_Quest of the Heart_
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CHAPTER 7_
Back at the Royal Palace Lady Damani informed the king that she had been eliminated when she had fell asleep in Adam's bed and he was spotted carrying her back to her room undressed. She insinuated they had sex and were caught, so Randor agreed to have a little talk with Adam when he got back about responsible behavior and kept her on the list to consider to be his bride. This allowed Damani to stay at the palace for now, she knew she could not return home without being Adam's wife or her father would disown her. In truth her family needed the royal backing to stay in power, their once great wealth had been squandered by her and her parents. The result the business was going to fail soon._
Adam had decided after those dates and a day to recover, to have a luau at the beach. He went hunting and killed a huge wild oxboar(An ox sized boar with a horn) , then he arranged to have everything ready when they got to the beach. The ladies were shocked by what they saw when they got to the cove where Adam had the luau set up. Hawk asked about it , and Adam told her it was style of Hawaiian party where they danced and roasted a boar over an open pit and according to his mother drank drinks with umbrellas in them. Everyone had a blast but they couldn't get Teela to play volleyball for the life of them. the very mention of the game turned her face as red as her hair. That night they had a huge bonfire and continued to party until they dropped._
The next day Adam was saddened by Grune and Sonara wanting to go home, they said they would always be his friends but they didn't like it on the surface. Adam offered to let them go for a visit and come back but they declined. He cared for them and could tell they were unhappy on the surface so he gave them both a gift to take back to their people and let them go. A week later Hawk and Sweetbee went home for a visit, only to call on the fourth day. Sweetbee and Buzz-off had gone out and things just clicked , so she decided to stay. As for Hawk she ran into Falcore an old flame and they reconnected so she chose to stay and see where it went._
Now it was just Adam,Lyn and Teela. So he decided to return to the palace, they called Man at Arms and let him know their plans. What nobody knew was those plans had been overheard and reported. The next morning Adam and the ladies headed out, it was around mid day when the Attack track was ambushed by Skeletor and his men._
If it had been two or three there wouldn't have been any trouble for the heroes, but Bone-head had everyone minus Evil-Lyn with him. Had it not been for Lyn causing a fake explosion and blinding flash they would have been caught. After she did it she wondered why she had, being caught she could have worked with Skeletor to get Adam to chose her. Hell they could have enchanted him and ruled with ease, then she had a second thought she actually liked Adam and wanted to win his heart fairly. Lyn realized she did love Adam not because he was Prince of Eternia but because he was just Adam._
Luck had been with the trio and Cringer as they got away and into an old cave. Skeletor and his men almost found them but Cringer let out a growl and roared, in the cave it echoed sounding like a savage beast, this backed them off. The heroes overheard Skeletor and Whiplash talking about owing an informant for telling them the prince's travel plans. Skeletor cast a spell cause a disruption of any magic casters spells in the area, this effectively made any magic caster weaker than him lose their power for a week. Once done he left, leaving the hunt to the others._
Once the villains had finally left Adam and the ladies returned to the Attack track, only to find it had been blown up. Since it was late now they returned to the cave, while Adam gathered wood for a small fire Lyn and Teela made bedding out of fur tree limbs. They kept a small fire and slept together that night, it might have been late summer early fall but it was still cool at night.
The next morning Cringer and Adam caught several fish for breakfast, after eating they did some work on the dresses the two women were wearing. They ended up splitting the skirt part and making it a cape like covering. Luckily both ladies wore short shorts under their dress, so Adam wasn't subjected to seeing their panties. This made travel faster, now all they could hope for was an uneventful trip. This did not happen._
An hour into their trip shadow wolves start stalking them on Beastman's command, Adam tells Cringer to rush on to Avieria. Cringer rushed off leaving his human friends in the dust. Adam saw some skunk weed and wild onion growing in a patch, so he had them run through it. Tossing out his mother's pepper he hoped the mix would mask their scent. As it turns out it did, Eternian skunk weed is as strong as actual skunk spray._
In the meantime the trio crossed a creek that was hip deep, the women glad they could hold their dresses out of the water. As they continued on Lyn used her knowledge of Alchemy to gather things to make potions and spell replacement packs, while Adam and Teela gathered wild edibles. that evening Adam made a crude spear and killed a horned rabbit for supper, once again they slept snuggled up together. Adam was grateful Lyn had mixed up some herbs to help him from getting sick since he had been in wet clothes for so long. Cringer had made it to Avieria but was badly injured, the great tiger had been unable to tell them about his friends.
NOTE well things just got interesting, is there anything you would like to see happen in this trip to home? maybe an encounter you would like ? and what happen to Cringer, any guesses? as always I look forward to any review or request and try to make them fit in the story to some degree. stay tuned I plan to post everyday again this week minus the weekend, so until next time HAVE A NICE DAY! :)