Chapter 4

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We see the crimson dragon prince soar over the area where it was not suppose to rain before and started to dissipate. Landing on a high cliff area Hunter changed into his dragon humanoid form and stood there looking over the land beneath him. Sensing that the rain wasn't natural made or by them dragons, the weather was manipulated by magic. The dragon prince can only figure out if it was either another immortal or a demon but he wasn't able to track down the source since the magic energy used to create the rain was gone already.

Deciding to look into this matter later Hunter decided to end the rain shower, so with a wave of his right arm a burst of magical energy flowed out in a wave towards the rain. Immediately the rain stopped with the clouds started to disappear and the sun started to shine through then a rainbow appeared and arched over the land creating a beautiful sight. Satisfied, Hunter changed back to his dragon form and soared back towards where his brother was and report his findings.

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Back with Sky and Bridge...

Both of them were walking back and travelled by a river, the area where Bridge first arrives to when he first came to the mortal world. The rain had stopped and the sun started to come through the clouds. They travelled an uphill rough path with Sky leading and helping Bridge along the way as the angel followed, as they continued walking they eventually came to the exact place where the young angel landed.

"So where do you live anyway? No new houses were built and no one moved here recently." Sky who had stopped and turned to Bridge in wonder.

"Me?" Bridge glanced around and spotted a dense dark creepy looking forest nearby and pointed towards it with a smile, "I live over there."

Sky followed his direction and spotted the forest Bridge was pointing at and the happy expression from the farm boy's face disappeared and he paled a bit.

"Over there?" Sky pointed.

"Uh huh." the angel nodded.

"The Forsaken Forest..." the mortal said quietly.

"The Forsaken Forest?" Bridge looked back at the other curiously.

"Yeah, you have heard of the Forsaken Forest as well? Its a very terrifying place, there's a monster that lives there and guards a treasure and if anyone goes in, it will kill them."

"The Forsaken Forest looks terrifying but there are no monsters in it." not believing what the other is telling him.

"Its true, 50 years ago 7 people went into the forest to look for the treasure but only one came out alive and after the person told everyone about the monster that lived there he died shortly after."

"Its just a legend, there's no way it could be real."

"Its true, that's why these past years no one dares to enter the forest. So you and your family better be careful."

"I told you there isn't any monsters, why won't you listen to me." Bridge getting a bit frustrated.

"Hey you're the one that's not listening here." Sky retorted.

Bridge then turned away from him, deciding not to argue with him anymore when he spotted his feather pen on a rock upon the stream they were near to.

"My feather pen!" the angel said joyfully and was about to go and get it but Sky stopped him.

"Here let me." and went hopping stepping stone to stepping stone towards the pen.

"Why with the hard work." Bridge smirked.

Quickly with a wave of his right index finger as Sky was about to reach out and grab the pen, it hopped out by its own and landed somewhere else. Bridge giggled as Sky went to where the pen landed and manage to get it this time but with another wave of Bridge's finger, it flew out of his hand. Bouncing a bit in the shallow waters it landed down stream a bit and onto another rock as Bridge giggled again. Sky of course went after it and finally he manages to grab hold of it firmly in his right hand and held it up into the air.

"I got it!" Bridge giggled and smiled as Sky smiled back.

The farm boy headed back to where Bridge was and the angel walked over to meet him as Sky held out the feather pen in his palm.

"Thanks a lot." Bridge reached out to take it and their hands touched as Sky slowly curled his fingers a bit around Bridge's and lingered there a bit before the angel pulled his hand back and blushed. Both of theirs hearts unknown to the other at the time was beating a mile a minute when their hands first touched.

"Sorry about that." Sky apologized and held up the pen by the tip and Bridge took the pen back.

As the two just stood there and smiled at one another, suddenly a musical sound from a flute played through the air.

"Where's that music coming from?" the farm boy wondered but of course Bridge knew who it was.

"Um look you don't have to walk me home, I just remembered that I have to buy something at the town market."

"Oh when can I see you again?"

"How about I find you."

"Okay then, I'll see you later." Sky smiled as he started to walk away, turning his head towards the other once in awhile until he was gone from sight.

Bridge started to heads towards where the flute music was coming from and his brothers and sister came floating down from the sky behind him. Karone sneaked up behind her little brother and snatched the umbrella he was holding in his hands, opened up the umbrella and propped it against her shoulder.

"Where did you get that umbrella from?" Karone teased.

"Hey, give it back to me." Bridge kind of whined.

"No way!" and started to run as her little brother chased after her.

"Give it back to me!"

