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Chapter 2: River Belle Path

As soon as Tipa was out of eyesight, Allie stopped waving, and went to sit by Kelsey. "I thought you were lonely, so I came to sit to sit by you. And besides, all of the others in our caravan are boys." Allie explained. "Always glad for the company." Said Kelsey. Without knowing, they just made a bond between them.

Meanwhile, Patrick decided to take a break and sat in the caravan where they had all of their supplies. He cursed out loud, "Oh shit! I forgot to bring water!" He mentally beated himself up for being so stupid. Justin, who heard the curse, came in and said, "I brought extra water, so feel free to have some." "Thanks ummm…. Oh yeah, thanks Justin." Justin replied, "No problem. Let the ladies know that im more than willing to share my water."

Patrick went to the front were Kelsey and Allison were and let them know that Justin said they could have some of his water.

A few hours later they came to a clearing and heard a clear, booming voice say, "Hail caravanners! Are you not the caravan from Tipa?" Patrick replied with a strong voice, "And who might we have the pleasure of meeting?" "I am Sol Racht from Alfiteria! And we are here to give you some advice!" " Patrick bowed and said "My apologies sir. I am Patrick, and I am traveling with Justin, Kelsey, and Allie. We didn't know who we were talking to, so we assumed bandits. We would be honored to accept your advice."

A fat looking moogle came out of the bushes. "I am Stilzskin. You can call me Skin. Follow me and I will teach you how to battle, use magic against your enemies."

They followed Skin to a beach. "Okay, listen up everyone! Im now going to teach you all how to attack. You clavats come over here, and you lilties over there. Im going to teach you tribes separately because you guys have different weapons." Skin went over to Allie. " First, when you want to attack, you can use a horizontal cut, a slash, or a downwards slash." Allie tried it a few times, but had a lot of difficulty doing it. Skin tried to praise her, but she was doing so bad that Kelsey, Justin, and Patrick decided to see how many words they could get out of their name.

Skin eventually gave up on Allie and said, "You, brown haired clavat! Get off of your ass and come over here!" Patrick was starting to wish that they hadn't accepted their offer. He went over to Skin. "Alright, im going to teach you the same thing I taught her. First, when you want to atta…" Patrick quickly cut him off. "I don't have the same weapons as her. I have two swords and no shield." Skin paused for a moment, thinking up of what to teach him and how to criticize him. "Alright smart-ass. Have it your way. Are you right handed or left handed?" "Um, im left handed. " Okay, when an enemy attacks you, block it with your right hand and slash, or thrust at your opponent." Patrick nodded and went to try it out. Skin was mad because he was doing so good.

"Alright smart-ass. Enough showing off. You, fatso, your next." He was looking at Justin. Justin was looking around at who Skin might be talking too. When realization hit him, he quickly flicked him off when Skin wasn't looking. Justin thought to himself 'I really am NOT fat, stupid bastard.' "Alright, when your attacking an enemy, remember to jump, slash, and vertical slash." He let Justin practice a bit and said "Ahem-you suck!-ahem. Alright that's enough. Time for this pretty lady's turn.

He told Kelsey the exact same thing he told Justin. She was just like Allie, but a tad better. Afterwards, he taught them how to use magic.

"Alright. Now your going to learn how to use magic. First of all, im going to give you all fires." He gave each of them a fire. "Now, concentrate on what your aiming at. Then, when you think you are ready, release it by stop concentrating." They did what they were told. Patricks didn't go very far, and it was just a tiny harmless thing.

"Smart-ass! Do you remember what I told you? You concentrate on what your aiming at and then release. Do you get it ?" Skin yelled. Patrick nodded and tried again. He still didn't do very well. "Alright, lets see how Allie is doing.

He went over to Allie praising her all the way. "Very good! You are a very good magic wielder! He then went over to Justin.

"Fatso! Your doing it all wrong! Concentrate and" "Shut the fuck up, you have major sexism problems! Skin quickly left Justin.

Alright pretty lady, your next. Kelsey conjured a spell and fired it at him. "What the hell was that for? I didn't do anything to you!" "You criticized my friends!" She replied with a sneer. "Okay okay. That's enough! I think you all got it."

