Stephanie continued going through the snow-covered forest, still searching for the campground the elder said it would be.
She went through bushes that are semi-bare and zoomed past empty fields.
After a few minutes of running, Stephanie stopped when she saw something strange about the outside of the forest.
The other side of the forest was green and not covered in snow.
The sun was shining, and there were no clouds in the sky.
Except for the forest, that is.
It made Stephanie feel confused as she stared at the scenery change.
Glancing up at the camp, Stephanie squinted her eyes a little, noticing there was something inside.
Since the sun was shining brightly, Stephanie could see there was someone inside, holding what seemed to be a sword in the shape of a lightning bolt.
The figure inside was waving the sword around at the other people that were inside the tent with him.
They looked like they were yelling at each one of them.
Instantly, Stephanie realized it was the sword that the elder was talking about!
The Sword of Zeus!
Stephanie hummed to herself gently in thought, before glancing around for anything to get inside the camp.
As her eyes scanned around for a way, Stephanie then heard voices from the front of the gate.
Glancing at what was the voices coming from, Stephanie noticed that two Roman guards were arguing about something.
The skinny Roman guard was stamping his foot repeatedly as the fat Roman guard was pointing at him with the spear in his hand.
Stephanie felt confused about what they were arguing about but shrugged and decided to go through the camp the hard way.
She cracked the knuckles of her hands and reached up to her long hair and wires, putting it up into a low ponytail.
Stephanie even took off her glasses and placed them in a bubble, before tapping the top of it, teleporting it somewhere safe.
After her items were teleported away somewhere safe, Stephanie walked up to the front of the Roman camp, acting calm as she approached the two arguing Roman guards.
They were speaking English, and their voices sounded angry, mostly at each other.
But, one of them had an Italian accent in his voice.
Stephanie ignored their argument and walked up to them before stopping and placed her hands behind her back.
The first Roman guard has orange eye color with tan skin, and from underneath his helmet, Stephanie could see that he has red hair.
The second Roman guard has steel-blue eye color with fair skin, and from underneath his helmet, Stephanie could see that he has hazelnut brown hair.
She waited for a few minutes for them to stop arguing until one of them glanced over at her and glanced back at the argument.
Then, he looked at Stephanie at a second look.
"Don't look away from me!" snapped the angry skinny Roman guard. "Look at me when I am talking!"
"Uh," the fat Roman guard glanced over at the second and mentioned over to Stephanie with his hand that has his spear inside. "We have someone here."
"That doesn't matter!" snapped the angry skinny Roman guard as Stephanie rolled her eyes. "I'm arguing with you because you have-"
"Excuse me?" Stephanie spoke, interrupting their argument. "Can I ask something?"
The angry skinny Roman guard growled in frustration and finally turned around to Stephanie, screaming, "WHAT IS IT?!"
Stephanie frowned in anger after he had snapped at her, smacking him hard across the face that he was knocked out in an instant.
After he was smacked across the face, the angry skinny Roman guard landed back first against the ground, and Stephanie sighed, pushing up one of the sleeves of her shirt.
"May I ask now?" Stephanie repeated herself, growling slightly in her words.
"Yes," meeped the fat Roman guard.
Stephanie slowly turned around towards him and asked, "May I enter inside with a brawl?"
A slightly confused expression appeared on his face after Stephanie asked, repeating, "Are you meaning that you want to enter inside the camp forcefully without peace like the Gauls?"
Stephanie nodded her head, mentally smirking to herself about the village people's name.
"That's what I was trying to say," Stephanie sighed. "Now, may you please move out of the way?"
He fearfully nodded her head as he shook in his armor, moving to the left as Stephanie had commanded him to do.
Once he had moved out of the way, Stephanie repositioned herself and placed her hands against the door, saying with a smirk on her face, "Showtime."
With that, Stephanie pushed the door off the hinges and entered the campsite.
The other Roman guards that were in the campground glanced over at her with confusion and surprise.
Stephanie glanced around at the people inside, smirking to herself and rubbed her hands together.
"Let's get the party started," Stephanie smirked to herself.
A Roman commander busted out of the main camping tent in the back and noticed Stephanie standing there.
He growled with anger and reached into his side from underneath the cape.