Bridge chased after his sister in circles as she kept teasing him until Kaze intervened and with a swing of his arm the umbrella disappeared from Karone's shoulder and appeared in his hand. Taking the object from his twin, Ziggy stepped towards his little brother handed it over to him who he immediately dashed towards him and grabbed it before his sister can take it again.

"Why are you so worried about an umbrella? Don't tell me you fell in love with that mortal?" Ziggy gave his little brother a serious look.

"Of course not, it was me who got the two Evan brothers in the mess they were in and I just want to do something to make it up to them."

"Good because you know that we immortals can't fall in love with mortals. Anyways since you found your feather pen, we can go home." state Kaze.

"Do we have to go home that fast?" Bridge asked sadly.

"Fast? We've been here almost half a day!"

"Please! Can you do one more thing for me." Bridge begged.

"We have already found your feather pen, what else do you need me to do?" the raven hair twin wondered.

"Can you help me check on Sky and his brother and see how they are doing?"

"What?"

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Back to Sky...

We see him arriving home walking on a path that leads up to his farmhouse where he and his brother lives. Upon arriving he hears his brother's voice shouting and turned his head towards the farm and sees the landlord representative and a bunch of others holding his brother back and dragging their ox, Ollie out of his pen. Immediately Sky rushed up to the group as his brother was pushed to the ground and immediately he went to help his brother.

"Cole! What do you want?" Sky turned to the representative and demanded.

"The landlord wants the payment today, if you're unable to pay your possession will be taken instead."

"Please don't take Ollie." Cole begged.

"You don't have the money to pay, that's why we're taking your possessions."

Sky quickly got up and took out the money he earned that morning and handed over to the representative.

"Here is a little bit of money I manage to get together, how about you just take this for now. Just don't take him, please."

"With this little? Even if I tell the landlord he won't even listen."

"Lets go!" one of the henchmen started to hit the ox to get it going.

"Don't hit him! Let me go!" Sky started to shout as another guy held him back.

"Let me go!" the farm boy manage to push the guy away and went to get hold of the ox but he was grabbed by another guy.

Pulling away with force Sky quickly grab a hoe that was on the ground and started swing it around at the guys. The henchmen quickly backed away as well the ox that went back to its pen startled a bit and mooed. After swinging it a bit, Sky got tired and dropped the hoe as Cole watch his brother helplessly. Turning around slowly to where the ox was Sky dropped down to his knees right next to it.

"Ollie, I really don't want you to go. After taking care of you all these years you have helped us so much but we can't take care of you anymore. I hope maybe in your next life you would be born as a human." Sky spoke to the ox sadly.

"Will you let me take Ollie away with you?" Sky turned his head around and asked.

"What are you trying to pull now?" one of the henchmen called out.

"Forget it and just let him, alright?" the representative interrupted.

"Thank you." and we see the two brothers walking their oxen away with the group.

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Back to where the four angels were...

The four siblings stood there in front of what seem to be a viewing port hole of some sort that was floating in mid air and had just showed them what had happened then with a wave of his hand, Kaze released a magic spark and the viewing window closes up and disappeared from view.

"We got to do something." Bridge begged worriedly.

"Fine, come on." Ziggy getting an idea and Kaze sighed; Karone and Bridge followed their brothers as they started to walk away.

We then see Sky walking through a forest sadly and depressed of just putting his friend and hand raised ox for auction. At that moment up in a high nearby tree, the four siblings appeared out of nowhere and stood together on a high branch.

"He's going to walk by soon, hurry!" Bridge started to pull on his brother's sleeve.

"Alright, alright! Hold your horses." Ziggy stretched his neck muscles a bit.

Unfolding his crossed arms the prankster opened his right hand with the palm up and immediately a small magic energy orb started to form and bringing his palm up to his mouth, he blew at it. Right away the orb flew out of his hand and landed on the ground right in front of Sky's path. Once there, the orb changed into a black velvet pouch with draw strings filled with over a hundred gold coins. Walking up to it, Sky spotted the bag and went to pick it up and feeling the weight he opened it up and gasped at the money inside.

"Whoa, there's so much money in here."

There were 100 gold coins in the pouch that he counted and Sky then looked around to see if anyone was near and Bridge immediately smiled as well as his sister.

"I have to take it to the authorities." Sky decided and stood up.

While the four angels just stood there in the tree in surprise at what Sky was going to do but he stopped before he walked a couple of steps.

"But with this I could buy back Ollie, as well as pay off the late two years of rent." the farm boy weighed his options and the angels quickly nodded in a yes.

