zora is very weak and is very fragile. I don't know how your friend here got it, but everyone will get it at least once in his or her lifetime, most likely when you are just a Zora Tadpole. And that's the major reason why I have these trusty medicines. Kind of expensive, but life matters over money."
"I think we should let him sleep alone for a while," Japas said as he got up from the end of the bed.
"Where will you sleep?" his dad asked.
Brushing the fins away, Japas shrugged. "Maybe in Tobieas' room." He laughed.
"You will mess it up! No!" Tobieas protested. He grabbed Japas' throat and tried to strangle him.
"Ack!"
"Shhhhhh!" Mr. Zygran placed his hands on the kids' mouth. "You guys want to wake him up?"
"Mfforry..." Tobieas mumbled, and Japas coughed a little.
Tobieas was a very clean freak, er, child. He would dust off his shelves and tables in his room everyday. He would clean the floor once every week. As for his body... let's just say that there were no shower rooms in the building.
Once, a long time ago, Japas went into Tobieas' room while Tobieas was outside doing some chores. Japas messed it up. It was so messy that Tobieas grabbed a knife and began chasing his pal throughout the house.
The silence in the night grew deeper as time drifted by slowly. A few water bugs chirped and burped occasionally. Everyone was sleeping. Everything was pretty peaceful for once.
* * *
It was so cold, but it was also so hot. It was a strange sensation. He tried to open up his eyes, but they felt like being glued together. He could breathe. That was a relieve, but how long could he keep it up until the moment that he stop breathing and let the darkness took his soul forever? So tired...
* * *
It was next morning when Japas was being kicked out of Tobieas' room. When Japas woke up, he saw his buddy was sleeping right beside him. Therefore, a plan was instantly cooked up in his brain, well, more like a trick. He wanted to see how Tobieas would react if he had placed a slimly water slug onto the poor boy's mud-covered chest. And the end result was... well...
A loud scream shot throughout the house.
"All right! All right! I am out! Stop- ow! Stop hitting me!" Japas covered his head as he darted from the room. The door was slammed shut behind him.
Man, talk about overreacting, he thought as he swam in the hallway. I wonder how Mikau is doing?
Swimming into the other room that was across the hallway, Japas opened his bedroom door quietly. He went in. Mikau was still there, on the bed, breathing. Good. At least that meant his friend did not die. Looked like his dad's medicine had worked.
Japas took a seat beside Mikau's form. He placed his hand on Mikau's forehead. God, what a bad shape the boy was in. Suddenly, Mikau groaned.
"Mikau?" the young Zora asked softly.
Moving a little, the Zoran Hero tried to open his eyes.
"Look, if you can't move that well right now, try not to move alright?"
Finally, Mikau opened an eye slightly. "Where am I...?? he whispered. He felt the whole place was circling around him. His head was dizzy. His memory was... his memory was fogged.
"You are in my house right now. I am Japas, remember?" Japas grabbed his friend's sweat covered hand.
"How... how did I get here?"
"A group of Enforcers chased you last night. Why, I do not know, only you do. Then you fell sick to the Oceanic Flu by my doorsteps. By the way, my doorsteps are clean, compare to the street standards. So don't blame me for your sickness."
Mikau turned his slowly and gave a weak smile. "I have a friend... I have a friend finally..."
Japas frowned. "What? Of course you have a friend. Well, don't you have any before you met me and Tobieas?"
Mikau gave a feeble laugh. "I have a friend that cares for me... I have a..." he slumbered back to sleep.
Mr. Zygran came into the room. "How is he? I heard you two talking."
Japas shook his head. "I think he is delirious. He was saying some weird things that I do not understand. Then he just fell back to sleep once again."
His dad leaned down and checked Mikau's temperature. After a while, he straightened up. "Well, his fever has died down. The core temperature is normal again. I think perhaps he is dreaming. We will let him sleep for another few hours."
Grabbing his briefcase, Mr. Zygran said a goodbye to his son and headed out of the house.
* * *
"He has to be there somewhere," Lynisana said with panic. Where had Mikau gone? She hadn't sleep at all. How could she when her son was missing?
The Enforcers' faces were expressionless. It was their job to remain calm. They were in Mikau's house early in the morning. Ms. Cresent had gone home near midnight last night. She said she had to get some sleep before she had to teach her class in the morning.
"Mrs. Loencraft, do not worry. We will find your son and bring him back to you," one officer took a step forward.
Lynisana smiled weakly. "Thanks. But I doubt if you will find him. He can hide pretty well when he don't want people to find him."
Yes. Mikau can hide expertly, Lynisana thought with sorrow.
The leader of the Enforcers gave a snort. "We can assure you that we will find him today, if not, tomorrow at the latest. We have already send out the Seekers to search for him."
"Promise me that you won't hurt him."
The Zora gave a shrug. "If he resists arrest, and decides to fight back, we will have no choice but to take him down by force."
They began to talk about tactics, problems, and solutions to the situation. Their best hope was to strike without Mikau knowing it. One thing was for sure: neither of them knew about Mikau's condition right now.
* * *
It was noon when Mikau was fully awake. At first, he thought that he was in his bedroom. But after a few moments, he found himself in someone else's home. Though the room was pretty grubby, but it provided some sort of comfortable feeling. Mikau found himself covered with sweat. He must have a fever of some kind. He felt extremely weak right now. He sat up slowly with a soft sponge pillow supporting his back. Mikau couldn't remember much. Everything was like a blur. He thought he heard someone outside the room talking...
