Chapter 2
Burial grounds
FH is shown playing solitaire on his phone.
He suddenly put it up.
"Oh hello again sorry I was getting bored waiting for the next chapter anyway Tak and Flora will be here soon so I'll talk to you later.Oh and don't complain about me breaking the fourth wall it's my story and I'll do what I want."
Tak and Flora were exiting Lok's training and saw FH leaning against the exit.
"Where have you been?" Asked Tak
"I had a little talk with the Moon Juju to confirm something."
"What would that be?"
"Not important"
"Alright you two c'mon we have to hurry to the burial grounds."
"You know what Flora why don't you go on ahead I have to talk to Tak about something"
Flora shrugged her shoulders turned into her travel ball and flew off.
"So what did you need to talk to me about"
" Walk with me"
They began to walk.
"You see Tak I'm what they call a story hunter I hunt for a good story and yours is one that interests me currently."
Tak had a confused look on his face.
"Why me Lok is the one the prophecy talks about?"
"Yeah well if a great warrior is turned into a sheep it doesn't fill many pages in a book now does it"
"No I suppose not"
"Now an adventure where you go off to a mystic graveyard to find some interesting ingredients to turn someone human again. Now that is a good story."
"So is that all your here for just to watch me collect these plants?"
"No I'm here to see what could be at the end of your journey or more importantly who."
"What does that mean?"
"I've seen the way you look at Flora I'm curious to what will happen."
Tak's face turned red.
"What how could you?"
"My eyes are much more observant than yours even though most of my face is covered. Anyway who knows at the end of your journey you might get the girl"
"And what makes you so sure that I like Flora like that?"
"I'm not"
"You don't make any sense first you say that your this great story hunter yet your following the story of a shaman's apprentice then you tell me you just want to see the end of my journey and then you say I have feelings for someone who I just met an hour ago and yet your not sure about any of this."
FH shrugged his shoulders.
"Tak I don't know what the future holds I can only see glyphs of it."
"What are you?"
"A guy who loves a happy ending"
They approached the lift where Flora was floating in her normal form.
"What took you two so long?"
"I was talking to Tak to see if my history on the pupanunu people was correct I'm glad to find that it was."
Tak nodded.
"Well down we go."
After a minute they were in the ancient burial ground.
"Whoa now this is more death than I'm familiar with"
"Tak jibolba said we should get the staff from the grand tomb over there."
Suddenly a group of Nurbles came running at Tak.
Tak took out the first one with his club and then knocked the last two off the edge into a pit.
FH simply nodded.
Flora in her travel form flew all the way to the top of the tomb.
"Kinda wish she would wait before running off."
"Naw I'm not too worried I mean those Nurbles were kinda weak."
As they made there way to the top they were stopped by a ram.
"Ok so now what?"
FH saw a melon plant near by.
"Rams like melons."
"So we lead it over here to eat it's fill."
"Exactly."
After some careful positioning the Ram was stuck eating in a infinite loop of melons.
Tak and FH made it up.
"You know I can fly too but I don't do it everywhere."
Flora turned back to her normal form.
"Ok well it's not my fault you two are slow."
Tak suddenly placed a big gold tooth into one of the large statues and a light appeared on the tomb.
"Huh so that's what jibolba meant."
"Tak why don't you go look for the other teeth this map should help you."
FH threw Tak the map.
Tak jumped down and went off.
"So Flora what do you think of Tak?"
"He an interesting one"
"Yeah interesting enough to have a story that interests me no wonder Moon as such faith in him."
"How do you?"
"I went to have a chat with her after figuring out all that was going on."
"You didn't do anything to her did you?"
"Oh course not I would never hurt an old friend of mine.
"You know her from back then"
"That's a different story anyway let's focus on the current topic."
"Um what was it again?"
"Ok so what do you think of Tak?"
"He's much Braver and stronger then I first thought not many people would dive into a place like this. He seems like a good friend to a lot of people."
"Including you?"
"Yeah a good friend."
FH noticed a bit of hesitation in her voice.
"This might be easier than I thought" FH thought with a smirk.
"You hesitate I wonder why."
Her face had a red tint on it.
"What are you implying? "
"Nothing just calling what I see it."
Tak came back with the three remaining teeth.
"Huh that was fast."
"Yeah well your instructions were very specific"
Flora turned back into her travel ball form.
Tak placed the teeth into the statues.
The tomb opened up and Tak and FH entered the tomb where a large coffin.
The coffin opened up and a mummified man came out.
He was coughing
"Whoa are you OK"
"Ah that's a part of being mummified you get these dust balls stuck in your throat. They feel like little rocks."
He coughed once again.
"So your the mighty warrior of the pupanunu people's prophecy mmhmm come to pick up the staff of your ancestors? Well you don't look so mighty to me."
"Oh I'm not the great warrior. That's Lok's job I'm just here to bring the staff to jibolba."
"The prophecy says that only the great warrior can have the staff. If you can take the staff from me mmhmm you are meant to have it."
Tak took the staff and the mummy's arm in the process.
"Aw man that's my fighting arm. What a drag."
Tak and FH had disgusted looks.
"Take the staff mighty warrior use wisely and often and never touch me again."
The mummy went back into his coffin.
"Wow this staff is kind of cool."
Tak wielded the staff.
Flora turned back into her real form.
"Those awful Nurbles won't stand a chance now."
"Yeah also"
Tak pole vaulted to the the exit to the tomb which was weirdly high up.
"Getting to high places won't be too difficult."
FH jumped to where Tak was.
"Yeah good for you now we have to find those plants now right?"
"Yeah we need four of them but they are all in separate areas."
Flora said with a determined look.
"Seems like an excuse to see the world."
"Yeah well let's get started."
Flora turned into her travel ball and led the two too the first plant in the burial grounds.
The plant suddenly came to life and tried to bite Tak as he reached for the small nuba plant.
"Ok these plants aren't supposed to do that"
"Flora you have any advice would be appreciated"
"Ok um hit it till it dies"
Tak kept dodging and hitting it in a pattern until the plant collapsed dead.
Tak collected the small plant from its mouth.
"Huh that was easier than I thought"
"Yeah who would have thought my plan of dodging and hitting would work."
"So where do we go for the other 3?"
Flora shrugged her shoulders
"Luckily for you two I have a plan."
FH tossed another map to Tak
"Tree village, Dry rock canyon, and chicken island."
"I have something important to do so you two will be on your own for a while think you got this"
They both nodded.
FH went through a portal that appeared behind him.
"So shall we go?"
"Yeah I know where the tree village is follow me"
Tak followed Flora's travel ball while FH watched from the skies.
"I think I'll just step out of the way and see if the cards I played work."
FH held up a picture of Tak and a picture of Flora.
He spinned the pictures they turned into a card with a heart.
"Now will there team be able to complete the prophecy or."
The card burst into flames and a picture of Tlalok was in its place.
"I really wish I could do more but I can't risk breaking the timeline."
FH faced the camera.
"Don't worry I'll help if things get too bad anyway now that I have broken off from those two what could happen. See you next chapter!"