Red nodded, "That's right. And if it works, give your brother about the biggest hug ever, okay?", and Brad smiled, "I will.", before walking up to Emma and Haku.
Emma smiled, "I'll send another message in the next few days. I love you guys so much.", and the others happily gave the same sentiments, smiling happily, anxiously, and tearfully.
Haku replied, "When you go through, there's a temporary pop in your ears, almost like swimming in deep water. Let me know if you get sick at the end of it, alright?", and Brad nodded, "Gotcha.".
Emma held his hand before Haku jumped through first and then she and Brad followed suit. Once landing back on the other side, Brad dropped to the ground as he was completely disoriented by the rapid transport.
"You alright?", Emma asked him as his whole world was spinning. "No... not right now...", Brad moaned as he clutched his stomach as he felt his lunch wanting to come back on him.
Haku smiled, "Luckily, I have some motion-sickness potions with me.", digging out of his satchel, and grabbed a vial, "Here, Brad, drink this, it will make you feel tons better.".
Brad drank it, and blinked in surprise as it was almost instant, with his stomach settling quickly, and his mind isn't twirling anymore in dizziness, "Whoa, that was some instant medicine.".
Haku smirked, "That's why I am a healer. Kida, Odie, and some others taught me so much that it's practically second nature for me.", and Emma helped Brad up after she locked up the portal tree, "You need a few moments? I am anxious to bring Ryan back to the living...But if you aren't ready yet...".
"Yeah, it might be best for me to be elsewhere while you try this, just in case.", Brad admitted. "Besides, I want to look around and check this place out.", he smiled. "Uh, where are we exactly?".
Zuri smiled warmly, "This is my husband's kingdom, Zaren. Eric and Ariel are at the palace, probably talking with Triton and the family down by the steps. The village is just down a little way. Hmm, you look fine to me. Put the basketball away in one of your duffel bags for the time being.".
Brad nodded, "Okay.", and did what Zuri said, and Zuri smiled, "Excellent. And oh, do you have Earth money?", and Brad blinks, checks the pockets, and pulls out some.
Jason replied, "Let me do a change here.", and with a click of his fingers, and the earth money changed into Enchantia money. Brad whistles in awe, "Whoa! You're like a real magician!".
Jason smirked, "Only on some things as I am mainly a conjurer. Now, the silvers are high expense, bronze is like middle expense, and copper is normal expense. There's no robbers or bad guys, but mind yourself in buying something, okay?".
"Can you make gold?", Brad raised an eyebrow. Alchemy was always trying to make gold out of other things, perhaps it could be here. "Haven't really tried; not really had much of a need.", Jason told him.
Logan nodded, "Yeah, greed is bad, and well, you remember the gold rush back in the 1800s? I ain't looking to put my people at risk like that.", with a scoff.
Zuri smirked, "Whoa, Jasmine is teaching you well, Consort Sultan Logan.", with a teasing poke at his shoulder. Logan chuckled, "I am only Sultan on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Sundays are off. Jasmine got Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.".
Brad grinned, "Sounds like a good deal to me. Okay, I'll head to check out the village. Just be careful with my brother.", and Haku smiled, "Don't worry, we'll fix that bullet wound up if the coroner hadn't already on Earth.".
Brad blinked, "I think he did stitch it up after taking out the bullet, but yeah, the wound is still there, I think.", and Haku nodded, "Good to know. Now, get going.", with a warm, reassuring smile.
Pippa nodded, "We all know Emma, and we ain't letting her down either way.", with a determined look, and Brad smiled gratefully at them, and headed down the slight hill to the dirt wagon trail that leads to the village.
"He'll probably like the village.", Zuri smiled. "Honestly, I find it surprising how little we saw of it in the film when you think about it."
"You have to tell a story; can't truly waste time focusing on every little detail of every place in a ninety-minute time frame.", Jason chuckled at her comments.
"You alright, Emma?", Pippa asked her. Emma nodded, exhaling, "Yeah. It was really good to see my aunt, uncle, and the cousins, and the dog, and with Brad coming over, I really want this to come true for Ryan. He died before he could truly make a life for himself...".
Haku patted her shoulder, "You saw Ryan as a spirit during your journey. I bet he had adventures and made tons of friends in the heavens, but I am sure he'd want to be back on mortal ground, to take life at full speed, and grow up to an adult as he always wanted to be.".
Emma smiled gratefully, "I know Ryan, and yes, he would do all of that.", taking a deep breath, "Alright, let's do this. The same ritual words we did with Ariel back in Zuri's mindscape, but with Ryan's name in place.".
"We sure this is going to work? I mean, I know with Ariel...", Logan said. "Only one way to find out.", Emma told him. "And, if this doesn't work...", she sighed. "We've already made our peace before with his loss, we just have to continue with it. We'll just find another place somewhere here where we can rebury Ryan so his family still can at least visit him without having to go to Earth."
