This is awesome. Each time I go to upload some more chappies, I find some reviews. How cool is that? So here's some replies...
Phoenix from the Flames-2: lol. Well, wait no longer, you get to find out. Well... remember... cause you forgot... Anyways! Enjoy!
humancat: Oooo... I can't wait to see if I've put it in the story yet or not. lol. I think it's in quite a few chapters to come. These teenagers are only like, what, 14? 15? They're still too young and naive to realise what's right in front of them... But we'll see who figures it out first.
Prisca-Angel: Actually that hasn't even occured to me yet; what the OC's names are gonna be, cause I think that we'reI'm up to in writing it, they're still not in it. But none-the-less. Sure! Just give me a name and I'll try and add you in some where. I'm still trying to read it all myself to see where I'm up to, so I forget what the genders are, but we'll see, k? But, yeah, sure you can have your name of choice as an OC.
Like alwasy, I hope you guys.. and girls, enjoy this chapter and the ones to come...
Chapter Eight: Almost There…?
The dawn of the day was shown as the bright colours filled the sky. The morning sun shone brightly as Kai entered the breeze, which it so often carried. Looking around Kai viewed the damage, which was at hand. Nothing seemed to be a problem except for the occasionally downed tree. One house had taken a beating, as Kai noticed the roof lying a meter away from the house. Apart from this, everything seemed to be fine. Turning around Kai entered the inn, thankful that the shelter held under the breeze, which had begun to grow stronger.
Walking inside he found the inn barely filled. Two Avarians sat at the bar silently whispering to eachother. As Kai began to walk over to them, he noticed that a third member was there; the bartender. Seeing Kai, the bartender hurried away to wash the bench further up from them. The two Avarians turned around and faced Kai.
"Well, well, well. I didn't see you get up?"
Kai sat down and faced them. "Come on, Tala. You didn't expect me to be up by now? The sun's just risen. Besides, I've been up for a while."
Brian leant forward and smirked, "Should have guessed. D'you have a good sleep then?"
"Perfect." Kai's face showed no emotion, but his voice was full of sarcasm. He turned to look them in the eye, but noticed the bartender eyeing him. Instead he looked him straight in the eye, causing the bartender to scurry off quickly. Kai faced his friends and raised an eyebrow, "Did I do something wrong? What's his problem?"
"You." He frowned at the reply and looked to Tala, Tala sighed and faced him, "I should have known this was going to happen. We forgot about your eyes. He thinks you're the Prince, and you've got him terrified."
Brian nodded in agreement. "We can't let them know that you really are."
"And? What do you suppose we do about it?" He questioned them both and let his head fall on the bar. "Great. So everywhere I go people are going to think I'm the Prince and bow down at my feet." Lifting his head up he let his lips fold into a slight smile, "You know, that doesn't sound half bad."
Hearing a laugh behind them, they simultaneously turned around to find Mariah standing there, hands on hips. "Right. People actually believing you're the Prince? Don't make me laugh."
Tala got up and moved right into her. "How much did you hear, wench?"
Taking a step back she looked at Tala, her face full of stubbornness, "Oh, nothing much. Just about how everyone's gonna bow to Kai." She let a small laugh escape her mouth before continuing. "That's to funny to even say with a straight face."
Brian rolled his eyes at her immaturity and stood next to Tala, "Well it's true. Think about it. Prince is missing for over eight years and then he shows up with red eyes. It's gonna spook a lot of people."
They saw her consider it a moment before walking back up the stairs. A moment later, she came back down holding a tired looking Enrique.
"This should solve your problem."
Enrique rubbed his eyes and blinked at them, "What should solve whose problem? And why are we up so early? I could be getting more sleep right now."
Tala stepped forward and snapped his fingers in front of Enrique, calling for his attention. "We're talking about Kai's eyes being red. We need you to do your thing and change them. We ain't got no contacts here, remember?"
Enrique nodded and stood up straight. 'Well, I think you should consult Robert on that, it is his expertise."
Mariah slapped him lightly over the head and glared, "You're the Prince, for goodness sakes. You've got more magic then most faeries, so you do it."
"Alright, alright. It was worth a try." He muttered.And with onelift his fingershe opened up his mouth. All moved in closer to hear the magic words. "...Done."
"Done already? You didn't even say anything." Enrique was about to answer Tala's question when he was pushed aside. Tala pulled Kai's face in front of him to study it. His face turned up in disgust. "They're green." He paused for a moment before looking to Enrique. "I don't like green."
Enrique ignored the comment and folded his arms in satisfaction while he leant on the side of the bar. "Well I couldn't change them to blue, I mean, think about it. Blue hair and blue eyes? It doesn't match. Besides, I thought green might…"
"Yeah, yeah. What are you, Prince and fashion expert?" Mariah stood up and ran up the stairs. "I'll get everyone up so we can have breakfast. Then we can finally get going. Oh, this is going to be so amazing…" Her voice slowly trailed off as she entered one of the rooms.
Enrique chuckled to himself, "Looks like she's ready for an adventure. I don't think she's ever been able to properly search this world. Do you think she's ever been past this Neko-jin village?"
Brian shrugged while Tala turned around and leant his elbow on the bar. "Who cares."
"Well then. Let's go on our little adventure."
Almost one hour later, the group was finally ready to set off. Having eaten breakfast and packed their bags they were all eager to go off in search of new wonders. The stables, which were just outside the village, had been quite obligingin letting them use seven of their horses, having been promised that the animals would be returned healthy and alive. The group had followed the path leading them to the Faerie Kingdom but after several longhours ofriding and walking they had stopped for a rest.
"I don't like this place." All turned to Tala who eyed the surrounding forest. It was quite eerie and dark, with the trees on either side bent over the road in a malicious way. It felt ascreepy as it looked.
Ahead of everyone Enrique was silently conferring with Robert, and after several moments of quiet whispering, their voices began to grow louder, "No. I don't care, Robert… We... No! We can't tell them! I mean…"Enrique sighed, eyed the group and nodded his head, "Okay.. Okay, okay!"
Having enough courage to finally face the group, Enrique turned around with a look of guilt on his face. "I've got some good news, and some bad news."
Max piped up, "Oh, oh. Good News first. Good news first."
"Alright." Enrique took a big long breath before he continued, "Well… We seem to be almost there." He laughed unsurely before taking another breath. "But the bad news is… we have no way to tell."
And from above, the trees seemed to shake as an ear piercing scream was heard, which sent all the birds in a one mile radius to fly off in terror.
"WE'RE LOST!"
Oooooo... That can't be good for them. So. If you like the story so far... review! If you LOVE the story so far... still review, just make it extra good. lol.