We find the Caravan coming out of the miasma stream, each of them a little shaken from the experience.
"Well, that's something that sends chills," Said Kane as he poked his head from the caravan.
"Eventually, we'll have to go back through that stream on the way back," Said Sirius tugging on the reigns. "And we'll have to go through others as well."
"You certainly are a mood killer," Said Violet, "Where's the next Myrrh tree?"
"Kane, check the map would you?" Asked Sirius as Kane grabbed the map and opened it.
"The next tree is in the Mushroom Forest," Said Kane. "Just take the left in the fork in the road."
Soon the caravan reached the next area, when they reached the next entrance to the forest the group saw that there was another caravan parked near the entrance. They parked up far from the other caravan.
"Looks like we were beaten to the punch," Said Kane as the group exited the caravan.
"We still probably have a chance," Said Violet as they entered the forest with the chalice in hand.
"If we can't reach the tree in time, perhaps we could find some treasure," Said Sirius.
As the group trekked the path that passed the gigantic mushrooms, they fought against carrion worms, hell plants, as well as some monsters that they fought at the River Bell Path. The group stopped when they reached a tall ledge in front of the ledge was a strange patch of ground.
"Great directions Kane," Said Sirius who was holding the chalice.
"Well, since the monsters were concentrated near here," Said Kane as he stepped on the strange patch of ground. "I thought that maybe…"
Before Kane could finish, he was launched into the air by the ground underneath him. Violet and Sirius quickly got on the ground as soon as it was ready once more. As soon as they reached Kane, he smiled.
"I knew I was right!" Said Kane as Violet just sighed.
"Let's just hurry," Said Violet as the caravan quickly continued its journey.
The rest of the walk through the mushroom forest was boring, until the caravan was near a corner. Suddenly, from the other side of the corner, two guys run and bump into our heroes. When the group got a closer look of the two they realized that one was a selkie male while the other was a lility. In the lility's hands was a chalice that had only one drop of Myrrh in its contents.
"Well it looks like we're too late," Said Sirius.
"Listen our fellow caravan, if you value your lives," Said the lility, "Don't go down that path we just came.'
"Before we could get the myrrh, we were attacked by this strong weird monster," Said the Selkie with a smug look on his face, "We were lucky for we were the only ones who escaped in our caravan."
"You left your own caravan?" Asked Violet.
"And if we did?" Asked the lility. "One of our other member has a myrrh crystal and is probably still fighting."
"Before you leave, tell us," Said Sirius, "Did you collect the myrrh drop?"
"Of course not!" Yelled the Selkie, "The monster is huge and we didn't want to face it."
"Get out of here you cowards," Said Kane as the Lility and Selkie quickly ran off. "Good riddance."
"We should hurry, lest we be too late," Said Sirius as everyone in the caravan quickly ran where the Selkie and Lility came from.
As our favorite caravan walked to the area where the Selkie and Lility came from, they saw on the ground a motionless male Yuke. Sirius placed his feather like hand over the other Yuke's chest, after a few seconds Sirius lifted his head and shook his head. The group continued, as soon as they passed some mushrooms that looked like an arch, they saw a huge green beast with many eyes, tentacles and rows of ugly teeth. The caravan notices that the beast was fighting a Selkie girl with long dark blue hair, wearing a yellow skirt, and a blue top lined with white fur that showed the girl's midriff, at her wrists and ankles were bracelets made of white fur. Before the group could act, many tentacles shot from the ground and the attack hit the Selkie girl dead on. The monster was licking its teeth, and just as it was approaching the girl, who was on the ground, a fireball hits the monstrous beast.
"Take that you slimly Malboro," Said Sirius as all of the Malboro's eyes quickly saw that Sirius was the caster of the spell. "I did it again, didn't I?"
"Let's just hurry before your insults make it angrier," Said Violet as she dodged a tentacle from the Malboro.
Violet was distracting the monster by slashing the beast's tentacles, Sirius was still casting a new spell that he acquired while in the forest, Thunder. A circle of quickly zaps the Malboro, surprisingly it only made the monster angrier. Kane managed to get the Selkie girl away from the monster's range.
"This thing is so tough," Said Violet as he was still slashing at the beast's tentacles.
Almost on cue, the monster leaned back, and breathed out a huge cloud of green breath, which Kane was able to dodge the bad breath, Sirius however wasn't so lucky. Sirius fell to his knee coughing.
"Violet, trade you!" Yelled Kane as he and Violet trade places on the battle.
The Malboro was about to use it's bad breath once more, when suddenly a huge black orb conceals it and crushes it. Kane and Violet quickly saw that Sirius was the one who cast the spell.
"Gravity," Said Sirius as Violet slashed and Kane charged as well.
As the swords pierced the Malboro at once, the monster cries in pain. Violet and Kane quickly get away from the monster before it fell to the ground dead. Sirius was using some healing items on himself. Sirius and Violet were the ones carrying the Selkie girl while Kane was holding the chalice. After acquiring the myrrh drop, the group decided to stay near the myrrh tree area until the next morning. Kane was looking through his supply pack that could be used to help with the Selkie girl's wounds, Sirius' magic could only do so much. Kane managed to find some bandages. While Violet was covering the Selkie girl's wounds in a tent that she made, Kane and Sirius were playing cards that Kane brought.
"You got any 7s?" Asked Sirius.
"Sorry, go fish," Said Kane as Sirius sighed and Violet appeared from the tent. "How's the girl Violet?"
"Her wounds are covered," Said Violet as she sat down. "Deal me in."
After playing a few more rounds, and eating dinner, the group falls to sleep. The next morning, when Kane woke up and rubbed his eyes, he saw the Selkie Girl standing up looking at the myrrh tree from within the chalice's barrier. After making sure he was proper, he gets up and approaches the girl.
"You shouldn't be up," Said Kane as the Selkie girl turned her head a little shocked.
"I suppose you guys saved me," Said the Selkie girl. "Thanks I guess."
"Well, you're welcome," Said Kane as he heard a small growl and looks around.
"You wouldn't happen to have any food?" Asked the Selkie girl as she covered her stomach.
"What would you like?" Asked Kane as he headed towards his supply pack.
"You wouldn't happen to have any cherry clusters?" Asked the girl as Kane was looking through the supplies.
"I've got one cluster left," Said Kane as he handed the Selkie the fruit cluster.
As Kane pulled back his hand, his index finger was caught in the girl's white fur bracelet. The fur bracelet was pulled off, and underneath it was a blue bracelet. The girl quickly saw this, and snatched the fur bracelet back.
"Thanks," Said the girl as she began to eat the cherry cluster.
"That bracelet. Could this be who I think it is?" Thought Kane as the others began to wake up.
Vyser: Well, here's the next chapter. I hoped that you all enjoyed it! Till next time, keep up the reviews!