Stephanie watched with confusion and amusement as he took out a sword, shaped into a thunderbolt.
"ATTACK!" he screamed, pointing the thunderbolt-shaped sword right at Stephanie.
Stephanie looked undaunted after he pointed the sword at her, but was surprised by the bellowing command from the general.
Immediately, every Roman soldier that was resting went to the battle against Stephanie.
They charged at Stephanie at full tilt, aiming their spears at her as their shields protected them.
Smirking, Stephanie quickly brought out her claws, and with one sweep of her hand, she scratched the pointed tips of the spears, making the soldiers stop dead in their tracks with shock written on their faces.
Once Stephanie had scratched the tips of the spears off, Stephanie used her left hand and said, "Succendam!"
After she said that in Latin, a large gust of wind blew them away by magic, making all of them collapse like a stack of cards.
The general looked surprised from the power Stephanie has, before growling and bellowed, aiming his sword at her again, "GET HER! DON'T LOLLYGAG! JUST DESTROY THAT FREAK!"
Immediately, Stephanie's right hand clenched into a fist, and her eyes narrowed.
"Excuse me?!" Stephanie snapped at the general. "What. Did. You. Call. Me?!"
Stephanie bared her sharp teeth towards the general with anger on her face, and the soldiers suddenly cowered before her.
"You heard me!" the general snapped back at Stephanie, not cowering any coward like the soldiers. "Freak! You don't belong in this-"
Before he could continue his sentence, Stephanie tackled him to the ground with surprising strength and punched him in the face.
She repeated her fists with right and left, bruising his face until it turned black and blue.
He even dripped some blood during the process, too.
Then, Stephanie grabbed him by the ankles and hurled him over her shoulders.
"DON'T!" Stephanie bellowed with anger as she hit him against the ground after each word. "CALL! ME! FREAK! EVER! AGAIN!"
With that, Stephanie flung the general out of the campsite.
He zoomed up into the air and disappeared into the sky.
She was still in her rage after the general insulted her, so, Stephanie turned to the other Romans.
They were still cowering in fear because of her and after what she had done to the general.
Stephanie bellowed at them, revealing her sharp teeth towards them and pointed her finger out of the forest.
"THE REST OF YOU!" Stephanie bellowed in rage. "GET OUT OF THE FOREST, NOW!"
Immediately, they ran after the general she had tossed, leaving behind their armor, spears, and other items.
Once they all ran away, one was left behind, as Stephanie turned around in a huff.
She placed her fingers against her temples, gently rubbing them with the tips.
"Okay, okay, Steph," Stephanie mumbled to herself. "You need to get yourself together."
During that time, the second Roman soldier she was talking to earlier at the entrance, slowly walked up to her, although a little scared to make her angry.
By his side were two other Romans, except one of the soldiers had long dark blonde hair, emerald-green eyes, and lightly almond skin color.
The other was skinny, but not too thin like the one at the entrance.
Underneath his helmet, he has short dark brown hair, fair skin, and has light steel-blue eye color.
They glanced at each other after Stephanie had forced everyone out of the campsite, before back over at Stephanie.
"Are you alright?" the second Roman guard asked.
Stephanie heard his voice and moved her fingers away slightly, sighing.
"No," Stephanie groaned. "I lost my temper with that general."
"Which was a good thing, that is." the skinny Roman soldier spoke. "He was being a big brute."
Stephanie turned slightly toward them and asked, "Why?"
"Err," the skinny Roman guard stammered. "He rarely gives us any food, treats us with respect, and so on."
She turned around towards them and continued listening to their words, calming down a little from her temper.
"But I am glad that you defeated him," he congratulated, before holding his hand out towards Stephanie. "My name is Cubitus."
Stephanie mentally chuckled at the name but shook his hand.
"Stephanie," Stephanie greeted back. "Stephanie Nova Rose Allen."
She turned her attention to the other, asking, "And, who's this handsome man?"
He blushed slightly from the remark Stephanie gave, and he answered, stammering a little, "Cyprian is my name."
"'Cyprian.'" Stephanie gently repeated as she released Cubitus' hand. "I like that name."