He called them to a corner. " Alright. From what I see, smart-ass is the strongest. Fatso is the next strongest, Kelsey is next, and then Allie is by far the weakest. But, in terms of magic, Allie is the best, then Kelsey, then fatso, and then smart-ass. So I would have smart-ass be the warrior, fatso protect the ladies, Kelsey and Allie are the magic wielders.

They all nodded in agreement. "Okay, training done!"

They went back to Sol. "So, did you all learn what you needed to learn?" "Oh yes, we learned plenty!" Patrick replied. "Good! I have a companion for you guys."

A moogle popped up behind them. "Hello fat asses!" Kelsey asked Sol, "Do all moogles say fat ass?" "No. Skin is a sexist, so he calls boys fat asses, and Mog, that moogle behind you, doesn't know how to say kupo. Most moogles say kupo, but Mog cant pronounce it. All hes good for is carrying the chalice." Sol explained. "Well guys, we outta get a move on. Cmon Kelsey and Allie, you can squeal over the moogle later." Justin dragged Kelsey and Allie onto the caravan, all the while waving to Sol and flicking off Skin.

Once they were dots on the horizon, Patrick said, "Well, that was interesting. You guys don't think that im a smart ass, do you? "No." They replied in unison.

They went on for a few more hours, in the same positions that they left the village in. Very little talking, and a lot of fat ass-ing. They ran into a beautiful place with a lot of trees. Allie knew that this was the River Belle Path that here parents always talked about. She then told everyone that her parents always talked about it and that it was called River Belle Path.

They entered cautiously with mog carrying the chalice, Patrick at the edge with both swords out, Justin in front of the girls, protecting them, and Allie with Kelsey, waiting until they found magic.

Patrick quickly spotted a goblin. He charged the goblin and yelled over his shoulder, "This ones mine!" The goblin saw him and pulled out his sword. Patrick slashed, but the goblin blocked. Patrick slashed with his other sword, slicing it in half. He then checked the goblin for gil or magic, and ridded his swords of the green blood. He picked up a fire and gave it to Allie.

Allie thanked him, and they set off for the myrrh tree. They came upon a gate that was closed. It looked like it required a type of key. "Hey fat ass! I see a goblin ahead! Get ready for battle!" This time, everyone attacked it. It was killed by Allie, who was jumping up and down, yelling "My first kill! My first kill!" They quickly took its blizzard, gave it to Kelsey, and took the gil. They saw a goblin chieftain, who was heavily guarded by five minions up ahead.

They discussed a plan. Patrick was to take on two minions, Justin was to go against the chieftain, Kelsey was to take out a minion, and Allie was took take out the last goblin. Allie started to concentrate on her opponent. When she was ready, she let loose a blast of fire. The goblin was screaming "Help! Im on fire! Help!" He ran into the water and got carried away by the current. Patrick was having a rough time with the two goblins. He had to go on the defensive for most of the time. They locked swords. Patrick quickly pulled back one of his swords, and stabbed the goblin on his right. The goblin screamed and its eyes clouded over. He sustained a major cut on his side, blood oozing out. The goblin took advantage of him pulling back his sword. Full of rage, he started hacking and slashing at the last goblin. The goblin, seeing that he was about to die, ran away. Patrick then collapsed in a heap from blood loss.

Kelsey tried to use fire, but the goblin was quick on its feet. It avoided the fire blast, and quickly closed in on Kelsey. The goblin drew its sword, and charged Kelsey. She pulled out her lance, and jumped high in the air. She slashed, and then thrust her lance at it. She heard a satisfied grunt, meaning she hit it. She threw her lance at it and instantly killed the goblin.

Justin parried with the goblin chieftain for a while, neither hitting the other. Suddenly, the goblin chieftain pulled back and threw a stone a Justin. He blocked the stone, and rushed the goblin. He jumped up in the air and slashed it. The goblin blocked and tried to slice him in half. Justin moved back, and thrust his lance through the goblins body. The goblin fell to the ground, never to move again. Justin searched through its carcass and found a green orb, a key, and a fish.