Sky turned around and was about to go back to the animal auction to buy their ox back but stopped again in his tracks.

"But if the person who dropped this and comes back looking for it, that won't be good." Sky tried to decide and turned around again as the angels up in the tree quickly shook their head in a no motion.

"But if I don't buy back Ollie, he could be someone's next meal."

"Yes! Quickly go!" the angels cheered from their hiding spot.

Finally deciding that getting his ox Ollie back was the important thing now, he quickly turned around and started to head back to the animal auction ranch. But before he could walk a couple of steps, Sky heard arguing and shouting nearby. Turning his head he see a group of men dragging a young girl away with her mother behind her, trying to stop them.

"Please! Don't sell my daughter! Sell me instead!" the mother begged on her knees as she grabbed onto the leader of the group.

"Your entire family owe us so much money, even if I sold your daughter as a servant it won't be enough to pay the debt off. So let go!" the guy pushed the woman to the ground.

Sky who just stood there watch as the scene unfold and started thinking and looked down at the pouch of money in his hands and then back at the mother and daughter. A few more moments and he couldn't stand it anymore and made a quick decision and gasp the pouch tightly.

"Hold on!" Sky walked up to the men.

"What is it!" the guy shouted.

"How much do they owe you?"

"100 gold coins, are you going to pay for them?"

"If I pay off their debt, are you going to let them go?"

"If you have the money."

"Here." making the hardest decision he had to make and held out the pouch of coins and the guy took it.

"Now let them go!"

"Since their debt is paid, of course I'm letting them go. Let them go." the leader turned to his men who in turn let the young girl go and started to leave with their leader.

"Thank you sir! Thank you!" the mother and daughter quickly got to their knees in front of Sky thanking him.

"No need to thank you, you better go home." he helped them up.

"Your unselfish deed, we will always remember and will repay you for it."

"No need, just go, go home." he ushered them away as they thanked him as they left.

"Even though I could have gotten Ollie back but I had to help them." Sky spoke to himself.

The angels just watch him from their spot in the tree and just couldn't believe the most unselfish and courageous thing a mortal like him could do in a situation like his, especially Bridge.

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We then zoom over to where Cole is and we see him walking around thinking, in the nearby town of their farm.

"Sky really loves Ollie, if these few copper coins can become enough to buy back Ollie then it will be a good thing." he said to himself as he look at the few copper coins in his palm.

Unknown to him, he was being followed by Karone who was in her human form walking slowly after the older brother.

'If the younger brother isn't greedy, then maybe the older one is a bit greedy.' she thought.

As Cole continued to walk, he past by what seem to be a casino where a guy is outside shouting advertisements.

"Come and try your luck, we have all different games you can bet on!"

The older Evan brother turned around and looked at the casino and pondered if he should try his luck. Karone seeing this immediately got an idea on how to help and grinned. With a point of her finger and a magical spark came out, a bunch of guys came walking around the corner and manage to push Cole right into the front door of the casino.

Once inside he was pushed until he accidentally hit one of the game tables and the coins from his hand came flying out and landed on the table. Looking around he was at a dice table game where people guess the out come of triple dice. His coins of course landed on the spot of triple sixes that was quite a hard but high bet to win. At that time, Karone walked into the casino as well and saw what happened.

"Can I take it back?" Cole asked the person who worked the dice.

"All bets are final." the guy answered who was about to reveal the results.

Immediately Karone pointed her finger again at the table and with a burst of magic, whatever the sum of the dice were they immediately change to triple six. The guy lifted of the cover and reveals the results showing a triple six. Cole just stood there and gasped with surprise and shock that he can't believe he won.

"I won! I won! I can't believe I won!" he shouted.

Karone smiled and walked out and Cole after counting his winnings, which was enough to buy back, Ollie, walked out of the casino as well. He immediately started to head back to the animal auction in a sprint but unfortunately he bumped into someone but kept on going and turn his head shouting apologies to the person.

"I'm very sorry sir!"

The guy that Cole bumped into brushed himself off and stared after the older Evan who was sprinting away and glared a bit.

'What a rude mortal just bumping into me like that and not stopping to apologize I'll teach him a lesson.' thought the guy who was actually an immortal; it was Hunter in fact who decided to take a walk in that town that day.

At the auction ranch we see Cole handing over the pouch of coins he won from the casino over to the manager of the place.

"Here, there more than enough in there. So can I please buy back by Ollie?" Cole asked as the manager counted the money.