Cyprian blushed more from the second remark as the fat Roman guard who she met before at the entrance cleared his throat, and said, "My name is Infirmofpurpus."
Stephanie once again mentally chuckled at the name before shaking his hand.
"Pleased to meet you all," Stephanie smiled gently.
Then, her super hearing heard something heading for them, so Stephanie took a step back, confusing them.
"Why did you step-?" Before Cubitus could finish his sentence, something landed in front of him and stuck into the ground, startling him as he screamed and jumped into Infirmofpurpus' arms.
Cyprian jumped away from the object after it hit the ground, as Stephanie only flinched.
In front of all of them was the Sword of Zeus.
"By Zeus' name, that was close!" Cubitus exclaimed, before slowly getting out of Infirmofpurpus' arms. "Is that the sword General Brutus was holding?"
Stephanie nodded her head in response and stared at the sword for a moment, before reaching over at it with her right metal hand.
"What are you doing?" Infirmofpurpus worriedly asked.
Stephanie said nothing, but reached over to the sword and gripped the handle.
"What are you, crazy?!" exclaimed Cyprian. "You're going to-"
Before he could finish his sentence, Stephanie's long red hair turned yellow, and electricity sparked from her fingers.
Her eyes turned white, and her shirt changed into the color of butter.
Stephanie's pants turned into the color of medallions.
Her shoes turned into the color of bananas, as her shoelaces changed into the shade of butterscotch.
After the color of her clothes had changed, Stephanie lifted the sword up into the air.
She pointed the sword at the clouds that were over the forest of the Gauls.
A zap of electricity sparked from it, electrocuting the dark clouds in the distance.
Cyprian, Cubitus, and Infirmofpurpus yelped after the thunderbolt hit the clouds, ducking a little.
After the thunderbolt hit the dark clouds, they looked over to what had happened, seeing the clouds had disappeared into thin air.
They all sighed in relief after Stephanie pointed the Sword of Zeus over at the clouds and not them.
When they glanced over at Stephanie to check if she was okay, they were surprised to see she disappeared into thin air!
"Where did she go?" Cubitus whimpered in fear.
Meanwhile, Stephanie blinked her white eyes in confusion, before glancing around at her new surroundings.
Everything around where she was standing was decorated murals that are either carved on rock.
Some of them are created out of mosaics too.
Each mural was a picture of the god Zeus, using his powers and his creativity.
There were even stitched murals of him, including the sword that was in Stephanie's hand.
The sword's scabbard was hanging from her belt underneath her shirt, maybe it was magically placed on there once after she was teleported.
"Well done!" a voice bellowed in the background, startling Stephanie as she positioned her feet quickly and pointed the sword at who could have made that noise. "Whoa! Calm down, Stephanie! Come on up here and bring me my sword!"
Stephanie calmed down somewhat after the voice exclaimed, hesitating for a moment about who it could be.
But, Stephanie shrugged her shoulders and placed the sword back into its sheath.
After the sword had been back into its sheath, Stephanie stepped up the steps of the temple.
There were many steps inside, but it was not enough to make Stephanie complain about any chafings or aching limbs.
She was used to walking up and down the stairs repeatedly.
Soon, Stephanie entered another part of the temple, seeing Zeus sitting on a chair in front of her.
He looked like he was over 20 or 30 ft tall if he was standing on his feet.
In front of him was a pillar that was at Stephanie's chest height, looking empty without the sword.
Stephanie approached the pillar and took the sheath off of her belt.
After she took the sheath off from her belt, Stephanie placed it on top of the pillar.
Once her hands were off the sheath, her hair, and wires, clothes, and eyes returned to their former colors.
But, her hair turned brown instead of red, and her eyes returned to steel-blue.
"Thank you, Stephanie," Zeus thanked her, as the sword in the sheath slowly floated up from the pillar and grew to his size.
Once his sword returned to his size, Zeus grasped the sheath in his hand.
He stood up from his chair and placed it on the belt of his armor.
"I have been waiting for this for a long time." Zeus sighed.
Stephanie knelt down on one knee towards Zeus, being polite towards him.
Zeus noticed Stephanie's politeness and chuckled gently, lifting his hand up and said, "No, no, you may be informal. There is no meeting here."
