This chapter got a little crazy, Julia had a lot of other things to do than just work on magic; but also her courage and driving skills with her vehicle-

(Chapter Three: Troubled travels)

"What?" Julia looked at the man, did she hear that right?

"We have to jump," he pointed over the edge "The rift is on a level with the cliff, but it floats just beyond.." the badge seller explained as Gabriele threw a rock into the barely noticeable ripples in space.

"Will you have difficulties traveling with your machine?" Gabriele asked, looked at her motorbike.

"Not unless I use my barriers as a road." Julia smiled, making walls as flooring had been quite easy when she needed to take short cuts around town. Though, it was much harder to hide from prying eyes. Now, she won't have to worry where she's going.

"Ah, creative!" Gabriele sounded happy, "I guess I will be riding with you then?" He turned to the badge seller, question in mind that he probably already has the answer to "Will you be traveling with us, or will we meet you there as always?"

"If you do not mind, I will be going off on my own." The badge seller taped his cane "you can take this time to explain a.. certain situation... that's has occurred.."

"Situation?" Julia questioned, but the man was already gone "damn it!"

"Yes, you'd think you would get used to this by now.." Gabriele replied. "But, even I get frustrated by his sudden departures.."

Julia hopped onto her bike, motioning for the doctor to get on. "Well, hop aboard; what's this situation?" She asked as he made his way over and got on; Julia looked ahead and said one last thing "I swear to god if we drop, I will be very angry."

Revving the engine to make sure it wasn't going to fail, Julia and Gabriele took a leap of faith. As the bike sped up off the dirt, it's wheeling reached air;

They suddenly found themselves falling into the rift.

Quickly, Julia's charm glowed; a green opaque floor appeared below them and the drove off. The rift was just as Julia remembered it- trippy as all hell and broken. At least the way was much more clear. She'd personally not suffer another amnesiac episode via a concussion.

"You've learned to use your barriers without your hands?!" Gabriele shouted over the engine.

"Sorta!" Julia shouted back "without my hands, it was still pretty thin! Something could break it if I'm not careful!"

"With all this ruble, that's very reassuring!" Gabriele was dripping sarcasm, that wasn't reassuring at all-! What if something comes along and brakes the floor!?

"So, I'll ask again!" Julia wanted to change the matter at hand "what's this situation? It must be something important for me to know!"

Gabriele sighed, not sure how to say it, but blunt would be the best choice "Zephyr has broken loose from his realm!"

The doctor couldn't see it, but Julia had made a face, probably one that looks like great terror and mass confusion. "That's not possible!" She yelled back "Melody obliterated the guy in my dream realm! How's he still alive!?"

"Julia, my dear; this man is known for his illusions!" He announced, but wasn't expecting a reply-

When he did, he was greeted by laughter.

It wasn't Julia's.

Not wanting to even stop, Julia sped up faster; she knew that laugh, she didn't ever want to hear it again. Never again. Seem like many folks know how to travel through space-time as well- it's feeling a lot less special.

"Oh god, oh no-" Julia started panicking, the road ahead was starting to get a little bit unstable; she nor the doc knew where the jester was, but he was here and probably not far.

"Well, well, well; the Diamond and the Heart traveling together?" Zephyr laughed out "we feel left out!"

Yellow rectangular shrapnel came speeding towards the floor; taking a risky move, Julia let go of the handles, moved her body forward and held her hands out quickly. She raised a side wall temporarily, and once the shrapnel hit it was deflected.

Putting her hands back on the handles, Gabriele shouted: "What was that!?" He was referring to the stunt she had preform.

"I did tricks in my spare time-!" She replied, "if I didn't have a passenger, I would have been able to lie flat down!"

"You're insane!" The doc was sacred for her.

"I know!" Julia smiled.

Overhead, Zephyr flew; he wanted to toy with them more, and watching the stunt that could have thrown the two off the edge, made him want to see more! What is the contraption she controlled, was it alive? Did it feel? Could. It. Die?

So many things he wanted to know, so little time to find out! He laughed out loud again "wondering, wonderful!"

"Doc, we have to take a detour!" Julia shouted, looking away behind the rubble ahead, "I know it sounds bad, but I can't keep this up much longer!"

"Do what you need to do!" He held tighter to her waist, bracing for the worst.

With that being a 'go' from him, she drove off course and the floor disappeared. Using what she could, she drove through rubble, crevasse, anything she could use to get away from the mad doll. The majority of the ride was unpleasant, and the rift drive from here was even more unstable-

Different portals started opening up, showing different worlds; some colliding with each other for a short unnoticeable moment. She was so distracted by this, that she wasn't expecting a portal to open up in front of her;

She drove through, and when she kept driving, she noticed something familiar about the place-

It was Subcon!

But she didn't stop; this wasn't her world she was trying to reach- No, no, it didn't feel right. The world seemed like it slowed down when she locked eyes with a boy up ahead. black hair, red shirt, and blue shorts; that was all she saw as she darted back into another portal, never seeing the boy again.

Once back into the space rift, it seemed like the situation cooled off; they could ride a little more through the rubble just to be safe. Once back into the open, Julia let out a sigh of relief. How much farther she wondered. She never thought she ever go on a road trip with her motorbike.

"There! Up ahead!" Gabriele pointed out a specific portal "see that gold and green portal?!"

"Yeah!?" Julia shouted back

"That's home!" He sounded happy, the portal was in eye range, but they still had a ways to go.

Though, that happiness was short-lived; a surprise attack from below had knocked the two off course, getting Gabriele loose and fall off the bike. Julia took evasion maneuvering and wall displacement to spiral down like one of those stunt riders in a ball; then she free fell while releasing her magic that the doctor feared most.

Julia summoned her strings to grip around the plague doctor and twirl him back up to her; "I ain't losing you now, Gabe; hold on tight!" She yelled, looking at him with great determination.

Something in his head clicked. But that thought was for a different moment in time; right now Julia tried driving her way back up while Gabriel was literally riding bridal style in front of her as he was locked in between her forearms. The man was huge, so keeping him in place wasn't a problem; holding him for long was.

The sudden pose was enough to catch the mad jester off guard, it was comical; too comical. The two could hear him laughing harder. Such a small person holding another who was incredibly bigger then the other was always funny, and Zephyr knew how prideful the leader of Hearts was.

It was a good enough distraction, with it, they were able to reach their given destination before a larger piece of debris cane flying at the two. Once they disappeared, so did the portal; leaving Zephyr to find another way to get to them once he stopped laughing.

Current active Characters of mine:

Julia/Fedora

Gabriele/Leader of Hearts (Friend?)

Zephyr/?/Leader of Spades (Local psychopath)

Guess appearance:

Tie (from A Hat and Tie in Time)