"And I was like: "back off, punk!? and then he brought out a sharp stick. I didn't have any weapon at that time. I was alone," a voice talked with excitement. "Picture me naked."
"Please. I am eating," another voice said and stopped. Then it continued: "and you ARE naked already."
"Yea, well, so anyway, I was naked right? And I began to show off my muscular physique-"
"More like fatty physique." the second voice interrupted.
"Oh be quiet! Then the guy said-"
"'I love you!" the second voice snickered.
A sound of struggle floated into Mikau's temporary room. A plate crashed onto the ocean floor. Table and chairs bumped into each other. It was a bless that they were in the water right now. The water absorbed most of the tremendous impacts caused by the small wrestling contest that was taking place in the kitchen.
"Oh great! That makes it twelve today that we broke!" the first voice complained.
"More like YOU broke it." the second voice accused.
"Ptffff... It is a good thing that dad's not home. HEY! Stop yanking my tail!"
More struggles.
Finally, Japas left the kitchen and into the hallway. Mikau wanted to laugh. God, his new friends were so amusing!
"Yo! Mikau!" Japas burst into the room. Then he stopped and remembered that Mikau was still sleeping. "Nuts."
"Hey!"
Looking up, the young Zora's eyes went wide with happiness. "You are back to normal again!"
Mikau laughed. He was still a bit tired, but he would get over it soon.
"Tobieas! Get in here, quick!"
Another Zora dashed through the lobby. He slid pass the room. "Whoaaaa!" He doubled back and entered. "All right! Mikau! You are not sick anymore!"
"How can I be sick when you both started to scream all over the place in the kitchen." the young Zoran Hero's eyes gleamed with mischief. "So who was it that said: 'showing off my muscular physique'?"
Japas' face went red. He cleared his throat. "I think it is Tobieas, since he-"
His friend yanked his tail, hard.
"Ow!"
"I think we got a confession. So, feeling well enough to get off that bed? You have been sleeping for well over sixteen hours!" Tobieas smirked.
"Sleeping Beauty! Must revive her with the kiss of love! Smooooch, smoooooch!" Japas joked then he ran out.
Tobieas rolled his eyes in disgust. "If you are well enough, come join us in the kitchen. I will fix you something."
Mikau grimaced. "I am not that hungry actually."
Without warning, Tobieas grabbed Mikau's arm and pulled the Zoran Hero off the bed and out into the hallway. "You are SO going to eat. You got that Oceanic Infectious Flu just because you are too skinny and are too weak!"
Mikau sighed. Oh well, he thought as he grinned, maybe I will just have a 'tiny' bite. I hope Japas and Tobieas are prepared for an extensive meal.
* * *
The table was filled with food. Most of them were not fresh, but if you were hungry enough, you wouldn't care about freshness. Plates after plates of victuals came after one another.
"Uh..." Mikau stared at the pile of rations in front of him.
Both Tobieas and Japas kept on putting food in front of their friend.
"You know, I think that's enough for me..."
Japas bonked Mikau on the head. "It is never enough for a person who is recovering from a serious illness such as the one that you had. Eat up, or I will force them down your throat."
"You sound like my mom..." the Zoran Hero muttered. He grabbed an eel and took a small bite. "Wow, delicious! Who made this?"
Tobieas turned around from the stove and gave a bow. Japas snarled. He envied his friend's cooking ability.
"Try this one. It is tasty." Japas recommended as he handed over a plate of mashed seaweed.
Mikau grabbed some in his hand and ate them. "Ack! Pahtooey! What the hell was that?" he immediately spat them out.
Tobieas laughed out loud. "Told you so, Japas!"
"Who made that?"
Japas' expression was dark.
"Who else can make a food that tastes like a Like Like?" Tobieas sneered.
Mikau chuckled, and then he choked.
"Hope you choke to death, you ungrateful kid," Japas mumbled. He pulled out a chair in front of him and sat down.
And so the meal went on with no further interruptions... more or less. The three of them sat together, enjoying the food. They joked and they laughed. They shared stories about their life. They told each other their fantasy, their dreams.
"You know what would be cool?" Japas said after he burped.
"Lay off the clams, man!" Tobieas scolded.
Japas had a good meal. He was full, which was unusual since he didn't eat much in order to conserve food. "It would be cool if you can go onto dry land and see the sceneries there. They are beautiful."
"But... aren't we being restricted from going on to dry land?" Mikau frowned. He picked at a piece of fish meat from his teeth.
Tobieas grinned. "Yea, but not if you sneak onto the dry world. Japas and me had been out of the water a while back. It was awesome!"
"Do you want to see the land above our world?" Japas asked.
Mikau considered that for a moment. Then he spoke slowly. "Yea... yea! I would like to go see the upper world. Hey! That's a great idea!"
Japas stood up while holding a cup in his hands. "Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the three brave explorers who will venture out into the unknown!"
Mikau and Tobieas held their drinks up high. Glasses clanked together. They drank.
"Now let's talk about our trip. We need to know when and where. Let the suggestions flow!"
~End Chapter 9~
Author's Note: Well... nothing to say here, really. So the story continues to progress to a point where the three young children had decided to visit the dry land. Though what will they encounter still remains as a mystery. Stay tuned.