Stephanie slightly blushed with slight embarrassment after he had explained, standing back up to her feet.
"But, there is something to tell you," Zeus added. "Have you heard of Julius Caesar?"
Stephanie nodded her head, answering, "I have heard his name from the elder in the Gaul village, but not who he looked like."
"Ah," Zeus reached up with his hand and gently brushed his fingers through his long white beard. "Getafix must have told you about what had happened."
Stephanie nodded her head politely and asked, "Is it true?"
Zeus nodded his head before frowning in anger as he slammed his hand against his chair's arm.
She flinched slightly from the anger she felt from him, as sparks of lighting flicked from his eyes.
"He has disturbed all the gods and goddesses' temples and stolen all of our artifacts!" Zeus bellowed in anger. "Now, my best friend Thor is throwing a temper fit back in Asgard now since he lost his Mjölnir because of him!"
Stephanie pursed her lips gently at the thought of getting Thor's Mjölnir because of his temper fit and could get hurt from him.
Zeus sighed as he rubbed his temples as the electricity died down slightly from his eyes.
Stephanie could guess a lot is going on, and they are losing their powers quickly, sending the world into despair.
After a few minutes of silence, Stephanie gently suggested, "Maybe I could help you all get your artifacts back?"
He glanced over at Stephanie after she had suggested.
"I could use your artifacts to restore the world back from its destruction," Stephanie explained. "Rescue the Gauls from their unwanted punishment and return them back without abusing them like the others are."
Zeus hummed to himself in thought, rubbing his long beard with his hand, slowly digesting the words Stephanie explained to him.
"And," Stephanie added. "I may give you all that you wanted for yourselves."
Zeus perked a little at the deal, asking, "What is this 'gift?'"
Stephanie smiled from the ask and clapped her hands together before summoning a bubble before her.
Inside the bubble has a large gemstone inside that is cut into a cube shape.
In the glistening sunlight, it looked like it had the colors of the rainbow.
Zeus' expression on his face changed from confusion to absolute shock, as his jaw hit the ground.
"I-Is that the-?" Zeus stammered with surprise.
Stephanie nodded her head while smiling.
"Yep!" Stephanie smiled. "It's the Gem of a Thousand Colors and the most pricey one, including powerful!"
Zeus looked excited as he shifted in his seat, looking like he had ants in his pants.
"Ah, wait a moment," Stephanie spoke, moving the bubbled gem behind her back. "What about the deal?"
He stopped for a moment and thought about it, before smiling and said, "Deal!"
Stephanie smiled and said, "But, let me gather all the artifacts first before giving this to you, okay?"
Zeus nodded his head excitedly, and Stephanie tapped the top of the bubble, teleporting back to her safe place.
Then, she remembered the glasses that she had taken off before the fight, summoning the same bubble that has it inside.
Stephanie popped the bubble with both of her hands, taking the glasses inside and placed them back on.
"Alright," Zeus stood up from his chair, and the pillar in front of him disappeared into a cloud. "First, let me give you something in return for giving my sword back."
Stephanie looked slightly curious about what gift he would give her and watched as he knelt down in front of Stephanie.
Stephanie did not flinch after he had knelt down in front of her but looked slightly confused as he pulled a bracelet out from his pocket.
"Give me one of your arms," Zeus commanded, as Stephanie obeyed with slight confusion, lifting her right hand up towards him.
The bracelet in his hand magically shrunk down to Stephanie's wrist size, and he placed it on her wrist.
The bracelet Zeus placed on her wrist was created out of gold.
It also has empty gem grooves that circled around the band.
Each one of them was in different shapes, and Stephanie could guess that each gemstone might be in different colors.
Zeus gently tapped the bracelet on Stephanie's wrist with the tip of his finger, as Stephanie watched with curiosity.
The empty thunderbolt gem slot was magically filled with a yellow gemstone after Zeus tapped her bracelet.
"Here," Zeus smiled. "Use my power wisely and take good care of the Gauls. They need all the help you can give."
Stephanie nodded her head and bowed towards Zeus, saying, "Thank you, your highness."
With that, Stephanie disappeared from the temple in a flash of lighting.
Meanwhile, Cyprian, Cubitus, and Infirmofpurpus were searching for Stephanie through the deserted camp, before hearing a thunderbolt crack through the air.