Justin went over to Allie and gave her the orb. "Whats this?" She questioned. "I don't know, I was hoping that you would know. Anyways, wheres Patrick?" Kelsey came over with an unconscious clavat slung over her shoulder. "He has a bad wound on his side. Im not sure how much longer he can hold out." "Maybe we should come back later when hes all healed up." Justin offered. "No! He would want us to continue on and get the myrrh!" Allie argued with Justin for a while. Finally Kelsey stepped in between them. "I say we continue on and hope for the best." Allie smirked at Justin, and took off .Kelsey slung Patrick into a more comfortable position on her shoulder, and followed Allie.

They continued on and fought many mu's and goblins. They eventually came to a fork. "Alright guys. Which way should we go?" Justin and Allie voted the right. Allie was staring at the orb, trying to figure it out what it does. They went that way for a while, and came to a moogles house. The moogle saw Allie sating at the green orb. He said "Don't you know what that is kupo?" Allie shook her head. "It's a cure. It heals someone who is wounded kupo." Allie had to ask. "Will it heal him?" She indicated to Patrick. "Yes, it will make him come to consciousness kupo." Allie focused on Patrick, and let go. Patrick slowly got up. " What happened? How long was I out" "You were out for a couple of hours." Kelsey replied. " Damnit!" Patrick swore. "Hey fat ass cousin! How are you?" mog asked. "Fine. You all should be on your way. The myrrh isn't going to move for anyone."

They said their thanks to the moogle, and set off at the other road. They entered a beautiful clearing with a roaring waterfall. " Look! Theres the myrrh tree!" Allie exclaimed excitedly. They set off in that direction, with Patrick in the rear. He heard a noise, but thought it was nothing. Everyone else was looking at the myrrh tree, chatting.

All of a sudden, a giant crab appeared and headed straight for Allie! It was about to strike when Patrick jumped in the middle, blocking its attack. He yelled at everyone to get their asses over there and help.

They started to hit the thing, but nothing seemed to hurt it. Allie and Kelsey were attacking it with fire and blizzard. Patrick was hacking and slashing, and Justin was trying to blind it. The crab let loose a long stream of bubbles, aimed at Kelsey. She got hit and yelled "I can hardly move! Whats wrong with me?" Justin eventually succeeded in blinding the crab, and moved on to help Kelsey. The crab sliced its claw horizontal, catching Patrick off guard. He was thrown out of the chalices circle range. He felt a hot, burning sensation attack his skin.

Everyone saw him get hit out of the range, and moved over to get him in. Allie used cure on Patrick. He felt a lot better and ready for more action. He ran at the crab, slid underneath it, and sliced his swords into its belly. The crab howled in pain, and tried to slice Patrick, but failed miserably.

Allie and Kelsey were charging up their fire and blizzard. They both focused on the crab, and released at the same time. They saw a huge, black, sphere come crashing down on it. It destroyed its skull, leaving its body open for attack.

Justin hopped onto the crabs back and began stabbing with such ferocity. Patrick was distracting the crab, buying Justin some time. Justin eventually got the crab in the sweet spot, and it fell to the ground, dead.

They went over to the myrrh tree and got a drop of myrrh that filled the chalice a third up.

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Mail moogle at your service kupo! Kupo! Here you go kupo!

Dear Allie,

Why did you leave without saying goodbye to me? I wish to know please.

Love, your brother.

Allie hastily wrote,

Im sorry. I was going to miss the caravan if I stayed any longer.

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Dear Patrick,

How are you doing dear? Have you found a good cow? Please let us know right away!

Love, mom

Patrick replied, Im sorry mom, I haven't found a cow yet. But I will continue to search.

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Dear Kelsey.

Let us know if theres anything that you want. We have food, gil, and love.

With love, Dad

Kelsey wrote back, I wouldn't mind some more gil. Thanks.

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They all handed their letters back to the moogle, and exited River Belle Path.

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A/N: Whoo hooo! I finally finished this chapter! This chapter was a lot longer than I had expected. Also, im still lookin for a beta, so if anyone wants to do it, please email me. My email is in my profile.

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