They all nodded and went to work. Jason conjured up a smell-proof shield over Ryan's body as quickly as the coffin's hatch was opened, and the body was lifted up over the coffin to rest on the ground.
Emma was relieved somewhat to see that even with a year, Ryan's body wasn't fully demoralized, having gotten used to horrific sights and all like the others, and they made a circle, holding hands.
Pippa started first, taking a deep breath, "I give you, Ryan Fischer, one of my dragon lives to bring harmony and faith in the realm of Reality, in the force of family, and in my name, so let it mote be.", her Stone glowing red on her chest.
Logan went next, nodding determinedly, "I give you, Ryan Fischer, one of my dragon lives to bring hope and clarity in the realm of Power, in the force of family, and in my name, so let it mote be.", his Stone glowing purple.
Next was Emma, "I give you, Ryan Fischer, one of my dragon lives to bring peace and light in the realm of Space, in the force of family, and in my name, so let it mote be.", her Stone glowing blue.
Then came Jason's turn. "I give you, Ryan Fischer, one of my dragon lives to bring strength and courage in the realm of Soul, in the force of family, and in my name, so let it mote be.", his Stone glowing orange.
Haku went next, "I give you, Ryan Fischer, one of my dragon lives to bring wisdom and intelligence in the realm of Mind, in the force of family, and in my name, so let it mote be.", his Stone glowing yellow.
Finally, it was Zuri's turn, "I give you, Ryan Fischer, one of my dragon lives to bring grace and beauty in the realm of Time, in the force of family, and in my name, so let it mote be.", her Stone glowing green.
Ryan's body began to lift up during the whole thing, and there was a blue-white wisp appearing above Ryan's body, and at the end of Zuri's turn, dived into Ryan's body, and suddenly, there was a blinding white flash that made everyone close their eyes away to protect their sight.
Everyone opened their eyes when the flash disappeared, and laying in the middle was Ryan, his dark brown hair blowing in the soft breeze, his olive tan skin healthy and with a big gasp of fresh air, Ryan woke up, his teal eyes wide and blinking as he looked at Emma, and then himself, laughing with a wide smile, "You did it! I'm back, baby!", feeling no pain, no shortness of breath, nothing, and he saw that the wound mark was gone from his body, as he shakily sat up, clothed in fresh clothes, not the funeral suit or the clothes he died in, but new clothes.
Emma quickly wrapped her arms around him tight in a hug. "Hey, easy, Emma... still might be a bit fragile... I've been dead for a while.", Ryan said as she chuckled with tears in her eyes.
"Ariel was gone longer and she was fine within moments. You can handle my squeezing.", Emma sobbed. The rest of the team came closer, smiling widely, happy to see Ryan again as they had talked with him at parties over the years before the whole Enchantia adventure.
Ryan smiled at them, "Troublemakers, Surfer, Boomer, and Meat-lover, great to see you guys again.", using his fond nicknames for them.
Pippa laughed, "Good to see you, mate!", with Jason and Logan smirking, "The prank war is back on, eh, imp?", and Zuri smiled, "You're looking good for an ex-dead guy.", and Haku chuckled, "He's all clear and healthy.", with a nod.
"Okay, okay, glad to know you want to continue where things left off before and all, but... come on, Ryan, it's a little tougher for some of us to do that.", Emma said as she was trying to wipe her tears away.
"I know...", Ryan hugged her. "The rest of the family will take it harder to adjust... you were able to have the whole war to at least keep you distracted and not focus as long to grieve for me as the others.".
Emma nodded with a shaky smile, "Yeah...Come on, let's get you up. You must be hungry after all of that.", helping Ryan to his feet, and he smiled, "Food sounds brilliant. Sure, I didn't have to eat or go to the bathroom, but I missed the sensation and oh, the flavors!".
Zuri laughed heartily, "I bet. Let's head to the palace.", and Ryan grinned, "Oh, yeah, I can't wait to see Ariel again, and oh, Brad, he's gonna be so stoked after all the crying and hugging, that's for sure!".
Logan whistled, "So, everyone literally knows everything, huh?", and Ryan chuckled, "Oh, sure, we had games, flying, spiritual books, tons of friends and all, and checking on the mortal realm is something we usually do when we're curious. Man, it's gonna be a bit weird to get used to living again without wings and face the fact that I am literally having a redo at life.".
Pippa smiled, "At least you can grow up again without freezing at 17.", and Ryan chuckled, "And there's that too.".
"Honestly surprised you keep your memories and all; one would think after being dead, coming back to the realm of the living would be somewhat of a hell in a way.", Haku said.
Ryan smiled wryly, "That's because of the name and the soul. With my name and my soul back together in my body, it's all me. With someone else, if there's only a name, and no soul that isn't in the heavens, it wouldn't have worked, but if there wasn't no name, and a soul, that would be messy as you might call it amnesia, with a whole lot of work of gaining the name again.".