Startled yelps came from them after the thunderbolt came, glancing around for what lit up in flames.
"Cyprian?" It was Stephanie's voice! "Cubitus? Infirmofpurpus? Where are you guys?"
They looked out of the tent they were searching through and noticed Stephanie, looking confused and normal.
There were no signs that she ran off to hide the sword somewhere else or in another fight with more Roman guards.
Her long hair was brown along with her eyes steel-blue, and on her right wrist was a bracelet.
"Where were you?!" Cubitus exclaimed. "We were looking for you!"
"Well," Stephanie glanced away, blushing slightly. "Are you up with a long story while returning to the village of the Gauls?"
Cyprian's, Cubitus', and Infirmofpurpus' expressions paled with fear.
"Us?" squeaked Infirmofpurpus.
"With them?!" exclaimed Cubitus as he ran up to her and grabbed the stomach area of her shirt. "You are insane! The Gauls hate us! They use their magic potion to smash us into bits!"
Stephanie looked confused and surprised from the panicked explanation Cubitus explained to her, gripping the front of her shirt at her stomach.
"Listen," Stephanie assured them, placing her hands on Cubitus' shoulders as he slowly released her shirt. "They have not eaten anything for a long time. Besides, from what I heard from Getafix, they are low on their magic potion."
Surprised expressions appeared on their faces after Stephanie explained.
"Would it be fair if you all attacked them without their potions?" Stephanie asked, shrugging her shoulders slightly.
They were silent for a moment, glancing at each other, and said, "True, that is not fair."
"It is like fighting dirty." nodded Infirmofpurpus. "But why are you worried about them? You're…" he paused as he looked at Stephanie with judgment. "Different."
"Is that a problem about being different?" Stephanie asked with a hint of annoyance, crossing her arms over her chest.
"No, no, no, no!" panicked Cubitus, moving in front of Infirmofpurpus protectively. "He's meaning you are not like them! You are not a Gaul!"
Stephanie at first looked confused and suspicious about the protection Cubitus did to Infirmofpurpus, before softly chuckled.
She glanced away from the three Roman guards for a moment, before glancing back to them and placed her hand against her chest and said, "Yes, I may not be a Gaul, but I am like them."
Confused and worried expressions appeared on their faces.
"I like having some fights, and I like eating a lot," Stephanie explained. "And I like protecting my home from invaders that do not understand 'no.'"
All three blushed slightly in embarrassment.
"Besides," Stephanie knelt down slightly to their heights. "It doesn't matter if I am like them or not, they are family, and I respect that. Now, it's your turn to understand what it means."
With that, Stephanie stood back up to her feet and walked away, exiting out of the deserted camp.
"Uh, Stephanie?" Cyprian asked. "What about the camp?"
"Oh!" Stephanie walked back to the site. "I forgot about that."
Stephanie cracked her knuckles and went to work, bubbling items and tapping the top of the bubbles, teleporting them somewhere else.
Cyprian's, Cubitus', and Infirmofpurpus' expressions on their faces were surprised by what they were seeing, watching Stephanie repeat the same process over and over.
"How is she doing that?" Infirmofpurpus asked.
"I honestly don't know," answered Cubitus. "I think it's witchcraft."
Soon, the last of the camp was bubbled and teleported somewhere, as Stephanie sighed and rubbed the bottom of her spine.
"Alright," Stephanie turned around and started heading back to the now non-covered in the snow forest. "Let's head back to the Gaul's village."
Cyprian, Cubitus, and Infirmofpurpus panicked, gasping and running over to Stephanie.
"A-Are you sure about this?" Infirmofpurpus whimpered.
"What if she is lying?" Cyprian asked the two cowering soldiers.
All three shrugged to themselves and continued following Stephanie.
Soon, they reached the Gaul's village and noticed that there was no one inside, except for the feeling that it was a ghost town.
All of them shuddered from the feeling as Stephanie bravely entered, glancing around.
"Where's everyone?" shuddered Cubitus as his knees knocked together.
"Maybe they are asleep?" whimpered Infirmofpurpus.
Stephanie shook her head no and said, turning around towards them as they were halfway in the village.
