"Who are you?" The old woman asked. "My name is Gregor I was just going to see an old friend" Gregor said. "Gregor? Gregor Campbell?" The old woman said. "Yes that's me" Gregor said. "It's so great to see you Gregor it's me Mrs. Cormaci " she said giving him a hug. "Yes it's very nice to see you as well" Gregor said. "Come inside" she told him. Gregor walked inside and saw that the place had not changed very much. He saw the clock he gave her that came from the Underland. She insisted on making him something to eat and told him to make himself at home. She gave him a rootbeer a drink that to this day Gregor enjoyed. That gave Gregor an idea. He wanted to bring some Overlander food down to show the Underlanders. He remembered how much they liked rootbeer and he would bring some with him. Mrs. Cormaci gave him some warm stew and a piece of bread. The cheesy stew smelled delicious and it had steam clouds coming off of it. He dipped the bread in the soup and remembered how much he had enjoyed her cooking. It was excellent it was as good as a restaurant soup which begged the question why did she not open a restaurant? Maybe she should maybe she shouldn't but that was up to her not Gregor. "Mrs. Cormaci you're cooking is great, you should open up a restaurant!" Mrs. Cormaci laughed and said "yes, I opened one a few years ago. I also named the restaurant Regalia" this shocked Gregor he never knew she actually had a restaurant let alone named it after Regalia."wow that's really cool!" Gregor said. "Anyway what brings you here?" said. "I'm here for college" he said using hand quotation marks. Mrs. Cormaci understood what he was saying. "So you are going back?" She asked already knowing the answer. "Yes tomorrow after I get some stuff I plan to head back to the Underland but I really don't know what to expect since they told me there is going to be a war or it might have already started and I haven't been there for them" Gregor said. "I see, that's interesting, but I think they will welcome you back after all you are the legendary warrior" Cormaci said. "Yes I suppose I am" Gregor said. She changed the topic and asked "how is your family doing?" "Lizzie is now quite the extrovert and she had plenty of friends, boots I mean Margaret makes friends with everyone, Dad is fine he is working at the school now. Mom also works. Grandma is doing fine she mostly sleeps all the time but she is doing alright" Gregor said. Cormaci nodded and said "sounds like your family is doing pretty well" Gregor nodded. Mrs. Cormaci started telling him all the things that had changed over the years while he was gone. She told him that the family that had bought his old apartment were really nice and a good family. She also told him that the laundry vent wasn't any trouble anymore and no one had accidentally found it interesting. She had moved the washer to cover it up and no one seemed to notice it. No one had disappeared like when his dad had disappeared. They talked for a while longer about everything from more on his family life in Virginia to her son and eventually it came to the subject of girls. "You once like the Underland girl, what was her name?" "Luxa" Gregor replied absentmindedly. "Yes that's it, have you found anyone else you like?" She asked trying to push the subject a little. "No I haven't found anyone yet but I have found out that she has a fiancé down in the Underland so there is no chance" Gregor said a bit sadly. But Howard had once said that and Underlander Queen and a nobody Overlander could have no happy outcome. Perhaps Howard was right maybe he should just forget about Luxa and move on with his life. But no he had to go down to help his friends no matter how he felt about them now. "Let me give you some advice on girls Gregor" said. gave him all sorts of tips but also said that if someone had a partner already it was best not to interfere in there life and it was better to move on because you can't just stay obssesed with somone. She also gave him a speech about things girls like and things they don't. Gregor found this funny because he was getting told this stuff by someone he barely knew anymore. Not even his mom had told him this.

"Well it's bout time I hit the old dusty trail" Gregor said. "Yes I suppose it is getting a bit late" Cormaci said standing up and walking to the door. Gregor followed and exited as she opened the door. "Thanks for having me Mrs. Cormaci" Gregor said politely. "Anytime, come back soon if you can, and also give me one last hug" She said. They hugged and Gregor was on his way to the store. He was going to collect the things he needed for tomorrow. So Gregor went into the big supermarket to gather supplies. What should he bring? He needed batteries. He also needed or at least wanted to bring rootbeer but he had to bring his stuff in his backpack so he needed to save every bit of room he could have room for something else. He proceeded to go down the snack isle. He picked up bags of chips, cookies some rootbeeer, he also got some batteries and stuff for a first aid kit. He felt very prepared. "Being prepared is the only secure way to go" he checked out and found out that he could actually get all the stuff for a decent price. He packed all of his stuff in his backpack. He zipped up his blue backpack and was ready for action. He headed back to the dorm and settled down into his bed. Tomorrow he would go to the Underland. Tomorrow he would find the answers that he wanted. He rested his sword by his bed and feel asleep with the hand on its jeweled hilt.

* I'm watching AGT right now and slowly dying inside so I thought I'd give you another chapter also my pet horse is trying to hound me for attention, she acts a lot like a dog lol also she is a mini horse not a big horse, lol she keeps snorting at my trying to get my attention also I want to thank everyone who has read my fan fiction! Thanks for reading and I will try and produce more chapters for you guys to devour*