"It was lucky that you all knew Ariel's name and her soul, otherwise it wouldn't have worked easily, or Ariel would have panicked upon seeing strangers around her, even Eric.", Ryan finished with a weary exhale.
"Yeah, well, enough talk about that, alright? Ariel and Ryan are back and thankfully, we don't have anything to catch them up on.", Emma chuckled.
Everybody nodded and walked on to the palace while Brad was checking out the village. He supposed that he was sorta acting like a tourist, but he can't help it. He saw the movie of Little Mermaid with his younger cousins, and he's loving that he's actually here.
The smells, the sounds, the sensations of touching and feeling, seeing so many people chatting happily while bartering or selling things, children playing and sprinting, and elders being helped by teenagers, and pets sleeping or following their masters/mistresses around.
Upon seeing a stall of unique things, he began to walk when someone crashed backwards into him, in the middle of turning around from another nearby stall, and a feminine voice shouted, "My bread!", and Brad saw the bread in the air, falling, and caught the two loaves flawlessly with a grin, glad that playing basketball has increased his reflexes.
"Oh, thank you so much for saving my bread!", the feminine voice spoke, and Brad looked over with a smile, "It's no problem as I was...", staring at a beautiful woman of maybe 17, 18, having long, shiny black hair, flawless tan skin, and violet-blue eyes, dressed in a lovely purple-ish pink dress with blue leggings, and black flats.
Brad thought she looked familiar, but from where? The woman looked concerned, "Mister, are you okay?", and Brad blinked, "Yeah, yeah, I'm okay, but I should ask about you. Are you alright?", with a polite look.
"I'm fine.", she smiled back as she brushed her hair back out of her eyes. "That, that was impressive there, what you just did.".
"What? Oh, the catching you mean? Eh, just good reflexes, you know?", Brad smirked. She chuckled, "I can tell. Oh, how rude of me not to introduce myself. I am Violet Parr.", and Brad mentally freaked out as he can now see it now, it's truly her, the superheroine teen of the Incredibles, Violet Parr herself.
Brad gave a smile, hoping not to scare her off, "I am pleased to make your acquaintance, Violet. I am Brad Fischer.".
Violet gasped softly, "You couldn't be related to Emma Silver nee Fischer, could you?", and Brad smiled sheepishly, "Yeah, she is my cousin. My dad is her dad's brother. But I recently arrived, so I only knew that she had saved this world from war with her team, but I didn't know that she is famous for it if you knew about her...".
"She and the Talons are famous everywhere because they helped end the war almost single handedly. If half the stories about them are true...", Violet said.
"Well, I wouldn't really know yet; I only just saw her again only today and haven't really heard anything about the war.", Brad explained.
Violet nodded in understanding, "I see. So, it's your first time seeing Zaren, yes?", and Brad nodded, "Yeah.", with a sheepish smile.
Violet smiled warmly, "Well, in return for saving my bread, I do have some time to show you around, if you want.". Brad smiled, "That would be awesome.", and Violet tilted her head, " 'Awesome?' Is that a term from your realm?".
Brad blinked, and remembered Emma's descriptions, and realized that he's like in a magical version of the medieval age or somewhere ahead of it, and he grinned, "Yes. I think the word in comparison here would be 'great' ".
Violet gave a 'oh' sound, and nodded, "Come along, Brad.", with a bright smile and a gesture of her head as she tucked the wrapped bread in her bag.
As Brad walked, a thought was occurring to him fairly quickly. 'Am I already meeting the love of my life here and now? Is it practically destiny for me to be with Violet? Or am I thinking too much into it already?'
Brad then remembered his parents' advice and decided to take it slow. After all, he just met her today...Being friends is a good start anyway. He happily followed Violet as she showed him her favorite shops, stalls, and places, sharing snippets of conversation.
Upon stopping upon Violet's favorite public garden, Brad and Violet sat down on a stone bench, talking like old friends already, with Violet looking incredibly beautiful among the flowers, having a wide smile as Brad explained about his family.
Violet smiled, "Wow, your sisters really sound like they're incredible. I have brothers, myself, yet I wish I had sisters instead, sometimes. Don't get me wrong, I love my brothers, Dash and Jack-Jack, but they are mischievous, especially when we are triplets.".
Brad whistled in shock, "You were one of triplets? Dang, your mom must have been really brave and strong to give birth to you all.", and Violet laughed softly, "She took it much better than Dad, though she was a bit nervous about it. Dad fainted when he heard the news.", giggling as she knocked her foot against one of the duffel bags, and blinked down at the shine of orange leather.
"Is that a coat?", Violet asked in curiosity, and Brad chuckled, "No, it is not, though, yeah, it looks like a coat from a distance with the texture, but it's a basketball.", opening the duffel bag, grabbing the ball, and smiled as he spun it in his hands.
Violet, now having a full look of the ball, looked at Brad, "Is it a game from your realm, with that ball?", and Brad nodded, "Yeah. We have different levels of the game with this ball, street, school, and professional. It... It's where my reflexes come from.", with a grin.