"No," Stephanie worriedly sighed. "There might be something going on with them."
She ran up to the chief's cabin and opened the door, as an angry voice yelled out to her, "HEY! YOU'RE LETTING THE HEAT OUT! CLOSE THE D-!"
Before the villager could finish his sentence, Stephanie fully entered the cabin, as a groan came out of it.
"I'm so hungryyy!" complained a familiar voice.
Cyprian, Cubitus, and Infirmofpurpus gulped simultaneously, knowing who that voice belongs to.
"I know you are hungry," Stephanie assured from the inside of the chief's house. "I brought some food from that camp I went to."
"You finally got food?!" exclaimed another voice, as the sound of blankets moving.
"Yes, but all of you need to get out from under the pelts," Stephanie spoke again. "I don't know if it's enough to keep you all well-fed, but it is enough to feed all hungry mouths."
Cyprian, Cubitus, and Infirmofpurpus glanced at each other for a moment, before back at the chief's cabin.
They are curious about what is going on from inside the chief's house.
But at the same time, they are worried about being attacked by the Gauls.
Slowly, they all walked up to it, before peering through the door.
To their surprise, they watched as Stephanie summoned a bubble that contained all the food inside.
And all the food was from the camp that Stephanie went to first.
So, Stephanie popped it, as the food landed on the table, and a roasted chicken landed in her arms.
Once the roasted chicken landed in her arms, she gave it to one of the villagers who were near her.
"What about the other half?" the chief asked, pointing a turkey leg at the other half.
Stephanie gently scooped it up in her arms and answered, "It's all for Asterix. Do you know where he is?"
One of the villagers mentioned over to the fireplace, saying, "He's over there. Obelix was keeping him warm with all of his body heat while you were gone."
"Thank you," Stephanie thanked, before heading towards the fireplace.
Cyprian, Cubitus, and Infirmofpurpus glanced at each other with surprise, astonished to hear what the chief said.
They thought the Gauls were cruel and heartless, but the explanation the chief said blew their minds away!
Obelix, the name of the biggest villager there is, worriedly looked over at a half-awake and half-asleep Asterix, still halfway bundled in her sweater and other winter gear.
He was not eating anything but was sitting by Asterix.
From underneath Stephanie's sweater and winter gear, she noticed that his skin was not red, but in a neutral color, and he was not shivering anymore.
His helmet was off and placed to the side.
Even the hood of Stephanie's sweater wrapped around him that was covering his head was off too.
Stephanie sat down in front of him, and he glanced over at her, looking suspicious of her at first before a growl came from his stomach that caused him to curl up slightly.
"Are you hungry?" Stephanie politely asked.
He stubbornly did not answer her question, but eventually nodded, as another growl came from his stomach.
Stephanie softly smiled and reached into the bubble, grabbing one of the food items inside.
She pulled out an apple and held it out to him.
"Here," Stephanie offered it to him. "Eat this first. Start out slowly before you eat the rest."
Obelix glanced away from Stephanie as she kept the apple in her hand out for Asterix.
"You'll get your turn later," Stephanie chuckled softly.
Obelix nodded his head and glanced over at Asterix, nervously rubbing his arm.
Asterix hesitated for a moment after Stephanie had offered the apple to him, but eventually, his hunger overcame him, and he gently took the apple from her hand.
Stephanie smiled as she watched him slowly eat the apple in his hand like how Stephanie told him to politely.
Pushing her glasses into place, Stephanie patiently waited for him to finish his apple in his hands before moving on to the next one.
"How are you feeling?" Stephanie asked.
"A little cold." he finally spoke between bites, answering Stephanie's question.
Stephanie hummed to herself gently and glanced over at the fireplace next to her, noticing there were logs inside, but it did not look like it was lit up.
Snapping the fingers of her left hand, Stephanie finally emitted a small fireball of flame and placed it into the fireplace.
The fireball lit the logs up into flames after a few minutes passed.
Asterix gasped softly after seeing Stephanie lit the fireplace up for him before blowing the fireball out from her palm when she brought her hand out.
He was halfway done with the apple in his hand.
Stephanie glanced over at him after he gasped, moving her hand away from the fire pit.