"Alright, you can take him and go." the guy waved the older farm boy away after counting the amount.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Cole smiled and went over to where one of the workers brought over Ollie and handed him over to him.

"All right Ollie, lets go home." and he took the ox home.

We then see the manager sat down at and outdoor desk and chair and placed the pouch of coins on the desk. Nearby in a high tall tree, Hunter appeared out of nowhere and saw the entire exchange between the two and decide to do something. He thrust his hand towards where the pouch of coins were and with a blast of magic, the coins in the pouch changed and then Hunter disappeared. The manager picked up the pouch again to check again when somehow the money in the pouch all became flat round stones.

"What? How did the money become stones?"

Back at the Evan's farmhouse we see Sky sitting against Ollie's pen when he heard a moo and turned his head. What he saw came to a surprise and sees his brother walking Ollie back to their farm. Sky stood up and ran to meet up with his brother and their ox.

"Cole! Ollie! Cole how did you..."

"Ollie is part of our family, of course we have to get him back."

"But where did you get the money?"

"By winning of course."

At that moment we see two armour clad soldiers with a sword attached to their belt was running up towards the farm.

"Don't worry, if it weren't for buying back Ollie I wouldn't have gone into the casino." Cole explained.

The two soldiers came up to the two brothers.

"Who here is Cole Evans?" one of the soldiers demanded.

"What is it sir, I'm Cole." the older brother answered.

"You're coming with us."

The two soldier immediately each grabbed hold of Cole's arms and started to forcefully drag him away while Sky quickly place Ollie back into his pen and chase after the soldiers shouting out whats going on.

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We then turn to a scene in a dungeon and we see Cole shackle to the stone wall and was getting beaten by a soldier while another two was holding down Sky.

"Stop it! My brother didn't lie; he used real money to buy back our ox. He's innocent!" Sky shouted at the judge who was standing there watching.

"Then are you saying that I accusing him for something he didn't do!" the judge hit Sky across the face.

"Sir, my brother doesn't lie. What will it take to let him go." the younger brother turned back towards the judge.

"Easy, just pay back the owner 50 gold coins that should be enough."

"50 gold coins? If we had 50 gold coins, we wouldn't have sold our ox."

"Then your brother would just have to take the punishment."

And the soldier, who was doing the beaten, gave Cole one hard punch, which made him yelled out in pain.

"No! Don't!" Sky shouted.

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Later back with the angels who were in a grassy field area next to the river, where Ziggy, Kaze and Bridge was sitting on the grass playing with something or other. They were waiting for Karone to come back from her assignment and we see her walking up to them.

"So how did it go?" Bridge asked eagerly.

"Everything's fine." Karone answered.

"Alright then lets go home." Kaze stood up.

"Wait not yet!" the youngest angel exclaimed.

"Now what?" Ziggy asked.

"Can we just check on them one more time?"

"Alright if we check one more time, we are going home okay?" the musician had his arms crossed and head cocked to the side.

"Okay."

Sighing once again, Kaze waved his hand toward the space in front them and a viewing portal like mirror appeared in front of them. The angels sees Sky walking somewhere with a ruff sack on his back and a shovel propped against his shoulder, a girl neighbour was with him trying to talk him out of something.

"Sky you can't go."

"I have no choice."

"But, but, if something happens to you what will I do? I never told you this before but I really like you Sky, not just as neighbours and friends."

Sky stopped to turned around and faced the girl.

"Listen, I'm really sorry to say this but I already have someone that I like. Even though I haven't known them for long and not understanding them sometimes but I know this is the first time I have these feelings for anybody and no one else can replace them."

The angels of course were watching the entire conversation between the two and Bridge was watching with interest and a smile.

"I wonder if he is talking about you?" smirked Karone and turned to her little brother.

"Sky, you can't go to the Forsaken Forest!" the girl begged.

"Listen if anything happens to me, please take care of my brother for me."

"You can't go, its dangerous." the girl grabbed onto Sky's arm.

"Can't you understand? If I don't, where can I get the money to save Cole! I just can't watch him get beaten!" and Sky pulled away from the girl and ran off.

Back with the angels...

"Sky wants to go into the Forsaken Forest?" Bridge gasped.

"That is just suicide!" Karone exclaimed.

Immediately Bridge took off flying into the air, right towards where Sky was heading without telling his brothers or sister.

"Bridge! Where are you going!" Ziggy shouted as Karone took off after Bridge.

"Come back here!" Kaze yelled out.

"Bridge don't go! Stop!" Karone called out after Bridge but he wasn't listening and kept on going.

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Well here another chapter, I hope you like it.

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