"What?" Stephanie asked, sounding confused.
Obelix moved his head close to Stephanie and scanned her body up and down.
"You don't look like a druid," Obelix remarked.
Stephanie realized what they were talking about and chuckled.
"Listen," Stephanie placed her hand against Obelix's chest and gently pushed him back, with surprising, but gentle force. "I'm not a druid."
Stephanie snapped her fingers, and the orb of light that was floating in the air came flying towards her hand and hovered over her left hand.
"I'm a mage." Stephanie extinguished the orb in her hand, before snapping her fingers, turning the candles on. "What's wrong with a druid, by the way?"
"The last druid we met," Asterix explained after he threw the apple core into the fire, sitting up slightly from his position and reaching for the bubble that has the bubbled food items inside. "Was not a good druid."
Stephanie looked confused after Asterix explained, before noticing he was trying to get another food item out of the bubble next to him.
"What happened to him?" Stephanie asked, reaching in the bubble and took out a leg of a cooked chicken, handing it over to Asterix.
"Well," Getafix walked up to Stephanie as she repositioned herself from kneeling on the ground to sit. "He was once a wonderful druid like me, but since he did not get what he was thinking of, he turned evil and used dark magic, resulting in him using firepower, just like you, ma'am."
Stephanie glanced down at her hands in thought, snapping the fingers of her right hand, as it lit up in fire around her hand.
Usually, Stephanie is used to using her left hand to use magic.
But, with her right hand, she uses it for dark magic like him.
She does not use it for evil, unlike him, but uses it for good.
Stephanie magically distinguished her fire around her hand as Asterix ate through the turkey leg, saying, "Well, it's his own fault for turning evil."
Getafix nodded his head in agreement, and Stephanie was about to stand up to find the next Roman campground when someone grabbed her right hand.
Stephanie flinched after someone grabbed her wrist and glanced over at who did it, seeing Asterix holding her wrist.
"W-Wait a moment," he stammered slightly. "I want to come with you."
Stephanie looked confused after he asked, sitting back down on the ground.
"Why?" Stephanie asked.
"Because I'm not sure you could be safe out there the second time," Asterix explained, trying to get up from the ground, as the other free hand took off her scarf.
Sighing, Stephanie placed her left hand on his shoulder, saying, "Listen, the first battle I was in had Zeus' sword. That is powerful. I defeated that guy in an instant and returned the sword back to where it belongs without using this 'magic potion.'"
"She's not wrong, you know," Infirmofpurpus spoke, attaching everyone's attention.
Stephanie winced to herself after Infirmofpurpus spoke, as Asterix looked suspicious, and looked like he was getting ready to attack.
"What are you three doing here?" demanded the chief.
Immediately, all the Gauls got ready to pound them into the ground.
"Uh, we, um," they all stammered simultaneously, as their knees knocked together.
"I brought them here, sir," Stephanie answered for them before the Gauls attacked. "Since they don't see eye to eye with that last general who I defeated, they decided to tag along with me."
All three nodded in agreement.
The chief hummed to himself for a moment, before turning his attention to Stephanie.
"Who else followed you than the three you brought?" he asked, pointing the turkey leg at her.
"No one else," Stephanie answered. "Just them. I ordered the rest to evacuate immediately."
"In a rage," added Cubitus.
Stephanie's cheeks blushed a light neon pink color after Cubitus added, as Asterix released her wrist.
"Okay," Stephanie admitted as she rubbed the back of her neck. "I might have lost my temper with him, but I did earn this from the gods."
She pushed her sleeve down of her shirt and revealed the bracelet around her wrist to the Gauls.
Everyone's jaws dropped with sheer shock, as some that were drinking water did a spit-take.
"This happened after returning the Sword of Zeus," Stephanie explained, before turning to the three. "Remember what happened after I grabbed it?"
They glanced at each other after Stephanie asked them, looking slightly confused.
Then, Cyprian answered Stephanie's question, "You transformed into a lighting goddess, right?"
Stephanie shrugged her shoulders slightly.
"I guess." Stephanie sighed. "But that is what happened." She pushed the sleeve down over her bracelet. "If I return each artifact Julius Caesar stole from the temples of both Vikings and Greek gods and goddess, I might restore your village and the world from his destruction."
The chief hummed to himself after Stephanie explained to him, as Asterix thought to himself for a moment too.
"You're right," nodded the chief. "We could be facing a more powerful threat."
"Vitalstatistix!" exclaimed Asterix, as he scrambled to get out from Stephanie's winter outfit and her sweater.
But, he tripped over the sweater, mostly stumbling from his weakness and fell into Stephanie's arms.
"Wait a moment!" Stephanie exclaimed. "Asterix, you're not fully charged yet! You need to wait for a little to get some strength."
"If we wait here," Asterix spoke. "We might get the undead after us!"
Stephanie gasped softly from the response from Asterix.
"You mean they have Hades' helmet?!" Stephanie exclaimed, almost dropping Asterix out of surprise.
"Yes," nodded Cubitus. "Caesar not only has Hades' helmet, but he also has Athena's spear and shield, Poseidon's trident, and so on."
Stephanie sighed and glanced down at her wrist of her right arm.
There was a reason for all the gem slots!
Stephanie's left arm was holding Asterix, who was shakily standing on his feet.
"That is the reason why we have less and less food and less clean water," nodded Getafix. "Most of our livestock and the boars have been disappearing recently."
Picking Asterix up from the ground, Stephanie thought to herself for a moment before mumbling to herself, "That means that all we have to do is to defeat is the generals that have Poseidon's trident, Hades' helmet, Artemis' bow, and quiver, and Dionysus' cornucopia."
Getafix thought to himself for a moment before asking, "But, it is wise to get the generals who first have Poseidon's trident, Artemis' bow, and quiver, and Dionysus' cornucopia?"
Stephanie paused after Getafeix suggested, agreeing, "That's a good idea! Thank you, Getafix!"
Getafix looked slightly surprised from the response Stephanie said to him, before glancing down at Asterix.
"But," Stephanie glanced up at Getafix. "Asterix wants to come along with me in case if I get hurt. And I feel sorry for him having to be left behind after a fight."
Getafix paused for a moment after Stephanie explained her feelings about him, before saying, "Well, you are a magic user, aren't you?"
Stephanie recognized what he meant and smacked her forehead with her right hand, feeling stupid for not realizing it.
"Thank you," Stephanie thanked again. "It seems like forgetting some things are always getting out of my head."
Getafix softly chuckled as Stephanie shifted him to her right arm, holding him gently and placed her left hand against his chest.
"Sana," Stephanie spoke in Latin, as her left hand started glowing a light blue color.
Asterix watched with confusion as her hand glowed for a few minutes, before stopping, and she removed her hand.
Stephanie placed Asterix back down on the ground, and he was surprised he could walk without being weak.
Then, Stephanie turned her attention to Obelix.
"What about you?" Stephanie asked politely.
"Just need some food, and I'll be back on my feet," Obelix answered.
Stephanie nodded her head gently and popped the bubble that contains half of the food for Obelix.
"Go ahead and have the rest of the food." Stephanie smiled.
Obelix clapped his hands in excitement and started eating through the pile of food.
Stephanie gently chuckled as Obelix ate through the food, before kneeling down to Asterix's height.
"May I have my sweater back?" Stephanie asked.
Immediately, Asterix's cheeks turned the color of cherries.
Stephanie chuckled and assured him, "Don't worry, it's nothing personal. Just helping a friendly stranger."
Asterix looked surprised from the assurance Stephanie told him, as Stephanie patiently waited for him to give her back her sweater.
Realizing what she was waiting for, Asterix fumbled slightly with her sweater, trying to get it off.
But no matter how many times Asterix tried, it did not come off!
Stephanie gently chuckled as he struggled with the sweater, looking like he was a cat stuck inside.
"Here, " Stephanie reached over to him and helped him with the tied sleeves and bottom. "Let me help."
Stephanie untied the sleeves first, and untied the bottom, before unzipping the sweater.
Once the sweater was off him with the other items, Stephanie placed it back on her body, zipping it back up.
"Alright," Asterix turned around and took his sword out of his sheath, pointing it towards the first Roman camp. "Let's get the first Roman camp!"
In the background, Obelix nodded his head after shoving his mouth with a piece of cake.
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